Jodie

"I'm not there yet!"
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## Jodie

### Family

Anny (mother)
Darrell (father)
Barry, Edwin, and Lewis (brothers)
Fanny, Steph, and Winter (nieces)
Brody (nephew)

"*Where's the traits from my brother???" [...] "Winterlyn looks nothing like Edwin!*"
—Jodie pointing out that Winter doesn't resemble Edwin, *Choosing Paths*

**Jodie McCormick** is a minor character in *Winter's Tales*. She is the daughter of Anny and Darrell, the sister of Barry, Edwin, and Lewis, and one of Winter's aunts.

## Appearance

Although Jodie is not described in detail, her eye color is mentioned to be hazel, and she wears a cardigan over a shirt that says "Not Now Sweetie, Mommy's Airing Out the Laundry."

## History

### *Winter's Tales*

#### *Choosing Paths*

"*Bo-ring! Sports contains no class and sweaty no-gooders. We ought to put it on TLC-*"
—Jodie to Winter on changing the channel

Jodie, alongside Bonnie, arrive at the Falin-McCormick family reunion and are hugged by Debbie, who welcomes them in, offering beef buns and mentioning that she'll start dinner soon. Bonnie mutters that she'll check to see if anything has expired, and Jodie pledges to help, but they are stopped when Winter jumps up from the couch and greets them. Turning to her, they say her name, and she flies into their arms. Both comment on her appearance, with Bonnie pointing out that she looks like Lorelei and Jodie remarking that she doesn't look anything like Edwin, which Bonnie agrees with. Winter begins to feel smothered, but luckily, Edwin comes to her rescue and pries Jodie away from her, telling her that his daughter taking after Lorelei isn't a big deal. She protests the stark difference, but Edwin retorts that Winter is beautiful even with her identical appearance to her mother, urging his sister to stop being so dramatic. Seeing that Winter is embarrassed, Jodie concedes and corrects herself, saying that it's wonderful to see Winter. While Bonnie roots through Debbie's fridge, Jodie peers at the TV and asks what Winter is watching, to which she replies sports. Her aunt huffs that sports is boring, about to flip the channel to TLC, but Edwin mutters that Winter isn't watching that channel, snatching the remote right out of her hand.

The doorbell then rings, and Jodie rushes to the door, spilling contents of her wine glass on way there. She opens it, revealing Winter's cousins. After Anny causes a slight altercation with her religious views, Jodie is excited by the drama and rubs her hands together. Once Anny settles down, she questions if the food is nearly done, and Jodie shouts that they're cooking it. Upon the arrival of the Falin sisters' parents, Jodie hollers that they need music up in here, and Bonnie orders her to not put it on club rave. She denies wanting to put it on rave music, but gives up trying afterward due to the speaker being broken. Winter's youngest cousin, Fanny, attempts to sing, but Steph silences her, much to Winter's relief - she thinks it's best Jodie keeps her mouth closed. Throughout the reunion, Jodie joins Lorelei and Bonnie in drinking wine, and she soon helps the two and Debbie clean the kitchen. When Lewis is exposed for trying to give Winter alcohol, causing Edwin to violently assault him, Jodie begs him to stop. Lewis proceeds to accuse Winter of wanting to try the alcohol, and Jodie is so shocked by his claim that she faints into the wall.

#### *Dawn Will Bring Us Death*

When Winter wonders who her father is talking about the phone, she wonders if it could be Jodie, but she is disproven. Later, when Lorelei dies, Jodie attends her funeral and is deeply rocked by her death, lacking her typical pretentious, drama-mongering attitude. She delivers a genuine eulogy, sharing what she liked about Lorelei, and her brother paraphrases her. That same day, Edwin reveals to Winter that his mother was borderline abusive to his siblings over religion, especially to Jodie, who was frequently spanked and verbally scolded for her rebelliousness, leading to her being repeatedly grounded.

#### *Betrayal of Blood*

Winter tells her father that no McCormick gives up on a fledgling life, quoting Jodie, and she and her father guffaw.

#### *Return of Snowlight*

Winter reunites with her extended family at the mall, including her aunts.

## Personality and Traits

Jodie is pretentious, snooty, and a gossip-monger. She loves drama and attention, overexaggerating her own actions, and acts haughty in her movements, believing her ways to be superior to others. She can be easily shocked and flabbergasted, and at times, left speechless. In her youth, she is noted to have been loud-mouthed and extremely rebellious towards her mother's rules.

## Family

**Mother:**

Anny (Deceased)
**Father:**

Darrell (Deceased)
**Brothers:**

Barry (Living)
Edwin (Living)
Lewis (Living)
**Nieces:**

Fanny (Living)
Steph (Living)
Winter (Living)
**Nephew:**

Brody (Living)
## Trivia

* Jodie is voiced by Jane Lynch.
* She is inspired by an "Aunt Jodie" alluded to at the ending of a GEICO commercial, and her appearing alongside Bonnie was meant to be a reference as to how both are the only named aunts in said commercial.
* She lives in Tumwater.
* Jodie, along with Steph, is Av's favorite of Winter's family members to write.
* Her shirt is a reference to the popular *Sims* meme where a Sim typing on a computer is captioned with "Not Now Sweaty, Mommy's Cyber Bullying." Despite the shirt, Jodie does not have children of her own and lives alone in Tumwater.