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Unresolved Lore Question - did Clarissa have a Roommate in College?

  • No, she somehow had a room to herself 3
  • Yes, and it's someone we've already met 4
  • Yes, and it's a shiny new character 4
  • 2025-01-15
  • 11 votes
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I never considered that she did, but it's pretty much impossible to get a dorm room to yourself as an undergrad. Since the girls have graduated college in the narrative "present" then it mostly only matters for flashbacks. For their junior/senior years she'd probably get an apartment with Lyta and Miyuki, since at UCB the dorms kick you out then, they may or may not keep a fourth person. Consider:

While not having a roommate seems like a situation where more privacy = more nudity, she would in fact just get nude in front of her roommate, and some new CFNF/ENF options open up.

Existing characters that work with no issues: Alli McKenna, Vanessa Monteiro, Maya O'Shaughnessy. Sara Nakamura works, but I feel like she's wrong for it.

(Miyuki's calls Alli "Elder Sister" in the Oracle Sword, but she could just be a month older. Also, they flirt a bunch, so maybe something happened in college?)

Existing characters that don't work: Selena and Sunny (roommates with each other, went to school in LA), Stacey (went to school in LA), Akiko and Nikki (too young, roommates with each other), Kiana (girls met her on New Year's), spygirl Erica (a little older, went to school in Canada). Miranda (presumably a little older, but also a secret government supersoldier, would not have a roommate).

Existing characters that could work but there are issues: Kelly Kowalski (doesn't believe in the supernatural, ninjas, etc., which she would after living with Clarissa for a few years), Lili Wu (I don't feel like the girls would know her socially - and she can barely tolerate their nonsense), Angela (is a centuries old succubus, why would she go to college now for no reason), Raven (immortal spirit, ditto.) Mepara Midnight (if she's been on TV for a few years she's probably slightly older. And my plan was always to have the girls be a little starstruck by her, even though she hosts bad movies on late night TV. Although I think casual Mepara studying for her statistics exam is funny somehow.)

Next holiday pic is coming in a day or two, should be on track to finish by EOM.

Comments

Jarogo

I'm gonna say Maya, since we so far haven't really seen her interact with the rest of the cast to my recollection, and it would be the way to bring her in.

Lygot

How we gonna turn down a shiny new character?

WillRigby

I've just caused a three-way tie- I'm so sorry