We know she's about 5'6" with long, dark, curly hair, and appears to be 1/2 Hispanic (dark eyes, tan skin). She loves red wine but hates when it's sweet, and is unaware that she has epilepsy. I am interviewing a friend with epilepsy to see what lifestyle details can be slipped in for precise readers. The metaphor of severing the corpus callosum applies well to the Don/Louise relationship throughout the story. Also, I'm pretty sure she and Don won't experience their "trips" at the same time; she'll simply have a seizure while Don's conked out. She is the catalyst for the first coma trip when she cooks dinner while angry at Donald and her emotions are absorbed by the lettuce, turning it purple and poisoning Don in the process so that he winds up in her subconscious (and half the nanowrimo novel :D).
Louise has gone by several names in her life - Louie, Lulu, Louisa, Lois - and each represents a different relationship in her life. She's had ex-boyfriends before, but one of the earliest and most threatening presences around Don is a boy she only saw for several minutes on a bus but imagined to be a southern charmer. She loves her father in a spoiled sort of way, but isn't pervy about it. She has a detached relationship with her mother UH OH I WONDER WHY HMMMM. I haven't decided on her family beyond that, though she probably has an older brother and discouraging grandfather.
Donald and Louise have a fight over vacation spots. He wants to travel by boat, she wants to see national parks. These vacation desires will be reflected in their dream-states, along with other personal desires, regrets, and cherished memories. It's extremely important to me that Louise not seem to actually hate Don, but just be in a period of doubting her feelings. A phase, if you will.
Louise is a creative type, and marked by faithlessness. She's not necessarily despondent or despairing, but she's definitely an atheist at heart and sees things for their ends/endings. This does not impede her love of nature and the search for beauty, of course. But she hates beaches and will not budge on that point.
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