Linsey Zweiger

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Basic Info


Name

Linsey Zweiger

Nicknames

Sometimes shortened to Lin; known as BlackBelt_Blogger on many of her social media sites

Age

17 at start of main story arc

Species

Dyric

Element

Non-rifter

Occupation

Blogger, black belt

Gender

Female

Sexuality

Aromantic bisexual, prefers males

Significant Other

Lee Schmedrick (love interest), Fathom Shank (friend with benefits)

Creation Year

2009

Family

Oskar Zweiger (father), Rachelle Frost (mother), Conner Zweiger (older brother), Volkmar Etruka (cousin), Hanna and Victor Dracouski (aunt and uncle), Abigail Zweiger and Klaus Dracouski (cousins), Jana and Waldemarr Zweiger (grandparents)

Birthplace

Chicago, IL, USA - Taliac

Current Home

Omaha, NE, USA - Taliac

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Physical Appearance

  • Medium length brown hair usually tied in a side ponytail or a messy bun
  • Blue eyes
  • Fair skinned with a slight tan
  • Medium in height
  • Somewhat small to medium sized breasts
  • Physically fit with a strong but lean athletic build; is a black belt
  • Pierced ears

Clothing Style

Linsey doesn't dress particularly girly, but she's also not too much of a tomboy. She tends to dress in sporty styles or simple and casual outfits with mild rocker influences, usually in her shirt designs or accessories. She doesn't accessorize too much and prefers to dress relatively simply and in clothes that don't impede her movement. She doesn't like skirts or dresses much and prefers jean pants or shorts. She has a mildly edgy style without being too hardcore or clearly in any particular stereotype of style. She prefers comboing black or gray pieces with darker shades of almost any color, although she prefers reds, purples, and blues. She doesn't have a specific favorite type of footwear, but she'll only wear shoes that she could easily run in or give someone a hard kick to the teeth with. Some of her clothing is rock band themed, and some of it is mildly Chinese themed/influenced since she is a black belt in karate, but she doesn't make a point to center an entire outfit around any particular theme.


Personality

Linsey is a confident and independent young woman with a fierce attitude. She tends to be a self-starter and is reliable in how she handles her responsibilities, but she can also be rather sassy and a risk taker. She is often respectful toward others until they give her reason not to be, but she is obviously more silly and teasing toward those she's warmed up to. Linsey enjoys being challenged, both mentally and physically, and she prefers to accomplish tasks and goals on her own, although she's not afraid to ask for help when needed. She can be a little intimidating sometimes with how passionate and fierce she is, but in general she is easy to approach and talk to. When in calm situations, Linsey is very mellow and friendly, but she can get fired up very easily and is viciously protective of those close to her, especially her family. She's not one to be underestimated and can quickly put hecklers in their place, either with her sharp tongue or with a sharp karate kick to the face.

Although not excessively social, Linsey enjoys communicating with others, usually online more than in person. It's common to see her on her phone checking her social media, and she always sets time aside at home to manage her accounts and her blogs/vlogs. She's definitely not hooked to her devices though, since she greatly prefers to be outdoors and doing hands-on tasks. She has a pretty chill sense of humor and enjoys lightly teasing her friends and family to lighten the mood, but she's also not afraid to take charge of a situation when called for. Her quirky side tends to come out when doing projects involving Etrukan Truth's social media presence, and she enjoys recording them doing weird things and inciting loads of fanart from their followers (especially of ships that half the band members don't approve of :P).


Abilities

  • No supernatural abilities
  • A black belt in karate and skilled in numerous other martial arts
  • Fluent in both German and English
  • Skilled at driving (to the point where everyone in the household says she's the best driver) and at fixing/doing maintenance on cars

Strengths

  • Confident, assertive, and self motivated
  • Creative, good with graphic design, and skilled in writing
  • Disciplined, focused, and precise
  • Efficient, responsible, and has a healthy sense of humor

Weaknesses

  • Stubborn, pushy, and rather bossy
  • A bit short tempered, takes things personally easily, and resorts to violence rather quickly
  • Slow to forgive and tends to be vindictive
  • Always wants to keep herself busy somehow and can get jittery when idle

Backstory

Linsey was too young to remember that her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and she was raised along with her older brother, Conner, and later their cousin, Volkmar, by only her father, Oskar. They spent some time living in Germany near her grandparents, but after a few years they were showing signs that they weren't going to be able to take care of themselves soon. Oskar decided to visit his sister, Hanna, in America for a while to figure out what to do to support the three children on his own. Unfortunately he was unaware the US had a warrant for his arrest for assisting Volkmar's father elude authorities after a mass murder, and he was apprehended during their visit to Hanna’s. Oskar managed to use his power over Mana to escape and went on the run with the three children.

They lived on the run for years until they finally settled in Omaha, NE. During these years, Conner and Volkmar wrote music together while growing up, and occasionally when Fathom Shank encountered them on the run he would join them. Linsey would sometimes record videos of them performing songs and would upload them to her website, which she eventually redesigned to focus on them as a band. Etrukan Truth came into being after Oskar took in Jasper Moflin, and later Conner met and saved Lee Schmedrick from kidnappers seeking ransom. Their music was mostly distributed through their website and social media, and their healthy fan following from before gaining other band members grew exponentially to their surprise. Linsey spends most of her free time managing their sites and PR while also keeping the household of boys in check.


