Thread:Jamie141/@comment-26217707-20131228090054

Hey, Jamie! I made a character for TDW, and I was gonna post it on the blog but for some reason comments were disabled :P So, I'll just post it here. Here ya go:

Name: Annie Alexander

Age: 32

Actress: Rashida Jones

Personality: Annie is very personable and outgoing; she loves to help out in anyway she can and always loves to be involved in something instead of just sitting around. She’ll even offer to go out on runs, even though her physical skills aren’t the best. Given this, she’s also extremely nosey and loves to be “in the know” about everything. Some find this annoying, but she can’t help it--if she sees someone’s having a problem, she wants to know about it and try to help in anyway she can.

Annie is also slightly naive when it comes to trust. She doesn’t have a problem letting people get close, since she knows not everyone is evil or out to get her. She likes to look for the best in people and work to bring those qualities out.

Since Annie is usually so focused on others, she often pushes her own problems to side and lets them bottle up. She doesn’t do this intentionally--if someone offers conversation, she’s quick to spew out her feelings.

Pre-Apocalypse:

Annie was born in a poor household as the older sister of six other younger siblings. She was forced to care for them from a young age, and this instilled in her her current values of determination and selflessness. Rarely did she have time for herself, and she did whatever she could to take care of her six brothers and sisters while her parents were working. Despite this, Annie managed to stay an honor student until high school--when her grades dropped due to the stress of her mother’s death.

Now with only her father and six younglings to take care of, Annie fell into a brief depression. She was forced to get a job at 16 and balance school work--her lackluster grades meant no scholarships, and she decided not to go to college. Instead, she helped out her father as much as she could. However, their mother’s death inclined Annie’s father to succumb to the evils of alcohol, and Annie was forced to do most of the work.

Into adulthood--at the age of 25--Annie managed to get a job as a barista at a local coffee shop. She loved the people there and being able to start conversations with the patrons. Eventually, she met a man named Archie--a firefighter. They started a romantic relationship and over the course of 3 years got married. Annie was finally able to find happiness somewhere, but it was torn away when Archie was crushed by a collapsed building, fighting a fire and saving a family of three. The family survived while Archie’s act of selflessness faded into obscurity. Annie tried not to feel bitter, but she couldn’t help it. Only a few months later, the coffee shop she was employed at was closed and she was jobless. Annie was forced to reside with her younger brother, Ricky, whom she lived with when the apocalypse hit. 