Post by Mercedes Jones on Jun 26, 2011 14:12:48 GMT -5
OOC Info
Name/Nickname: Bekah
Age: 23
Email: rebekah.wesley@gmail.com
Character Info:
Name: Mercedes Jones
Nickname: Jackie, Aretha, Whoopi (Sue)
- 'Cedes (Santana, Artie)
- Beyonce, Closeted Diva (Herself)
Played By: Amber Riley
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Sexual Orientation: Straight
School: William McKinley High School
Clubs/Organizations:
-New Directions
-Former Cheerio
-Celibacy Club
Family:
-Mother: Unnamed
-Father: Unnamed Dentist
Relationships:
-Sam Evans (Secret Boyfriend)
-Noah Puckerman (Ex-boyfriend)
-Kurt Hummel (former crush)
Friends:
-Kurt Hummel
-Rachel Berry
-Tina Cohen-Chang
-Mike Chang
-Lauren Zizes
-Artie Abrams
-Quinn Fabray
-Brittany Pierce
-Noah Puckerman
-Sam Evans
-Blaine Anderson
Appearance:
Likes: (Hobbies. interests, etc)
-Singing
-Dancing
-Tater Tots
-Her Weave
-Sam Evans
-Her Ties
-Clothes she designed
Dislikes:
-Slushy Facials
-Not getting enough solos
-Being overshadowed or forgotten
-Haters
-Bullying
-People picking on/making fun of her friends
-Jesse St. James
Personality:
Mercedes is a true Diva! She loves to sing. Even though she's a diva, though, she has a warm heart. She protects her friends with everything she has. She is unafraid to speak her mind, even if it will make others mad at her. If she doesn't like something she will usual answer with a “Oh, hell to the no!” her favorite phrase. Although her temper and her willingness to speak her mind have occasionally made her some enemies, she is a true friend to everyone that hasn't given her a reason not to like them.
History:
Mercedes was the first to audition for the New Directions. She sang the famous “Respect” by Ms. Aretha Franklin, one of her idols (although her major idol is Whitney Houston). We see the first sign of her Divaness when loses her cool after singing back up in “You're the one that I want.” Mercedes is the kind of girl that loves and wants to be loved in return, but things often don't work out for her that way. She had a crush on her best friend, Kurt Hummel, at one point. Kurt, however, told her that he was in love with someone else. They were at a fundraiser car wash at the time and Mercedes thought Kurt was looking at Rachel. So, she smashed the windshield of his car. She found him later on and apologized for her behavior. Kurt apologized as well, and Mercedes was the first person he confided in about his sexuality.
When Sue splits up the group, Mercedes seems excited. She states that Sue said she loves minorities on her segment on the local news. She sang the lead on “Hate on Me.” However, after watching Sue and Will fight, she storms out with the rest of the students. Later on, her “speaks her mind” attitude gets the better of her and she mocks Will Schuester for his choice of songs, “Bust a Move,” because it's so old. She was actually proven wrong in this instance. Mercedes is then partnered with Puck for their Ballad assignment. However, no one can concentrate on their own assignment because they are so wrapped up in what is happening between Quinn and Finn, their baby. The group decides to sing one ballad for them. Puck is upset by this and when Mercedes confronts him about it, he confesses that Finn is not the father of Quinn's baby. He is. Mercedes tells him to forget about Quinn and the baby so he doesn't screw up her life anymore than he already has. She sings the lead vocals along with Artie, in “Lean on Me.”
With Sectionals coming up, Rachel says that she will take the lead and perform a ballad. However, Mercedes is fed up with Rachel getting all of the solos and says that she should get to perform the ballad at the competition. She sings “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going,” and everyone, even Rachel, agrees that she should sing at Sectionals. Mercedes has already told the rest of the Glee kids, except Finn and Rachel, that Puck is actually the father of Quinn's baby. She, of course, did this against Puck's wishes, being the gossip that she is. Once the group gets to Sectionals it is discovered that Sue leaked their set list and the other two schools are performing their songs. Mercedes lets Rachel take the solo, saying that she has more experience and is the only one who can pull a ballad out of thin air. The group ends up winning Sectionals.
