ok, so,, remember when everyone played emmy rossum like three years ago, but she was basically fiona from shameless ? ( i was guilty of this so it aint really a call out as much as reflection ) ANYWAYS... lila the 180 of fiona. 

so, lila grew up in d.c. her parents, her father a lawyer who worked at a medium sized firm and kinda kept their family afloat, and her mother was a teacher, both were very protective of lila. she was their only child and their lil prodigy. 

lila was VERY smart indeed, and like a child prodigy and her parents basically gave up everything so she could go to special academy schools and like just... be ‘ the best ‘ and she was !! 

she was always a little socially awkward bc of this and can come off as cold or apathetic bc she never learned how to think of things from an emotional level, everything was very logical. 

anyways, she went to harvard when she was 16 and graduated at 19. she majored in international relations & government. then, she went to yale law school and graduated with her j.d. when she was 22. basically,,, smart cookie. 

and while her parents thought she was making lots of friends in college, they were mistaken. she was awkward and didn’t have many people she felt like wanted to be around her. she always felt like she was being laughed at for being too young and she was scared to kinda interact with others. 

however, when she graduated law school she started working a firm, doing her thing, & when she turned 24, she joined reeves’ campaign. 

she worked her way up from an intern, QUICKLY, and soon became one of the inside staffers. many people knew her for her knowledge and quickness and basically she was like so young with such a high power position but had no life. 

when reeves’ entered the white house she first began working as a deputy communications director and by the time 2018 rolled around, she was promoted to deputy chief of staff. 

however, once the assaination occurred, lila was out of a job. and bc her first political experience & career was with reeves, she hasn’t been able to find a job. 

she works as a freelance editor, at least that is what she says to those who ask. 

bc she was never good socially and didn’t really make great connections with those she worked with, she is unemployed and scared to death. 

basically,,, she is freaking out that she will never have a job and her career is over and she is so lost and just wants to find something to do. 

SO, personality wise,,, she isn’t the social butterfly...

she gets LOTS of anxiety when she has to speak in front of people she is much better when she gets to know a person but bc she can be so cold .. lots of people like don’t get that far... 

she reminds me a lot of elliot from mr. robot, angela from the office ( LMAO ) , ann from parks & rec, and rory from gilmore girls. just a big ol mix of them ! 

full name:  isadora  mariëlla  reeves  (  née  van  zoelen  )

age:  forty - six    [    46  years  old    ]

nickname(s):  isa  /  auntie  dory  (  kids  in  family  )

birthdate/zodiac sign:  april  11th ,  1972    /    aries

birthplace:  manhattan ,  new  york  city ,  new  york

romantic/sexual orientation:  panromantic  +  bisexual

occupation:  retired  supervisory  special  agent  (  fbi  )

hola  hola  !  i’m  frankie  and  i  go  by  the  she/her  pronouns ;  i’m  so  thrilled  to  be  a  part  of  politicushq.  you’ve  no  idea !  this  is  the  love  of  my  life ,  isadora  &  i  hope  y’all  love  her  as  much  as  i  do  even  though  she  might  have  a  tough  exterior.  i’m  extremely  eager  to  write  her  out  !  i’m  TRASH™  when  it  comes  to  describing  my  characters  but  i’ll  try  my  very  best.  she  means  well  even  if  you  don’t  think  she  does  !  i  don’t  even  know  what  else  to  say  about  myself  but  if  you’d  like  to  plot  or  even  chat ,  my  d*scord  is :  farrokh bulsara#7928 .  i’m  trying  to  get  the  hang  of  it  still,  but  feel  free  to  add  me  on  there  if  it’s  easier.  please  love  us  &  thank  you  so  much  for  taking  the  time  in  reading  this  pretty  lame  introduction.  ♡  she  is  kind  of   inspired  by  emily  prentiss  from  criminal  minds.

life before moving into the white house:

ISADORA van ZOELEN was born in the manhattan borough of new york city to dutch-french ( naturalized american citizens ) parents who migrated to the united states in the 60′s to seek the american dream lifestyle. her parents, constantin & nadine, are hard-working, reliable people and raised their kids in a middle - class working family. they didn’t live a privileged life but they sure had a roof over their heads, and that was something to be thankful for ( considering manhattan is somewhat of an expensive city to live in ).

the redhead has always had ambitions of giving back to her community and work for the nation’s law enforcement agency: the federal bureau of investigation. that was her goal ever since graduating from stuyvesant high school in 1990. she hoped and prayed for her well-being.

