{"id":601,"date":"2022-02-10T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/intheirmoccasins\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=601"},"modified":"2022-02-27T21:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T02:48:06","slug":"character-brainstorms","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/intheirmoccasins\/back-matter\/character-brainstorms\/","title":{"raw":"Character Brainstorms","rendered":"Character Brainstorms"},"content":{"raw":"<h3>aanikoobijigan na <a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/speaker\/gerri-howard\">GH<\/a> \u00a0Listen<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">an ancestor<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">a great-grandparent<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">a great-grandchild<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\naanikoobijigan sg; aanikoobijiganag pl; aanikoobijigaans dim; Stem: \/aanikoobijigan-\/\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/main-entry\/aanikoobijigan-na\">https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/main-entry\/aanikoobijigan-na<\/a>\r\n\r\nAanikoobijigan aka \u2018Nico\u2019 (they\/them?) is a mystery. This person is very androgynous in appearance. They don\u2019t speak much but laugh a lot. Are they a student? They seem familiar but no one\u2019s sure from where. They seem to pop up and disappear at the oddest times. There\u2019s a twinkle in their eyes and it\u2019s hard to tell where they\u2019re from or how old they are.\r\n<h3>Character: Marla<\/h3>\r\nMarla (she\/they)\r\n\r\n(draft 1) The tape is her (artifact) thing. She\u2019s a Pisces, vegan. She likes music and paddle boarding. Grew up with her German mom but dad was Pottawatomi, residential school survivor. From London ON, moved to TO for school. She has OCD and depression. Studying midwifery. She likes reading lots: Sylvia Plath, Chuck Pilahniak, Lewis Carrol, Mark Twain. Indigenous authors like Joshua Whitehead, Cherie Dimaline, Alicia Elliot. She likes comics, manga, and doodling. She\u2019s nostalgic. Listens to jazz, old blues, 80\u2019s punk; music snob but wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in a Ramones shirt. Alternates between extreme cleaning and absolute chaos. Loves her black cat, Pierogi. Hates the system. Sex positive but asexual due to history of abuse. In therapy but doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s helping.\r\n\r\n(draft 2)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marla is a second year midwifery student, a vegan, Pisces and into astrology and crystals.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She has a Ukranian dad and her mom is Pottawatomi, she\u2019s a residential school survivor.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marla has OCD and depression. In therapy but doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s helping.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She\u2019s from a town in southwest Ontario and moved to Toronto for school.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She likes reading, comics, old music and drawing. Loves her black cat, Pierogi.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hates the system. Sex positive but asexual.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7:30am Your alarm goes off. You barely register it at first but manage to press snooze. This goes on for almost an hour, until you realize the snooze function will soon stop and you will miss her 9am Zoom class.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: let it go, no point in dragging yourself to your least favourite class?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: drag yourself out of bed, go into robot mode?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChoice: Robot Mode\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">You log in to class and within the first fifteen minutes the Prof brings up the residential school children. Then puts you on the spot to speak to the issue. You feel strongly about it but are caught off guard and frustrated by the request.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: speak your opinion, beginning with the fact that you can\u2019t speak for all Indigenous folx?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: state that you\u2019re not prepared to speak to the issue at this time. Then add that you don\u2019t want to be called on to speak for every Indigenous issue?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChoice: Slumber Mode\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have a disturbing dream again about residential school children. You write a few notes in your dream journal. Then begin your day. There\u2019s some time to work on a paper before your first (next) class. But the dream niggles.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: Call your Kokum (Grandmother) to discuss the dream?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: Get cracking on that paper and use this bit of motivation while you have it?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Other Characters<\/h3>\r\nLemmy (he\/they)\r\n\r\nTwo spirit man, Anishnaabe. Fashionista. FCAD student (in journalism, fashion, or drama?). His item was the fan. Came out after highschool, when he came to Toronto for University. Loves K-Pop and dancing. YouTube content creator and Tik-Tokker on lifestyle and cosmetics. Sephora addict. History of eating disorders, periods of binge eating and fasting. Is able to save money when fasting, and also makes the cultural connection as a way to justify it. Has a partner, very much in love but partner gets violent when drinking. Lemmy hasn\u2019t told anyone. He\u2019s experienced some gay bashing and feels safer having a partner than being alone. Happier since he came out and some family members are supportive but some aren\u2019t, and he hasn\u2019t been back to the rez since, but he\u2019s able to keep in touch with some family through social media. Thinks of himself as reinventing himself over this past year with Covid, and thinking of leaving his partner but not sure he can afford to live alone in Toronto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lemmy wakes up with bruises again. His left eye is swollen and blue despite having iced it last night. Chad was drinking again last night but looks so peaceful sleeping. Lemmy has a Zoom class in an hour, plenty of time to ice his eye and use concealer for class.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or he could work on his overdue paper for a while and just keep his camera off the whole time.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Eugene (he\/him)<\/h3>\r\nStraight guy, hockey player, Moose Cree. Charismatic, confident, stubborn. Taking professional communication at TRSM (or sports broadcasting or management). Works out a lot,\u00a0 helps with stress, was having hard time when covid started due to gyms being closed but found a running and home workout routine that works. Had an injury and was prescribed opiates but refused to take them since so many people on his rez had their lives destroyed that way. Out of touch with his emotions and all the deaths in his community lately has left him numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><del>Marissa<\/del> Chloe - (she\/her)<\/h3>\r\nNew Marissa: Chloe (she\/her)\u00a0Character didn't seem to resonate. Place to switch to Amy and Montana\u2019s new character, privileged girl.