Kudzu

The Kudzu is the Flower in the Department of Fictional Psychology. She shares Director responsibilities with Doctor Freedenberg.

The Kudzu first appears in TOS Mission 21, The Dark Elf.

Responsibilities
To keep the Department running smoothly, the Kudzu has her work cut out for her. All the incoming and outgoing Canon characters have to be processed and assigned appropriately. So, too, do agents. Her staff, though dedicated, is small and subject to being summoned away to pitch in with the Action Departments, the only positive side of which is that some characters who would be brought in get dealt with in the field. Somehow, though, in all the chaos, the Kudzu manages to keep a tendril (or ten) on the pulse of the place. Her bulk is located in her office, room C-1, but rumor has it that she has creepers running through every wall of FicPsych.

Personality
In person, the Kudzu is less acerbic than her peers, mildly condescending, and every bit as sharp. Some agents claim she has a southern United States accent. This is patently not true, since she doesn't have a voice. Their minds are probably just inventing things to make them feel more comfortable. In any case, she gets along well with her staff and most of the other Heads, with the Marquis de Sod a notable exception. She thinks the Daisy needs an attitude adjustment. He disagrees. Their relationship is the subject of much speculation around the Bloffee pot.

When she writes medicine labels in English, they tend to not make much sense.

Gender
In the Kudzu's first named appearance, it is referred to as "he," but in subsequent appearances, "she" has been used. Given the ambiguous nature of gender and flowers, this may not mean much of anything, but in this case it is entirely possible that the Kudzu deliberately sounds different to different people, perhaps For Science. Either way, though, to the staff of FicPsych, the Kudzu is a she.

Links

 * Original appearance: TOS Mission 21, The Dark Elf
 * Home: The Department of Fictional Psychology
 * Evidence of poor leaf-writing: Just One Letter (Harry Potter), Agents Suicide and Ithalond
 * Evidence of gender ambiguity: Going Postal, Agents Durotar and Kur'nak