Glee: Tomorrow Starts Today
It was 2018 and it had been 5 years since the New Directions disbanded, and McKinley High was left without a Glee Club. Former director, Will Schuester had managed to get a job coaching Vocal Adrenaline at Carmel High and all of his New Directions went off in different directions.
In 2013, the semester after the club disbanded, most of the existing students, Ryder, Marley, Jake and Unique, transferred schools and joined their respective Glee Clubs. Kitty was the only member of the New Directions left at McKinley.
In 2015, Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce as well as Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson got married in Lima.
In 2017, the New Directions Alumni suffered another huge loss when Noah Puckerman was killed while away with the airforce. It made it all the more devastating when his then-fiancee Quinn Fabray discovered she was pregnant with his child.
Now in 2018 though, fresh out of teaching school, 24 year old Sebastian Smythe, former Dalton Academy student, decided he wanted to bring back the New Directions. Since he'd last seen anyone from the New Directions, he'd completely turned his life around. He was engaged to a man who adored him, he was nicer and a whole lot less bitchy. Sebastian knew that Will had long since left McKinley and that the Glee Club was no more, so he contacted his old friend, Blaine Anderson, who consulted with the other New Directions Alumni, who agreed that Sebastian could try to bring the club back. Well almost everyone gave their support, Santana did have a few choice words for the newly reformed Warbler. He went to the Principal of McKinley, Lynda Abernathy to ask for permission. Ms Abernathy was still new to McKinley, but she'd heard about the New Directions before, and offered Sebastian the same deal Principal Figgins had offered Will Schuester all those years ago, he needs to bring in the same kind of money as the Cheerios and the Titans, and win Regionals and the club can stay. Sebastian, being the smart and resourceful young man he was, announced he would do what it took to bring the glee club back to McKinley forever.
Characters:
Teachers:
Sebastian Smythe, a new teacher at McKinley, fresh out of college. He's the 24 year old Former Head of the Warblers and wants nothing more than to prove he's changed. He's smart, sassy and still a little sarcastic, but he's a changed man with a bright future ahead of him, as long as he doesn't revert back to his old ways. He's played by Grant Gustin, who's his sing-a-like too.
Principal Lynda Abernathy, the new Principal of McKinley High. Ms Abernathy hasn't been the Principal for long, but has taught at McKinley for a few years, joining the year after the club originally disbanded. She has faith in Sebastian's dream, but feels the school may not be interested or ready for a Glee Club. She's portrayed by Melissa McCarthy.
Coach Evelyn Murphy, the coach of the Cheerios. She's led the team to victory for the last 3 years. She seems to have inherited Sue Sylvester's displeasure of the Glee Club, more specifically their Director, Sebastian, who took her parking space on his first day at McKinley and Evelyn hasn't let it go yet. She's portrayed by Sarah Paulson.
Students:
Rory Aitken, a 17 year old Junior who has recently moved to Lima from Essex in the UK. He's a sarcastic, cheeky young man who's hiding many secrets from those he cares about. He's portrayed by Thomas Law, who he's also vocally portrayed by.
Mary Kate O'Brien, a 16 year old Sophomore, who's also a member of the Cheerios. She's a smart girl, who's been hiding her musical talents for too long. She's portrayed by Dove Cameron, who she's also vocally portrayed by.
Brandon James Quinn, a 16 year old Sophomore, who's a member of the soccer team. He's an openly gay young man, who's trying to put his past behind him. He's played by Dylan Sprayberry, and is vocally portrayed by Jeremy Jordan.
Rules for submissions:
Every submission must be made by PM. Any left in the reviews will be ignored, no matter how good they are. Everyone can submit as many characters as they want. It is not a first come first serve type of thing, only the best will be selected.
Characters who are in another SYOC won't be accepted. If I do accept one who's submitted in another, they'll be written out of the story(harsh, but I don't want every story to have the same characters).
Please don't use a sing-a-like who's previously appeared in Glee, so that means no Demi Lovato, Adam Lambert etc…
No one is perfect. Give them flaws. Not every Cheerio is a bitch and not every gay guy is flamboyant. Make the characters diverse and interesting. Give them a bit of depth. I do want some LGBT characters and maybe a character or two with a disability(like Artie in the show).
Don't give all characters a depressing backstory or storylines, but I would like some grittier storylines too. I have a character I'm planning on using who's got a storyline that wouldn't necessarily have been tackled on Glee. The best way to put it is if Degrassi or one of those High School shows could tackle it, then I'll do my best to do the same.
If the character 15-16, don't choose a 30 year old to be their lookalike. Make it realistic and believable. The characters need to be based on the Lookalikes current appearance i.e. not Zac Efron circa HSM or Lindsay Lohan circa Mean Girls. It'd be really awkward if the students looked or were played by someone older than the teacher(Grant Gustin is 28). Look-a-likes are required for the Tumblr dedicated to this, which will also feature gifs, so try to pick a F/C that has a relatively decent amount of gifs(I know that a certain character I've submitted had to have their F/C changed as there weren't enough Gifs for them).
Even though I'm asking for songs to be submitted, this isn't the only songs that are going to be done, as some of the songs may not be relevant to the story and I may think of one that they could sing(so they might get a lot more solos/duets). Try to avoid This Is Me from the Greatest Showman, as this will done at Sectionals. Some songs, while they may exist in reality, may be used as Original Songs in the story(the title of the story will be sung by a character at some point).
Form for the New Directions:
Name:
Nicknames: (include insults)
Gender:
Portrayer:
Portrayed vocally by:
Age:
Birthday:
Grade:
Sexuality (If not straight, are they closeted?):
Personality:
Flaws:
Quirks and habits:
Pet Peeves:
Appearance:
Clothing style:
Hobbies/interests:
Dreams/goals:
Idol(s):
Talents/strengths:
Weaknesses:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Popularity status:
Virginity status:
Clubs/teams:
Type of friends they'd have:
Type of people they'd date:
Type of enemies they'd have:
Instruments (if any):
Audition song:
Other songs (5-20):
Storylines (at least 3):
Background/history:
Family:
Insecurities (if any):
Fears (if any):
Secrets (if any):
Suggestions for weekly assignments:
Suggestions for the school musical:
Other information(This should include any allergies, part time jobs, religion, Academic Performance and anything else you feel would be important):
Form for other Student/ Side or Recurring Characters:
Name:
Nicknames: (include insults)
Gender:
Portrayer:
Age:
Grade:
Sexuality (If not straight, are they closeted?):
Personality:
Flaws:
Quirks and habits:
Pet Peeves:
Appearance:
Clothing style:
Hobbies/interests:
Dreams/goals:
Talents/strengths:
Weaknesses:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Popularity status:
Virginity status:
Clubs/teams:
Type of friends they'd have:
Type of people they'd date:
Type of enemies they'd have:
Background/history(Be brief unless it's significant):
Family(If they're important or if they'll feature):
Insecurities (if significant):
Fears (if significant):
Secrets (if significant):
Other information(This should include any allergies, part time jobs, religion, Academic Performance and anything else you feel would be important):
Form for Teachers:
Name:
Nicknames: (include insults)
Gender:
Portrayer:
Age:
What do they teach?:
Sexuality (If not straight, are they closeted?):
Personality:
Flaws:
Quirks and habits:
Pet Peeves:
Appearance:
Clothing style:
Hobbies/interests(if significant):
Talents/strengths:
Weaknesses:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Background/history(Be brief unless it's significant):
Family(If they're important or if they'll feature):
Insecurities (if significant):
Fears (if significant):
Secrets (if significant):
Other information(This should include any allergies, religion and anything else you feel would be important):