Post by Susan Louise Rhodes on May 13, 2012 19:39:27 GMT -7
SUSAN LOUISE RHODES
"You lying so low in the weeds
Bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down on my knees
Wouldn't you, Barracuda?"
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I AM BEYOND GOD
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Full Name: Susan Louise Rhodes
Nickname(s): Susie, Sue
Gender: Female
Age: Sixty-four
Birthdate: January 30, 1948
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Reincarnate: Yes
I am: Boudica
Played By: Julie Walters
Grade: Teacher
Boarding: Given that she's a teacher? No. XD
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OUR SHINING FUTURE
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Height: 5'5"
Weight: 140lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Naturally greying, but she will sometimes dye it either blonde or red
Build: Average
Scars: None particularly noteworthy
Piercings/Tattoos: Once in each ear
Personal Style:
Given her standing and her job, Susie usually tries to dress somewhat conservatively. She wants to command respect, and knows that she's more likely to get it if she dresses the right way for it. You're not apt to see her in a skirt or dress very often, save for the very rare special occasion, but she'll usually dress more business casual, with a blouse or suit jacket and dress pants.
Appearance:
Depending on how she dresses and what color she does her hair, Susie can either look older or younger than her age. People have noted that with her red hair she looks more like she could be in her 50s, while her natural hair color pins her closer to her actual age. She has brown eyes and stands at 5'5" with a relatively average build, though she is starting to put on weight more now that she's gone up in age.
Susie seems to have a confident yet sweet air about her. When she looks serious she looks like a woman who commands respect, and will not react kindly if you do not give it to her. However, when she smiles, she looks more like a loving, doting grandmother.
HOPE AND HORROR
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Likes: Her grandchildren, her children, teaching, tae kwon do, feeling secure, her husband, history, shopping, jewelry, and pina coladas
Dislikes: Being pushed around, centipedes, losing touch with people she knew when she was younger, poodle skirts, lemons, Romans, glitter, incense, being told what to do, and getting caught in the rain
Dreams: To live at least long enough to see her great grandchildren (she's already accomplished a lot of her dreams XD)
Fears: Failure, someone taking advantage of her in any way, and centipedes
Habits/Hobbies: Clicks tongue when annoyed, tae kwon do, doing crossword puzzles, grinding her teeth
Secret(s): That she was so unruly before she came to Riverdale as a teen.
Personality:
First thing to note is that Susie carries herself with an air of confidence. She may, upon first glance, give off the opinion to a mugger that she'd make an easy target, but taking a closer look at her mannerisms will reveal that Susie is sure enough of herself that she'll be able to handle (almost) anything that is thrown her way. The unfortunate part is that sometimes she will exceed her limitations - She is 64, after all, but doesn't seem ready to accept that much.
Another major point to note about Susie is her temper. Everyone has a temper if they are pushed hard enough, but the problem with Susie is that she has a hair trigger temper. While she won't jump on you and start pummeling you if you wrong someone close to her anymore, she certainly will not hesitate to say something. Sometimes this works out to her benefit, though it has also landed her in trouble before. It's also worth noting that anyone of authority seeming, to Susie, to impress too much upon her will always set off her temper. Call it a leftover from the Romans. XD
Susie does stand out as a leader when her time comes to shine, and can be a decent enough leader when she doesn't let her temper get in the way. When she is given a responsibility (whether by herself or by someone else), she will do her best to make sure that it is carried through properly.
PRETTY BOY, PRETTY GIRL
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Mother: Dorothy Humphrey, 88, retired
Father: Ezra Humphrey, deceased
Siblings:
Azriel Humphrey, 66, dentist
Other:
Judy Rhodes-Winchester, daughter, nurse
Ed Winchester, son-in-law, office manager
Oliver Winchester, grandson, Riverdale freshman
Cindy Winchester, granddaughter, Riverdale senior
Pets: None
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
History:
Dorothy (more commonly known by the name Dora) and Ezra were happy to welcome Susan Louise Rhodes into the world as their second child. She was an enigma to Azrael, her older brother, but he soon took up the mantle of trying to protect his younger sister, as a good old brother should.
It soon became clear that not only did Susie not need any protecting from her older brother, but that she, in fact, protected him on a few occasions. Susie was a spitfire from the time she could talk, and by the time she was in first grade most of the other kids knew not to get on her bad side. The same couldn't be said for her brother, who had a reputation as being meek and shy. Not only that, but he had an odd name, making him a perfect target for bullies.
One day, when Susie was in 4th grade and Azrael in 6th, one bully decided to take things to the next level. The last thing the bully expected when he pushed Azrael Rhodes against the wall and started punching him was a 9 year old in a poodle skirt to fly at him out of nowhere and start throwing punches at him.
