#{ headcanon: zarah phillips. }

[iinkheart]

★★★★ weather

as much as she may think she belongs to the shadows, gisèle does far from thrive in them. she is ridiculously attuned to gloom in the weather, and rain – especially in the late afternoon or late in the night – makes her more melancholy and introspective and cynical than usual.

lourdes is a total sunshine child: it doesn’t matter whether it is warm or cold outside, but sunny days put her in a supremely energetic mood, one where she finds herself wanting to be really productive and tick some boxes on a mental to-do list, particularly if she can be active outdoors.

on the other hand, overcast days get xavier in a working mood. he will often hole up in his study for hours on end on dark days, when the world feels like an endless blank slate for him to dissect and examine to his heart’s content.

zarah has some pretty deep-rooted trauma related to cold, wet weather – her mother died in a car skidding accident – so even as an adult, she hatehatehates going out in the rain. it is pretty ludicrous to her that water can pour (or drift, in the case of snow) down from the sky and ruin someone’s day, be it by making their hair frizzy or by creating dangerous conditions, and she lowkey resents it.

a ★ for a fact about a character!