JJ Ashburn

I might be dumb but I'm not stupid.

## General Description

JJ is a small ball of chaos and weirdness. She's friendly with everyone and loves to explore. She has a bad tendency to be aggressive and hostile towards people, usually threatening to stab people or simply offering to fight/stab someone for others. She comes off as naïve and childlike, and that's the way she likes it. She keeps her true self hidden to almost everyone; no one would trust a crazy person that hears voices and enjoys the feeling of making people bleed...

## Origin Story

JJ was always quite the mischievous oddball growing up, getting into trouble no matter where she went, and never really understanding the difference between danger and adventure. When she was a little over a year old JJ was placed into foster care, eventually being adopted into the Cope family who lived in a small farm town in Ohio, who quickly learned there was more to her than met the eye. The family learned very quickly, and through the hard way, that JJ's brain didn't quite work the same way as everyone else's; she often talked to herself or rather "friends" that seemed to only exist in her head, and as she got older she gained quite a reputation due to fights, petty crimes, and back road racing. At 17 JJ had made her way into a race crew called the Demons, a well known group in the area that was dominating the illegal racing scene, and she had earned the nickname "The Red Devil". Her crazy ideas and outlook on the world quickly brought her to become the right hand girl of the leaders of the group, and while she enjoyed this position of the life, she didn't realize it always brought a very big target on her back from the other crews.
One night after a close victory, the Demons went out for a celebration party at a warehouse that had been turned into a nightclub over the years; everyone was drinking and dancing and having a great time celebrating a night of thrills and fantastic racing. During the celebrations, a rival crew called the Wasps managed to sneak a few members in, and when the Demons were distracted they grabbed JJ, snuck her out of the party, and brought her to an abandoned broken down hotel. The next afternoon, members of the Demons found JJ near the hotel completely out of her mind, beaten and whispering to herself, worse than normal; after a trip to the hospital JJ managed to tell them everything the Wasps had done and why. They were no longer after the racing crown, they were after titles and money and territory, and JJ was their first example of what they were willing to do to accomplish their goals.
JJ tried to go back to normal, to keep racing and keep helping the Demons, but even after a couple months the voices in her head wouldn't quiet. The memories of what had happened wouldn't stop flashing in her mind. One night in Autumn, during a major race, JJ couldn't keep her mind on the track. The voices overpowered her and overwhelmed her into a mental break, causing her to wreck and total the car. After that night, JJ fully believed she was no longer an asset to the crew, she was a burden and a hindrance...and while the Demons were her family, she decided it was better for them if she left. So, she did; JJ left her family of 4 years in the middle of the night without saying goodbye and searched for a place she belonged again.

The first place she was comfortable in she met a group of people that adopted her in immediately, and she got very close to the leader of this group very quickly. He was confident and knew exactly what to say, knew how to encourage her to listen and follow the voices in her head, to embrace the chaos they whispered and applauded her actions where others would call her crazy, psycho, or insane. They soon began dating, and went into a full relationship together. JJ felt like she found her place...until a year later when things went downhill. Her partner became more controlling, more questioning, more aggressive. He no longer encouraged her crazy behavior, instead he began to tell her she needs to be more careful or she's going to ruin their plans. He started being more picky and more demeaning, slowly breaking her down and pushing her into a little box.
He made her feel like she could never do anything right, that she was a burden again and if she tried to do anything without his permission she’d be yelled at or dragged down more and called more names. During the winter JJ came down with a cold, she had a horrible cough and could barely speak and she had to get a prescription from the doctor to help fight it. Her partner would remind her every night to take the medicine because she’s very forgetful sometimes, and while she was sick she appreciated the reminders. Once she was better, she didn’t have to take anymore of the medicine but he kept pushing her to take her pill every night before bed, no matter how hard she tried to push back and tell him she didn’t need them anymore. After a few weeks of this back and forth pushing, JJ realized one day she felt…different. Her mind was quiet. Too quiet. There was no chaos inside her anymore, or if there was it was hiding or locked away somewhere. So for the next 2 weeks she investigated as quietly as she could and one night while he was telling her to take her medicine again…it all clicked. She started pretending to take the medicine, throwing it away or spitting it out after he fell asleep, and after a month of this her suspicions were proven right. He had swapped her medicine with anti-psychotics, he wanted her to not be her anymore. To be small and controllable.
With her mind quiet and struggling, with the voices that once gave her comfort caged and afraid, JJ left again.
She packed up what she could and left her life behind once more, to find a place where she can find herself again. To love herself again. To trust again.

## Significant Events

Lost MC "war" and the removal of an ex lost member that revived her bloodlust and need for stabby.

Choosing between her gang and her relationship.

## Additional Information

Likes:

* Fast Cars
* Racing
* Exploring
* Stabbing People
* Being Nosy

Dislikes:

* Liars
* Herself

Fun Facts:

* JJ once ran an Adventure business where she would take people hiking or diving so they could see all the different animals that live in LS. Because of this, she knows a lot about the wildlife and locations of sharks and dolphins. However, she also gets very sea sick and almost drowned once.

## Quotes

* "Do you want me to fight that person for you?"
* "Heck you!"
* "ooooo!" (High pitched and excited)
* "WHAT DO YOU MEAANNNNN"
* "Heheee I stabby?"
* "Allegedly, hypothetically, maybe."

## Gallery

* City Gallery
* AI & Fan Art Gallery

Dean and JJ on ChiliadJJ after winning a fight with DeanJJ Dancing at the VUJJ and Dean with the RubiconRIP WinkyJJ and HughHugh, Ila, and JJ having a 'picnic'JJ wearing the cone of shame after 'speeding'

AI JJ with her JesterAI JJAI JJ PortraitAI Cat Ninja JJ