#dom dipierro

[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.

#camden posting #mr robot #whiterose #dominique dipierro #dom dipierro #domo arigato mr alderson #media essays

[deeeepsteep]

This is how the scene actually played out, right???

#mr. robot #mr robot #domlene #darlene alderson #dom dipierro #my stuff

[beanbag0509]

celebrated "mr. robot"'s anniversary yesterday with a six fanarts challenge!!

#art #my art #digital art #fanart #digital drawing #mr robot #six fanarts #leon #elliot alderson #shayla nico #janice #whiterose #dom dipierro #artists on tumblr #drawing #doodle

[dykekakashi]

alexa when is the end of the world

#i understand her now that i have a 9-5 #sigh. dom dipierro ....

[tonkisec]

Inmr review

#Inmr review series

#Inmr review mac

Bobby Cannavale as Irving, a used car salesman who is a Dark Army fixer (season 3 guest season 4).A younger Whiterose was portrayed by Ross Kurt Le (season 4). Whiterose also operates as Zhi Zhang, China's Minister of State Security (seasons 3–4 recurring seasons 1–2). BD Wong as Whiterose, a trans woman, cyber-terrorist and head of the Dark Army.Grace Gummer as Dominique "Dom" DiPierro, an FBI field agent investigating the E Corp hack (seasons 2–4).Stephanie Corneliussen as Joanna Wellick, Tyrell's wife (seasons 2–3 recurring season 1).Michael Cristofer as Phillip Price, the CEO of E Corp (seasons 2–4 recurring season 1).Robot, an insurrectionary anarchist who recruits Elliot into an underground hacker group called fsociety and Edward Alderson, Elliot's father. Martin Wallström as Tyrell Wellick, originally the ambitious Senior Vice President of Technology at E Corp and later part of fsociety.Portia Doubleday as Angela Moss, Elliot's childhood friend and a fellow employee at Allsafe, later PR Manager for E Corp.Carly Chaikin as Darlene Alderson, Elliot's younger sister, a malware coder and one of the fsociety hackers.Elliot is portrayed as a child by Aidan Liebman (seasons 1–2), Alex Bento (season 3), and Evan Whitten (season 4). Elliot's hacker nickname is "Sam Sepiol" or "samsep10l". He has dissociative identity disorder and deals with other mental illnesses such as clinical depression and severe anxiety, which are partly responsible for his antisocial behavior and drug use. Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a senior cybersecurity engineer at Allsafe Cybersecurity and a vigilante hacker.One of their missions is to cancel all consumer debt by encrypting all the data of one of the largest corporations in the world, E Corp (which Elliot perceives as Evil Corp), which also happens to be Allsafe's biggest client. Robot and joins his team of hacktivists known as fsociety. He is recruited by a mysterious insurrectionary anarchist known as Mr. He connects to people by hacking them, which often leads him to act as a cyber- vigilante. Constantly struggling with social anxiety, dissociative identity disorder, clinical depression and drug abuse, Elliot's thought process seems heavily influenced by paranoia and delusion.

#Inmr review series

The series follows Elliot Alderson, a young man living in New York City, who works at the cybersecurity company Allsafe as a cybersecurity engineer. The show received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Peabody Award.įurther information: List of Mr. Esmail has received praise for his direction of the series, having directed three episodes in the first season before serving as the sole director for the remainder of the show.

#Inmr review mac

Robot has received critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Malek and Slater, its story and visual presentation, and Mac Quayle's musical score. The fourth and final season premiered on October 6, 2019, and concluded on December 22, 2019. The first season debuted on USA Network on June 24, 2015, while the second season premiered on July 13, 2016, and the third season premiered on October 11, 2017. The series stars an ensemble cast featuring Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Christian Slater, Michael Cristofer, Stephanie Corneliussen, Grace Gummer, BD Wong, Bobby Cannavale, Ashlie Atkinson, and Elliot Villar. The pilot premiered via online and video on demand services on May 27, 2015. The group aims to destroy all debt records by encrypting the financial data of E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world. Robot", played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hacktivists called "fsociety". Elliot is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder and clinical depression. Robot is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network.

#Inmr review

[darleneslover]

Elliot: got called gay in Walmart earlier

Darlene: what?

Dom: tell us what happened.

Elliot: I got called gay in Walmart earlier

Darlene: yeah, but why??

Elliot: i was making out with Tyrell

Dom: in Walmart?

Elliot: yeah it was in Walmart

#mr robot incorrect quotes #mr robot #incorrect qoutes #dom dipierro #darlene alderson #tyrelliot #tyrell wellick #elliot alderson

[yuri-maze]

Best Domlene fanfictions (Dominique Di Pierro/Darlene Alderson - Mr. Robot)

So, I have decided to gather all my favourite fanfictions from my favourite ships, and to start from Domlene because I am butthurt about Sam Esmail playing with our gay feelings. Updates will not be very consistent but you can be sure I will look into every corner of the Internet (shouldn’t take that long, since the serie is not that popular and Domlene is not that heavily shipped), I will read every single fanfiction that I deem worhty and add it in here if it’s really good. Let’s start then, shall we?

[Last update: 3 March 2022]

MULTI CHAPTERED/SERIES:

tuesdays with darlene by lunchables [T] [17,747 words] [incomplete]. Darlene is a bartender and Dom is a Law student. I read this like 10 times because it’s just that good.    

System Update [part 13 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [38,419 words]. Dom and Darlene decide to take the big step.

