#cyborg 17

Gay robit

Canonically, the reason why no-one ever uses the twin's original names is because no-one knows what they are, not even the twins themselves (they have sporadic memory-loss as a result of Gero's experiments, and Krillin finding their names written down in the lab is solely a TFS thing) so I imagine 18's relationship with her name is mostly one of grief and loss and bitterness, over a name she'll never know and wouldn't even recognise if she heard it thrown her way.

I do wonder if anyone's ever suggested that they just choose new names for themselves, and why they've never done that... maybe they don't want to have any names unless it can be the long-forgotten ones that used to belong to them, a piece of their humanity that they'll never get back... although, surely they could summon Shenron and wish for their memories back, but would they want them? To know of everything they've lost, everything that was taken from them? Maybe trying to rediscover their names would be like opening a whole can-of-worms of their trauma that neither of them wants anything to do with. Maybe you're right and they feel non-human enough that they don't think they deserve names anymore or are simply uncomfortable going by them.

Thankfully, sweethearts like Krillin and Gohan are especially insistent on adding enough honorifics to 17 and 18, to humanise them, that being referred to simply by a number never feels particularly degrading, and maybe they're happy enough with that. Maybe they don't really care what they're called, it's enough to just feel loved and respected and welcomed into this weird little family of outcasts.

Guys.... I literally can't even describe how much fun I'm having writing at the moment. I'm so happy.

So I'm writing this 17/Zoologist get together story and it's just the best. I love 17, he's so dry and witty, I've written my zoologist, Amya, a little before in prompts, but I've never really unpacked her on this level before and I adore her.

I think something I'm loving about this, is that she's an original character. I'm SO used to writing characters who already exist and finding ways to bring them out in my style, but having a blank slate to invent a character myself and understand what makes her tick and who she is and why has been such a fun challenge.

Anyone who has ever read more than 50 words by me knows that what I love for is story telling through my characters. World building is so boring to me which is why I love fan fiction so much - it's like playing a game on sandbox mode. Give me all the tools and let me just see what I can do.

All the times I've dabbled in original fiction I lose interest pretty quickly because you have to do so much background work before you can get to the fun stuff. So this, this has been so much fun. A world that already exists, a character I already love (17) and an easy enough story to tell (it's a romance, not space politics) and a chance to put my own spin on a whole new person in that world?

yes-fucking-please!

I went into this story thinking 17 was the protagonist, but it's become clear as I've written that this is Amya's story. She's so layered and has so many motivations beyond 17 = hot and mysterious, and it's been a joy to write and learn about her I hope when you read it you can see how much love has been poured into these words.

This is just a great story with fun characters in a cool setting.

I'm chipping away, I'm motivated to write, and I hope you're ready for approximately 70,000 words of 17 falling in love without realising thats what happening to him.

The suno17 miniserie is almost finished, the playlist is at the end of this post :D