-ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ- statistics ( last updated: 27 sept 2022 )
inspired by : BELLE, of Beauty and the Beast
added inspo !
SUZU NAITO/BELLE, of Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime
ELLIE CHU, of The Half of It
NANCY WHEELER, of Stranger Things
ANNABETH CHASE, of Percy Jackson
EVY O’CONNELL, of The Mummy (1999-2001)
full name. belle rousseau faceclaim. u_rassaya sperbun_d dob. october 7 1995 (27 years old) zodiac. libra occupation. executive assistant for james sullivan (sullivan inc.)
physical description.
thick, dark hair that reaches just below her shoulders
5′5″
wears business-casual or cottagecore, there’s no in between
birthplace. paris (france) orientation. bi-romantic, demisexual.
song. peace, by taylor swift
but I'm a fire, and i'll keep your brittle heart warm if your cascade ocean wave blues come all these people think love's for show but I would die for you in secret the devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
film. you’ve got mail (1997) education. high school diploma + diploma of library services temperament. sanguine mbti. INFP alignment. neutral good abilities. N/A (except maybe putting hot-tempered people in their place hehe) hogwarts house. ravenclaw emoji. ( 💙📖🌹🤔😒✌️👏🥳 )
( some of the information below is taken from the history of belle in her original introductions post. pls think of that that as her concrete introduction, revealing her past and her intentions before she officially entered elias )
present !!
belle came to elias with a billion questions in her mind: would she be tied forevermore to Adam and his story? would she be able to be her own person, and did she even know who that was anymore? and where was the enchantress?
so far, she has been able to balance her search for the enchantress while also living her new life in the city:
she has been playing d&d with an npc group of characters
she has begun work as a casual library officer at the elias public library (working average 3 days a week)
she volunteers to as many community events as possible
past !!
the rousseau family moved into the town of villeneuve from paris when belle was 7 years old.
her mother had died in paris and her father, heartbroken, moved them to a small town that was in need of a mechanic (not for cars, mind you, but for stoves and other household items). they bought a little cottage on the edge of town, with enough space for a garden and a garage for his inventions. when the townsfolk realised how peculiar he was, they stopped calling on him almost immediately. but the rousseaus were there to stay.
villeneuve had one little library that had only 2 bookshelves and a magazine rack. by the time she was 10 years old, she had read (or tried to read) everything in the catalogue, and then one day, the librarian installed the town’s first public computer. here, belle was able to find answers to anything her heart desired (between the hours of 10am-3pm on weekdays!).
technology came slow to their little town, and while people adapted to mobile phones and laptops and the internet, they still preferred to focus on the goings-on in each other’s lives. this was a town where the roads were still kinder to the horse and cart, than to cars.
belle and her father lived low-income, only having enough to just scrape by. she was happy with her books, and her notebooks filled with her imaginations, and of course, the library computer. these were the escapes she relied on, as well as the monthly library donation from adjoining towns and the city. she loved to consume new stories and media as they came along, but none had intrigued her as much as a ‘dungeons and dragons adventure book’.
belle and d&d !!
as a young child and teenager, if she couldn’t yet go on her own adventure, she would create and live out one on a table. d&d seemed more alive than simply writing down her story ideas.
but alas, there was no one she could play with in her town (aside from her father).
ever headstrong and defiant, when she was 17 years old, she made a couple of posters and hung them up around town, advertising a campaign she wanted to start, asking for players to join. When the day came, several peers showed up — but they were either people who wanted to make fun of her, or people who wanted time alone with her. disgusted, she snapped her adventure book closed, gathered her dice, and marched out of the school hall she’d hired for the day.
belle growing up !!
she was beautiful as she was smart and defiant. the only other interaction she had with her peers, other than avoiding their gossip and also the boys’ attention, was helping them with assignments at school. it wasn’t really tutoring so much as assessing their essays and homework before submission. but this was short lived; while she offered helpful constructive criticism, her peers did not like being criticised.
she also created more posters to spread knowledge about the events of the world around them, and provide a fact-check against the misinformation around town about all sorts of topics.
as she grew older, dnd slowly moved to the back of her mind. her energy became more focussed on taking care of her father, of living through the day without a suitor trying to catch her attention.
her days were filled with daily chores and quiet reading, until she went and studied online for a diploma in library services.
she almost didn’t pursue her studies — her father had insisted on paying, but she refused, knowing that they simply couldn’t afford it.
instead, the town librarian (who had known belle since she was 7 years old), offered to pay for the diploma. belle refused adamantly, and she got into a lengthy discussion with the librarian that ultimately ended in her accepting his gift.
to this day, she still intends to pay him back.
belle finished her diploma a few weeks before her father disappeared.
she was meant to head to the graduation in paris, the day after her father returned from the fair. it was meant to be her first big trip out of villeneuve since moving but when he didn’t come back … the rest was history.
belle had always wanted an adventure, to best a villain, to save someone she loved. but coming into the castle and getting to know the residents and adam had changed her mind completely. having seen the world in stark black and white before, she now saw the greys. adam and the castle had turned her entire world upside down, and while at first it seemed like it was for the worst, she can now see it was really for the better.
future !! ( EXTERNAL )
what is belle looking for?
the enchantress
more information about magic
more friends to play d&d with!
friends that accept her for who she is, who are openminded and not judgmental, who share her values. she will not tolerate bigots or meanspirited people.
( INTERNAL )
she’s also looking for her place in the world after finishing her quest to save adam from his curse
she’s looking for clarity and stability. the lack of these two is a great cause for worry and angst in belle, as she longs for a never-ending adventure but the reality of living day-to-day weighs in her chest.
taken connections
adam. friends.
howl. friends.
aurora. friends.
barley. friends. d&d party.
james sullivan. friends.
wanted connections (these plots can also come from currently taken/planned connections!)
negative — along the lines of frenemy/enemy
neutral — starts off neutral, can go either pos or neg
positive — friendly, romantic, platonic, anything!
— — — specific plots .
neutral. someone who develops a crush on belle. she finds her ‘so-called beauty’ incredibly uncomfortable and has always found crushes on her strange because usually they are from people she hardly knows and the feelings are shallow.
if it’s someone she does know very well, that could be an interesting discussion.
positive. someone who introduces belle to LARPing !!!
neutral. someone who helps belle acknowledge that she’s so close to burning out. this can happen after her burn-out or not.
neutral. similar to the burn-out plot, someone who catches belle when she’s already burnt out. she usually disconnects and disappears from everyone she knows when she feels overwhelmed and burnt out. someone pls find her.
( i’m currently avoiding romantic plots with belle as so far she has not given me vibes that she wants romance - 29/5/2022 )
— — — general connections .
positive. casual friends to go to trivia nights with, have tea, go book-hunting
positive. more people to play d&d with !!
positive. someone who knows the forest well who can walk with belle and show her things !! teach her things !!
negative. someone who rubs belle the wrong way, someone she butts heads with.