she met edward reeves in her second year at university, and boy did she fall in love. they were complete opposites or that is what she assumed. there was no way that isadora’s in his league. however, they were both really ambitious and dedicated for wanting to pursue their careers; that’s when it all started for them.

they dated for a few years, marrying two years after graduating. she still didn’t think she was good enough for him but did everything she could to become an fbi agent. luckily, she received his support. through thick and thin, everything was going well when she started training at quantico.

her training days were HARD but worth it. she was competivite and was inclined to be supportive and worked best as/with a team. only a few are handpicked to work in the dept that she aimed for. she proved her point, she finally made it through sweat, tears and blood. isadora’s highly skilled/trained with weaponry, mixed martial arts, and self-defense.

when she was 27 years old, isadora was pregnant with their child and welcomed MASON into the world. edward and isadora’s first-born, their only son. they were over the moon! their family was growing. she never thought she’d ever become a mother but holding him in her arms changed her. she was absolutely terrified but isadora’s heart grew warmer.

before she knew it, she was back at work after being on maternity leave. she’d go to work doing everything for her husband, son; their small family. long hours at work & on the field were excruciating. all she wanted to do was be home with their baby boy. 9 hour shifts would turn into almost 14 hour shifts. she would rarely sleep by the time she’d get home. however, edward and isadora hired a nanny to care for their son while they were away.

whenever isadora was home, she’d never talk about work. she’s witnessed some of the most heartbreaking cases ever and had gotten even emotional over time whenever kids were involved. it's not something any person should witness yet she was strong. she had to have a tough exterior for the victims and their well-being.

trying her best to not seem invasive in their lives, she’d make sure everything went according to plan. no schemes, no bullshit. you don’t want to get on her bad side; she’ll scold and tell someone off in front of people if she has to they ever did something cynical just for their own interest. she’ll remind them that it’s not about them, it’s about the people. she doesn’t have time to babysit people who are grown and know from right and wrong. it should be evident.

the next thing she knew, she was pregnant with their second child, a daughter, SALLY ANN. she was welcomed into the world 1+ year after mason. holding her in her arms made her realize that she had to dedicate her time to being a mom, before she didn’t have the time to do so anymore. she decided to leave work although it was a tough decision. she loved her job but she loved her kids even more. she had to be there for them. she let their nanny off on paid-leave and offered them to come back whenever they wanted. ( the nanny had their own room in the reeves’ residence )

as soon as her children were adolescents, she went back to work confident as ever. fast forward a couple of years and edward has decided to run for president; releasing his presidential campain in 2016. ISADORA WAS BLINDSIDED. going into politics was something she did not want her family to go through. she became furious when he actually won the electoral college vote. there were days when she couldn’t even look at him.

resulting in his win, she thought she lost everything. not her family life but her career, everything she worked for. would it be possible to still work for the fbi and become the first lady of the united states? there was but she was assigned desk work and became miserable. she wasn’t too happy.

living in the white house:

it was evident that the reeves’ lives changed forever. before moving into the white house, their daughter had turned to isadora and had trouble breathing. sally had a panic attack. she was upset and spoke to edward when they arrived home. isadora didn’t know how to control her temper, so she became extremely protective of sally after her panic disorder diagnosis. has she failed her family?

she lost her confidence after being blindsided and eventually moving into the white house. she still worked for the agency but it wasn’t the same anymore. what was the point? she was willing to risk her life but not like this, not as the first lady.

a year of being in the white house, she realized that her husband’s agenda wasn’t what was planned through his campain. what was going on? lies and schemes of politicians, she thought. the redhead starting asking around about edd’s progress with a sincere smile on her face ... but wasn’t always given the answers she was looking for. little did they know, she could easily read people’s behavior but kept her mouth shut most of the time and was observant. after all, that was her job.

as a mother, isadora encouraged her children to do what they wanted with their studies. not forcing them to stick around at the white house if they didn’t want to. BULLSHIT. it was all shit and her life was changing far too much. she’s a chameleon, however. she wanted to avoid blaming her husband for what was happening. she had to clean up his mess.

isadora decided to let everything go and went along with it. all she wanted was a psychiatrist to talk to her and ease her life a little bit, but avoided thinking about it.

