#author asks

[cuckoo-on-a-string]

Please, for the love of fuck, read the author notes at the top of a fic before stopping in the comments JUST to request a tag in future installments.

[lsunstreakerl]

ssunnyy, just out of curiosity, what is your most liked post?

this one! the next runner up is the first installment of the tiny gax verse :)

[leo-interactive-fiction]

Happy (belated) fifth anniversary for Triaina Academy, Leo! I hope that you got to at least do a small celebration for five years of work sometime in June. In the spirit of Triaina being five, I wanted to ask you about the old demo, actually; is there a scene you left / are going to leave on the cutting room floor that you miss? Are there other plot points from it that you really liked? I'm curious about how you feel about it after so long. Regardless, I hope this finds you well!

Hey there! Damn, it really doesn't feel like it's been five years since I've began undertaking this project haha. The very first showing of Triaina Academy was in june, and was fairly sizable for its first posting, hovering around 70k-ish words leading up to the middle of the 2nd chapter and having introductions for everyone except S and F. During then, I had far more free time available to me, and worked on that version of the demo until it grew to around 250-300k words spanning nearly 5 chapters.

But I realized as I had progressed through writing that the quality of my early chapter writing wasn't consistent with the current standards I wanted to have now, and so much of that wordcount was scrapped, with only the skeletonized outline remaining of the old work. I returned to square one and rewrote the story in its entirety from the beginning, leading to the current state now, with the revised version hitting close to 220k words. In the back of my head I consider that, had I just continued writing without a revision, Triaina Academy would already be a finished product.

In many ways I regret that despite it being five years, it feels like there is nothing much for me to show for it. Even more so now that my work pushes me between mental stress and physical exhaustion, often giving me little time or motivation to pull up the writing on my computer. But I love what I've created. I love the joys it brings me as a creative, as well as hearing the joy it brings you all to read. So even if it seems like I fall away, I am still pressing on to continue, even if it's a tiny bit at a time, until it becomes something both I and readers can find joy in.

Now, speaking of the old demo, there's many scenes that have become nonexistent. I liked quite a few of them, and there are probably many overarching ideas that will return in different forms within the new context of the current demo. But there are also many that won't.

A few mentions of old scenes that probably won't be making a return, either because they've been replaced or they are no longer relevant:

During the very first date with raven, although the makeshift "home" returned, there was an additional scene where the MC discovers mutilated bodies in a closet space.

Before the festival scene seen in the demo now, the working equivalent of it in the old demo was an underground party held by students of the academy in an abandoned airport. The idea of this was cut out because within the story, I decided the world wasn't in a current state for airspace travel save for very specific exceptions. But during this scene, the party is interrupted by a body being discovered hanging from the overhead walkways of a hangar, paired with a bloody message.

There was a scene where you could order and allow V to shoot and kill a student. Originally I had thought to make this into a fail state where the MC and V were thrown in jail for a game over, but upon the revision this was taken out entirely, as I decided against abrupt, early endings.

Infamously, E was originally written as a step-sibling character in the old demo. I had thought on testing and developing the dynamic, since I didn't see very many games do it, and my game was pretty heavily inspired by various anime and manga related tropes and character styles. But eventually, I decided to shift them into a childhood friend/next door neighbor romance without adjusting their personality because I put a lot of effort into developing the entirety of their story arch, and I wanted them to appeal to a more general audience. Funnily enough, they are still labeled as their old role within the code, just because it has become too much work to change all of the variables haha

F's personal assistant, Fiore, didn't actually exist within the old demo. At least not in the same capacity. She was added because I realized F's personality didn't work well as an independent romantic driver, and they needed an additional external factor to push F into more romantic situations. Fiore RO DLC is an additional purchase of $9999.

In the old demo, MC's, and to a lesser extent everyone else's parents, played far less of an apparent role. I wanted to develop a story showing the previous generation compared to the current one, as in some ways there is a "passing of the torch" theme throughout the plot.

S and F were introduced far later in the old demo, to the point every other RO was given a full extra date scene before they joined the picture. One goal of my revision was being able to give these two an earlier introduction so they could all have their own date scene. In the old demo they were introduced in a scene where P and the MC had to switch rooms, allowing the MC to meet the last two members of Dorm Exul, as well as I think letting them read P's diary.

You used to be able to choose both M and P's gender independently, but with them becoming more structured as identical twins, M will always be the same gender you pick for P.

