#kennedy mitchell

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Kennedy why are slumming it with a girl like Em? She’s had more dicks in her than most people in a lifetime. Need a dirty secret?

Who the fuck do you think you are saying that. Just like a coward to hide in the shadows? Em lives a life as a product of her past but SHE is not the product. She’s a living, breathing human being and I promise not the person you see on the surface. She’s not a dirty secret either. So fuck off, asshole. 

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@emeryfleming

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So Kennedy, why are you shacking up with a prostitute? You slumming it to remember your past?

“Excuse me? You think people are just their jobs? Em is more than the work she does but a jackass like you wouldn’t see it. I’m not slumming. She’s higher on any totem you’d ever be, you fucking coward. You’re the reason people get called assholes. Nothing but shit comes out of you, apparently.”

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😩🌌💢 Kennedy and Zee

Hardest thing about writing the muse?

Kennedy - The hardest thing about writing Kennedy is sometimes I need him to be a grouchy asshole and he wants to be a cuddling teddy bear. Other times I would like for him to be a snuggle bear and he turns in to the world’s biggest cocksucker. Also, he hates being called a cocksucker. 

Zaniah - I don’t necessarily know that it is hard to write anything for her. She is the easiest flowing muse for the most part because she is my first, my baby. That being said sometimes I have to reel her back because she talks SOOOO dang much and can’t hide her expression and rarely her opinion. Some find it endearing. Other want to kill her.

Favorite alternate version of the muse?

Kennedy - I love playing Kennedy in alternate verses that are period pieces? Since his face credit is Tom Hardy and there is a wealth of inspiration to draw from shows like Taboo and Peaky Blinders it really gets the creative juices flowing perhaps more than just his main verse as a gangster.

Zaniah - She’s a hard one because she is kind of a softy. Her alternate ID is Charlie Montgomery and I love that AU where she does not come from tragedy and always struggling to feel love. She makes a lot of poor choices because she feels so unworthy most days. Don’t get me wrong, I love my soft and gentle little prostitute but every once in a while it is fun to play her as a badass like her face credit Jaimie Alexander portrays so well. 

Something about the muse that annoys you?

Kennedy - He is so fucking demanding. So Kennedy sits at a large mahogany desk in my head and will frequently DEMAND I write him a certain way, perform a specific task or say something other than what I think the situation calls for. He can be a real prick. And you know what he says to me when we argue in my head? You made me the king, deal with it woman and write me the way I say! 

Zaniah - I think if I had to say ONE thing that annoys me would be how her mood affects mine. She feels very unloved or unworthy of love quite often. She is not needy by any mean and quite tough but her heart. It hurts a lot and she always feels second best and then internally feels depressed and I feel that way when it happens. She can be very snarky too and honestly does not like sharing. 

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Kennedy Mitchell Biography

The man known as Kennedy Mitchell was born Ivan Mazur in the small Ukrainian village of Zborev. The town suffered many economic shortfalls and many citizens left to go to bigger cities with more opportunity. Very early on, young Ivan met a boy several years his elder by the name of Pavlo Terasenko. Pavlo had gotten in with some of the local gangsters and started doing odd jobs for them eventually getting Ivan a job as well. Always eager to impress, Ivan would do the jobs that most didn’t want to do. He had no hesitation, no fear and above all – no conscience. Ivan was merciless.

At the age of 16, he was sent to kill a man that had slighted his boss. He was small, only 5’9”, compared to some of the other men in the industry and though he spent part of his time lifting weights trying to bulk up it did nothing for his height. It was more of a reason to be unrelenting. During the hit, the man fought back and ran Ivan through with a sword. Ivan grew fierce with anger that he’d been hurt – kicking himself for getting hurt (something that had never occurred in the past) he pulled the sword from the wound and beheaded the man as he was walking away.

