#dominique dipierro

[makkapakkap2158]

Onto my first rewatch wish me luck dudes!!🙏

[misscammiedawn]

Recently I've been introducing my girlfriend to Mr. Robot and last night, while watching season 2, I noticed something that made me love the show even more than I already did.

The subtle but intentional little bits of character development and motivation peppered into the show for sharp eyed viewers.

See, in season 2 we are introduced to Dominique "Dom" DiPierro, an insomniac/workaholic FBI agent who is part of the team investigating the 5/9 hack where our protagonists hackivist group managed to encrypt all of the credit and debt data for a banking system that covers 70% of the population.

I am also quite in love with her for obvious reasons (see my redhead best head tag)

During this episode she has traveled with her team to Beijing to investigate the Chinese arm of the hacking. The investigation is aided by Chinese Security Minister Zhang. Unbeknownst to the FBI, Zhang is a public face for the series villain Whiterose, a transgender woman who runs The Dark Army, a militant hacking group whose influence is felt throughout the show.

During a party Dom disappears from the party to "look for a restroom" and finds a room of clocks, an indicator/reminder to any audience member who is not aware yet that Zhang is Whiterose. After a brief discussion Zhang invites Dom to a bedroom and shows off a closet full of beautiful outfits.

She even invites Dom into her philosophy on time travel and parallel universes which becomes a major factor in understanding her motivations throughout the show.

(Incidentally this scene is lit in golden hues, a sign for the show to indicate safety and trust. Both characters are in frame for the majority of the shots. This show famously tries to isolate characters in frame during conversations to show barriers and disconnect)

Whiterose says these are her sister's outfits and by the end of the episode Dom is informed that Whiterose does not have a sister.

In a later season she even says outloud "she was showing me who she was".

I wondered why the mastermind of the plot was willing to trust Dom so quickly and with no apparent gain and allow her to survive the attack on the FBI that would happen the next day. It wasn't because of her value as an asset as The Dark Army do not attempt to recruit Dom until season 3.

Then I watched the episode again yesterday and understood why.

First let's talk about Whiterose.

Whiterose is a transgender woman who lives in China, a place where she is unable to live openly as her authentic self. She is positioned both masked in the light of day (as Security Minister Zhang) and authentically in the darkness of her secret life (as head of The Dark Army, Whiterose) as having inordinate amounts of power. By this point of the show we have seen that the CEO of E(vil) Corp, Price, capitulates to her. Price is seen as the literal devil at this point of the show and has outright referred to himself as "Master of the Universe". Yet he is not above Zhang.

With all of her power she is unable to change the circumstances of injustice that she lives in and at this point of the show that is all we need to know about her. There is more but it is not for us to know at present.

Whiterose and Eliott are both trying to change the world that caused them so much pain. Whiterose wishes to forcibly alter the world. She believes that there is no method of changing the world as it is because at some point it went wrong and the only way to "fix" it is to literally jump into an alternate version of our world where circumstances were better. She is jaded to the point of which she believes there is no future, only a better version of the past. She fights to change the past.

Eliott, in spite of everything, wants to fight for a better future. He believes that he can give people the choice to live better lives if the ruling classes allowed for such change to happen.

This is a show about healing, after all. One wounded victim cannot accept a world of hurt and injustice and wants to go back and change things. One wounded victim cannot accept a world of hurt and injustice and wants to force the world to change for a better future.

It's a good show.

So why does Whiterose let Dom see her true self?

Dom is a lesbian and the show takes place in 2015. This episode takes place on June 26th 2015.

We do not know Dom's sexuality at this point of the show but we are later given the tools to unlock the secrets of this episode and conversation and to understand how Whiterose "clocked" her.

Earlier in the episode one of the characters, Angela, meets with a season 1 character in a bar. We see this playing on the television:

It's not the focus of the shot, but seeing the footage of the LOVE WINS balloons bouncing up and down will catch the eye. As will the rainbow colored whitehouse. It is on screen for about 8-12 seconds. SAME SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL even on the ticker.

DIRECTLY after this scene is the sequence of Dom and Whiterose meeting.

