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Renee is an original character from my story, Melodious Magic: Protectors of Harmony .
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Name: Renee Matsuoka
Other Aliases: Melodic Honey
Age: 16
Race: African American/Japanese
Gender: cis female
Orientation: sapphic
Occupation: high school student and Melodic
Education: 9th grade
Economic status: middle class
Species: Melodic (magical girl)
Theoretical Voice: TBD
Character Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4fshfnLaruZWPkZ8A4JoJF?si=29a2263205364be3
Appearance: 5'5, small afro, dark brown eyes, copper brown skin, average build.
- Pedestrian: golden sweatpants, gold crop top with a black camisole underneath, white sneakers.
- Melodic: gold butterfly headphones, detached puffy gold sleeves, gold sleeveless jumper, yellow-orange belt with orange diamond studs, orange iPod on her breast, gold knee boots.
Personality: Renee is an outgoing, passionate teenage girl. She often meets adversaries with optimism and humor as a form of motivation because she "never wants to let people get [her] down". This mainly because she often struggles with labels and social constructs based on her race and upbringing. Renee sees hip hop and her talent for rapping as a way to reclaim her identity. She aims to make hip hop music that is more uplifting rather than promoting violence. She's also passionate about female hip hop artists reclaiming their sexuality.
Likes: hip hop, rapping, McDonald's, comic books, anime.
Dislikes: racism, being stereotyped.
Strengths: Melodic abilities, good at cheering people up, rapping.
Weaknesses: suppresses sadness until she explodes, people-pleasing.
Leitmotif: hiphop
Beats Pill: Brio
Melodic Abilities:
- Weapon: Bass Drum Bat
- Shining (healing swing)
- Explosive music notes
- Magic vocals: regenerate other Melodics.
Relationships:
- Santana Lewis: Adoptive father and biological uncle. Initially Renee's uncle, Santana adopted Renee from her father after he became incarcerated. Because of the scrutiny Santana faces being a gay father, Renee struggles with her sexuality and feels the need to always appear happy.
- Pompeii: Adoptive father. Because of the scrutiny Pompeii faces being a gay father, Renee struggles with her sexuality and feels the need to always appear happy.
- Theodore Lewis: Biological father. Although he loves Renee, his erratic behavior made him an unfit parent for Renee. Renee, herself, feels pity and confusion for Theodore.
- Sheila Matsuoka: Biological mother. She died when Renee was three.
- Primrose Aoi:
- Kim Lee:
- Nicole Hong:
- Taniya Sukarno:
- Alfred McClain:
Character Influences:
- Honey Bee: physical appearance, namesake
Other Trivia:
- Her favorite musical artists are Nicki Minaj, CL, and Common.
- She's scared of bees and wasps.
TV Tropes
- A Wild Rapper Appears: Her artistic talent.
- Afro Asskicker:
- Badass Gay:
- Black and Nerdy/Asian and Nerdy: She's a quarter Asian and three quarters black.
- But Not Too Black: She's a quarter Japanese.
- Expy: Her design was inspired by Honey Bee from Black Dynamite.
- Gayngst: A lot of her internal struggles and motivations are tied to the scrutiny that she faces for having gay parents, and being a closeted sapphic, herself.
- Happily Adopted:
- Hidden Depths: At first, she just appears to be the happy-go-lucky girl, but Renee struggles with a lot of societal pressure and familial issues.
- Hollywood Nerd: She loves Legend of Zelda and Superman.
- Personality Powers: Her ability to create explosions refers to how her lively personality tends to "shake things up". Her regenerative vocals also fit her love of making people happy.
- Quirky Curls: The trope that any character with curly hair is also quirky and upbeat.