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Character Name: Lisa Rowe
Series: Girl, Interrupted
Age: Unknown, but definitely over 15 and almost certainly over 18; she appears to be in her early twenties, which is what I'm going with.
From When?: After taking off from Daisy's house after Daisy's suicide. She has no canon death or near death at any point during the film, but she spends some time homeless and living a high-risk lifestyle (prostitution, doing drugs, etc.). For the purposes of being brought onboard the Barge, she was hit by a bus.
Inmate Justification:
Lisa is charismatic, manipulative, and controlling, prone to glomming onto vulnerable people and forming unhealthy, unequal, and occasionally even dangerous relationships with them. While generally not physically harmful towards others, she has high potential to be emotionally harmful. She desperately needs to unlearn this, as well as learn how to move out of the stagnant (psychologically and physically) space she's made a home for herself in.
Arrival: Brought in against her will.
Abilities/Powers: n/a; she's a baseline human.
Inmate Information:
Lisa has been institutionalized for much of her life
important to note that a large part of her DOES want to be in Claymore; she rails against it, but it's all she knows, and she's extremely comfortable with her role here. She runs away, but she always stays close by or comes back to the area on her own when she does, making it very easy for her to be found and brought back.
She’s capable of being kind and affectionate, including in situations where she has no apparent ulterior motive for it. That said, regardless of the situation, she always wants to do it from a place of power and control. There's a part of her that genuinely enjoys closeness and fondness, and she does seem to see herself as a benevolent figure who treats her "subjects" well; at the end of the film, she's surprised and hurt when Susanna begins to recognize that their relationship is toxic and tries to break free of it. That said, the types of friendships that she cultivates are nevertheless always inherently unequal and unhealthy, just by virtue of how hard s
Lisa is all but guaranteed to get worse before she gets better, because she'll treat the Barge like it's Claymore turned up to one thousand. She'll quickly discover that it'll be impossible for her to settle into her old familiar role onboard - Claymore is not a facility for violent offenders, and while she’s used to being the unquestioned biggest and the baddest, she’s the very definition of a big fish in a small pond. The Barge, on the other hand, is filled to the brim with big fish from big ponds, and when it comes it both physical power and experience with brutality, far more inmates will outclass her than not. There's a high chance of her getting into one-upmanship battles with the other spicier inmates, but in most cases, she'd be at a big disadvantage from the get-go. Many inmates wouldn't bat an eye at murder, physical torture, serious maiming, and so on, but those are things that Lisa never shows any real inclination towards in canon: the closest she comes is chasing another patient around with a syringe, and even then, she doesn't actually try to use it on her.
She will be inclined to apply psych ward terms to the Barge (which is lazy, and something her warden would do well to discourage whenever possible).
Claymore actually does kind of suck in some ways??? it's not all bullshit the way Lisa claims, and there clearly are genuinely good doctors and staff members there, but there's literally a patient who's there because she's a lesbian, and forced electroshock therapy - particularly the more dangerous, less refined electroshock therapy done in the 1960s - is Bad, Actually.
She’s easily angered by what she sees as inauthenticity, but will be far more likely to be bothered by it in inmates than in wardens:
She'll see inmates as being their true selves, whereas wardens will already be lost causes, and inmates who sincerely care about graduating are sell-outs.
and while she will likely often display superficial friendliness with wardens, she will absolutely lean into the warden/inmate divide with other inmates.
would react explosively to graduations of people she's "claimed"
"You know, there are too many buttons in the world. There's too many buttons, and they're just... there's way too many, just begging to be pressed. They're just begging to be pressed, you know, they're just begging to be pressed. And it makes me wonder. You know, it really makes me fucking wonder: why doesn't anybody ever press mine? Why am I so neglected?"
Path to Redemption:
blah blah blah
Lisa will need a warden who grounds her. Initially, she'll react poorly to this, and will openly state her preference for irreverent, unconventional wardens; however, balance is a necessity for her, and a warden whose personality or behavior matched hers too closely would only encourage her in a negative way, regardless of their intentions. They don't have to be strict (though if they are, that's fine), but calmness and unflappability are a must.
