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Name: Daphne Basset, née Bridgerton Door: Dominant Door Pass Canon: Bridgerton (TV) Canon Point: After her wedding to the Duke of Hastings, 1.5 "The Duke and I" Age: 21 Appearance: 1, 2 History: Character Wiki CR AU (Optional): N/A Personality: Self Righteous Daphne Bridgerton can often come across as an superior person, whose core beliefs and values are right and not only will they not change, they don't need to be. For the most part, this is not a wrong impression. She may seem more level-headed than some of her peers, but that is the graciousness her mother instilled in her, even if she isn't feeling gracious. Moreover, she doesn't like having her point of views challenged on what she deems important. She does not like being wrong and that makes her come across as snooty and unbendable. While she doesn't view herself as egotistical (that would be unbecoming), she does have pride and it can be easily wounded, such as when the Duke of Hastings accuses her of bumping into him in order to get his attention and beguile him. She takes offense to this accusation that she would do such a thing and forms a negative opinion, and it takes a while before she's willing to change it. She is also very insulted when her older brother believes he can make her choices for her. A lot of this has to do with her lack of experience and worldliness; her window of life has been limited at best. At the beginning of the series she might be one-and-twenty but she is extremely inexperienced, having been cloistered by her parents until this point. She really only knows what she has been taught. She's lived a very insular life and anything outside of it is strange and new. Privileged Daphne has never known a moment of genuine hardship in her life. Born and raised in the lap of luxury, her material needs have always been met. Of course this means she doesn’t really know what the real world looks like outside chandeliers and finery, beyond a vague idea. At the start of her journey, her biggest concern is finding herself a husband and honoring her family's long history of nobility. Because of her upbringing, she has a problematic view of the world, as well as natural prejudices. Rank is everything in Regency England, and she can't imagine a world without it, or living as a peasant. This isn't to say Daphne's life is all privilege. She still has to contend with the constrains of her sex, in a highly gendered society. Daphne is aware of her only real purpose in her world, painfully so: to marry and be a wife. While she plays according to the rules of her society, her real feelings toward this can be discerned when she says she will be deemed worthless if she fails to secure a husband. In many ways Daphne is very privileged, but she still has to cope with rife sexism, going to extreme means to escape being punished for not acting according to how she's supposed to. Deceptive A recurring theme in season one features Daphne concealing the truth from others in one or another, sometimes even herself. Playing a dangerous game, she and Simon agree to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. They manage to trick not only gossip columnist Lady Whistledown and the rest of London, but Daphne's loved ones as well. To keep herself from ruin, an unhappy marriage to a creepy old man, and tarnishing her family's name, she resorts to fabricating that she and the Duke of Hastings are enamored with each other. This proves to be a successful plan, but ultimately her downfall. Daphne's charade doesn't end there. She projects an image that is often at odds with her truth. Daphne is a consequence of her time and place, shaped to be a "diamond of the first water." While most of her siblings were indulged, as the first-born daughter she was raised from birth to look and act perfect, and to disguise her failings. She usually makes it look effortless, this front, but it can eat away at her, pretending to be perfect. Loving Daphne grew up in a happy home. In fact, an inordinately happy and affectionate home for aristocracy, compared to her peers. As the eldest daughter, she takes on a quasi-maternal role over the younger Bridgerton's, and sometimes even her older siblings. When her mother is in the throes of a dangerous labor, an eleven-year-old Daphne is seen comforting her younger sister by trying to sing over the screams. She can seem a little demanding of her family (though it's nothing close to what her eldest brother asks of them, she does remind Eloise and her other sisters she is "setting the standard"), but it's purely because she wants the best for them. When she loves, she loves fiercely, sometimes in spite of her better judgment. By the time of her marriage, she is willing to sacrifice her greatest wish (children) and marry an infertile man, not just to save her reputation, but because she loves Simon and can’t imagine marrying anyone else. That these feelings appear unreciprocated pains her greatly, because her parents were madly in love and she has dreamed of it her whole life. She also marries Simon to stop her brother’s suicidal endeavor to duel Simon for her "honor", another act of love when Anthony was intent Simon would marry her or duel to the death. Love is, ultimately, her greatest strength. Powers and Abilities: Zilch, besides her perfect posture maybe? She is also a gifted pianist and possesses a powerful right hook. Otherwise, she is remarkably human. Inventory: The clothes on her back, complete with her wedding ring. Samples: TDM |
