Yeah you read it right Diana Cavendish is Scot and here I'm going to present you some proofs that she isn't English like how people make some mistakes thinking that British = English
First of all let's acquire a little knowledge
The basic difference between British and English
British is basically anyone who comes from the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
Great Britain is the name of the region that contains England, Scotland and Wales and some surrounding territories (such as the Isle of Man)
Britain is the name of the main island of Great Britain, where the three countries are located
After the geography knowledge
Let's get to the facts
First of all we have the information from Wiki
It is written she's from Britain
The Cavendish family lives in Wedinburgh
What could be a name change for Edinburgh capital of Scotland
Something very common to do in anime is to change the name of cities.
It is literally the same name but with a W in front
If you google it you will find Edinburgh
A good example of a renamed city is in the anime itself
The town where Akko arrives to go to the Ley lines is called Blightonbury
But in real life the city is called Glastonbury
It even looks very similar (but I will talk about that later).
What is the symbolic animal of the Cavendish family?
The snakes?
Yes and no
It is a reference to the asclepius rod
Which is a reference to the fact that the Cavendish family is connected to medicine
The symbolic animal of the Cavendish family is the unicorn, a symbol of healing, but also the national animal of Scotland
LWA has a whole mythology based on Gaelic and Celtic mythology (and even more in the Light Novel with Scottish mythology)
Both were where today regions of northern England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are located
"But Cavendish is an English surname"
O'Neill is an Irish surname and Amanda is American
This surname has been present since Beatrix
Beatrix exists since the 5th century, she was one of the nine witches founders of Luna Nova (which was founded on 420AD) that is older than the countries of the United Kingdom, at that time even the West Roman Empire is still there.
And about the languages well the English language would still take some time to appear like a lot of centuries
"But what about the accent?"
Diana has no accent in any dubbing, not even the American one
That's right, American
A British character dubbed by an American
Diana would probably have a sophisticated Scottish aristocratic accent to resemble the English, since they could see the Scottish accent as something barbaric and rude
plus the fact that people from Edinburgh don't have that much of the "Scottish accent"
"The Japanese don't know where Scotland is"
Of course
The Japanese don't know geography other than their own country
So everything from LWA had to be in London, since they don't know anything.
Which is another roundly wrong statement
If the Japanese are extremely stupid
Then why did they have the slightest detail in choosing Glastonbury to be Blyghtonbury the city that gives access to the Ley line
The places are extremely similar
And just to finish this
Scottish Diana is way better than the generic English one which most people think she is, Scotland is one of the best cultures on the British isles, we could have Diana playing bagpipes, saying about the Loch Ness monster, wearing a kilt and more Scot stuff and even give her a proper Scottish accent at some moments
plus that is a cool representation that most people like to think that the british are only the English and people from London
Edit:
Diana's accent is also conffirmed by Tattun one of the Trigger producers
so Diana had an Scottish accent
This puts even more proofs that Diana is Scot and not English
"Oh okay but what about Diana's place"
Well another aurgument that I've seen some people saying is that about the Cavendish manor being based on the Leeds Castle
Yeah the places are pretty simillar I'm going to agree that but that means that the Cavendish manor is located where the Leeds Castle is located?
No
It's like saying if some character lives on the eifel tower that is located on the city of Monetrealy, Canada and this tower didn't even had the name of eifel tower and is named X manor and the same character have an Montreal accent instead of French. This didn't make X character French because his house is inspired on the eifel tower
The same goes for Diana
The Cavendish manor is based on the Leeds castle and some of Britain castles but this didn't make her being from Kent, indeed that we have the location of the Cavendish manor and also the family animal, the accent and even some of her origins, so what is needed to make Diana being even more scot? Bagpipes? Kilts? Golf?
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I'm gonna retire myself in writing Little Witch Academia fanfics, so to end in style I write this story of one of my favourite characters, Chariot Du Nord
This is gonna be a story fully about Chariot and even on her POV, since she was a kid until she becomes Ursula Callistis
A deserved prequel for a underrated character, which deserves more love from the fandom
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