Penny

Penny Swanson is a minor supporting character in North Park and a 4th grade student at North Park Elementary. She is a member of Lydia's gang.

## Penny Swanson

### Relatives

Unnamed father
Sabrina Opal (sister)

## Background

Penny was ostracised through most of her youth for being considered unattractive and gross. Any and all attempts to form friendships ended in her getting politely rejected at best, and made fun of and manipulated at worst. She would attempt to impress overs by showing off the weird things she can do, dislocating her own limbs, licking her own elbow, bending her fingers unnaturally, etc however these just resulted in people finding her gross and even more of a freak. She eventually found herself being picked up by Lydia, who saw potential in her. Lydia taught her to channel her grossness into deliberately making others uncomfortable, to get back at everyone for rejecting her. Penny gladly accepted Lydia's friendship and began to be moulded by her into a perfect weapon to harass others around school.

## Appearance

Penny has pale skin, freckles and medium length orange hair, with a black headband decorated with a yellow bow. She wears a purple dress also with yellow bow decorations, and yellow pants or leggings. She is overweight compared to most other North Park elementary students, and is depicted with a double chin.

## Personality

Penny was originally a sweet and reserved girl, who had an interest in art and construction. As more and more people rejected her, she became depressed and lonely, distancing herself from everyone to avoid getting hurt by them. It was after Lydia found her that she developed her current personality, someone who revels in their grossness and the cruelty they can inflict on others. Lydia worked hard to erase as much of her old personality and make sure that Penny no longer wanted to have happy normal friendships, so that she'd continue to get stronger and independent. While Penny does enjoy picking on others, there is a small part of her that would like if things had worked out nicer for herself. But at this point in her life, she is just going to continue to make things miserable for other people. She may one day go back to how she was, but as long as she's in school and has Lydia around as a friend, she's going to continue to be a bully.

## Family

#### Sabrina Opal

Sabrina is Penny's younger sister. Penny is secretly envious of how Sabrina is considered more attractive than her, since Penny was often picked on for being ugly before she joined Lydia's gang and became a bully herself. Now she will occasionally bully her sister to vent out her frustrations against her. Penny also is annoyed by how ditzy Sabrina can be, thinking she's too weak and girly.

#### Father

Penny's father is a hard working man who owns a workshop. He cares for her but is often busy working on projects to see what is happening in her life, meaning he isn't entirely aware of her bully status.

## Relationships

#### Lydia

Penny looks up to Lydia as her first friend, the only one to reach out to her and offer her compassion. Penny would probably do anything for Lydia, because at the moment she is convinced she'd have nothing if it wasn't for her.

#### Jerry

After losing a bet, Jerry had to ask Penny out on a date, which Penny accepted for her own amusement so she could torment him. However, as the two had to spend a lot of time together they found they actually enjoyed each other's company pretty well. Because of this, the two of them caught genuine feelings for each other, despite the social stigma of one of the more popular "attractive" boys dating one of the "ugly" outcast girls. By the end of the week however, they broke up and Penny chose her gang over him. They are no longer dating, but secretly they still hold feelings for each other, even if their loyalty to their respective cliques keeps them apart for now.

#### Addison

Penny appreciates Addison as a member of the gang, but feels that Addison would have been one of the people who rejected her when they were younger. However understanding Addison's own situation of being abandoned by all her old friends and left in obscurity, she does feel sympathetic and is willing to look out for her.

#### Savannah

Savannah is Penny's number two in regards to causing trouble. Penny likes how much energy Savannah is full of, and how she puts her all into being as rude as possible. However Penny does feel Savannah's immaturity can lead to her making bad decisions.

## Powers and abilities

#### Big boned

Penny is big and surprisingly strong, used as the "muscle" of Lydia's gang. She can do various weird party tricks with her body, and is actually a pretty skilled craftswoman, picking up a lot of trade skills from her dad.

## Gallery

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