Random Questions With Authors (sfw): Question #48

Leyelle 2024-05-23 16:23:38 UTC #1

1 Who is your most attractive character?

This could be in one series, or out of all of your series. But not by personality. You're not allowed to judge by their "wonderful personalities." So if you have an absolute hottie who is an absolutely horrible person, you still have to rank them lol.

RN, I think my most attractive character is Mrs. Moon. I really don't know how she somehow managed to be the absolute sexiest character in the whole story, but she is, and no one can fight me on this. I mean it's a romance novel and she's not even one of the leads (though I'm sure we can blame her for why everyone worships Kattar for his beauty as well.)

I think it's just because I (as the writer lol) have gotten to see her through more ages, and she's somehow managed to be unreasonably beautiful and glamorous for 40+ years. (I mean, from like 16 to present.) From her twenties upward she's been a bombshell that everyone fell head over heels for. But not even judging it by the opinions of the other people in her world (since her son has also been cooed over for his beauty since he was an infant to present) she's just really crazy beautiful. Yes, even in comparison to my characters from other stories. Somehow she's just that powerful. It's crazy. It's a shame she's so...herself.

Now if I was separating it by series, Mrs. Moon I think is the most attractive character in "Damsel in the Red Dress."

It's so much harder to pick for "Rigamarole." Riley would be very attractive if he was eating enough, but as he's not, I suppose I can only judge him by where he actually stands in the series, which I personally find pretty frightening. I suppose Kevin is the winner, because he's basically a model. Just copy paste the guy from "Call Me Maybe" then make his hair a little darker and you basically have him. I want to give Leia an honorable mention though, because she just really is very pretty in my personal opinion, but not quite as glaring as Kevin.

2 Who is your smartest character?

Mrs Moon...

I'm sorry I made her the winner twice, but she really is the smartest character in the story. She grew up extremely poor and with basically no advantages to her name managed to create an extremely prestigious business. I mean, most businesses go bankrupt, and hers has lasted more than thirty years so...

But if we're separating by story, the smartest character in "Rigamarole" is definitely Leia. Ryan is pretty smart too, but Leia manages to match him in grades without putting nearly as much time into them (because she really doesn't have the time or energy.) And the way she's orchestrating her parents' house to try to keep all her and her brother's secrets under wraps requires a lot of smarts, however devious that may be.

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binahwrites 2024-05-23 17:03:47 UTC #2

irronicaly none of the protagonist make the ranking, Higen is hot but when I think of the hotest I think of Donna Park she has style, she has grace and you know she knows it by how confident she is when I write for her,I also find myself thinking "why is she giving queen?"

and Ozwald is smart but the smartes would have to go to Niko Cruz, that guy is the first one to know when something is wrong and will get to the bottom of the situation

Leyelle 2024-05-23 17:07:05 UTC #3

Yep, this is basically the same as Mrs. Moon lol. She's so gorgeous and glamorous she barely even seems mortal

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 17:37:55 UTC #4

Question 1

I have this one character everyone of my friends thinks is super attractive but to me I ONLY see him as a greasy car salesman (no that’s not his character just his aesthetic lol) but he’s been a fan favorite among my writer friends since his inception in 2013 and he’s only gotten to be a worse antagonist but they swear by it that’s he hot but I do NOT see it.

But I’ll show him anyways, his name is Li. He is very fun to write and draw about though so maybe people just liked him because they got familiar with his character I’m not really sure why people would think he looks hot :sobbing: In my head he is just so ridiculous. In the story he’s is in, Li does actually think he is hot but none of the other characters really else seem to think that because his personality is so deranged and it scares away people for the most part. Some characters are even grossed out by him …

Oh wait sorry I meant

I actually think Lady Lock is way more beautiful, and in the story people see her that way too. And in the story often people do crush on her but usually they’re too intimidated to tell her that or her eyes scare people I vote her as my most attractive character.

Question 2

For my most intelligent character? I think most of my characters are fairly intelligent, or at least very resourceful and insightful if not exactly book smart. But I think probably either Dr. Hou or his daughter, Dottie, are the most intelligent, they’re from a different story too. They’re story is way more grounded than butter bee but they are able to manipulate the fabric of reality and not because they’re naturally gifted it at it like Lady Lock is

Here’s an art I never finished featuring them both.

Leyelle 2024-05-23 18:06:22 UTC #5

I admit, I find having any more than two eyes off-putting lol.

This is actually true of DITRD too, but I had to vote Mrs. Moon number one given the circumstances. Jinho and Andrew are also very smart, IMAO, because Andrew can build virtually anything out of would just by analyzing a version of it someone else built, and Jinho is a numbers wiz. Alicia has always been a good student and pretty successfully runs her own business at all, but I made Andrew and her exceptions because they had other people to help them start out, which Mrs. Moon did not.

Kattar has also been able to read by himself since age four, without help, unless he stumbled across a word he'd never heard before, so that probably counts for something.

