Tori Spring (2024)

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"I don’t ever remember not being serious. As far as i’m concerned, i came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain.”

Victoria "Tori" Spring is the protagonist and narrator of Solitaire, as well as a main character in Heartstopper. She's best friends with Becky for most of Solitaire until their falling out and has a friendship group which she refers to as Our Lot.

Physical appearance[]

Alice imagines Tori having "quite a bony face - sharp cheekbones/jaw and pointy chin".^[1] She's 5'2" tall^[2], has chin gay length black hair, and tan skin. She used to have long hair, but she had it cut in the beginning of Heartstopper 4.

In Radio Silence, the narrator described Tori's hair to be a weird shade of black or brown, with a thick fringe concealing her eyebrows.

Personality[]

Tori is introverted, very cynical, and pessimistic teenager. She enjoys watching films and blogging on her laptop, which is almost always near her when she's at home. She's very caring of Charlie. She is very observant and always questions stuff. Though she seems pretty aware of how the "world" works, she's very indifferent to the idea of doing things such as having a boyfriend to place her higher in the social hierarchy of her school, even stating at one point that the majority of the students at Higgs are soulless, conformist idiots.

Tori's narration is sardonical, and she has the tendency to dislike other people simply for looking happier than she feels. Despite being part of a friend group, she feels alienated, not quite knowing where she fits in.^[3]

Tori prefers to be blunt. Ironically despite her seemingly uncaring personality, she actually cares more than she lets on and is disgusted at apathetic people. She genuinely cares about the people she loves, and sometimes berates herself for not treating them well, sometimes even thinking that she doesn't deserve them. Her pessimistic attitude caused problems with her relationships to the other characters. Though her negative outlook in life seems to have been an effect of mental illness, this only became apparent during the final scenes of the book.

History[]

Solitaire[]

Tori is the main character and narrator of Solitaire.

Radio Silence[]

Tori appeared as a cameo character near the end of Radio Silence during Aled‘s event. She recognized Frances from the party they went to years ago and they talked a little about school.

Trivia[]

• Tori likes Star Wars.
• She likes cats.
• She used to play the violin.
• Her favorite color is black.^[4]
• Her blog, chronic-pessimist, is a real blog that can be visited and sent asks. It is set a year before the events of Solitaire, which would be in 2010 following the original Solitaire timeline. However, it was since closed down in 2017, as Oseman admitted that it had to end at some point.
• Until I Was Born For Thiscame out, she appeared in every single one of Alice's stories, and she was the only character to do so.
• Lucas initially called her "Victoria", which could mean she didn't start using "Tori" until her teenage years.
• Tori met Michael Holden by following a trail of pink Post-It notes, leading to the discovery of Solitaire.
• Charlie is the only person who still calls her "Victoria". (Not counting Michael and Lucas, who stopped calling her Tori at some point in the book.)
• Tori is obsessed with diet lemonade, and drinks it on a very frequent basis.
• Her MBTI is INFJ/The Advocate.^[5]
• Her Hogwarts house is Hufflepuff.
• If she could swap lives with anyone for a day, she would choose her youngest brother Oliver.
• Alice has said that although Tori canonically identifies as straight in Solitaire, she personally thinks Tori is actually on the aro/ace spectrums.^[6]

• Her favourite musical artist is Radiohead.^[7]

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