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I was wondering which member of the cast has your favourite development story? I don’t mean their character arc or backstory but the story behind how you made them, the meaning of their name, plot points that were later scrapped and given to other characters etc.

Also, since you live asking difficult questions, I dare you to answer this in less words than I answered your ask <3

YOU MOTHER FUCKER. I love you Please note that everyone mentioned here will, eventually, get full character profile posts!!

Alkaios Duma! You know how much fine-tuning went into his backstory. The initial plan was that he wasn't from Eris, but rather from Ouranos and was born in a prison- which would cause our conflict with King Pluton. That backstory wasn't cut completely, but that idea of a prison instead went to Edi Soter.

After that, I wanted him to be related to some kind of royalty. My initial plan was that he'd be a distant kin of the late King Oura, and with distant relativity to Duke Hèrmes. We ended up realising that the timeline wouldn't allow for such a thing, not to mention that it would make his family tree 10x more complex.

Finally, I settled on a concrete idea. I had to keep his Ouranian lineage, otherwise certain aspects of his later plot wouldn't work whatsoever. So, instead, he was born to an Ouranian Duchess, name unknown, after she fell madly in love with an Eristic citizen named Ursus Duma. Alkaios is the youngest of four brothers- Starren, Zeus & Major, Perseus.

Thanks for the question!! It's actually been a while since I addressed Alkaios' development, but you saw how much I struggled with his backstory and what not </3 either way now he's one of my favourites :)

From, your irl favourite!

Thank you for the ask! Always asking the tough questions 😭

The Damnedverse

A Helluva Reimagine

I would say that I have different favourites for different things and aspects.

1. I would have to say my favourite visual redesign is Valentino Belmonte. (Tumble glitched out and deleted this paragraph so I’m rushing this one) I chose to change his design from a moth to a peacock to fit the damnedverse’s rules of Lust Sinners have bird designs with blue colour pallets. I think the animal itself fits my take on his personality and the idea of a peacocks train replacing Val’s wing-cape is such a stunning idea I’ll probably never be able to draw. A close second is Vincent Hindsite’s soul/face eater design. I feel like it really plays into his analogue horror + cannibalism vibes from the original and his facelessness (besides a giant mouth) shows his dedication to radio over video. I’m also really proud of the decision to make him see the world monochromatically.

2. My favoruite biological redesign is Vox Populi (another I’m yet to post about) as I’ve changed certain things around the mechanics over him changing his head and having gills to actually make sense biologically. A close second is Lucifer Shacar, who actually needs his cane to walk after his fall and has a multitude of viable and hidden weaknesses because of that day, I’m unsure if his cane serves the same purpose in canon but is just not being explicitly stated?

3. My current favourite human-backstory redesign is kind of undecided since hardly any have been confirmed in canon so it’s more of what I came up with on my own. Sooo

4. This could be due to recency bias but my favoruite ship revamp is Widowers. I’ve chosen to merge SnakeBomb and HuskerDust into a ship between Basil Princeton and Charlie Eclipse to remove clutter from the cast and have more defined and expanded relationships and I have grown to love their dynamic and angst so much! Close seconds are (of course) the main two couples A&E and Carmathan as well as what I’m going to with Lyra and the Exorcist Commander later on in the story.

5. Overall, I would have to say my favoruite current ret-con has to be Charlie Morningstar becoming Carma Ben Shacar. From her out-of place name becoming Carma, to Ben Shacar meaning ‘son (child) of Morning’, to her design making her look less like a gender swap of Lucifer. I also just love what I’ve decided to change about her lore and power ranking (some of this yet to be revealed) as well as the dynamic I’ve managed to make out of the Princess of Pride (the embodiment of confidence) dating the Duke of Envy (the embodiment of admiration). I also adore her new dynamic with her father, making the moments of parent-child interactions between them feel all the more earned.

In short, I love them all equally but some are currently more developed than others. However, don’t take this love as hesitancy to kill them off like certain writers.

Here they are:

【 Andorra - As seen on this blog's rp responses. Past name: Wrenley Etkin. 】

【 A reminder of their origins: Wrenley was much of a people pleaser, which did bring them to their death. And in Hell, this desire to help others and please with doing menial tasks got them in all sorts of situations. Both good and bad. Depends on who you ask. 】

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【 And introducing Andorra Etkin-Reid - My design for Andi here based on the Hazbin Hotel rewrite created by the WONDERFUL @therosetestament on the blog @the-damnedverse !! Please go give them their flowers, their rewrite is really interesting! 】

【 As a Sloth Sinner dying in 1979, and having failed to find the strength to leave a cruel friend group, who led them to their death, Andorra is simply lucky to have survived this long, soon curating the ability to see the vital signs of fellow sinners - overwhelming but a curious ability. As they refused to voice their thoughts, they don't have a mouth. That orange speaker box is stuck to their neck like a scarf, that's how they communicate! 】

I am a PASSIONATE commenter on fanfiction, but sometimes it slows down my reading because I don't want to read if I don't have the mental energy to leave the long comments I want to

Still, as an author, I know even a short note can mean the world.

So, I put together a little guide with different “levels” of comments, so it’s easier to leave something without overthinking!

Do you perchance have a plan for Cherri Bomb, Emily, or Sera?

The Damnedverse

A Helluva Reimagine

Thank you so much for the ask!

Sherri Bomb

Sherri Bomb (renamed to distinguish her from the original) is actually the first guest at The Purgatory Hotel! I currently don’t have a design from her but the basic story is that during one of her turf wars, Sherri blew up a property owned by oneof Hell’s royalty. Luckily for her, Carma managed to get her out of trouble under the deal (verbal, not a SBD) that she would be the patient zero of her rehabilitation project.

Sherri is an Australian woman who died in the 1980s and while I haven’t gotten around to planning her human life yet, she has manifested in Hell as a Gluttony Sinner.

If you have any ideas or concepts you’d love to see for a Cherry Bomb rewrite, I’d love to hear them and potentially incorporate them into my universe!

Sera & Emily

I’d have two nickels,

A Helluva Rewrite

Soooo! I’m finally making this.

My main blog is @therosetestament