Marjorie (The Nursery Nurse)

Marjorie Van Gould is a primary character in the TikTok series, The Nursery Nurse. Like every other character in the series, she is played by the series creator, Charlotte.
Having initially started out the series as an antagonist, Marjorie was the first character from the series to undergo significant character development, receiving a redemption arc over many one-shot skits to become a popular character amongst fans.
==Character Overview==
Marjorie is a manager at he Knight Nursery and has been a managerial role of varying seniority since her character's introduction. Along with Charlotte, Marjorie is one of the main characters of the series and has been present since the earlier episodes, though at the time she play an antagonistic role.
Following Marjorie's redemption arc, she became a well-liked character within the series and amongst the fans, though retained many of her scatty and overbearing traits, just given a more positive development of them. As the manager of the nursery, she often dealt with conflict between parents and her staff and the upper management of the nursery and her staff. Her fondness for her staff members would also lead to issues in later episodes, where she is reluctant to fire staff who are under-performing because she feels responsible for them.
When the series moved towards longer story-lines, Marjorie's on and off difficulties in her romantic life became a core part of various story arcs when the character of Reece was introduced. Over many episodes, Marjorie and Reece became a couple and their relationship, and events within it, appear frequently in story-line episodes.
Small bits of Marjorie's backstory have been revealed, such as that her father died when she was little, and her mother married up into the Van Gould family, a rich family who owned a property empire. However, she has had a strained relationship with her family and walked away from them. However, she hasn't changed her last name because she doesn't want to change all of her documents and the last name opens doors for her, such as getting a free gym membership.
== Fandom ==
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===Common Pairings===
Marjorie/Reece (also known as Marjoreece) is the most common pairing in both discussions and fanworks for Marjorie's character. Fan interest in the pairing and comments encouraging the ship in the comments of videos played a role in the pairing becoming canonical, and in Charlotte introducing more interpersonal storylines to the series.
Outside of her relationship with Reece, there is a tiny amount of fan-focused on the fanon Charlotte/Marjorie pairing, fuelled in part by the conflict in the storylines around March-May 2024, and platonic pairings are also common.
===Controversies===
In creating content for fans of the series, Charlotte the creator has received negative commentary and criticism from some people online, who claim it is weird for her to be creating story lines involving relationships which are between characters played by herself.
For example, with the assistance of staff from the media company she works with, Charlotte did a photoshoot of the characters of Reece and Marjorie kissing. As both their faces were obscured, this was accomplished by a male staff member playing the role of Reece and wearing his wig (which does not happen in the series). While fans of the pairing celebrated the photograph and the method in which it was created, there were some negative comments about her creating it at all.
Others criticized her characters making sexual references in a story about a nursery that may have young fans.
===Fanon and Common Tropes in Fanworks===
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* by marjorie-88
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Category:The Nursery Nurse