Ashley

**Ashley** is a minor character that first appears in chapter 10 of Ryan Carter's story route, where she served as Doris' last minute replacement for bass after Doris had canceled on the event.

## Personailty

Ashley's personality and even dress style is similar to Doris', she is impatient, likes to make sardonic jokes, is rebellious and sometimes acts like an edgy teenager. She is also said to drink too much and is usually not seen without alcohol in her hands, as the first thing she noticed about the wedding was its bar. She also wears rocker clothes and torn jeans as stated by Matt Ortega. She doesn't seem to like weddings and obnoxiously honks the van's horn when arriving to the venue much to Colin's annoyance. Her taste in music also make her band mates mad and the first time she is seen is when she and Colin are bickering after exiting the van, and gave them a scornful look after leaving to go to the bar. Despite this, she shows no hostility towards the player (unlike Doris who more than likely would).

## Season 2

She first appears in chapter 10 where she served as Doris' replacement and played the bass for Nightmareden when they were playing for Ryan and the player's wedding. When the player first saw Ashley, she was astonished that she wasn't Doris and saw that Ashley was bickering with Colin about her music taste. Colin had apologized to the player after Ashley left, and said that he and Adam did not want to bring Ashley but had to since Doris had let them down, while Adam explained that the airport had a minibar, and though it was cool, she had overdid it.

Later on, after the player's wedding ceremony had ended, the player had thrown her flower bouquet into the crowd, Jenny Blake and Lisa Parker were fighting over the bouquet but it had landed behind them near Ashley's feet, but she had looked at it dismissively and kept drinking but then picked it up like a piece of garbage. She had then offered to cut the bouquet in half so Jenny and Lisa could share it and both be happy but they had both protested against it. Colin then approached them and Ashley joked about what would King Solomon have done, and after Colin told her that it wouldn't work and to pick something else, Ashley gave him the bouquet and said he'd be married within a year and walked away, leaving Colin shocked and Lisa and Jenny laughing while the player stated that he'd make a very handsome groom.

Ashley also probably hooked up with Thomas Gordon at the wedding, as it was hinted and Thomas always seems embarrassed and flushed whenever he sees her again while she smirks. In season 3, she permanently replaced Doris as the bassist for the band until the end of chapter 11, where it was revealed that Doris rejoined the group again. In the bad ending, it's unknown if Doris rejoined or not. It's never said if Ashley stayed in the band or not after Doris rejoined and she was never mentioned again, so her whereabouts are now unknown.

## Trivia

* It is possible that she likes Colin, as her behavior could come from her having a love-hate relationship with him since her behavior around him sometimes suggests harmless teasing, or it could be her way of trying to protect herself from being hurt.
* She is the second bass player seen in the Is it Love? franchise, after Doris.
* Ashley seems to have a more light hearted tone to her in comparison to Doris, who is more mean spirited.
* Ashley could possible make an appearance in Colin's upcoming season 2.
	+ This theory has been debunked as Ashley was never seen or mentioned of.
		- In season 3, she was seen by the player to be talking to Nightmareden's "red headed pianist" who is probably a reference to the player from Colin's route, which suggests that the two would get along if she had appeared.
* Ashley more than likely replaced Doris as the main bassist for the band due to Doris' jealousy of Colin liking the pianist, which is a clear reference to his story route.
	+ Ashley replacing Doris out of possible spite and refusal to work with the pianist means Ashley doesn't have any spite for the pianist herself and is probably easier to work with.
* She shares the same forename with Ashley from Fallen Road.
* Her age is unknown but she is either 21 (the legal drinking age in the United States) or over since she is allowed to drink at bars, despite acting like a teenagers sometimes.
* It's unknown how Doris and Ashley feel about each other. It's possible that could get along due to their similar personalities, but it's also possible that they would dislike each other due to their similar personalities.
	+ Doris probably wouldn't have liked Ashley at first though since she doesn't seem to like the idea of being replaced as evident due to her behavior and reaction to it in Colin's season 1.