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😍   —   Is there anyone who inspires you or that you look up to?

oh GOOD i can @ her. @burstbombbitch someone called for u

ALRIGHT. SIT DOWN. I’M GONNA BE HONEST AND TELL YOU A THING. all that neat stuff to soda? robbed from syn. there’s a lot of quirks to soda’s design that weren’t there when i first made her — the diamonds on her tentas, the shape of her mask, even the shape of her build. i took things i liked about bon’s detail and gave variations to soda; all those things listed were added because of bon, even to outright foil her in some cases (just as bon is bottom heavy, soda is top-heavy, though that’s not the only reason for soda’s broad shoulders).

for specifics, i super admire syn’s character design. effective designs convey a character’s personality, place in the world, and visual symbolic motifs — bon’s stars, physique, and dress code are all visual shorthand for various details (for just one thing, she’s round, which creates an immediate sense of kindness and trustworthiness). navarre’s is excellent too; the fact that soda can, in-universe, work backwards to find his species based off his abilities and physical details speaks enough to that. everything about her characters, from the execution to the design, resonates with them (and, if i may say so, her audience) — and that’s The Most Vital Thing as a creator.

the sheer amount of thought that’s put into each facet — worldbuilding, backstory, personality, physical design — is a level i can only aspire to reach. there’s a level of both intricacy and accessibility to her characters, a fascinating amount of self-awareness in all of it, that i can’t help but admire and want to emulate.

🤔   —   What are some differences between you and your muse?

well, there’s the obvious “i’m not a murderer”, but

soda is much more of a romantic than i am! they’re a lot less cynical about romance and stereotypes in general. i can’t stand the things, but their entire character revolves around it, tbh. their sense-of-self is less stable and distinct than mine, considering they’re not one for self-reflection or -analysis, as opposed to me (who analyses everything she touches). she’s also more street-smart than i am, less book-smart.

there’s simple, surface-level things, such as gender. i can’t tell which of us is blunter — i tend to be blunt emotionally, but soda doesn’t have a general filter and loves to tell people to “fuck off”. AND I MEAN… I TRY NOT TO CUSS, SO…

i spend a lot more time on the internet than they do, and i doubt i’d be foolish (brave?) enough to wrap myself up into something like the campaign. i’m shier than soda irl, and keep to myself more; they’re extroverted, after all. we both have a tendency to daydream, but soda dreams about real-world things, not a sort of fandom.

😉   —   Are there any ships for your muse that you enjoy, or ships that you would like to see happen?

GIVEMEHATESHIPS

ok that aside. i heckin….love all the romantic ships i’ve got for soda rn, that being peter, navarre, and dustin — each of them contributes a LOT to her development. dustin esp, considering … he’s kind of become a part of her backstory, now. he’s integral to soda’s sadness, as is the lack of closure both of them got, and i love love love exploring heartwrenching hurt like that.

peter’s is difficult to pin down since…we never quite finished plotting, and what HAS been done so far is all prior to soda’s reveal as Agent 3 (in that verse, he’s the reason she reveals it at all). but it’s a chance to talk about soda’s nerdy aspects, and i’ll take that as much as i can! soda’s arc w him confronts the same issues, but backwards, as navarre’s, and it’s fun seeing how i can achieve the same arc. and ofc i love soda and navarre — it’s such a steep step out of soda’s comfort zone, and their relationship arc is satisfying and natural; it’ll be nice to see what’ll happen if soda’s proper adoration is reciprocated for once.

and though neither of them are romantic, soda and bon and soda and octavio (at least, @takoruler‘s) are wonderful explorations of each character involved — good examples of enemies to (kinda) friends. soda wouldn’t be soda without either relationship, tbh. i could go on for ages about both but this is so long send help

as for ships i want to see happen, i want opportunities to explore the still-dark facets of her — genuine hateships where soda doesn’t consider kissing them too, or would have unabashed delight in killing them. relationships where she has to negotiate and be the bigger man, relationships where she’s the mentor and others where she’s being mentored, tentative business partners, isolated and abandoned childhood friends, characters that grate on her until she snaps, characters she resents for no good reason and has to get over, characters she teases or looks down upon with that old insufferable air. i want them all combine them just give me chars w strong personalities pls