Jul 14, 2017
So how about Sîan Phillips for Ettabeh, Jaffar and Fadl’s mother? She’s most certainly got the cheekbones and the build of someone who could be mother to Conrad Veidt and Basil Rathbone (although I imagine her eyes to be a much lighter blue, as I usually write Jaffar having inherited his eyes from her–she’s supposed to be from the Caucasus or Byzantium, BTW; hence the blue eyes/black hair thing with her and the boys). That, and she most definitely has the formidable aristocratic aloofness and dignity to play one of the most powerful (if lesser-known) women in history.
Of course, if anyone else reading the stories (Defy Not The Stars in particular, where she has a decent part) has had any headcasts in mind, do tell!
#sian phillips#ocs#writing#ettabeh#reference#headcast#headcasts#defy not the stars#of roses unfurling#it could be someone warmer too though#but she's certainly good at aloof and formidable#she would be good for khayzuran as well#it's a shame she's had one of those ott mouth-stretching facelifts lately#but then again old age came way earlier in medieval times#and girls were married off very early then#so you could be a grandmother at 25
