tell me about your infamous mc[s], please?
no pressure! i'm just nosy. the update has me hyped.
Sorry this took me so long! I am suffering from Full Time Employment and I know so many people can do that and a million other things besides, in fact I used to be one of those lucky few, but alas no longer.
Anywayyy let me yap about Infamous now!
As of right now, I only have one MC, Josephine (Jo) Mercer. I havenāt drawn her yet but I do have this little collage I made on Pinterest:
Lead Singer of Second Nature, indie-alt band with deceptively upbeat music that will leave you wondering, āWait why am I so sad?ā after jamming out to their latest hit.
Pretty much all of my decisions for Jo have been based off this one response, which comes in chapter one, "With fame comes money and security. A stable position in an unstable industry. It's no longer a want, but a need."
That, more than anything, influences Jo's decisions. Which has been interesting! It's been a push and pull of conceding to Cory's demands for what makes 'good TV' even if she doesn't really want to, i.e. trying to film a scene with Seven, trying to engage him in conversation, even when she'd rather do anything else. Trying to figure out how much she can sacrifice her 'art' for the sake of stability, especially when this show is making it increasingly obvious that she might actually hate being famous. By chapter four, she is Not Having a Good Time lol.
I don't want to say she's a boring play through, but, she might be a bit of a boring play through lololol because she is NOT seeking out drama, she is trying her damnedest to keep things unmessy, but obviously, no one can do that on BOTB.
I think a lot of drama might come internally with her, between her and the band, because I love the band! I really do! But I think Jo is taking the competition much more seriously than they are. She stayed in to work on the song for Underground Wastebasket rather than go to Triple's party, she is always keeping them on track during rehearsals, and she always stays sober to make sure somebody is at cast parties. Might be fun to kind of let that resentment grow and see if it eventually blows up lol. I say as if I am remotely capable of making the 'bad/mean' decisions in games.
Part of the reason Jo is trying so hard is because she wants to prove to her parents that this isn't all a colossal mistake. I don't think MC's parents have any canonical professions or jobs but in my brain Jo's parents are literary agents for a major publishing house. Very well educated and well spoken, real high brow Literature People. Jo did really well in school, and in college, and so when she decided to pursue 'The Music Thing' full time, they were really disappointed. She tries to remain indifferent about her parents, but she's not always successful, and deep down, she's anything but.
Also, I say Jo is trying to keep things 'unmessy', and thenā¦.wellā¦.she has pretty high romance stats with Orion(81% secret crush), Griffin(70%), Seven(68%ex-boyfriend), Victoria(68%), August(68%), and also Blakeā¦which isā¦literally everyone lololol. If Amy hadn't made everyone so interesting and charming!!! Then we wouldn't be in this mess!
Originally, I had eyes only for Orion, and that was my plan for Jo's endgame, butā¦..I may have been swayed in a different direction based off of this singular image
And also Blake's valentine's day special on Patreonā¦. I may be a Blake Winter truther idk
But the idea of Jo, who is so concerned with reputation, and 'making it' and stablity, and impressing her academic parents to the point where she unconciously has this very clean cut academic stage presence, falling for Blake Winter of all people???? Might be too good to pass up. (p.s. any fellow Blake fans need to go read @mrs-theirinās fic like right now)
but also I loooove Orion so much š so if Jo does go endgame with Blake, if that's even possible (I literally just realized that it might not be, since Blake is a 'secondary' RO. I might have to go hunting on Blake's tag on Amy's blog) then I will definitely need to make another MC for Orion specifically.
I need to make another one anyway, for Agust, and Seven, and and andā¦..you get the idea lol.
I really want to come up with an MC who has an elaborate stage persona who is really into the showmanship of it all, because that sounds fun, and fun to draw.
