Player nickname: Rose Player LJ: mothering @ dw Way to contact you: Email: diointeriore@gmail.com AIM: aroseblazing Plurk: milanobutterfly Are you at least 15?: Y Current Characters: Lilith Sahl, Elektra Natchios
Character: Rita Bennett Fandom: Dexter (TV series) Character Notes: History: At the age of sixteen, Rita marries John Ackerman. Little is known aside from the fact that they divorced and Rita lies to Dexter when he subtly tries to question her about it later on in the series. At some point she meets, falls for, and later marries Paul Bennett. It’s around time her mother breaks off contact with her. She has two children by him; Astor and Cody. Their marriage is never solid as Paul is addicted to drugs and was said to have regularly beat and rape her. Finally one day her daughter Astor calls the police on her father, fearing for her mother’s life. Debra Morgan responds to the call and is said to have saved Rita’s life that night. Debra later sets them up on a date. It doesn’t go very well. Rita was late and Dexter quickly left in order to perform a kill. Despite this rocky start they continued to see each other and build a relationship. Six months into their relationship Dexter canon begins. Paul gets out of jail early due to overcrowding. He then begins to push his way back into Rita and the children’s lives. Rita eventually stands up to him and gets him to sign the divorce papers in exchange for supervised visits with the children. Things seem to be going well until Dexter’s biological father dies. Rita cancels a visit in order to go with Dexter to the man’s home and support. Paul is less than happy about this. Paul later shows up at the house drunk. Rita reluctantly lets him in. This turns out to be a bad idea since he attacks her. Rita defends herself and runs to the neighbor’s home. Paul uses this as an excuse to sue for custody. Just when it looks as though Rita may lose the case, Paul is found with drugs and is sent back to jail. Rita gets in a fight with Dexter over being honest with her kids about what their father really was. Rita visits Paul in jail sometime after her fight with Dexter. It seems Rita has taken Dexter’s words to heart as she encourages him to be honest with their children so that they could build a real relationship. Paul agrees and Rita allows him time with Astor and Cody. Paul later tries to argue his innocence. He calls Rita and his sponsor in hopes of trying to convince Rita that Dexter framed him. She blows him off and again urges him to take responsibility for his actions. At the end of season one, Rita finds a piece of evidence that brings some validity to Paul’s story.
Personality: Rita is a woman trying to find her own strength. Her entire life she has never been in real control of what happens. This leads to her having very low self esteem. Since Rita has never gotten the chance to really make her own decisions, she was not able to have experiences that would give her confidence in herself. As a result, she spent most of her life believing she did not deserve good things. She accepted that people would treat her poorly and maybe to a point even expected to be mistreated because she was not good enough for anything else.
She slowly starts to come out of that way of thinking thanks to her relationship with Dexter and gaining custody of her children following her husband’s imprisonment. Winning custody sadly enough seems to be the first time she has really had any control over anything including her own children. Rita manages to handle this beautifully despite this being the first time really on her own. She holds a job and makes sure her children are well taken care of at the same time.
Even if it is a sham relationship at first (on Dexter’s part at first) it also starts adding to her growing confidence. She views Dexter as a good man. He treats both Rita and her children very well; notably much better than her husband Paul ever did. This introduces her to the idea that maybe she did deserve this wonderful man who was always there for her. We also see her relationship with Dexter reveal some flaws of Rita’s. Dexter, being as reliable as he is, becomes easy to depend on. At times Rita loses sight of the fact that Dexter may have problems of his own to contend with and dumps all of hers onto him. On some level it seems like she forgets that Dexter can even have problems at all since he is something of a hero to her. There are also those issues involving control. Now that she has some of it, she is worried about losing it. At times she will nag at people when it is not entirely necessary just so she does not feel like she is being taken advantage of.
Despite her worries about being taken advantage of, she does prove to have a great deal of faith in people and can be someone you can rely on for moral support. For example when Dexter’s biological father dies she insists on going with him to see the body and look at the house he lives in because “she might need him”. It is the same when it comes to her children or friends. Astor’s bed wetting due to stress over her father’s return, Rita is does not yell or make a scene; just comforts Astor and changes the sheets. Finally when her friend’s fiancé went missing she immediately put her efforts into helping her find him (with Dexter’s help) and comforting her by just sitting out by the ocean with her worried friend. She is not entirely docile however. Rita is fiercely protective of her children and will not tolerate anyone speaking badly about Dexter (she defends him more than once in the show to other people).
To sum it up, Rita is a good, caring woman who needs a little more confidence and to depend less on her man.
