Sir Mouse

(Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide, CSA, bullying, forced medication, and spousal abuse)
Sir Mouse is a sixteen-year old mouse and the main protagonist of the animated web-series Siren and Sir and the book Siren and Sir: Nightmare at Oakdale Wells High. He lives with his mother and younger brother in the town of Oakdale Wells after the expulsion of his father by his mother, and attends the local high school named after the town.
He is a social outcast, and typically being mistreated by his peers, most notably Victor, who he often gets into verbal or physical altercations with. He has a crush on the local girl-next-door, Cora, who remains the only friend he still has at the school.
In his coma, he is the boyfriend of Cora and constantly tormented by Mr. Tim (as well as his son Victor, and Chad) for getting in the way of his plans.
== Appearance ==
Sir is a short, brown-furred mouse with a light yellow colored inner ears and muzzle. He has an exceptionally large head compared to other characters, as well as very large ears that are a common target of teasing. He has blue (or green) eyes, buck teeth, and a pink tail.
He wears a red hoodie, cuffed khaki pants, and sometimes a blue backpack. Underneath his hoodie, he wears his house key around his neck. He sometimes wears a pair of red and black headphones.
== Early Life ==
=== Infancy to Toddlerhood ===
Sir may have begun experiencing consciousness at the moment of his birth, as he recalls being held by his mother's doctor after being born, seeing his father talking to a nurse, and being cradled in the arms of his joyous, crying mother.
As a child, Matt was kind to Sir and the rest of his family, though only when not on drugs or intoxicated. He happily played with Sir and seemed to care about him. Kristen also cares quite a deal about her children, but smoked marijuana while pregnant with her second son and in the presence of Sir.
=== Southern Storms ===
In the "Southern Storms" music video, Sir shares with the audience several traumatic events from his past (at around 2-3 years old) that are deeply personal and effect him in the present.
At home, Matt was an abusive alcoholic, actively doing drugs in front of his children and antagonizing his family. From what was seen, around 2007 he pushed around a then-pregnant Kristen when drunk (causing a miscarriage), and hit Sir into a wall when he tried to get between them. Around 2012-2018, Matt still continued to drink heavily and abuse drugs during times of stress (such as approaching hurricanes) now in front of both Sir and Daniel.
In pre-school, Sir was raped by Pete (who was presumably a member of faculty at the time) and as a result, attempted suicide by hanging himself from a belt in his bedroom. As a result of him being too heavy and/or the belt not being tied properly, the belt was unable to hold him up and he fell to the ground. He was then committed to a psyche ward, where his parents met Dr. Schwartz and signed Sir onto a Suicide Prevention Plan. The exact duration of Sir's stay is unstated, but it ended before 2018.
=== Before Oakdale Wells ===
Sir's life before Oakdale Wells was slightly revealed in the art that comes with the digital soundtrack album.
Sir was in his room on his bed drawing when his mother Kristen came into his room with a present. She was wearing a white durag, and appeared as though she'd just come home from work. The present was a box wrapped in yellow wrapping paper and red ribbon tied into a bow. Kristen placed a hand on his back, smiling and holding it in front of herself while Sir looked up at her as though he was disappointed or expected to be disappointed. Before opening the present, Sir pointed to the calendar on his bedroom wall, where it was written that the date was December 24, 2018. In the next image, Sir is holding what was presumably inside the present Kristen had for him: another red hoodie. He's looking down at it with an uncertain expression, while Kristen seems happy.
They're next seen in the living room looking at Daniel while he talks to them, happy. Sir's ears are down and he's wearing his backpack, while Kristen just smiles. Matt then comes into the house, entering the house clearly drunk with a red bag in one hand and a flask in the other, taking a swig from it. Kristen almost immediately seems to start yelling at Matt, pointing towards the door in demand that he leave. Daniel holds onto Matt's leg so that he has more difficulty leaving, which Matt doesn't seem to appreciate whatsoever. Matt, with a tired face, leaves the house. Daniel cries into his mother's skirt while she tries her best to comfort him, while she looks at Sir as he runs to his room crying. The next scene is Sir inside of his room, sat against the bedroom door on the floor, weeping and huddled into his knees.
It was after this that Kristen decided to move her family (from Westmont Trace) to Oakdale Wells, where her former brother-in-law, Jerry Mouse, works as the owner of a pawn shop.
