#Beccatrice

[jon-withnoh]

“You could have told me how cold it would be out here.” Beatrice rubbed her hands along her upper arms, her breath forming a cloud in front of her face. 

“You ride,” Rebecca called from the helm. “I thought it would have been obvious.”

“I ride in the forest. This is the open water and I am bloody freezing.” 

Rebecca laughed. “You poor thing. Let me see if I have a pullover below decks.” Rebecca walked past her and, after a few minutes of rummaging, threw a lumpy woollen object at her. “Here. You shouldn’t be as cold wearing this.” 

— Prompt 8: sweater weather

[jcmorrigan]

Can you explain a little about each of your OCs fashion taste and maybe add a pic of the epitome of their style? I want to see which one is most like my own fashion preferences (if I wasn't too lazy to dress up lol)

All right, what I’m going to do is the rapid-fire. I’m gonna tell you names and what they dress like, since you were interested in finding out who matched, and then you (or anyone else) can ask further asks about anyone who looks interesting one at a time and I will GUSH

Venley (protag hero): Wears deep blues (but not navy). Likes swishy skirts, flowing sleeves, and layering. So much layering, especially leggings under short skirts.

Sophira (hero): Has a style I like to call The Worst(TM). Wears non-complementary colors. Patchwork sweaters and miniskirts. Loves rainbow tie-dye. Will not take fashion advice from Axeline and this is going to be the death of Axeline

Axeline (hero): Mostly sticks to red palettes with long coats and corset lacing but will try anything once.

Siademina (hero): Likes to pair cute blouses with bouncy short skirts. Tends to wear warmer colors or pastels.

Zefiraduc (hero): Purple and glitzy. She wants to be a famous pop star and dresses like one.

Arain (hero): Blacks and reds. If the outfit can allow her to blend pants with something skirt-ish, like a side panel, it’s an extra bonus. Always wears the fantasy equivalent of a baseball cap to go with it (and has emo bangs AND a huge ponytail).

Ailuen (hero): Mostly dresses in comfy things, tees and jeans, but when she wants to go all-out, she will pick a pink prom dress with ruffles and sparkles. A nice compromise is if she puts a fancy pink blouse over the jeans. During the planned arc where she becomes a Lawful Evil for a while, wears a white military uniform.

Alivain (deuteragonist villain): Mostly likes red, but occasionally blue or purple. Is a villain and dresses like a villain. Outfits are very bright and flamboyant. I’m toying with an “evil circus” aesthetic for the entire team and have written down some of him acting as the ringmaster, so go ahead and add a red ringmaster’s uniform to his most-worn. I also want him to have gloves with little claws built in at one point. Capes. And he wears high heels because he likes to feel tall and glamorous.

Versafina (villain): All black all the time. Lots of leather. Prefers pants vastly over skirts because she’s a dancer/martial artist who needs the mobility; also she just doesn’t like the femme aesthetic so much. Though she does enjoy wearing the highest of high heels specifically because training in them makes her more balanced and agile, and if she takes them off, you are dead where you stand.

Phantasia (villain): White cocktail dresses. Swanky and glamorous. Usually more pencil-skirt style or form-fitting than anything that has ruffle. Slits that show off the leg are a fave style of hers. High heels for her too.

Zangary (villain): I’m not entirely happy with his design, but for now, I have him in kinda generic dark clothes with an ostentatious long lavender jacket and a black wide-brimmed hat.

Dweixyn (villain): Pink minidresses/blouses and skirts. Has a favorite trench coat that has pink lining on the inside and is darker on the outside. Always wears sunglasses, even indoors and at night, for the aesthetic and no other reason. High heels for her too.

Belador/Belladore (villain): They’re kind of a rave-themed villain so I imagine lots of mesh tops and glow sticks.

Yridel (villain): I’m not entirely sure what her style is, but it needs to show off her cybernetic limbs. That is a must.

Sherida (villain): A form-fitting red bodysuit with a black motorcycle helmet that prevents you from seeing her face. Heavy-soled boots. Steal aesthetics from Vanitas Kingdomhearts? Me? Nooooo

Lirian (villain): “Sun” palettes, with pinks and yellows and reds. But also blue sweaters and skirts (dull in hue). I toy with one of her quirks being wearing ballet shoes everywhere she goes but I’m not sure if that’s silly.

Rachneira (villain): Wears lots of black. Not just a Goth but THAT Hot Topic Goth.

Tomagi (villain): Pink sundresses, particularly with gold lining.

