hi i’m ferb and here’s my little (kind evil) baby rhett! he’s just gotten himself a job at wade senior high school as a guidance counselor, and he’s basically not the best guy for that job, but it’s the one what was available so... buckle up guys because this is a fiery train wreck of a person and i really can’t describe him any other way! also before we get started, under the cut and in the links there’s a few trigger warnings: death, murder, drug use & mentions of prostitution.
Known Aliases: Jack Tyler West, Michael O'Farrell, Eliot Shultz
Nicknames: Mr. Gregory, Mr. G
Age: 43
Date of Birth: October 31, 1976
Zodiac: Scorpio
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Current Location: Wade, Illinois
Occupation: Guidance Counselor at Wade Senior High School (Con-Man)
Gender: Cis Male
Pronouns: He/Him
Sexuality: Bisexual
RUNDOWN:
Rhett was born and raised in San Francisco, his father walked out on his mother when he was ten. His mother struggled to put food on the table and, at fifteen years old, Rhett boarded a bus for Las Vegas to find a new life.
Las Vegas wasn’t all glitz and glam like the television led Rhett to believe. He fell into a life of petty theft and scams, stealing wallets off drunks on Fremont Street and selling fake IDs to anyone who wanted to drink underage in the City of Sin.
He was twenty when he decided to graduate to robbery. He recruited another guy who ran in the same circles and they decided to rob the winner of a million dollar slot tournament. It was supposed to be an easy hold up and then they’d lay low for a while until the buzz died down, but things went wrong.
The man Rhett had recruited for the job was a little more erratic than he’d expected, and suddenly Rhett had blood splattered on his glasses and hands he’d never be able to wipe clean. He runs, and the man he’d hired ends up going on a murder spree - in the end he had a body count of ten people. Ten people that Rhett personally blames himself for the deaths of.
He’s in a depressive state for months on end after, just going through the motions. And almost a year later he wakes up in bed with a prostitute he hired and realizes he’d hit rock bottom. He turns it around, little by little.
He still wakes up and looks for the kid he was in San Francisco in the mirror. Every day. And that kid never stares back.
He moved to New York in 2001, finding out that he can go even lower as he scammed people who only wanted to help victims of the attacks. He basically stole where he could to survive for seven years there, until 2008.
He got a little help in between, talking to a therapist who hated him for a few months. He even tried to go straight, taking a job at a bodega and becoming a new man again. It was great, for a little while.
When Wall Street crashed, he stole the money in the register and went to Boston.
In Boston, he became Michael O’Farrell, and he started up his old scams again. This time, though, he had the technology to skim credit cards. He made a lot of money in a very short time, until he was approached by the mob.
They wanted a hit man, and he’d never kill another person. It only served to remind him of what he’d done. He said no. And he really doesn’t know how he survived it. Perhaps it was the charm he carries like a badge.
Whatever, he would make it another twelve years in Boston before things went wrong. He pissed off the wrong guy again and this time, they again decided not to kill him.
Instead, they turned him in to the FBI.
That’s what led him to Wade. He sat in a diner and googled where he was and realized that, with the death of Josie and the way people seemed to not notice what was around them: it was the perfect place to try and go straight again.
He got a job as a guidance counselor with forged paperwork and he’s been doing that ever since!
TL;DR:
Rhett is a con man who has done a lot of bad things in his life, and he’s taking refuge in Wade and posing as a guidance counselor while he waits for the authorities to forget about him.
(Though people mostly explore physical abuse, which isn’t bad, I do think we should also pay attention to emotional abuse. Emotional scars are just as damaging as physical scars. Maybe even worse.
I do try to explore emotional abuse through my muses. Jack was terrible to Scott before his death. Especially when he was cheating on Jill. Jack would use his son to get women’s numbers. Along with @ccartmann mun and @danceformepiggy jack would have Scott babysit little Eric so, he could sleep with Liane. Later when jack was afraid Scott might realize what he’s doing Jack made Scott believe hanging out with kids is uncool.
Sure Jack is currently trying to redeem himself. He does love Scott. But I can’t blame Scott for being bitter and mean to his old man. Though maybe it’s learned behavior as Jack himself had a emotionally abusive mom. Though I used to rp her my muse for her is dead. Once in awhile I will probably do some head canons on how her behavior affected Jack.
