What is Rhonda doing in a modern au? Welll:
- Most of her backstory is still the same; an immigrant from Italy who migrated to New York, but instead of a burlesque dancer she was a stripper for a while when she first came to the states.
- Her personality is also slightly different, she’s still sort of shy and reserved and a lot more friendly than she is in her main verse. She stays to herself more.
- The history with her and Marcelo’s father is still there, but instead of getting married they only had a baby with one another and are currently just co-parent besties. She works as a waitress in the daytime at an Italian restaurant his family owns.Â
- Marcelo is her only child in this universe and he’s about 12ish starting to get into hoodlum activities and it’s her main worry in this verse, she’s a stressed out single mama who feels like her life is ending because she’s in her thirties and hasn’t had a real serious relationship yet. In her head, the clock is ticking.
- Of course, Gabriel is the one getting Marcelo involved in these hoodlum things, spending time with him because he really wants to get close to Rhonda but she’s been dodging him left and right. She’s heard about his trifling ways and the last thing she wants to do is get in trouble because of him and have to go back to Italy.
- As if being a waiter and stripper weren’t enough, she also sometimes works as a dance coach at a local high school just because dancing is still her passion.
