Personally I adored to see all the Shishigumi and Melon shenanigans and how he grew to care about them. And even tho my own Fanfictions are about Melon x Sebun and their son, I really, reallyyyy love the dynamic you set up between Melon and Agatha! The slow burn, their little gestures of expressing love for each other, all the experiences that bounds the two together is just sooooo wholesome as a whole!!! 🥹💕💕💕

Also all the characters feel so Canon like, love your Melon fics!!! ✨🥰🥰

Probably just exploring Melon’s character in romantic settings and reflecting on his trauma!

If Melon were to fall in love (with anyone) and be in a relationship, it would challenge his whole philosophy on love (predation and love being the same thing). While this wouldn’t really be a ‘life rethinking crisis’ it would force Melon to question his own idea of what love is (he doesn’t want to eat someone and that person doesn’t want to eat him but it’s still love?).

Even when I’m not writing him in a romantic relationship, I like exploring how deep his trauma is and (while I do not go into detail about it) how far the abuse he suffered as a child went (and if it continued even after killing his mother).

I think his trauma would also impact his relationships too. Not just romantic ones either but what makes his romantic relationships more complex is if they become ‘active’ and if they have kids (which is a whole other rabbit hole). That is the scenario that would really force Melon to come to terms with his childhood trauma and confront any fear or insecurity relating to that that would impact his new family.

I do love Melon in all his villainous glory but he’s so much fun to write romantically!

Thank you for all your lovely comments!!! 🥰❤️❤️ It makes me so happy that you enjoy my fanfic so much

I decided to give Annie a redesign to better match her role in Melon’s Redemption. It’s crazy to think she and John were among my very first Beastars OC’s and are actually in my fanfic!

I find that when I get into a series, I get all sorts of OC ideas but most if not all end up never actually being used for anything. I guess that’s the trial and error of making OC’s lol. 😂

Or in John and Annie’s case, use them but their backstories drastically change! Annie was originally going to be an escapee from a cult she was born into and John was going to be (like Louis and Kyuu) a survivor of the livestock trade. They’re still from the Black Market but with updated backgrounds.

Slowly but surely getting out of the drawing block. ✍️

The next half of Melon’s Redemption will have two plotlines that come together at the end: What Melon and the Shishigumi do in Arbordale, and Yahya’s own secrets being exposed.

…And yes, I totally drew Louis with his antlers shedded off because it’s easier to draw him that way (and I’m still learning how to draw him)! 😅😂