R used to be far more of a directly flirtatious character like M, but has since naturally shifted to the laid-back, bantering character they are now as I've continued writing them.

Similarly, V was written in a far more robotic tone with only short one-to-three-word responses, and although they are still fairly terse and unemotional, they've developed over time to have far more spoken dialogue and hints of emotional cracks.

There used to be a fail scene in M's romance if you refused to hit them the first time. Much like the other fail state, this was taken out and the decision between leaning into their masochistic tendencies or not became part of their path selection.

Many of the side characters within the story were not introduced, and so neither were their stories. Lewis and S's hostile relationship was not developed, Rex and Acer only had passing remarks, Treyla, Juno, Uno, and others who were nonexistent to the plot now hold some relevance to specific MC specializations, and instructors other than Rosaline and Hoft were given names and a larger part as progressors of MC specializations.

As far as the most favorite scene that I'll miss leaving on the cutting room for, hmm. It is most likely the school tournament arc that I had planned in the old demo. It was in the works and quite far in development at the time that I realized my writing had taken far steps away from the book's early development, both in quality and creative direction. The tournament was supposed to be a method to more actively showcase the combat capabilities of each character's powers, with several rounds and fight scenes already written. But within this new revised plot, I plan for the S.T.E.M. abilities to develop far slower and gradually with trackable leaps in power, not yet becoming combat capable at the time this tournament arc would've occurred. Still, the scene and idea I had in my head, and what I had already written, was quite fun! Although I probably won't be able to figure out a way for this exact scenario to happen now, eventually I would love to bring back the idea of a tournament, or arena type of setting, at some point in the story haha.

Thank you for listening to my ramblings. I didn't think the response would get this long haha. Triaina Academy has recieved so much more positive reception and love than I could have ever imagined when I first began working on it. In all honesty, I had figured that maybe I would be writing for a handful or so to see and think it was neat, and I'd be plucking away at it from time to time with no real thought to its success in mind. But it has instead risen to a stage far larger than I thought it could perform on, almost dauntingly so as I fear for disappointing so many, both with its quality, and the fact I can't dedicate as much into its development as people hope and ask for. Even still, I hope you can forgive me for not being able to rise to expectations, especially in regard to the pace of development, or the length of silence revolving it. The one thing I can promise, is that I still love this creation of mine, and all of you who have seen and may continue to see it flourish, and I do not plan to end its development unless I die a very painful, early death.

Thank you very much!

[kangofu-cb]

ask and ye shall receive @reremouse

Yeah so this one is the classic trope we all know and love: one guy who knows he’s gay but doesn’t realize he’s in love with his best friend, and another guy who knows he’s in love with his best friend but does not know he’s gay

Two best friends, both alike in idiocy In fair Bed Stuy where we lay our scene One of them is stupid and gay: Clint thinks he's straight. This is just how everyone feels right? Surely every straight guy definitely admires their best friend's thighs. and chest. and back. Also! Great hugs! So nice, so safe, so wrap-your-arms-around-me-and-never-let-go hugs! Of course he loves Bucky, Bucky is his friend! You're supposed to love your friends! The other one is gay and stupid: Bucky and his slutty, slutty hoochie daddy shorts would ABSOLUTELY rail his best friend into next week because he's gay and Clint is hot. But Clint is straight, and anyway he's just a friend. Just the guy Bucky hangs with when he breaks up with people, or has a shitty night. He’s the first one Bucky calls when something good happens. Even though Steve y'know. Exists. It's just that Clint gives better hugs than Steve. And always seems to know just what Bucky needs to feel better. Bucky never has to explain it to Clint. He just knows.

This is all fine and totally normal and not at all gonna blow up in anybody's face, ever.

[lassify]

Alright since u said i can bother you!

I always wonder what my fave fic writers "real" jobs are. What field do you work in??

Omg HELLO! [glomp]

I absolutely love being bothered. Thank you for bothering me. 💖 Being bothered makes my day 😁 And I am so honoured to be one of your fave fic writers because I still remember and appreciate your very entertaining reading journey through every single chapter of SSS! 🥰

I am ready to answer your question. I think it would come to no-one's suprise that I am actually a psychologist in real life😅 (Though I am obligated to say that I am not-yet-fully qualified.)