== Current Life ==
Sir stated that he was fourteen years old at the beginning of the series, possibly in a past Instagram bio. He again said that he was fourteen in the comment section of the September 3, 2019 post, meaning that he turned fourteen sometime before that.
=== Being in Oakdale Wells ===
Sir's initial days at Oakdale Wells High School were illustrated in the album art that came with a purchase of the digital album. In these months, likely in early 2019, Sir was constantly belittled and harassed by Victor, while also having his own sandwich smeared on his hoodie. Whenever he tried to speak in Mr. Tim's class, Victor would say something or even laugh at Sir, which caused him to have negative associations with science class. Cora attempted to reach out to Sir during this time, but it's unclear if she was successful. This bullying brought Sir to the point of tears and running out of the school all the way to his house, much to Victor's amusement. When he was home, he entered his house using a house key tied around his neck. Still incredibly sad, he saw a very happy Daniel when he entered the living room, who was enjoying the television, toys, and snacks, contrasting Sir's own day's experience. When Sir arrived in his room, he angrily threw his ruined sweater to the floor.
At the beginning of the the animated web-series, initial posts gave more insight to his early experiences at Oakdale Wells High School as well as Sir's age(14). Sir has attended the school for a few of the last months of his freshman year and began the tenth grade in Oakdale Wells, as was said in the description of Siren and Sir: Nightmare at Oakdale Wells High. This is because he started attending after moving to Oakdale Wells, as was said by Kristen in a past advertisement and slightly elaborated on in a future post where she mentioned a place called Wellington that Sir wouldn't want to go back to, in response to Sir's objections to his medication.
Although he was initially happy to attend, his classmate Victor's bullying and harassment over the course of the first year led him to have a considerable amount of stress and hate the idea of coming back for his second year, and hope that by chance Victor would be going to a different school, or that he himself could(which he claims his mother doesn't understand).
==== Victor ====
Victor is Sir's longtime bully and rival, who has tormented and harassed Sir since his first year at Oakdale Wells High School. In that first year, he made fun of him, physically bullied him, endlessly pestered him, and ruined one of Sir's favorite sweaters with a sandwich. This all contributed to Sir hating school (science class specifically) and Oakdale.
===== Back to School =====
In Sir's first week back to school, Victor does not interact with Sir whatsoever. While he does make an appearance on the first day (sitting in the front row of Sir's class next to Cora) and passes a note to Cora on the next day, he seems to be focusing on other targets for the time being. His bullying of Todd Perkins (a boy then-named Kevin) gets caught on film by Sir (unbeknownst to either of them). Although Sir says that he was relieved to not be the target, he mentions that he felt bad for Todd. He then debated sharing the film, and ultimately decided to show the school resources officer. (As this is never mentioned again, it can be assumed that nothing came of it.) After Sir submitted the video, Sir thought that Victor was going to kick his ass. Although ironically, Victor appears happy in the video shown,and this never comes up again, so again, it can be assumed nothing happened.
Then on the day after that, Sir interprets Victor grabbing Cora to be in retaliation to Sir reporting him, and that it was done specifically to provoke him. Sir asks what he should do in response, without mentioning if he had asked Cora for context or tried to comfort her. Over the weekend, (his mother) Kristen took him and his little brother Daniel to the beach. Sir says that it helped him to relax after what Victor put him through, clearly referring to his anxiety and delusions. On Sunday, Sir also listened to music to help quell his anxiety about school, and returning tomorrow.
The second week is far more eventful. On Monday, Victor deliberately blocks the door when Sir is trying to get into the classroom. This apparently finally inspires anger in Sir, which he claims is beginning to surpass his fear of Victor. Sir says that he reported Victor to both the school resources officer and the principal, but that nothing happened as a result. He rallies for the end of bullies with #stopbullies written in the caption, clearly outraged. Afterwards, between this time and the next school day on Tuesday, Sir gains a black eye fighting Victor.
During the rest of the school week, Sir gives daily updates about what exactly happened. On Wednesday, Sir says that "it all started" when he decided to put things in his control, by going to the gym and working out before confronting Victor, because he knew that he had to be stronger. Sir may have started going to the gym since the middle of the summer, as on an earlier post made in August, Sir said that he was doing weightlifting to become stronger than Victor, and had previously promised to one day be bigger.
