the survivor, the guardian, THE DARK KNIGHT
CHARACTER INFLUENCES: Nikita Mears ( Nikita ), April Ludgate ( Parks and Rec ), Peyton Charles ( iZombie ), Prue Halliwell ( Charmed )
THE DARK KNIGHT label fits Emmeline Vance because whatever it takes to make the world a better place. Each of the characters above have bent, broken, or disregarded the law entirely to help their friends or the people in need move forward and succeed. To get what they deserve. The LAW has never helped Emmeline, it has never been on her side, it has never saved her from the hurt she’s experienced when it should’ve -- so she doesn’t believe in it. Even with her aspirations to be an Auror, Emmeline hopes to be able to take advantage of that power to do more than what the law dictates. Working within the SHADOWS comes naturally to Emmeline having to be a shadow in her own home for several years, learning the benefit of quiet survival. Of quiet rebellion & quiet living. She likes to work behind the scenes to do what she needs to in this war because that’s going to be a way she survives it. It’s the way the people she cares about & those who deserve it might as well. She doesn’t like any of the attention she may get just for doing the right thing because, in her mind, doing the RIGHT THING shouldn’t be praised -- it should be the standard. This isn’t to say that Emmeline is a paragon of righteousness -- maybe of her own brand of it, yes, but she doesn’t always do the right thing. Sometimes, Emmeline can do the very wrong thing thinking it is the right thing -- much like many of the characters above. There’s a guilt that comes with it, one she suppresses because it’s not helpful, though it comes POURING out into the same fuel that caused her to fuck up in the first place. There is a cost of working in the shadows, of being so self sacrificing but she’s willing to pay it if means the world is better, lighter, happier, more equal. Her life, in the grand scheme of things, means nothing compared to the good she can make by sacrificing everything for it. Even her life. Emmeline is a fighter, a survivor, and everyone’s survival looks a little bit like death sometimes. She is not afraid to embrace the dark, to become the dark, if it means the world gains a little light.
⊰ EMMELINE VANCE ⊱
