1) Klementyna Sokal is Angelika's sister (ethnicity - another Polish Slav, duh). Unlike Angelika, however, she tends to stay in the background, often complaining or just eating. She isn't necessarily a slothful or a bad person, just introvert or even inert. She loves her children, but keeps her love and care for them at a low burn, preferring to conserve energy. There are rumors of her being ill, but so far Angelika isn't sure about them, and Klementyna herself is too inert to go to the doctor herself. Usually, she stays in the background, alongside her friend-
2) Kamalani Elikapeka. She is a friend and neighbor of Iolana Kai - an Afro-American from the state of Hawaii. She is usually found alongside Klementyna, but whereas Klementyna is usually low on energy, Kamalani is constantly active and running out and about, interacting and talking with others. She also may have the metabolism of a hummingbird, since she eats anything and never gains weight. Of course, she usually lets one of the Sokol sisters to manage her diet, (she's too active slash busy to do it herself), so this might be the reason why...
3) Gulten Hatice-Ferreira is Irena Ferreira's sister-in-law (ethnicity - Turkish). Whereas Irena tends to think things through...to the point where she needs someone else's help to get back on track (usually, Angelika, but sometimes Klementyna or even Kamalani), Gulten tends to rush right in and do everything however she thinks fit. She is a hot-head, but she does care for Irena and vice versa. She doesn't object too much to the Sokal sisters either, as she knows that they mean well, but Durada's nature-loving ways are just too passive for her liking, as are Ildo's. She and Kamalani get well enough with their similarly active lifestyles, but Gulten still thinks that Kamalani lacks focus (just as Iolana does).
4) Elvan Esin (ethnicity - Turkish) is a cousin of Gulten. The two cousins don't get along very well - whereas Gulten is something of a jock and a very active woman, Elvan rather spends her time on modern 'technology and knick-knacks', doing her best to keep up with the modern fashions. This causes her to argue with Ildo, who thinks that this sort of thing is a waste of time, and Durada, who tends to stick with Ildo in this sort of fight. Gulten prefers to let Irena sort it out - Irena often is able to talk Ildo down, and Gulten prefers to let her sister-in-law sort out this sort of an argument: Elvan may not be particularly close, (and Gulten, despite her dislike of Ildo and Durada actually thinks that they are more correct than Elvan is), and the two cousins don't like each other too much, but they are still family...and Irena is better at negotiating than Gulten is.
5) Helmi Aune (ethnicity - Finnish) is a friend of Elvan: even though she doesn't buy any modern tech very often, she is quite interested in it all the same, and often 'plays' with Elvan long enough, whenever Elvan gets herself a new toy. Not unlike Durada and Ildo, she is more laidback than the Sokal sisters, Gulten or Kamalani are, for example, but unlike Durada she is a very hands-off parent, and often lets her son play by himself while she does other things. As a consequence, she and Durada often lock horns even if Elvan isn't around, for the two women are too similar yet fundamentally different not to rub each other wrong. Ildo, curiously enough, gets along with Helmi well enough, yet because of her own dislike of Elvan the two of them argue often between themselves too. (And Gulten is slightly jealous of the fact that Elvan is friends with Helmi even though they are cousins - while Elvan is jealous of Gulten's bond with her sister-in-law.)
6) Noelani Kekepania is an Anglo-American who also hails from Hawaii. She gets along with Kamalani well enough, (though they are not particularly close - Kamalani prefers to hang around the Sokal sisters, who manage her life at least to a certain degree, and she likes it), but she is more of Iolana's 'sidekick': both women are messy, disorganized, and tend to fight/argue with Angelika Sokal a lot. (Of course, since Angelika is friends with Kamalani, this doesn't endear Noelani to Kamalani either). On her own, Noelani is friends with Elvan and Helmi, who can tolerate her chaotic ways with understanding, but otherwise, Noelani is something of the outside in the group.