Sir then explains how it (being the fight that week) actually all started. Sir says that Victor sent a message to a group chat with Sir's classmates in it, the contents of the message being an image showing what he'd done to him "last time". This likely referring to an event that occurred in the previous school year. (Notably, there is no explanation for how or why Sir would be in this group chat, despite how unpopular he says he is and has been shown to be. There's also a possibility that someone else in the group chat, namely Cora, may have come to Sir with this information.) This event could have possibly occurred on July 12, 2019 as it was a school day and featured Kristen. It was before Sir began seeing Dr. Schwartz and one of the reasons why Sir was put on medication(to treat his anxiety about school and Victor).
The image sent was of Sir glaring into the camera, bloody and bruised after (most likely) losing to a fight against Victor. (Although since Sir's knuckles are bloody, it can be assumed that he fought back.)
It was sometime between August 19 and August 20 that Sir decided to take action. During the school day, Sir ran up to Victor while he was in the middle of a conversation with Incidental 1 and Amber, and punched him in the side of his his face with a right hook, sending them both to the floor. Although (while on the floor) Victor was only seen shielding himself from Sir's hits, Victor did apparently fight back at some point. As after the fight, Sir had a black eye, was littered in cuts and bruises, and was experiencing dizziness. (On a later post only a week later, Sir explains that his medication had been making him feeling bad, so that could have been a contributing factor.) Sir says that he felt he had no other options, and that he had no choice but to take the first punch. He couldn't handle Victor's behavior anymore, and he believed that he had to stand up for himself.
For some reason, comparing the August 22, 2019 post and August 23, 2019 post shows that there is a difference between how Sir throws his phone and the events after the fight. On August 22, 2019, when Sir is looking at his phone, he angrily throws it to the floor. After Sir punches Victor, he is shown to be sitting and listening to Kristen in the front office. He has visible bleeding cuts and scratches across his face, as well as bloody knuckles. The caption is: "Here’s how it all started on Tuesday. After I got the message I had no option but to take the first punch. I couldn’t take it anymore." 
On August 23, 2019, the image Victor sent is shown, and Sir, in his anger, throws his phone against the wall. After Sir punches Victor, Sir is shown to be throwing punch after punch at Victor, who is shielding himself from said assault. As Sir tries to continue to hit Victor, Mr. Tim hooks his arms under Sir's to stop him. Then there is a cut to Victor crying in an alleyway, next to a trash can. The caption is: "After he sent the group text to everyone showing them what he did to me last time, I had to stand up for myself." It's unclear why these posts are so different, but both come with a tone of justifying his actions to not only the audience (perhaps two different audiences) but himself. Sir's behavior was encouraged by Instagram commenters before and after the fact, so this may have been a contributing factor, or planned from the start.
Despite what Sir did, Kristen took him to get ice cream from the ice cream shop that Saturday. On that same day, he says that for most of it he was flying his drone, and that he got good footage. On Sunday, Sir remembers that he isn't the only one going through a rough time (in reference to his experience with Victor and his mental struggles), and that Daniel misses their father too.
===== Peace =====
When Sir discovers that Victor is self harming, he realizes that Victor is struggling as well, and develops a new understanding of him. Sir's subsequent confrontation/intervention at Victor's trailer has Sir feeling very overwhelmed on the following days. When he posted a picture of a sad looking Victor, Sir shared his epiphany in the caption, "What should I say to Victor tomorrow? I'm learning that the things I thought I was alone in going through other people are going through too." The proceeding post is also related to Victor, and it is captioned, "Our thoughts live in our own heads and it's hard sometimes to know what someone else is going through because we often judge books by their cover." The next day, Sir then remarks on a positive moment he shared with Victor, "...Victor farted when the teacher asked if anyone had any questions. It was so funny and Mr. Tim didn't know who did it but laughed too. It made Victor happy."
===== Back to War =====
Suddenly, the sympathetic Victor posts end when Victor passes Cora a note in class in front of Sir(this being the second time this has happened). Sir captions the post with a simple, "The fuck..." and appears very angry at Victor. (This is notably after Sir was talking about desperately missing Cora, and Kristen put him back on his medication.) Sir also witnesses Cora going up to Victor to hug him, looking sadly at them the entire time. Spider Victor later appears in one of Sir's nightmares, at colossal size and chasing Sir gleefully.
