 Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:34 pm
Charlotte Thatcher  ESSENTIALS
Name: Charlotte Marie Thatcher
Nickname: Lottie by family; Thatch by everyone else.
Age and Birth Date: 19, November 2nd
Occupation: College Freshman - Folklore Major & Animal Rights Activist
APPEARANCE
In terms of her body type, Charlotte is rather average. She isn’t extremely short or really tall and ends up standing at around 5’5” in height. Charlotte weighs around 145 lbs. Due to a low iron deficiency from a lack red meat (and sunshine, much to her parent’s dismay), her skin complexion is rather pale as well.
Charlotte’s best feature would have to be her eyes. They are a mossy green in coloration with honey colored flecks around them. While her best feature is her eyes, Charlotte’s worst feature is associated with her eyes as well. Every day – no matter how much sleep she gets – Thatch has deep, dark circles under her eyes. These circles plague the girl all the time. Thatch has two distinct marks on her body. The first is a scar she has on the left side of her neck. Being born three and a half months or so ahead of schedule, Charlotte was unable to feed herself, and thus had to be fed through a tube; that is why she has her scar. The second distinctive mark is a tribal flower tattoo located in the middle of her lower back. She got this as a birthday gift from her father when she turned 18 years old.
Her personal style still isn’t definable into one set category, as she likes a variety of looks. The one thing that can be said about her wardrobe, though, is that her taste tends to be on the more feminine side. Charlotte loves to accessorize (without going crazy, mind you; less is more, after all), mix-and-match, and dress in layers. Makeup isn’t a big concern with Thatch. She doesn’t wear very much, nor does she wear it often. If she does, it’s usually foundation, lip-gloss and mascara at best.
Charlotte’s hair is a deep shade of black. Unlike many people she knows who have a thick head of hair, hers is rather fine. The length of her hair is quite long. It reaches to about her mid to lower back, and is usually styled gently curled with her bangs swooshing off to the left. Charlotte can also be seen from time to time wearing her hair up, depending on if she actually takes time to do it in the morning.
PERSONALITY
Within her life, Charlotte has two main things that likes: folklore and animals. Folklore was introduced to her by her father through American tall tales. It has interested her so much that she now hopes to pursue a career in the field. Animals are the second thing that Thatch loves. Frequent trips to the zoo and to a cousin’s farm helped harbor this love when she was a child. After some key events in her life, Charlotte became not only a vegetarian, but an animal rights activist as well. She currently works as an active member of IDA to help protect the rights of animals on a national and global level. On the other end of the spectrum, this young woman abhors animal cruelty. This, again, stems from events in her life. Seeing any form of cruelty to animals gets her really upset.
When everyday situations are concerned, Charlotte is very laid back. She deals with these easily, and is very flexible if an event of interest comes up. She’ll always find a way to work it into her calender somehow. Stress, however, is another story. Depending on the situation, Charlotte will either deal with it by talking to someone and letting her feelings out, or by just listening to music or retreating someplace quiet to relax herself.
Thatch goal in life is to become the top authority within the field of folklore and legend. The study of folklore has been a passion of hers for a long time, so this is something she’d be willing to put a lot of effort into in order to achieve her goal. Thatch’s biggest fears are being murdered or tortured to death. She has her father’s love of horror films to thank for that. Charlotte also is afraid of pain. She doesn't worry about things like surgeries or anything; what she worries about is that it will be painful in the process. The fact that she has a very low pain tolerance doesn’t exactly help matters, either.
The library or a place where Thatch can sit down with a bunch of books and read is where she feels most at home. Charlotte thrives best in places like this. These places of quiet contemplation allow her to just calm down and have some time to herself. Personal space and alone time are things that this young woman highly values, and secluded spaces are able to give her that. Being surrounded by a lot of books also helps. Charlotte can only take so much of hanging out with others, talking on the phone, or chatting on a computer, but she never gets tired of reading. Set her down with a book or two, and she’d be content for hours without fail. That is Charlotte’s comfort zone.
ABILITIES
When it comes down to athletics and being physically fit, Charlotte isn’t the best person to turn to. While she eats healthy vegetarian meals, working out isn’t a high priority of hers. Running is horrible for her. After a few minutes of vigorous running, she is usually out of breath. Chalk this up to staying inside and reading when her parents wanted her out in the fresh air. Sports were never really her thing. She is also not that flexible, either, but this is something she’s learning to work on.
Charlotte acts highly on her intuition and her feelings. She has a tendency to notice little things that other people would overlook or not put much thought into. She picks up on things intuitively without knowing why or without much knowledge of the subject at hand. Thatch is also known for getting “feelings” about people. All of this isn’t to say that she doesn’t have her issues as well. Charlotte has a tendency to worry a lot. Once she is worked up, she lets them bother her and gets frustrated and jittery.