Trivia:

  • Conner and Linsey's names were both intentionally spelled differently from their more common spellings of Connor and Lindsay. Why? I dunno, but it was intentional even though I didn't have a specific reason for it.
    • In-story, if Oskar is asked why he named Conner and Linsey with unusual spellings, he’ll answer: “One of the few things Rachelle and I actually had in common was being unable to spell.”
  • Linsey isn't a vegetarian, but she tends to prefer a lot of vegetarian options over dishes that include meat. She does eat some meat dishes, particularly some traditional recipes from Germany that she grew up with.
  • She typically takes charge of maintaining the cars of the household, since pretty much everyone else except her father doesn't know that much about cars beyond just driving them.
  • Her favorite tv show is a crime drama called Convict Mentalities.
  • Hates doing laundry, which is okay since Conner enjoys doing laundry a lot.
  • Her favorite colors are purple and maroon, although she tends to wear more black and gray.
  • Even though Linsey doesn't have much memory about her mother and the divorce since she was so young, she is very spiteful toward her mother for not wanting anything to do with them and not helping Oskar raise her and Conner. She refuses to speak to her on the few occasions they have contact, and Linsey tends to refer to her as a bitch if asked about her.
  • Linsey tends to have coffee every morning, and she gets a bit irritable on days when she has to go without.
  • She has a lot of shark teeth jewelry and accessories, at first simply she thought it was cool, but now it's mostly because Fathom loses a lot of teeth and tends to make them into gifts just so he doesn't waste them. Linsey tends to collect the teeth he hasn't done anything with in a jar, and she'll deny that it's weird if you ask about it.
  • There's a side table in the living room that usually has a lamp on it, but it's always getting broken somehow, either on accident from rowdiness in the house or from someone actively throwing it (usually Fathom throwing it at Lee, but never actually hitting him with it). Linsey always comments that she never liked that lamp anyway.
    • It's uncertain if Linsey even likes any lamps at all.
  • Although Linsey and Adeleida are on friendly terms, the two tend to have friendly competitions on who is Etrukan Truth's "real number 1 fan."
  • She and Fathom sort of "had a thing" when they were slightly younger teens, but they wouldn't describe it as them dating. They're still a little on-and-off with their relationship, but they wouldn't say they're romantic with each other in any sense and are more of friends-with-benefits.
    • It's entirely likely that Fathom and Linsey's relationship will only be physical rather than romantic, but they don't seem to have a problem with that. Linsey seems to view her relationship with Fathom as an outlet for sexual experimentation, and as they get older she jokes that he's something of a "reverse booty call" for her. Fathom in turn tends to roast her about being "constantly horny" or being a "pervert."
    • On the other hand, Fathom is much more interested in being romantically and/or physically involved with Conner if only he'd stop being so oblivious. Linsey is already in the know about Fathom's feelings toward Conner and tends to be the person he vents to about the sexual tension.
    • She sometimes tries to sneakily nudge Conner with subtle hints about how Fathom feels about him, but Conner's way too dense to get it. She just thinks it's amusing and tends to tease Fathom about striking out with him for so long.
  • She and Lee seem to like each other, although it's much more obvious to Linsey how much he likes her than it is to him that she likes him back. She doesn't push it too much though and finds it kind of funny and cute how wishy-washy he is about it, especially when he's so easy to fluster with the topic.
    • Even though Linsey is in a sort-of-relationship with Fathom and also kind of hovering around potentially being in a relationship with Lee, she honestly thinks the two of them have a lot more sexual tension between them and honestly wonders if the two will ever admit it.
    • She hardcore ships Fathlee.
  • Linsey's favorite ships within Etrukan Truth are Fathlee, Fathner, Conlee, and Jaslee. Just kiss alreadyyyyyyy
    • She obviously doesn't ship Volkmar with anyone, both because she views him as her "little brother" who can't possibly be in a relationship yet, and also because she thinks it's obvious how much he likes Alec.
    • She's not sure if that ship name should be Almar or Volkec. NO WAIT, VOLKAL
  • Linsey's aware that Jasper has a bit of a crush on her, and he frequently tells her that she's "very nice and very pretty." She's not romantically interested in him in any sense, but she thinks Jasper is adorable and loves him as a little brother as well, especially since he's the same age as Volkmar.
    • She thinks his crush on Lee is also adorable. Jaslee is love~
  • Conner has called her out on shipping Lee with almost everyone in the band, including herself. She has no shame about it though.
    • Her ship name with Lee is Linlee.
    • Her ship name with Fathom is Fathsey, but neither of them take it that seriously since they don't really see each other as anything but very close friends-with-benefits. They usually tend to joke about it with each other.
  • Linsey tends to be protective of Conner since he's too much of a softie to stand up for himself sometimes.
    • The two tend to remark it's because Conner picked guitar lessons and Linsey picked karate lessons.
    • A lot of people tend to mistake them as twins since they are only one year apart and look very similar in various ways.
  • Linsey is currently at war with Volkmar over shampoo. She always steals his shampoo and swaps it out for her own, citing that it has to be the reason why his hair is prettier than hers. This is the reason why Volkmar's hair frequently smells fruity, usually like strawberries, since Linsey tends to intentionally pick out the "girliest" shampoo to swap out with his.
    • She also likes to braid Volkmar's hair, but he's not always cooperative about it and sometimes she has to pin him or sit on his back to keep him still long enough to braid it.
  • Not sure if it will actually occur canonically yet, but I’ve been thinking about Linsey and Jessica potentially having a relationship if she and Conner break up at some point. It would probably be over the whole “plant children” issue.
  • Linsey is something of a vent character for me, but not in any canon material. For some reason she is one of my go-to characters for venting random things, although I couldn't tell you why her of all people. It's mostly random, meaningless bullshit I don't plan on sharing and usually delete afterward.
  • Linsey loves kids and would like to have a family of her own in the future, although she's not in a hurry to do so. There's some amount of spite in her motivation as well, since she knows she could be a better mother than her own "bitchy" mom who had nothing to do with raising her.