Mr. Phee

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## Background information

### Universe

Mutantry-2001
Mutantry-3019

### Inspiration

D. Isaac Thomas' faux stepfather, Shaun Price

## Character information

### Personality

Cold-hearted, cruel, vain, selfish, lazy, evil, power-hungry, self-obsessed, grumpy, intelligent, wicked, rude, greedy, spiteful, mean, jealous, strict, assuming, serious, ruthless, tricky, abusive, callous, uncaring, contemptuous, manipulative, sophisticated, sinister, controlling, snobbish, cunning, dodgy, arrogant, calm, polite, sadistic, egotistical, delusional, paedophobic

### Appearance

Obese, brown hair, brown eyes, poor hygiene

### Goal

To improve his own family's status, especially his own
To make the Hugh family's lives as miserable as possible (both failed)

### Likes

Maintaining self control, power, wealth, alienating Charles, abusing Leah, neglecting Nicholas, the Hugh family's misery, getting his way, licorice, beer

### Dislikes

Being number 2, failure, the Hugh family's happiness, the aristocracy, when things don't go his way, healthy foods

### Powers and abilities

Manipulation
Hacking

### Status/Final Fate

Left behind with his son when Charles and his family move out.

### Notable quote(s)

"Mark my words, you'll never get anywhere in life."

*"So he kept trying to agitate Charles' instability, but he helped his mommy and little brother recognize the extent of his delicate sense of mental equilibrium, that and his obsessive-compulsive need to be the center of attention. But first, he had to realize they weren't just as sociopathic as their old man, a woman and a child worth fighting for."*
―Luke Norris[src]
**Mr. Phee** is the mean, abusive, and extremely shrewd and arrogant stepfather of Charles Hugh. He kept coming up with so-called jobs and going into debt, losing the money of Carolyn's mother in the process. Otherwise, he delighted in punishing and abusing his awkwardly gathered stepfamily until they ultimately deserted him and his awful son against their wishes, leaving it unclear what became of him afterwards.

## Role

Mr. Phee is the overarching antagonist in *Boys vs. Girls 2 Prelude*. He is mentioned a few times, though initially he has a presence and little else until the last quarter of the book. D. Isaac Thomas based this individual off of his own stepfather, who he claimed was never eager to discuss anything except for his maturity, or his stepdad's perceived lack thereof. Thomas commented that Phee was an unusually realistic villain and noted that it was extremely rare for a D.I.T. villain to live with the main character.

## Biography

### Early life

*"I hated them, but you don't have parents worth hating. Remember that."*
―Mr. Phee[src]
Both accounts of Phee's childhood seem to contradict each other's accounting of events. Phee claimed that he obeyed his parents and pretended to show interest in everything they discussed or did together, regardless of how dull or unethical it was. This shrewd behavior worked for him, as he was rarely, if ever, punished, which his sister deeply envied. However, Leah Hugh has said that his parents were neglectful and constantly fighting betwixt one another and that he was frequently bullied at school, and became extremely bitter and self-centered as a result. The fact that Mr. Phee later referenced his parents and his hatred of them to his guest implied there was an element of truth to that account. What is set in stone is that he was born with a congenital liver disease, and that in his adolescence, he gleefully hacked into classified files of the Texas Police Department and demonstrated his unique ability to destroy them altogether, causing huge trouble for the local law enforcement. Many years prior to his middle age, he beat two women senselessly until the first one's unborn twin babies perished within her womb, proceeding to whale on the seventeen-month-old girl in the second one's arms while the defenseless youngling was entirely unable to do anything to prevent the heinous infanticide. Despite eventually claiming to regret this, he would do likewise to another impregnated woman sometime in the near future, deliberately bringing about a second miscarriage.

