Qi was a one year old orphan living in Beijing when a childless Caucasian couple named the Finn’s came to his country to adopt him. Renamed Preston after his now-grandfather, he grew up with unconditional love and all he ever wanted as child. There was only one way he knew to give back, and that was to do adopt a child of his own when he was older. Preston Finn did just that, marrying Kathy Liu and adopted a baby named Elvis from Arizona. They opted not to change his name, finding some humor in the name. However, he was rarely ever called “Elvis”, instead known as “Baby Finn” which eventually led to simply “Finn”. The family eventually grew once the parents decided to conceive children of their own. It became evident to others than Finn was adopted, but he didn’t mind it at all. He was chosen to live with the family, regardless of whatever reason why his birth mother (and possibly father) decided to give him up. It wasn’t abandonment; he considered it one parent gifting another. That explanation alone was enough to bring a smile to his face and allow him to carry on with the day.
Finn did carry on, developing into a well-adjusted teenager living in Virginia Beach who loved video games, random hijinks and Friday night kickbacks at the park. He entered Tallwood High with his girlfriend Violet, inseparable and in need of their own room many times. Violet had a best friend by the name of Alex who was an out homosexual, and Finn always came to his defense whenever close-minded people decided to be obnoxious. Already a liberal guy himself, Finn never shied away from showing affection to either gender. Eventually this friendship with Alex led to exploration and experimentation of how fluid Finn’s own sexuality could be. As expected, he was apprehensive at first but continued with the actions that just felt right to him. Even after time had passed and what he believed was just the novelty of the situations thrilling him, he found himself emotionally attracted to Alex. Physical magnetism was one thing, but emotional and romantic? This was foreign and he didn’t know how to accept it. He didn’t know how his family would accept it. Fearing the worst that they would disown him, he withdrew from both Alex and Violet. She found out the truth when he couldn’t keep a straight face around her and that relationship fizzled quickly.
Alex moved away to the West Coast, but Finn’s feelings for other guys did not. On the night he hooked up with another guy, he knew his affinity for other guys was solidified. Alex wasn’t a fluke; it wasn’t just that one guy’s allure, but most guys. It wasn't in him to hide who he was, knowing he had to tell the ones he loved. He first came out to his younger sister and brother, knowing their closeness was easier to deal with than his parents. The siblings took it well, albeit they were annoyingly curious. That mountain climbed, he knew the next one would be more difficult. This had been the only time when he ever doubted his parents' unconditional love, wondering if they would react to him the same way they would to one of their biological children. Coming out to his parents was met with some challenges, a few tears and a week without speaking to each other, but the Finn family came around. Although all is well with his family, Finn himself hasn’t truly accepted his homosexuality. He still holds onto the belief that he is bisexual, that there are still some residual feelings for girls. The flame for Violet shines dimly, but it’s still there. He has yet to fully commit himself to another guy romantically, and isn’t sure if he will in the near-future. To him, it doesn’t really comprise most of his identity, therefore not letting it affect him much. If he has anything to prove, it’s that he is more than who he wants to kiss and go to bed with.
Finn Facts Galore!
 Finn has been known to say, “call me Elvis and you’ll get punched in the balls.” Calling him Elvis is as awkward as calling him Roberta. He doesn’t feel like it’s his name. When he’s older, he wants to legally change his name to Finn, but has no idea what last name to choose so that he’s not Finn Finn. But on the other hand, he does want his offspring to carry on the last name Finn. It’s all very confusing to him and makes his mind turn into mush, which he obviously dislikes.
Needless to say, he has no connection to the music of Elvis Presley. He can recognize the appreciation and talent, but gravitates more towards synth tunes of the 80’s, Top 40’s, electronica and his guilty pleasure of trance and techno. He’s been to a few raves and is fine-tuning his dancing skills so that he’s not very awkward on his feet.
He’s not the best student at Tallwood, nor is he the most athletic. Finn self-describes himself as ‘just another floppy-haired teenager who wishes he were a rockstar but can’t play the drums very well, likes grilled cheese sandwiches and can run really, really fast”. He falls within the B-minus average range when it comes to academics, doesn’t get out of breath with athletics and sets a goal of scoring at least one point in every game he’s in.
Finn lost his virginity to Violet during his freshman year at Tallwood High School, but is still a virgin when it comes to guys. He’s done mostly everything but the homerun with them. Why he hasn’t? He’s not even sure. He's also yet to get past a third date with any guy, dating sporadically here and there.
A social guy by nature, he’s been accused of spreading himself too thin across all the networks he’s involved in. If he could stay awake 24 hours a day and hang out with everyone, he would. For now, he hangs out with whoever’s the most fun at the moment. He truly believes good times are for everyone and will do his best to spread the joy, usually offering people to share a drink and/or joint with him. There’s some harmless mischief to be had? He’ll be there supporting it full force.
He’s very avoidant of drama and conflict, trying to steer clear of it and divert attention away. Ignorance is bliss to him and he wishes time could soothe tensions over. As much as he does try to avoid it, it inevitably occurs and he deals with it in the poorest of manners (become avoidant), usually worsens the situation.
Concerning the GSA, Finn joined at the end of the sophomore year when clarity finally became his friend. He’s not the most active member, but enjoys the meetings and values how it’s making him more comfortable with who he is. However, he does not identify himself as a homosexual, still holding onto the bisexual label if labels are applied.
Due to the nature of his family, he loves mostly anything that is considered ‘Asian’, be it the cinema to the cuisine to style. He has plans to travel abroad to Japan and/or China when he gets to college.
He’s been known to doodle whenever bored in class (which is often), creating cartoon characters and caricatures of people he knows. He tells people it’s nothing serious but secretly wants to become a cartoonist or animator when he grows up.
Finn has no desire to meet his biological parents and has decided to let them search for him if they want to know his whereabouts. Preston and Kathy have been his parents for as long as he can remember and it’ll always be that way for him.
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