Tintin Oc - Blog Posts

So I've went ahead and conceived a new Tintin OC!

Meet Elizabeth Pfeffer, known as the famous high wire artist Beth Birdie.

She is the belle of the London-based Leicester Circus, known for performing the most amazing and daring feats on the tightrope. However, one day, her circus career had hit a roadblock.

During a performance, Elizabeth had walked halfway across a tightrope when she suddenly slipped and fell to the ground hard. She had only sustained a broken leg, which forced her to take a three-month hiatus from performing.

While she was recovering, Elizabeth was told that not only has she fractured her leg and developed a slight limp, doctors had found that she had also had a severe peanut allergy. This left her feeling humiliated, believing that she could never show herself to the public after that tightrope incident.

But in the few times she has gone out, people would point at her and blurt out insults and mean spirited comments. Even with protection from her managers and trainer, Elizabeth still felt terrible about the accident.

Now she is determined to get back into the circus ring and reinvent her image.

I based the concept for Elizabeth off of this screenshot of the newspaper from the opening scene of the Tintin movie, which I have circled here(you may have to click the image to zoom in:

So, in a sense, I’ve adopted this concept for her.

However, I decided to change the little tidbit of Elizabeth plummeting to her death to her injuring her leg.

I may come up with a fan story involving Elizabeth in the near future. But for now, here’s her basic story.

Hope you like it ☺️