The staff at Claymore, calm and unflappable as they are, do balance her - but they also let her coast. The right warden for Lisa will recognize that she's not an inmate who would benefit from being given lots of space to figure things out for herself. She's awful at self-direction, and if left to her own devices, she'll never make progress; her history is proof enough of that. Therefore, if she acts out enough to warrant punishment, anything involving more direct oversight would be ideal: limiting her freedom by forcing her to stay within twenty feet of her warden would be miles better for her than limiting her freedom by way of a Zero stay. Honestly, keeping a handle on her in this way wouldn't be a bad thing even when she wasn't misbehaving; she'd performatively rail against things like regular check-ins and an enforced schedule, but a part of her craves that sort of structure and attention, and it could (eventually) be a good in for helping her explore why she's willingly returned to Claymore after every successful escape.
Finally, it'll be important for her warden to genuinely and openly care about her, believe in her potential, and be invested in her beyond getting their deal. All seriousness all the time also isn't by any means a necessity, and someone who allows her some space to (non-harmfully) ham it up would be fine, as long as they don't let themselves get too drawn into her antics. Healthy boundaries will absolutely be a must with this one, because god knows she'll try to push at them.
History:
Whoever wrote the Wikipedia article for the film sprinkled in some things from the memoir that it was loosely based on (and the Wikipedia article for the memoir is in turn peppered with fictional movie details; it's a mess), so I’ll just write up my own history.
blah blah
Sample Network Entry: 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style.
Sample RP:
blah
And for completion's sake, though these are too old to be used as samples now:
February 2021 TDM
September 2021 TDM
https://tlvgreatesthitsdw.dreamwidth.org/110574.html?thread=31793390#cmt31793390
Special Notes:
As stated above, the film Girl, Interrupted is loosely based on a memoir of the same name. It's sort of a weird case in that the film's main POV character is the memoir's real-life author in name, history, and personality (to the extent that RPing her would probably count as RPF), but the film's entire narrative structure is 100% fictionalized. The secondary characters are pretty much a toss-up, with some sharing names and personality details with real-life memoir characters, and others not. In the memoir, there are two characters named Lisa. Lisa the film character shares a few broad character traits with one of them, but that's pretty much it; all of the actions she takes in the movie, as well as what we see of her internality, are distinct and fictionalized. Therefore, I consider her to be a completely fictional character very loosely inspired by a real person, rather than a case of non-historical RPF.
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Other Characters Currently In-Game: Tiffany Doggett |
tuckyCharacter Name: Lisa Rowe
Series: Girl, Interrupted
Age: Unknown, but definitely over 15 and almost certainly over 18; she appears to be in her early twenties, which is what I'm going with.
From When?: After taking off from Daisy's house after Daisy's suicide. She has no canon death or near death at any point during the film, but she spends some time homeless and living a high-risk lifestyle (prostitution, doing drugs, etc.). For the purposes of being brought onboard the Barge, she was hit by a bus.
Inmate Justification:
Lisa is charismatic, manipulative, and controlling, prone to glomming onto vulnerable people and forming unhealthy, unequal, and occasionally even dangerous relationships with them. While generally not physically harmful towards others, she has high potential to be emotionally harmful. She desperately needs to unlearn this, as well as learn how to move out of the stagnant (psychologically and physically) space she's made a home for herself in.
Arrival: Brought in against her will.
Abilities/Powers: n/a; she's a baseline human.
Inmate Information:
Lisa has been institutionalized for much of her life
important to note that a large part of her DOES want to be in Claymore; she rails against it, but it's all she knows, and she's extremely comfortable with her role here. She runs away, but she always stays close by or comes back to the area on her own when she does, making it very easy for her to be found and brought back.
She’s capable of being kind and affectionate, including in situations where she has no apparent ulterior motive for it. That said, regardless of the situation, she always wants to do it from a place of power and control. There's a part of her that genuinely enjoys closeness and fondness, and she does seem to see herself as a benevolent figure who treats her "subjects" well; at the end of the film, she's surprised and hurt when Susanna begins to recognize that their relationship is toxic and tries to break free of it. That said, the types of friendships that she cultivates are nevertheless always inherently unequal and unhealthy, just by virtue of how hard s
Lisa is all but guaranteed to get worse before she gets better, because she'll treat the Barge like it's Claymore turned up to one thousand. She'll quickly discover that it'll be impossible for her to settle into her old familiar role onboard - Claymore is not a facility for violent offenders, and while she’s used to being the unquestioned biggest and the baddest, she’s the very definition of a big fish in a small pond. The Barge, on the other hand, is filled to the brim with big fish from big ponds, and when it comes it both physical power and experience with brutality, far more inmates will outclass her than not. There's a high chance of her getting into one-upmanship battles with the other spicier inmates, but in most cases, she'd be at a big disadvantage from the get-go. Many inmates wouldn't bat an eye at murder, physical torture, serious maiming, and so on, but those are things that Lisa never shows any real inclination towards in canon: the closest she comes is chasing another patient around with a syringe, and even then, she doesn't actually try to use it on her.