Rhett is someone I really wanted to explore. His dad was physically abusive. He was a homophobic and Rhett’s gay. Rhett’s mom isn’t innocent neither. She is emotionally distant to her son. Choosing work over him. The only good thing she probably did was rescue him from her now ex husband. But when Rhett needed his mom the most she was never there. Rhett turned to drinking as a way to cope.)
Is there any chance I can get an official story about how Rhett discovered kazoos?
Absolutely! :D
He and Theo just got back on their feet after leaving the gang they were a part of behind, and Theo really wanted a guitar. He saw a man come through town once that played for him and his sisters and had wanted to learn ever since, but his family just didn’t have the time or money.
So, with some normalcy in their lives, they went to a music store to pick one out for Theo’s birthday. Rhett had exactly zero knowledge of any musical instrument, but he saw how happy Theo was with a guitar, so he wanted something small and easy.
Upon asking the guy working there, the clerk jokingly told him they had some kazoos and showed him what it was, and Rhett was like, “All I have to do is hum into it???? I am SOLD.” So he got himself a kazoo while Theo picked out one of his first guitars. The second Theo heard the sound the kazoo made he banned it from being played in the house, though, so Rhett does his best to play it everywhere else because he thinks it’s fun :)
CISMALE, HE/HIM. Hey, is that DAVE FRANCO, no that is just RHETT ASHWOOD around Turtle Bay. I heard they are 35 years old, and their birthday is DECEMBER 24TH, 1990. They rest their heads in the WOODLAND but they can mainly be found working as VET in the DOWNTOWN. Some say they are KIND, OPEN-MINDED, WARM and can be DEFENSIVE, DISTANT, RESERVED. I hear they are NEWCOMMER either way Turtle Bay is home and welcomes you!
BASICS:
full name: Rhett Dash Ashwood
nickname: Rhett
age: 35
dob: December 24th, 1990
hometown: Denver, Colorado
current location: Turtle Bay, South Carolina
neighborhood: Downtown
occupation: Animal Vet
gender: Male
pronouns: He/him
sexuality: Panroamtic-Demisexual
relationship status: Single
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
face claim: Dave Franco
hair color: Brown
eye color: Brown
height: 5'7
weight: 160 lbs
build: Athletic
tattoos: None
piercings: None
FAMILY:
Mother: Roe Ashwood (Deceased)
Father: Johnny Ashwood (Deceased)
Siblings: None
Children:
Pet(s): Melody (Cat), Bax (Dog)
Significant Relationship(s): Joshua Rex St-James (Late Husband)
Occupation: Currently unemployed, but a struggling musician
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Current Location: Seattle, Washington
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship status: Dating Allegra Nardi
About Rhett:
TW: Drug use, drug abuse, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, and drug overdose (TW bullet points will be italicized)
Rhett Matthews was born on June 15th, 1991. He was the the oldest of 7. He had two sisters and 4 brothers. His sisters and two of his brothers were twins.
His parents had to spend most of their time working to pay the bills, so Rhett devoted much of his time to watching over his siblings growing up.
When he wasn’t doing that, he spent all his other time learning how to play music, drawing and painting. Rhett was a very artistically gifted boy. He was far beyond his years when it came to playing music, as well as drawing.
Over his youth, Rhett learned how to play the guitar, piano, bass guitar, cello, violin, trumpet and the drums. His favorites to play were guitar and piano, however, so he mostly focused on those when he could.
His parents always encouraged Rhett to pursue whatever he wanted so he put all his effort into music. Rhett began to write his own songs when he was around twelve years old and never looked back.
When Rhett was twenty years old, he said goodbye to Cambridge and moved to New York City, knowing that his best chance to get on a label was to move to America. And what better place was there than America?
For about a year, he worked odd jobs around the city, saving up every single penny he could so he could rent a recording studio. It was hard, but he managed it and got himself a studio for 3 hours. In those three hours, Rhett put his heart and soul in a demo that he truly believed was going to take him places.
