I think Beatrice had 3 “personas” going on based on her habits/ lack thereof and I think it really played a great part in her characterization .
First we have no habit Beatrice
- she’s awkward more like fish out of water, she doesn’t have her “protection blanket” of her habit, just look at how she responds to Ava asking if she ever had a drink before
- more jealous/petty but also more easy to compromise with and joke with, she looks around like everyone is watching her and she’s nervous about it like she’s insecure about her place in the world
- she’s basically thrown back into the real world that she left long again to be a nun and it reads as her trying really hard to fit in and still prove her worth. But she’s much more free, she dances, she curses, she is still a badass nun but you get that her sometimes acting like a “70 year old” is more of her personality and nothing to do with being a nun
Then we have tactile nun habit Beatrice
- she has a mission and is solely focused on it, she’s deadly, barely any room for emotions, is very precise
- she’s in charge and ready to give out orders or even step on people’s toes the level of confidence skyrockets
- I think this is where she feels most comfortable when it comes to a dealing with new situations like it’s her physical armor that reflects emotional armor and lets her put herself in the position of someone she believes has value
Then we have blue habit Beatrice and here I think is her middle ground between no habit and tactile habit
- she’s more open and soft but there isn’t that insecurity we see without the habit because she has the identity she chose wrapped around her
- This is where she’s most comfortable interacting with people like she has her habit to ground her so she’s not as flustered but still open more emotionally
- I also don’t think we’ve ever seen her fight in the this outfit like it represents what an actual nun is like where “no habit Beatrice” is actually Beatrice just a girl with a lot of expectations put on her trying to be perfect and the tactile nun habit shows her as this warrior with great fighting skills and an arsenal of knowledge, this blue habit represents an actual nun who is supposed to be faithful caring kind and devote.
And this season put all 3 “personas” you could say in extreme different circumstances
- Beatrice without a habit having to fight in the street and giving orders/ information out to follow the FBC while in the car
- tactile nun habit Beatrice had to deal with the emotional turmoil of losing Ava and kissing her/ saying I love you
- blue habit Beatrice losing her cool/ faith and becoming jaded after losing the crown
They are all starting to merging together to make Beatrice whole again!
Anyways thanks for coming to my 5th Ted talk about this lovely show
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