After Sectionals, Mercedes returns to school with the rest of the kids expecting to be more popular. However, their hopes are dashed in the way of receiving a slushie facial. It is discovered later that Rachel is dating Jesse St. James, lead singer of their rival group, Vocal Adrenaline. She, along with Kurt, Tina, and Artie, confront her and tell her she needs to stop dating “the enemy.” When the kids are asked to sing song by Madonna, Kurt asks to do a multimedia project with Mercedes. They witness Sue insulting Will, but are shocked to see Sue so hurt after Will insults her. They go to her and enlist her help with the project. They use the male cheerios and record a video of Vogue with Sue as the lead. Afterwards, Sue asks them both to join the Cheerios, and they accept. Almost immediately, Sue tells Mercedes that she must lose ten pounds and wear the female uniform, as she has been wearing the pants instead of the skirt. Mercedes doesn't want to, but she tries so she won't get kicked off. After fainting Quinn confides in Mercedes that she went through the same thing. Thus their friendship starts. During a pep rally, she surprises Sue and sings “Beautiful” saying that she is proud of herself and won't change. Puck, realizing that no one is afraid of him anymore, decides he needs to date a Cheerio to get his social status back. He sets his sights on Mercedes. They start dating, but Santana has a major issue with this. They sing “The Boy is Mine.” Afterwards, Mercedes quits Cheerios and ends the relationship with Puck, realizing being true to herself is more important.
In their next assignment, Mercedes thinks she has it down. Funk is in her blood. She is surprised and thinks it is laughable that Quinn wants to try her hand at a funk number. She is shocked when Quinn actually performs funk and she is told that she herself did a r&b number, not funk. Mercedes and Quinn's friendship grows after this experience and she offers her house for Quinn to stay at. Quinn accepts. The whole group gets together and Mr. Schue's house to discuss the set list for Regionals. However, after discovering that Sue is one of the judges, the kids have lost all hope, and just talk about how much they love glee club. After they perform Journey at Regionals, Quinn goes into labor. She rushes to the hospital with the rest of the glee club and goes into the delivery room with Quinn and helps her through it. They all return for the awards ceremony, only to find out they have lost to Vocal Adrenaline. Depressed, they all perform one last time for Mr. Schue. They sing, “To Sir, With Love” confessing how much Glee has done for them and how much they wish it wasn't over. To everyone's surprise, Principal Figgins gives Glee Club another year! The celebrate in the choir room.
As their junior year starts, the club realizes that they need new members. They only have 11 now that one of their members moved away. Mercedes and Kurt don't like that with the addition of Sunshine Corazon they might get even less solos, but they don't agree with what Rachel did to her. As a result, Sunshine gets recruited by Vocal Adrenaline, and Nationals seems like so far away. Later, Kurt's father gets sick and is hospitalized. She sings a song for Kurt. But Kurt is unresponsive and even says he doesn't want prayers. Kurt realizes he has been pushing everyone away and sings “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” After that performance, Mercedes talks to Kurt and invites him to church. He accepts and finally accepts all the prayers being offered up for his father, Burt. When Sam Evans joins glee, Kurt thinks he is gay. Mercedes, however, is not so sure. For the school musical that year, Will offers to direct the Rocky Horror Show. Mercedes is originally cast as Columbia (along with a couple others). Mike Chang is cast as Frank-n-Furter. However, his parents are not happy about that. Mercedes volunteers, because she wanted a main role, anyway.
When Sue becomes principal, Mercedes rebels because Sue has taken tater tots off the menu. Kurt has started a friendship with Blaine Anderson, a member of the Warblers at Dalton Academy and seems jealous of their friendship. Kurt then tries to set her up with a member of the football team who seems interested in her, however that doesn't lead anywhere. Soon, the bullying gets too much for Kurt to take and he announces that he will be leaving New Directions and McKinley High, transferring to Dalton Academy. Mercedes goes up and talks to him about that, nearly in tears. Her best friend is leaving, but she knows it is what he needs to do, so she doesn't object too much. Sectionals come and Mercedes is the first to stand up and applaud the Warblers performance. It is announced that the Warblers and New Directions tie for first place. They will both be going to Regionals.
