Post by Shelby on Aug 7, 2017 2:31:23 GMT
Basics
Name || Aphrodite Olympia Schneider
Age/Year/School || Athena is 16 years old, Sophomore at Metric Academy, and her birthday is January 1st. She was the first born between her and her twin, Athena.
Gender || Female
Sexuality || Heterosexual
Health Issues || None that Aphrodite has anything to worry about. She goes through her bouts of PMS that are pretty bad, usually resulting in her being overly tired, and even more irritable than normal. She bleeds heavier than she should, causing her to keep going to the doctor trying to figure out what the problem is. Otherwise, though, she's a healthy girl.
Quirks/Bad habits || Aphrodite has a bad habit of chewing the inside of her cheeks, a lot of the time to the point where they bleed and start to scar up. She can't help it! so sue her. It happened after she had braces at thirteen when she could no longer bite her nails. She just can't break the habit.
Eating Diet || She is vegan. Strictly. Vegan. No, she doesn't care whether or not you're a meat eater, but if she sees that people don't respect the animal products/foods that they're eating then it bothers her. If you don't give the animal the thanks that it deserves, then, in her mind, that person doesn't deserve to eat what they're eating. She's been this way since she was eight after finding out where they really got their steaks from...
School/Social Life
Job || Her job? Keeping her head leveled and focused on school. Manny Schneider, her father, worries and handles all of her financial issues because he doesn't want her or her sister having to worry about anything. And, honestly, Aphrodite is okay with that; she has enough to worry about at school. What does she look like putting even more pressure on herself by getting a job that would take away from her studies?
Reputation || She has yet to regale herself into any sort of crowd at Metric other than being one of the many singers that populates the school environment. What she's learned most with being at this school is that it is hard trying to stand out in a crowd full of talent; she doesn't know what to do to push herself out there yet. It's not really her goal to be one of the most well known students; she kind of just wants to do her own thing her own ways.
Reason for Enrolling || She attends Metric for singing. Her focus in singing stays within the mold of country music and even country rock. It's what she's listened most to, and what she feels her voice can best emulate and sing.
Grades || Being the studious student that she is, Aphrodite is an A student, her best classes being her science classes, especially biology and chemistry.
Relationships || Open!
Relationship Status || Single, not really looking for a relationship. She's young and doesn't want to be tied down already! She's too worried about her sister anyway, and her dad, to focus on her own love life.
Clubs and Organizations || Aphrodite is in the Metric Academy choir.
Appearance
Height/Weight/Body Type || She stands 5'6", just an inch above her sister. With her diet and exercise regiment, Aphrodite has a lean figure that makes her look pretty thin, even thinner than her sister. But she's still healthy, with long limbs and a long torso.
Hair color/style || Like her sister and dad, Aphrodite has dark brown, nearly black, thick hair that she keeps at a length that usually reaches the middle of her back. Nine times out of ten, she keeps it straight because it's easier to manage, with a part going down the center of her head so that her hair can frame her face in just the right way.
Eye color/makeup preferences || Her eyes are a dark brown color, like her mother's and sister's. While she's always liked makeup and generally puts it on everyday, she hates heavy makeup; she likes for herself to look natural and clean. You'll not see her with bold colors, not even bold colored lipstick, even if she's going out for a night of fun. She likes to keep it simple and clean, as she always says. Pastels are her favorite colors because they're light and airy and match her skin tone well.
Clothing Style || The best way to describe Aphrodite's fashion style is cute, maybe even a little rustic. She loves jean jackets, jeans, and jean shorts, especially the high-waisted pairs and jeans that have rips in them. It reminds her of home, mostly, and they're comfortable. She also likes to show her stomach off, resulting in a lot of crop tops that her dad doesn't like, but he doesn't stop her from wearing them: so long as it only stays a few inches above her belly button and doesn't stop right under her breast.
Ethnicity || Greek/Caucasian-American
Playby || Victoria Justice
Personality
Likes || Singing, playing guitar, soccer, family, biology
Dislikes || Animal products, disrespect towards animals, hardcore rap music,
Nervous Habits || She taps pens and pencils on desk or other surfaces if/when she's around them and feeling nervous. Like when a big test is coming, or when the teacher is drowning on with a lecture while she has something else on her mind. Though it's not annoying to her, it can be quite annoying to other people around her.
Hobbies || Jogging and going to the gym is a huge part of Aphrodite's life, and has been since she was allowed to start working out as much as she does now. It keeps her calm, gives her time to think about her life and family, and overall just makes her feel good.
