dyl☆
they are the main character of this story though they wish they weren't. dylan struggles to feel accepted amongst other insecurities but they bury it under seventy thousand pounds of apathy, sarcasm, and cigarettes.
they lost their father at a young age and still has not come to terms with it, especially when their mother is unfairly blaming them for his death.
dylan's favorite place is any amusement park with a wooden coaster. when they were 11, they snuck out of the house to ride Son of Beast at King's Island on opening day. they also love arcades.
| full name: | Dylan Ramirez |
| age: | 16 |
| cigs of choice: | whatevers on the ground |
| listening to: | Avril Lavigne - Let Go |
| favorite song: | "Slipped Away" - Avril Lavigne |
| drinking: | diet coke♡ |
| find them at: | old pool hall, the carnival, the roof |
| friends: | vance medici and the greasers |
| enemies: | mandy wiles, breakfast sandwiches |
| secret: | brought their stuffed bunny to boarding school (ACCIDENTALLY I SWEAR) |
vance☆
vance grew up in New Coventry with his parents and older brother. his father is a mechanic and his mother is a therapist. Vance's brother moved out when he was 12, but growing up they were very close. his brother taught him how to skate and later gifted vance his skateboard before he moved away.
being brought up by a therapist, Vance is acutely aware of his own emotions and is easily able to self regulate. throughout the year, Vance notices Dylan struggling and tries to teach them grounding techniques and eventually is able to get them to take care of theirself and become of client of his mothers.
| full name: | Vance Medici |
| age: | 15 |
| cigs of choice: | lucky strike with filters |
| listening to: | "Face Down" - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus |
| favorite song: | n/a |
| drinking: | cheap beer Johnny Vincent bought |
| find them at: | old pool hall, behind the auto shop building |
| friends: | dylan ramirez and the greasers |
| enemies: | gary smith, derby harrington, and the preps |
| secret: | gay |
gary☆
a second-year sophomore, Gary Smith has a history of deviance and manipulation. it helps that most of the population of Bullworth are dumb as rocks and could be coerced into a paper bag, because Gary isn't actually all that smart but he thinks he is.
during the previous school year, Gary was caught with a knife and a hit list planted by Earnest Jones. he was suspended and sent to Happy Volts for most of the summer. he was prescribed medication intended to balance his mood which mostly made him numb.
after meeting dylan, he decides to stop taking his meds and he becomes violent and possessive. gary physically assaults dylan multiple times before they cut contact.
he gets his ass kicked by Jimmy Hopkins and finally expelled, but he still lives with his grandfather in Bullworth Town.
in a post-credits scene (director's cut), gary can be seen going to therapy with Vance's mom. a few years have passed and dylan has moved away at this point. gary has a breakthrough and a breakdown, leading him to have an emergency session at his therapist's home office. he runs into Vance, already crying, and Gary tells Vance how much he regrets how he treated Dylan and he wishes he could apologize.
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| full name: | Gary Smith |
| age: | 16 |
| cigs of choice: | marlboro |
| listening to: | his own thoughts |
| favorite song: | "Skin Therapy" - Mr. Dibbs |
| drinking: | nothing |
| find them at: | the roof |
| friends: | "i don't need friends, they disappoint me." -Gary Smith, 2005 |
| enemies: | jimmy hopkins |
| secret: | stole someones discman that had a burned copy of an avril lavigne cd in it and he loves the song "My Happy Ending" |
mandy☆
she's the head cheerleader and super mean! everyone wishes they were her!
Mandy wants to move away from Bullworth and become a model, but to her that comes at a price. it shouldn't have to be this way, but heroin chic is so in right now. to maintain her ultra thin physique, she throws up all her food. but it's totally fine, everybody does it! just absolutely don't talk about it or tell anyone because that would be so embarassing and completely untrue anyway.
she doesn't pick on other girls because she's insecure, she does it because she's better than everyone else and they should know it.
| full name: | Mandy Wiles |
| age: | 16 |
| cigs of choice: | doesn't smoke <3 |
| listening to: | the cheerleaders on the squad messing up for the fourth time today |
| favorite song: | "Butterfly" - Crazy Town |
| drinking: | water |
| find them at: | the gym, football field, her dorm room |
| friends: | Pinky Gauthier, Christy Martin, and Angie Ng <3 <3 |
| enemies: | everybody else |
| secret: | "I don't have any secrets!" -Mandy Wiles, unprompted |
