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Character Name: Maxine "Max" Mayfield
Canon: Stranger Things
Canon Point: S2, Episode 1, "MADMAX."

In-Game Tattoo Placement: Right hip
Current Health/Status: Healthy!
Apparent Age: 13/14
Actual Age: 13
Species: Human

History: Max Mayfield
Hometown/World: Earth. Somewhere in California. Until the show reveals otherwise, if they ever do, I go with Santa Barbara as her hometown. But she's just moved to Hawkins, Indiana, with her family.

Personality: Max Mayfield isn't your normal 13 year old girl. She doesn't care about clothes or fashion or hair, or any "typical" girlie things society expects girls to care about. She'd rather fall off her skateboard than be caught dead in a dress, and she'd rather play video games than paint her fingernails. She does, however, draw the line when it comes to holding slimy pollywogs. She'd much rather not do that. Max refers to herself as a "Zoomer" because she zooms around on her skateboard as her main method of transportation. This comes up again later in the season when she drives her brother's car at very high speeds to help her newfound friends.

She arrives in Hawkins, Indiana, from Sunny California, with her mom, stepdad Neil, and stepbrother Billy, who is the bane of Max's existence. Billy bullies her constantly, putting her down, intimidating her, grabbing her, breaking her things when she doesn't obey him. Domestic violence in the household is strongly indicated, not just from Billy to Max, but from Neil to Billy, as well. (Season 2, Episode 9, "The Gate.") She walks on eggshells around Billy, and she does her best not to exhibit her fear of him. All of this has impacted Max's life a great deal, making her defensive, skeptical, and lonely.

Max doesn't hesitate in speaking her mind in most situations - or in using casual sarcasm and sass as a way of keeping people from getting too close. When she first meets Dustin and Lucas, and they invite her to go trick-or-treating with them, Dustin comments that they thought she'd want in on that. She arches her eyebrows and responds, "Well that's presumptuous of you." She then proceeds to walk away, even if she does end up meeting up with the party to trick-or-treat, scaring the crap out of them as she jumps out of the bushes dressed as Michael Myers (Season 2, Episode 2, "Trick or Treat, Freak.")

She has a difficult time trusting people, even exhibiting doubt when Lucas Sinclair tells her that Will Byers was lost in the woods for a week the year before. She doubts Lucas' sincerity of wanting to be her friend repeatedly - for example when the party doesn't tell her about the Upside Down and what's going on with Will - she asserts that despite the guys (sans Mike Wheeler) saying they wanted to be her friends, all they do is treat her like garbage. (Season 2, Episode 4, "Will the Wise.") When Lucas finally does fill her in -- telling her about everything that happened the previous year and that knowing about it is dangerous, she's certain he's made it all up in order to try and impress her and challenges him to prove what he's saying to be true (Season 2, Episode 5, "Dig Dug.")

Despite her suspicious nature and tendency to hold people at arm's length, Max really wants nothing more than to be accepted by the party and have her own friends, and to not be alone anymore. She asks Mike at one point why he hates her so much. When he tells her he doesn't, that he just thinks she's annoying and the party doesn't need anyone else in it, Max tells him she could be their Zoomer, and circles around him on a skateboard, trying to convince him to let her in. (Season 2, Episode 3, "The Pollywog.")

She has a softer side, which really shows itself when she's on top of a trailer with Lucas in the junkyard, and she tells him that her brother has always been a jerk, but for awhile now, he's been angry all the time. She admits that because Billy can't take his anger out on her mother, he takes it out on her instead, even tearing up and then quickly wiping the tears away because she's embarrassed to be talking so honestly and she's afraid she seems weak. He reassures her it's okay and that she's nothing like her brother. She then admits that she likes talking to him (Season 2, Episode 6, "The Spy.") This side presents again in a later episode, as she's trying to talk to Mike, telling him she understands why Eleven was the party's Mage. She smiles and her voice softens as she tries once again to befriend him, as he's the only party member who hasn't yet really accepted her presence. (Season 2, Episode 8, "The Mind Flayer.")

She does eventually stand up for herself against Billy - compelled to do so when her stepbrother is beating the hell out of the group's newfound older friend/babysitter Steve Harrington. She jams a syringe loaded with a sedative into his neck, drugging him til he can't fight anymore and he drops onto the ground. She then picks up Steve's nail bat and threatens him with it until he agrees to leave her and her friends alone from then on. She steals his car keys and drives Lucas, Mike, Dustin, and Steve, to the tunnels where they all go to act as bait for the demogorgans/demodogs so that Eleven can close the gate to the Upside Down, thus proving her loyalty and bravery in big ways, twice in a very short time span. (Season 2, Episode 9, "The Gate.")


Personal Moral Codes:

If Max had an "alignment" D&D style, it would likely be chaotic good. She's not someone who's going to necessarily go along with the crowd just because it's what everyone else is doing. She has her own path that she follows and she doesn't care all that much about other people judging her for it.

Max is not an inherently violent individual, but she's surrounded by violence between her stepdad and her stepbrother. She won't hesitate to defend herself or people she cares about against most people, but at the end of the day she has no desire to truly harm anyone.

She very much thinks that boys and girls are equal and should be treated as such.

She has some reservations/wariness about adults even though she's generally respectful toward them.

Once someone earns her trust, they also have her loyalty until the point that they do something that really breaks her trust in them. She'll put herself on the line for someone she cares about and trusts.


Insecurities/Personal Demons:

*Fear of her stepbrother: Billy takes his anger out on her and he controls a lot of what she does and doesn't do, and she is legitimately afraid of him. He's like a shadow that hovers over her even when he's not physically present.

*Fear of becoming an abusive asshole LIKE her stepbrother. She knows that her tongue is a weapon and she uses it even if not to the degree that Billy does. She walks a fine line between being a sarcastic teenager and becoming someone as angry as her stepbrother, who takes her anger out on those around her.

*Fear of rejection/being alone. She hasn't had friends for awhile, thanks to Billy scaring them off. She fears being alone even as she pushes people away to protect herself from risking getting hurt - or them getting hurt if they get too close.


Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses: She can probably kick your ass at video games. And teach you neat skateboarding tricks. She excels at covering up her actual feelings with sarcasm and defensiveness. Alas, no superpowers.

Ability/Power/Magic Warping: N/A.

Inventory:

Skateboard
A change of clothes (t-shirt, jeans, green hoodie, socks, shoes)


Writing Samples:

Nightmares.
A vanishing.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Angie
Player Age: 37
Player Contact: Plurk, or private message here

Other Characters In Game: N/A
In-Game Tag If Accepted: Max Mayfield: Angie
Permissions for Character: Permissions/Opt Out!
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Bring it on.

What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: Nightmares. Effects of the moon/moon mythology. Possession. Hauntings. Demons. Zombies. Probably a ton of other stuff I'm blanking out on right now.
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Nah.
Additional Information: Nope