Personality || Aphrodite is a true mother at heart, even at only sixteen with no children of her own. Haven taken on that sort of "mother" role for her twin Athena once their real mom walked out on them turned her into the worrying type, the mother type who always made sure she and Athena had everything, and even made sure that her dad had everything. And to this day she is like that; even going so far as to call Athena and her dad to worry about them, asking if they're eating right and exercising correctly. It can become annoying, mostly because she's a nagger with a big head who, a lot of the times, thinks she knows what's best for other people, even if that may not be the case. But she has a good heart, no matter how big headed she may be or stubborn.
+/- Motherly
-/ Worrisome
+/ Natural caretaker
-/ Know-it-all
+/ Studious
-/ Worrisome
+/ Natural caretaker
-/ Know-it-all
+/ Studious
History
Family ||
Manny Schneider - Father - College Professor at Metric College || Manny has always been loving and doting to both of his daughters, but he and Aphrodite have a different relationship than he and Athena have with one another. She's always been the more independent, level-headed of the two twins, leaving Manny to have that much more faith in his older daughter for what she was going to do with her life. Not only that, but he respected and loved what she did for Athena after their mother walked out on them. It was sad for him, though, to see Aphrodite have to grow up so fast, and to see her take on that role, but he could never pull her out of it.
Because of his job at the college, he is able to see Athena every day with a quick drive over to the academy to check up on her. Having her not live at home is strange; it's almost like he and Athena are missing something without her, but he knows she's doing what she wants to do.
Athena Schneider - Younger twin sister - 16 - Salem High Student|| Aphrodite and Athena love each other in the way that only sisters could love one another. They've grown a bond with each other even before they were born, and after being born that were inseparable. Of course things change, and circumstances happen. Time were rough for a little bit between them. With Athena struggling to cope with their mother's betrayal, Aphrodite had to cope along with her, and try to help Athena along as much as she possibly could.
But the change in dynamics brought them closer together. They talk about everything... Or, they used to anyway. Though Athena tries to hide it, Aphrodite can't help but think--no, she knows--that Athena is holding something back from being rejected from Metric while she was able to get in. Because of that, Aphrodite does her best to keep in as much touch with Athena as possible, even by going home every weekend to spend time with her.
Backstory ||
After her mother walked out on her and the rest of the family, Aphrodite had to grow into a young adult. Quickly.
It wasn't because her father was incompetent. He was just... Devastated. Stuck with a dead end job, and no one else to help pay for the bills, he had to move into his parents house in Nashville, Tennessee where he, Aphrodite, and Athena spent the better part of twelve years living in. It was hard. Aphrodite continued to wonder why her mother left, why her father was so upset, and how to deal with Athena, but she knew she had to do something. So she grew up. Even though her grandparents lived there, she felt like she needed to step up and do something better for the family.
When her dad would go to work and night school and the girls would come home from school, Aphrodite was always right there next to Athena, making sure that she could do all her homework before she started on her own homework. At the age of ten, she even started cooking for the family, despite her grandparents, and even her father's insistence that she didn't need to. She needed to be a kid. But she couldn't. She worried too much, and it just made her feel... right.
All her life she had been listening to the mythological tales that her father had grown to love and learn almost by heart, and that started Aphrodite wanting to sing. She wanted to be like the Muses. To tell of tales, but in the version of a song. She got Athena into the act as well, cultivating a love of not only soccer between the two girls, but also the love of music between them. Those were the moments when she was most like a child, even if she didn't feel like it, or even want to be one. She wanted to have responsibilities, to care for someone.
Luckily, things got happier. Her dad finished college, Athena was better, and Aphrodite felt accomplished with herself already. She sang, played soccer, and jogged. She basically had a full plate on her hands, but she loved it. To have a purpose in life was amazing!
The move to California was a big change. Aphrodite was nervous about it at first, wondering what kind of environment they were going to be in, and even having, in the back of her mind, the thought that leaving Tennessee would take them further away from their long lost mom. What if she wanted to come back and make amends with them? She never voiced those opinions, and went along with the move, nervous to be going to a new school until the information arose about this arts school. She had no interest in pursuing an art for the rest of her life, but she knew that being ale to attend a prestigious school like that would look good on her records, and get her into better colleges. What would be better was that she would be able to go there with her sister! There was no way that she wouldn't be accepted as well, not with their audition.
They got the letters back, one acceptance, one rejection.
She was at a tug-of-war with herself in those moments, those days before she had to either say she was going to Metric or Salem with her sister, because she didn't want to leave her sister and go to a school that rejected her talent, but she also didn't want to give up this opportunity that she was given. Eventually, she went to Metric. She feels guilty about it every once in a while, even now that she's attending, but she doesn't regret her decision. Now she just has to make sure to split her time between the school and her family.