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Monday, 22 February 2016
Character ideas free for the taking
1) Angelika Sokal - the leader of the little group (ethnicity - a Polish Slav). A prominent member of the PTA, who does everything she can to hold the group together, because on her own? She doesn't do so well. She would rather be in a team, thank you very much, and ensure that everyone does their part, whether they want to or not. The others humor her because she comes up with the initial impetus for their activities, especially for the group itself...
2) Irena Ferreira - the brain of the group (sort of; ethnicity - Portuguese). She knows 'everything' that there is to know about parenting, supposedly, and lets the others know it at the first opportunity. She doesn't have any ideas of her own, but rather goes with the flow - or, more correctly, the latest idea. She lets Angelika (usually, but sometimes one of the others) to generate those ideas, or sometimes she finds them on the Internet instead. She is well-intentioned, but sometimes exasperated, and tends to nitpick.
3) Durada Pavlovic - is the voice of 'nature' in the group (ethnicity - a Croatian Slav). She is the one who is always seeking to find the most natural and the most healthy of all foods; the health freak among the friends and the advocate of natural medicine, breast-feeding, etc. Not unlike Irena, she tends to get carried away, but her ideas comes from her own experience, not external sources. Sometimes she butts heads with Angelika, but because the latter has better organisational skills and has a more active imagination and attitude, Angelika usually wins those arguments.
4) Ildo Lazar - is the closest friend of Durada (ethnicity - Hungarian). Unlike Durada, though, who is Ok with modernity in terms of technology and the like, Ildo disdains the machinery, and tries to go for 'authentic' (vintage) first and foremost. She is more laidback than even Durada is, and goes more with the flow; she has fewer arguments with Angelika than Durada has, but she also has fewer ideas than Durada does too. Consequently, when there is an argument going on, Ildo is more often found in the background with Irena, as the taller woman bounces off her ideas about parenting, while their friends talk it out.
5) Iolana Kai is something of the odd one out in the group (ethnicity - Hawaiian/Chinese). She is usually the one in a mess, trying to keep order and sense of what is going on around her; almost never organized, almost always chaotic. She is aware of this, and does her best to pull through - which she does at the last moment, usually through twice the effort that the others would put into this. She and Angelika often argue and fight, simply for argument's sake, (though sometimes Angelika just shows up her friends just to rile them up).
2) Irena Ferreira - the brain of the group (sort of; ethnicity - Portuguese). She knows 'everything' that there is to know about parenting, supposedly, and lets the others know it at the first opportunity. She doesn't have any ideas of her own, but rather goes with the flow - or, more correctly, the latest idea. She lets Angelika (usually, but sometimes one of the others) to generate those ideas, or sometimes she finds them on the Internet instead. She is well-intentioned, but sometimes exasperated, and tends to nitpick.
3) Durada Pavlovic - is the voice of 'nature' in the group (ethnicity - a Croatian Slav). She is the one who is always seeking to find the most natural and the most healthy of all foods; the health freak among the friends and the advocate of natural medicine, breast-feeding, etc. Not unlike Irena, she tends to get carried away, but her ideas comes from her own experience, not external sources. Sometimes she butts heads with Angelika, but because the latter has better organisational skills and has a more active imagination and attitude, Angelika usually wins those arguments.
4) Ildo Lazar - is the closest friend of Durada (ethnicity - Hungarian). Unlike Durada, though, who is Ok with modernity in terms of technology and the like, Ildo disdains the machinery, and tries to go for 'authentic' (vintage) first and foremost. She is more laidback than even Durada is, and goes more with the flow; she has fewer arguments with Angelika than Durada has, but she also has fewer ideas than Durada does too. Consequently, when there is an argument going on, Ildo is more often found in the background with Irena, as the taller woman bounces off her ideas about parenting, while their friends talk it out.
5) Iolana Kai is something of the odd one out in the group (ethnicity - Hawaiian/Chinese). She is usually the one in a mess, trying to keep order and sense of what is going on around her; almost never organized, almost always chaotic. She is aware of this, and does her best to pull through - which she does at the last moment, usually through twice the effort that the others would put into this. She and Angelika often argue and fight, simply for argument's sake, (though sometimes Angelika just shows up her friends just to rile them up).
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