#i can totally imagine Nerio walking down the street humming the chorus of Semi Charmed Life to themselves

[ronqueesha]

As many of my long-time followers know, when I start getting serious about creating an OC, I start listening to a lot of music. My muse is looking for an audio representation of the character for inspiration. And it usually fixates on a single thing above all others, whether it be an artist, or genre, or general energy/tempo of the music.

Like my warden from Dragon Age Origins being largely represented with angry metal music by various artists. Or my Rogue Trader OC Nasosi having exclusively Bishop Briggs' songs as her main inspiration.

Right now I'm thinking hard about my Rook, Nerio. And my muse refuses to let go of a certain sound. That of early 2000s teen music.

Songs with a very upbeat pop-rock sound that were used everywhere in commercials and end credits for coming of age movies. And yet, many of these catchy songs had some REALLY dark or unexpected themes, which the corporate suits who demanded these songs be put into teen movies would have never approved if they actually read the lyrics.

My muse is insisting that the first two songs on Nerio's playlist must be "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World and "Semi Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind. And I find that hilarious.