The temporary peace in their relationship is completely ended when they have a heated argument in school, almost escalating into a physical fight. During this argument, Victor was apparently making fun of Sir, and Sir reacted poorly. Victor then says that Sir's dad left "because he was tired of looking at your face" (according to Sir) and Sir responded by calling Victor a "trailer trash piece of shit." (Something that Victor is very insecure about.)
==== Cora ====
During the first week of school, Cora is formally introduced and quickly established to be Sir's main love interest. What is also quickly established is Sir's jealousy. While on the first day back Sir speaks to Cora, he ends up sitting in the back of the class, while Victor and Cora are seated in the front row. As a result of this, Sir was able to see Victor pass a note to Cora the next day, which greatly depressed him. The following days were filled with Sir's anxiety towards Victor and possible light stalking. Sir's recording of Victor's bullying of Todd Perkins and the submission of video evidence of this bullying to the school resources officer caused Sir to interpret Victor grabbing Cora's wrist as being part of some plot to provoke Sir. For what reason really isn't clear and Sir does not mention any attempts to get Cora's side of the story, or even Victor's. Sir was absolutely enraged by Victor doing this to Cora, but this event has never been addressed past this point.
On the Monday after confronting Victor, Sir learns that he has three days of detention, and Cora is shown running to comfort him. He seemingly spends the entirety of it with Cora, with no mention of if he went to spend time in detention hall or lunch detention in the following posts. He spins with her on Tuesday, wondering if she likes him, and on Wednesday they hold hands with each other while walking through the halls in school. He calls her beautiful, and is clearly infatuated. Detention seems nonexistent to Sir due to Cora's presence, and Sir mentions that Cora is making it "not so bad" for him.
The day after, Dr. Schwartz changes Sir's prescription, which isn't entirely out of the ordinary as Sir has been constantly complaining about the medications effect on him. Although, Sir (in a post that shows him texting with Cora) then says on Friday that his medication has been making him feel dizzy and tired all week, and as a result, his mother let him stay home that day.
=== Family Situation ===
Sir's father, Matt is an abusive alcoholic obsessively trying to get back into his family's lives.
=== The Coma ===
Sir's coma is an event that began when Sir was electrocuted on November 2, 2019.
==== Feud with Mr. Tim ====
The groundwork for the uncomfortable situation with Mr. Tim is laid early on in the series. During the school day, Sir noticed Mr. Tim and Cora having a conversation, observing that Cora was uncomfortable. He wondered if Mr. Tim told her about what he wrote on the chalkboard the previous day, but refutes it as he doesn't believe Mr. Tim would do that to him. Although he sounds unsure of it himself. There's a possibility this could be one of the delusions caused by the medication.
== History of Mental Illness ==
Sir has struggled with depression, paranoia, and anxiety for the majority of his life. It is unclear if this began after he experienced trauma at the hands of Pete. He avoids taking his medication because it worsens his mental state and causes hallucinations, among other things. Though he also takes too much at the same time.
He objects to Dr. Schwartz recommending they "up his dosage" during a visit, saying that he's "full of shit" and that Kristen, "...just listens to whatever he says." It is unclear what Sir actually said during this meeting and why Dr. Schwartz would recommend a higher dosage despite Sir's objection.
=== Coping ===
Sir copes in various ways in the story. For one, he over medicates or doesn't medicate at all depending on however he feels. He also hallucinates a false relationship with Cora over the course of his coma, imagining that they have this great relationship when she is too underdeveloped as a character for that to be factual. Adding onto that, there is his assumption that Victor was assaulting Cora when he lacked evidence for why this being the course or even asking her about the situation afterward.
==== Siren ====
Siren, as known within the story, is a facet of Sir's psyche that encourages specific behavior, mostly positive. It typically makes or adds onto captions on posts, but is also capable of sending messages. (Specifically the Call to Action situation with Crazy Pete) Siren is also capable of taking pictures or videos for Sir. Assuming Siren is a product of dissociative identity disorder in Sir, it explains why he is uncomfortable discussing Siren. It is unclear when Siren surfaced in Sir, but with the theory that it is a product of DID, it manifested in early childhood after Sir's experience with Crazy Pete.
In response to Sir being disappointed that he's only being called over to Cora's to rake leaves, Siren says to, "look at the bright side, you get to hang out at her house." This immediately changes Sir's attitude.
=== Dreams and Hallucinations ===
Sir has had a dream where he imagines Mr. Tim appearing sinister, having had written "You're all going to hell!!!" on the blackboard in chalk.
