User blog:Lover of the Muse/My obsolete Madam Hydra headcanon


 * This headcanon has been obsolete for a long time now but I'd still like to share it.

Ophealia Sarkissian was a diciple of Grant Ward although their relationship also had romantic overtones.

When she is introduced in season 3 her character is in a similar place to Sky at the start of season1. Ophelia is a hacker and a member ofthe Rising Tide.

Ophelia joined the Risisng Tide believing that their hacktavist work was just step one towards a revolution, after a while it started to feel like no matter how much she exposed the truth it didn't matter, she felt it was time to get beyond exposure and start a violent insurrection.

She is angry at the Rising Tide for being content to stay behind keyboards forever and is also angry at "the people" for not rising up and overthrowing the government.

Cognitive dissonance is a key part of Ophelia's character. As a member of the Rising Tide she rant about elites controlling our government, she claims to care a lot about freedom, transparency, equality, and "the people".

Ophelia's arc throughout season 3 of Agents of SHIELD parallels Sky's arc in season 1. She starts out distrusting Grant Ward and justifiably distrusting HYDRA but works with them anyway because she needs their help for something. Eventually however she is genuinely won over. She starts to believe in HYDRA's idealogy that humanity cannot be trusted with it's own freedom.

Ophelia is aware on some level that Grant Ward himself is not a true believer and that he's only using HYDRA to help get revenge but Ophelia has convinced herself this is not true.

Ophelia eventually suceeds Grant Ward as the leader of HYDRA after his death, taking the title of Madam Hydra.