Wuh Oh

someone will say it's obvious but it's not obvious to me okay

We hardly know anything about Rowena, but there's one giant hint in her design that makes it easy to assume what time period she's from. Her sleepwear is an off shoulder, babydoll style nightgown with bloomers that looks extremely similar to this 1955 McCall's sewing pattern

Nightgowns and dresses around that era were also noted to have heart shaped cleavage, for a nicer silhouette

https://polyesthersvault.medium.com/how-do-you-sleep-at-night-f3dedf1cc679

Ligeia's hair style seems to be based on a 70s shag, though it is a longer shag style.

For reference, here is Stevie Nicks shag hairstyle in 1977. Very similar to Ligeia's [though Ligeia does seem to have a bit more body or wave to her hair naturally].

The shag haircut became well known due to the movie Klute, which came out in 1971. It was popular for both men and women, though women usually wore their hair a bit longer than men [though it varied].

Per the OP's tags, Ligeia's nightwear would support this theory.

Basically, I think Ligeia is probably from some time in the 70s [most likely the mid to later 70s]. Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(haircut)

Ok, here's the breakdown I did on their hairstyles and makeup [because I am a nerd]: Rowena's hairstyle is actually very similar to Jayne Mansfield, who was a film star during the 50s:

[I have no idea why she's making this face but y'know lol] 50s hairstyles [for women anyway] were all about softening the features. Wispy bits [like Rowena's bangs] were very popular as well. Rowena's hairstyle could also be based on the popular 'soft bob':

This is Angie Dickinson, who was also an actress [she's still alive by the way!! 94 :D]

70s makeup was also very different from 50s makeup. 70s looks often focused more on a natural look, which could account for Ligeia's freckling and lack of blush as opposed to Rowena [this varied of course, as makeup does].

50s makeup was usually focused on looking "fresh" but polished.

1950s makeup....

[I'm like 99% sure this is Grace Kelly but I might be wrong lol]

vs 1970s makeup.....

[why is it so hard to find natural looking authentic 70s makeup photos LOL I swear it was a thing I just suck at googling].

We hardly know anything about Rowena, but there's one giant hint in her design that makes it easy to assume what time period she's from. Her sleepwear is an off shoulder, babydoll style nightgown with bloomers that looks extremely similar to this 1955 McCall's sewing pattern

Nightgowns and dresses around that era were also noted to have heart shaped cleavage, for a nicer silhouette

https://polyesthersvault.medium.com/how-do-you-sleep-at-night-f3dedf1cc679

Ligeia's hair style seems to be based on a 70s shag, though it is a longer shag style.

For reference, here is Stevie Nicks shag hairstyle in 1977. Very similar to Ligeia's [though Ligeia does seem to have a bit more body or wave to her hair naturally].

The shag haircut became well known due to the movie Klute, which came out in 1971. It was popular for both men and women, though women usually wore their hair a bit longer than men [though it varied].

Per the OP's tags, Ligeia's nightwear would support this theory.

Basically, I think Ligeia is probably from some time in the 70s [most likely the mid to later 70s]. Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(haircut)

If it's Early 40s, pre America joining WW2, she wouldn't have been in an interment camp.

If It's early to mid 40s, (such as 1942-1946) she would've been forced there or killed before she could be taken because of anti Japanese sentiment.

If it's the 50s, she still would've spent 3 years in those camps during her childhood

IDK if RnF said whether they'll mention the internment camps in Eulalie's story, but considering the time period, it would've affected her in some capacity

(Feel free to delete this ask if it's too uncomfortable or oversteps any boundaries)

Oh my. I kept coming back to this one, then I forgot about it while digging through all sorts of history forums. It turned out to be more difficult than I thought.

We know that the lower mark for the year of Eulalie`s death is 1935, the year of the opening of Itsuki Lullaby, the one she sings in her first flashback. Given her background and time frame I, like many, assumed that she died in an internment camp.

After her second flashback it became obvious Eula had died in the very house she wanted to use for a paranormal agency. She told her father that she would be tutoring there. Most likely Eulalie couldn't handle the business alone and in order to cover the costs she really had to take on students – the very children from the first flashback. However we also know that the fire was most likely arson and that leaves room for a hate crime. Maybe she taught Japanese, and the neighbors... might not appreciate it.

Among other things, keep in mind that her father has enough money to buy his daughter a whole damn house. So either he is white, or the actions take place before 1942 (after Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans went bankrupt, their bank accounts were frozen and they were denied any lease).

Now let's return directly to the time frame. In general the design of Eulalie`s friends screams about the 1940s, especially hairstyles. I don't know much about fashion but the dresses also look closer to the 40s than the 50s.

But this is a whole decade in which the lives of Japanese Americans have changed dramatically. Now my main theory is that Eulalie died after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but before the adoption of the internment order in February '42. Two months passed between these events during which Japanese Americans still lived in their own homes but were subjected to racist attacks and vandalism. I assume Eula had never been to an internment camp – her school/house was set on fire before 1942 as a sign of hatred for Japan (on the other hand she could have died before Pearl Harbor: strong anti-Japanese sentiments have been hovering in USA since the beginning of WWII).