(Yeah I normally just say fuck it and make everyone trans AT LEAST and then probably not straight either. I just,,,, I need this for emotional support. Those are my emotional support gays! I need they! Like do not fuck with my need for rep or I will go full Diogenes on you.)
(I'm sick of not seeing aces in media so I try to have at least one ace-spec character in each story because we exist, goddammit, but you wouldn't know it from the lack of rep :/)
(And no that does not mean I will do uh… feral stuff in public but I will act like a feral dog, is what I mean by the Diogenes reference.)
(I'm sick of not seeing aces in media so I try to have at least one ace-spec character in each story because we exist, goddammit, but you wouldn't know it from the lack of rep :/)
(Actually, I plan to write Margaret (Walton's sister) as ace! I know a lot of ace jokes by proximity of being aro so… yeah, I may not find a moment to make it explicit but I'll try!)
(Oh neat!! I can only imagine Margaret's reaction to receiving Walton's letters at the end of the book lol, probably like that meme of Poe narrowing his eyes at Vernes' letter.)
(Pfft yeah exactly. She'll probably act somewhat similar when she actually meets The Crew tm)
(Like, Walton will just hand her a novel's worth of letter and be like "this will explain everything" and then Margaret reads it and is like "…?")
("Robert….what the fuck.")
("It explains everything!" "This just gives me more questions!")
(Honestly I just think Margaret has potential to be, like, Pretty Cool also she is a SWORD LESBIAN now and part of her backstory will be gently threatening a local Priest with a rapier until he let her get married I think.)
(I Love Her.)
(Good, if you didn't I'd have to steal your kneecaps. Honestly I just turn all my queer characters into my own queer power fantasies just because. Also Margaret now has a daughter, she's trans her name is Esmerelda but everyone calls her Esme and she's an absolute bABY like, she's just, smol…)
(:D I love the name Esme!)
(I know! It's like, grown-up and also cute at the same time and kinda suits her character. You'll see what I mean, she's kinda serious but in a little kid way.)
(Honestly Margaret just,,, cheated the system in every way and frankly she's a badass wife, mother, sister, and swordwoman. I love her and I'm getting a bit overly attached to her now.)
(Oh mood)
(Like I just,,, I am sad because I might actually have to kill her off, but I'll try and find someone else for the job idk. Also I've decided Margaret's fabulous wife is a doctor and works with none other than the famous Henry Jekyll for plot reasons… she may get unethically experimented on but she will be fine also her name is Anna.)
(Well now I love her too.)
(Yep. Anna also is Good At Swords and she and Margaret regularly duel. As I recall, Robert mentioned no husband of Margaret in the original letters, so why not wife? Unless I skim-read past that bit, I didn't fully Comprehend the letters lol.)
(Ugh I adore Sword Gals with my entire heart– I don't remember a husband either, but it's also been a year or so since I've read Frankenstein (hoping to remedy that soon) and also skimmed the letters O.O)
(Well I recall zero husbands so zero husbands we shall have! Also if Robert and Victor end up together, should this be MLM and WLW solidarity or MLM and WLW hostility? Or gentle bullying in Robert's terrible taste in men? I'm preparing for every eventuality here and I need help.)
(Why not both?)
(Ooh sounds like a plan! If they don't end up together though, I'll probably be fine with that too because I'm feeling very romance-hostile at the moment. Also Anna, as a werewolf, is going to totally wreck shit up but in a cool way.)
(heavy breathing hi yes I must meet Margaret Esme and Anna right now and I already have adopted them)
(glkdjhlasdjfdkljgaej indeed! I designed them specifically to appeal to Audiences!)