The incident didn't go without punishment. Being in a Catholic school, Susie's actions were looked down upon. She was suspended, though eventually allowed back. Unfortunately, the little girl did not react well to the incident. Not only did she say to her parents 'they're just like the damn Romans there!' (prompting a grounding for her use of the word 'damn'), but she became the bully during her last few years at the grade school. She didn't like the strict rules of the school, nor the way they treated her brother, and so she took it out on everyone there. Her parents, fed up with the fact that Susie was acting out so much, opted to send her to a boarding school for high school, hoping that a bit of time on her own and some increased responsibility would do some good for her.
They were right.
They found a school in North Carolina by the name of Riverdale High. Susie began to attend in 1962. It wasn't entirely a result of being sent to a new school, though. It was the realization that there was something different about her, something that set her apart from her peers. She could distinctly recall living a long time before this, and came to realize that she was behaving no better than the 'Romans' that she remembered. She knew there was something to this, but left it on the back burner for her first two years at Riverdale High.
Then, in her junior year, she met Ethel Hanston.
There was something different about Ethel too, Susan could tell. The way that Ethel carried herself was different from the rest of the freshmen that she saw. The two struck up a friendship almost straight away. Even more bizarre, especially given their grades and the time period, the two were equals in this friendship. Eventually they began sharing more and more with each other...such as their memories of a time much different than the 60s. For Susie it was the time of the Roman Empire - For Ethel it was much later, though still a good five centuries or so earlier.
And so began an intense research session, that culminated in a name for what the two of them had to be experiencing. It was their little secret for the rest of the 1964-1965 school year, because they knew that they had to keep it a secret.
The next school year, Ethel proposed a very different idea, one that had Susie grinning from ear to ear. What if there were others out there? They should ask around to see. Of course, they had to be careful about what they did. Using careful wording, Susie and Ethel began asking around the school. Most cases weren't hits, but two more students, both boys, became a part of their little group. Ethel was the one who proposed the idea of a school club, as well as the name, which was approved unanimously - RSOR. Riverdale Society of Reincarnates.
Susie, being the oldest member of the group and the first to graduate, only barely having a chance to see what happened with the club that she co-founded. She communicated with Ethel via letters, and letters did give her an idea of what was going on, but Ethel graduated two years later, and RSOR became another point in Susie's history. She chose to go back to Ohio, where she met a boy, married him, and started a family. She gave birth to two daughters, Judith and Rebecca, Judy being the oldest and Becky the youngest. It may have seemed as though Susie settled down, and to some extent she did. She worked as a substitute teacher, but occasionally a spark of the old Boudica was there. It was she who organized the teacher's union to strike when the school board wouldn't listen to their demands.
Time came when Judy and Becky were both out of the house. Having more free time than she knew what to do with, Susie enrolled in tae kwon do lessons. Just because she was middle aged didn't mean that she didn't want to be able to defend herself. Realizing that just throwing herself at someone and punching away wouldn't do as well now that she was getting older, she found new ways to feel safe and self-assured.
RSOR was still just a blip at the back of Susie's mind until she received a letter from Ethel stating that the other woman was appointed principal of Riverdale High. Susan laughed, asking if RSOR was still around, and was surprised to hear that not only was it still around, but that there were a lot more reincarnates out there than they originally thought! While membership wasn't quite booming the way it did in the 2010s, the club was growing, and Susie was proud to know that she'd been a part of that in it's early days.
Not only that, but Susie started to see signs that her two grandchildren through Judy were reincarnates. Both children were oddly precocious for their ages. Oliver would often ask to go by Orville, and Cindy by Harriet. One conversation that stood out in Susie's mind involved Oliver taking apart a microwave and stating that the reason why was that 'his old family didn't have one'.
Susie kept her suspicions away from her daughter and son in law, knowing that this had to remain as silent as her identity from her family.
When the Winchester family had to move to North Carolina, it was Susie who suggested Riverdale. Much as she suspected, she learned through Ethel that not only was her granddaughter accepted to the club (and that she was Harriet Quimby), but more recently that her grandson was accepted to the club.
At this point, Susie decided it was high time to return back to her roots in this life.
Susie has moved back to Riverdale along with her husband, much to the delight of her daughter. She will soon be working as a substitute teacher at Riverdale High, curious to see how her grandchildren will react when not only do they see their grandmother at Riverdale High, but learn about her past in both this life and the past...
I AM WHO I AM
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Name/Alias: Mandee
Other Characters: -Deep breath- Oliver, Chelsea, Alison, Tamara, Felicity, Mark, Rudy, Freya, Erika, Breezy, Andrea, and Cornelius
Age: Twenty-three! ^_^
Time Zone: Eastern
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application format by dante/dante in ze pot. lyrics from 'wreak havoc' by angelspit. nothing will chase you down if you remove the credits, but i'd rather you not. that is all.