september 30th, the day she’d spoken to edward about his progress, being a supportive wife rather than a bitter one. it was the first time they’d spoken to each other as husband and wife. just themselves that morning. it was special. she felt loved. she needed to make it up to him somehow, apologizing endlessly. he forgave her.

sticking around the white house, or tending to her first lady duties, she was eventually escorted to a safer place. the next thing isadora knew, she was on her way to the hospital. one of the secret service agents had told her what happened. she was in shock. not realizing that she was the first one there, her husband arriving shortly after, she panicked. it wasn’t obvious but she panicked.

president reeves and vice president samuels are pronounced dead. isadora fell into the hospital floor on her knees. there weren’t tears in her eyes yet, but isa didn’t know how to react either. she never thought her husband and their colleague would end up being assassinated. mrs. reeves was furious. although being by her husband’s lifeless body, she didn’t leave his side. she couldn’t even after everything they went through. she couldn’t find it in her heart to deliver the news to mason and sally ann, not being able to form sentences when she’d open her mouth to speak.

she wants to hide from the world, longing to return to her hometown of new york city. she wants to get away. away from the press, away from everyone. she knew people had different opinions about potus and vpotus, but why did they have to be assassinated? that shoudn’t have happened. where was security, the secret service agents? endless questions were running through her mind. but running away wasn’t a solution. she wanted to do something. she needed answers? should she go back to the fbi headquarters? she didn’t know what to do. 

her former co-workers have reached out to her, she had tears in her eyes after hearing every single one of their voices. was the new female president going to kick her out of the white house? where could she go? she didn’t realize how much she missed working with her unit. she needs to come back but she felt like she was a target after her husband’s death... even though she didn’t have much to do with his agenda. she did clean up his mess and maybe people were beginning to figure it out. she’s gotten paranoid.

two months later, november 25th, president reeves’ funeral comes around. isadora couldn’t stay longer than a few hours, so she had to leave. it was all overwhelming. she’d have her sunglasses on, never having the intention of taking them off, and her eyes red from crying. she didn’t want to be seen. she was truly grateful from the outpouring support and condolences she’s received but... her life changed. she no longer had the love of her life with her, by her bedside, raising their children despite being a changing man after involving himself in politics.

what could she possibly do? she didn’t know where to go or who to trust. she did, however, support the new president, carolyn anderson. what was her agenda going to be like? she didn’t know? if anything, she’d stand by her if the time were to come but now isn’t the greatest time. isadora will eventually come back to her altruistic self, and hopefully soon. because when she’s back, no one will want to mess with her. she’ll be a changing woman.

revised and edited on november 27th at 9:57AM.  edited again to add the info at 10:19.  lmao i forgot to add the info.

i don’t know if it was mentioned before, but her main priority for becoming an agent was to provide safety to minority groups. it’s important to her. if no one else would stand up to injustices, then why can’t she? yes, isadora is a white woman but she’ll be your ally through and through. if she could’ve had the chance, she would’ve ran her president herself. but it’s not her cup of tea.

first off, this is my man, andrew. i have adapted him a bit to fit in this rp, but he is one of my favorite characters i have ever written and i am so excited to get to play him again, in a new revamped, sort of way! so, i’ll try to make this short, but i apologize in advance if this is terribly long.

andrew “drew” mcdonald was born in dallas, texas on march 25, 1987. he is an aries, btw.

his family were incredibly wealthy. his dad was a lawyer at one of the biggest firms, while his mother was a homemaker. while on the outside it seemed as if drew had an amazing life, beyond the pristine white picket fence ( more like mansion doors ) there was trouble in paradise.

his mom and dad hated one another with a burning passion and weren’t afraid to take it out on their kids. there was no physical abuse, but the two constantly pitted their children against one another. the family wanted to look perfect and that meant having the best optics for their family, which meant every child had to be perfect.

however, for drew this proved to be somewhat of a challenge. the boy already had middle child syndrome. feeling as if he was neither of his parents favorite along with the competition between his brothers. his older brother was excellent at sports and was a prodigy when it came to football, while his younger brother was incredibly intelligent, excelling especially when it came to math and science.

drew felt as if he was mediocre, average at best, and struggled with pleasing his family. they were always harsh on him, expecting to do everything his brothers were doing. if he was captain of the football team, why should he even participate? if he wasn’t first in his class, why was he even worrying about his grades? if he wasn’t perfect, what was the point?

