Bloody Mary Ally: Aunt Lori (Patreon)

Alright, time for Bloody Mary's next newest supporting character- Mary's Aunt Lori, her legal guardian and horror franchise icon!

ORIGIN

To the world Lori Campbell was the most iconic horror film and TV star of their generations, having played numerous final girl roles and equally terrifying villainess roles across multiple franchises but most notably a horror-host for a long-running successful anthology series. But to Mary Campbell she was Aunt Lori, the mother-figure who took her in following the death of Lori’s little sister and her husband in a fire that miraculously spared her niece Mary. It was from her Aunt Lori did Mary develop her strong passion for horror and a joy of being scared as well as scaring others, with one of the greatest lessons Lori ever taught her niece was that if you weren’t scared you were not alive.

Though Mary had considered her aunt the bravest person she knew, even Lori had her own fears. Namely, she had always been afraid of letting her late sister down in raising Mary. Due to events in their childhood that had left Lori and her sister in Foster Care, Lori had decided early on she didn’t want to raise kids of her own and choose instead to focus on her acting career. But not wanting to let her niece end up in the foster care system like she and her sister had, Lori took the challenge of raising Mary as her own, unsure if she could be the mother-figure that Mary would need to grow into a capable woman. Her own bravery as a parent would be put to the test when following the incident that turned Mary into the living poltergeist and her aunt would be one of the few she would confide in about her transformation. Though scared and unsure of her parenting skills to handle something like this, Lori was quick to see that Mary’ transformation was something akin to Destiny- that she had meant to become Bloody Mary to protect others from monsters in the world that had preyed on her niece. So, taking a chance, Lori encouraged her niece to use her new abilities to protect others who constantly lived in fear, vowing to once again step up to be the mother Mary needed in this new chapter of her life.

Yep, so Mary's Aunt Lori knows all about her moonlight vigilante activities, and was actually the one to encourage her to take it up. Most teenage superheroes have their parents or guardians unaware of their kids' secret identities at first, but for Mary's Aunt Lori I wanted to do something different and refreshing and not only have her know from the very beginning, but also have her be encouraging of her activities. Just goes to show the kind of awesome mom that Mary's aunt is.

Speaking of cool moms, Mary's Aunt Lori is definitely not a pushover "cool mom" like Regina George's mom was in Mean Girls. No, Aunt Lori is definitely more motherly and responsible than she gives herself credit for; making sure Lori stays in school, out of trouble (the illegal kind) and putting a roof over Mary's head and food in her belly. She just has an awesome way of going about it and the both have a lot in common. After All, Mary's Aunt is the one who got her interested in horror in the first place, being an iconic horror film and TV actress herself. Her character is kinda akin to Jerry Trainor's character on iCarly.

The idea for Mary's Aunt Lori I also for her to be more hands-on in helping her niece's superhero activities than most parental figures in superhero comics do, especially teenage ones. After all, she's not just offering life advice when it calls for it, she's making sure her niece has her ass covered when she goes up against the kind of villains she does. She's already lost one family member in her life, and she's going to make damn sure she's not going to lose another if she can help it. She ultimately knows her niece is savvy enough to take on the villains herself, but will be there for her when she needs it. So less Aunt May, more Grandpa Max for Aunt Lori.

Hope you guys are excited about this new Bloody Mary character! Let us know what you think with a comment below!

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