I can't be more specific than that unfortunately since where I live the exact field I work in is pretty small, but I feel it is my life's calling and my soul's purpose. My favourite part is getting to work with patients and seeing the positive change people can make in their own lives.

I think this is why I am so determined to show recovery journeys in my stories. I want to show people getting through conflicts, facing the hardest trials and being able to come out the other side of it, because I see it in the people I support and I find their resilience and strength so inspiring. I feel so lucky and honoured that they would share their journey with me, and I want to impart that humanity and strength into the characters I write. I want the readers to feel it, too.

It's also not a suprise that I enjoy Spy x Family so much, given how so much of Endo's writing is so psychologically-informed. I find it endlessly fascinating, and it's amazing to see psychology being represented in such a popular piece of media, and to such a seamless degree!

I could talk about this for ever, honestly 😭 But otherwise I will write a whole essay haha

[vayle]

Wellbeing check!

How are you doing dear author? Have you been eating, drinking water and sleeping properly?

Writing an interactive fiction is a lot of work, and a rewrite specially takes quite a bit of attetion!

I am the same anon that has read both of your demos back to back, and I have recently gone over several different IFs in my free time and one of them was yours, and I decided to come check of everyone to see how they were doing

The world is crazy this year and a lot of things are complicated for everyone due to politics, but I hope that you know that I will be cheering on you and other authors as much as I can!

Please treat yourself to something good today!

hey anon! nice to see you back, i hope you're also treating yourself and being kind to yourself. <3

real life is complicated with everything going on and also finding the motivation to keep writing and trying to figure everything out. but, i'm a lot more hydrated lately than i have ever been, sleep is ups and downs but better, and my appetite is much better ^_^

i've got a hectic few weeks coming up, i have an appointment to see the lovely planned parenthood people for HRT which i'm excitedly starting for the first time, and i'm on a waitlist for therapy too, then i'm hoping within the year i'll be able to get a letter to get top surgery. (fingers crossed)

i'm doing better than i have been in a long time, even with the world going crazy, i've had some personal big wins lately and i'm working on myself a lot.

gold star for you, doing these wellness checks is really nice :) much appreciated from the bottom of my heart

[spoiledblogif]

Hey, if you haven’t answered this before, how do you plan what you’re going to write? Like do you have a plan of what’s going to happen in each chapter or do you have some key scenes or do you pretty much make it up as you go along?

It is an unhelpful combination of things.

For the most part, I let my writing just kind of go where it's going to go, which for the first few chapters of something works. Letting characters decide how things play out has lead to some of the best scenes (including some coming up in chapter 9). I think this helps a lot of the relationships be a lot more organic.

But as I get further into a story, I start plotting the chapters out in a little more detail. Or I at least try to cover the major beats, even if I don't have every scene detailed exactly. This is mostly because as we wind up for the climax, there's not as much room to meander, because that'll make things lag and they won't have the same impact.

As for HOW I go about this, I usually do the initial vague brainstorming sessions either in a notebook or on my white board (I have a white board I used exclusively for writing, it is very well loved, and it is being held together with duct tape). I'm not sure why but I've always found that usually a pen/marker to brainstorm just works better for me. (At one point I think I had +100 notebooks that had years and years worth of random notes and story ideas written down in them.)

[amelias-calamity-quintet]

Hi Amelia!

How about answering these two questions if no one else has asked yet. ☺️

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!

Hi Missy! Thank you for the ask! I haven't gotten either, thank you for sending them my way. I am answering these out of order for reasons in I want to put 42 under a read more.

50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!

Oh so many, so much to choose from. I think just as an excuse to ramble about Mark of a Hero some more, probably just some loose things about that. I can't talk about what I'm writing now, because I'm on book 5 (244 chapter backlog is going strong) and spoilers! But! I can say that there is some very fun stuff coming up in book 2. Thanks to milestone bonus chapters releasing this Sunday, that there's going to a bonus content work for MoaH out next week too.

One of the things I really wanted to explore in MoaH with them going to other countries is other cultures. And while the legends are highly prevalent throughout the era of MoaH, other countries have their own stories and myths about other great events from their homes. The bonus chapter out Sunday shares the first two of those, and I'm going to be posting them in their own collective work as well separate from MoaH so people can read them without having to reach them in the main series. And I'm so excited to get to share this branch of storytelling with y'all. One of the two is based more closely on a real myth, but the second is an original love story, or as original as I could manage (there is a point where myth tropes do collide). And I really hope folks enjoy them.

