Sonali R.

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Bestie

Shanali

Brother

Michelle A. (Best Friend)

Nat T. (Friend)

Chel R. (Friend)

Shelby A. (Friend)

## Biography

Sonali R. was born on July 20, 2003 in Ohio to two loving parents.

While Sonali R. is a main side character, she is still not the protagonist of the show, thus some details are not known about her. Her character is more developed than others but much background information is still missing since her life has not been elaborated on profusely compared to that of Meg.

### Early Childhood/Elementary School

Sonali attended early childhood school with Meg though they were not as close during those years as Sonali was still credited as an extra for many years. When she reached elementary school, Sonali was upgraded to recurring character and was often seen at school hanging out with Meg and also outside of school. Though it is later elaborated on that Sonali hung out with Meg during this period because she was close friends with Han and Han was closer with Meg at the time.

Elementary school was supposedly a rough time for Sonali, at the beginning she did not have many friends and was always very quiet, partially because she was very self-conscious of her speech impediment and looks.

Sonali was also very good friends with Mish as she was the first person Mish spoke to in Mish's debut episode. Sonali was often seen with Meg, Mish, and Han at the lunchroom together with conversations indicating that they hung out outside of school numerous times.

### Middle School

Middle school was mediocre for Sonali. Similar to Han, Sonali also had a twenty one pilots phase coupled with Panic! at the Disco. Sonali was still very introverted and quiet but began caring more about her grades.

So, Sonali continued to achieve good grades in school but did not participate in many social activities. Sonali tried out many different sports but ultimately could not afford to keep up with them and thus, had no interests whatsoever.

During middle school, Sonali was upped to main recurring character as they associated with Meg much more often. Though, Meg and Sonali still did not interact very much, Sonali's presence was slowly increasing. Fans still did not know much about Sonali but they wanted to see more diversity in the main cast, so viewers slowly demanded to see more of Sonali which led her to being upped to series regular in high school.

### High School

Sonali continued getting great grades in high school, and even joined a few clubs. There, she made new friends and deepened past friendships. Sonali became more interested in drawing and painting.

Sonali also started to write some poetry in high school, though viewers have never seen what she has actually wrote as she has only briefly mentioned it. Viewers have since started petitions asking producers to show some of Sonali's poetry, with it reaching over two million signatures.

High school is also where she became much closer with Meg. Once they started 11th grade, Meg and Sonali were the only ones in their friend group who had the same lunch, thus they grew much closer with Sonali even bringing in jewelry tools to fix Meg's broken necklaces.

Sonali spent a lot of time with Meg in High school, especially senior year as they had many classes together, such as art class where they were able to sit together and chat and listen to music.

Sonali also worked at the same place as Han so they continued to grow closer.

During the high school seasons, Sonali appeared in every episode and began to have some side plots with Han and friends, delving into mental health and diversity plot lines which critics responded positively to.

During the last season of the the high school years, Sonali began having nightmares seeing the God, Norman. Sonali is seemingly cursed by the Being and is under his control, though none of the other characters seem to know about this. Meg suspects but is too terrified of Norman to actually find out for sure.

At the end of the last high school season, Sonali was accepted into college and attended studying psychology.

### College

Sonali continues to prosper in college, attaining good grades and volunteering a lot.

Since Sonali attended a different college than Meg and the rest of her friends, Sonali was not seen physically near Meg in episodes but through FaceTime and messaging, Sonali was still very much a main side character.

Sonali appeared to learn a lot in college and made a few friends despite her reserved nature.

She even gained an internship over the summer with her good grades.

### Hot Girl Summer

While Sonali did not participate in Hot Girl Summer, she often heard about Meg's fun times and was always very excited to hear about them and cheer them on.

During hot girl summer, Sonali was doing her observation internship and learning all about mental health.

## Personality

Sonali is a very shy individual. She is extremely introverted but is very sweet and kind. Sonali has always been one to go out of her way for others, remembering little details about her friends.

She is a favorite amongst fans, with fans making many "soft edits" of her on Instagram.

## Family

It is known that Sonali has one brother.

Since Sonali is a side character, not much is known about her home life, but she seems to be very close to her mom.

It is also known that her dad is from India.

## Criticism

Sonali was at first criticized for being the stereotypical Indian girl, being quiet and studious. Though slowly this criticism receded as her character was more developed and shown that despite her introverted studious nature, this was just a part of who she truly was. Her kind and funny personality was shown more and more as the seasons went on, and critics began to love the character and her arc with Meg. Indians also love the representation on the show, saying that Sonali represents them well.

## Relationships

### Meg S.

Sonali was featured in early seasons but did not become a main character till Meg was in high school. Forming a very close bond, from what was at first a necessity since they were alone in the lunchroom, Meg and Sonali would often hang out and talk often in and out of classes. Sonali would bring coffee to Meg whenever they were feeling down with Meg also doing the same on occasions. Fans cite one of their favorite scenes in the show being when Sonali fixed many of Meg's necklaces with her jewelry tools during lunchtime at school. These friends get along very well, talking practically everyday. Meg even surprises Sonali at her house sometimes with them just talking in Meg's car for hours.

### Hannah M.

Sonali and Han have been friends since elementary school with the show implying that they hung out quite often. This friendship is one of the few friendships on the show that is more developed that does not contain Meg as half of the relationship. As they got older, they would text more frequently and begin working at the same establishment. Fans often cite these two as twin flames, as they seem to compliment each other so well and fully understand each other.

### Michelle A.

Mish and Sonali have a special bond as Sonali was the first person to speak to Mish when she was first introduced in the series. Even as extras, they were great friends and will always be friends. Mish and Sonali would frequently hang out and text very often. They would always choose each other for group projects and would always get the best grades because they were the perfect team always.

### Shelby A.

Sonali and Shelb are besties. Sonali is a little scared of Shelb, only because she loves Shelb so much though (of course). They were officers in the same club in high school and thus share trauma from the extended duration of the club (#traumabondedbesties !). Viewers responded well to the trauma bonded plot and got the previously stated hashtag trending on Twitter for a straight week.

## Trivia

* Sonali is an INFJ.
* Sonali loves FNAF.
* Her favorite show is "Dark".
* She is ink master, Chris Nunez.