Rhett sent the single out to label, after label, after label and for two years, he hadn’t heard a single response from any of them. He was starting to get discouraged and was starting to think that his dream was dead. But Rhett continued to play at local clubs, just wanting to play music.
Slowly, but surely, responses started to trickle in about his demo and every single response he got, was a denial. None of the labels thought he was a good fit.
Rhett fell into a depression. He wasn’t able to get himself out of bed. Every day it was harder to want to want to be there. Rhett truly thought that he was meant to play music and he was meant to be a rockstar…and without that, he was nothing. Rhett couldn’t dare to think about it.
He attempted to end his life by hanging himself but fortunately for Rhett, his roommate at the time came home and caught him just in time.
For weeks, he still didn’t budge from his bed. He just wallowed. He had a few friends from his local music scene visit him and one in particular knew that Rhett was struggling and offered him a hit of cocaine to try and ease the pain. Having nothing to lose, Rhett obliged and that was his first introduction to drugs.
From there, he quickly spiraled into addiction. He started with cocaine, then moved to smoking crack and once that lost its luster, Rhett found heroin. He has been using it ever since.
After a while, Rhett was finally able to start living his life again, getting random small jobs around town just to make some cash so he could support his lifestyle.
Rhett had missed paying his roommate rent for several months and he was kicked out of his home. With nowhere to go, Rhett lived on the streets for a short time before he found himself living at a homeless shelter. He spent a few months there before he found an ad in the newspaper about an old woman needing a hands-on roommate to take care of her home. Much to his surprise, the ad hadn’t been filled and the old woman, named Rosa, agreed to let Rhett live with her without pay as long as he did all the manual labor of taking care of the home. She was just too old to do it herself anymore.
For a while, Rhett was dating a man named Rafael who he was madly in love with. However, Rafael couldn’t deal with his drug addiction and he broke up with Rhett. After a few months of fighting and begging, Rhett eventually agreed to go to rehab for the man. However, when he finally agreed, Rafael disappeared into the night without a word, leaving Rhett alone again. The pain of his love disappearing without a word led him to overdose once again.
From there, he just continued to survive as an addict, partying, sometimes making money from gigs. Through his partying, however, he met Allegra Nardi and for months, they beat around the bushes with one another. Rhett was afraid to fall in love again, but he did it anyway and fell head over heels for her.
However, Rhett’s addiction never waned and he was so far in debt with his dealer that the two of them decided to leave New York City and move across the country to Seattle. It was the only thing they could think of to do while he worked on getting money to pay off his dealer.
Name: Rhett Matthews
Age: 31
Birthday: June 15th
Zodiac: Gemini
Occupation: Employee at Water Fairy Studios
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Current Location: Tonopah Falls, Nevada
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship status: Single
(TW: drug use, drug abuse suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts) I will italicize those parts
-Rhett Matthews was born on June 15th, 1991. He was the the oldest of 7. He had two sisters and 4 brothers.
-His parents had to spend most of their time working to pay the bills, so Rhett devoted much of his time to watching over his siblings growing up.
-When he wasn’t doing that, he spent all his other time learning how to play music, drawing and painting. Rhett was a very artistically gifted boy. He was far beyond his years when it came to playing music, as well as drawing.
-Over his youth, Rhett learned how to play the guitar, piano, bass guitar, cello, violin, trumpet and the drums.
-His parents always encouraged Rhett to pursue whatever he wanted so he put all his effort into music and painting. Rhett began to write his own songs and painting whenever he could when he was around twelve years old and never looked back.
-When Rhett was twenty years old, he said goodbye to Cambridge and moved to New York City, knowing that his best chance to get on a label was to move to America. And what better place was there than New York?
-For about a year, he worked odd jobs around the city, saving up every single penny he could so he could rent a recording studio. It was hard, but he managed it and got himself a studio for 3 hours. In those three hours, Rhett put his heart and soul in a demo that he truly believed was going to take him places.
-Rhett sent the single out to label, after label, after label and for two years, he hadn’t heard a single response from any of them. He was starting to get discouraged and was starting to think that his dream was dead. But Rhett continued to play at local clubs, just wanting to play music.
-Slowly, but surely, responses started to trickle in about his demo and every single response he got, was a denial. None of the labels thought he was a good fit.
