Carrie Fitzgerald

Carrie Fitzgerald is a Supervisor in the Thirlcrest Times, in Thirlcrest Academy played by cinnamon7726.
==Appearance==
Carrie is a distinctly pale and chubby, 5'5" teenage girl that is easily recognized by her usually-wide-eyed stare, as well as her dark brown hair and apparel. While she isn't exactly plus-sized, Carrie is above the average weight for her height and age, which is one of the only things in herself that pushes some sort of insecurity forefront. Engrossed instead by insecurities based on her personality and not her appearance, she tries her hardest to not let it bother her, and often succeeds in doing so. 
Her distinctly blank and wide-eyed stare is, as aforementioned, a defining physical trait of hers that is more-than-commonly called out. While she's not classically 'ugly', her severe case of baby face in the eyes and cheeks direct her towards the crowd of the unconventionally attractive, something she hadn't noticed until the 2007 school year. 
On campus, Carrie most often sports a white button up with a pocket on the front, a keyring with her dorm key, one of Roxanne Myers' premolars, and two keychains attached to it tucked into said pocket. Atop her button up and black plaid skirt, she often wears a coat gifted to her from Carmen Ellison, a sentiment for their friendship and Carrie's trustworthiness when it comes to keeping Carmen's secrets. The coat was originally Carmen's, worn the year before. Too, Carrie has no idea how to tie a tie, and is often seen either without the T-Times tie--or with it completely untied around her neck. Her necklace is representative of her two closest friends, Soleil and Carmen, their initials attached to the end of it. 
==Characteristics==
All pale skin and Fall Out Boy references, Carrie is most often defined as ridiculously insufferable, but she assumes that it's just because they haven't gotten to know her yet --she tells herself that they're just too afraid to be friends with someone so awesome and interesting. Despite being ridiculously insecure, she often projects that same insecurity onto other people by attacking them with any stupid middle school insult she can think of in the moment, some specific people sparking an intense anger in her, "not naming any names". 
At any sentiment, Carrie is quickly reduced to stutters and ridiculously self-deprecating responses; though, on the other hand, is also very easy to compliment. The side of her that's somewhat easily manipulated is quickly torn out of her the second she's complimented by someone she admires, whether it's romantic, in the professional realm of school paper writing, or through friendly sentiments. The two-sided die of Carrie's emotions make any romantic (or, too, platonic) interaction either disgustingly awkward or entirely pleasant -- depending on the person she's speaking to. A somewhat confident side of herself is found in her closest friends, as well as in any sort of negative interaction. 
A majority of her escapism from insecurity is evident in her writing, almost as if her personality is entirely different from herself when she's rambling on in blog posts or newspaper excerpts. Carrie pays careful attention to her word choice when drafting articles, but is entirely different both in the Times groupchat/forum and in-person. 
When Carrie isn't being perceived by others, she is a rather smart girl, with intense attention paid to academics and her work artistically. She's often quick to let single interactions and entire friendships define her, though. In reality, Carrie craves a world where nothing and nobody can hurt her friends and piqued interests (whether it's a boy or something FOB-related), which she idealizes so much that the world around her is entirely overwhelming. 
==Character Background==
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Carrie finds an easy connection to the New England location of Thirlcrest's campus, especially since it's close to where her family vacationed for birthdays and holidays throughout her childhood. 
Her growing-up was extremely uneventful, except for her parents' divorce when she was fourteen, and her two hamsters dying. She makes up a different reason as to why she was sent to Thirlcrest -- such as her fighting a bear at school and being expelled. Truthfully, the only reason she attends Thirlcrest is because her mother is the school nurse, tied in with a few cases of impudence and cheating via writing essays and giving final exam answers to other students the entirety of her Freshman year. 
==Relationships==
===Carmen Ellison===
Carmen is Carrie's major role model, taking the spot above her own mother, and is someone that Carrie would defend even if she'd killed somebody. Carmen obviously holds a very large part of Carrie's heart, which she says is probably the pulmonary artery. 
"DUDE...YOU'RE CRAZY, CARRIE...YOU'RE CRAAAAZZZEEEYYUUUUHHHH..." 
-- Carmen, after Carrie called Seymour 'Sey-men' 
Carrie and Carmen met within the first few days of Carrie's enrollment into Thirlcrest, immediately bonding. Carrie soon joined Yearbook Club, where she took yearbook photos for random students on campus, and helped Carmen with whatever she asked her to do. Soon, she joined the Thirlcrest Times when it was established from Yearbook Club and she became extremely close with Carmen, almost attached to her like she would be with a mother. 
During Soleil and Carmen's Student Council campaign, Carrie managed designing their posters, writing articles boasting about them, and all-around advertising their greatness to the school populace. She was almost-obsessed with them, relishing in the way that they treated her. After they were elected, she only continued to grow closer to both Carmen and Soleil, mood instantly cheering up the second she's near Carmen, especially. 
In recent events, Carrie has developed an even more unbreakable bond with Carmen, seemingly unable to bend or break away from her. As much as Carrie fears for Carmen's reputation at times, she has no issue running to her defense, even when she knows that she's wrong -- unlike her own mother, Carmen watches over her and treats her like a daughter, or a sister. 
=== Soleil Blythe===
Soleil is someone with the closest personality to Carrie, despite their obvious differences in cliques and social status -- Carrie has an immense admiration for Soleil, and would too defend her to the ends of the earth if she had to. 
"Nooooo....the gay-fect hit you...I'll miss you, Soleil." 
