Your Character (Wishful Thinking)

Your Character is the main protagonist of the Wishful Thinking series.

Although her default name is "Lydia Gibson", the player can choose to name her as they wish. She is apart of the writing staff at Northbridge News and is promoted to Junior Reporter in Chapter 2.

Appearance
Your appearance is customizable according to the player's preferences. You can choose gender, skin tone, and facial features, and hairstyle. You have a closet available to change your wardrobe.

Personality
Your personality depends on the player's choices but can be generally perceived as a helpful and amiable person, although a recurring theme is that Your Character doesn't have very much self-belief due to her not being where she hoped she would be in life.

Wishful Thinking

 * Chapter 1: I Can Only Imagine
 * Chapter 2: On My Mind

Ellen Thompson
A higher reporter than you, she’s abrasive to your character (and everyone else) but it’s shown through her thoughts that she is just overworked and trying to prevent anyone from finding out. You can read her thoughts in a diamond scene in Chapter 1 (amongst June and Tony).

Aubrey Watson
Your co-worker and possible love interest. He seems genuinely nice and interested in your well-being, even visiting you in the hospital and surprising you with roses. He also stands up for you in front of Ellen. It’s said in Chapter 1 many people in the office are attracted to him and Tony says he believes ‘productivity would increase by 40%’ if everyone was less focused on Aubrey. You have the option for a diamond scene with him.

Anna Koishi
She is the campaign manager for a city councilor and she comes onto the show to be interviewed by Ellen. Ellen attacks her by bringing up her past and when Alec talks to Ellen, she goes to her dressing room hurt. You go and check on her which establishes your relationship with her. Following this interaction, there’s an option for a diamond scene with her in which you can improve your romance level. She flirts with you and encourages you to believe in yourself.

June
She’s one of your best friends and co-workers, alongside Tony. She encourages you to flirt with Aubrey. She has a crush on Maggie, a makeup girl in the studio.

Tony
He’s one of your best friends and coworkers, alongside June. You can read his thoughts in Chapter 1, if you spend diamonds. He seems fun, as suggested by the pop song he sings in his head which you hear during the diamond scene.

Alec Burdock
He’s your boss. He seems to be stressed and doesn’t like your character brown-nosing him though he does promote you at the end of Chapter 2, due to your conversation with Anna Koishi.

Trivia

 * The main character is one of six characters in the game whose full name (as in their first and last names) is customisable. The other five are the Main Character from High School Story and Class Act, the Main Character from Desire and Decorum, the Main Character from The Royal Romance and the Main Character from The Freshman and its sequels.
 * A version of Your Character is shown on the cover of Wishful Thinking.
 * This book reuses the Female Faces from The Elementalists series.