\u00a0Had native name but was adopted and they changed it to\u00a0Ashley, Ramona, Cassandra, <strong>Chloe. <\/strong>\r\n\r\nNation: Haida, Dene, Mohawk, Inuit - we need diversity so they don\u2019t see us all the same\r\n\r\nAdopted family well-off. \u201cApple\u201d? Tough stereotype to grapple with. What did Amy say? Came from the city. Midwifery student. Drives a white Mercedes Benz her parents bought. Lives in Richmond Hill with her parents. Doesn\u2019t do her own laundry. Doesn\u2019t cook or buy groceries. Went to a private school until university. Doesn\u2019t have culture shock since she\u2019s used to the city whereas the others do\r\n\r\nML King University ( will be the name of our pretend setting in a metropolis on turtle island)\r\n\r\nPrototype Marissa: Will not be included\r\n\r\nNative woman - thinks she\u2019s Haida but doesn\u2019t know details. Mid thirties, single mom of three kids ages, two teens live with her. Oldest on their own. Taking social work. Had experienced intervention by the child welfare system and been adopted out as a baby, was disconnected from her culture, then had her oldest apprehended, which was the darkest chapter in her life. Wants to work towards dismantling or altering that system. Background working admin for Native organizations. Quick study but doesn\u2019t have a lot of time for herself.","rendered":"<h3>aanikoobijigan na <a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/speaker\/gerri-howard\">GH<\/a> \u00a0Listen<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">an ancestor<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">a great-grandparent<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">a great-grandchild<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>aanikoobijigan sg; aanikoobijiganag pl; aanikoobijigaans dim; Stem: \/aanikoobijigan-\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/main-entry\/aanikoobijigan-na\">https:\/\/ojibwe.lib.umn.edu\/main-entry\/aanikoobijigan-na<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aanikoobijigan aka \u2018Nico\u2019 (they\/them?) is a mystery. This person is very androgynous in appearance. They don\u2019t speak much but laugh a lot. Are they a student? They seem familiar but no one\u2019s sure from where. They seem to pop up and disappear at the oddest times. There\u2019s a twinkle in their eyes and it\u2019s hard to tell where they\u2019re from or how old they are.<\/p>\n<h3>Character: Marla<\/h3>\n<p>Marla (she\/they)<\/p>\n<p>(draft 1) The tape is her (artifact) thing. She\u2019s a Pisces, vegan. She likes music and paddle boarding. Grew up with her German mom but dad was Pottawatomi, residential school survivor. From London ON, moved to TO for school. She has OCD and depression. Studying midwifery. She likes reading lots: Sylvia Plath, Chuck Pilahniak, Lewis Carrol, Mark Twain. Indigenous authors like Joshua Whitehead, Cherie Dimaline, Alicia Elliot. She likes comics, manga, and doodling. She\u2019s nostalgic. Listens to jazz, old blues, 80\u2019s punk; music snob but wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in a Ramones shirt. Alternates between extreme cleaning and absolute chaos. Loves her black cat, Pierogi. Hates the system. Sex positive but asexual due to history of abuse. In therapy but doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s helping.<\/p>\n<p>(draft 2)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marla is a second year midwifery student, a vegan, Pisces and into astrology and crystals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She has a Ukranian dad and her mom is Pottawatomi, she\u2019s a residential school survivor.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marla has OCD and depression. In therapy but doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s helping.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She\u2019s from a town in southwest Ontario and moved to Toronto for school.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">She likes reading, comics, old music and drawing. Loves her black cat, Pierogi.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hates the system. Sex positive but asexual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7:30am Your alarm goes off. You barely register it at first but manage to press snooze. This goes on for almost an hour, until you realize the snooze function will soon stop and you will miss her 9am Zoom class.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: let it go, no point in dragging yourself to your least favourite class?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: drag yourself out of bed, go into robot mode?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choice: Robot Mode<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">You log in to class and within the first fifteen minutes the Prof brings up the residential school children. Then puts you on the spot to speak to the issue. You feel strongly about it but are caught off guard and frustrated by the request.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: speak your opinion, beginning with the fact that you can\u2019t speak for all Indigenous folx?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: state that you\u2019re not prepared to speak to the issue at this time. Then add that you don\u2019t want to be called on to speak for every Indigenous issue?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choice: Slumber Mode<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have a disturbing dream again about residential school children. You write a few notes in your dream journal. Then begin your day. There\u2019s some time to work on a paper before your first (next) class. But the dream niggles.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you: Call your Kokum (Grandmother) to discuss the dream?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or: Get cracking on that paper and use this bit of motivation while you have it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Characters<\/h3>\n<p>Lemmy (he\/they)<\/p>\n<p>Two spirit man, Anishnaabe. Fashionista. FCAD student (in journalism, fashion, or drama?). His item was the fan. Came out after highschool, when he came to Toronto for University. Loves K-Pop and dancing. YouTube content creator and Tik-Tokker on lifestyle and cosmetics. Sephora addict. History of eating disorders, periods of binge eating and fasting. Is able to save money when fasting, and also makes the cultural connection as a way to justify it. Has a partner, very much in love but partner gets violent when drinking. Lemmy hasn\u2019t told anyone. He\u2019s experienced some gay bashing and feels safer having a partner than being alone. Happier since he came out and some family members are supportive but some aren\u2019t, and he hasn\u2019t been back to the rez since, but he\u2019s able to keep in touch with some family through social media. Thinks of himself as reinventing himself over this past year with Covid, and thinking of leaving his partner but not sure he can afford to live alone in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lemmy wakes up with bruises again. His left eye is swollen and blue despite having iced it last night. Chad was drinking again last night but looks so peaceful sleeping. 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