Erin Finley

**Erin Finley** is a character from ! (Exclamationpoint). She is an anime-obsessed eighth grader at Capital Junior High School in Capital City, Exclamationpoint. Her friend group is at the center of most of the plotlines that take place in Exclamationpoint and as such, she is considered to be one of the main characters.

## Description

Erin is a talkative dork who generally tries to get along with everyone she can. She’s a massive anime fan and never fails to find a way to turn anything into a reference of some sort, but she also stans almost every nerdy property out there (especially if they involve magical girls). She knows almost everyone at school and is always down to gossip--or, more often, ship. It's noted that she's incredibly independent and will often try to shoulder most things on her own without asking for help from those around her, and she's stupidly stubborn about a lot of things. She has a younger sister named Harmonia who’s way cooler than her, much to Erin’s chagrin.

## Relationships

#### Tammy Stuart

Tammy and Erin have been best friends since preschool, as Tammy has always been a good foil for Erin's optimistic, perky personality. They are very, very close friends, both of them knowing everything about the other, and although Tammy doesn't usually show how deeply she cares for Erin, there is a lot of love there. Even if she snarks at Erin all of the time, it's very very rare that the two will get into serious arguments. Meanwhile, Erin thinks that Tammy is funny with all of her sassy anger and likes how honest Tammy is by nature (even if it is very brutal honesty). Both in the past and continuing into the present, Tammy takes pride in her role as Erin's "protector" against the various bullies and douchebags that have tried to antagonize her over the years.

#### Melanie Owens

Melanie began going to school with Erin and Tammy in second grade. At first, Melanie was rude to Erin after she compared her hair to "a cotton candy blue version of Teto's hair", thus Tammy immediately came in and actually beat up Melanie for messing with Erin (no questions asked). Tammy was suspended from school for this while Erin managed to convince herself that Melanie was an evil necromancer that was out to steal souls. This culminated into a fight between the two during show-and-tell in which Erin drew her plastic Harry Potter wand on Melanie and tried to cast a magic spell on her after Melanie presented a prop skull that her dad used when he played Hamlet in a high school play. The two got into a massive argument in the middle of class and were sent to the guidance counselor's office to work things out, after which they became friends. Melanie still teases Erin from time to time because it's hard for her to draw those limits for herself, but because Erin understands where she's coming from now, she usually takes it in stride (even if Tammy doesn't).

#### Jonah Blackwell

Erin is incredibly close with her cousin Jonah, being that Jonah shares a room with her. This even got to the point where Tammy began to get jealous of their relationship when the three of them were younger, but this resentment has (mostly) faded over time. Erin likes to tease Jonah for her romantic interest in Icey and she'll usually refuse Jonah's help with most things due to her independent nature, but Jonah will still make the effort to help her from the background most of the time.

## Appearance

Erin has chin-length brown hair with a reddish tint (but it is NOT RED because then we would have three redheads within Erin's Friend Group), light brown eyes (even though sometimes they're described as being teal for some reason), lightly tanned skin, and freckles. Her theme color is usually red due to her red shirt with a black star (which is merch from some mahou shoujo show she likes), which she usually wears with tan capris and black tennis shoes. She wears a onesie (implied to be a Kyuubey onesie) when she watches anime.

## Trivia

* Erin is the only member of her friend group who doesn't participate in an afterschool club; Tammy is a member of the Debate Team, Kitty is a member of the Bushido Club, Melanie is a member of the Science Club, and Kathy is the Student Body President. This detail was the center of a plot hole in *Genderswapped Exclamationpoint*, where it was stated that Kathy's counterpart Kay was attacked by Emory because he was the only member of the genderbent friend group who didn't have a club meeting to attend that afternoon.