-- Carrie's sentiment to Soleil, who was hit with something that Luke Powers had been aiming at Roy Rianelli. 
Soleil and Carrie had been friends randomly since the day she started at Thirlcrest. Carrie isn't entirely sure how they met, let alone how they became friends -- but she introduced Soleil to her entire friend group, including Carmen, and the three became extremely close over a short period of time. Carrie says they're like twins, or sisters, who were separated at birth and found each other in Maine. Soleil says Carrie is a freak. Albeit, the two are near-inseparable and are almost always seen dressed similarly or in matching outfits at costume parties. 
Carrie often relies on Soleil as an outlet for any and all girl-talk, and trusts her with her life when it comes to anything romance or social, believing that if anyone can help her in that unfamiliar area, it'd be Soleil. soleil wingmans Carrie much more than she'd like to admit. 
===Roxanne Myers===
Roxanne is one of Carrie's favorite people on campus, despite multiple occurrences of Carrie declaring hatred towards her. 
"What? I thought you and Layla were...well, um...I love gay people." 
-- Carrie mistaking Roxie and Layla's relationship, in front of Roxie's girlfriend. 
Carrie met Roxie a few days before the Times was officialized, being introduced to her through Carmen in the hallway before class. The two weren't immediately close, and actually formed a rivalry between each other, especially when Roxie ran against Soleil in the race for STUCO Vice President. Carrie ratted Roxanne out to Vincent for cheating on him, right in front of her, and the two fought on and off from then on. It took until months after the two had broken up and S+C had been elected for them to make up, and became much closer than they originally were.
Roxanne might not trust Carrie completely (she assumes)--but Carrie sure trusts Roxanne, crying to her on multiple occasions and believing a huge majority of the things she tells her, even if most of those things aren't true. 
In the light of recent events, Carrie and Roxanne have become especially close -- Roxanne considering the two of them 'the last two descendants of Carmen in T-Times'. The night that Carmen's history was exposed via the Havoc Hive, Carrie had already known, since two days prior. Roxanne, on the other hand, found out in real time -- too, reacting in real time. Carrie was quick to defend Carmen, running over to her and physically defending her. After Carmen disappeared to her dorm a few minutes after the leaks, Roxie and Carrie were left to freak out on their own. 
=== Vincent Kühn===
Vincent makes Carrie ridiculously anxious, often weirdly nauseous whenever his tone changes with her -- something she isn't used to.
"OHOHOHOHOHO……VINCENT WOULD LISTEN TO THE FALL OUT BOYS FOR ME… RIGHT?"
-- Carrie typing worriedly in the Times groupchat.
The two of them were never really friends, only interacting when they needed to, especially when being in Times together required it. In fact, they almost disliked each other following Roxie and his breakup, considering Carrie had only told him about Roxanne's infidelity to boost the S+C campaign. 
Though, only recently, Carrie had become weirdly infatuated with him; Especially after the two had their first real conversation at the cafe, and they spoke about Fall Out Boy once in the T-Times groupchat. Carrie is almost entirely unable to distinguish the difference between platonic and romantic admiration, and finds herself extremely nervous and socially inept around him -- something he likely does on purpose, she thinks, and she almost always resorts to taking half a Lorazepam and changing the subject. 
Roxanne tells Carrie that she knows she's into him, and Carrie has no idea what to do about it, because she isn't entirely sure why she would be, or if she is at all. Actually, if she isn't lying to herself, her odd infatuation with him entirely borders on romantic, even though he shows little-to-no interest in her. She's often accidentally and excruciatingly obvious with staring at him, often noticed by Vincent himself, or by the likes of Trey Popov or Ben Sweet, which she is often ridiculed for and finds intense embarrassment in. 
=== Mike Sangong-Jeong-Tongbang'wu===
Carrie and Mike are not extremely close, considering the actual fear she has of him sometimes. Though, she can trust him to make her laugh when she's extremely upset (which is not a rare occurrence). 
"WOW, AWESOME. MY FRIEND BOWIE KILLED MY NINTENDOG." 
-- Carrie talking to Mike about DS games in the Times office. 
Mike was the first prefect that Carrie met, meeting through Soleil at the beach. Throughout the first few months of Carrie's enrollment, Mike often would try to scare both Soleil and Carrie as much as possible, enough to the point where Carrie gets so annoyed with him that she yells at him every time they're near each other. She thinks it's ironic how she's never seen the man with the bird mask and Mike in the same room together. 
===Seymour Edwards=== 
Seymour is Carmen's boyfriend, and someone Carrie only respects when Carmen tells her to 'be nice'. 
"Ha-ha, don't you mean 'What's up stab wound victim?" 
-- Seymour, on the rare occasion that Carrie didn't greet him with said nickname. 
Though, Carrie is always referring to him as a 'stab wound victim', completely unaware of how insensitive it is. She might not respect his authority as a Prefect, makes fun of his name more than she supports him in anything, and calls him Sey-men, she ultimately considers him a friend -- if Carmen is really in love with him, she has to trust her instincts. 
===Trey Popov===
==Trivia==
*Carrie is autistic, and is diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- something very obvious in her demeanor.
*Her favorite thing, band, and group of people of all time is Fall Out Boy. Her favorite songs are Saturday and The (After) Life Of The Party. She has seen them in concert seven times - one time being at Warped Tour in 2005 when she was 14.
*As a supervisor for the school paper, she also draws and writes T-Times' comic, The Little Knight That Could, very rarely.
*Her "Vote Carm" pin is from a middle school class election for her ex-friend Carmilla, which also happens to be similar to Carmen's name.
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