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//1.) Everyone grab a drink because this is going to be a long story.
First things first, I'd watched the first two seasons of the Netflix show and was deeply in love with it at the time (yeah, I know) but especially with Vlad and Lisa because their characterisations and-
First things first, I'd watched the first two seasons of the Netflix show and was deeply in love with it at the time (yeah, I know) but especially with Vlad and Lisa because their characterisations and-
-dynamic was precisely my jam.
Because of that, I'd be out there browsing fanart and then I stumbled onto one of Adrian with black hair and a black suit and then the artist explained that it was a fanart for the later games where Vlad got reincarnated as Soma and Adrian was the-
Because of that, I'd be out there browsing fanart and then I stumbled onto one of Adrian with black hair and a black suit and then the artist explained that it was a fanart for the later games where Vlad got reincarnated as Soma and Adrian was the-
-one mentoring him as Arikado.
My two main reactions were "holy shit this is awesome" and "yo what if vlad wasn't the only one who could do that and lisa somehow managed to come back?" which then led to "y'know i haven't seen too many reincarnation stories that deal with the-
My two main reactions were "holy shit this is awesome" and "yo what if vlad wasn't the only one who could do that and lisa somehow managed to come back?" which then led to "y'know i haven't seen too many reincarnation stories that deal with the-
-mental health aspects of it, i mean wouldn't it be traumatising as hell to remember being burned alive?"
Then it was off to the races in making the character (who I named after Sylvia Plath because so much of her writing was about her personal struggles with her mental health)-
Then it was off to the races in making the character (who I named after Sylvia Plath because so much of her writing was about her personal struggles with her mental health)-
-and after realising that there were practically no gifs of Nina Fortner I could use for my pinned and all because Monster is still so slept on (Watch/read Naoki Urusawa's Monster, I'm begging you) I decided to look up a Tumblr post for a live action casting and they picked-
-Saoirse Ronan (who's Irish) to cast for. So Syl became Irish-American and got the surname she has today.
My first version of her was VERY different: set in the 70's with her as a paranormal PI who wound up in Romania after she and her brother (who I named after John-
My first version of her was VERY different: set in the 70's with her as a paranormal PI who wound up in Romania after she and her brother (who I named after John-
-Steinbeck.) got invited by strangely distant and rich relatives. It wasn't great and after some messed up experiences, I put her down and didn't know what do do next.
Then I decided to check out Red Dead Redemption 2 after a video essay on the games, fell in love with Arthur-
Then I decided to check out Red Dead Redemption 2 after a video essay on the games, fell in love with Arthur-
-Morgan like everyone did and decided to make the 1875 au for Syl into who she was going to be from now on (which also added another interesting dimension to the whole reincarnation because it wasn't as simple as rejecting a previous life in which you were evil which I also-
-picked up on from a video essay on Baldur's Gate and its plot twist for the player character).
And lastly, I was incredibly lucky to meet Peace, the mun for @NingenNoSeDa right around when I was just getting started and was terrified that no-one would like the idea and their-
And lastly, I was incredibly lucky to meet Peace, the mun for @NingenNoSeDa right around when I was just getting started and was terrified that no-one would like the idea and their-
-support was what kept me writing the character and making her into she is now. Seriously go follow them, they're amazing.