Calpurniko (villain): Jumpsuits, overalls, beiges and dull colors, white tees, anything she can get dirty and not cry over.

Diamandian (villain): White lace. He is cis male but comfortable enough with his masculinity that he adores ruffles and lace hems. Has a matching white parasol and a white top hat.

Maraya (villain): Victorian-esque dress...blue?...and a big ol’ black cloak that hides her appearance. Her design is still kinda under construction because I started out going one direction and then made a hard left on her character

Anastasios (villain): Tunics and breeches. Greens and browns.

Kaxhalen (villain): He is an alien warlord so I’m trying to design a silver extraterrestrial battlesuit but not sure how to make it look unique

Osmend Osmodias (villain): Shiny golden suits. Fedora that’s pulled down to cover his eyes.

Orianelle (villain): black leather that shows a lot of skin. Tanks and shorts that bare midriff. Tall black boots with heavy soles.

Siersyrei (villain): Navy blue and that’s about all I know for now, though there are reasons I’d like her to have a skirt with shorts underneath.

Clancette (B-team hero): When in civvies, wears a lot of pink “kawaii” clothing. Jackets over tanks. Lots of pins with the fantasy equivalent of Sanrio characters. Rainbow stockings. As a Magical Girl, is associated with the color pink and element of wind; her outfit has a short and wide ruffly skirt and any way a breeze can be implemented into the design is welcome.

Xar/chelyna (B-team hero): When in civvies, he wears button-down shirts and blue pants. As a Magical Girl, she is associated with blue and water, so skirts that are long and wavy and any ocean motifs. Also enjoys a blue top hat.

Loveleigh (B-team hero): Both civvies and Magical Girl clothing are red/fire-associated. Likes slinky skirts and low-cut blouses.

Fernamele (B-team hero): Both civvies and Magical Girl clothing are yellow/lightning-associated. Another pop star wannabe who dresses in glitz and glitter, with swishy short skirts.

Zelladane (B-team hero): Civvies are sweatshirts, jeans, and heavy rubber boots with a lot of dirt built on them from her gardening. Magical Girl clothing is green/plant-associated, but with pink accents. Any piece that’s green with pink flower decorations on it automatically makes me think of her.

Aoliaoma (B-team hero): Undecided on civvies, but her big character quirk is that she seems perpetually sleepy, so I could see her just forgetting to change out of her full-length pajamas that are probably black satin. As a Magical Girl, her association is black/the void, and she has a short dress meant to look like that of a traditional witch, with a pointed witch’s hat on top.

Ravenille (antihero): Denim jackets and pants. Lots of denim. Silver face piercings and LOTS of them.

Arisia (antihero): I specifically see her in a blue tank top, a brown skirt/shorts and chain mail overlays. Anything with chain mail makes me think of her. Also, tall heeled boots. She might also wear a mask made of chain mail that covers the lower half of her face.

Lunisia (antihero): Pink. Skirts with leggings beneath. Quirky shoes, like black patent-leather with buckles.

Rhodelton (antihero): The ugliest yellow jacket you can imagine over a T-shirt and jeans.

Phaeley (minor character, could be moved to antihero squad): Black tanks and long skirts. Slightly Goth but not that much. Always wears a black newsboy hat.

Sylvisa (minor character, could be moved to antihero squad): Almost exactly Versafina’s style except more masculine. I should probably refine his.

Dashorra (minor character): Anything that’s split right down the middle as black/white is fair game.

Victorique (minor character): Shiny silver dresses with long skirts.

Isisa (minor character): White toga and gold hair ornamentation.

Phil (minor character): Is literally a sentient pile of green slime and never wears clothes, but if he did, it’d be business suits with tacky striped ties.

Tristabelle (minor character): I usually picture her in a dark blue low-cut dress with a loose, flowing skirt, but I feel like it needs refinement.

Madwyn (minor character): I usually picture her in a form-fitting black cocktail dress, but I also feel like this could be more special.

Diceanne (minor character): I usually picture her in a pink bodysuit with gold accents that lacks sleeves or legs, so I kind of want to do something with this and the concept of tackling the issue of revealing clothing and sexism and how much choice is had in the matter so I guess her final outfit will come to me once I’ve got the arc in mind

Beccatrice (minor character): I usually picture her in a white toga, but unless she and Isisa are part of the same order or class or something, I should probably make hers different.

Sharamantha (minor character): Brightly-colored overalls (pink, green, purple) over white tees. Sneakers.

Eudarmence (minor character): Shiny gold gowns. Any shiny gold gown. Also likes shiny gold hair ornamentation. Has to be the shiniest thing in the room.

