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Mary's relationship with her mum is on the rocks.

Merida "Mary" DunBroch lives in the Scottish highlands, with her parents and devil triplet brothers. Fergus DunBroch is comfortably retired, supporting his family off pay as a national hero for losing his leg in the Great War. Neither filthy rich nor starving, the DunBroch family is one of Scotland's middle class. But unlike America's, the Scottish Twenties aren't roaring. The economy is experience another decline, leading to another wave of emigration. (Link ) Which means limited marriage options for Fergus and Elinor's daughter. As a woman, Mary's career options are already also limited. So naturally, Ellie DunBroch is very concerned about her daughter's education and upbringing, desperate to give Mary all the opportunities available to a young woman in 1920s Britain. But Mary, being the bear cat flapper that she is, couldn't care less about college or courtship.

Ellie doesn't especially mind her daughter's athletic hobbies. It's not unusual in the 1920s for a girl to enjoy archery , horseback riding or camping . Ellie will even tolerate her daughter's loose, disheveled fashion and heavy dollish makeup, both considered unladylike in Ellie's Edwardian generation. It's simply Merida's devotion to her fun hobbies, and dismissal of college or husbands, that has Ellie worried. The DunBroch matriarch eventually sets a deadline, saying that Mary must have either a fiance or a college picked out by her sixteenth birthday. Determined to change her mother's mind, Mary buys some moonshine from an old brewer who may or may not have a valid license under Scotland's complex alcohol laws of the Twenties (Link .) Unfortunately, the booze doesn't lighten her mother up, so much as turn her into a bear. Or maybe Mary herself is just seeing things after sneaking a few sips on her way back home to deliver the gift for Mom.

It of course all works out in the end. For the rest of the decade, at least.

AN: Two figures inspired this 1920s look for Merida.
One is Panama Smith (Gladys George) from the movie "The Roaring Twenties" (1939). The arrow dress, specifically, is worn by Panama in her very first scene: Link It’s as cheesy as you’d expect an old movie to be, but if you like the 1920s, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney or vintage women being badasses, I highly recommend it.

The other inspiration was a real girl named Dot King . Dorothy "Dot" King was an upcoming Broadway starlett who was tragically found murdered in an apartment, suspiciously in a building owned by landlord and gangster Arnold Rothstein. The character Billie Kent of "Boardwalk Empire" is based on her.

On the subject of "Boardwalk Empire," Kelly Macdonald, who stared as the female lead Margaret Schroeder on that show, also voiced Merida in the movie "Brave"!

The drawing style for this 2D take on Merida was heavily inspired by a gorgeous animated movie called "The Secret of Kells." It's essentially the Celtic answer to "The Thief and the Cobbler." If you're a fan of animation, you must check it out!

Here's the old version of Flapper Merida:

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Description
Mary's relationship with her mum is on the rocks.

Merida "Mary" DunBroch lives in the Scottish highlands, with her parents and devil triplet brothers. Fergus DunBroch is comfortably retired, supporting his family off pay as a national hero for losing his leg in the Great War. Neither filthy rich nor starving, the DunBroch family is one of Scotland's middle class. But unlike America's, the Scottish Twenties aren't roaring. The economy is experience another decline, leading to another wave of emigration. (Link ) Which means limited marriage options for Fergus and Elinor's daughter. As a woman, Mary's career options are already also limited. So naturally, Ellie DunBroch is very concerned about her daughter's education and upbringing, desperate to give Mary all the opportunities available to a young woman in 1920s Britain. But Mary, being the bear cat flapper that she is, couldn't care less about college or courtship.

Ellie doesn't especially mind her daughter's athletic hobbies. It's not unusual in the 1920s for a girl to enjoy archery , horseback riding or camping . Ellie will even tolerate her daughter's loose, disheveled fashion and heavy dollish makeup, both considered unladylike in Ellie's Edwardian generation. It's simply Merida's devotion to her fun hobbies, and dismissal of college or husbands, that has Ellie worried. The DunBroch matriarch eventually sets a deadline, saying that Mary must have either a fiance or a college picked out by her sixteenth birthday. Determined to change her mother's mind, Mary buys some moonshine from an old brewer who may or may not have a valid license under Scotland's complex alcohol laws of the Twenties (Link .) Unfortunately, the booze doesn't lighten her mother up, so much as turn her into a bear. Or maybe Mary herself is just seeing things after sneaking a few sips on her way back home to deliver the gift for Mom.

It of course all works out in the end. For the rest of the decade, at least.

AN: Two figures inspired this 1920s look for Merida.
One is Panama Smith (Gladys George) from the movie "The Roaring Twenties" (1939). The arrow dress, specifically, is worn by Panama in her very first scene: Link It’s as cheesy as you’d expect an old movie to be, but if you like the 1920s, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney or vintage women being badasses, I highly recommend it.

The other inspiration was a real girl named Dot King . Dorothy "Dot" King was an upcoming Broadway starlett who was tragically found murdered in an apartment, suspiciously in a building owned by landlord and gangster Arnold Rothstein. The character Billie Kent of "Boardwalk Empire" is based on her.

On the subject of "Boardwalk Empire," Kelly Macdonald, who stared as the female lead Margaret Schroeder on that show, also voiced Merida in the movie "Brave"!

The drawing style for this 2D take on Merida was heavily inspired by a gorgeous animated movie called "The Secret of Kells." It's essentially the Celtic answer to "The Thief and the Cobbler." If you're a fan of animation, you must check it out!

Here's the old version of Flapper Merida:

More Prohibition Princesses
Prohibition Princesses on Tumblr
Prohibition Princesses on Archive of Our Own (relax, it's the clean side of the site)