Princesca Tudor

"Princes bleed like any other man. We just do it in better clothes."

Her Royal Highness Princess Francesca Annabelle Tudor, more simply known as Princesca though some people refer to her as Cess, is a 2019-introduced and all-around character. She is the daughter of King Edward in the story The Prince and the Pauper. Princesca is cold, bitter and naive, inadvertently the perfect candidate for her role, but for different reasons.

Personality
Princesca is, as one would expect, a princess. She's fair and pretty like most princesses, but she's also cold, rude and mean, admitting not to have any interest in the feelings or needs or others. She is selfish and cruel, so much so that even her family is wary of her. She is very angsty and bitter, given her history. Her behavior towards others is cold and condescending, yet its so off-putting that those who don't directly interact with her tend to feel sympathy for her. She has her reasons for acting this way. Her arrogance seems to stem from the fact that she is also alone and unhappy.

She is haughty, cynical and aloof. She doesn't care what others think when it comes to her, but it affects her when she sees them gossiping and whispering around her. Princesca likes to wallow in self-pity, look down on anyone who dares walk up to her and assumes the worst of people, always.

Princesca is convinced that people don't like her, and is determined to dislike them before they dislike her. Though she thinks people dislike her, she still tries to command respect, and asks that everyone refer to her with her title of "Princess Francesca." This was shortened to Princesca because people got tired of it.

Princesca has an undeniably good-hearted nature, but tries to repress her good girl instinct all the time. One of the words she lives by is something she learned after losing her mother: Goodness is trampled over and therefore, there is no point to being good.

She has a certain naiveté and ignorance, especially since she was raised sheltered. She was also raised to be a perfect, refined princess and future ruler. She can be stuck-up sometimes, but conducts herself with the grace and arrogance of her station.

Appearance
In all irony, Princesca looks nothing like her destined doppelganger. She has warm brown eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and a light spray of freckles all over her face. Other than her father's eyes, she looks much like her mother.

Quotes
"Your personal feelings are nothing but a weakness for others to exploit."

- Dominique to Princesca

How the Story Goes
Main article: The Prince and the Pauper 

How does Princesca Come into it?
(whispers into the void) anti cinderella character arc

Parallels

 * Princesca's kleptomaniac tendencies is a parallel to how the Prince swipes the Great Seal of England and hides it. Princesca has an impulse to pocket small, unattended things.
 * Despite being Edward, the multiple marriages of her father references that of King Henry VIII who was King at the time of the story.

Family
Note: Princesca's relationship with her family, and how she sees them is very different from who they are objectively.

Princesca's father is King Edward Tudor, the previous Prince of the last iteration of the story. He is a good ruler, especially after experiencing the problems of his people firsthand, but that couldn't prepare him for parenthood. He probably loves his daughter, but it surely a better king than he is a father.

Despite Cess's destiny, he refused to have her exposed to life outside of home. Being a busy king, he did not have much presence in her life to begin with, but he became virtually nonexistent after losing her mother. They would dine together, but never speak. (Sometimes, the king would make an effort to try a conversation, but after everything that's happened... is Cess still open to that?)

Some part of Princesca resents her father, almost as much as she dislikes her stepfamily. He pushed her away when she was dealing with the loss of her mother, and he seems to be much warmer to Thomasine than he ever was to her.

Regardless, she respects her father... because he is the king, not because he is her father. When speaking to him, she often addresses him as "Your Highness."

Her mother is Dominique. Little is known of her but Cess notes that much of the staff and courtiers like to whisper among themselves, always stopping abruptly when they feel that Cess is near. This offends her, as she glorifies her mother. According to Princesca, no one else loved her as much as her mother did. Dominique was a loving and doting mother to Cess, saying time and time again that as long as she was there, Cess would never need to be loved by anyone else.

Dominique meant it, of course. After she left, people would always clear away from Cess whenever she passes by, stopping their whispers and their eyes following until she leaves the room. Dominique taught Cess what is meant to be a princess and the future queen, training her to command respect and be wary. She also did her best to correct and stamp out any possible rebelliousness in her.

She was removed from court when Princesca was younger than ten, and from then Cess was raised by a governess. Dominique leaving the court also left a strong impact on Princesca. To her, her mother was the picture of goodness and kindess. Her mother was always so soft to her, after all. Dominique leaving the court, and in turn her daughter, taught Cess that your goodness and kindness meant nothing and would lead nowhere.

Friends
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Pet
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Romance
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Enemies
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Outfits
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Trivia & Notes

 * Princesca has kleptomaniac tendencies.
 * The family dynamic was inspired by the animated series Disenchantment.
 * I lovingly consider Princesca to be the "Anti-Cinderella."
 * Click here for Princesca's Pinterest board.