During this conversation Whiterose insists on knowing why Dom is an FBI agent and after obfuscating she tells her story:

"Final semester of law school, dating who I thought was the one. At dinner, days before graduation, they got down on one knee to propose, and (this is going to make me sound wacky) but I excused myself to the restroom and left out the back and that was that."

Notice the lack of gendered pronouns?

Darlene sure does in season 3 when she teaches the audience how a character in this show can hear that sentence and know what they are doing.

See these characters all know about masking and how it's done and so they catch those little tells. Darlene understood Dom's sexuality from just "On again, off again with someone but they're not really the one or anything like that."

Whiterose likely did digging on Dom before the meeting but both that conversation and the later reveal of how we, the audience, should decode her speech allows us to know Whiterose saw that Dom was in a relationship in law school that ended with her partner offering to marry her and that was the end of the relationship.

Whiterose knows what it is like to not be able to live as your authentic self (the reminder that the legalization of gay marriage JUST happened. Literally the day this conversation is happening) and saw an ally in Dom. Saw someone who understands what she feels and what she is fighting for. Whiterose consistently through the show is patient (a trait very unlike her) and kind with people she feels an empathetic bond with.

This understanding causes her to invite Dom to see "her sister's" outfits, knowing that the lie would not hold up very long. She just wanted someone who could see her for who she truly was to see her.

This show is about healing. It is about connection. It's about trying to be understood.

...and it legitimately is one of the best television shows that has ever aired.

I love it more than I can possibly put into words.

[mediademon]

GRACE GUMMER as Agent Dominique DiPierro in MR. ROBOT

[loyoyox]

Mother!

[trans-angela-moss]

[I'm not including Elliot, because if I did, I know Elliot would win 😮‍💨]

[1derfulmadness]

Man Darlene sleeping with Dominique to get what she needs for the plan feels sooo much worse than when she slept with that random guy in season one. Like I know as fbi she’s the bad guy, but she’s so lonely and awkward I feel bad for her.

[eclecticelectriceccentric]

TRAGIC ROMCOM AIRPLANE MISHAP FOR THEM?!

[loumauve]

rules: make a poll with five of your all-time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. see which character is everyone's favorite.

tagged by: nobody, bc I'm a heathen who just steals poll setups and then ignores the rules. feel free to participate as well (tho I think a lot of my pals have already done this one, I have been living under a rock called dissociation from terrible circumstances)

I went with explicitly emotional support characters because otherwise the list would be even longer. I have too many faves. the more time you spend in fandom spaces the more the collection grows. I'm sure I'm forgetting some minor character faves from other books/shows/movies/games. rip I'll prob cry once I remember them and feel bad

[procyo9]

⭐️ OCs as other characters ⭐️

Tagged by: @quaddmgd and @imaginarycyberpunk2023

Rules: take this quiz and share 5 (or more! or less! the world is your oyster!) results from the top 50 that you feel really fit your oc(s). if you don’t recognize very many from the top 50, feel free to expand into the top 100