### Divorce and remarriage

Eventually, Mr. Phee married someone in Texas and had a son named Nicholas Phee. However, he divorced his wife, and Nicholas lived with her. Although Nick initially grew up with his mother, he would constantly visit Nick and take him to parks when he was younger in order for them to relax. During one such outing, Nick was wondering around in the road and was nearly run over due to obliviously bending down to observe a beetle. Completely focused on getting out their picnic supplies, he ordered his friend to ignore his son and keep setting the table, bluntly stating Nick's chances of being run over to be of secondary importance. Although his friend grew disgusted and left him, Mr. Phee did not cease from his task so lunch could finally be served. Later, he fell in love with someone, and when she moved to Utah, he followed her there intending to stalk her. As an undisclosed individual "needed him" there, he chose to remain in the state.

Establishing a home for him and his son in his grandmother's former residency, he eventually met Leah Hugh in 2017 and fell in love with her. Leah had two children, Omner and Charles Hugh. When Charles was younger, he frequently provoked him in subtle and discrete ways, especially in matters of time and pop culture, annoying the aspiring teenager. He tried to briefly teach him how to write, but their lessons did not go well as Mr. Phee was not even a good literarian in the first place. He began forcing Leah into "threesomes" in 2019 and would continue to do so for the next four years. He also brought in disturbed women frequently and would amuse himself by sexually tormenting them, once remarking that the more disturbed they were, the more fun the challenge was. Many of the listed women did not wish to have sex with him; yet none of them had the courage to speak up against it, for fear he would come after them in revenge. In the meantime, he repeatedly thought up inappropriate jobs and ended up going into debt, losing the money of Carolyn's mother in the process.

After he separated temporarily from Leah's family in 2020, he mercilessly stalked Leah for months until she began awkwardly falling in love with him, and the two married in April, though he refused to get anything signed because of his own self-righteous mindset, so both of his stepsons would call it a "fake wedding". He also began smoking marijuana. The four remained together for more than four years, during which time he would become increasingly cruel to all three of them. Throughout this time period, he became extremely unfaithful and saw many other women, which confused Leah immensely as well as his very young stepsons.

### Familial tensions

On June 7, 2022, Mr. Phee and Leah both suspected Nick and Charles of stealing an undisclosed type of comfort food, although the culprit was soon revealed to be Omner. Around this time, he refused to let Charles look for employment even though he was almost out of high school, citing he could only if three-quarters of it went to him. In September, Mr. Phee, who had been frequently bringing in new pets and claiming he possessed a spiritual alignment with non-sentient organisms, saw that their cat Callisto experienced seven consecutive seizures throughout the month and finally took her in, bringing both Leah and Omner with them and leaving Charles at home, though they were offended when Charles told them how slow they had been on noticing Callisto's condition. Mr. Phee was even more offended than his wife and he pulled Charles aside and scolded him for mentioning it, going so far as to insult his stepson's intelligence, refusing to see any fault within himself whatsoever. At the hospital, the ultimate verdict was that Callisto was to be given a lethal drug to free her from her misery. Mr. Phee waited with Omner and Nick while his wife drove to pick Charles up so he could say goodbye to the cat. Later, he reportedly punished Charles grievously for pulling Omner’s hair.

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The following month, Mr. Phee ferried Nicholas Phee and Charles to the Winter Dance, where they intended to meet Nick's romantic partner Allie and Charles' close friend Rose Johannson, respectively. He also picked up all four teenagers in his large car when the dance had concluded. However, he and Charles proceeded to have a falling-out when he joked about his weight and he took it personally and was unaware Charles was being funny. Although he asked for forgiveness, he did not truly desire it, as this was "the candle on the slime-flavored cake".

Weeks later, he was made the godfather of the daughter of one of his friends, prompting him to confess to Leah that he hated children. At this point, his career was deteriorating and he neglected his family to pursue it and keep the seams bound. His incompetent and callous means reportedly resulted in dozens of people being rendered unemployed, including the father of a boy named Bronson. He eventually threatened to beat up Omner, not knowing both Nick and Charles overheard their altercation. Shortly thereafter, Nick became immoderately offended by something Omner said to him and furiously broke his nose, but Mr. Phee was adamant that his biological son was to receive no punishment. Subsequently, he bruised Leah's front torso during an intense argument about their history with therapeutic counseling.

