#She tastes like the aftermath of a fight he tastes like stolen bourbon

[silkwxtch]

pls talk about Edith & Butch their board is so fascinating to me 🫶🏼

Anon I hope you realize how happy you’ve made me omg

Edith is the Vault Doctor, training under her father in some attempt to use her inhumane strength for something bigger than herself. Her whole thing is, that she thinks she wants to stay among the other Vault Dwellers, when in actuality, everyone who was her family, has some tie and call to the Wasteland. Edith is no exception.

Edith and Butch were meant to follow the whole “Goody Two Shoes” x “Sleazy Greaser”, but I’m not a huge fan of FMC’s being flirted with/harassed by the MMC.

I don’t exactly know how to explain their dynamic, but Edith is meant to be the Catholic girl next door who struggles with her family/strength, as well as the stress and guilt of her own sins Butch is meant to be the kid that occasionally teases or bullies her, but knows that if she truly wanted to, she can wipe the floor with him.

Edith has had 10 strength since she was 15 getting her ass kicked at her own birthday party changed her

She normally looks pristine, with neat round glasses, a tidy braid, and her mother's old crucifix, but when Edith returns on Trouble on the Homefront and obvi meets up with Butch once again, but she looks different and holds herself differently.

Her hair has been hacked off. Her glasses are cracked, and the crucifix is rustic, held together by one of her shoelaces.

She holds herself like a feral and desperate stray, often glaring at the other Vault Dwellers, but nearly groveling at Amata’s feet as she was kicked out.

Butch isn’t intimidated by her, per se, but there’s definitely some tension revolving around them, one looks at the other like, “I’ll take you out if I have to.” and the other looks at them with nothing but hesitant reverence.

I’d go into more but it’s almost 3 in the morning and I’ve got a plane to catch THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INDULGING ME