Soon, it is Valentine's Day. Mercedes, Kurt, and Rachel have a sleep over at Rachel's house. They discuss that they shouldn't be sad to be single. After all, all of their idols became famous and had fabulous careers while they were single. Sue, then, joins glee club and tries to destroy it from the inside. She pits Rachel and Mercedes against each other. They have a diva off and sing “Take Me or Leave Me.” But instead of destroying them, this seems to only bring the two divas closer. At the end of the song they are hugging and laughing. When she attends Rachel's party with the rest of New Directions, she gets drunk along with everyone else. Finn uses her in his descriptions of the different “drunks.” Mercedes is “happy girl drunk” along with Tina. During sex ed class she believes that cucumbers can give you AIDS and states that she only uses them on her salads. She then joins Celibacy Club. Preparing for Regionals, Mercedes sings an original song of her own called “Hell to the No.” It is the best song they have written so far, but they still can't use it at Regionals. Later she helps write “Loser Like Me” which is a song that helps New Directions win Regionals!
Because The New Directions are going to New York for Nationals, they need to raise some money. They have a “Night of Neglect” where they will do songs by only neglected artists. Mercedes is going to sing a song by Aretha and wants to be the closing act. Rachel convinces her otherwise. Then Lauren Zizes tells her that she needs to demand respect. With Lauren's encouragement, Mercedes starts making outrages demands and even refuses to go on during the benefit concert. Rachel finds her in her car and talks to her. She convinces Mercedes to perform. After she sings she tells Rachel to go and bring the house down. Rachel says she can't because it has already been brought down. She got the closing slot. Finally Kurt comes back to McKinley! Mercedes is with him and brings him to the courtyard. She is the only one who knew that Blaine and the Warblers were coming to say goodbye to Kurt. Brittany soon starts a web series talk/gossip show and her first two guests are Mercedes and Tina. They are shocked when Brittany announces that Santana “plays for the other team.”
Prom season comes and his the New Directions hard. Mercedes is upset that no one has asked her. She says she just wants the Cinderella story. She wants someone to tell her that she looks beautiful and then ask her to dance. She is afraid she will never get that. Rachel convinces her to go to prom (on a budget) with her and Sam. They all have a good time at Breakstix, despite Jesse showing up and almost fighting with Finn, when he shows up. At prom, Sam goes up to her and says that she looks beautiful and asks her for a dance. She accepts. Jesse St. James becomes a show choir consultant for New Directions. He convinces Will to have auditions for the solo for Nationals. Mercedes auditions, but Jesse says that she is lazy because she never practices and had no choreography. Mercedes tells Rachel that she hates Jesse. Nationals comes, but they do not win. However, they come in 12th place out of about 50 choirs. Later, Sam and Mercedes run into Kurt and Blaine at the Lima Bean coffee shop. After chatting with them for a few minutes, the get in line. Mercedes asks Sam if he thinks that they know. Sam says that he doesn't think anyone knows. They then hold hands. Sam and Mercedes are secretly dating.
Short rp Sample (Preferably as the character you're applying for)
(In the parking lot of the Lima Bean, waiting for Sam)
Mercedes sat in her car and listened to her favorite Whitney Houston CD. She was waiting outside the Lima Bean for one Sam Evans. But he still had five minutes before he was late. She checked her make-up and hair in the rear view mirror. Perfect. And now she waited for Sam, her secret boyfriend.
It was kind of fun. Ever since Prom, they had been secretly dating. She liked him the moment he said she looked beautiful. They danced the rest of the time they were at Prom. She couldn't believe that she was dating him. He was so...different. And he was such a dork. But that was what she liked about him. If he wasn't the person that he is, she didn't think she would like him as much as she does.
Finally, she saw Sam and her heart skipped a beat. She smiled as she slid out of the car. She was wearing clothes that really showed off her sense of style. She walked toward the blond boy with all of her confidence and smiled big. “Hey.”
