Lieu murphy
From Realmofthemuse
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| Lieutenant Connie Murphy | |
| Character Journal: | Making Due with Cops and Coffee |
| Race: | Human |
| Home Planet: | Chicago, Illinois, Earth |
| Home Era: | Modern Day |
| Affiliated with: | The Tenth Doctor...and other characters |
| Writer: | GusTheMoose |
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Basic Character Information
Lieutenant Connie (Constanza) Murphy is a character from the short lived Sci-Fi television series, The Dresden Files. Based on the books by Jim Butcher, there were a few changes between book!Murphy and TV!Murphy.
Murphy is a lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department. She works at the twenty-seventh precinct in the Homicide division. She is partnered with Detective Sid Kirmani and often calls on the eccentric Harry Dresden "Wizard" and private-eye for help in highly unusual cases. Murphy is divorced with a nine-year-old daughter, Anna, who spends most of her time with Murphy's ex-husband. Her family relationships are more complicated. Murphy's mother left her and her father, though we don't know how old Murphy was when this happened. For most of her life, Murphy's relationship with her father was strained. Also a cop, Joe Murphy worked long hours and was rarely home to spend time with Murphy. When she was seventeen years old, Murphy saved her father's life during a heart attack. Recently, however, Murphy and her father have started to reconcile their relationship. Her father is retired and currently living in Florida.
Related to Canon
Not much has changed from the canon Murphy since she is a recent addition to the Realm of the Muse. She has made a few friends with the other cops, but is essentially the same Murphy she was in the TV show.
Physical Description
Murphy is rather tall at 5'8" with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. She's in good physical shape from practicing akido and her job as a cop. At work she wears button up shirts and slacks with heels to make herself taller. Outside of work she prefers jeans and cotton shirts. She almost always wears a silver circle pendant necklace.
Personality
Murphy is a no nonsense cop who is dedicated to her job and her city. She has a very black and white view on right and wrong and does not tolerate criminals of any kind. She will do whatever she has to in closing a case, which is why she uses Harry Dresden despite the fact that she doesn't completely trust him or understand what he does. For her close friends, especially Harry, she will bend the rules a little. The job always comes first for Murphy, very obviously seen when she investigated the death of Harry's uncle. She even went so far as to bring Harry in for interrogation and covertly get his finger prints.
Murphy is a protector at heart, with a soft side for kids and victims. She's very sarcastic and often cynical about the world. Because she is a woman of high rank in the police department, she is treated like one of the guys and acts like it too. Little is known about her social life, but after her failed marriage Murphy is not interested in marriage.
Additional Information
Murphy is on anti-depressants from nightmares. Though she doesn't know it, the nightmares are from vague memories she has of being taken over by the spirit of a criminal who possessed her body. She believes that a suspect, Edward Miller, tried to knock her out and then killed himself in front of her though she doesn't exactly trust this story.
Harry has kissed her twice. Once, when he was drugged and she rescued him and the second time when a spell of his needed a boost. After the second kiss, she slapped him hard enough to almost send him to the ground. Since he originally requested she slap him, it's unsure whether she did this because he asked or because of the kiss. While hinted at, there is no romantic relationship between the two.
Random Facts
Key-lime is her favorite pie flavor.
She likes cream in her coffee, but not sugar.
OOC-only Character Information
Realm of the Muse Murphy is open for role-playing. Check her profile at LiveJournal for more information.