Ilyènne (minor character): Either yellow dresses with loose skirts or this specific pink blouse with a huge ostentatious ribbon on the chest that I got in my mind’s eye once.

Riaudne (plot-device character): Pink-and-silver dresses. She’s royalty, but I want to play with her culture not being Eurocentric, so I want to shake up this design somehow but I’m not yet sure how

Aelistene (plot-device character): Brightly colored minidresses (mint green or deep purple), likes hair ornaments.

Magnus (Lawful Evil villain): All white all the time. Looks very regal - jackets, waistcoats. Very masculine as well.

Janiel and Tjeron are both mooks of the Lawful Evil faction and will eventually renounce their ways, but I have literally never pictured them in anything other than military uniforms that I originally designed as black but now have changed to white for symbolic deconstruction reasons

The following characters are still under construction to where I’m not sure of their fashion style at all: Valencindri (villain sidekick), Dr. Hope Lessness (villain), Mercy Lessness (villain sidekick), Lainnhartt (villain), Soligeo (villain sidekick), Khairic Kajé (antihero), Aerokai (antihero), Tredwulfall (antihero), Burqueley (antihero), Liodax (minor character), Ririko (minor character), Ayali (minor character, possibly antihero), Lilianet (minor character), Spectra (minor character), Prettiza and Kyista (minor characters who have to wear the same outfit), Rewnoki (minor character), Delena (minor character), Jaydrey (minor character), Mejame (minor character), Shananadel (minor character), Veline (Lawful Evil), Keiandra (Lawful Evil), or Oquian (Lawful Evil).

I hope this has helped you figure out whose style you match and also see how many freaking characters I have designed and I don’t intend to stop until I have enough to fill a huge fantasy world but then I’ll probably keep going anyway because my mind is apparently hooked on designing now

[jon-withnoh]

“What a downpour! No really, Frith, no need to fuss.” Laughing, Rebecca waved away the old butler and his concern. “Come upstairs, Beatrice. I’ll find you something to wear.”

Taking Rebecca’s offered hand, Beatrice allowed herself to be pulled upstairs. Rebecca led the way to her rooms, and, once safely inside, marched through to the bathroom.

“Here.”

A towel flew through the open door. Beatrice caught it. A moment later there was the sound of metal against porcelain, then the taps turning. “What are you doing?”

“Running a bath, darling. Why don’t you join me? It’ll warm you right up.”

— Prompt 35: long showers

[jon-withnoh]

“God.” Beatrice brought her hand to the back of Rebecca’s neck, pulling her closer. She felt Rebecca smile against her lips, eager to deepen their kiss. A moment later they sprang apart.

“Ouch.” Rebecca ran her hand over her mouth where their teeth had knocked together. Beatrice stared at her in the dark, cheeks flushed. Rebecca burst into laughter.

“I’m sorry,” Rebecca said, “I was just thinking about Lady Walters and her horse…”

Beatrice snorted. “And their matching smiles?”

Rebecca fanned herself with her hand, breathless with laughter. “I wouldn’t dare draw such a ghastly comparison. You forget yourself, Beatrice.”

Prompt 36: Giggling during sex

[jon-withnoh]

“Rebecca, wait.” Beatrice caught hold of the door before it could slam shut. Rebecca halted at the other end of the unfamiliar parlour.

“Leave me be.”

“Lady Highbury has a big mouth, both figuratively and literally.” Beatrice chuckled to herself. “You mustn’t take her seriously.”

“I don’t need your advice.”

“Of course not.” Beatrice went over to her and, seeing that Rebecca’s hands were trembling, drew her into a tight hug. Rebecca stiffened. Beatrice patted her on the back. “Don’t fight it, my dear. You may be a very accomplished wife already, but you still have a lot to learn.”

— Prompt 21: this is a very long hug now

[jon-withnoh]

"Here." Beatrice dropped the parcel onto Rebecca's desk, narrowly avoiding the inkwell. 

"I thought you weren't speaking to me?"

"I'm not."

"Ah". Rebecca lifted the lid off of the plain cardboard box. Inside was a vase, not crystal but glazed pottery.

"You might take it down to your... cottage. A visual reminder not to fuck other women's husbands."

Rebecca trailed her fingers along the rim of the vase. "What I am hearing... is that you want me to think of you while fucking other people."

Beatrice crossed her arms. "Do you like it?" 

"It's hideous." 

"It made me think of you."

Prompt 19: "It made me think of you."