Name/Nickname: Bekah
Age: 23
Email: rebekah.wesley@gmail.com
Character Info:
Name: Mercedes Jones
Nickname: Jackie, Aretha, Whoopi (Sue)
- 'Cedes (Santana, Artie)
- Beyonce, Closeted Diva (Herself)
Played By: Amber Riley
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Sexual Orientation: Straight
School: William McKinley High School
Clubs/Organizations:
-New Directions
-Former Cheerio
-Celibacy Club
Family:
-Mother: Unnamed
-Father: Unnamed Dentist
Relationships:
-Sam Evans (Secret Boyfriend)
-Noah Puckerman (Ex-boyfriend)
-Kurt Hummel (former crush)
Friends:
-Kurt Hummel
-Rachel Berry
-Tina Cohen-Chang
-Mike Chang
-Lauren Zizes
-Artie Abrams
-Quinn Fabray
-Brittany Pierce
-Noah Puckerman
-Sam Evans
-Blaine Anderson
Appearance:
Likes: (Hobbies. interests, etc)
-Singing
-Dancing
-Tater Tots
-Her Weave
-Sam Evans
-Her Ties
-Clothes she designed
Dislikes:
-Slushy Facials
-Not getting enough solos
-Being overshadowed or forgotten
-Haters
-Bullying
-People picking on/making fun of her friends
-Jesse St. James
Personality:
Mercedes is a true Diva! She loves to sing. Even though she's a diva, though, she has a warm heart. She protects her friends with everything she has. She is unafraid to speak her mind, even if it will make others mad at her. If she doesn't like something she will usual answer with a “Oh, hell to the no!” her favorite phrase. Although her temper and her willingness to speak her mind have occasionally made her some enemies, she is a true friend to everyone that hasn't given her a reason not to like them.
History:
Mercedes was the first to audition for the New Directions. She sang the famous “Respect” by Ms. Aretha Franklin, one of her idols (although her major idol is Whitney Houston). We see the first sign of her Divaness when loses her cool after singing back up in “You're the one that I want.” Mercedes is the kind of girl that loves and wants to be loved in return, but things often don't work out for her that way. She had a crush on her best friend, Kurt Hummel, at one point. Kurt, however, told her that he was in love with someone else. They were at a fundraiser car wash at the time and Mercedes thought Kurt was looking at Rachel. So, she smashed the windshield of his car. She found him later on and apologized for her behavior. Kurt apologized as well, and Mercedes was the first person he confided in about his sexuality.
When Sue splits up the group, Mercedes seems excited. She states that Sue said she loves minorities on her segment on the local news. She sang the lead on “Hate on Me.” However, after watching Sue and Will fight, she storms out with the rest of the students. Later on, her “speaks her mind” attitude gets the better of her and she mocks Will Schuester for his choice of songs, “Bust a Move,” because it's so old. She was actually proven wrong in this instance. Mercedes is then partnered with Puck for their Ballad assignment. However, no one can concentrate on their own assignment because they are so wrapped up in what is happening between Quinn and Finn, their baby. The group decides to sing one ballad for them. Puck is upset by this and when Mercedes confronts him about it, he confesses that Finn is not the father of Quinn's baby. He is. Mercedes tells him to forget about Quinn and the baby so he doesn't screw up her life anymore than he already has. She sings the lead vocals along with Artie, in “Lean on Me.”
With Sectionals coming up, Rachel says that she will take the lead and perform a ballad. However, Mercedes is fed up with Rachel getting all of the solos and says that she should get to perform the ballad at the competition. She sings “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going,” and everyone, even Rachel, agrees that she should sing at Sectionals. Mercedes has already told the rest of the Glee kids, except Finn and Rachel, that Puck is actually the father of Quinn's baby. She, of course, did this against Puck's wishes, being the gossip that she is. Once the group gets to Sectionals it is discovered that Sue leaked their set list and the other two schools are performing their songs. Mercedes lets Rachel take the solo, saying that she has more experience and is the only one who can pull a ballad out of thin air. The group ends up winning Sectionals.