### Separation from Leah Hugh

Mr. Phee became increasingly abusive towards his family, until Leah made up her mind that they must move away, cutting off contact with the dysfunctional Phee family forever. On May 12, Phee was held in the backyard with Nicholas by law enforcement officers while Charles and his family collected their possessions. It was understandably suspected that Mr. Phee and his stepson were delighted by the departure of the Hugh family. Even so, he permanently lost control of the woman he was obsessed with controlling.

### Alternate Universe

In an alternate universe, Mr. Phee's fawning over Leah Hugh went to her head and inflated it to a problematic degree. He eventually suggested forcibly pulling Charles Hugh out of school against his will, a proposition in which Leah readily adopted.

## Physical description

*"So what? He already knows he's a sexless boob…"*
―Charles Hugh[src]
It would seem that the physical health of Mr. Phee leaves a great deal to be desired. He is hairy, has a grizzled and overgrown beard, sports a large, squishy, and pendulous gut, and is six feet tall and considerably stocky. He was born with a kidney disease and, at his current age, is so incompetent at exercise and dieting that he can barely walk. He usually dresses formally. Leah claims he has an apple-shaped figure. Charles has made aspersions on his lack of beauty and intelligence in the past, especially because Mr. Phee is extremely sensitive about his awful condition.

## Personality and traits

*"So funny… then how come Rose didn't laugh? I think you know. Mark my words, you'll never get anywhere in life."*
―Mr. Phee to Charles Hugh after he makes fun of his weight[src]
Mr. Phee was the embodiment of narcissism. At first glance, he appeared to be innovative, sophisticated, temperamental, and fatherly, but it quickly became obvious to more and more people that he was extremely sinister, cruel, arrogant, egotistical, selfish, and overall a truly monstrous individual from presumably the most insidious and diabolical kind much like Emily Watson, although arguably far darker in overall nature than even the very young revolutionary. Indeed, he was considerably volatile, displaying outbursts of rage at the slightest provocation. Condescending and rude, he was extremely possessive of anything he saw as his. He was very calculating and callous and extremely sanctimonious, demanding, judgmental, and self-righteous, believing that his views were the sole truth that needed to be adhered to at all times and doing anything in his power to enforce this. For instance, he believes that there is no good and evil, only neutrality at the core of all mens' hearts, and considers those who disagree with him to bear a stereotypically prepubescent mentality. He was also extremely dishonest and manipulative, charming everyone he tried to except for Charles Hugh and Rose Johannson, though it should be noted that most of his thralls were not very intelligent at all. Much like his fake wife, he was extremely shallow, delusional, and shortsighted, being blissfully ignorant of wider issues and the consequences of actions he undertook.

In spite of this, Mr. Phee was pliant enough to listen to those who humbled themselves before him and supplied him with sufficient logic to sway his opinion. This was shown when Charles Hugh convinced him to accompany him and Rose Johannson to the Winter Dance. Despite this, Mr. Phee is also vain, something which stems from his insecurity about his hideously unattractive physique. Nevertheless, he continues to drink beer and gorge himself on licorice, alluding to his lack of self-discipline. This is made even worse because of his congenital liver problems, which curiously prevented him from eating vegetables and sweets; yet he indulged himself in a nigh-exclusive diet of pleasure foods and immoderately drank regardless, the primary culprit of his ample weight.

Mr. Phee is utterly hypocritical, to the point even the considerably delusional Leah is aware of it: while he has used logic many times, he will frown down on it and even contest it if it contradicts his own desires. His hypocrisy is also shown by his asinine accusations of Charles stalking Valiera Nelson, even though he mercilessly stalked Leah for months until she began awkwardly falling in love with him, and had previously moved to Utah in the first place in order to stalk somebody else. He was an alleged "family man" who befriended shady and unusual people from all over the city, but again frowned on those who did likewise. He said he was delighted to be a part of a family, but he admitted later that he actually hated children. He also enjoys watching movies with a lot of violence, but frowns upon those who enjoy it, and sometimes even pretends not to enjoy it himself. Additionally, he claims to have a spiritual connection to pets, when he is spiritually shredded and frequently abuses the term, showing his pets neglect and even leaving a diseased one to die, showing absolutely zero remorse for Callisto's fatal predicament.

