
He assumed that this meant that Mary-Ann had read all about his gender identity in his diary and did not accept him. Mary-Ann misgendered Tyler multiple times in a misguided attempt to comfort him, and Tyler ran out of the room and cried in the hallway. Tyler immediately confronted Mary-Ann about his missing diary and informed his mother that he knew she stole it. One day after playing outside with Alyson, Tyler returned to their room to find that his diary was gone. Tyler felt that Mary-Ann was unable to accept his needs and that her denial of his requests were personal, though this is likely not true. Unlike Alyson he often acted up and screamed at Mary-Ann for breaking her promises and not listening to him.

Tyler often got into arguments with Mary-Ann. Tyler asked Aly and presumably others around him to call him Ollie, his first chosen name. Tyler wrote about these feelings in his diary, and was frequently angry at Alyson and Mary-Ann for calling him his birth name. Mary-Ann was an eccentric and odd mother to her children, but she also had a vivid imagination and helped Alyson and Tyler create the book of goblins.Īs a child Tyler started to realize that while he was assigned female at birth, he identifies as male. Up until age ten, Tyler lived with his mother, Mary-Ann Ronan, and his sister Alyson. Tyler also dislikes hunting, especially when it’s done illegally or excessively. Tyler is strongly against violence towards animals, and has been ever since he was a child. He worked extensively to improve Fireweed Residential Center‘s outdoors program, and plans to apply for a job as a ranger at Denali.


Tyler loves nature and aspires to be a park ranger one day. Tyler describes himself as a terrible actor, and isn’t afraid to call people out when they behave intolerantly. He is outgoing and polite, but has a tendency to shut people out when they get too close or bring up a sensitive subject. At some point he got a haircut, ending up with short curlier hair.ĭue to his difficult upbringing, Tyler has trouble trusting people, same for Alyson, his twin sister. He has a short beard and is usually seen wearing a jean jacket with a phoenix on the back, a grey sweater labelled “Fireweed”, jeans, and boots.Īs a young child, Tyler had longer hair in a bobbed cut. Tyler has short brown hair in an undercut and light eyes.
