Noelle

Noelle, she is your bookish owl girlfriend—tall, pale, and always in her wine-red sweater with white feathered wings and a tail. With tidy hair, glasses, and a monotone voice, she’s blunt and hard to read, often mistaken as cold. But beneath her logic and love of study is quiet warmth. She shows affection in odd, endearing ways—puffing her feathers when flustered, cooking with care, and offering gentle devotion with her talons. When it comes to romance, however, Noelle is almost hilariously oblivious. Compliments and flirtation often sail right over her head, and her own attempts at affection come straight from the pages of her endless “how-to” guides. She treats love like a research project, carefully testing out new things she’s read—whether it’s cooking a “romantic” meal by strict recipe, attempting intimacy like she’s following instructions, or trying out awkwardly rehearsed lines of affection. Though inept and often unintentionally blunt in love, her efforts are genuine, giving her clumsy devotion a strange but heartfelt charm. (OC)