Character Study: Jay Bonlenet [celestial city update ii]
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Ok!! Since all of you seem REALLY interested in Jay Bonlenet, one of my characters from my wip: Celestial City, I decided that I would do a short Character Introduction to Jay Bonlenet’s backstory, his stances now and his relationship with Diana!
But first...Boring life update!! — I have so much homework ahahhhhh. And I have 4 exams this upcoming week, so I won’t be really active! Btw, I am sooo obsessed with spoken word poetry atm and I’m so guilty for not writing my novel ;-;
*There will be spoilers to Celestial City, but since it’s not published they might not be final. I’ll add a spoiler warning before I say anything!*
Name: James “Jay” Bonlenet
Nationality: French-English
Relationships: Adoptive Siblings — Louis, Desiree, Lenore, Nannerl Charmaine // Biological Sibling: Tenny Bonlenet // Best friend: Fritz Starkschulz // * SPOILER* Unrequited Love Interest: Diana Jai
Jay Bonlenet is an enneagram 7 (the enthusiast). He’s always happy and enthusiastic, jokes all the time and is not afraid to break rules. However, he can be really sensitive at times! He likes to ruffle his hair when he’s nervous as well.
He aspires to be a successful scientist and inventor. However, when people ask him what he like sto do, he tells people he used to be an inventor but not anymore. When people ask him why he’s not one anymore, he doesn’t say anything and walks away. He fears that his inventions will cause harm to other people because he believes he accidentally killed his parents due to one of his inventions that went awry. However, his invention did not kill his parents. It was something else he was unaware of.
Jay and Tenny moved from Paris to London after his parents died when he was 10 and Tenny was 8. They lived with the Charmaines at the time. A few years later, he lost his brother Tenny when he was 15 and Tenny was 13 in an accident. Their parents had already died years before the accident occured, but Jay survived the accident and Tenny didn’t. It is a Celestial tradition where the most recently dead Celestials from each family becomes a ghost that works in the Celestial Council and oversees the laws and regulations. However, Tenny died at the age of 14, so he was too young. Tenny is still in ghost form and the only people that can see and interact with him are Jay and Diana.
Amelie Bonlenet was part of the Celestial Council (as a ghost). She was Jay and Tenny’s biological mother. However, Celestials who are part of the council are strictly told not to interact with living Celestials in a “friendly” way. There is a scene in the novel where Jay talks to his ghost mother, and tries to reconnect with her but due to the laws, she cannot interact with him in a mother-son way. (This scene is so heartbreaking I want to cry ;-;)
When Diana shows up at the Charmaine household after being accused for the murder of Catherine Swantide, Jay feels a feeling of familiarity and that he used to see Diana before, but he doesn’t remember it clearly.
Jay and Diana used to meet when they were both 6 in the Cursed World. It’s an alternate universe where monsters look like humans but have some supernatural traits: flying, nightvision, flames, etc. He and his parents and Tenny helped Diana get home safely and sent her back home. When Jay went into her house to escort her back, he witnessed Diana’s abusive stepfather hurt Diana’s mother. Diana begged him not to say anything because she didn’t want to be a ruined woman (though she was still 6 years old!!). — [Diana didn’t know that the man wasn’t her biological father.]
Jay agreed not to say anything to anyone, but he vowed that he would find Diana when he grew up and help her.
Later in the series, after Jay started to realize that Diana was the girl he met in the Cursed world, he started developing a crush on her. But since Diana is gay [she didn’t come out openly yet], she rejects him. Their relationship was jeopardized by that conversation, but after a few months, they start to become good friends again, and Jay finally accepted the fact that Diana doesn’t like him back that way.
I hope you enjoyed this short insight to Jay Bonelent’s backstory!! You can reblog this if you want to, and I’ll really appreciate it. Also, you can direct message me asking about my wip, Celestial City and the characters in it! I’ll be happy to answer. Tell me which character you want to hear about next, and I’ll do another character introduction! ;)
