Thursday, February 20, 2025

The Busch Family

    After coming up with the title Falling Through the Rose Bush and deciding that the dead twin sister's name is going to be Rose, I thought it would be even more clever if the family's last name sounded like the word bush. That's when I started researching and came across Busch, which sounds identical to "bush" spoken aloud and reads pretty similarly. It originates in Yorkshire, Northern England, and was developed in England's Anglo-Saxon culture, so it's perfect for the English setting I was planning.

Lily Busch:

    Lily Busch is the main character in my story and the twin who goes through it all. A lobotomy is a procedure done to fix disorders of mood, not disorders of thought. For this reason, they're unsuccessful when attempting to get rid of schizophrenia but work for depression and insanity. After witnessing her sister's death, Lily had C-PTSD, or complex PTSD, which is classified as a disorder of mood, and was successful in being "cured" by the lobotomy. This was until she found everything out, but that's beside the point. Lily was always the more put-together of the twins on the outside and always had her hair done nicely, blush on her cheeks, and an ironed dress draped on her body. After being lobotomized, patients often lose a large part of their intellect and aren't capable of forming as intelligent thoughts as they could before. Because of this, Lily's hair was more messy, and her clothes were always a bit more wrinkled after the lobotomy. Overall, she behaves innocently and curiously, similar to a younger version of herself. 



Rose Busch:

    Rose was the more rebellious of the twins; while her personality was sweet and caring, she was never afraid to stand up for what she thought was right and go against what she believed was wrong. She was always extremely close with her sister and would rarely hide things from Lily. That's why when she found out what she did about her family and couldn't tell Lily for her own good, Rose had no choice but to end it all. She was more rough-looking, as in she would refuse to curl her hair and put pretty bows in it when courting season came around, which, by the way, was her least favorite time of the year. 



Ada and Edmund Busch:

    Ada Busch is the girls' mom, and she absolutely adores them. Though she didn't come from much, throughout her entire motherhood, she has appreciated them and spoiled them to bits since she never gave birth to a boy and has been shamed for it. Because of this, she has always wanted to raise women of class so that they can marry into an even higher class, and she is just obsessed with learning about anything and everything she can to teach her daughters. She is a very elegant woman, never missing a graceful entrance or canceling a social event for her family. She also spends most nights missing her husband, Edmund, because though they once had a beautiful love, he's been holding a grudge. Edmund Busch came from a very high-class family and went against her family's wishes to marry Ada because he loved her so much. He was never cold or distant until his wife was unable to provide a boy to carry the Busch name. That then became his life's mission to fix, which is where the messed up stuff they did comes in and the reason Rose commits suicide.



Sources:

Ahmed, A. (2016, September 12). 133 Mesmerizing Victorian Baby Names For Girls And Boys. MomJunction. https://www.momjunction.com/articles/victorian-baby-names-for-girls-boys_00408299/

HouseofNames.com. (2000). HouseOfNames. https://www.houseofnames.com/busch-family-crest/english

https://www.howstuffworks.com/about-author.htm. (2008, October 27). How Lobotomies Work. HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/lobotomy2.htm

Mind. (2021, January). What is complex PTSD? Www.mind.org.uk; Mind. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/complex-ptsd/

Waterhouse, E. (2024, August 22). 181 Victorian Girl Names. Nameberry. https://nameberry.com/list/774/victorian-girl-names

Pictures:

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