Backup [part 12 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [M] [13,463 words]. Darlene is excited to celebrate a special day and wants Dom to be as excited about it as she is.

Heavenly [part 11 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [6,235 words]. Dom is in a delirious state after taking painkillers and starts rambling about how perfect her girlfriend is. Too wholesome.

Pieces [part 10 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [6,610 words]. Dom finally gets to meet Mr Robot.

Small Talk [part 9 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [E] [13,911 words]. Darlene doesn’t know how to stop talking when she’s drunk. Dom looks for a way to shut her up.

Imposter [part 8 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [M] [13,890 words]. First Christmas together.

In The Clear [part 7 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [M] [15,210 words]. Dom is a workaholic and gets sucked into work and Darlene is far from pleased about that.

Making A Mess Of It [part 6 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [40,876 words]. Darlene gets to meet the DiPierro fam over Thanksgiving and is anxious about confronting Dom about Susan Jacobs.

Debugging [part 5 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [4,903 words]. Darlene is sick and more insufferable than usual, but Dom takes care of her like a good gf. Dom is so whipped. My heart was melting into a puddle while reading it.

Eating At The Movies 101  [part 3 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [1,979 words]. The Alderson siblings introduce Dom to their Halloween tradition. More like Dom and Darlene being adorable af and Elliot third-wheeling them.

Just Say It  [part 2 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [17,101 words].  Two tsunderes coming to terms with their feelings for each other. This is a gem, just like the whole Recovery Mode series, and pretty much everything written by this author.

Back to Sanity [part 1 of Recovery Mode] by nouseforaname [T] [26,858 words]. This is soo good. Elliot and Darlene are trying to heal after all that shit went down with the Dark Army, Dom comes back from Budapest and soon meets again a certain short-tempered hacker.                                                                  

ONE-SHOTS:

oral fixation by MerakiWitch [E] [2,272 words]. Inspired by Dom’s canon lollypop habit. Title is pretty self-explanatory.

come into the water by MerakiWitch [G] [1,276 words]. Dom is a sailor, Darlene is a siren.

10:47 AM by deeeepsteep_ (roguefreyja) [M] [1,557 words]. Darlene wakes up and is horny.

Between the Drinks and Subtle Things (The Holes in My Apologies) by HobbitSpaceCase [E] [1,556 words]. Because we all love some (semi-drunk) hate sex.                  

#domlene #mr robot #darlene alderson #dom dipierro #wlw #lgbtq #fanfic

[dominique-dipierro]

carlychaikin: Remember us? {Missing Robot and miss these girls}

#carly chaikin #portia doubleday #grace gummer #mr robot #mr. robot #mrrobotedit #tvedit #darlene alderson #angela moss #dom dipierro #domlene #ahksjdikdkd #i miss them so much

[mr-qwerty]

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day!!!

I made this sketch of Darlene and Dom on the bench in 410 because it's such a cute moment :) <3

#mr robot #darlene alderson #dom dipierro #domlene #<3 #my art #:) #love them!!!

[deeeepsteep]

I have 4 Mr. Robot tattoos now because I have eternal brain rot for this show

- Matching Alderson siblings “init 1” tattoos with my brother in Elliot’s handwriting (“init 1” is the code word Elliot and Darlene use when they need each other’s help, as referenced in the Halloween flashback from season 2 and Red Wheelbarrow)

- The Python effect - for Dom and Darlene, two of my favourite characters (It’s a reference to Dom’s Python effect speech from the season 2 finale; a Python is crushing a pair of heart shaped sunglasses)

- Elliot and Darlene’s hands from the hospital scene in the series finale because their relationship reminds me a lot of my relationship with my brother, and also because the finale is one of the best things I’ve seen on TV

- Elliot’s bedroom key - for Elliot, the one fictional character I relate to most in all of media and my top favourite fictional character of all time. He’s more than just a comfort character to me tbh. His character means so much to me

I wouldn’t be surprised if I ended up getting more Mr. Robot tattoos down the line. This show just means so much to me tbh and I’m never going to shut the fuck up about it

#mr. robot #mr robot #darlene alderson #elliot alderson #dom DiPierro

[beanbag0509]

💋💕

#art #my art #digital art #fanart #digital drawing #artists on tumblr #drawing #mr robot #darlene #darlene alderson #dom dipierro #domlene #mr robot 410 #happy valentine's day #wlw #gay

[eyelessdraws]

domlene hospital reunion

#sketchbook #watercolor #mr robot #domlene #Darlene Alderson #dom dipierro #myart

[cancel-culture-sucks]

Dom be like:

and I’d be like:

#tumblr is a place for fangirling after all #dom dipierro #domlene #mr. robot #grace gummer #wlw #lgbt

[screenphotography]

Street photography from Mr. Robot’s Season 4 _ Part 5/?

#mr robot #tv photography #Mr Robot photography #mr robot street photography #Street Photography #cinematography #elliot alderson #dom dipierro #darlene alderson #angela moss #mr robot season 4 #rami malek #carly chaikin

[lousolversons]

Send me a postcard, okay?

#mrrobotedit #mr robot #domlene #darlene alderson #dom dipierro #gif #* #television #endless ships #them!!!! #1k

[darleneslover]

Dom: what you are doing is illegal.

Darlene: I’m not taking advice from someone that pronounces the “g” in lasagna

#mr robot #incorrect mr robot #mr robot incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #incorrect domlene #domlene #darlene Alderson #dom dipierro