Other: This application is pretty much c/p from Rita's previous DDD app with no alterations. I plan on restarting her to season one. Again I'll be happy to add on additional history (and character growth) for season two-four if necessary. Or link to her old posts on livejournal? Please don't ask for that. My computer is allergic to that site.
[An awkward, cheerful blond woman addresses the camera. She brushes back her hair nervously, smiling.]
Uh… hi. My name is Rita. I was wondering what this was doing on my computer… [There’s a pause here as she seems to realize her mistake.] Oh no, not anymore! So don’t worry about explaining that to me! Anyways I started looking around this site and I noticed a lot of people were complaining about having the same problem. It’s strange that so many of us got infected with the same virus but, I guess it could be worse. Everything seems to be working okay even if it won’t let me do anything else online right now besides record this message. That’s fine too since it’s the only way to fix my computer according to the other users.
I also noticed people ask questions here about anything they want. I guess since I’m member now I should ask something too.
What do you plan to do for Valentine’s Day this year?
Third Person: It was amazing the way life could change in less than a year’s time. When Rita pictured her life last year, she could not help feeling a sense of disconnection; like she was remembering a scene from a movie. That woman being knocked around, violated, and belittled could not be her. Rita Bennett of today lived a quiet life. She worked nine to five, picked up her kids from the sitter’s house, and started on dinner finding time to peek over at their homework while something was simmering or boiling on the stove. At some point, her boyfriend would come in with hot chocolate. Astor and Cody would get excited and act like Dexter did not do this nearly every night unless work kept him away or he stopped by earlier for one of their special nights because then he would be walking in with pizza instead.
Most people would call this a boring routine and try to switch things up but, not Rita; she loved every second of it. This sense of security was all she needed; no excitement in her day to day life or whirlwind romance with a spontaneous boyfriend. Were it not for those times Dexter brushed her thigh by mistake and she practically jumped to the other side of the room or one of the kids came home crying because another child picked on them for having a father in jail, she might have forgotten that other Rita existed altogether. While Rita could be oblivious to a lot of things she was wise enough to know it was better to remember that other Rita. It made her appreciate all she had been blessed with these past few months that much more.
Rita Bennnet | Dexter
Player LJ: mothering @ dw
Way to contact you:
Email: diointeriore@gmail.com
AIM: aroseblazing
Plurk: milanobutterfly
Are you at least 15?: Y
Current Characters: Lilith Sahl, Elektra Natchios
Character: Rita Bennett
Fandom: Dexter (TV series)
Character Notes:
History:
At the age of sixteen, Rita marries John Ackerman. Little is known aside from the fact that they divorced and Rita lies to Dexter when he subtly tries to question her about it later on in the series.
At some point she meets, falls for, and later marries Paul Bennett. It’s around time her mother breaks off contact with her. She has two children by him; Astor and Cody. Their marriage is never solid as Paul is addicted to drugs and was said to have regularly beat and rape her.
Finally one day her daughter Astor calls the police on her father, fearing for her mother’s life. Debra Morgan responds to the call and is said to have saved Rita’s life that night.
Debra later sets them up on a date. It doesn’t go very well. Rita was late and Dexter quickly left in order to perform a kill. Despite this rocky start they continued to see each other and build a relationship.
Six months into their relationship Dexter canon begins.
Paul gets out of jail early due to overcrowding. He then begins to push his way back into Rita and the children’s lives.
Rita eventually stands up to him and gets him to sign the divorce papers in exchange for supervised visits with the children.
Things seem to be going well until Dexter’s biological father dies. Rita cancels a visit in order to go with Dexter to the man’s home and support. Paul is less than happy about this.
Paul later shows up at the house drunk. Rita reluctantly lets him in. This turns out to be a bad idea since he attacks her. Rita defends herself and runs to the neighbor’s home.
Paul uses this as an excuse to sue for custody.
Just when it looks as though Rita may lose the case, Paul is found with drugs and is sent back to jail.
Rita gets in a fight with Dexter over being honest with her kids about what their father really was.
Rita visits Paul in jail sometime after her fight with Dexter. It seems Rita has taken Dexter’s words to heart as she encourages him to be honest with their children so that they could build a real relationship. Paul agrees and Rita allows him time with Astor and Cody.
Paul later tries to argue his innocence. He calls Rita and his sponsor in hopes of trying to convince Rita that Dexter framed him. She blows him off and again urges him to take responsibility for his actions.
At the end of season one, Rita finds a piece of evidence that brings some validity to Paul’s story.