Elegy

Ciri (The Witcher): 90%

Darlene (Mr. Robot): 88%

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch): 86%

Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion): 86%

Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 84%

Wyldstyle (The Lego Movie): 82%

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood): 82%

Jane Margolis (Breaking Bad): 81%

Princess Fiona (Shrek): 81%

Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop): 80%

Cybil

The Joker (The Dark Knight): 88%

Mr. Robot (Mr. Robot): 86%

Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell (Prison Break): 85%

Tokio (Money Heist): 84%

Darlene Snell (Ozark): 83%

Sid Phillips (Toy Story): 83%

Ryuk (Death Note): 83%

Marla Singer (Fight Club): 82%

Selina Kyle (Gotham): 81%

Ringo (Pulp Fiction): 79%

Stereo

Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate): 93%

Mikasa Ackermann (Attack on Titan): 93%

Dana Scully (The X-Files): 91%

Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood): 91%

Genos (One Punch Man): 91%

Dominique DiPierro (Mr. Robot): 90%

Dr. Wendy Carr (Mindhunter): 90%

Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon): 88%

Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion): 87%

Mike Ehrmantraut (Better Call Saul): 86%

Tetsu

Janis Ian (Mean Girls): 89%

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch): 86%

Ruth Langmore (Ozark): 85%

Vi (Arcane): 85%

Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 84%

Max Rockatansky (Mad Max: Fury Road): 82%

John McClane (Die Hard): 79%

Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad): 78%

Jimmy McGill (Better Call Saul): 78%

Murphy MacManus (The Boondock Saints): 78%

Tagging: nobody this time! But if you see this and want to participate, feel free to say I tagged you lol (this was so much fun sjkhgjksf)

[makkapakkap2158]

S4 ep 10 of Mr Robot is so good I'm really happy Dom and Darlene got on that plane together

[ratprophetistfordism]

This is a very nice post, beautiful transition.

But why she look like Dominique DiPierro?

First day of life up until 6th grade 

Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

Slowly it started growing back and then….

I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

A year on HRT

Over a year and a half on hormones. My transition hasn’t been the clearest path but I am so happy that I am on it.

[mediademon]

MR. ROBOT - eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z

[requitals]

#requitals, a multimuse by k (25, she/they). private & selective. very low activity—basically when i feel like it, let's be honest.

rules-wise, just don't be weird about it. this is not my most active blog and will never be.

muse list below the cut. subject to change etc. etc. i've asterisked the ones that are rattling around in my brain especially quickly at this moment in time (10/25/23).

films

john constantine / constantine (2005) - bastard first, exorcist second. more or less doomed depending on how you look at it. vague with timeline. *brendan frye / brick (2005) - grimy noir detective in modern day and very sunny san clemente, california. generally set a few years post-movie at minimum where he's grown up and has not gotten better. *bruce wayne / the batman (2022), batman: unburied, several comics of my specific choice - the prince of gotham and the bat. generally played later in his life, in his thirties or forties, where he's figured it out but still has a plethora of psychological issues. chani / dune films + book inspo (2021 -) - you know, i love when we make chani into a real character. anyway arrakis is Her planet actually and she did turn away from that holy war. also, she has every right to be blowing up the spice harvesters actually. irulan corrino / dune films + book inspo (2021 -) - i'm still sort of spinning around everything with her but by god do i need her devious little brain. and her willpower on things. she's not a good bene gesserit but she is an excellent political figure. lee harker / longlegs (2024) - fbi special agent. a little bit psychic (sort of. about certain things.) cursed by the family line. doomed by satanic narrative in a way that would make even the most doomed character you can think of blush.

television

number five / the umbrella academy (2019-), canon divergent - ex-temporal assassin turned grumpy teleporting world saver. not really interested in the show's time looping thing. way more interested in revenge. *charlie cale / poker face (2023 -) - basically girl columbo but not a cop. blue collar detective extraordinaire. can be set basically anywhere with how far she travels. *dominique dipierro / mr. robot (2015-2019) - miserable lonely fbi agent, socially incapable, completely consumed by her work (unless she's not). generally set post-canon, but i can play around with this.

games

harry dubois / disco elysium (2019) - pile of neuroses and complexes in the shape of a man. irrepressible miracle. tequila sunset. i can play around and put this whenever. kim kitsuragi / disco elysium (2019) - most straight-laced lieutenant in revachol. extremely uncool unless he is standing next to harry dubois, at which point he becomes the coolest guy in the area. whenever in canon. *james savage / el paso, elsewhere (2023) - monster hunter turned vampire all because of a toxic ex. noir protagonist. recovering addict. full of the troubles. generally post-game, but you can play around whenever. *saga anderson / alan wake 2 (2023) - fbi agent caught in alan wake's horror story. descended from the old gods of asgard (both band and deity). has seer abilities and a steady hand with a gun. canon is... interesting here. we'd have to talk about it. karlach cliffgate / baldur's gate 3 (2023) - tiefling barbarian with an infernal engine in her chest that's going to erupt. fundamentally good person cursed by the narrative. literally deserves all the anger in the world, actually, even if letting herself feel it is dangerous.

