Jessica Yamada

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Jessica Yamada</default></title>

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox>Dr Jessica Yamada was a parahuman psychologist employed by the Protectorate.

Personality

Dr. Yamada was exceptionally dedicated to her job. She was willing to lecture Chevalier for breaking her rules, and to work with numerous dangerous parahumans.

She was an expert in parahuman psychology; providing information on Trigger Events that Weaver was unaware of, and sitting in on PRT meetings as a consultant.<ref name="18.z">18.z (Donation Interlude #3; Jessica Yamada, Therapist)</ref><ref name="22.1">Cell 22.1</ref> Her focus was mainly on child parahumans.<ref> I should warn you I predominantly work with juveniles. - 18.z (Donation Interlude #3; Jessica Yamada, Therapist)</ref>

She was not without her faults however. She disliked much of the culture of the Capes. Such as the names they would choose. She encouraged her patients to use their real names.<ref name="29.7 e200">“I want my name, Doctor,” Sveta said. She wasn’t running, so her voice was level, free of panting or anything of the sort. “Not even my old name, from before you wiped my memory. Tell me the name you gave me, after you sent me to the fourth floor. Because you do that for the ones you think are worth studying, right? Or tell me the name I took after you released me into the wild, as some kind of smokescreen for Scion. It starts with ‘S’, if that helps.” - Excerpt from Venom 29.7</ref><ref name="18.z e5">Weld closed the door and settled in the reinforced chair she’d brought into her office in anticipation of the appointment.

“Have you picked a name?” she asked.

He chuckled lightly. “I’m Weld. That’s it for now.”

[...]

He was at the door when she called after him, “and Weld, I want you to pick a proper name!” - Excerpt from Interlude 18 (Donation Bonus 3)</ref> She recognized this issue however.<ref name="II2.5 e6"> - Excerpt from Flare 2.5</ref>

Known Clients

• Weaver
• Brockton Bay Wards
• Sveta
• Chevalier ^{[citation needed]}
• Glory Girl
• Valkyrie
• Therapy group

History

Background

It took her eight years to train as a psychiatrist.<ref>Nothing that graphic, but the penalties are severe, and they include extensive jail time, and forfeiting the credentials it took me eight years to get. - Interlude 18 (Donation Bonus 3)</ref>

Post-Leviathan

She saw Shadow Stalker after she was kidnapped and tortured by Regent and the Undersiders.

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

On June 16th 2011, she saw Glory Girl and Sveta at the Parahuman Asylum.

On June 17th she saw Clockblocker, Weld, and Flechette in the Brockton Bay Wards. She warned Miss Militia that her Wards were suffering from low morale. On June 18th she saw Kid Win and Vista.

On June 19th she was called in to cover for a colleague named Richmond.

On June 20th she saw Clockblocker, but the Mayoral debate was attacked by Coil, disrupting things. At 6am the next morning, she had a conversation with Eidolon about his problems.<ref name="18.z"/>

Post-Echidna

Was there during Skitter's Surrender.

Had to deal with one of her patients disparity after hearing the news about cauldron treatment.<ref name="23.4 e1">“I’m so sorry I’m late. I never do this,” Mrs. Yamada said. She entered the office, a raincoat, boots and a messenger bag in her arms, her hair a touch damp, clearly flustered. “What a way to start us off. I’m so embarrassed.”
[...]
“It’s a matter of professional courtesy,” she said, more like she was talking to herself than to me. She was still getting herself sorted out, her raincoat hung up, rain boots replaced with slippers she’d been holding beneath the coat. “Being prompt, it indicates that I respect and value your time. You can’t confide in me if I don’t respect you.”

Respect me?

I looked down at the floor for a moment. She was looking at me when I raised my eyes to her. “With all sincerity, it was due to forces entirely out of my control, with complications at every turn.”

“Bureaucracy,” I said.

“You’re not wrong,” she said, “But it was something else. A patient of mine, institutionalized, she’s reacted badly to certain events in the last month. Someone she idolized left the Wards, and-”

I could see her stop, composing herself, the stress and preoccupied attitude melting away.

“-And this isn’t about that. This session is about you.”- Excerpt from Drone 23.4</ref> She was paid a visit and accepted an invitation to the Irregulars.<ref name="27.5e2">“Sveta idolizes me. She sees me as a hero, a spokesperson for our kind. Her therapist asked me to come visit, because she heard about what happened in the Echidna attack, what Cauldron was doing. All of her progress, gone. So her therapist wanted her hero to show up. Give her guidance, support. It worked.”

“That’s a good thing, isn’t it?” I asked. I saw Eidolon open fire, not a dramatic attack, but a subtle one, a series of darts that left dark streaks in the air. My entire body tensed, as if I could jump into the fight. - Excerpt from Extinction 27.5</ref>

After a rocky start Ms Yamada settled into being the primary therapist for Weaver.<ref>Taylor was Yamada’s patient, for most of her stay in the Wards. - Comment by Wildbow on Teneral e.1</ref>

Post-Gold Morning

Talked with the green maiden.

Friend a therapy group in the two years before the Wardens offered her a long term position.<ref name="II2.5 e6"> - Excerpt from Flare 2.5</ref>

Trivia

• Yamada's exceptional theraputic prowess has become something of a meme in the fandom.

Fanart Gallery

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  Detail of image by @rosyrach on Twitter.
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  Image by @rosyrach on Twitter.
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  Image by Igor for We've Got Worm art contest
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  Image by VNL for We've Got Worm art contest
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  Hugging Victoria, by terriblydrawnparahumans

References

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