After Sectionals, Mercedes returns to school with the rest of the kids expecting to be more popular. However, their hopes are dashed in the way of receiving a slushie facial. It is discovered later that Rachel is dating Jesse St. James, lead singer of their rival group, Vocal Adrenaline. She, along with Kurt, Tina, and Artie, confront her and tell her she needs to stop dating “the enemy.” When the kids are asked to sing song by Madonna, Kurt asks to do a multimedia project with Mercedes. They witness Sue insulting Will, but are shocked to see Sue so hurt after Will insults her. They go to her and enlist her help with the project. They use the male cheerios and record a video of Vogue with Sue as the lead. Afterwards, Sue asks them both to join the Cheerios, and they accept. Almost immediately, Sue tells Mercedes that she must lose ten pounds and wear the female uniform, as she has been wearing the pants instead of the skirt. Mercedes doesn't want to, but she tries so she won't get kicked off. After fainting Quinn confides in Mercedes that she went through the same thing. Thus their friendship starts. During a pep rally, she surprises Sue and sings “Beautiful” saying that she is proud of herself and won't change. Puck, realizing that no one is afraid of him anymore, decides he needs to date a Cheerio to get his social status back. He sets his sights on Mercedes. They start dating, but Santana has a major issue with this. They sing “The Boy is Mine.” Afterwards, Mercedes quits Cheerios and ends the relationship with Puck, realizing being true to herself is more important.
In their next assignment, Mercedes thinks she has it down. Funk is in her blood. She is surprised and thinks it is laughable that Quinn wants to try her hand at a funk number. She is shocked when Quinn actually performs funk and she is told that she herself did a r&b number, not funk. Mercedes and Quinn's friendship grows after this experience and she offers her house for Quinn to stay at. Quinn accepts. The whole group gets together and Mr. Schue's house to discuss the set list for Regionals. However, after discovering that Sue is one of the judges, the kids have lost all hope, and just talk about how much they love glee club. After they perform Journey at Regionals, Quinn goes into labor. She rushes to the hospital with the rest of the glee club and goes into the delivery room with Quinn and helps her through it. They all return for the awards ceremony, only to find out they have lost to Vocal Adrenaline. Depressed, they all perform one last time for Mr. Schue. They sing, “To Sir, With Love” confessing how much Glee has done for them and how much they wish it wasn't over. To everyone's surprise, Principal Figgins gives Glee Club another year! The celebrate in the choir room.
As their junior year starts, the club realizes that they need new members. They only have 11 now that one of their members moved away. Mercedes and Kurt don't like that with the addition of Sunshine Corazon they might get even less solos, but they don't agree with what Rachel did to her. As a result, Sunshine gets recruited by Vocal Adrenaline, and Nationals seems like so far away. Later, Kurt's father gets sick and is hospitalized. She sings a song for Kurt. But Kurt is unresponsive and even says he doesn't want prayers. Kurt realizes he has been pushing everyone away and sings “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” After that performance, Mercedes talks to Kurt and invites him to church. He accepts and finally accepts all the prayers being offered up for his father, Burt. When Sam Evans joins glee, Kurt thinks he is gay. Mercedes, however, is not so sure. For the school musical that year, Will offers to direct the Rocky Horror Show. Mercedes is originally cast as Columbia (along with a couple others). Mike Chang is cast as Frank-n-Furter. However, his parents are not happy about that. Mercedes volunteers, because she wanted a main role, anyway.
When Sue becomes principal, Mercedes rebels because Sue has taken tater tots off the menu. Kurt has started a friendship with Blaine Anderson, a member of the Warblers at Dalton Academy and seems jealous of their friendship. Kurt then tries to set her up with a member of the football team who seems interested in her, however that doesn't lead anywhere. Soon, the bullying gets too much for Kurt to take and he announces that he will be leaving New Directions and McKinley High, transferring to Dalton Academy. Mercedes goes up and talks to him about that, nearly in tears. Her best friend is leaving, but she knows it is what he needs to do, so she doesn't object too much. Sectionals come and Mercedes is the first to stand up and applaud the Warblers performance. It is announced that the Warblers and New Directions tie for first place. They will both be going to Regionals.