novels

jade daniels / my heart is a chainsaw (2019-) - final girl who doesn't think she's a final girl. horror movie buff. recovering from a truly horrific childhood, as much as one can. we can play around with timeline on this.

podcasts

mabel martin / mabel (2018-) - girl on fire, girl with flowers growing out of her, not a girl at all but a mouth of many teeth. do not ask me about mabel podcast canon timeline. david ward / i am in eskew (2018-) - pathetic lonely cringefail history major who got trapped in a horrific city that fell in love with his pathetic vibes. might be a ghost. has a nightmarish reflection. probably post-canon unless your guy wants to end up in the city of eskew (not recommended for health and wellbeing).

[awomansworld666]

Fiction media

TV shows I enjoyed - potential spoilers ahead

- The expanse

- Sanctuary

- Castlevania

- Arcane (didn't like the character of Jinx though, too manic pixie girl coded for me)

- Xena

- Relic hunter (very male gazey but formed my whole sexuality 😂)

- This is going to hurt ( the character of Shruti Acharya was amazing for me)

- Black sails (the character of Eleanor and losing yourself for status, normality, conformity really speaks to me)

- Gentleman Jack

- Vigil

- killjoys (space opera)

- Moonhaven

- Hypathia (greek mathematician)

- Rings of Power

- Willow

- Stargate and Stargate Atlantis

Films :

- Anhiliation

- I care a lot (a bit male gazey but enjoyed the two protagonists)

- Aniora

- Harriet Tubman (intense)

- Queen sono

Would have liked to enjoy it but not really it for me / Happy to be argued/persuaded

- Yellow jackets (the cannibalism/horror scenario is too real/realistic for me, couldn't watch hannibal for it (just gifsets)

- A league of their own - the cast seems so interesting but I can't get into baseball it seems

- little women

- I'm not an easy man ( too triggering for me)

- Belle (too sweet)

Not feminist per se but not heavily misogynistic (imo)

- German 'Dark' ¥

- Devs ¢

- Charlie's angels (with Kristen Stewart) £

- Atomic Blonde £

- The mummy (originals and remakes with sofia boutella) £$

- German Deadlines tv show (similar to sex in the city but less libfem imo)

- Diablero §$

- My life is murder (with Lucy lawless)

- The haunting of bly manor

- The haunting of hill house

- cloud atlas

- foundation ( skip the 'harem' scenes, the gossamer court, interesting strong female characters)

- The peripheral (casual misogyny and male gaze but well written female characters as leads)

- mutant x

- fringe

- killing eve ( I actually didn't like villanelle at all, but wish there had been more with eve polanstri and Carolyn martens)

- American Gods ( I liked Laura Moon & Sam Black crow)

Guilty enjoyment

- The witcher/ Jennyfer has my heart £

- Mr. Robot (liked Darlene, Dominique Dipierro £)

- Motherland (heart breaking about parenting/motherhood )

- Love sex and anarchy (very soft power plays with older woman/younger man)

- Discovery of witches (classical romance in fantasy settings with an overprotective possessive lead)

- Stoker (toxic gothic coquette romance/abuser victime grooming )

- westworld (could get in previous category, one of my favourite shows, could and would write books on it, casual misogyny but also interesting women's characters)

- altered carbon - quite misogynistic and a lot of torture porn but also interesting women's characters in different archetypes

- hustle

- true blood (gothic romance with comedic aspects)

- blade runner 2049 (wish it was a women's protagonist with male robots)

Anime

Books

- interested in :

- a master of djinn

- Arcane Ascension by Andrew Row (maybe not convinced)

- The ruthless lady's guide to wizardry - Read, sadly not my style, too saccharine

- and I darken

-

To consume :

- The wire

Notes:

- £ - male gazey/strong nudity/sexiness

- ¢ - gnc / butch or more masculine of center heroes

- ¥ - stereotypical gender rolls

- $ poc cast

- § latin representation

[lnheritancecycle]

I got roasted for implying that Mr. Robot is straight so here you heathens, have this slightly edited version of my original post.

[beanbag0509]

domlene 💕