[jon-withnoh]

Ship asks: Beatrice x Rebecca and Danvich!

Beatrice/Rebecca or as I like to call it Beccatrice:

I ship it! What made me ship it is mainly Beatrice being super duper gay and feeling a lot of antipathy towards Rebecca. That makes for great ship-material. She doesn’t like Rebecca, she’s pissed off at Rebecca for seducing her husband, and yet… My favourite thing about them might be just that reluctance. They don’t like each other. They don’t want to like each other. They can’t help being attracted to each other and whoops! Also all the delightful emotional torment on Bee’s part — she wants to be loyal to her brother so badly, so how would that tie in with having an affair with his wife? How might it come into play later once Maxim has murdered Rebecca? Does Bee know? Does she suspect it? How would the story change if she did know and had to live with the knowledge that she was helping to cover up this crime? I don’t think I have any unpopular opinions about them. Not very many people have written about them or talk about them so I have quite a lot of freedom which is fun!

Danvich:

I ship these two as well (obviously). I did not think I would and they were not the ship that immediately came to my mind (I had to go to Ao3 to realise people were shipping them), but there is a lot of fun to be had writing them. You can go the route of “I can fix her!” Or “I can make her worse!” Or “They save each other!” Or “They tragically don’t save each other!” — the possibilities are endless. Plus it’s interesting to play around with the age gap. Ich perceives Mrs Danvers so differently than she perceives Maxim, despite them possibly being of similar ages, which says so much about how she sees the world and the people around her. My favourite thing, well… I have to admit it’s probably the “emotionally closed off suffering older woman learns to trust the anxious younger woman who’s just desperate to be loved”. Although I’m also a big fan of making Danvich weird. Let them be messy, let them make bad decisions, let them play mind-games, I’m absolutely here for it. Again, I don’t know if I have unpopular opinions about them specifically, though I do know that shipping them in itself is an unpopular opinion to some.

[jon-withnoh]

“Rise and shine!”

Rebecca groaned. Beatrice had opened the dividing doors between their rooms and was leaning in the doorway. She looked infuriatingly awake.

“Come now.” Beatrice came over to the bed and sat on the edge of the mattress. “We have an early start.”

“I hate you,” Rebecca said.

“No, you don’t.” Beatrice leaned down, murmuring in her ear. “I’ll make it up to you.”

Rebecca turned her head, pulling Beatrice in for a kiss. Her lips tasted of peppermint. “Hey, you’ve brushed your teeth. That’s not fair.”

“I told you,” Beatrice said, laughing. “We have an early start.”

Soft Prompts 11: Toothpaste Kisses

[jon-withnoh]

“I could get used to this,” Rebecca said, turning in front of the mirror.

“You should. It suits you.” Beatrice drew her feet up onto the sofa and watched Rebecca pluck at the collar of her borrowed pyjamas.

“Max would think they’re hideous.”

“Well Maxim isn’t here. I am.”

“True.” Rebecca came over to the sofa and sat down, drawing up her feet just as Beatrice had done. “Be a dear and share that blanket, will you?”

Beatrice leaned forward and moved the blanket to cover them both.

“Thank you.” Rebecca smiled at her and settled back on the sofa.

Soft prompts 25: Pyjamas

[callmekamel]

ok

Suggestion to use Beccatrice as the ship name for Beatrice/Rebecca. Thoughts?

[jon-withnoh]

🛳 (and have a great new year)

Are there any new ships you want to write for? (Platonic, romantic, anything in between)

Well, if you count the Rebecca/Danny/Bee triangle developing in the later stages of Nie Wirst Du, I guess I am already writing a new ship! I’d love to write more Danbea or Beccatrice when I have a bit more time (who knows when that’ll be…), but mostly I’m just trying to have as much fun as I can writing fic and treating it as the enjoyable, restorative hobby I want it to be.

I’m also always interested in the different ways Beatrice and the new Mrs de Winter get to interact and develop a relationship (or not). What I find so fascinating about them in the novel is how their (sisterly) relationship is so tragically cut short by Maxim’s confession etc. I feel like if they’d had more time to get to know each other and actually build a relationship, Mrs de Winter #2 might have had a good friend in Beatrice. Actually, I would love to delve a bit deeper into book Beatrice. Musical Beatrice is a lot gentler and more outwardly supportive, whereas book Beatrice tries but is also pretty tact- and clueless. That could make for a fascinating character study.

Thanks for the ask! :)

[jon-withnoh]

Suggestion to use Beccatrice as the ship name for Beatrice/Rebecca. Thoughts?