Despite care from his boss for the wound he incurred it took Ivan months to heal properly. His determination to succeed only grew with each passing day. By the time he was 18, he wanted his own piece of the action. The man he worked for was not willing to relinquish to him any part of Zborev or the surrounding areas taking it as far as actually laughing at Ivan that he could be so audacious. Ivan hated the idea that someone could possibly believe he was not capable or worthy of being in charge. He promptly pulled a gun and shot the man and one of his guards. Another fought with him and he beat the third man to death with his bare hands.

Unsure what to do he found Pavlo. His longtime friend packed him up and shipped him off to the United States where he changed his name to something he felt was more American, Kennedy Mitchell. Pavlo would eventually follow Kennedy out to California and between them, they have taken over and completely run everything dirty from Torrence to Westminster and as far north and Compton.

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Character Development for Kennedy and Ivan. Questions: 16, 28, 67, 80, and 94.

16. What is their choice of weapon? For both Ivan and Kennedy the weapon of choice is brass knuckles. They both carry them at all times and you can be guaranteed of that. Ivan has a super short temper and loves pummeling people. Kennedy is a little more methodical, but still likes hands over guns.

28. What makes them laugh out loud? Kennedy is easily amused by Em’s jokes. He loves her and will snort out a chuckle when she is being silly. Ivan is less amused. He will usually only laugh out loud when someone thinks they can beat him at his own game. He is the king, no?

67. Does your character believe in fate or destiny? The answer for both is yes. How they approach it is different. Kennedy believes his fate is a tragic end - as all men in his family and in the life he chooses to lead. He fights it strategically in the hopes he will get to grow old and grey with the woman he loves. Ivan knows he is destined for a bitter and violent end. He only asks that he can go down swinging.

80. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions? Both Kennedy and Ivan are better at reading lying than any other emotion. The fear or even over-cockiness that people exude when they lie is the easiest and both deplore lying.

94. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know. Kennedy - he can cook, he’s an excellent housekeeper and he can read very fast.Ivan - loves dogs, loves his brother and tying back into the first two - he can actually love something other than himself.

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Snow Rehab: Kennedy & Em

Throughout his life Kennedy was not the type of guy to rush in to anything. Even, as an observing, a person thinking he leapt before he looked they would be mistaken. If Kennedy put his mind to something he had considered every option, every out, or every negotiation well in advance. He has a head for business and no one ever questioned it. No one on his staff would have ever said to his face or with in ear shot of his loyalist employees that he’d rushed in to a relationship with Em Fleming.  The romance happened quickly and Kennedy knew he’d be on precarious ground with his best dealer after sweeping the guys lady off her feet.  The way Kennedy saw it – if Em had truly been in love with Johnnie, she would have never walked away so easy.

Keeping that in mind, Kennedy Mitchell felt the same about Em. She had a rough life prior to meeting him and even her time spent with Johnnie “Bud” Fiske wasn’t easy. Johnnie caved to every demand Em would present simply to avoid having to deal with her past. Wanting only the best for her Kennedy pushed avenues of help like therapy, counseling and such but in the end Em ran to what she knew best. Drugs. Attempting to deal with not only the assault but the brutality of it and the recovery time he knew she felt helpless and made every effort to show her he was and could be patient.

Above all else Kennedy did not want Em to feel like she was being shoved away by sending her to a rehab when he discovered her stash. Instead he called up the staff at his Colorado home and asked that they prepare the house. Kennedy was going to take Em there for the winter. Now he knew she would protest being away from Zaniah for so long, but he had a solution for that too and thankfully Em’s best friend was grateful for him taking the time to see her closest companion through this hard time. The only way to get Em there was to surprise her. More days than not she stayed locked up in doors unless she needed a fix. As suspected, Kennedy entered their bedroom to find her sitting in a chair all alone starring mournfully out the window.

“Hello darling, may I sit with you?”

@emeryfleming

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REVIEW - POWER SWITCH (Power Play) by Kennedy Mitchell "fast paced,intriguing & engaging"