Character Name: Ellie Williams Character Journal:giraffic Status: Inmate Pairing Information:
cw: Ellie comes with a host of nasty subjects in her canon. Gore, murder, suicide, cannibalism, survival, attempted sexual assault, food scarcity, etc.
What does your character need to change about themselves, and what sorts of milestones do you envision them needing to reach before they're ready for graduation?
First and foremost, Ellie needs to learn ways to solve her problems without resorting to violence. She's always had to fight for herself because no one else will, and if she's going to improve, she's going to need to learn how to use her words and not her fists. A good way towards managing that will be establishing a sense of safety and community.
Unfortunately for Ellie, this also means she's going to need to learn how to trust other people and be open and emotionally vulnerable with them.
She'll also need to work toward learning how to be a kid. For as young and amazed by the world as Ellie can be, she's still growing up in a post-apocalyptic world. She hasn't had the chance to be just a kid and focus on things other than surviving. Ellie will need to learn how to trust others besides Joel to care for her and to have her back.
How will they react to being on the Barge? How will they react to being wardened? What sorts of wardening styles would they be likely to respond best to, and conversely, what wardening styles would likely be ineffective or unhelpful?
Ellie will find being on the Barge cool and interesting, but she's going to butt heads with the wardening system hard. She'll barely let Joel, whom she trusts with her literal life, tell her what to do, and even then, it usually involves a lot of attitude. She's going to need to be paired with someone with a strong force of will, who can handle what is likely going to be multiple attempts at sabotage of their attempts and outright defiance and anger.
Anyone acting as a warden for Ellie is going to need to be able to handle stress well. Very well.
What methods can a warden use to get through to them, and what are some ideas for things that might trigger or motivate them to change?
The most important thing is going to be persistence and consistency. Ellie has lived a life of abandonment, whether by death or by people walking away. She goes into relationships expecting it and resigned to the inevitability. She needs someone who will not give up on her, even if she is difficult and makes things impossible for them. She'll expect the same from her Warden if she makes enough of a mess, and having someone who doesn't will be shocking enough to get through to her.
Getting through to Ellie will take time, understanding, and an ability to relate. She'd do well with someone willing to indulge her goofier side, who could show her respect without abusing their authority or treating her as lesser or just someone to be ordered around. She'd do well with a motherly type. But they're going to have to understand that if Joel is around, he is the ultimate authority, and she'll defer to him.
She's a wounded, hissy cat who needs someone to laugh at her shitty puns and teach her how to just live and not survive.
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Character Journal:
Status: Inmate
Pairing Information:
cw: Ellie comes with a host of nasty subjects in her canon. Gore, murder, suicide, cannibalism, survival, attempted sexual assault, food scarcity, etc.
First and foremost, Ellie needs to learn ways to solve her problems without resorting to violence. She's always had to fight for herself because no one else will, and if she's going to improve, she's going to need to learn how to use her words and not her fists. A good way towards managing that will be establishing a sense of safety and community.
Unfortunately for Ellie, this also means she's going to need to learn how to trust other people and be open and emotionally vulnerable with them.
She'll also need to work toward learning how to be a kid. For as young and amazed by the world as Ellie can be, she's still growing up in a post-apocalyptic world. She hasn't had the chance to be just a kid and focus on things other than surviving. Ellie will need to learn how to trust others besides Joel to care for her and to have her back.
How will they react to being on the Barge? How will they react to being wardened? What sorts of wardening styles would they be likely to respond best to, and conversely, what wardening styles would likely be ineffective or unhelpful?
Ellie will find being on the Barge cool and interesting, but she's going to butt heads with the wardening system hard. She'll barely let Joel, whom she trusts with her literal life, tell her what to do, and even then, it usually involves a lot of attitude. She's going to need to be paired with someone with a strong force of will, who can handle what is likely going to be multiple attempts at sabotage of their attempts and outright defiance and anger.
Anyone acting as a warden for Ellie is going to need to be able to handle stress well. Very well.
What methods can a warden use to get through to them, and what are some ideas for things that might trigger or motivate them to change?
The most important thing is going to be persistence and consistency. Ellie has lived a life of abandonment, whether by death or by people walking away. She goes into relationships expecting it and resigned to the inevitability. She needs someone who will not give up on her, even if she is difficult and makes things impossible for them. She'll expect the same from her Warden if she makes enough of a mess, and having someone who doesn't will be shocking enough to get through to her.
Getting through to Ellie will take time, understanding, and an ability to relate. She'd do well with someone willing to indulge her goofier side, who could show her respect without abusing their authority or treating her as lesser or just someone to be ordered around. She'd do well with a motherly type. But they're going to have to understand that if Joel is around, he is the ultimate authority, and she'll defer to him.
She's a wounded, hissy cat who needs someone to laugh at her shitty puns and teach her how to just live and not survive.