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

Um, I don't know what content warning would be appropriate here? It's very personal, and has to do with parenthood. I don't mind sharing it, but I also recognize that the answer I would give to this question is also a lot. So it's under the read more.

The answer to this is that someone told me they were going to read GoS to their kid.

I've held on to this comment for a while. But it means so much to me for a number of reasons. To start, I fell in love with Zelda playing the games with my mom. We joke that that's why I was premature. She was playing through aLttP when surprise! I showed up a month early. And she was a Turtle Rock. She wasn't leaving Hyrule to its fate just cause she had a kid now. There is a picture that was lost of her with my bottle between her shoulder and her chin while she nursed me and playing Zelda at the same time that we cannot find that we need to do the "adults now" retake since my partner's retro cabinet has a SNES and basically the same CRT. But needless to say, we have always had Zelda together. Among other things, we have always had Zelda together.

Now. For reasons we don't need to go into, I can't have bio kids. There are of course other options available, but for a number of reasons, it is easier to say that I can't have kids. And I wanted to. Want to, if it were an option. I wanted to pass that torch too. Wanted to carry on the storytelling with my own kid like my mom did with me. And I can't.

But.

Someone's reading my story to their kid. Someone's using my story to share their love for this series with their kid. My writing!

I don't get to pass the torch. I get to be the torch.

What an incredible honor.

[practically-an-x-man]

Fanfic Couples*/Relationships Ask Game

*note that when I say "couple", this does not have to indicate a romantic couple, it's just the most concise way to refer to a pair of characters. These can be any two characters, romantic or not.

Of the ones you've written, which romantic relationship has developed the fastest? How fast is it?

Of the ones you've written, what's your slowest slowburn? How slow is it?

Have you ever written a soulmate AU? If you haven't, why would/wouldn't you write one?

What's the fastest you've reached a romantic couple's first kiss (in words/scenes/chapters)? First "I love you"? Other landmarks?

Do you have any works where you refuse to reach a certain relationship landmark, for one reason or another?

Have you ever started to write a relationship and had it develop differently than you expected? How so?

Have you written any romantic couples that you think would be better off as friends? Or even enemies?

Have you ever written any friendships that could've easily become romantic relationships? How did you navigate it?

When you write, do you plan out the stages of a relationship, or just let it flow? Do you have any works where the characters seem to "write themselves"?

[Couple] has just been struck by a magic spell, and now they're mortal enemies! What happens now?

[Couple] has just stumbled into a fairy ring, and they've forgotten they ever knew each other! What happens now?

[Couple] has just found an interdimensional portal, and one of them just walked in! Does the other go after them?

Are there any consistent trends when you write a budding relationship, or does it vary by character? If there are trends, what are they?

Are there any relationship dynamics/tropes you want to write in the future, but haven't yet?

Are there any relationship dynamics/tropes you would never write?

Are there any relationship dynamics/tropes you enjoy reading about, but wouldn't want to write yourself? Vice versa?

Did you base [couple] on any existing relationships that you've seen? This can be anything: TV characters, books, even people you've known in real life.

Pick a few characters you've written for (or, for a fun twist, asker chooses). Tell me about their relationship in three sentences or less.

Pick a work/fandom you've written for. If your couple didn't end up together, who would they get close with with instead?

Has a character ever felt pulled in two directions as you wrote them? How did you resolve this?

Not all relationships are romantic. What's your favorite non-romantic relationship that you've written about?

Have you ever written a break-up scene? How did it go? Was it a permanent split?

Do you think you idealize relationships in fiction, or are your depictions grounded in reality? How often do your characters make mistakes?

When you write, do you focus more on the romantic relationships or the non-romantic ones?

How important to you is the inclusion of sex in writing a romantic couple? Do you have any asexual characters?

Do you have any characters that are arospec or otherwise wouldn't enter a romantic relationship? How do they interact with the story?

Do you have any characters who are hopeless romantics? How do they interact with the story?

Have you ever written a tragic romance? How did it turn out?

What's the most interesting friendship that you've written?

What's the most interesting familial relationship that you've written? Found family counts.

Are there any songs that remind you of [couple]? Are there any songs that remind them of each other?

Do you find it more fun to write soft, domestic romances, or dramatic thrillers?

