PROFILE: SUSAN MARCH

Full Name:  Susan March A.K.A.:  Metalmouth (used by her older brother and mean people) First Appearance:  "The Case of the Haunted House" Occupation:  Student, adventurer (secret) Ethnicity:  Anglo-Saxon Citizenship:  Canadian Family:  George March (father, deceased), Bethany March (mother),  Todd March (older brother), Samantha March (older sister) Affiliation:  Strangers' Club Likes:  Bart, the strange Dislikes:  Seeing Bart get hurt, evil

Background:
Her mother being an active member of the Redington Paranormal Society, Susan March had an interest in the extremely strange ever since she was a little girl, a trait that got her a membership with the Strangers' Club.  She was assigned by the group to find out more about Bart, who was a potential candidate for membership.  Along the way, Susan became enamored with Sussex Academy's resident alien expert, and she secretly hoped to meet him.  She got her chance at the Harrison house rally, and she became very pleased when Bart returned the feeling.  Susan sponsored his membership, and the two became a couple.  She tries her best to be with him on the club's cases, and when she can not, she will make sure he stays out of harm's way.

Physical Appearance and Other Traits:
Susan has brown eyes and brown hair shaped into a blunt cut.  Like the rest of her family, she requires either glasses or contact lenses to correct her nearsightedness (she chose the glasses).  She wears braces, and she has no problem with them.  Her clothes are usually hand-me-downs from her sister Samantha which sometimes prove to be a little too big for her.

Personality:
A smart and friendly girl, Susan loves to read and look into the unusual such as the paranormal and supernatural.  She enjoys researching the subject, although she endures much ridicule for her beliefs.  Like her mother, she exhibits bravery, especially when fighting for a good cause, and she is not easily discouraged.  Another aspect of her personality is a bad temper, especially when someone is wronged, messing with Bart and her friends, or being annoying.  Any of these will more likely result in bodily harm (Hiroshi will vouch for this).

Relationships:
Susan is on friendly terms with Shirley and her fellow Strangers.  Hiroshi has been a good friend of hers ever since they were little.  She and Bart share a strong bond, and she feels she was in love with him before they met (she gave him her late father's wedding ring as a sign of her love).  Their relationship makes her do anything to protect her boyfriend.  She is very close to her family, although her older brother Todd likes to tease her on her strange interests and Bart.

Abilities and Paraphernalia:
Susan has no special abilities, but in the course of her adventures with the Strangers, she has developed the ability to run really fast and acquired some fighting moves which she hides from her mother.  Her standard weapon is a sonic boomer, and like all Strangers, she carries a comlink.  She wears a ring Bart gave her as a sign of their status as a couple.

HA's Comments:
Ah, young love.  I felt Bart deserved some form of social life after I decided to make him an important part of my fanfic world.  So with the blessing of my imagination, I created a girl with similar interests and paired her with him.

The tough part was coming up with a physical appearance for Susan.  I didn't want to create a girl who was too perfect for Bart because she wouldn't fit in with him.  I wanted to emphasize that these two really had the hots for each other, so out of my old files, I picked a girl with glasses and braces.  As the old cliches go, love is blind and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.