EXCERPT: NOTES
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apanthropinization I will make this fancier to look at one day. I promise.
ANNA
History: Born on October 31, 1944 to Rosemary Madeline Way (nee Woodrose) and Christopher Marc Way, Annalise Mary Way's life at first looked promising with a nice house, nice parents and a nice town to grow up in in Houston, Texas. But Rosemary never did get over the demons of her past marriage that was rife with abuse and guilt. She began to hit or shake or neglect Anna but then shower the confused child with affection, starting a viscous cycle between the two of them. Christopher was a cowed man, letting his wife get away with it and helped cover it up partly out of devotion and partly out of fear that his reputation would be ruined if this got out. Then she met her half-sister from Rosemary's previous marriage, G.M Morris who was a rising author and poet at the time, two years later. She was taken out of her parents' care and put into her older half-sister's custody after an intense discussion with the young woman who threatened to reveal the truth about the Ways and what Rosemary did to G.M in her previous marriage if they did not hand over Anna to her as she was fearful of her half-sister's health. G.M returned to New York with Anna in tow and for the first few months it was awkward for the sisters but they eventually become closer and the sisters had a serious bond by the time next year came by.
1947 was also the same year G.M received negative attention thanks to the focus the HUAC and her controversial response to the threats made against her by the organization when she refused to go to a hearing. The spotlight on them was uncomfortable and came to a dramatic climax in 1948 when a man one night harassed and terrorized both the girls who were out celebrating her birthday. Having received an invitation from an Andrew Ryan to disappear from the world months ago, G.M finally accepted it and the two sisters became part of the The Vanishing. They spent the rest of their years in relative peace, where G.M continued to write and Anna continued to grow up. She's privately tutored by her sister, focusing mostly on maths, geography, biology and animal science due to Anna's dream of becoming a marine biologist. She's well known in the Plaza Hedone as the 'Littlest Big Sister' with how she does the chores like groceries and errands when G.M is too distracted/buried in her work to do it.
Personality: More intelligent than her young years would suggest, Anna tries to be a responsible young girl with how absent-minded her sister is when it comes to her own needs. Anna is an intelligent and clever girl with a clear set of dreams and demands in mind but she lacks focus and concentration when it comes to her work; often not doing her exercises as a result of wanting to do something more simulating. She's a thrill-seeker, ever curious and impulsive in her choices that creative and colorful due to her imagination being encouraged by G.M. She is a cheerful and sweet girl, willing to give people smiles and be a buffer to G.M's more rougher edges, but this is only to a certain extent. She will become angry and even aggressive if someone attempts to initiate physical contact with her if she does not know them very well or they try to get closer to her than she would allow. (Which happens to be five feet and she will keep that way like if someone gets closer to her, she will take a step back and if they keep doing it she insists they stop or they'll be sorry.)
Status: At 4'5, she's small for her age. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes, the eyes the only thing she shares with her half-sister since she took more of Christopher's pale coloring and more of Rosemary's facial structure compared to G.M who got more of her father's looks. Though healthy, she's more prone to allergies and cannot eat fish or chocolate or diary products. That and the abuse she felt at the hands of Rosemary for those two years did leave a mark on her. Anna walks with a slight limp due to DDH, caused by being excessively swaddled by Rosemary who wanted to keep her from moving and making too much of a mess in the house. Though she is naturally right handed, she uses her left hand due to Rosemary breaking her wrist when she was two years old and still feels discomfort and numbness when attempting to use it to this day.
ANNA
History: Born on October 31, 1944 to Rosemary Madeline Way (nee Woodrose) and Christopher Marc Way, Annalise Mary Way's life at first looked promising with a nice house, nice parents and a nice town to grow up in in Houston, Texas. But Rosemary never did get over the demons of her past marriage that was rife with abuse and guilt. She began to hit or shake or neglect Anna but then shower the confused child with affection, starting a viscous cycle between the two of them. Christopher was a cowed man, letting his wife get away with it and helped cover it up partly out of devotion and partly out of fear that his reputation would be ruined if this got out. Then she met her half-sister from Rosemary's previous marriage, G.M Morris who was a rising author and poet at the time, two years later. She was taken out of her parents' care and put into her older half-sister's custody after an intense discussion with the young woman who threatened to reveal the truth about the Ways and what Rosemary did to G.M in her previous marriage if they did not hand over Anna to her as she was fearful of her half-sister's health. G.M returned to New York with Anna in tow and for the first few months it was awkward for the sisters but they eventually become closer and the sisters had a serious bond by the time next year came by.
1947 was also the same year G.M received negative attention thanks to the focus the HUAC and her controversial response to the threats made against her by the organization when she refused to go to a hearing. The spotlight on them was uncomfortable and came to a dramatic climax in 1948 when a man one night harassed and terrorized both the girls who were out celebrating her birthday. Having received an invitation from an Andrew Ryan to disappear from the world months ago, G.M finally accepted it and the two sisters became part of the The Vanishing. They spent the rest of their years in relative peace, where G.M continued to write and Anna continued to grow up. She's privately tutored by her sister, focusing mostly on maths, geography, biology and animal science due to Anna's dream of becoming a marine biologist. She's well known in the Plaza Hedone as the 'Littlest Big Sister' with how she does the chores like groceries and errands when G.M is too distracted/buried in her work to do it.
Personality: More intelligent than her young years would suggest, Anna tries to be a responsible young girl with how absent-minded her sister is when it comes to her own needs. Anna is an intelligent and clever girl with a clear set of dreams and demands in mind but she lacks focus and concentration when it comes to her work; often not doing her exercises as a result of wanting to do something more simulating. She's a thrill-seeker, ever curious and impulsive in her choices that creative and colorful due to her imagination being encouraged by G.M. She is a cheerful and sweet girl, willing to give people smiles and be a buffer to G.M's more rougher edges, but this is only to a certain extent. She will become angry and even aggressive if someone attempts to initiate physical contact with her if she does not know them very well or they try to get closer to her than she would allow. (Which happens to be five feet and she will keep that way like if someone gets closer to her, she will take a step back and if they keep doing it she insists they stop or they'll be sorry.)
Status: At 4'5, she's small for her age. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes, the eyes the only thing she shares with her half-sister since she took more of Christopher's pale coloring and more of Rosemary's facial structure compared to G.M who got more of her father's looks. Though healthy, she's more prone to allergies and cannot eat fish or chocolate or diary products. That and the abuse she felt at the hands of Rosemary for those two years did leave a mark on her. Anna walks with a slight limp due to DDH, caused by being excessively swaddled by Rosemary who wanted to keep her from moving and making too much of a mess in the house. Though she is naturally right handed, she uses her left hand due to Rosemary breaking her wrist when she was two years old and still feels discomfort and numbness when attempting to use it to this day.