Are there any canon romantic couples, in any media, that you just can't stand?

Are there any well-known fanon relationships (not canon), that you just can't stand?

Are there any canon non-romantic relationships you can't stand?

Have you ever overwritten a canon romance in favor of a different character/OC? Did you write a full breakup or just ignore the canon relationship?

Who's the Barbie and who's the Ken? Who's the Allan?

Who's the Romeo and who's the Juliet? Who's the Rosaline?

Who's the Prince Charming and who's the Damsel in Distress? Who's the dragon?

Pick a relationship (not necessarily romantic). What tropes apply to this relationship? What tropes does this relationship subvert?

Who's your most repressed/oblivious character? Who's your most aware character? What makes them different?

As an author, are you gentle to your characters?

How do you feel about unhappy endings? Unrequited love? Major character death?

What's your favorite type of relationship to write? What makes it most fun for you?

What type of relationship do you struggle most to write? Why is it difficult for you?

Are there any character dynamics that you've found yourself stepping outside your comfort zone to write? How so?

What's the most self-indulgent relationship you've written? Are there any particular moments/scenes that you wrote just for you?

Are there any relationships you've lost passion for writing? Are there any relationships that started slow but gained momentum over time?

What's your favorite relationship dynamic that you've seen in another work of fiction? Has this influenced your writing at all?

Free space! Brag on yourself! Advertise your writing! What are you most proud of recently?

[yabagofmilfs]

2, 34, 10 ❤️

author asks

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

right now i'd say the rabbit heart series generally, and gold-skinned, eager baby specifically because it was so hard to write but ultimately came out almost exactly as i'd envisioned it.

34. What is your favorite fic to get comments/messages on?

rabbit heart again! i love writing them even when it's difficult; that sid and geno are my favorite thing to think about and it makes me so happy that there are people who love them as much as i do.

10. Is there a character or ship you'd love to write for, but haven't yet?

hm, not that i can think of. maybe one day i will write mario/sid/nathalie or sid/geno/anna but other than that i am content being very boring with my two hockey boys.

[lsunstreakerl]

if max only moves away from galex to move in with charles, and lestappen still go through their mandatory enemies stage in f1, does that mean that the three (galex+max) still live together even after they have all made it to f1 and they're living together not out of necessity but some kind of trauma bonded choice?🥹

yes :)

it's also that for a good while, they hoard savings. they can't possibly justify moving out or buying new places individually, and there's nothing particularly wrong with their current setup, so... they just stay!

they use their newfound financial security to buy what they need, but they're not good at buying what they want, so the savings account just keeps growing and growing and they sort of have to teach themselves it's okay to buy something just for fun. (being around the other drivers is exposure therapy, in that regard.)

[leo-interactive-fiction]

Heyyaaa~ loving the update!

Just a small request, would you entertain us by giving us more save slots? Eheheh, I'm planning on trying everyone's route so... Yes, more saves (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠���⁠*⁠♡

Hey there! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the game so much!

Unfortunately, there is no way for me to add anymore save slots to the game. Although I have attempted to set it to a varying degree of slots, Dashingdon only allows for 8 saves. It is unfortunately the hosting website's limit that I have no control over, but I am glad to know my game has the problem of wanting to be replayed too much, rather than the alternative haha

[kangofu-cb]

EMT Jason? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

This is a source of eternal shame

is a beautiful ode to crack-treated-seriously, which I thoroughly hashed out and planned with @noxnthea and then my entire life got consumed in a black hole of depression I am only just now emerging from so IT WILL BE WRITTEN

So let me tell you all about it

THIS FIC The underlying premise is absurd, of course. Jason's been kicked out of Gotham after a murderous temper tantrum. So. He goes to NYC and puts his Bat medical education to good use And happens upon our intrepid failboat hero, Clint, freshly off getting the shit kicked out of him by the Tracksuit Mafia (he put up a good fight guys) Which pisses Jason right off, obviously. So then he’s just full vigilante after he finds out what happened to Clint Meanwhile Bucky is like 'Some other wannabe hero is killing tracksuits when I, a bonafide assassin, wanted to do it'

The indelible humor of Clint lying on a couch with a broken arm and an ice pack on his face just trying to nap while Bucky whines in a corner about how he wanted to do the murders. And then it's a bunch of weird assassin courtship rituals as Bucky and Jason try to one-up each other in a strange game of 'who can woo Clint Barton best' using crime-fighting, expensive cars, and stolen batman body armor. And then they fuck about it.

