With an extra bounce in her step Lillian Adler walked up to the bulletin board and pinned up a sign-up sheet. For the 25th consecutive year she was coaching the school's glee club, something she was very proud of. It was 7:43, 24 August 1991. After making it to Nationals last year she was even more excited about coaching Glee club than ever before. Sure, she had made it to Nationals before, but it had been a while. Taking a deep breath she examined the list once again before turning around and walking off.
Hello, lovelies. That short little prologue there was just to establish some things, and to hopefully not get the story shut down. So, this is a Glee SYOC just like any other, except the fact that it is set in 1991 and the characters we know and love haven't even been born yet, in fact their parents may well be virgins. Okay, now some of you might be wondering how this will work. It'll be just like any other SYOC with you guys submitting characters and I, the writer, will write a story about them, with the help of the lovely Ray4Ruffles. So, as we've already established this is set in the year 1991 (we changed it, but this hardly changes anything).
Rules:
No Mary Sue's.
If the character's name has been stated on Glee the name should be the same (e.g. Kurt Hummel's father is named Burt Hummel and will be called Burt Hummel in this story). If the character's name has not been stated on Glee, feel free to make it up or stick with whatever the fandom has generally agreed is their name. (e.g. Kurt Hummel's mother is unnamed so far on Glee, but the fandom generally agrees it's Elizabeth so you are free to name her Elizabeth or give her another name)
Please follow whatever has been said about the character on glee before. Stick to canon, as much you can.
Don't use a celebrity look-alike or sing-alike that has been on glee (as in has had a solo or semi-important role). That means no Lindsay Pearce, Neil Patrick Harris or Telly Leung, while Jayson Blair would be fine.
Pick celebrity look-alike that is believable as the age your character is. I won't pick a character that is suppose to be a freshman, but looks 30.
Pick a look-alike that is believable as the New Directions' parent. For example, if your OC is Mercedes' mom, pick an African American. If we know what the character looks like grown up, try to find someone who somewhat resembles them.
Have fun with it and try to be original! (I know that seems odd considering I'm asking you to make a younger version of a currently existing character, but people change a lot and we can ignore certain things about the grown-up character)
Submit by PM. This is crucial and we will not accept an OC sent by review.
The characters:
This is a list of the characters that could be in the story. They won't all be as it'll all depend on which ones we get characters for and which ones we get good characters for. You are allowed to make completely original characters, but they do stand a smaller chance of getting in. The names in parenthesis are the names that they've got through marriage of that aren't canon. The grade behind the name is the grade I prefer them in, this is mainly to keep canon (at least try to). Behind that again you'll find nothing or "(not in glee)" if it doesn't say anything I think they're in glee, though they might not be, but if it says "(not in glee)" I don't want them in glee.
Hiram (Berry) (junior -senior)
Leroy (Berry) (junior- senior) (Ray4Ruffles will be doing him)
Carol (Hudson) (sophomore – junior)
Christopher Hudson (sophomore – senior)
Burt Hummel (junior– senior)
(Elizabeth Hummel) (sophomore – senior) (I will be doing her)
Russel Fabray (senior)
Judy (Fabray) (junior – senior)
Maribel (Lopez) (freshman – senior)
Michael Robert Chang (sophomore –senior) (not in glee)
Julia (Chang) (sophomore – senior)
(Nancy Abrams) (junior – senior)
Dwight Evans (senior)
Mary (Evans) (junior- senior)
Tanisha (Puckerman) (freshman – junior)
(Gabriella Puckerman) (Sophomore – senior)
(Oscar) Puckerman (senior)
Millie Rose (sophomore – senior)
(Alice Cohen-Chang) (sophomore – senior)
(Robert Cohen-Chang) (sophomore – senior)
(Aisha Jones) (junior – senior)
(Darrell) Jones (junior – senior)
April Rhodes (freshman)
Shelby Corcoran (freshman)
Bryan Ryan (freshman)
Okay, I hope I haven't missed anyone (I know I've missed Kitty's parents, Ryder's and a couple of others, but we've never met them and Kitty and Ryder have only been for one season so they don't feel relevant, but feel free to make them).
Student Form: (It has been changed a few times, but if you're using the old one that's fine too)
Future parent of:
Name:
Nicknames/Degrading Names:
Age/Grade:
Gender/Sexuality:
Celebrity look-alike:
Appearance (note little differences from the look-alike if there are any, if not put some words you would like me to use when describing them, as well as a brief description of them with eye color, skin color, hair color, height, body type, etc.):
Clothing style/what would they normally wear (remember that we're in late eighties/early nineties):
Personality (be detailed and make them interesting. Remember no Mary Sue's):
Home life (members and dynamic of the family):
History: (anything relevant their current state):
Bedroom (it doesn't have to be too long, but give me the general idea):
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Clique:
Hobbies/Club/Sports:
Quirks:
Pet Peeves:
What do they look for in their relationships (friends and/or dating):
V or Not V: (if not V then when and with whom did they lose it)
Musical Preference/Song Choices (keep it pre-1992):
Audition Song: (remember the year)
Celebrity sing-alike:
Why Did They Join Glee Club:
Storyline/Theme Ideas: (min. 2)
Anything else:
I will accept 12 – 15 New Direction members (feel free to suggest another name for the club, because it wasn't called New Directions in 1987), with others as side-characters. Your OC is not necessarily in Glee club (that's why I put the 'Audition song' and other singing related posts as optional)
I almost forgot to mention that I will also need teachers! I will at least a cheerio coach and a football coach.
Italics means it might not be necessary for your character, you decide whether you want to write something there or not.
Teacher form:
Name:
Nicknames:
Insulting Nicknames:
Age:
Sexuality:
Birthday:
Gender:
Teaches:
Celebrity look-alike:
Appearance: (note little differences from the look-alike if there are any, if not put some words you would like me to use when describing them, as well as a brief description of them with eye color, skin color, hair color, height, body type, etc.)
Personality: (be detailed and make them interesting. Remember no Mary Sue's)
Family: (brief description of each family member and you OCs relationship with them)
Home life: (the dynamic of the family)
House: (doesn't have to be long, just where the house is, that type of house, preferably the color, whether there's a backyard, etc.)
Bedroom: (again it doesn't have to be too long, but give me the general idea)
History: (anything relevant that has happened to them previously)
Clothing style/what would they normally wear: (remember that we're in 1987)
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Hobbies:
Quirks:
Pet Peeves:
What do they look for in a relationship (friend and/or dating):
V or Not V: (if not V then when and with whom did they lose it)
Musical Preference:
Celebrity sing-alike:
Vocal Range: (For the females: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Contralto. For the males: Counter-tenor, Tenor, Baritenor, Baritone, Bass)
Theme Ideas: (Guilty pleasure, Madonna, etc.)
Songs to sing: (remember the year, and preferably put why they sing it)
Storyline ideas: (min. 2)
Anything else:
Happy submitting!
