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(Sheriff) Jessie the Yodelling Cowgirl
" Let me guess. Andy's a real special kid, and to him, you're his buddy, his best friend, and when Andy plays with you it's like... even though you're not moving, you feel like you're alive, because that's how he sees you." Toy Story
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🐴 Tattoo: On the back of her neck - the flowers are forget-me-nots
🐴 Deaths: None!
🐴 Inventory:
Jessie is a toy with valleys and mountains of emotion. She can swing from real high-highs to real low-lows a the flip of a switch. She lacks middle gears in that respect. When you're interacting with her, you get all of Jessie or none of her, there's almost no in-between. Her highs are something to behold. She has boundless, excitable energy, often literally bouncing around like she can't contain her own glee. She's seemingly ceaselessly enthusiastic- happy to meet new toys and make everything around her a little happier in the process. She'll greet loved ones with a bouncing, twirling bear-hug- making it abundantly clear how much they mean to her. Some of this might well stem from her fears of being unloved, but more on that later. She's not afraid to let anyone know they mean the gosh darn world to her. She's (almost) fearless, too. Jessie thinks nothing of diving headlong into danger will a well placed yodel, especially if it means protecting her friends or helping out critters in need. She'll parkour like the best of them, racing along high places, using a hot wheel car like a gosh-darn skateboard or doing battle with an actual iguana. So long as the adventure doesn't touch on one of her phobias, she's willing to take on just about anything. She's an old west cowgirl through and through- rough and tumble and a complete tomboy. She's scrappy as all get-out, fully prepared to throw down if her anger is riled and especially if one of her loved ones is being hurt. She's stubborn as they come, once she's decided she's right about something she'll dig her heels in until proven wrong. This puts her at odds with the equally stubborn Woody on more than one occasion. Jessie wears her heart on her sleeve. She isn't one to lie or cover up anything. You get the truth from her, regardless of how brutal it might be sometimes. She gets real dang insulted if she gets called a liar. All her cards are out on the table when she talks to someone, there's no subterfuge or half-truths. If she's angry with you, she will gosh darn tell you that she's angry with you, just as much as she'll tell you how much she loves you or admit she's scared or sad. But with those high-highs come the low-lows. The Emily Debacle left Jessie deeply scarred, with a lingering fear of being unwanted and unloved. When these memories are rekindled, she tends to sit alone, her little legs tucked up to her chin as she mulls over her own melancholy. If she feels she's being tossed aside or left behind, she tends to spiral back to the day she was left at the side of the road. This is when she acts her most defensive in a very much "I'll get away from this before it can hurt me" kind of way. This is especially prevalent when she thinks Andy has abandoned her. She's instantly ready to leave for Sunnyside, unwilling to listen to Woody's reassurances that she was attic-bound. As far as she was concerned, Andy abandoned her, and she was not willing to be left at the side of the road, unloved again. Being abandoned is Jessie's biggest fear, to be sure. Not that it's her only fear, oh no. After Emily came Al, who kept Jessie in a cardboard box for 20-30 years - Jessie saw no sunlight and certainly wasn't played with. All she had for company were a horse that couldn't talk and a guy mint in his box- as they were added to Al's collection. The experience left Jessie with a crippling fear of the dark and even worse claustrophobia. The very thought of being in a small, enclosed space is enough to spiral her into a full-blown panic attack. Because toys can get PTSD, it turns out. Though she's learned to fight it enough to try and work a way out if she's trapped these days (thanks to Combat Carl's teachings), the fear is still very much there. She hasn't got rid of it and it can still spiral out of control if it catches her by surprise. As with most of her hurts, having her little family support her has done wonders in helping her face her troubles - because she doesn't have to deal with it alone any more. Jessie is a toy who has been scarred by her past but learned to put her broken parts back together despite everything. Her damage still rears its ugly head once in a while - but she's learned to trust again- to allow others to hold a place in her beat-up heart once more. She's a toy who stays rambunctious and loving despite her past. Instead of letting the darkness swallow her whole, she rallies against it and has come out stronger for it. She might only be 10 inches tall, but she's absolutely someone you want in your corner - and she'll be in it through and through once you've earned her trust.
She's a toy, yo.
CANONPOINT: Toy Story 4 - Post movie, pre-epilogue AGE: 50's (Made in 1957) HEIGHT: 0'10" BUILD: Gangly ragdoll cowgirl HAIR: Red yarn, braided into a ponytail with a yellow ribbon EYES: Green APPEARANCE: Link RELATIONSHIP STATUS: BUZZ LIGHTBEER OCCUPATION: Cowgirl toy - works in the stables RESIDENCE: 408 Prospero BACKTAGGING: Y 4TH-WALLING: Knowledge of 'Woody's Roundup' and the Jessie dolls are AOK. Let's not tell her she's a fictional character of a fictional character though. THREADJACKING: Y MIND READING: Y - good luck FIGHTING: Y - she will likely start it ROMANCE: I mean you're welcome to try but unless you happen to be a specific Buzz Lightyear you haven't got a frosty chance in hell INJURY: Y - she's an old toy, she can be eaily torn KILLING: Let me know first! |
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