[lassify]

hello lassify!! Firstly I just want to say I love your fanfics sm! I can read and fangirl about it for hours HDJDKSKSL secondly I wanted to ask what other fandoms are you in other than sxf and who are your favorite characters from those fandoms? I hope it's not a bother :')

marii!!! girl!! hello 🥹 (((radiating joy from seeing you)))

THANK YOU always for your kind words, your incredible support, your amazing and positive energy, I appreciate it and you always 💖

This might not surprise you but SxF is the only *fandom* in which I am actively involved in the community. This is my home, and I love it, and I don't want to go anywhere else!

In terms of other fanfictions that I ocasionally read, I have mainly enjoyed Miraculous Ladybug (the canon is so shit, but the fanworks are *artistic* and the Chat Noir angst is *angsty*) and also Danny Phantom, which got me into reading fanfictino in general! Apart from that, I have dabbled in Good Omens, the Owl House, and some miscellaneous bits and bobs here and there.

i actually have Damianya AUs planned in both the Miraculous and Danny Phantom worlds, which I am really looking forward to sharing, once I finish writing the Final Battle of Seven Secrets of Starlight (I can't write both at the same time, as much as I want to 😭) !

Thank you for sending me an ask (I love these), and for giving me the chance to talk about this stuff, and I hope you have a restful weekend and lovely rest of your week 🥰

[valiant-if]

hello!! can i ask “What is your general favourite thing about the character? What is your least favourite?” for all the ROs + CAIT? if all of them is too much then just Path and Hex would be great!

hi, anon!

Anton - My favorite and least favorite thing are the same! 😂 He's nice! I like that he's nice, of course. Genuinely nice characters are very comforting to write, but they can sometimes feel a little bland when compared to their mean and/or moody co-stars.

Switch - My favorite thing is her flavor of hidden soft side, which is less gentle and sentimental and more "I will defend to the death someone else's right to be healthy and cared-for." Least favorite thing is probably how long it took her to reach that conclusion (whereas she was happily just doing what she was told for years beforehand).

Zero - Favorite thing: that she's bubbly and fun and does her best to turn even not-great moments a little silly. Least favorite thing: she's a little too willing to see the best in people when she meets them. Not everyone deserves the kind of niceness that she gives them.

Path - The polar opposite of Anton, my favorite and least favorite things being the fact that he's such an asshole. It's really fun to step outside of what is socially acceptable in real life and let a character just be mean and rude on the page. On the other hand, he really is mean to other people without cause, and that's not cool.

Kiran - My favorite thing is how clear-headed Kiran is in completing their work—their REAL work—without anyone actually knowing what it is. 👀 My least favorite thing is the way he talks. I've purposefully made Kiran the kind of character that doesn't speak with contractions very often, and it's very annoying how often I have to go back and eliminate contractions when writing their dialogue.

Yulia - Favorite thing without a doubt the hubris she has as a scientist. She really thinks she's above making mistakes, and oh how wrong she is going to be. My least favorite thing is how clinical and heartless she can be when it comes to her work. It's great for a character, but I would probably hate her if I knew her in real life.

Hex - Favorite thing is that he's smarter and more moralistic than he lets on. Even A2 is not aware of his depths, and they've worked together a long time. Least favorite thing is genuinely how late into the story he makes his official appearance. 😂

A2 - In a weird way, the fact that she hates PDA is my favorite thing about her. I think the reason for that is that so often I see (no matter how common, just what I see) character archetypes similar to her (no matter the gender, but usually women) be unapologetically sexual and/or flirtatious, as if the only time they can set aside their stoic demeanor is for the sake of sexual expression, and I'm just tired of seeing characters like that. So here she is, that kind of stoic character, and she does not like PDA, even mild forms of it. My least favorite thing about her is the same as for Hex—that it takes so long to introduce her.

CAIT - My favorite thing about her is having to sit and really think about how a digital being would interpret certain situations. And I'm certain that I get it wrong all the time, but it's a good thought experiment and a fun exercise for my brain. My least favorite thing, at least right now, is that she only has the MC to interact with and the MC is keeping her hidden, so it can be hard to figure out how to organically use her in a scene in a way that is unknown to the other characters.

thanks for the ask! 🧡