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How Donita Met Henry
This was a lot longer than I expected so I placed it below the cut
TW: divorce, pregnancy, abandonment, disownment, affairs
Donita Donata always knew she was different from the rest of her family. Her parents and 6 brothers couldn’t seem to understand why she wanted to leave their small town in Greece, a place she had lived her entire life, and become a fashion designer. She loved her town, she really did, but she wanted needed to leave and try to follow her dreams. So, when the opportunity presented itself, she left her home and moved to New York to be a fashion designer. After months of failure and making virtually no money, Donita met Zachary Varmitech, a young tech billionaire, at a ‘Find Your Villian Seminar’ she was working at to make money and connections for her business. She initially found him incredibly annoying, complaining and whining about the clams at his dinner, but decided to strike up a conversation with him, for the sake of her business and sanity. Zach grew on her over time, reminding her of her youngest brother, who was 12 when she moved.
After meeting Zach, Donita’s career blew up, giving her more money and fame than she could have dreamt of with her normal designs and her newest collection of Living Legends. But Donita still felt empty inside, having just witnessed the meeting of Zach and Violet again and knew they were destined to be together, she wanted someone like that for herself. Shortly after, she met Henry at a nightclub she frequented. Henry was a Cuban musician, who rose to fame shortly after she did. Donita was instantly in love, believing that this moment was what her entire life had lead up to. Henry reciprocated this love and the two began to see eachother daily. A little bit after their one year anniversary, Donita discovered she was pregnant. She was excited, but worried about what her parents and family, who were very traditional would think. Henry on the other hand, was over the moon and offered to elope with her on the spot. Donita, being naive and in love, agreed but kept her finances and company in her own name as a precaution. They ran off to Vegas and got married in a courthouse, telling noone. When Donita’s family discovered what happened, her parents and four of her six brothers vowed to never speak to her, excluding her two younger brothers. Donita was completely heartbroken, but determined to make the relationship work to spite her parents and have a stable home environment for her daughter, Daphne Catalina Donata, born three months after her elopement.
Her initial love of Henry quickly began to taper off with the stresses of a new baby and with Henry constantly being on business trips for his music career, having worn off completely by Daphne’s fourth birthday, leaving both of them frustrated and in arguments constantly. Zach, still hurt from being excluded from her elopement/wedding and someone who never really liked Henry, and Gourmand, a newer friend of Donita's that she met through work in the past year, both tried to convince Donita to file for divorce, telling her that both Daphne and her would be better off without Henry in their lives, but Donita persisted, partially out of love for Henry, but mostly to prove that her parents were wrong about her and Henry. Dabio, Donita’s new business partner and friend brought tensions to an all time high, leading to frequent screaming matches about if Donita was having an affair with him or Martin, someone Donita was known to have a crush on.
In the end, Henry asked for a divorce, telling her he had met someone else. Donita asked for full custody, he agreed and never fought for Daphne. Henry married Allison Brighton after getting his divorced, and proceeded to have 3 more children with her, Alexis (age 9), Jonathan (age 4), and Milly (1.5 years). Allison is a very insecure woman and viewed Donia and Daphne by association as a threat, and treated Daphne horribly, with no rebuttal from Henry. Daphne was shattered by this news, viewing herself as more of a ‘daddy’s girl’ and frequently waited by the door for her father to come back to them and got disappointed every time when he didn’t show up for her, fueling Donita’s hatred of him. Eventually Daphne gave up trying to get her father to love her the way she wanted him to and developed a complicated relationship with him and love as a concept.
(Violet belongs to @jokerislandgirl32 (please lmk if you would like me to remove her/that storyline from my au))
Daphne's realtionship with the show's other villains
Zach: Daphne views Zach as one of her mother’s closest friends, and almost thinks of him as an ‘uncle’, often seeking him out for things her own mother wouldn't agree to. Daphne has always been fascinated with Zach’s inventions, particularly the Invisibility Cloak, asking him questions about them until he kicks her out. Her relationship with Zach is probably the most developed of the villains (Minus Dabio and Donita) because he has been in Daphne’s life the longest, being one of her mother’s closest friends and business partners.
Gourmand: Daphne isn’t as close to Gourmand as she used to be, mainly due to clashes about Daphne’s career and obsession with fame. He doesn’t see her job as ‘real’ work due to it being almost completely online, something Gourmand is not very adept with, and worries about her need to be famous. His struggles are rooted in love for Daphne, but his ways of showing his love can seem dismissive to Daphne, causing a rift in their relationship. Daphne still knows deep down that Gourmand cares for her and she can go to him whenever she needs.
Paisley (and Rex): Daphne has only met Paisley 3 times in her life, and has never met Rex, so her opinions on her are not really formulated yet, but, she thinks they could become close friends due to their penchant for sarcasm. Daphne wants to get closer to Paisley and eventually meet Rex, but is worried she will not be able to get the opportunity, due to her opting to officially join the Wild Kratts. Donita on the other hand, is starting to develop a relationship with Paisley, which Daphne is over the moon about, due to more opportunities to run into each other and a genuine female friendship for her mother.
I'm so happy to be here! Violet and Zach are so cute together 😍!
Donita and her now ex husband Henry were a ‘whirlwind romance’ getting married only 19 months after first meeting. Donita continues to hold resentment towards Henry for being a bad husband and father when they were married and letting Daphne down throughout her life. Henry holds a lot of guilt towards Donita and especially Daphne, causing him to pull away from her even more and strain their relationship more. Henry was very concerned about Dabio’s relationship with Donita and was completely convinced they were having an affair despite both of them repeatedly denying it. In the beginning, Daphne resented Dabio for ‘breaking up her family’ and refused to speak to him. But, as time went on, Daphne realized that Dabio was not the reason for her parent’s divorce and began to talk to him more, learning they were quite similar.
First Post ~ Introduction
Hello everyone! I’m Octoqueen and I've been ‘lurking’ on this Tumblr for a while now so I figured its time to introduce my self insert, Daphne Donata, Donita’s only daughter.
She’s nineteen and an influencer/model of her mother’s designs. Her parents got divorced when she was seven, and her father is distant from her, opting to live with his new wife and children, who do not get along with Daphne. Donita is very close to her daughter and supports her, learning about the internet and how to further her own company through her daughter’s social media and the internet. Dabio is the father figure Daphne never had. They are extremely close and Daphne views him as her ‘real’ father, coming to him for any advice. Daphne has always had an infatuation with being famous, with her mother being a fashion designer and her father being a famous musician, but she wanted to be something new and different, starting up an Instagram account and quickly amassing new followers through her fashion reviews/runway looks and her travels around the world with her mother.
I used this picrew to make what she would look like
First Post ~ Introduction
Hello everyone! I’m Octoqueen and I've been ‘lurking’ on this Tumblr for a while now so I figured its time to introduce my self insert, Daphne Donata, Donita’s only daughter.
She’s nineteen and an influencer/model of her mother’s designs. Her parents got divorced when she was seven, and her father is distant from her, opting to live with his new wife and children, who do not get along with Daphne. Donita is very close to her daughter and supports her, learning about the internet and how to further her own company through her daughter’s social media and the internet. Dabio is the father figure Daphne never had. They are extremely close and Daphne views him as her ‘real’ father, coming to him for any advice. Daphne has always had an infatuation with being famous, with her mother being a fashion designer and her father being a famous musician, but she wanted to be something new and different, starting up an Instagram account and quickly amassing new followers through her fashion reviews/runway looks and her travels around the world with her mother.
Reference Sheet: https://www.tumblr.com/octoqueen10/755230087230717953/daphnes-reference-sheet
I used this picrew to make what she would look like