azurelunatic | Cast of Characters: Assorted Families

Assorted Families

Votania's Family: This is a family that is slowly sliding its way out of dysfunctionality, thanks to

votania's good example.

Grandma: Votania's mother. She has her good moments, and her crabby, short-tempered, and not-well-thought-out moments. She's trying to cope with her children being adults now, and doesn't always know when the time to yell is or is not.

Grandpa: Votania's father, a really cool dude with excellent taste in music and computer entertainments.

That Woman: The other daughter of Sis's mother and father, the mother of votania's neices. The crack cocaine addiction hasn't been officially confirmed.
Jewel: That Woman's oldest daughter, the brilliant one. Getting to have an attitude like her mother's, regrettably.

Jade: That Woman's middle daughter, the sweet one. Likes rocks.

Krystal: That Woman's youngest daughter, the baby.

Glyph: The husband of That Woman, who adores his daughters as is right and proper. His location is currently unknown. He shows up every now and then, like for holidays, but is otherwise invisible.

Great-Grandma: Grandma's mother. Getting old, and mellowing out. Not there 100% of the time.

Great-Aunt: Votania's great-aunt is a church secretary, and a very sweet lady.

Blabbermouth Cousin: Bought hot_chocolate for Little Fayoumis.

Assorted aunts and uncles, not all of whom live in Arizona.

Little Fayoumis: Her son, her little angel.

Darkside: Little Fayoumis claims that Darkside is (or should be) his twin brother.

The Lunatic's Family

Mama: my mother. Quilter, potter, musician; biologist by college training. Lives in Alaska. Recovering from having her babies fly out of the nest; is now figuring out that there are many interesting things that can be done when you don't need to stay home to take care of babies/kids/teenagers/pets.

FatherSir: my father. Retired programmer, ham (AL1I), surrogate grandfather to a number of kids, violinist; does well at anything he turns his hand to. Lives in Alaska.

swallowtayle, formerly known as Narcissa, Biosis: my one biological sister. Fiddler & poet & composer & caffiene addict & all-around joy. Lives in Washington state, and hangs with all sorts of interesting musical people and other denizens of the interesting world. Wrote a song for my favorite fayoumis Calico. We've swapped roles: I used to be the wild and crazy one, and she was the Dutiful Studious Stable daugther. Now it's the other way around.

River: Narcissa's ex-fiance, also an ex-boyfriend of mine, and friend of mine from high school. Still a good friend. He wound up back in Alaska. He's still part of the family, whether he marries one of us or not.

Aunt-Fayoumis: FatherSir's next-youngest sibling. Great fun. Lives in California, like the rest of my more immediate paternal relatives. Has an appropriately raunchy sense of humor, a mark of the family.

Uncle-Fayoumis: The quiet, mild-mannered husband of Aunt-Fayoumis. Uncle-Fayoumis is very, very shy. More shy than Darkside, even. He likes computers, but seems to be an eternal Clueful User. He seems to have mellowed, or grown more into his own, since last I met him.

Guide-Dog Aunt: My father's youngest sister, who raises guide dogs for fun. She also has the family sense of humor. She's on a perpetual health-food kick, which means that junk food doesn't happen very much around her. Like swallowtayle, Guide Dog Aunt likes to run things. She lives in the San Francisco area in California.

Guide-Dog Uncle: The husband of Guide-Dog Aunt, a relatively quiet guy in the genetic engineering field. He likes to ski.
Randall: the older cousin. Computer gamer.

Kevin: the younger cousin. Wears only black. Computer gamer.

Deacon: Guide-Dog Aunt's permanent dog, a guide dog flunkout. He's a large black lab, neutered, and very friendly. He is very calm, and very, very hungry. He will eat anything and/or everything, but is for the most part well-trained about it. He likes even unlikely items such as apple cores and lettuce. He even licked up a spill of balsamic vinegar that went on the floor while I was pouring it down the drain. He is exceptionally patient, and will every now and then sigh about things in that world-weary way that only dogs and teenagers seem to manage.

Trista: The current guide-dog-in-training, a German Shepherd bitch. Very friendly, very energetic, very enthusiastic, and devoted to Deacon. Went into heat and decided to get it on with Deacon by climbing on top of him the wrong way and thrusting her crotch into his face. Pointy-eared and hungry.

Uncle Davy: There's gotta be a Dave in my family. There's just gotta. He's a lot cooler in person that from the stories FatherSir tells about him, which is probably about par for the course when an older brother's talking about his little brother. Rather too much like FatherSir, only with more of GrandfatherSir's Jack of All Trades thing going. He also blew things up when he was a kid. He's currently a real estate agent, and plays with computers.

Mrs. Davy: Uncle Davy's current wife. It looks like he's going to keep this one. She's a doctor, and has banned talking about computer stuff around her.
Matt: Uncle Davy's oldest boy, from his first marriage. Several years older than I am, and engaged to Anna.

Anna: Matt's wife. Very sweet. My paternal family compares her to Mama.

Chris: Uncle Davy's youngest boy, from his first marriage. A few years older than I am. Evidently has had a series of very messy apartments.

GrandfatherSir: My late paternal grandfather, who died when I was in my early teens and used to be master of more trades than my father.

Grandma: My only remaining grandparent, the mother of my father and assorted aunts and uncles. She is currently 85 years old as of November. We thought that she had most of her marbles most of the time. It falls out that she has some of her marbles some of the time, which is not boding well for her independence, which she is clinging to with all her stubbornness, which is unabated. One of my family's traits is stubbornness, and it seems to originate from both Grandma and GrandfatherSir's genetic lines. Grandma is still limitedly mobile, with a walker or a cane, but spends most of her day in her comfy-chair. She lives by herself with a few houseplants in SoCal, various distances away from Guide Dog Aunt & Uncle, Aunt & Uncle Fayoumis, Uncle & Mrs. Davy, and Uncle Davy's grown sons Matt & Chris. She has a nice sense of humor, and laughs at my family-style jokes.

Quilting Aunt: My mother's oldest sister. "She who died with the most fabric just died. Race you to the estate sale!" Sings in the church choir. Lives in Pennsylvania.

Quilting Uncle: Married to Quilting Aunt.

Gamer Aunt: My mother's older-by-two-years-exactly sister, who runs a gaming shop called The Red Dragon somewhere in Michigan.

Gamer Uncle: Also runs The Red Dragon.

ralmathon: Not a brother by birth, but ought to have been.

votania: Not a sister by birth, but ought to have been.

marxdarx's Family:

Celtic Potter: His mother, a sweet lady who loves animals.

Hippy Dave: Marx's stepfather. An okay guy, still a hippy from back in the day.

The Hounds: Three? dogs. Shadow belongs to Marx.

Cats: There are several cats.

Assorted brothers/sisters: Marx is the oldest.

Scumbucket: Marx's genetic father. The less seen of him, the better. I informed him that he was not welcome to call this house. Ever. Go to hell.

Grandma & Grandpa: Marx's maternal grandparents, very nice people.

Darkside's Family:

Mr. Malfoy, Malfoy Senior: Darkside's father. Can be overly bossy. Likes golf. Is about as stubborn as Darkside.

Mrs. Malfoy: Darkside's mother. Reminds me of my mother, only with a sense of humor that includes sex. Darkside claims to get half of his sense of humor from her.

Assorted Relatives: the variety that live out of town.

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