Amber

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General

Amber Shine is a character in The Story, serving as the main female character until Season 3. She's an airheaded girl who loves all things cute and sparkly while dreaming of one day being a famous pop idol. Despite her childlike innocence, she's been known to have violent, aggressive tendencies that make her rather dangerous when angry.

Personality

Amber is the epitome of a sparkly girly girl. I've always compared her to the Peppy personality of characters in Animal Crossing because she's just like them- an energetic girl who loves cute things and wants to be a famous pop idol. She's obsessed with things like fashion and her beloved lip gloss, believing them to be two things that will set her on the path to success. Unfortunately, she's not very bright, but has been known to have rather intelligent moments over the years. She often talks like a stereotypical blonde, saying "ohmigosh" and "like" constantly. Her general unawareness of any given situation makes her the perfect target for Zack and his schemes. For whatever reason, he seems to really dislike her.

In Season 1 and Season 2, she was the main female character and so she took up something of a dual role between a sparkly airhead and a volatile, aggressive woman. While she was always acting cute and harmless, any insult that got thrown her way would transform her into a raging inferno of hostility that would obliterate anyone unfortunate enough to get in her way. In the beginning of Season 3, she had a breakdown in Breakdown Road, lasting through The Acting Bug. After this, she shifted away from her aggressive tendencies in favor of her airheaded nature and Sarah took over as the resident dangerous woman.

Appearance

Amber is a woman of average height with a curvy physique. In fan drawings, she has shoulder-length brown hair that curls a bit at the ends, but in the novel she's drawn as having shorter hair that flips on either side. Her outfit consists of a baby-blue t-shirt with green hems, blue shorts, and black shoes. In fan drawings, she could be seen with a skirt on instead.

Her redesign has her with the same shoulder-length hair but trades her outfit for a cream sweater, a dark floral-print skirt, and some brown boots. She also sometimes wears a pink backpack.

History

Amber was originally based off a friend from school of the same name. She became my friend in 7th grade after we started talking in an art class. One day, while I was coloring one of the stories prior to this one, she sat next to me and randomly doodled a little stick figure of herself onto one of the pages. This is where she acquired her signature hairstyle. I decided to add her in as a character in the next story and she's been a part of things ever since. She made her official debut in The New Rivals where she was cute and girly but also rather aggressive, then went on to become a main character in The Story from start to finish. She started out as a cutesy, airheaded girl with a rather short fuse, but when Sarah was introduced in Season 3 and better fit the aggressive woman trope, she dropped the violent tendencies and was left as just a cute airhead.

In Season 2, she serves as the character that Zack tries to attack most with various schemes and deadly plans. Her airheaded nature leads to her either getting blown up or unintentionally avoiding every single thing he tries to throw at her, leading to his defeat. Thankfully, when Sarah was added in Season 3, she drew his attention more than Amber, though Amber still got caught up in a trap or two every now and again.

She has been shown to be quite the spaz and is rather incompetent at everything she does. She can't bake, she can't drive, she can't have a job. All of these things result in some sort of nuclear apocalyspe. Despite Nathan forbidding her from doing most things, she always seems to find a way to get behind the wheel or doing something she otherwise would get in a lot of trouble for.