Jaime Morris (Dire)

Jaime Morris is a character in the web serial Dire, and is the main protagonist in the first and second seasons of the series. She is the daughter of Alexandra Morris and Robert Franco, the sister of Kennedy Morris, and the girlfriend of Jordan Cutler. Prior to Dire's collapse of society, Jaime served as the founder of a tech startup marketed as a social media service for young adults. Despite this early success, she remained living at home with her parents and younger sister in an effort to keep the peace in a home occupied by an abusive father. In the first season of the series, Jaime is deemed the defacto leader of a group of survivors including her sister, her boyfriend and fellow survivors Chevy Harrison and Kayla Barnett. During the season, Jaime would endure flashbacks to prior therapy sessions she would have with her then-therapist, Kate Mason, which would go onto later effect the decisions she'd make following society's collapse.
== Representation ==
In the first season of Dire, Jaime is shown to be a stubborn young woman with demons to battle internally. Though strong and independent, Jaime struggles with being alone, shown feeling uncomfortable in moments where she is separated from anyone else, almost always being depicted in the stories beside someone. Her greatest allies being Jordan and Kate, Jaime has a decent relationship with most of the members in her family. Jaime and Kennedy share a typical older-younger-sister dynamic whilst Jaime often appears to be more protective over her mother Alex than Alex is over her. Understanding of her success, Jaime refuses to allow what she's accomplished change the way she perceives the world, always insisting on knowing the truth more than the fiction associated with it in an effort to always understand the way it truly operates. Due to her affiliation with the social media startup, Jaime often takes the brunt of the praise and backlash for any actions it takes, one such backlash being the source of the frustrations that drive Eli to his intentions to kill Jaime in the first season of the series.
During the second season, Jaime becomes a much more notable leader of the group, using her public recognition to draw a rebellion against what remains of Los Angeles' leadership. Upon ousting the current regime and uncovering the truth behind the tainting of the national water supply, Jaime installs her own administration to look after what remains of Los Angeles, trying to maintain her grasp on the people whilst providing for them efficiently. It is during this attempt that trouble begins to appear, and Jaime feels the pressure of the public's perception weigh upon her ability to lead, forcing her to make decisions whilst being threatened with the newfound aggression the public has proven to be capable of in the wake of the country's collapse.
== Appearances ==
=== Season 1 (2021) ===
* So, Now What?
*The Why, The How, The When and The Now
* Finding Sanctuary
* The Most Selfless Form of Evil
== Killed Victims ==
* Unnamed civilians (self-defense)
* Eli Northcutt (self-defense)