Suzanna Foster

Suzanna and the yellow carnations

Clementine Bernard (Daughter)

Klara Bernard (Daughter)

Danny Donald (Grandson)

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**Suzanna Olivia Foster** is a secondary character in *Tectonic.* She is the second born child of Mr and Mrs. Foster, after Steven Foster. After her mother's death, her father sank into a great depression, so Steven and Suzanna began to take care of the farm themselves. At some point around 1859, Steven began showing signs of illness, so Suzanna shifted her priorities to take care of him until he died mid 1860. After this she took the Tectonic to America.

## Personality

She is easy going, rational, and logical, preferring to stick close to her friends. Once she meets Alexander she opens up a bit more and is a little more social.

## Appearance

Suzanna has medium length, blonde hair, grey eyes, and tan skin. She is a little above average height and has a pretty skinny frame. She is depicted usually in 3rd class farming clothing until she moves to Georgia and becomes working class after marrying Alexander. She almost never wears corsets, which makes some of the local women raise an eyebrow.

## History

### Before the story

Suzanna, Venus, and Stewart all grew up together and were very close friends. Sometime when Suzanna is 9 or 10, her mother passes away, leaving her father depressed and unmotivated. Steven and her decide to take care of the farm themselves, with Steven doing more of the heavy lifting, and Suzanna doing simpler tasks, like planting the vegetables while also doing the house work. Her and Venus enjoy going to the market together to get away from their lives for awhile as well. In 1859, Steven starts showing symptoms of an illness and has to stay in bed. She starts to spend her time taking care of him instead of tending to the farm, leaving it messy.

### Prologue

Suzanna and Venus are walking the market when they notice Calvin, they tease him and then he approaches Venus. Suzanna gets a weird vibe from him and tells Venus and they both hurry off to another section. Of course Calvin meets Frederick and Venus becomes trapped. Suzanna wishes she could help but theres not a lot a woman can do. Venus suggests that she come to America with her and Calvin to keep her company but she refuses to leave her brother, as much as she would love to go.

### Story summary

A few months after they leave, Steven dies, leaving her feeling completely alone. She writes to Venus and eventually is encouraged to come to America herself to start over. She arrives in Georgia and meets Alexander. They arrange a marriage to fit their specific lifestyles, and move close to the Donald house. Suzanna takes care of the farm now while Alexander is an actor and travels into the city to preform. They adopt kids a little after they get married and stay a happy family for a long time.

## Relationships

### Steven

Steven and Suzanna were always pretty close, even when they would have their sibling moments. Steven always tried his hardest to protect her. Suzanna tries her hardest to take care of him when he becomes ill and has a hard time moving on after he passes away.

### Venus

Suzanna and Venus met when they were pretty young because their mother's were friends. When Venus's mother died, they got to see less and less of each other since Venus had to take care of a lot of stuff at her farm. They would often go to the market together and would occasionally sneak off and play around for a little while. Suzanna started to develop a crush on Venus after awhile though and had a hard time hiding it. Even though she knew Venus had a crush on Stewart, she still supported her and put Venus's happiness before her own. Once she learned that Venus would be married to Calvin she tried to persuade her to run away but Venus didn't have the strength. Once she married Mac however, Suzanna finally accepted and moved on with her life but her feelings never fully went away.

### Stewart

Stewart is a good friend to Suzanna and they like to fish and play cards together. She gets jealous of him when Venus confessing to her about her feelings for him but after awhile she moves on with her life after finding out he is going to be married off. They remain close friends even after they move to America and still play cards together on the weekends.

### Alexander

Suzanna met Alexander when she arrived in America and later found out that he had the same wrong feelings that she had. They decided to create a false marriage in order to fly under the radar and be themselves. They adopted two daughters and are very close friends who respect each other's boundaries.

## Character Notes

* She is a closeted lesbian
* She dies in 1872 from Yellow Fever

## Trivia

* Her name derives from the song *Oh! Susanna* written in 1848 by Stephen Foster, who she also shares a surname with