Who is Eryn Kingsly?

Although she’s the main character in Red, White, or In Between (RWIB) we don’t really get to know too much about Eryn Kingsly.

I realized just recently that in the Tim Burton version of “Alice in Wonderland”, Alice is called, “Alice Kingsleigh”.

I didn’t name Eryn as Eryn Kingsly because I remembered Alice’s last name. I’d even forgotten she had a last name until I looked her up recently (like 2018-January recently). I gave her this last name because I wanted to create a popular-girl image and wanted her name to reflect that.

And let me remind you that “Alice in Wonderland” came out in 2010. I wrote RWIB in 2013.

Now with that out of the way…

Name: Eryn Maryanna Kingsly

Age: 17

Era: 2013

Born: In the fictional state of New Sollei near California, USA

Lives with: Mom (has an antique business selling mostly old furniture), Dad (works late hours at a printing company as an office manager)

Attends: (fictional high school) Fieldmoor High

Personality: kind, calm, confident, loyal friend to Celeste, and (despite her arguments against this) Eryn is not stuck up like your stereotypical popular girl. She is open to making friends with many (although she follows the unwritten code of being a popular girl and chooses her friends). There’s a small part of her that realizes she can be quite a “bee” sometimes. “Bee” is her and Celeste’s kid-friendly made-up word for “b***h”.

Skin: White but not too pale

Eyes: Green with a hint of yellow

Height: Average height for an American girl

Hair Color: Black

Hairstyle:

Closely resembles this hairstyle of Jessie J.

Favorite Food of all time: Guacamole, and anything to do with avocados

Eryn would put a small blob of mayonnaise in the middle and use a spoon to scoop out the avocado. She has a rule with herself that every bite of avocado must have only a tiny bit of mayonnaise so it all lasts until the end.

Hated Food of all time: anything smoked. smoked salmon, smoked cheese…etc.

Fan of: Higgy’s Beauty and the Judge , the song “Don’t Worry Be Happy”, the Mamma Mia musical (with Meryl Streep) to the point where she owns the DVD and the CD (2 copies of each just in case)

Favorite Word: “defashionizing” A word she made up pointing to those (guys especially) who wear their shirts inside out, tuck their shirts in their pants, tuck their pants in their socks, wear pants that are too short, and to girls who put on way too much blush on their cheeks.

Type of Guy: Eryn likes guys with dimples on their cheeks when they smile. She likes guys that are willing to take care of her but not to the point of being protective. Eryn believes she is a strong girl who can take care of herself and has everything under control.

Status at School: Popular along with her best friend Celeste.

Fashion Style: Urban (often washed jeans), Minimal (no fancy designs), Matching (coordination is key). To make her green eyes pop, she often wears some sort of green accessory somewhere (a bracelet, an anklet, a choker, a headband, an earring) or makeup (eye shadow, eyeliner on her waterline).

Ears Pierced? : Just the left side.

Makeup? : Just a little bit as the school code does not allow a full-on look

Currently Into: Fashion of course.

(well, besides fashion) Currently Into: Browsing the web for Doge memes.

Remember Doge? It was a meme back in 2013.

Talk about an author trying hard to be consistent to the times