#Francesca Root-Dodson

[barclaysangel]

Bisexual Ecco from Gotham icons

Ecco is the love of my life, I miss her! She deserved more screen time!

Like or reblog if you use or save please!

[ruleof3bobby]

REBEL IN THE RYE (2017) Grade: C

It was missing mystery. Something wasn't there, casting was well & the dialogue was good enough. Not sure if they could have done more with Kevin Spacey's character, it needed a better hook. Still okay for the audience that likes history.

[chrisnaustin]

If only I were she!

Francesca Root-Dodson for Éclair Naturals commercial, February 2017

[nocontxt404]

4x01 The Munsters (2/2)

[b-rainlet]

in honour of Benedict-Posts-Something-In-Instagram-Day, i want to show you this and inform you that he still, in fact, unbelievably cute

(also, why i have the feeling that the last one was posted while he was heavily drunk :D)

Baby Boy. Baby. 

[gothamnetwork]

FRANCESCA ROOT-DODSON as Ecco

GOTHAM (2014-2019) ↳ 5.03 Penguin, Our Hero

[jestergirls]

Is that [Francesca Root-Dodson]? No, that’s [Ecco Doe], AKA [Jester]! [She] appears to be [26]. [She] has the abilities of [combat skills] which makes them a powerful [villain].

Like almost every woman in Fox's Gotham, Ecco was done dirty by the writers. She had a handful of minutes of screen-time before she went crazy offscreen, and then was violently murdered in the finale. So, as is my speciality, I have rescued her from the mess the show gave her, and I'm giving her a new storyline. Everything after season 5 episode 1 doesn't count towards my canon, and I am setting her before she goes insane.

Ecco was actually born "Emma", but she hasn't used that name in years. Only those very close to her know her real name. Since working for Jeremiah Valeska, she has gone by the code name "Ecco", partly to protect her own identity, and also to protect Jeremiah's.

She was abandoned at Gotham Orphanage by her single mother at a young age, but as soon as she was old enough to fend for herself, she left and scraped by living on the streets of the city, stealing and sleeping rough, like so many kids in Gotham.

At fifteen years old, she was picked up by one of Fish Mooney's lackeys and hired to work for the mob. At first, she ran errands for Fish, delivering messages and doing waiting tables in the club. As she got a bit older, she and a group of girls of a similar age were sworn into the mob and taught how to pickpocket and, most importantly, how to fight and defend themselves. Ecco was a naturally skilled fighter, and she soon became one of Fish's personal bodyguards.

When Fish died, her people vied to fill the hole she'd left in Gotham's underworld. Ecco didn't want to get caught in the crossfire of an inevitable gang war, so she decided to seek other employment. She'd heard word that a mysterious businessman called Xander Wilde was looking for a personal assistant, so she decided to see if she could make a change from mob life to the world of business.

Xander took her on, and Ecco began acting as his proxy. She answered phone calls on his behalf, attended meetings, and wrote emails. As it turned out, she was very good at taking orders without question, and maintaining a professional demeanour.

After about two years of working for Xander without meeting him in person, he finally trusted Ecco enough to let her into his underground bunker, and tell her his real name. Xander Wilde was actually Jeremiah Valeska, twin brother to the psychopathic murderer Jerome Valeska. He had been living hidden away for years, afraid that his brother would one day find and kill him.

As Ecco and Jeremiah got closer, they began to form a deep and trusting friendship - the first for either of them. Ecco stayed in the bunker on occasion, and also lived in her apartment in the city. She was with Jeremiah when his brother broke out of Arkham and went on a shooting spree at the G.C.P.D., and she saw via the news coverage that Jeremiah had been right all along about his crazy brother.

Years passed, and now Jeremiah is a changed man. Ecco's not sure what happened to him, but he is no longer the shy, nervous, man she used to work for. Now, he speaks with a different voice, carries himself differently, and talks about "changing Gotham". Ecco doesn't care that he's completely changed. Her time working for the mob taught her that loyalty is for life, and you don't question your boss.

