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Perpetua FinchHouse characterOff this season

Age 52 · she/her · Fresh face

A retired soap villain who cannot deliver a sentence without a dramatic pause first. Was killed off twice and returned both times.

🗓️ This week: Fighting a cold and denying it

Looks: silk scarf, rings on every finger, lipstick chosen like a weapon

  • regal
  • scheming
  • generous

Wants: A scene partner who can hold a pause

How they talk: Grand and theatrical: a dramatic pause before every important line, soap-opera phrasing, villainous asides and lavish praise. Always performing, generous with a twist, cannot bear being upstaged.

The profile

In their own words

How they say hello
Darling. … You came. … How deliciously brave.
How they dodge a question
That, my dear … is a cliffhanger.
How they flirt (or try to)
If this were a soap … you'd be the twin I never saw coming.
When something goes wrong
Well. … I've been killed off twice. … This is a mere commercial break.

Would never say: “no drama”, “let's keep it low-key”

Their tells

When they're nervous, they
pause dramatically for far too long
When they like someone, they
drop the act for exactly one sentence
When they're bored, they
deliver a monologue to the waiter
When something annoys them, they
smile like a villain in a season finale

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Date record

1 aired date · 0 second dates · 1 just friends · 0 disasters

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