when he told his parents he wanted to major in english, they looked at him sideways, completely dismissing his hopes. there was no money in that career, therefore he wasn’t allowed to go down that path, but nevertheless, drew dared to. he applied for american university, and though his grades weren’t the best, his writing truly shined. for him, writing was his only way of expressing himself, the only way he could be free, and finally someone was recognizing it.

his parents were not ecstatic about his choice of career, majoring in english was something they were not excited to mention to their friends when they asked what their son was doing, but they still paid his way through, after drew had pleaded with them to do so. it was on the one condition that he would not get in trouble: he would be the all american boy his parents wanted once and for all. of course, drew thought this was attainable, but his future had different plans.

after one night of heavily drinking, drew made the mistake of getting behind the wheel. he was turning, when he collided with another car. drew was fine, left with only a few scratches, meanwhile the woman on the other end was not so lucky. while there were no fatal injuries, she was paralyzed after the accident. drew didn’t know what to do.

his parents settled case for him, not wanting to bring any dirt to their family name, but they threatened to cut off drew. he had spiraled into a depression after the wreck, and no matter how much he disagreed with his parents’ actions, he knew he couldn’t lose them. so, he promised them that he would do whatever they wanted from him, which came at a massive cost.

since he was attending american university, his parents insisted that he change his major to political science. they knew a few politicians and promised they could him an internship, so of course, drew complied. he already dealt with the shame of feeling like the black sheep of his family and he didn’t want to have to deal with anything else.

he graduated and began to intern for a senator from massachusetts. he worked his way up from getting coffee to actual assisting with campaigns and in the offices. while working on a campaign, he shadowed a speechwriter, and constantly begged to help write speeches. soon enough, his begging seemed to finally wear, and he was able to sit in on a few speechwriting meetings, which eventually landed him a job as a speechwriter.

fast-forward a few years later and he became one of the senior speechwriters for the speaker of the house. then, on that fateful day in september, he felt his life had changed. suddenly, he was a speechwriter for the president of the united states, it was unthinkable.

now, drew is running about the white house, trying to get all of his speeches in on time. he is trying his hardest to not fuck anything up. now, his parents happily claim him as their own, of course having a son who works in the west wing is always something to brag about, but sometimes, drew wonders what would happen if he had pursued a degree in english. If he hadn’t given into his parents wishes and tried to survive on his own.

also, the settlement he reached after his accident still plagues him. it is something he has hidden and he knows it would ruin his career if anyone were to ever find out. the anxiety and depression he had after the accident has lessened back, but in times of major stress, he often feels those come back.

personality wise, drew is a workaholic ( like most people in d.c. ) but when he is very chill in basically every other sense. he is a nice guy, a southern gentleman if you would ( that texas charm is still in him ) but also, if i could compare him to any mix of characters it would be : dan from veep , phil from modern family , and josh from the office. i know, a weird mix, but he is an enigma! oh, also, idk if anyone watches/listens to pod save america, but… drew is definitely jon favs… it’s ridiculous.

dropping out of university to join a improv troupe, romy ‘s always had one goal in mind . comedy is her life, it always has been . her father was a comedian, so you could say the desire to make people belly laugh is in her blood . the adrenaline she feels when even one person laughs at her jokes ? there ‘s no better feeling in the world 

that being said, she didn ‘t get her big break until 6 years ago . performing in dim-lit, sketchy bars for years, she was nearly ready to hang up her hat . but the audition of a lifetime fell into her lap, and by god she got it ! she was going to be on snl ! 

6 years later, she ‘s notorious for her impressions of current vice president giorgia crawford, among other celebrities . she ‘s even dipped her toe into hollywood, starring in a handful of comedies in the last two years ! 

with everything going on in the world, she 's intent on shedding some light ! and for her, light comes in the form of comedy ! occasionally she ‘s been called out for being insensitive, crude, but she doesn ‘t think there ‘s anything wrong with evoking material from real life . in fact, she think it ‘s the only way to go . true comedy is being self-aware 

she splits her time between new york and washington, getting a real kick out of being in the place where the madness happens . she ‘s actually very in tune with what ‘s going on in the world, and likes to use her platform as much as she can . she 's not afraid to piss anyone off, so she ‘s very vocal about her beliefs ! most of which lean very left, by the way 

long story short, she ‘s here to roast you ! but she ‘ll also gladly partake in conversation, and do whatever she can for the democratic process . especially if it comes in the form of taking a couple cracks at it !