francesca legacy ridley โ long time sunglasses enthusiast, witch, social media mogul, specialist in all manners of the addictive. who's been messing up everything? it's probably been frankie all along. ( MONARDA'S HELLKITE, by shannon. )
FRANKIE RIDLEY HAD NOT expected, per sรฉ, to assimilate perfectly ( or instantly )ย into a quaint life in Monarda, for a purpose presently unknown and thus unachieved, but perhaps the social media founder had naively hoped that โ three months post-panicked pre-birthday move that made her circle of โbestiesโ ( gross ) titter about avoiding a proper fortieth bash โ her status as the local celebrity would, by the present time, be diminished.ย
This was precisely the point: naively, because her Zuckerberg-But-Better โ a low bar, barely worth even trying to limbo under, but still โ status hadnโt budged.ย She pulled her sunglasses slightly off her face after the most recent encounter, and leant on a wall as though to recuperate some semblance of social energy.
โ LYING IS THE MOST FUN A GIRL CAN HAVE WITHOUT TAKING HER CLOTHES OFF (BUT ITโS BETTER IF YOU DO!)
โI CANโT RECALLย a single amazing thing i have seen first-hand that i didn't immediately reference to a movie or tv show. a fucking commercial. you know the awful singsong of the blasรฉ: seeeen it. i've literally seen it all, and the worst thing, the thing that makes me want to blow my brains out, is: the secondhand experience is always better. the image is crisper, the view is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way reality can't anymore.โ
hi there ! iโm shannon, iโm non-binary, my pronouns are she/they and iโm from the united kingdom. you can just call me the ceo of the unhinged rosamund pike cinematic universe, though. or keira knightleyโs bitch, because i am, even if i decided against bringing her this time ( still might later ! ) i love morally corrupt women, iโd give my life for them, if one couldnโt tell by . . . uh. frankie.ย
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[ rosamund pike | 40 | she/her | cis woman ] if it isnโt FRANCESCA RIDLEY ! you know, FRANKIE ! theyโve lived in monarda for TWO MONTHS. some people say that theyโre CONSCIENTIOUS & CHARMING, but that they can also be PRIVILEGED & AVARICIOUS. last i heard, they were working FREELANCE as a BUSINESSWOMAN ! iโve also heard the rumor that theyโre a WITCH. if youโd ask me, they remind me of BEING BORN WITH THE METALLIC TANG OF A SILVER SPOON IN YOUR MOUTH ( JUST LIKE THE TASTE OF YOUR OLD-MONEY BLOOD ), โMANEATERโ BY NELLY FURTADO PLAYING, SLIGHTLY MUFFLED, FROM INSIDE YOUR CAR, LIKE MUSIC FROM A PARTY BATHROOM, & THE NOTION OF A NEW SELF YOUโLL FIND BY THE SHORE ( BUT HOWโS THAT WORKING OUT FOR YOU, HONEY? DO YOU FEEL LOVED? ) ! i wonder what monardaโs got in store for them today!
BASICS โ
NAME: francesca legacy ridley (ย yes, really. )
AGE: forty ( b. 28 january, 1981 โ knightsbridge, london, united kingdom.ย )
NICKNAMES: frankie , and frankie only.
GENDER: cis female.
ORIENTATIONS: bisexual / biromantic.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: divorced & single.
NATIONALITY: british-american ( dual. )
ETHNICITY: white ( english. )
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: english, french, german.
OCCUPATION: social media mogul & socialite. ex-sunglasses model.ย
EDUCATION: institut le rosey & magdalen college, oxford.
PERSONALITY โ
ASTROLOGICAL BIG THREE: aquarius sun, scorpio moon, scorpio rising.
MBTI TYPE: entj-a. ( the commander. )
HOGWARTS HOUSE: slytherin ( ravenclaw hatstall. )
ENNEAGRAM TYPE: eight with a seven wing ( the maverick. )
THEME SONG: maneater by nelly furtado.
FAVOURITE SONG: lay all your love on me by abba.
