Me figuring out how I want to draw her… I feel like she looks different every time I do lol. Also kind of the sketch for this piece… idk I usually like seeing process stuff
Mostly trying to nail down her recessed chin + body type
Hello my fav niche micro celebrity!!! Would u draw more Jerica and perhaps more about her story if it’s developed :))) I love ur designs and ur au so much!!!
Hellooooo here are some more story jericas :D I am a really bad writer so instead of that I’m going to detail some of the story beats I have for her below
A lot of her backstory is based on btas’s mad as a hatter, SO:
She worked for Wayne enterprises as a scientist but often worked on her own side project under the working hypothesis that free will isn’t real (or can be manipulated) using some mixture of electrical signals and chemicals. She tests this on her rats who eventually become her assistants later. While working there she was in love with a coworker named Alice, kind of feeding into her obsession with the story Alice in wonderland
At some point in the meantime she met with one Edna Nashton, another Wayne enterprises employee to work on a primitive version of a VR headset (au takes place in kind of a vintage era with some advanced technology), though Edna is a bit more nefarious with it and wants to use it to gather blackmail, etc. Edna presents this to Bryce Wayne who says no outright, which has her curious about the work of Dr. Tetch
Blah blah again mostly like the episode, Alice’s boyfriend breaks up with her and she takes this as an opportunity to take her out on the town (like a one sided date), using her experimental technology to impress her and make it seem like she is more popular and socially adept than she is etc., we know how it goes. The only thing I changed is she accidentally kills her Alice, the technology is not quite as refined or safety-tested as it becomes later.
She’s arrested and sent to Arkham, and the loss of Alice is what sends her into delusion. She is driven by finding a perfect Alice (like she thought she had with Alice Pleasance) among other book characters, and often fits people she meets into the different characters. Her way of making sense of the world in a way. Alice being the main character, it is more important that her Alice be the most fitting to the character in literature. She is prone to anger (and violence) when her Alices break the delusion she has built for herself. She is also driven by her obsession with the mind and the illusion of free will, as well as her own insecurities (“people don’t like me so I can make them like me”)
The penguin who can both see a little of herself in her and seeing the potential in her work breaks her out and has her working for her. She kind of caters to her delusions and obsessions, and gives her funds to work more on her technology. They have a bit of a close friendship/mentor/mentee thing going on, and they enjoy regular tea. Something I find funny is my penguin has a horrible yet authentic cockney accent and my mad hatter has a fake British accent she puts on to fit her own character. Which penguin tolerates lol ANYWAY
Penguin uses mad hatter and sees penguin as the white queen (maybe previously as the dodo… curious). Basically penguin gives mad hatter people she wants information from and lets her poke around their brains and give them tea with fun chemicals in it etc., since penguin deals largely in information
That is kind of the gist of what I have for her so far. I realize I barely talk about this aus story lol. I’m a little self conscious about it since again writing is. Not my strong suit. This au is also less of a strict genderbend and more of “what if my favorite characters were gorgeous women”
fem!Mad Hatter should be even more of a nasty little freak than her male counterpart since she would have zero incentive for any kind of gentlemanly behaviour.
I did Oswalda redesign since I've finally figured out what I wanted to change.
I guess this could be considered an au now? Either way, the first thing that I wanted to change was her body type, because let's be honest with ourselves, the Penguin is not an hourglass lol. So I made her a little stockier. I also added a foot-ankle brace, because I personally like the concept of Penguin actually having an injury/disability which affects his gait.
And I've realised something thinking about Oswalda in caped crusader. She's a drag queen. Like, she could still be a cis woman performer (for example, Lucy Darling), but think about it. It fits so well. I like the idea of Oswalda being both capable of pulling off a femme fatal look and being a butch boss woman.
I don't know why, but I really wanted her to be voiced by a male vo. Oswalda just has a vibe of a female character being voiced by a guy, like Edna Mode. Again, nothing to do with gender, just vibes. Also, I just want to throw it in, she looks like fucking Ursula from little mermaid.
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