Peaky Blinders plotting thread

GENERAL INFORMATION:

☆ ADELAIDE BELL | "ADA" |

— noble one

☆ heterosexual | female | she/her

☆ 20 | april 4th

☆ associate (not yet) | barmaid at the garrison pub

RELATIONSHIPS:

☆ ANTON BELL x ELIZABETH BELL neè HANSON,

— marie | older sister (21); lizzie | cousin who lives with them (19); both characters are open!

☆ no children

☆ single | hot for a man whose smart, emotional tenderness, teasing | dislikes when a man is belligerent, unmotivated, or sleeps with whores

☆ fancies no one | former fling with a boy from school

☆ many friends from home | enemy to no one

☆ ada would be easy to make friends with if it weren't for her having lived a sheltered life. her parents wanted to shelter her from the evils of the world, and the evils of birmingham after they moved from sweden back to her mother's home country of england. she was raised with a nice home, family life, and academic opportunities, and though ada has many friends back in sweden, she finds it hard to make them in birmingham. her job and age plays a part as well, with little social interaction outside of the drunken men who inhabit her workplace.

IMPORTANT FACTS:

☆ at first glance ada is a shy young woman who would rather stay out of anything too crazy

☆ once you start talking to her you'll find she's an agreeable person who is eager to engage

☆ ada likes talking about happy things, and will excitedly ask about your interests regardless if she likes that particular hobby/subject/topic as well.

☆ tends to stay away from addictive substances on her own accord, but will smoke if someone offers

☆ has a BIG aversion to guns, violence, and swearing due to her cushy upbringing, and secretly believes those who live on that side of life are bad people.

☆ quite gullible, but strives to grow a thicker skin.

☆ dedicated to her job and always tries hard, even though on many occasion she's dropped expensivd bottles of whiskey or slipped on the many puddles of piss on the floor.

☆ was once hurt by a man she will not name. if anyone so much as brings up the topic of TW:

sexual abuse

she will shut down.

APPEARANCE:

☆ 5'4 [110 lbs.] | gray | blonde| [elle fanning]

— ada is a wispy looking young woman of average height. her low body weight makes her seem rather petite, and many people don't take her seriously when she's forced to stand up for herself/raise her voice/take charge otherwise. ada tends to keep to herself, often looking at the floor or staying totally enthralled in whatever task she's doing. her hair is mid-back length with a thin texture, which she usually wears in an updo. her eyes are deep-set, gray, and glassy, and her skin is a pale to olive hue. burns easily and is sensitive to temperature changes.

— scars on her abdomen. origins are not spoken of, but when they hear about her past it's easy to guess.

PERSONALITY:

☆ hard-working, optimistic, generous, excitable, naive, reserved, judgemental, clumsy

— Misc. personality notes (detailed personality)

— fears, phobias, mental disorders here.

HISTORY:

☆ adelaide was born in sweden to a swedish father and an english mother, who was originally from a small town near birmingham. throughout her childhood and adolescence she moved around a lot, and picked up several valuable experiences along the way. for one, she learned to adore the taste of fish. second, she can speak swedish, but rarely uses it outside of her home. anton, her father, would take the family away on trips, but always came home to stay for a bit to allow her and her sister to have a sense of belonging. she made several friends and became very close to them in her time, and misses them dearly.

this changed when her mother's sister and brother-in-law passed away from illness, leaving their daughter to their only living relatives, the bell's. this prompted their move back to england, where ada's life turned upside down. the financial burden of death and taking on a third child proved hard for the family, and each person was forced to turn to work. ada would rather persue her passion for music as she had been able to do back home, but finds it impossible with her newfound responsibilities.

— skilled in swedish, has an accent, her english is p broken and it's hard to communicate (someone teach this girl english pls), talented singer, loves to try new foods, raised to be a proper lady and feels out of place in birmingham, will tell you stories about all the places she's been, her favorite is italy bc of the food and music

— allergic to cats (loves them anyways)

PLOT IDEAS:

☆ A friendship with Minerva -- I was thinking she could be the one serving her n Keaton at the bar and finally is like "girl slow down this is ur seventh drink??" n basically has to cut her off lmao i feel like a cat fight would ensue and alchohol would end up goin everywhere but ada manages to get her home in the end updownandaround