Bloody Mary Ally: Terry Watkins (Patreon)

Alright guys! Time to officially introduce the first batch of supporting cast members for Bloody Mary! Starting with her best friend and future love interest (and enemy) Terry Watkins!

ORIGIN

The most important person in Mary Campbell’s life was her oldest and truest friend, Terry Watkins. Having met in pre-school where Mary protected Terry from bullies, the duo’s friendship became solidified after Terry acts as Mary’s shoulder to cry on following the death of her parents in a tragic fire. Though inseparable since then, Mary and Terry were complete opposites- Where as Mary loved horrified and embracing fear with a passion while growing up to be one of the most popular amongst their peers, Terry was a coward at heart with more passion for science fiction and especially extraterrestrial life while sadly remaining a small, awkward social outcast all throughout their adolescence. Regardless of how different they were and grew up to be, their friendship was one that could stand the test of time.

Terry was the first one Mary confided in following her transformation into a living poltergeist after surviving a brutal encounter with an unknown serial killer. Though scared for his friend and of his friend’s transformation, seeing Mary genuinely scared for the first time ever meant that once again he became the rock she would depend on now that things had changed for them both. Seeing Mary’s determination to use her new powers to protect others from the kind of monsters that had preyed on her sparked something in Terry, determining him to find his courage and aid her in her new found life as a superhero; whether by helping her formulate strategies against her enemies, covering for her when she had to dive into battle, and even saving Mary’s life more times than he thought he was capable of. Mary had always been the friend Terry needed, and now he was going to become the one that she needed now more than ever. And in doing so maybe - just maybe - they could finally become more than friends like he always wanted.

And that may have happened, had it not been for Terry’s near death at the hands of the Refracted Man that changed everything for the worse.

I had first introduced Bloody Mary's best friend Terry as the villain Terrorwatt last year, but this is the first time I'm introducing him in his true form/character. In terms of friendship, Mary and Terry's friendship is akin to that of Disney's Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable- Mary is beautiful, popular, and edgy-cool despite her obsessive love of horror, and above all else brave in the face of danger. Meanwhile Terry is small (especially for his age) and awkward, a total geek and social outcast, and very much runs at the first sign of something scary (but for Mary he'll face all kinds of trouble). Despite all this, they are best friends because they love each other's best qualities and are entertained by their respective quirks. Terry's crush on Mary is obvious to everyone else around him except - ironically - Mary herself.

As mentioned in his bio, Terry isn't much of a horror fan as Mary. Instead his interests like in science fiction and especially the possibility of extraterrestrial life amongst the stars, desiring to one day become an astronaut (or failing to conquer his fear of heights an astrophysicist or astronomer). Thankfully, their respective interests overlap into such horror/sci-fi double genre movies like Aliens or Predator (or whatever the NRGVerse equivalent is going to be). His love of aliens also means he get extremely excited when Mary encounters alien life as a superhero or member of the Golden state Garrison; the greatest day of his life was when Mary introduced him to Spaceman. Terry is also extremely smart for his age and he always helps Mary with her homework and making sure she passes her classes that aren't creative in nature.

Anyway, that's Terry folks! Hope you were excited to finally meet Bloody Mary's most important supporting cast member! Let us know what you think of him with a comment below!

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