1 3 and 14 for our good good bard boy Brad?
1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?
i’m pretty sure it was that he has a keytar? i don’t want to go back through tumblr’s messaging system to check tho lol (you were THERE olivia come on)
3. How did you choose their name?
me: i’m gonna go to bed
my brain: hey before you fall asleep your new character’s name is brad muzak
me: oh damn you’re so right
me 4 months later: ............ wait that’s just and anagram for bard i did not think this through
14. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?
a fundamentally good person who believes in the best in everyone
Been in Some Shit and is (rightfully?) worried/paranoid because of it
which is a little challenging from my perspective? just. trying to strike the balance between running scared and still having the utmost faith in decency and love and shit. bc he’s just starting to go through the “oh man, that was kind of fucked up” phase of trauma recovery, and i want to make extra certain that he doesn’t become a jaded asshole, bc that’s super not who he is and i don’t want that to control him, but also it’s. not something that should be swept under the rug necessarily.
(unless, of course, it turns out that the backstory i have planned is just super shitty and doesn’t work, in which case my boy is gonna be a literal fish bc i’m bad at backup plans lol)
