At first I did not know where I should go with this, but the moment I imagined the Caterpillar I had a wonderful idea. The result: a group of misfits that got a home because of the Mad Hatter and formed their own family after their original one did not accept them.
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Disclaimer: In this article I used the characters of the book "Alice in Wonderland" which means that characters that only appear in the second novel are not included. Although I did take inspiration from various different movies, I mostly tried to stay true to the original book. I hope I succeeded.
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MODERN ALICE IN WONDERLAND
โฃ๏ธ Alice
- never fit in
- did not want to
- just wanted to be herself
- her friends are as weird as she is
- thinks most people are boring
- her parents work a lot
- constantly tell her to "fit in"
- her parents don't like her dyed hair
- her cat is called "Dinah"
- her parents brought her a cat because it was the most "normal pet a girl could have"
- gets constantly compared to her older (perfect) sister
- loves to draw
- her parents don't like her friends
- people assume they take drugs
- they don't and neither does Alice
- she does not know the real names of her friends
- she also doesn't care
"If a pictures says more than a thousand words than why should I read?"
"How can I tell you who I am if I don't even know that myself?"
โ ๏ธ The Mad Hatter
- "Hatter" or "Uncle"
- loves tea and magic tricks
- does not leave his apartment/store often
- dresses weird
- never talks about his past
- gives weird answers when asked normal questions
- has a small shop were he sells hats...and lives
- actually sells a lot of stuff besides hats
- from outside it looks like a Cafรฉ
- smashes every phone he sees
- does not like this "new" technology
- more or less takes care of these misfits
- gave them food and a place to stay when their parents kicked them out (some like Alice were not kicked out)
- gives outsiders a home
- has schizophrenia but takes his meds
"My drug of choice is tea"
"Why do you call yourself a hatter, when you have a store that sells so much more?"
"Do I have a hat to sell?"
"Yes", Alice replied slowly.
"So therefore I am a Hatter"
โ ๏ธ March Hare
- always tells the same stories
- has Alzheimer
- laughs rather loud and hysterically
- lives at the Mad Hatters place
- likes to dress formal
- hates chess, just makes up his own rules
- starts projects and then never finishes them
"What do you mean, today is not my birthday? Well, then we have to celebrate even more! I am not one year nearer to death!"
"I was not always an old man so be silent!"
โฃ๏ธ The Dormouse
- "Mouse"
- works at night
- sleeps through the day
- is always sleepy no matter how much she slept
- has a sleepy voice, always
- often recites poems instead of answering questions
- when not asleep, then she is on her phone
- would text someone who is in the next room
- would text the person next to her, just so she does not have to talk
- loves silence
- is really short (around 1,50 cm, around 5 feet)
- hates make - up
- lives at the Mad Hatters place
"Psst!"
"What? Do you hear something?"
"No. I just want you to be silent."
"How old are you exactly?"
"Definitely a year older than last year"
โ ๏ธ The White Rabbit
- "Rabbit" or "Ra" (because we don't have time for that!)
- seems the most sane
- introduced Alice to the others (more or less, it was not really an introduction)
- always late
- his phone rings all the time because of some alarm he forgot to delete
- abusive parents
- but he loves them
- rich (has servants)
- very good student
- studies a lot, does not sleep enough
- insomnia
- always stressed
- anxiety
- tech - nerd
- perfectionist
"Don't let others see how messy your mind looks."
"I am still trying to make them proud."
โฃ๏ธ The caterpillar
- "Absolem"
- tattoos everywhere (arms, neck, face...)
- loves smoking
- rather unfriendly and arrogant
- you need to earn his respect first
- doesn't even try anymore to pretend to be okay
- thinks he is smarter than most people
- you earn his respect by being smart
- tough past
- lived alone since he was 14
- started by couch surfing after his parents kicked him out
- is very gay
- reads a lot of philosophy books
- sometimes seems high, but is just lost in his own thoughts
- looks intimidating
- rather temperamental
- writes his own poetry
"Maybe Nietzsche is right in saying that live is suffering and surviving is finding a meaning in the suffering."
"My past is not important anymore."
โฃ๏ธ Cheshire Cat
- "Chester" or "Chesh"
- good at not being seen
- knows every street and every short cut
- is good in spying on others
- the youngest in the group
- parents are divorced
- lives with his overworked mother
- little money
- likes to draw on his body and pretend they are tattoos
- good at climbing
- nice to his friends
- an arrogant little boy to everyone else
- rather unhelpful and mean if he doesn't like you
- has a crocked smile
- often seems like he is up to something
- good at getting into trouble
"You do not know a lot, do you?"
"I am mad. You are mad. We are all mad here. That's what lead you here. The madness of being different."
โฅ๏ธ Queen of Hearts
- always perfect make up
- actually has some royal family in Switzerland
- loves to gamble
- loves playing croquet and cards (mainly Blackjack and Texas Holding)
- cheats
- inherited a lot of money after her parents died
- her parents had multiple casinos in England
- she now owns them but does not really care about them
- the business more or less runs itself (others run them. People her parents trusted)
- doesn't work
- makes money through gambling
- diva
- dropped out of high school
- doesn't care about other people
- likes to fire her servants
- calls her servants by numbers instead of names
- does not care about money
" I always win."
"Oh Sweety, did you really believe that you had a chance?"
โฅ๏ธ King of Hearts
- a paradox
- can be reasoned with
- does have unreasonable demands
- is very rich
- stubborn
- married to the Queen of Hearts
- mostly lets her decide
- together they could form a big empire
- no one really understands their relationship
- has all the abilities to lead a successful company
- has a bad attention span
- probably has ADHD but never got tested
- never thinks his ideas through
- ... but on other days thinks a lot
- impulsive
- sometimes acts like a small child
- seems to be more than one person
"Stop being afraid or I'll give you a real reason to be."
"Tell me what happened. Don't tell me what you think that happened. Thinking in your case never leads to anything smart."
โฆ๏ธ Knave of Hearts
- Fuckboy
- has something with the Queen of Hearts
- knows that she will betray him one day
- Runaway
- works weird jobs
- runs some errands for the Queen
- drives a motorcycle
- lives in a small apartment
- always ready to run away again
"I never planned to catch feelings and I know that they will kill me in the end."
"You will not kill me. You will be the reason I will root in hell. I know that and still can't leave."
โฆ๏ธ Five, Seven and Two
playing cards
- servants of the Queen of Hearts
- have to call her "My Queen"
- are afraid of losing their jobs
- hectic
- clumsy and make stupid mistakes
- are trying their best
- do not have a lot of money and need this job
- do seem sophisticated and in control at first
- are neither
"Please, please my Queen. Don't fire us."
"Be silent or she will hear you."
This was so much work, especially because I was not sure how I wanted the relations between the characters to be and I never really felt like it is finished. But there is a moment, when you just have to stop editing.
Of course as always I gave you a lot of room for interpretation. I hope you enjoyed this article. โค๏ธ
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