Moreover, Phee confessed that he had never been fond of children, even expressing hatred for them, as he once confessed to Leah, in stark and nearly blatant contrast to Charles and Valiera. Despite proving this by mistreating Charles (as he criticizes him and insults his personal preferences frequently) and having no real sentiment towards Omner, he at least seems to be tolerant of his own son, Nicholas, who would appear to have inherited many of his negative qualities, though even Nicholas was neglected by his father, who admitted he considered his life to be considerably cheap. Indeed, he did not even care when his own son was nearly flattened by a car; even flat-out saying that preparing a picnic lunch was "more important" than his family's well-being. Overall, he is even more perverse than little Watson and an even worse father than the megalomaniacal Mr. Stupid NoHead himself (for even the Dark Lord taught many useful things to his son and saved him from drowning once).

However, first and foremost was his belief in his own self-preservation above all else that even at times bordered on self-worship, much like other self-focused narcissists. Despite his place in the lower class, he was untouchable in his mind and brushed off any possibilities of losing his leverage over other people as inconceivable, which turned out to be his undoing when Leah and her children ultimately parted ways with their monstrous tormentor for eternity. Due to his hubris, egomania, and overall unbelievable narcissism, Mr. Phee clearly suffers from a vast superiority complex.

Obsessed with perverse hedonism and excessive opulence, Mr. Phee was unashamed to flaunt any successful moments in his life. His hedonism is so extreme that he does not believe in the past or future and retains his aforementioned lack of belief in morality, and used to make jokes about it at Charles Hugh's expense when he was younger. He even went so far as to stubbornly refuse to make his marriage with Leah legally official, as he considered it "a pointlessly stupid and overrated protocol". He is physically abusive of her as well. Although he used to tolerate Omner Hugh, he eventually became very verbally abusive towards him, considering him to be weak and simple-minded, due to his perceived superiority over everybody.

## Abilities

* **Gifted intellect**: Mr. Phee is a reasonably intelligent man, with his moderate intellect extending to his technical and deceptive skills, though his immense arrogance and superiority complex consistently clouded his judgment.
	+ **Gifted deceiver**: Mr. Phee's attempts, however feeble, to hide his malevolence initially fooled the disturbed Leah Hugh and ingenuous Omner Hugh into trusting him with their lives, failing only with Charles Hugh, mostly because he had enough childlike wisdom to learn from the mistakes of his mother in the first twelve years of his life, and was an exceptionally perceptive teenager as it was.
	+ **Master hacker**: Mr. Phee is an extremely skilled hacker, as he had managed to infiltrate and destroy high-security police files for his own selfish entertainment, while still in high school.

## Weaknesses

* **Corpulence**: Thanks to his lazy and gluttonous nature, compounded by his congenital liver disease, Mr. Phee was lacking in physical strength, agility, and durability.
* **Arrogance**: Mr. Phee's greatest weakness is his overconfidence and arrogance, with him believing that since he has seemingly perfect leverage over everyone he wishes to control, that this makes him supremely powerful. Hence, he is surprised when his feeble attempts to conceal his malevolence never fooled Charles Hugh even as a preteen let alone a high schooler, albeit mostly because he was the most perceptive and logical member of his family and had always been good at learning from his own mistakes. His huge error in judgment was sexually abusing Leah and assuming she would retain her sheep mentality, ultimately losing control over her and her sons due to this gross oversight.
* **Mental instability**: Mr. Phee's other significant weakness is that his unstable psyche can often impair his thinking and convolute his judgment.

## Relationships

### Family

Mr. Phee has a very negative relationship with his family, due to being physically incompetent, mentally warped, and spiritually crippled. He has a strained relationship with his own wife, Leah, and his ex-wife, of whom he divorced. He has a good relationship with his son Nicholas Phee, who looks up to him and respects him. This is good coming from Nicholas, who has clearly deluded himself that he is above virtually everybody.

