Board Thread:UFSW Discussion/@comment-5935579-20150830053955/@comment-5935579-20150830062543

@Vauseman

Even tho u didnt write it, do you have a favorite character?

To be honest if I had to pick a favorite character out this pool, they would actually end up being Peralta and Angie. They're natural forces that repel against each and both more or less drive the story. Peralta is a strong, heroic noir type character who was just fun to envision and put to motion. It was equally fun to give life to Angie, who it seems had a natural repellant for everything that got thrown at her throughout most of the story, and even though she managed to SURVIVE, I still feel I gave her a "fate worse than death" ending, something she was very much deserving of for being the mastermind behind the events of the story.

What were some of your inspirations for plot/characters

When I envisioned the character of Peralta, I worked off of Jimmy McNulty from The Wire and gave him a sort-of noir twist. I wanted Peralta to be admirable in his determination for the truth but also be something of a tragic figure. The plot itself I think is a simple man vs society, as I like to see it, as even Peralta's own friends were working against him.

As for the rest of the characters, I modeled some of them off of real people. Lizzie for example was modeled after someone who more or less rejected me many times in real life, but again, I gave her the depressing tone that goes along with the noir variant. Jack is based off of the same friend I based Fausto from, as this particular friend tended to see the flaws in my very actions and warned me about them whenever he could.

'Did you give any of the characters backstories? If so, what were they (doesnt have to be in much detail. You could just say 'Peralta used to be on SNL, then became a cop' for example)'

As for the rest of the characters, I modeled some of them off of real people. Lizzie for example was modeled after someone who more or less rejected me many times in real life, but again, I gave her the depressing tone that goes along with the noir variant. Jack is based off of the same friend I based Fausto from, as this particular friend tended to see the flaws in my very actions and warned me about them whenever he could.

'What was the catastrophe you mentioned? '

The catastrophe would have been some sort of war that ended up destroying much of earth and taken the lives of many inhabitants, leading to a smaller civilization for the story to feature. Once again, I never delved into that in the summaries though.

why is link such a fuckin bitch (rip yerma and lizzie </3) 

Link is supposed to be your anti-Peralta in a way. Sure, he more or less suffers similar a personal demons that to him are not demons. Link wanted a leg up life and got it through dirty means, which goes with the theme of corruption in the story. I actually consider him more significant of a villain than Benicio, who in the end was a pawn for Angie, whereas Link willingly did her bidding.

Thank you Adrien, I am really glad you enjoyed these short little summaries. Looking back I see them as a nice writing exercise that can hopefully lead me to improve my writing in the future. The next time though, I hope I can work something like this into an actual story. After I finish my current projects, that is.

Thank you for reading and thank you even more for your questions. :)