Character:Rhea

Rhea (a main Character in Peritia)

née Siobhan Rossi, born on 1996 (33 years old), pronouns she/her, psychologist, of African-Canadian background.
A Problem: resentful
A Want: justice

A Need: male friends

Rhea

Personality

• Resentful: she can't relate or empathise with privileged people; lacking constancy and financial stability
• Vengeful: there are things she cannot forgive, nor forget
• Sexually aggressive: she often resolves emotional issues through physical action; had some toxic romantic relationships
• Inconstant: wants to feel secure but lacks perseverance; wants everyone to have the same possibilities
• Gaianist: she believes she's not a habitant of the planet, but part of the planet
• Envious: she constantly compares herself with others; feels the cards have not been dealt fairly
• Insolent: she defies authority in every way possible; doesn't have any trust in leaders

Struggles

• melancholic
• sexually fixated
• misunderstood
• rebel without a cause
• lost
• inflexible

Source of pain

• wants to live amongst people who understand her, but is often misunderstood
• feels a strong aversion towards male chauvinism and confronts everyone who she believes has male chauvinist attitudes.
• has a complicated relationship with her hegemonic mother
• always tries to succeed, but gives up very easily, blaming others

Needs

• ACCEPTANCE: of self, of circumstances, of reality
• FAITH: in oneself, in others, in the world, in God
• TRUST: in oneself, in others, in the unknown
• SELFLESSNESS: including sacrifice, altruism, heroism, and overcoming greed
• RESPONSIBILITY: including duty, standing up for a cause, accepting one’s destiny
• REDEMPTION: including atonement, accepting blame, remorse, and salvation

Wants

Wants to lead women to independence.

• wants to be an example for other women, show them the way to freedom of male oppression
• wants for male chauvinist men to shut up, and let women make decisions for a change
• wants recognition for her fight all of these years
• wants to make the patriarchy fall to the ground
• wants violent men to be punished

In pursuit of heir goal (leading women to independence), she's been actively:

• she's involved in the general administration of Peritia, making sure women are listened to
• managed to be revered by a lot of women who not longer want to be quiet about male oppression
• she's in charge of a support group for sexually assaulted women

Roadblocks to achieving their goal:

• she's been questioning the male chauvinism in her life and actions, becoming well aware of her strong and imposing personality
• she's been haunted by her memories with her ex partner, before Peritia
• she's coming and going between denial and acceptance of her violent episodes

Desires

Justice.

Background

• Siobhan Rossi
• psychologist, feminist militant, Gaianist, general administrator
• 33 years old (born the 18th of August 1996)
• Rhea went to Harvard University in Boston (her mother's hometown) where she studied psychology (2014-2018), and settled there
• kept in touch with the Rossis merely on holidays and special occasions

Family

• Canadian from African descent
• single child (adopted)
• her mother (Julia Smith)
• her father (Rafael Rossi)
• her adoptive mother, Julia Smith, is an American, high class caucasian housewife, born in 1966 (age 63); a "perfect" wife and mother; originally from Boston
• her adoptive father, Rafael Rossi, was a very successful barrister, and a court judge by the time they adopted Rhea; he had a special bond with his daughter, even though she always defied him and called him out on his male chauvinistic injustices (he was extremely arrogant and never paid attention to that)
• her parents had a pretty superficial and boring marriage; they didn't care enough for each other to even argue
• her parents got married in 1996, and began trying to get pregnant straight away; when they realised they were not able to conceive, they filed for adoption and got Siobhan quite fast
• Siobhan always struggled accepting the contrast between both of their parents lives and opportunities
• In 2019 Rafael Rossi passed away from a heart attack while passionately arguing with Siobhan during Thanksgiving, about the colonial ritual that hides the massacres of Native Americans and invisibilises the descendants of the survivors; Julia quietly blames her, even though the heart attack was probably caused by his lack of exercise, obesity, and poor diet

Research

Surnames

• Rossi / Smith
• Canadian last names
• Psychology in Harvard