Josie (detailed profile)

Summary : She’s slightly above average in height at 5’6”. She’s fairly average in build with a slight tummy and most closely resembles a rectangle body shape. Her hair is a dark brown (almost black) color and tightly coiled, springy, and coarse (resembles 3C/4A hair for reference); while her hair may not look long, it’s actually quite long but looks shorter thanks to shrinkage; she does enjoy wearing her hair in braids and wraps. She has medium brown fur with significant grey tones and is lighter around her face, palms, undersides of her feet, and down from her chest to belly. Her face is long and round with large, drop shaped ears and a typical bat-like snout and a lance-shaped nose. Her eyes are dark brown. Her upper teeth stick out a little bit (this detail is optional).

Generally, Josie is the mom friend. She’s good in social situations, has a warm and friendly nature which soothes and eases others, and goes out of her way to help other people and their pains because she would feel bad if she didn’t try her best to help and enjoys giving advice to others.

Although she’s very compassionate, she’s prone to stretching herself too thin and becoming overbearing. She generally puts others before herself because she enjoys the sense of being needed and loved; she doesn’t want to become an outcast or be alone. Her selflessness has muddled her sense of self though, since she wants to fit in and will compromise her identity to keep people happy, which often makes her look fake or people-pleasing to others and sometimes makes her feel conflicted. She also struggles with staying in touch and being honest about her own issues and sometimes secretly wishes other people would return the compassion or at least listen more to her own struggles, and so when feeling low she craves social connection and affirmation, but may feel bad about needing this form of validation despite feeling almost immediately better upon receiving it. Beyond her slightly attention-seeking behavior, Josie can also be jealous in that she unnecessarily compares herself to others and upholds her to external standards, causing herself to feel low or outright bitter when she doesn't meet these percieved standards, and so she swallows her anger and generally acts in jealousy to those she percieves as better than her. She’s affectionate, but occasionally becomes clingy and over-emotional.

Normally Josie is an upbeat and optimistic person. She loves encouragement and she loves encouraging others; dwelling on the negative for too long often brings her down. Her optimism sometimes makes her gullible or brush off details since she’s normally oriented to the big picture but also generally strives to be positive. She’s definitely a go-getter and enjoys planning for her future since it provides a stable sense of direction and a path for her to follow so she can reach her goals, and seems inflexible and rigid when she already has decided her plan and becomes snarky and annoyed when others try to change it. She’s fairly open with her emotions; she’s open and direct in conversation and sometimes becomes gossip-y when she talks about what “so and so” did today and how they make her so mad. At the same time though, while Josie may be open about her emotions, she strives to be restrained and self-disciplined, so she may downplay the intensity of her feelings and hold herself in line with external expectations to how she believes she should feel.

While she values community and generosity more, she also values personal freedom and being able to express yourself but only to the lengths where you’re not harming or hindering someone else’s ability to express themself. She often jokes about her “artistic liberty” in art, but is sensitive to crossing a line and offending others and may sacrifice her own voice to please others.

Habits : Praesent eleifend non nibh id gravida.