Sydney "Syd" Novak is the main protagonist of Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This. She is portrayed by Sophia Lillis.
History
Background
Sydney Novak is a troubled 17-year-old teen girl with occasional negativity problems who often struggles with her sexuality and also possesses telekinesis-like powers that she inherited from her father.
Her mother is Maggie Miller. Her younger brother is Liam Novak. Syd had a father who died, due to committing suicide since he could not deal with his PTSD and other psychological problems.
Personality
Sydney is often portrayed as a troubled, livid, and gloomy teen. Syd is very blunt and struggles with anger issues. Though, in some episodes, she can have her happy moments, like with her brother, Liam and her best friend, Dina. She has a certain fascination with her sexuality that is expressed in her journals, although her sexuality never gets confirmed.
Relationships
Family
Maggie Miller
Syd seems to have a rough relationship with her mother Maggie who can be seen as being emotionally abusive towards her daughter. They often have verbal arguments, in which Maggie targets Syd. In the first episode, when Syd tells her that she "feels like no one [she] loves, loves [her] back," Maggie says that she, "shouldn't aim so high."
Liam Novak
Sydney has a sometimes troubled relationship with her younger brother, Liam, in which they often have verbal arguments.
Romantic
Dina
Sydney has a crush on her best friend, Dina. She often gets jealous of Dina and Brad's relationship. Later in the show, Syd loses her virginity to Stanley Barber—her close friend.
Abilities
Sydney Novak somehow has the inherited ability of uncontrollable psychokinesis from her father, which only seem to be triggered by strong emotions like anger, fear and embarrassment. Her abilities seem to have been triggered by jealousy (Dina dating Bradley) and grief (Her father's suicide). However, the origin of how she got her abilities is currently unknown, but it is theorized that her father was in a secret military experiment and accidentally gained the ability of psychokinesis which caused the deaths of thousands of people.
Appearances
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| Dear Diary... | The Master of One F**k | The Party's Over | Stan by Me |
| Another Day in Paradise | Like Father, Like Daughter | Deepest, Darkest Secret | |
Memorable Quotes
| “ | Dear diary, go f*ck yourself. | ” |
| — Dear Diary...[src] | ||
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References
| Characters of I Am Not Okay with This |
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| Season 1 |
| Sydney • Stanley Barber • Dina • Brad • Maggie • Liam |