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canon and headcanon notes
[canon trivia]
- Annabelle DeWitt (née Watson)
- portraits based on ones of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
- called Anna by those closest to her (src)
- dies in childbirth; husband names daughter after her ("Anna")
- in Columbia timeline, dies 1895
[canon dialogue]
- Voxophones: Love the Sinner (April the 1st, 1893), Unconditional (April the 1st, 1893), Beyond Redemption (December the 28th, 1894), the Imagination of God (January the 4th, 1895), No Longer (January the 5th, 1895)
- Confronting Rosalind Lutece (January the 4th, 1895)
- In her diary re: Elizabeth (date unknown, presumed evening of January the 4th, 1895)
- Reconciling with Elizabeth as Siren
[known canon personality (lady comstock)]
- treated Daisy kindly enough she almost felt like she belonged (src: A Place in the World)
- perceptive and understanding of dualities (src: Love the Sinner)
- before meeting Comstock (and presumably in other timelines, Booker) she took advantage of her suitors (and family?) and even all but admits she took some amount of pleasure from it (src: Unconditional)
- regrets her previous treatment of "those who loved [her]", guilt remains even after being forgiven by Comstock (src: Unconditional)
- wants to love Comstock unconditionally and return the forgiveness he gave her, but struggled with his darker sides (src: Beyond Redemption)
- honestly believed in what Comstock preached and honestly religious (src: her diary, the Imagination of God)
- "He begs my silence, but I can only offer him forgiveness. But with repentance need come truth." she's speaking of redemption for both herself, who abided Comstock's lies, and for Comstock himself. she wanted to tell Columbia the truth in order to help Comstock; in the hope she would save him (src: No Longer)
- she never stopped wanting to save Comstock (src: reconciling with Elizabeth as Siren)
- personal character development arc is about the dualities of sin/forgiveness and truth/lies, and most importantly about redemption, both for oneself and others
[headcanon]
- when Comstock killed her, it was after she told him she was going to tell Columbia the truth about Elizabeth, and he smothered her via pillow over her face
- the "40 souls lie tonight dead in unmarked graves" she mentions in Beyond Redemption were the inklings of protests, but Comstock had them stomped out and memories of them practically erased
- the name "Elizabeth" originally came from Annabelle, as it's the name she herself would have chosen for her daughter
- eventually, Booker was the only one allowed to call her Anna
- growing up, her family was splintered; her mother died, her father remarried and had more children, she lived off and on with her aunt, and overall the family relations were either "close and fond" or "at each others' throats" (inspiration: Alice Roosevelt's early life)
- as a result, Annabelle grew up to be a woman who was independent, but still thirsted for attention and validation
- socially savvy, perceptive, astute
- typically knew what she wanted and knew how to get it, usually by playing the social sphere
- though known for being kind, she actively manipulated the affections of friends, family, and suitors in order to get the kind of attention she wanted
- though she knew exactly what she was doing when she did it, she was simultaneously thoughtless about it, giving the people she cast aside not even a backwards glance, moving on to the next game -- because that's what the romance scene was for her, a game
- genuinely did want to start a family of her own, but due to a combination of her independent nature and her trust issues, she wasn't really interested in starting it with any of the suitors she knew, so she just focused on getting what she could get out of the games she was expected to play and enjoying herself along the way
- not a very touchy feely person by nature
- unafraid of being a little scandalous
- while generally confident in herself and her close relationships, if her insecurities get too strong, then she can fly into jealous snits
[Booker headcanon]
- met Booker when he was 17-18; she's actually older than him, though not by much (she was 18-19)
- she had asked around about him, initially out of curiousity. that curiousity started out as the "oooh, new boy in town~" kind of interest, but the more she learned, the more he intrigued her
- eventually approached him at a party and asked for a cigarette; he only had the one he was smoking left, and when he jokingly offered it, she accepted
- they kept "running into each other" because she kept loose tabs on where he liked to spend his free time
- a genuine bond between them grew slowly, and without much discussion between them about it; he appreciated that she was straightforward and unafraid and capable of holding a conversation with him, and she found that he was more of what she needed, compared to what she thought she wanted
- definitely one of those "they started dating without deciding they were dating" scenarios
- casual sharing: cigarettes, food off each others' plates, alcohol, etc.