Personality:
Rita is a woman trying to find her own strength. Her entire life she has never been in real control of what happens. This leads to her having very low self esteem. Since Rita has never gotten the chance to really make her own decisions, she was not able to have experiences that would give her confidence in herself. As a result, she spent most of her life believing she did not deserve good things. She accepted that people would treat her poorly and maybe to a point even expected to be mistreated because she was not good enough for anything else.
She slowly starts to come out of that way of thinking thanks to her relationship with Dexter and gaining custody of her children following her husband’s imprisonment. Winning custody sadly enough seems to be the first time she has really had any control over anything including her own children. Rita manages to handle this beautifully despite this being the first time really on her own. She holds a job and makes sure her children are well taken care of at the same time.
Even if it is a sham relationship at first (on Dexter’s part at first) it also starts adding to her growing confidence. She views Dexter as a good man. He treats both Rita and her children very well; notably much better than her husband Paul ever did. This introduces her to the idea that maybe she did deserve this wonderful man who was always there for her. We also see her relationship with Dexter reveal some flaws of Rita’s. Dexter, being as reliable as he is, becomes easy to depend on.
At times Rita loses sight of the fact that Dexter may have problems of his own to contend with and dumps all of hers onto him. On some level it seems like she forgets that Dexter can even have problems at all since he is something of a hero to her. There are also those issues involving control. Now that she has some of it, she is worried about losing it. At times she will nag at people when it is not entirely necessary just so she does not feel like she is being taken advantage of.
Despite her worries about being taken advantage of, she does prove to have a great deal of faith in people and can be someone you can rely on for moral support. For example when Dexter’s biological father dies she insists on going with him to see the body and look at the house he lives in because “she might need him”. It is the same when it comes to her children or friends. Astor’s bed wetting due to stress over her father’s return, Rita is does not yell or make a scene; just comforts Astor and changes the sheets. Finally when her friend’s fiancé went missing she immediately put her efforts into helping her find him (with Dexter’s help) and comforting her by just sitting out by the ocean with her worried friend. She is not entirely docile however. Rita is fiercely protective of her children and will not tolerate anyone speaking badly about Dexter (she defends him more than once in the show to other people).
To sum it up, Rita is a good, caring woman who needs a little more confidence and to depend less on her man.
Other: This application is pretty much c/p from Rita's previous DDD app with no alterations. I plan on restarting her to season one. Again I'll be happy to add on additional history (and character growth) for season two-four if necessary. Or link to her old posts on livejournal?
Please don't ask for that. My computer is allergic to that site.Additional Links:
Rita wiki
First Person (entry type):
[video]
[An awkward, cheerful blond woman addresses the camera. She brushes back her hair nervously, smiling.]
Uh… hi. My name is Rita. I was wondering what this was doing on my computer… [There’s a pause here as she seems to realize her mistake.] Oh no, not anymore! So don’t worry about explaining that to me! Anyways I started looking around this site and I noticed a lot of people were complaining about having the same problem. It’s strange that so many of us got infected with the same virus but, I guess it could be worse. Everything seems to be working okay even if it won’t let me do anything else online right now besides record this message. That’s fine too since it’s the only way to fix my computer according to the other users.
I also noticed people ask questions here about anything they want. I guess since I’m member now I should ask something too.
What do you plan to do for Valentine’s Day this year?
Third Person: It was amazing the way life could change in less than a year’s time. When Rita pictured her life last year, she could not help feeling a sense of disconnection; like she was remembering a scene from a movie. That woman being knocked around, violated, and belittled could not be her. Rita Bennett of today lived a quiet life. She worked nine to five, picked up her kids from the sitter’s house, and started on dinner finding time to peek over at their homework while something was simmering or boiling on the stove. At some point, her boyfriend would come in with hot chocolate. Astor and Cody would get excited and act like Dexter did not do this nearly every night unless work kept him away or he stopped by earlier for one of their special nights because then he would be walking in with pizza instead.
Most people would call this a boring routine and try to switch things up but, not Rita; she loved every second of it. This sense of security was all she needed; no excitement in her day to day life or whirlwind romance with a spontaneous boyfriend. Were it not for those times Dexter brushed her thigh by mistake and she practically jumped to the other side of the room or one of the kids came home crying because another child picked on them for having a father in jail, she might have forgotten that other Rita existed altogether. While Rita could be oblivious to a lot of things she was wise enough to know it was better to remember that other Rita. It made her appreciate all she had been blessed with these past few months that much more.