in conjunction with my last post, here r some butch hcs to get the ball rolling!!
lily realises she’s a lesbian after she kisses james.
she instantly feels this detachment from womanhood n doesn’t feel as connected to femininity as she once did.
she starts experimenting. she cuts her hair shorter, she wears vests n baggier clothes to give her a more masc shape.
mary doesn’t know how to deal with it, bc her best friend is suddenly the most attractive person she’s ever seen.
lily regularly flusters mary, which is a big deal bc Nobody flusters mary.
lily’s confidence grows tremendously and she loves being called handsome.
dorcas has always presented masc.
she hates the wizarding robes bc they feel too similar to dresses, so she always breaks dress code n wears pants.
she likes wearing button downs.
her locs must always be kept above her shoulders; she hates having long hair.
marls forces people to call her just that, bc she hates her full name. she deliberately won’t respond to her full name bc it makes her feel feminine.
she grew up ashamed of being tall n lanky, but now she loves it bc it’s affirming.
dorcas exclusively used to pursue fems bc she felt like she had to. being butch, she needed to find a “complementary” fem so she suppressed her feelings for marls.
it wasn’t until she let go of this binary way of thinking, that they got together.
eventually it all builds to a point where dorcas can’t keep up her charade, pretending she doesn’t love marls when she really, really does.
marls was unsure about dorcas’ feelings bc of who she always pursued. she tried not to let it get to her, but she couldn’t understand why dorcas stared at her.
why dorcas should look, when marls isn’t what she wants.
dorcas tells her she looks bc she’s everything she’s ever wanted, n it was the only way she could have her without taking what she wasn’t “supposed” to have.
the femme identity is intrinsically linked with butches. it is inseparable from the act of loving butches (platonically or romantically), n in the 70s this was paramount for lesbian couples.
pandora uses her privilege as a femme to protect dorcas and together, they protect each other by being perceived as a cishet couple.
they’re childhood best friends n have always had this solidarity between them b4 they ever fell in love.
dorcas having always presented masc, pandora would help her affirm her identity.
pandora would help with dorcas’ loc retwisting to keep it at that shoulder length dorcas needed.
she would fashion button downs and rings for dorcas out of any materials she could find — they got better with time.
pandora felt her most beautiful whenever dorcas complimented her n when they were just friends, she never understood why.
dorcas who also learnt how to make her own clothes over time, returned the favour n made pandora any dresses or skirts she said she wanted but couldn’t afford.
when they’re older n they have their own house, they experiment with different clothes n styles. their sewing room is so messy, u can hardly see the floor.
they’re each other’s muse, n they create together until their fingers r too stiff to do anything else but hold each other.
pixelskylines
jacobvanloon
snowghoul
yousharknotpass
germansingergirl
dededos
janainaart
titsay
