Ivy Weaver

This will be for dc_nation since I will be sending Ivy over there once Blackest Night has been wrapped up. I decided writing out her history that I will be using there will be a good thing to do.

I'll be editing and going through this quite a bit until after Blackest Night.
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Ivy is the daughter of Doctor Daniel Weaver and his wife Ruth Weaver. Ruth was not able to have anymore children after Ivy so she focused a great deal of her energy on Ivy. Ruth also had a very loud forceful personality while Daniel was a quite thoughtful man.

Though he did have a rebellious streak. Most people in the extended Weaver family are lawyers; he is not one he is a chemist at a small research firm based out in Metropolis. He would only complain that STAR labs got the better and more interesting work since they were better funded.

While Daniel was from a very firm Roman Catholic background Ruth's family came from Louisiana and she was a Reform Jew though did not really participate actively in her faith and was okay with Daniel bringing Ivy with him to church on Sundays as she was growing up.

Ivy was very bright. She like her father had an interest in science at an early age. He encouraged it in his own way by bringing her to work when he could. When she was sixteen she was with him at work when there was an accident in one of the labs that wasn't supposed to be use. That was how Ivy lost her eyesight and she was put into a coma for four days.

She sank into a depression due to the loss of her eyesight. Her father almost fell into the bottle due to his sense of guilt over what happened to his only child and her mother did her best to hold them all together. Ivy kept pushing between not reacting at all and pushing them away not wanting to feel suffocated. It became worse for her when both of her parents became very clingy not wanting to see her hurt and seeing her as helpless rather than capable of being capable.

That is what drove her to recover. She taught herself braille and how to use a white stick quickly wanting to just get away as fast as she could. She felt too smothered by everyone around her and so when she applied to the University of Gotham and got in she was just over joyed; she could get away and be her own person. Her Father's uncle offered to help pay her way through school so long as she at least checked in with him on occasion since he was a long time Gotham resident.

It was also dear Uncle Alex that encouraged her to try out a pre-law class. It was also him that helped her find an apartment with a room mate. He pulled strings to make sure she was a nurse without letting Ivy know out of concern that she might not take care of herself well enough without someone logical and reasonable about.

Bethany became Ivy's best friend. While Ivy wasn't in class or studying they would frequently go out for coffee or go shopping. They also frequently went on double dates since Ivy was very shy and Bethany knew just when to bail her out. But eventually Bethany fell in love and got engaged while Ivy's uncle Alex got very sick. It wasn't what Ivy wanted but she got talked into looking after him by family members who didn't live in town and since the lease on her apartment was up she moved into his guest room and started keeping an eye on things.

That was around the time she met Bill. He was a cop and was very charming. He also helped her with her Uncle when he was too much to handle for one person. They had a brief courtship and a fast marriage. Once Ivy was out of law school and practicing law working in the District Attorney's office in a low level position. That was when their marriage started to go sour. Bill thought she should work for a firm because it was safer.

They argued and fought a lot before their marriage fell down around their ears. The last straw was after her uncle passed away and she had one final argument with Bill. He walked out on her and she threw herself into her work while they divorced. She also made certain to go back to her maiden name feeling very bitter about the divorce still. That was the year she started to get ahead in the DA's office.

Two years latter she ended up having to hire Jim Brooklyn to help her with her paperwork. Six months latter she was one of the most well known hot-shot Assistant District Attorney's in Gotham. Three months into that period her friend Bethany died during a car jacking.