Two days later, Sir has another dream, one that he draws out what he can remember. The illustration depicts three events occurring around a Sir whose falling into a colorful vortex. One event is one where Victor and Sir are shaking hands, apparently having made amends and become friends.
Another depicts Sir and Cora having a conversation, where Cora appears to be smiling at Sir.
The final one has a smiling, apparently proud looking Matt with arm around Sir, while Kristen and Daniel are seen smiling at him as well.
It is unclear if the October 9, 2019 post is a dream or hallucination. The sequence includes flashing and the blue dragons snapping at Sir (who is in his tuxedo from the Marriage Dream), while spider Victor chases Sir (who's in regular attire). It's unclear if the visual of Sir with bloodshot eyes sitting on the foot of his bed with a censored left arm is a depiction of reality.
=== Possible Diagnoses ===
===== BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) or emotional deregulation disorder =====
Sir may have BPD due to multiple displayed behaviors and symptoms.
===== DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) =====
Sir may have DID (otherwise known as multiple personality disorder) due to multiple displayed behaviors and symptoms.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
Kristen - Kristen is the mother of Sir and his younger brother, Daniel. They live together under the same roof in Oakdale Wells ever since they moved and she kicked their father out of the house for his alcoholism.
Jerry - Jerry is Sir's uncle, although it is unclear which parent he's related to. On some occasions, Sir works at his pawn shop, typically on Kristen's command.
(In Sir's coma) He gifts Sir a BB gun on Christmas, which he later practices with while Daniel is present.
Matt - Matt is the father of Sir and his younger brother, Daniel. Drove Sir home from school while drunk, eventually being pulled over by the police and having guns drawn on them.
Unnamed grandfather - Sir's grandfather is a man that passed away sometime before January 27, 2020. He left his marble collection to Sir in his will, which Sir later used to trip Chad and Victor when they were chasing him.
Unnamed grandmother - Sir's grandmother is the mother of his mother, Kristen. She passed away sometime before Sir was born, back in the year 2003 or 2004 due to cancer.
Kristen's miscarriage - Kristen's miscarriage was going to be Sir's younger sibling by about two years. They would have also been the older sibling of Daniel.
Daniel - Daniel is Sir's younger brother and only living sibling.
(In Sir's coma) Possibly his half-brother, according to Kristen's conversation with Matt in which she mentioned that she knows "he isn't yours, Matt." He treats Daniel as his confidante on multiple occasions.
Mr. Tim - (In Sir's coma) Mr. Tim is the former boyfriend of Sir's mother, Kristen.
Megan Krunkles - (In Sir's coma) Megan Krunkles is the late girlfriend of Sir's father, Matt. She died in the explosion the result of a car accident.
Mrs. McPherson - (In Sir's coma) Mrs. McPherson is the current girlfriend of Sir's father, Matt.
=== Love Interest(s) ===
Cora - (In Sir's coma) Cora is his current girlfriend.
=== Friends ===
Cora - Cora is the only friend of Sir's at Oakdale Wells High School.
Timothy McPherson - Mr. Tim allowed Sir to go home when he wasn't feeling well on October 10, 2019. Despite their relationship being positive, Sir also collected blackmail on Mr. Tim on October 12, 2019 and October 13, 2019, thinking of causing him marriage troubles with his wife. While witnessing a conversation between him and Cora on October 15, 2019, Sir wondered that he may have revealed to her what he'd written on the chalkboard to her, though he doesn't want to believe that as a possibility.
=== Enemies ===
Victor - Victor is Sir's bully ever since Sir came to attend Oakdale Wells High School.
Chad - (In Sir's coma) Chad bullies Sir with Victor.
Timothy McPherson - (In Sir's coma) Mr. Tim encourages Victor's behavior towards Sir.
Pete - (In Sir's coma) Pete is Sir's abuser.
== Trivia ==
# In an Instagram Q&A, Sir was confirmed to not be white.
# Like Chad's name, Sir's last name was fan-suggested.
# Sir's year of birth was confirmed in an Instagram Q&A.
# Although Sir's birthday has never been stated directly in the show, based off of statements referencing his age (14) it has to be sometime between August 15, 2005, and September 3, 2005. This would make him a Leo or Virgo sun.Characters in the Siren and Sir series.
Characters in Sir’s family.
The main characters of Siren and Sir.
Characters who have been identified as being mice.
Characters who are part of the animal family of rodentia.
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