If you’re looking for someone extremely outgoing and extroverted, Thatch probably isn’t the girl you are looking for. In large groups of people, she tends to be more on the reserved side. Small groups, perhaps with one or two people, are something she prefers more. Although she doesn’t talk as often as some people, Charlotte isn’t afraid to let her voice be heard if she has something to say. This woman is very set in her beliefs to the point where some would call her stubborn. She is also a very honest individual – sometimes brutally so.
Thatch’s love of stories and folklore has given her a wealth of knowledge on various mythical creatures. If one ever needs help with the name of a creature, what they are like or how they act, Charlotte is the girl to turn to. Thatch suffers from dyscalculia. Dyscalculia is a learning disability that makes it hard for people to learn or comprehend math. Charlotte gets numbers all mixed up, and often confuses the different mathematical signs. She always seems to be forgetting rules and formulas to various things, and frankly it frustrates her. Sometimes she even has trouble doing the simple things like balancing a checkbook.
HOBBIES
Reading (mostly folklores and mythologies from various countries)
Writing stories
Volunteering at her local animal shelter
Attending animal rights rallies
Telling stories to children.
Listening to music
HISTORY
Aside from being born three and a half months early, Charlotte had a regular, average childhood.
Growing up, Charlotte never really had any sort of pet. That all changed, however, when she turned 15 years old. For her 15th birthday, both of her parents decided that Lottie was responsible enough to care for her own animal. This is where Babe, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, entered the Thatcher’s lives. It didn’t take long for Lottie to adore her new pet. It was love at first sight, actually. From that moment on, Charlotte was determined to be the best dog owner that a girl could possibly be. She took such good care of Babe, and he loved her so much. The two of them would play every day, and walks in the park between the two of them were frequent.
Then a day came that Charlotte Thatcher will never forget.
A boy from Charlotte's school showed up at her house and killed her dog before she came home from school. He had been angry and rather hysterical over the fact that the girl had turned him down after being asked out. He was obsessive over Thatch, and felt by killing one of the things she loved the most, that he'd be getting back at her. The girl never looked at meat the same way again; it was just too hard for her. After that incident, Charlotte became a vegetarian and an advocate for animal rights. The boy was also found and taken away to spend some much needed time in a correctional facility where he is currently getting psychological help.
Time went on, and after a while the girl learned to put Babe’s death behind her. A key person in helping her to move on and get on with her life was a neighbor of hers, an elderly man by the name of Charles Briggs. Charles was an interesting man. He had seen a lot over the course of his life. She visited with him as much as she could for three years until a cold winter morning in her senior year of high school. That was the day that Mr. Briggs passed away. The girl was saddened by the death of the old man. Charles was someone who had been a positive influence to Charlotte. He had shown her that she didn’t have to be afraid of what was out there. To this day, Thatch carries a picture of Charles in a locket that she wears around her neck.
Currently, Charlotte is enrolled in her first year of college as a freshman at the local university. She is studying as a folklore major, and hopes someday once she is done with school to be one of the top authorities in her field. Her life has finally gone back to being average, and she is just trying to take everything that comes at her one step at a time.
SAMPLE
“Honestly, Thatch, you need to get out more.”
Such was the argument of Kellie, Charlotte’s roommate within the freshman dorms. Honestly, how many times did she have to keep telling her this? The girl was fully aware of how much her roommate wanted her to get out. Spending too much time in the room, she recalled Kellie saying. Too much time in the room, and too much time studying. Well, whatever. So what if she didn’t go out as much as her roommate did? That didn’t matter. Partying wasn’t her thing, and besides – she had other things to occupy her time. An essay for example, not to mention the upcoming Vegetarian Club meeting.
The Vegetarian Club. Huh. Now that Thatch thought about it, perhaps she did need to get out more?
Finding the flier happened quite by accident, to be perfectly honest. The sheet had been posted on one of the many boards near the college that got plastered with posters for a variety of different events and functions. Charlotte would have walked right past it on any other day, if it weren’t for something that the flier said that caught her attention. Quote: Doors Nightclub,
a small and unusual venue found on 66th street near 10th ave,
is having a Winter Celebration, Thursdays-Sundays from 5pm to 3am.
Live bands! ... No cover charge! ... $5 drinks! ... Finger Foods! ... Unusual Characters!
Risk the alley, leave your coat at the door, and we promise an experience like nothing else.
’My essay can wait,’ the college freshman told herself. It wasn’t due until next week, anyway, so she would have plenty of time to work on it.
Doors Nightclub had been rather easy to find. Charlotte was surprised just how easy, actually. Something felt off; almost as if she were being drawn in to the club. Oh, well. That didn’t matter. What mattered was the club itself, and by the looks of the door alone, it seemed like it would be a cool place. Definitely not the sort of thing her friends would enjoy, but then again, Charlotte’s taste always differed from them.
”Doors Nightclub, huh,” she murmured as she gazed up at the entrance to the club, ”cool.”
With that, Charlotte Thatcher found herself getting in line with the other people waiting outside, tab in hand. Now was finally time to let loose and have a little fun.
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