Outfit concepts for Dee Fibrillator (yes...that's her name 🤣🤣🤣) and Lettie Coleman from my story "Extended Vacation".
Since I've said a few things about Lettie in my previous sketch sheet, I'll say a few things about Dee.
I previously imagined Dee Fibrillator as being a rich girl-type with a tsundere-like personality, but now I feel it doesn't really suit her. I want to go with a more withdrawn and shy personality with a bit of a dark backstory, but once she opens up to someone, she is sweet, gentle, and kind-hearted. Her closest friends describe her as having a "healing" effect.
My hypothetical VA choice for Dee is currently Tara Platt (yes I totally imagine her speaking like the one and only Edelgard von Hresvelg), but another good choice is Xanthe Huynh (Marianne von Edmund); somehow I feel this could suit her better, since Dee and Marianne are both healers who believe they're unlucky and disastrous but have really sweet and gentle personalities...lemme know if you prefer Tara or Xanthe.
She is half Filipino 🇵🇭, half Swiss 🇨🇭 (I'll also mention one of my other VA choices was Lucie Pohl, who voices Mercy in Overwatch).
Each of the members of Reject Force Seven have codenames. Dee's is "Heartbeat" (okay, so I'll mention that Lettie's is "Luminary").
Dee is the living embodiment of the "I'm a healer, but" meme.
Outside of her EMT uniform, her fashion sense is inspired by Tenshi Kaiwai, Yami Kawaii, and Menhera trends (TW for the latter two due to creepy medical imagery), along with some neo-Y2K preppy styles making a comeback. I can totally see her rocking this purse and creeping out her friends with it.
If she was in DnD, Dee would totally be a Life Domain Cleric.
Dee's backstory is one of the few that is tragic, since it involves an accident that cost her not just her job...but someone's life. Because of it, she is withdrawn and severely anxious, feeling that anyone who gets too close to her will suffer misfortune (okay now I'm just writing Marianne at this point, though she has a strong resolve to become stronger like Edelgard despite her past).
She is close friends with Reject Force Seven's leader, Hwa-soo Seol (...the two actually come of as Marianne and Hilda from FE3H a lot in my head...I plan to unveil Hwa-soo very, very soon ❤️👝🪮💄👠💅✂️✨).
Dee has a crush on a day spa therapist named Shiatsu Masashi, who is basically a Hot-Headed Shonen Protagonist™ that's the living definition of "Fight Me Bro". In return, Shiatsu has feelings for Dee; he sees her as a "healing presence" who can tame his wild ways (he probably would spam her with "I Need Healing").
My redesign concepts have her wearing glasses...I just thought they'd make her cuter.
A running gag is that she can't cook because she is clumsy enough to explode any kitchen she attempts to cook in. Aside from that, she enjoys sweets and pastries frequently.
A major design motif for Dee is hearts, not only do they enhance her cuteness factor, but also serve a narrative purpose for her backstory and character arc. She frequently does heart shapes with her hands as a victory pose when fighting "Halt Monitors". Her friend group also considers her to be the "beating heart" of the team.
Dee is especially kind to children; when she sees little ones with boo-boos, she'll smile and give them band-aids and lollipops.
Her given name is Dalisay, a Tagalog name meaning "pure". True to her nature, she is a cinnamon roll that's too good and pure for this world. Of course, she shortens it to Dee, mainly for the naming pun.
...okay, I ended up talking about Dee more than I should have...she's just too cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I still have yet to do her concepts with her emergency kit and social handle.
Ok, so now after spamming y'all with ideas for set design for Directive, I've decided to show the two leading ladies of the show, Partlet Cosmetic (the pink one) and Dee Fibrillator (the mint one). These two are very close friends, but are like, polar opposites when it comes to fashion.
Partlet likes to be very "style-forward", and usually chooses clothing that looks very stiff and somewhat bold and futuristic (asymmetrical cuts, peplums, stylized blazers, designer shoes). Her tastes in jewelry are quite interesting too, ranging from logo cuff bracelets to colorful stones and statement necklaces as everyday wear.
Dee, on the other hand, seems to look like something out of Hello, Dolly! (I mention this musical here because one of the other characters, Wallace Cooper, is in love with that movie). She likes wearing more old-fashioned, yet classy clothes. Some of her staples include ruffled blouses, pleated skirts, cross ties, simple jewelry (like one strand of pearls instead of twenty), and most importantly, elegant headbands (of which she seems to have one for every occasion).
PSST! I'll tell you that these two girls are based on some minor Pixar characters. Reblog if you can figure out who they are. =)