She will be inclined to apply psych ward terms to the Barge (which is lazy, and something her warden would do well to discourage whenever possible).
Claymore actually does kind of suck in some ways??? it's not all bullshit the way Lisa claims, and there clearly are genuinely good doctors and staff members there, but there's literally a patient who's there because she's a lesbian, and forced electroshock therapy - particularly the more dangerous, less refined electroshock therapy done in the 1960s - is Bad, Actually.
She’s easily angered by what she sees as inauthenticity, but will be far more likely to be bothered by it in inmates than in wardens:
She'll see inmates as being their true selves, whereas wardens will already be lost causes, and inmates who sincerely care about graduating are sell-outs.
and while she will likely often display superficial friendliness with wardens, she will absolutely lean into the warden/inmate divide with other inmates.
would react explosively to graduations of people she's "claimed"
"You know, there are too many buttons in the world. There's too many buttons, and they're just... there's way too many, just begging to be pressed. They're just begging to be pressed, you know, they're just begging to be pressed. And it makes me wonder. You know, it really makes me fucking wonder: why doesn't anybody ever press mine? Why am I so neglected?"
Path to Redemption:
blah blah blah
Lisa will need a warden who grounds her. Initially, she'll react poorly to this, and will openly state her preference for irreverent, unconventional wardens; however, balance is a necessity for her, and a warden whose personality or behavior matched hers too closely would only encourage her in a negative way, regardless of their intentions. They don't have to be strict (though if they are, that's fine), but calmness and unflappability are a must.
The staff at Claymore, calm and unflappable as they are, do balance her - but they also let her coast. The right warden for Lisa will recognize that she's not an inmate who would benefit from being given lots of space to figure things out for herself. She's awful at self-direction, and if left to her own devices, she'll never make progress; her history is proof enough of that. Therefore, if she acts out enough to warrant punishment, anything involving more direct oversight would be ideal: limiting her freedom by forcing her to stay within twenty feet of her warden would be miles better for her than limiting her freedom by way of a Zero stay. Honestly, keeping a handle on her in this way wouldn't be a bad thing even when she wasn't misbehaving; she'd performatively rail against things like regular check-ins and an enforced schedule, but a part of her craves that sort of structure and attention, and it could (eventually) be a good in for helping her explore why she's willingly returned to Claymore after every successful escape.
Finally, it'll be important for her warden to genuinely and openly care about her, believe in her potential, and be invested in her beyond getting their deal. All seriousness all the time also isn't by any means a necessity, and someone who allows her some space to (non-harmfully) ham it up would be fine, as long as they don't let themselves get too drawn into her antics. Healthy boundaries will absolutely be a must with this one, because god knows she'll try to push at them.
History:
Whoever wrote the Wikipedia article for the film sprinkled in some things from the memoir that it was loosely based on (and the Wikipedia article for the memoir is in turn peppered with fictional movie details; it's a mess), so I’ll just write up my own history.
blah blah
Sample Network Entry: 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style.
Sample RP:
blah
And for completion's sake, though these are too old to be used as samples now:
February 2021 TDM
September 2021 TDM
https://tlvgreatesthitsdw.dreamwidth.org/110574.html?thread=31793390#cmt31793390
Special Notes:
As stated above, the film Girl, Interrupted is loosely based on a memoir of the same name. It's sort of a weird case in that the film's main POV character is the memoir's real-life author in name, history, and personality (to the extent that RPing her would probably count as RPF), but the film's entire narrative structure is 100% fictionalized. The secondary characters are pretty much a toss-up, with some sharing names and personality details with real-life memoir characters, and others not. In the memoir, there are two characters named Lisa. Lisa the film character shares a few broad character traits with one of them, but that's pretty much it; all of the actions she takes in the movie, as well as what we see of her internality, are distinct and fictionalized. Therefore, I consider her to be a completely fictional character very loosely inspired by a real person, rather than a case of non-historical RPF.
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