#genxha

1. How long have you been creating in general?

In general, more or less since I can remember. Fanfiction in particular I wrote some in the early 2000s but never published anything. I wrote some backstories for Dungeons & Dragons characters I used to play and attempted a ‘travelogue’ for a LARP (live action role play] character, which were never published out of the group of people I play with.

I hardly draw any fanart any more but I used to draw when I was 12 years of age, although at the time I didn’t know that they were called 'fanarts’.

I work as an art director assistant in an ADV agency. Being creative feels natural to me, but more in a ‘visual way’. I was a bit surprised when I started writing and I got lots of positive comments and reviews, because writing is pretty different from “drawing”.

2. How long have you been creating for the fandom, and what’s your favorite part of the process?

I started writing about Miraculous right after watching season 3 finale at the end of 2019. I discovered Miraculous by accident when the Italian TV aired the reruns of season 1 in 2018. As of the second question, what’s my favourite part of the process…well, that’s a difficult question! Maybe my favourite part is to prepare the outline of the basic concepts and start plotting the main parts of the story. I don’t normally plan in detail, but I usually have a fairly precise idea of the beginning and the ending, and build all the intermediate steps as I write. Sometimes I come up with very precise scenes or images that I try to turn into text as best I can but in the end it’s very much a 'go with the flow’ process.

3. Has there been anything in particular that influences your style?

As a kid and student I was a real bookworm, I read a lot and on any subject, and not only science fiction, mystery: I sometimes would take the volumes of an illustrated encyclopedia that almost every Italian student had at home and leaf through them just because I loved reading and finding out new things. I think having read a lot heavily influenced my writing style.

The sources of inspiration, on the other hand, are very varied: the lyrics of a song I like, a scene from a film or series or even my own experience, especially when the feelings of the character and their sentimental complications are taken into account.

4. Do you have any advice you’d like to give to other creators?

If you have doubts about what you have written or the story you have in mind, ask someone else; look for beta readers, or even just someone to share the idea with. Don’t worry if at first no one writes a comment or you have few hits; in time, they will come. Sometimes it feels discouraging when no one comments, but there are so many fanfics published that people don’t always find yours.

5. How do you think the identity reveal is going to go? Feel free to write something quick if you want to!

At last something is moving in the show, but I’m worried that, if the reveal is in this season, it will be somewhat reset again because the secret identities trope is one of the concepts on which the series is based.

I think a lot will depend on how season 5 goes from the audience’s point of view.

If I were to write a reveal now, the first to reveal wouldn’t be Adrien, as it has been so far, but Marinette. I think she would see the reveal as the only way to be let free to love the boy she wants. Besides, I don’t think she needs much at this point to realise that her kitten and Adrien are the same person.