- dancing was A Thing for them
- although they were both not exactly good people, they didn't so much bring out the best in each other, but they were better when they were together. this is because they didn't dwell so much on their own issues
- ... they also brought out the 8yo in each other. they got kicked out of restaurants because of food fights on more than one occasion
- the night Booker decided to propose, everything went wrong, ranging from getting kicked out of the restaurant to it raining cats and dogs outside, so he said "fuck it" and proposed out in the street in the rain
- Booker is the one who slowly acclimated her to being used to casual touching
[if she had lived]
- Anna would've been named Elizabeth
- Elizabeth would have been considered the best child in the world, everyone else go home, and Annabelle would have frequently felt surprised that she and Booker managed to bring such a good life into the world
- family church goings would happen initially just so that Annabelle can play with the social circles there, but in timeline 2 she grows more devout in her way as time goes on
- when Booker's bad coping mechanisms kicked in and money would go missing for gambling or he'd come back late after work, Annabelle's insecurities would start to be stoked
- fractured homes are a Problem for her due to the way she grew up, she doesn't want her new family to be like that
- one timeline: Annabelle and Booker end up being total shits to each other as their respective issues get worse and worse and keep feeding into each other, possibly leading to the family falling apart
- another timeline: Annabelle looks at the problems in their marriage, looks at her family when she was growing up, and looks at Elizabeth, and refuses to give up. decides that they can make it as long as they don't give up on each other and champions forgiveness
- Annabelle DeWitt (née Watson)
- portraits based on ones of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
- called Anna by those closest to her (src)
- dies in childbirth; husband names daughter after her ("Anna")
- in Columbia timeline, dies 1895
[canon dialogue]
- Voxophones: Love the Sinner (April the 1st, 1893), Unconditional (April the 1st, 1893), Beyond Redemption (December the 28th, 1894), the Imagination of God (January the 4th, 1895), No Longer (January the 5th, 1895)
- Confronting Rosalind Lutece (January the 4th, 1895)
- In her diary re: Elizabeth (date unknown, presumed evening of January the 4th, 1895)
- Reconciling with Elizabeth as Siren
[known canon personality (lady comstock)]
- treated Daisy kindly enough she almost felt like she belonged (src: A Place in the World)
- perceptive and understanding of dualities (src: Love the Sinner)
- before meeting Comstock (and presumably in other timelines, Booker) she took advantage of her suitors (and family?) and even all but admits she took some amount of pleasure from it (src: Unconditional)
- regrets her previous treatment of "those who loved [her]", guilt remains even after being forgiven by Comstock (src: Unconditional)
- wants to love Comstock unconditionally and return the forgiveness he gave her, but struggled with his darker sides (src: Beyond Redemption)
- honestly believed in what Comstock preached and honestly religious (src: her diary, the Imagination of God)
- "He begs my silence, but I can only offer him forgiveness. But with repentance need come truth." she's speaking of redemption for both herself, who abided Comstock's lies, and for Comstock himself. she wanted to tell Columbia the truth in order to help Comstock; in the hope she would save him (src: No Longer)
- she never stopped wanting to save Comstock (src: reconciling with Elizabeth as Siren)
- personal character development arc is about the dualities of sin/forgiveness and truth/lies, and most importantly about redemption, both for oneself and others
[headcanon]
- when Comstock killed her, it was after she told him she was going to tell Columbia the truth about Elizabeth, and he smothered her via pillow over her face
- the "40 souls lie tonight dead in unmarked graves" she mentions in Beyond Redemption were the inklings of protests, but Comstock had them stomped out and memories of them practically erased
- the name "Elizabeth" originally came from Annabelle, as it's the name she herself would have chosen for her daughter
- eventually, Booker was the only one allowed to call her Anna
- growing up, her family was splintered; her mother died, her father remarried and had more children, she lived off and on with her aunt, and overall the family relations were either "close and fond" or "at each others' throats" (inspiration: Alice Roosevelt's early life)
- as a result, Annabelle grew up to be a woman who was independent, but still thirsted for attention and validation
- socially savvy, perceptive, astute
- typically knew what she wanted and knew how to get it, usually by playing the social sphere
- though known for being kind, she actively manipulated the affections of friends, family, and suitors in order to get the kind of attention she wanted
- though she knew exactly what she was doing when she did it, she was simultaneously thoughtless about it, giving the people she cast aside not even a backwards glance, moving on to the next game -- because that's what the romance scene was for her, a game
- genuinely did want to start a family of her own, but due to a combination of her independent nature and her trust issues, she wasn't really interested in starting it with any of the suitors she knew, so she just focused on getting what she could get out of the games she was expected to play and enjoying herself along the way
- not a very touchy feely person by nature
- unafraid of being a little scandalous
- while generally confident in herself and her close relationships, if her insecurities get too strong, then she can fly into jealous snits
[Booker headcanon]
- met Booker when he was 17-18; she's actually older than him, though not by much (she was 18-19)
- she had asked around about him, initially out of curiousity. that curiousity started out as the "oooh, new boy in town~" kind of interest, but the more she learned, the more he intrigued her
- eventually approached him at a party and asked for a cigarette; he only had the one he was smoking left, and when he jokingly offered it, she accepted
- they kept "running into each other" because she kept loose tabs on where he liked to spend his free time
- a genuine bond between them grew slowly, and without much discussion between them about it; he appreciated that she was straightforward and unafraid and capable of holding a conversation with him, and she found that he was more of what she needed, compared to what she thought she wanted
- definitely one of those "they started dating without deciding they were dating" scenarios
- casual sharing: cigarettes, food off each others' plates, alcohol, etc.
- dancing was A Thing for them
- although they were both not exactly good people, they didn't so much bring out the best in each other, but they were better when they were together. this is because they didn't dwell so much on their own issues
- ... they also brought out the 8yo in each other. they got kicked out of restaurants because of food fights on more than one occasion
- the night Booker decided to propose, everything went wrong, ranging from getting kicked out of the restaurant to it raining cats and dogs outside, so he said "fuck it" and proposed out in the street in the rain
- Booker is the one who slowly acclimated her to being used to casual touching
[if she had lived]
- Anna would've been named Elizabeth
- Elizabeth would have been considered the best child in the world, everyone else go home, and Annabelle would have frequently felt surprised that she and Booker managed to bring such a good life into the world
- family church goings would happen initially just so that Annabelle can play with the social circles there, but in timeline 2 she grows more devout in her way as time goes on
- when Booker's bad coping mechanisms kicked in and money would go missing for gambling or he'd come back late after work, Annabelle's insecurities would start to be stoked
- fractured homes are a Problem for her due to the way she grew up, she doesn't want her new family to be like that
- one timeline: Annabelle and Booker end up being total shits to each other as their respective issues get worse and worse and keep feeding into each other, possibly leading to the family falling apart
- another timeline: Annabelle looks at the problems in their marriage, looks at her family when she was growing up, and looks at Elizabeth, and refuses to give up. decides that they can make it as long as they don't give up on each other and champions forgiveness
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cognitive functions
ENTJ
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dæmon
new caledonian crow?