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[deadzonedenizen]

Ramblings about OCs that nobody asked for: Bell edition (color motifs)

As of writing this, this post has been sitting in my drafts for some time now. With the next chapter being delayed and stuff, I decided to finish this draft instead so I don't feel bad about the delayed update.

So let's talk about my thought process while developing Bell!

After watching the show, I already knew what I wanted in my first oc.

I wanted them to be blue.

Blue in the show is usually depicted on characters who are methodical and manipulative. LBD, the curse, and possibly the ten kings fall under this. Maybe even Azure if you stretch it a bit.

Other than that, my idea of my oc being blue stemmed from the colors of the traffic light trio's colors. Out of all other colors, Red, Yellow, and Green are usually seen with Blue. You see it in Kahoot games, in Google, in Windows, in UNO cards. It also plays with the red oni, blue oni trope when it comes to Bell and Red Son's dynamic.

Another reason for choosing the color blue is that I wanted Bell to have water powers from the beginning. It made sense if I were to group him with the trio, as a way to balance Red Son's fire powers. It also made sense since it paralleled to LBD's ice.

While imagining the actual shades of blue I wanted to use, I looked at blue screens as to reference Bell's ability to hack. I also looked at both luminol and invisible ink under UV light to reference deception (and the importance of reading the fine print when signing contracts cuz that's a reoccurring theme with this guy).

There's other reasons behind this that I won't disclose right now to avoid spoilers.

That brings us to another thing I wanted Bell to have in the beginning.

A chess motif.

I think we can all agree that there are a lot of game motifs in the show, especially references to chess. One of the rules in chess is that white moves first, which is reflected by LBD's color scheme, and how long she's been alive and executing her plans.

While her palette is blue and white, Bell's palette is blue and black. Bell is player 2.

As a bonus, while LBD's peaceful colors mark her as being more deceptive than the edgier color palettes of other villains, Bell's black and blue also reflects his less than ethical methods. AKA his edgier colors in contrast to the bright color palettes of the main cast.

Good Guanyin, do I love color motifs in this show-

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[revolutionaryjackelving]

2023: THE YEAR THAT WASN'T

#2023. Favorite Books, Favorite Movies I read this year. Come one and come all. Also, where exactly have I been all this time?

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after being fooled by those songs, he said "now it's time for payback" ( • ̀ω•́ )

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messing around with some book haymitch designs in preparation for the new book next year!!

[imsodishy]

I know we all love when writers go deep down a research rabit hole on something really specific for the sake of a fic (I certainly am not immune to doing ridiculous research into minute details for no real reason lol)

but allow me, just for a moment, to sing the praises of ✨️vagueness✨️

Unfamiliar with a city's precise geography? Be real vague.

Want a character to be a doctor but don't know how surgery works? Mention it in passing.

Character plays a sport you know nothing about? Vague it up!

You don't know what specific brand of a thing would have been popular in that time and place? Go generic baby!!

You really can just hand-wave stuff that's not where you want the focus of your story to be without anything falling apart. The audience will look where you point them, like a magic trick! If the research is stopping you up and making progress hard or frustrating you can just... not do it.

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