-Rhett fell into a depression. He wasn’t able to get himself out of bed. Every day it was harder to want to want to be there. Rhett truly thought that he was meant to play music and he was meant to be a rockstar…and without that, he was nothing. Rhett couldn’t dare to think about it.
-He attempted to end his life by hanging himself but fortunately for Rhett, his roommate at the time came home and caught him just in time.
-For weeks, he still didn’t budge from his bed. He just wallowed. He had a few friends from his local music scene visit him and one in particular knew that Rhett was struggling and offered him a hit of cocaine to try and ease the pain. Having nothing to lose, Rhett obliged and that was his first introduction to drugs.
-From there, he quickly spiraled into addiction. He started with cocaine, then moved to smoking crack and once that lost its luster, Rhett found heroin. He has been using it ever since.
-About six months ago, Rhett decided that music clearly wasn't working out for him and he wanted to pursue his over love, art. New York wasn't all that known for it's painters, from what he knew. So he decided to move across the country with nothing but a couple hundred dollars, some clothes and his guitars. Living in Vegas was far too expensive, so he found a small place outside of it called Tonopah Falls. There, Rhett was finally able to start living his life again, getting random small jobs around town just to make some cash so he could support his lifestyle.
-With nowhere to go, Rhett lived on the streets for a short time before he found himself living at a homeless shelter. He spent a few months there before he found an ad in the newspaper about an old woman needing a hands-on roommate to take care of her home. Much to his surprise, the ad hadn’t been filled and the old woman, named Rosa, agreed to let Rhett live with her without pay as long as he did all the manual labor of taking care of the home. She was just too old to do it herself anymore.
-To this day, he is still living with Rosa, keeping his drug addiction hidden from literally everyone in his life, and still trying to make an artist of any kind. Rhett wasn't picky at this point.
Headcanons:
-All of his siblings have R names. Two twin boys, Randall and Ricky. And then boy and girl twins, Ryan and Riley. And then two sisters, Robin and Reagan.
-Rhett's favorite instruments to play are guitar and piano (and singing). His least favorite is the trumpet (and the triangle and shakers, but he barely counts those because everyone can play those).
-He isn't very great at swimming. He often looks like he's flopping around, trying to find his way to shore again.
-His favorite food is tomato soup and a grilled cheese.
-Aside from painting, his next favorite art medium is charcoal.
-Rhett has several tattoos all over his body and his nose pierced. He used to have his nipples pierced back in the day, but he let them close up.
INNOCENT / GUILTY MEME: I stole this meme from someone else couldn’t find a blank version
asked someone to marry you? —Guilty
kissed one of your friends? — Guilty
danced on a table in a bar / tavern? — Guilty
ever told a lie? — Guilty
had feelings for someone you can’t have? — Guilty
ever kissed someone of the same sex? — Guilty
kissed a picture? — innocent
slept until 5pm? — innocent
fallen asleep at work / school? — Guilty
worked at a fast food chain / restaurant? — Innocent
stolen something? — Guilty
been fired from a job? —Guilty
done something you regret? — Guilty
laughed until something you were drinking came out of your nose? — innocent
caught a snowflake on your tongue? — Guilty
kissed in the rain? — Innocent- fucking lame
sat on a rooftop? — Guilty
kissed someone you shouldn’t have? — Guilty
sang in the shower? — innocent-lame as hell. plus i don’t sing
been pushed into a body of water with all your clothes on? Guilty
shaved your head? — Innocent
slept naked? —guilty
made a boyfriend / girlfriend cry? — innocent
shot a gun? —Guilty
still loved someone you shouldn’t? — guilty
have / had a tattoo? — innocent
liked someone, but will never tell who? —Guilty
been too honest? — Innocent
ruined a surprise? —Guilty
been told that you’re beautiful by someone who totally meant what they said? — Guilty
stalked someone? —innocent
thoughts about murder? — Guilty
how about mass murder? — Innocent
cheated on someone? — No
gotten so angry that you cried? — Guilty
tried to stay away from someone for their own good? —innocent
thoughts about suicide? — Guilty
had a girlfriend / boyfriend? — Guilty
gotten totally drunk during a holiday? —-Guilty
