#edith cushing.

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DOSSIER : EDITH CUSHING

FULL NAME: Edith Victoria Wyndham Cushing AGE: 24 BIRTH DATE: October 9th, 1877 ETHNICITY: white, American GENDER: cis female ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic, preference for men SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual, preference for men (& somewhere on the demisexual spectrum)   RELIGION: Agnostic, and a strong proponent of spiritualism   SPOKEN LANGUAGE: English and some French  CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS: Buffalo, NY with her father pre-marriage; Crimson Peak afterwards  OCCUPATION: aspiring writer  

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: Carter Elias Cushing and Eleanor Wyndham-Cushing  SIBLINGS: none; Eleanor had three miscarriages prior to Edith SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Sir Thomas Sharpe, brt. CHILDREN: none.

PHYSICAL TRAITS

EYE COLOUR: brown HAIR COLOUR: blonde HEIGHT: 5'4″  BODY BUILD: slender, a little sickly TATTOOS + PIERCINGS: none NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: her spectacles (worn less frequently in social gatherings, more frequently at home & when at study); her hair, which is long and forms into elegant waves when let down; her clothing, which is typically tailored into the height of fashion –– despite her espoused dislike of female vanity  

PERSONALITY

INTELLIGENCE: gifted with grammar and language, and enjoys reading and writing tremendously, especially short stories and gothic horror. she is by far the best with her native English, but undertook learning French in order to read some of her favorite authors in their original tongue. extremely poor with math and geometry. social intelligence is very undeveloped compared to her academics, emotional intelligence is little better.   

likes & dislikes drawn directly from del Torro's biography:

LIKES: being alone, inkwells and pens, paper, books, cinnamon, shortbread cookies, butter, the smell of a puppy's breath, chestnuts, silk, purses, boots, traveling by train, reading writing, her father's hands, his voice, steamboats, hot baths, apples, mulled wine, staying up late, talcum on her skin, dried fruit, sausages in rolls (hot dogs), chewing her fingernails, combing her hair, big cities, New York, mustard, the writing of Henry James, Edith Warthon, Guy de Maupassant, Dickens, Stevenson, Chekhov, the music of Debussy, the art of Felicien Rops, Phiz, Carlos Schwabe, William Holman Hunt, Turner, Caspar David Friedrich, the writings of Byron, Shelley and the ideals of the suffragists (but hates politics), breakfast in bed, fresh cream, toast, eggs (sunny side up), man's colongne, pomme frites, the small of tar, the sound of the sea and the quiet of the deep, salty food, hand creams, frailty, onion, potatoes with butter or cream, a good steak, melancholia, a lit fireplace, cool, tight fresh linen bedclothes, feather pillows DISLIKES: Being alone, long fingernails, dirty fingernails, the writing of Thackeray, the music of Wagner, motor cars, cruelty, rainy days, mayonnaise, math, rashes, strep throat, her legs going to sleep (happens often), waking up late, Sundays, making up her bed, church, hymns, girls her age, tight corsets, stuffed animals, saints, false teeth, false smiles, mud, whisky, the sound of a flute, yelling, loud noises, pepper, onion, going to the beauty parlor, hairy people, green teeth, bad breath, clove and christmas cake, christmas in general, gifts DISPOSITION: graceful, poised, refined, and quiet (vocally), but a bit socially awkward, melancholy, and withdrawn. a bit like jane eyre with a taste for luxury and finery, the raised daughter of American bootstrap wealth and an English socialite.  

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dally winston ; a rake who tends to have bruised knuckles and black eyes. after living a pretty destitute childhood he has been taken in by a wealthy cousin and expected to abdie by high society rules. he’s not doing very well at it.

edith cushing ; she moved from america to england to be with her late husband thomas sharpe. given his timely death she is the keeper of his property but doesn’t necessarily have the ability to sell crimson peak. she doesn’t often talk about her experiences but she is working on a novel. although she could live in crimson peak she tends to live closer to london in a small apartment. in most cases she’s developed a correspondence with eloise / they have become friendly.

melody rylen ; the only child of a far off duke. melody is meant to be engaging in polite society, hoping to find a match. the biggest issue that has seemed to occur that even if she got close to someone he father is not often around to give his blessing. given her secluded upbringing melody is not as good at following the rules or even realizing she’s broken them.

sally reed ; an actress who would like to be apart of society, but frankly isn’t. she’s a little vain but still talented. in the same vein as siena rosso but with less notoriety.

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       perhaps she shouldn’t have let a stranger in. edith had always been a haunted thing. her fears and frights lived in the walls, whispered to her late at night. lately, jack, had been the subject of her nightmares. it was like a film left on repeat. just over and over and over again she watched. her imagination had always been vivid, but it was not typically as bloody. as she sat across the dining room table from him, her lips purse. 

        it would be unkind of her to hold him to the actions of his dream self, yet she could see an outline of resemblance between the two. she’s almost certain that there’s a smidge of blood on his shoulder, but when she blinks it seems to disappear. edith shuttered, reaching for her glass of water to her lips. “ so, how long are you planning to stay in town ? i admit there’s not much around here, but the people are good. so is the ground. ” edith leaned back in her chair. “ the place i used to live the ground was no good, rotten.” 

           she reached for a bit of toast before offering the plate his direction. “ you’re of course welcome as long as you would like, it’s no bother to me. i was just curious. ”