Svac Week One

Instructions

I had an extension because I was on vacation :) 2 Sadie is guarded. Scared. Passionate. Emotional. But only those she trusts see that side. And she trusts very little people. Her speech with Eric and her mom is more vulnerable, and more real than with other people, where she sounds like shes reading off of an invisible script. The loss of her father by the supposed good guys makes her come across as standoffish, cynical, or borderline mean to people she has to have more than small talk with, like teachers or peers. She has the people skills of a wasp. When talking about her father, the edge to her tone softens a little bit. When talking about That Night (as she calls it), the edge is sharper. Even to those she trusts. She is suspicious of people who try to talk to her and she was originally alarmed at how immediately she trusted Eric, but he’s the reason she realized she wasn’t fully broken and was capable of loving other people, so shes very defensive of Eric, she would die for him. But as a “normal high school student” dying isnt generally a part of the agenda (hopefully), she just vocally fights people who even mildly criticize him. She is also exasperated when people call her his girlfriend (“just because I love someone, doesnt mean I’m IN LOVE with them”), but she doesnt allow those comments to affect her relationship with him. As for speech patterns, Sadie repeats herself a lot, mostly to herself, like whatever shes saying is a mantra, or that shes trying to convince herself what shes saying is true. “I have to do this” and “by any means necessary” are the most common ones, but there are also some others. She uses a lot of SAT vocab words immediately followed by a less academic word, because even though shes third in her class, shes self conscious of sounding “too smart.” Everything she says is well calculated, everything she does a show. She is trying to get the people who she doesnt trust to believe in a character, rather than show her true vulnerable self. Shes so focused on sounding like Sadie Taylor, artsy, smart, normal teen girl that sometimes she forgets to turn it off. She also has a habit of repeating fun facts when shes stressed, which is how eric realized she was nightshade (and how she realized eric was physo, but that separate) "You know I love you more than anything, right" "Hello Mr Keenan, very lovely day we are having" "The only thing different between a violin and a fiddle is classism" 4 Hi, my name is Sadie Taylor. I am 17 years old, and I used to be a villain. It wasn't an easy decision by any means, but for a while, it was the only way. My father, a hero. My mother,the closest to normal someone could be. Living the perfect life. Until a corrupt system went and got my father killed. And so, I was determined to take this system down. For me. For my mom. For my dad. For everyone. But that made me the bad guy. But it was worth is. by ANY means necessary. Eric believed in me. Eric understood. Eric is my partner. At the start, I decided to be alone because I couldn’t let anyone else get hurt. But sometimes necessary means asking for help. Even if its from someone who at first glance is on the wrong side. Now, my father, Eric’s pseudo-dad, everyone else destroyed by the old system will not be forgotten or swept under the rug. No more bureaucratic nonsense. No more jumping through hoops. The world knows what happened to him, and I get to live to tell the tale.I still stand by these words, however: by Any. Means. Necessary. Hi, my name is Sadie Taylor. I am 17 years old, and I used to be a villain. It wasn't an easy decision by any means, but for a while, it was the only way. My father, a hero. My mother,the closest to normal someone could be. Living the perfect life. Until a corrupt system went and got my father killed. And so, I was determined to take this system down. For me. For my mom. For my dad. For everyone. But that made me the bad guy. But it was worth is. by ANY means necessary. Eric believed in me. Eric understood. Eric is my partner. At the start, I decided to be alone because I couldn’t let anyone else get hurt. But sometimes necessary means asking for help. Even if its from someone who at first glance is on the wrong side. Now, my father, Eric’s pseudo-dad, everyone else destroyed by the old system will not be forgotten or swept under the rug. No more bureaucratic nonsense. No more jumping through hoops. The world knows what happened to him, and I get to live to tell the tale.I still stand by these words, however: by Any. Means. Necessary.