Now, Ecco still acts as Jeremiah's proxy and accomplice. She occasionally dons a black jester costume with a white mask to hide her identity when she has to, but inside, she remains the same ruthless and loyal survivor she always was.

This is essentially the bare bones of Ecco's backstory! Things might change as she develops, but for now, this is what we're working with! If you want to plot, you can reach me on here on IM's, or on Discord!

[394hq]

welcome to earth 394, Ecco Doe!

« francesca root-dodson, 26, she/her, gotham » ∙∙ loading case file for ECCO DOE. known aliases, if any: N.A.. current location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK. current occupation: PROXY CULT LEADER. she have known to be CONFIDENT and UNSTABLE, so proceed with caution. their current alliance: VILLAIN. (sophie, she/her, 27, gmt)

SHORT BIO: This is how Ecco would tell you her life went, if you asked. She wasn’t born Ecco Doe, but her real name leaked out of her head a long time ago. She was raised on the streets of Gotham City, in and out gangs, learning to fight and defend herself from a young age. As a teenager, she started doing grunt work for Fish Mooney, and that was where she really honed her fighting skills. At twenty years old, she got a job working for Jeremiah Valeska, who needed a proxy to run his business while he lived in a maze underground (that’s Gotham for you!) The gig paid pretty well. She was even able to get her own apartment.

Cut to a few years later, and Ecco is Jeremiah’s proxy, bodyguard, and maybe something more. Cut. A few more years later, and Jeremiah goes crazy. That ain’t no big deal - most people go crazy in this city. But the kicker is, he don’t need a bodyguard anymore, thank you very much! What’s a girl to do, huh? Her boss had sorta become her whole world. So, she put a bullet in her head. But it didn’t kill her. What it did do was get Jeremiah’s attention. That’s a real test of loyalty, ain’t it?

[skyguyskenobi]

ecco (francesca root-dodson) on the set of gotham

[sherlockvaleska]

Lt. Rodriguez, The drummer (2020)

Actress, Francesca Root-Dodson.

Performance score 1,000/10

[barclaysangel]

Ecco x Ivy Pepper

I'll never get over how Gotham didn't let these two meet and be girlfriends, they couldve been the Harlivy of the show!

Also, if you want me to make these kinds of aesthetics for ya, feel free to message me :)

[smaylorm00n]

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-Ecco

[nocontxt404]

4x01 The Munsters (4/4)

[b-rainlet]

Nobody told me Francesca Root-Dodson is in Succession!!

[gothicknightz]

ivy and ecco?

okay, so I just brainstormed something, and what if Ivy found Ecco at the Sirens and brought her back to life? everyone’s well aware that there’s “another fish in the sea” for jeremiah, and with him incarcerated, he doesn’t know of this. Ecco’s time had run out for jeremiah, and much like jerome with hostages, or anyone, he gets rid of them when they are no use to him. with this being said, Ecco is brought to life by ivy, and she’s still nuts, but has a loyalty to ivy. not only did she bring her back to life, but she also knows she will treat her better than jeremiah did, and which she recently recalled, he shot her. harley exsists, and the usual mad love storyline happens. this canon harley is playful, and as we were introduced as of this month last year, joker’s new girlfriend, punchline. so I was thinking, what if ivy had brought Ecco back to life, and gave her a new purpose. with jeremiah scattered, he rarely thinks of Ecco, leaving her to the hinges of his mind. over time ecco regains her mojo, being the stoic baddie we all loved in 4x17, and slowly becomes punchline. harley is running with jeremiah, and bat’s villain’s usual antics go awry. with ecco now being punchline, she has seperated with ivy, and becomes her own person. for once in her life she is serving for herself and only herself. harley and jeremiah have been together for a while now, and just like the events in the comics, they have a falling out, enter ecco. 

it’s kinda a stretch and a total rebrand of ecco prior to what she originally was in the series, but my brain wanders.

[williamwheeler]

I did this for a collab on insta and I'm kinda really proud of it

❤🤍🖤

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