FAVOURITE ALBUM: super trouper by abba (1980)
PET PEEVES: people who donโt sayย โthank youโ when you open the door. back-seat drivers. chewing too loudly. tea thatโs too milky. cambridge graduates.ย
GUILTY PLEASURES: radio-friendly pop music. sunglasses, still. netflix-binge style sitcoms. kate winslet movies. true crime documentaries. st trinianโs (2007) dir. oliver parker.
ABOUT โ
sheโs deeply charming but also . . . itโs mostly theatre. ridleys know how to put on a show. ridleys know how to make friends. so meet frankie: #1 flirt, #1 liar, and perfectionist to the nth degree.
oxford graduate from a family of oxford graduates ; if you donโt get what that means for a person, substitute oxford with harvard and you might just about be getting there, right down to the annoying person โ the sort of humdrum regular who grinds on francescaโs gears โ who saysย โ oh, you went to harvard? say something smart! โ growing up in a house in london that looks like it is out of a fairytale ( would be, if the city and all its bustle and noise werenโt on the doorstepย ) is about as sweet as it sounds, and who could blame one for getting a touch . . . jealous ? well, other than frankie, a product of a private school in switzerland, an oxford college, and a trust fund, who could judge someone for breathing incorrectly, and says things such asย โ jealousy is a disease, get well soon.ย โ
HOW DID SHE GET TO HER CURRENT POSITIONย ? . . .other than her parentsโ money and a wealth of connections? well, frankie quickly came to understand something; that every time the older generations catch up to a social media platform, thereโs a sudden vacuum as the younger generation work out where to go. and where the audience go is where the influence is, which gains you more connections, more wealth, more influence in places people would never even think to look. do you ever think about what information leaves your hands, and where, when you agree to the terms and conditions? you probably should.ย
[ NOTE : when i imagine the platform, itโs something fairly twitter-esque, but without the people who use long hashtags and canโt figure out how it works. and more . . . aesthetic, somehow. like pinterest-level aesthetics. iโll be working it out over time, but iโve named it spectrum. yes, itโs named after the florence & the machine song, please donโt judge me. it started off as a university project รก la the social network ( brilliant bloody movie ) that went onto a massive scale & became trendy and addictive. imagine if mark zuckerberg was a cool, bisexual, female ex-sunglasses model who once married the heir to grovesnor group, made him sign a considerable prenup and then divorced him when he cheated ( there was some full diana revenge dress content )ย fifteen years ago, just before her old university idea went mainstream. he regrets it now, doesnโt he ?ย ]
imagine the kind of assholes who would give their childย โ legacy โ as a middle nameย to remind her of the constant pressure on her shouldersย ? welcome to the ridleys, london-born mother & father to francesca ( golden child, with more issues than meets the eye, actually as much of a party girl as her sister but successfulย ) and roman ( motorbike-obsessed disgrace. ) theyโre one of the oldest witch families out there, but โ up until frankie & roman โ theyโve been able to keep it quiet for their own benefit.ย
so what does frankieย DO with her magic? she always says she specialises in the tempting, though the addictive is perhaps more apt. want to feel so excited about something youโll never be bored again? want the best trip of your life? frankieโs your gal. and does it have anything to do with how influential spectrum became & how much of an addictive presence she can be? . . . well, thatโs for her to know & no one to find out.ย
AND NOW, THE FINAL QUESTION: why the fuck is londonโs premier rich bitch in where sheโd consider nowhere, maine ? well, sheโs on sort of a self-recreation trip right now. think about tahani in the good place when she tries to step out of the spotlight without actually doing it, except sheโs thinking the sea air will cleanse her of a slight... unease coming with the approaching mid-life crisis and having to dye her greys out.ย
but now sheโs in a smaller place than sprawling london, living in that house you look at and thinkย โfuck, iโd kill for that view,โ having to associate with people properly rather than being almost a concept of a person . . . what if people tear aside the mask and discover the serpentine nature and the moral rot that lies behind it ?
