Charlie McAllister

Charles Sylvester McAllister, more commonly known as Charlie, is a music nerd and huge fan of alternative music.

Personality
Charlie is a lackadaisical and pretentious yet anxious wreck who considers himself both superior and inferior to others. He's obsessed with music, mostly rock and rock-related genres, with an incredible soft spot for the works of David Bowie.

Backstory
Charlie was born in New York City with his mother, father, and older sister. Soon after, a younger brother also became part of the family. The McAllisters are considered a "good, Christian family", but Charlie hates being associated with them. They moved into Westbrook when Charlie was about 14. In New York, he had very few friends and was considered a loner. His only companions were his cat, Kurt Catbain, and his online friend.

After moving, he started a band with his online pal Harper where they'd share music recordings and then awkwardly piece them together. Their band's name is Chinese Funeral. They have yet to drop their first album, as actually making music over such a long distance is insanely difficult. The title of the first album will be Vivisector. The band is incomplete, and they need to look for new members.

Prior to and during a large part of Season 1, he was out of commission due to a series of intensive heart surgeries that ended up with him needing a transplant. He also has asthma and is expected to have serious knee problems in the future, as his father did, and sister does as well.

Charlie is out as gay to his classmates and bandmates, but not to his family.