So I'm writing down things for my Ralia characters, as I'm trying to flesh out everything. Basically, what I'm doing is writing out the broad strokes of their characters, so I know what I want to do with them and what I can change. And I came to a conclusion with doing this
Namely, that Marcus, Julian, Marilyn and Lauren have absolutely nothing to do with the plot in any way. But the main problem here is Marcus
Marilyn originally had no role, but I can maybe do something to give her and her family more importance, since they're supposed to be an influential family that's mostly jerks outside of her with the right guidance. And with her comes Lauren, who doesn't have much outside of her. Which maybe I should fix
And as for Julian, I know I've considered him taking a scientist role like his grandfather, and also him being associated with his grandfather in general due to looking similar, which can at least pull him into the Striker plot
But Marcus? He has nothing to do. All he's really got is whatever situation is going on with Marilyn, and then his rift with his brother. He shows up in other stories, but only as a side character, and similarly his issues with his brother are supposed to be happening on the side. And if that gets explored, it would only be on Julian's side, because he was originally supposed to run away and have his own adventures in a circus
But I don't really want to get rid of Marcus. But then, what do I do with him? I genuinely don't know, because he's never had much of a purpose
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Loustat short comics - There is nothing else until the storm is over - Interview with the Vampire TV Series
text transcription under the cut ⬇️
Fake magazine illustration
Page 1
Daniel : So, tell me... Did you see Lestat again?
Page 2
Louis : When he's not on Tour, he would occasionally visits.
Page 3
Daniel : So you're what, now? Friends?
Louis : [Hello Lestat.]
Lestat : [Hello Louis.]
It would be too simple. You know us.
Louis : [ That's new. Still enjoying the glitz and glamor?]
But there is this arrangement we are both fine with.
Page 4
When two people hurt each other so deeply, what is left afterwards?
Page 5
Things like that, it seals doors once still unlocked at the time. Can time really heal everything?
[Mets moi dans mon cercueil, Louis, Louis...]
Page 6
[Stay down chéri, I don't want to fight like this. I'll stay. I'll stay, I'll never leave you ever again. I promise. I'll be happy. For you. For her. Please please please please]
Some things were flipped over to show the truth. Others, I learned to see differently. I faced my wrongs.
[I'll be anything please please please please please please. I didn't know it was a gift. I wore it like a curse. I was selfish. I wanted you to suffer. Because I was. Suffering. I came to thank you.]
Page 7
Do we love each other still? Yes. Can we live under the same roof, share the same spaces, the same bed, for an extended period of time, again? No. But this raging, all devouring passion, it is now replaced by something that can never be altered. Is this the price we had to pay to finally be equals?
Page 8
We have never been more understanding of each other. A shadow of something that could have been from the start. Friendly jokes. Bickering I will never admit enjoying. Respect. And then, the always surprising softness. So eerie after all that happened. Yet, we always welcome it.
Page 9
Daniel : [How dramatic. Not ready to live together again, yet he's all over your coffee table.]
Louis: [I didn't buy these.]
Daniel : [Sure. Will you let me know the next time he passes by?]
Louis : [Well I can't. This is his safe place. You will have to find him by yourself I'm afraid.]
Daniel : [Of course. He can't make anything easy. As if he didn't have enough safe places with his ten properties.]
Page 10
Louis: [Nice chat. Bye, Daniel.]
Lestat : [Only when I'm not on Tour, hm?]
Louis [Approximately.]
Lestat : [Thanks.]
Louis : [Did you really just say thank-]
Lestat: *kisses Louis* [...too soon?]
Page 11
Louis : Almost a century is enough waiting.
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