### Enemies

Phee was known to tolerate Omner Hugh, but he had no real sentiment towards him. However, he eventually became very verbally abusive towards him, considering him to be weak and simple-minded.

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Compared to his mother, Charles' relationship with his stepfather was initially relatively mellow, but he claimed that neither of them understood him. It is known that the individual did not approve of his feelings for Valiera Nelson or Luke Norris, considering them to be extremely insecure and selfish and "way too alike", angering Charles. Nevertheless, he did notably approve of his inviting Rose Johannson to his house. He also took them to the school dance and bought him a flower to give to Rose. However, when he discovered Rose had used drugs before, he drove Charles' opinion of him to boiling point by placing a restraining order on her, as well as Carl Alex and Ann Mex. He also did not want Adam Whitman over until he had met his parents.

Mr. Phee was extremely critical and argumentative, as Charles was the member of his new family that contrasted him the most. While Charles was physically, mentally, and spiritually stable, Phee was physically incompetent, mentally warped, and spiritually crippled. The individual was oblivious to his own faults and considered himself a superior being socially and in all three of the aforementioned fields. He frequently insulted Charles' opinions as well. Phee and Charles had a falling-out when he joked about his weight and he took it personally and was unaware Charles was being funny. Although he asked for forgiveness, he did not truly desire it, as this was "the candle on the slime-flavored cake". He hated him even more when he learned that he hated children, which in turn augmented the fact that he hated Charles for no good reason.

## Behind the scenes

Mr. Phee is directly based on the malignant stepfather of D. Isaac Thomas.

## Author's comments

*"I talked to him when he was actually around, but the only subject that took his fancy was my maturity, or his perceived lack thereof. Mr. Phee is one of the most realistic villains on any DLU book. He was one of the only D.I.T. villains to live beside the main character day by day."*

## Trivia

* Two readers have both speculated that his alcoholism furthered his mental decline and made his narcissistic nature even more extreme, but it is unknown just how much alcohol he consumes to begin with.
* It is unknown why he divorced his ex-wife, or if moving to Utah to futilely stalk a girl influenced their permanent separation.
* His least-favorite movie is *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*.
* Mr. Phee displays all of the seven deadly sins.
	+ **Pride** - He delusionally believes his own lies and that he has done absolutely nothing wrong.
	+ **Lust** - He's obsessed with Leah.
	+ **Envy** - He harbors bitter and jealous feelings towards the aristocracy in general.
	+ **Greed** - He views people as tools to serve for his amusement.
	+ **Wrath** - He's a serial rapist who has murdered a small handful of animals and human babies.
	+ **Sloth** - He makes unintelligent humans do his own dirty work rather than doing it himself.
	+ **Gluttony** - He eats a lot of pleasure foods and drinks immoderate amounts of alcohol, resulting in his obesity and exacerbating his liver disease.
* He also exhibits 11 out of 13 traits of psychopathy:
	+ He has a lack of empathy for anyone; even Nicholas Phee is neglected by him.
	+ He is completely beyond remorse, even after he nearly got his son run over as a six-year-old.
	+ He lacks humility, as his ego is completely out of control.
	+ He suffers from intense delusions of grandeur, believing his views ought to be forced onto everyone as much as possible.
	+ He constantly exhibits conflict-seeking behavior, trying to clash with teenage boys every chance he gets.
	+ He is violent, killing three babies for starters.
	+ He has extremely poor self-control, to the point Leah fears he'll ruin his own business with his lotus eating.
	+ He desires to dominate and be in charge, hence why he tried to subjugate his own family.
	+ He demonstrates manipulative behavior with people like Leah Hugh or even Rose Johannson.
	+ He harbors feelings of entitlement, expecting people to act like the world revolves around him.
	+ He is vain and self-obsessed; pretty much every scene he is in speaks for itself.
	+ He contradicts the twelfth and thirteenth traits to a certain extent, not being indicated to openly defy any authority figures or exhibit antisocial behavior.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Boys vs. Girls 2 Prelude*

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