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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Jo
Contact: gothbless
Other Characters: Eddie Dean

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Shoshanna Dreyfus
Age: 21
Canon: Inglorious Basterds
Canon Point: Post-death
Character Information: wiki link. Note: Her name is spelled ‘Shosanna’ in the article, but in the movie it is spelled both ways multiple times, so I have always used the spelling that is seen written down in several scenes.

Personality:

Shoshanna is a very straightforward, blunt woman. Though she tends to keep to herself more often than not, it's mostly because of her isolated upbringing and natural distrust. She stays quiet and says little unless spoken to first, preferring to isolate herself over putting herself out and risking exposure or excess attention. That being said, she will never hesitate to speak her mind, especially if it will eliminate an annoyance or a threat. Shoshanna tends to be reserved, unwilling to open up to strangers or share a lot of personal information—especially since that kind of talk could endanger her life, or at least her well-being. She is hard, unyielding—the very opposite of the pliant, fawning women she detests, traitorous girls who attach themselves to German soldiers as a way of currying favor. Shoshanna is incredibly stubborn and not at all receptive to change that she has’t decided to implement herself.

That said, her strengths are her subtlety and her ability to get out of a sticky situation using her cool demeanor and excellent acting skills. Although Shoshanna's coldness can falter and give way to pleasantry, especially if provoked by surprise, she usually manages to maintain a serene mask, revealing very little. This tends to attract men rather than repel them as she would rather have happen; she tends to be perceived as mysterious. Luckily, she isn’t afraid to tell them off or turn them down flat and can lie her way out of virtually any situation; it comes along with living under an alias. However, despite how we are shown that she is closed off and quiet, we also see that she is capable of love, real love, and that being with her lover, Marcel, brings out something of a softer side in her. A passionate side—this is the woman who loves film and is truly devoted to her work, who would do anything for the ones she loves.

As someone with trauma in her past, Shoshanna has difficult opening up to new people in particular, because she finds it difficult to place trust in others. She doesn't make friends well, with her stubborn attitude and stand-offish ways, and if she does happen to meet a new person, they usually remain firmly in the realm of 'acquaintances' until she can ascertain that they are trustworthy. She is as sparing as possible with details about herself, as is obvious enough going by the fact that she uses an alias, and has little interest in the day-to-day frivolities of other people. She is spartan in lifestyle and means, but she still does enjoy a glass of wine and a good book, not to mention cinema. For the most part, though, she is very efficient in the way she lives her life: her clothing is utilitarian and androgynous in style, her living space tidy and with minimal decoration that wasn't already there.

She speaks with an effortlessness that is common to the French, often talking with her hands, always very quickly and to the point. Her words are frank, she makes up her mind quickly and almost always speaks it, if she can afford to do so. Her religion is an essential part of her identity, even though it is verboten, even though to practice it, even in secret, compromises her very life. But it is her last remaining tie to her family, and as the sole surviving Dreyfus, she finds it comforting to celebrate each Jewish holiday quietly in remembrance. Her Jewishness is something she holds dear, as a sort of internal resistance to the fact that she must hide it, masquerading as a French Gentile. She embraces it because of, not in spite of, the fact that it endangers her life, because even if her own safety is important to her, danger is a big draw; there’s a certain thrill she finds in being in risky situations.

5-10 Key Character Traits: Stubborn, risk-taking, cold, courageous, reserved, ambitious, decisive, stand-offish, blunt, passionate

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