Soon, it is Valentine's Day. Mercedes, Kurt, and Rachel have a sleep over at Rachel's house. They discuss that they shouldn't be sad to be single. After all, all of their idols became famous and had fabulous careers while they were single. Sue, then, joins glee club and tries to destroy it from the inside. She pits Rachel and Mercedes against each other. They have a diva off and sing “Take Me or Leave Me.” But instead of destroying them, this seems to only bring the two divas closer. At the end of the song they are hugging and laughing. When she attends Rachel's party with the rest of New Directions, she gets drunk along with everyone else. Finn uses her in his descriptions of the different “drunks.” Mercedes is “happy girl drunk” along with Tina. During sex ed class she believes that cucumbers can give you AIDS and states that she only uses them on her salads. She then joins Celibacy Club. Preparing for Regionals, Mercedes sings an original song of her own called “Hell to the No.” It is the best song they have written so far, but they still can't use it at Regionals. Later she helps write “Loser Like Me” which is a song that helps New Directions win Regionals!
Because The New Directions are going to New York for Nationals, they need to raise some money. They have a “Night of Neglect” where they will do songs by only neglected artists. Mercedes is going to sing a song by Aretha and wants to be the closing act. Rachel convinces her otherwise. Then Lauren Zizes tells her that she needs to demand respect. With Lauren's encouragement, Mercedes starts making outrages demands and even refuses to go on during the benefit concert. Rachel finds her in her car and talks to her. She convinces Mercedes to perform. After she sings she tells Rachel to go and bring the house down. Rachel says she can't because it has already been brought down. She got the closing slot. Finally Kurt comes back to McKinley! Mercedes is with him and brings him to the courtyard. She is the only one who knew that Blaine and the Warblers were coming to say goodbye to Kurt. Brittany soon starts a web series talk/gossip show and her first two guests are Mercedes and Tina. They are shocked when Brittany announces that Santana “plays for the other team.”
Prom season comes and his the New Directions hard. Mercedes is upset that no one has asked her. She says she just wants the Cinderella story. She wants someone to tell her that she looks beautiful and then ask her to dance. She is afraid she will never get that. Rachel convinces her to go to prom (on a budget) with her and Sam. They all have a good time at Breakstix, despite Jesse showing up and almost fighting with Finn, when he shows up. At prom, Sam goes up to her and says that she looks beautiful and asks her for a dance. She accepts. Jesse St. James becomes a show choir consultant for New Directions. He convinces Will to have auditions for the solo for Nationals. Mercedes auditions, but Jesse says that she is lazy because she never practices and had no choreography. Mercedes tells Rachel that she hates Jesse. Nationals comes, but they do not win. However, they come in 12th place out of about 50 choirs. Later, Sam and Mercedes run into Kurt and Blaine at the Lima Bean coffee shop. After chatting with them for a few minutes, the get in line. Mercedes asks Sam if he thinks that they know. Sam says that he doesn't think anyone knows. They then hold hands. Sam and Mercedes are secretly dating.
Short rp Sample (Preferably as the character you're applying for)
(In the parking lot of the Lima Bean, waiting for Sam)
Mercedes sat in her car and listened to her favorite Whitney Houston CD. She was waiting outside the Lima Bean for one Sam Evans. But he still had five minutes before he was late. She checked her make-up and hair in the rear view mirror. Perfect. And now she waited for Sam, her secret boyfriend.
It was kind of fun. Ever since Prom, they had been secretly dating. She liked him the moment he said she looked beautiful. They danced the rest of the time they were at Prom. She couldn't believe that she was dating him. He was so...different. And he was such a dork. But that was what she liked about him. If he wasn't the person that he is, she didn't think she would like him as much as she does.
Finally, she saw Sam and her heart skipped a beat. She smiled as she slid out of the car. She was wearing clothes that really showed off her sense of style. She walked toward the blond boy with all of her confidence and smiled big. “Hey.”