Something I love about developing characters is how much of it can be projecting hypotheticals, especially with morally grey characters and villains.
"what if I was obsessed with my lack of fertility and had to watch my friends/bosses rub their pregnancy experiences in my face, leading me to a power grab through making them disappear and being left in charge of their kid?" -> Dr. Fennel
"what if, instead of going to therapy for my intense trauma around dissociation, autism and religion, I had been overtaken by an otherworldly force and repressed all semblance of empathy until I could burn an entire village to the ground and feel nothing? What if my creations did real tangible harm by coming alive and maiming others?" -> Gedalia (RoX)
"what if I had been institutionalized after having the worst moment of my life on display for everyone who ever cared about me, driven to a breaking point from being isolated and permanently viewed differently by my own family, feeling only a connection to the person who put me in that position to begin with?" -> Ronan (RoX)
"what if I doubled down on my investment to my toxic cult-esque relationship with my abuser, continuing to sabotage and sacrifice everything for someone who will never truly love me?" -> Nuvi
"what if someone else had the means to control my dissociative states, weaponizing it to make me do things against my will and destroying my body in the process?" -> Sylvie