Leyelle 2024-05-23 19:30:06 UTC #6

Just adulterating Dicken's reference to Squeers "he had only one eye when popular opinion was in favor of two."

yeah. it's still in favor of two even when three is an option. the more is not the merrier.

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 19:39:20 UTC #7

Oh no I guess I’m more inspired by Nepali art for Lady Lock’s design where they have and extra third eye or sometimes three extra, but more centered on the face of the deity that these artists would paint. These deities were drawn in visions of what they considered beauty though but I can see where someone not familiar with the art would find it sort of freaky looking

I think it looks pretty cool tho! Dickens was just a white guy with Western sensibilities tho so I wouldn’t be surprised if he found it ugly lollll. But other characters in the webcomic think Lady Lock’s extra eyes ruin her face too so you’re not exactly alone.

Here’s an example of the kind of art I’m referencing

Leyelle 2024-05-23 20:01:28 UTC #8

Yeah, I'm familiar with Eastern art with the third eye. Maybe if real human beings had it, I'd be more fond of it lol, as it is, it's not my cup of tea. I find most real human traits I can find attractive in the right context, but other traits not so much lol.

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 20:13:23 UTC #9

Understandable honestly xD I feel like people would probably be grossed out of horrified of it irl but I still stan Lady Lock she is my favorite character I’ve ever written

Leyelle 2024-05-23 20:17:57 UTC #10

NO! you're not supposed to pick favorites. our characters are our babies lol.

Honestly I don't think I can pick a favorite XDDD

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 20:33:03 UTC #11

Lolll unfortunately I do pick favorites xD I adore all my characters though that’s still true but some I really focus on more than others, just because I’ve developed their stories a lot more. These three are my babies and I will fight for them I’m constantly drawing them.

You already know Lady Lock but also

I have Miriam

And Kumiko Morales

Leyelle 2024-05-23 20:49:01 UTC #12

@beebutterbee Is Kumko biracial Japanese and Hispanic? What stories are Kumkio and Miriam (no surname?) from?

And I get you. Rn, I'm really enjoying writing Kattar and Alicia because they have so many emotional, romantic, fun and sweet moments, but I don't have a absolute favorite character. I do have some I have more fun writing or drawing than others though. Alicia is fun to draw, but all my male characters not so much because I'm bad at drawing boys lol

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 21:38:26 UTC #13

Kumiko is biracial, she is a Japanese-Mexican American. I’m not doing her story as webcomic though, I’m looking to publish that one traditionally. It’s about navigating through grief and mental illness but with a weird surreal mystery guiding her through the story of a new town she moved into where things aren’t quite Right (TM).

Miriam on the other hand, I think I might do that one as a long running webcomic like Butter Bee when I’ve finished the plot for this one. I don’t think people will see his story until a long long while though despite that I made the story since my first year of high school (weird that was over a decade ago . The story is a little more weirder like butter bee but way more serious as it deals more with CSA and SA. Miriam is actually the Palestinian British (maverick) scientist I mentioned a while ago! Miriam is not his given name though, it was his mom’s name on her fake passport he goes by no other name, you never learn his last name.

beebutterbee 2024-05-23 21:40:35 UTC #14

And it seems we gravitate to the characters in the stories we currently work on the most I think? … I still have favorites and Alicia and Kattar are great we love a power couple lol

Leyelle 2024-05-23 21:45:31 UTC #15

I would agree with that lol. Probably because we;re getting to know the most about them...

but I still don't pick faves XDDDD

And yes I love Kattar and Alicia to bits.

writerlamping 2024-05-24 05:09:27 UTC #16

Who is your most attractive character?

Carolina White, our dashing femme fatale whose magnetic charisma may or may not be a result of magic. I purposefully make her a woman in red to show she may or may not be trustworthy. So is she just naturally dashing, or is this Delilah hiding something about herself?
Who is your smartest character?

Danu ni Muach, the Last of the Druids. The mentor figure of my comic. She managed to find a way to escape death, but also seems to be the only one with a deep sense of wisdom. She sees reality as it is, not as what we think it is.

One could argue her protege, Stephen Barnes AKA Emerald-Man, is also deeply intelligent, since he has outwitted many of his villains. True, sometimes he seems absentminded about social things, but that is what Danu and Carolina are for. But when it counts, such as outsmarting the criminal mastermind Dr. O'Reilly or finding weaknesses in his foes, he seems to always find something and prevail. Instead of just using technobabble or whatever, I like to show characters actually outwitting each other.

Leyelle 2024-05-25 13:05:41 UTC #17

what? lol. my whole novel is called "Damsel in the Red Dress," but despite being a woman in red and Alicia is very much so NOT a femme fatale

Leyelle 2024-05-25 13:33:19 UTC #18

3 What story is next?

Do you already have planned what story you'll be doing next when your current one is completed?

Technically I do, as I'm already working on my second novel "Rigamarole" but besides that, I'm also working on another novel for a competition, and if I lose, I'll be posting it here on tapas (please don't root for my failure.) This is another romance novel, but quite honestly, a lot less romantic that DITRD, so I might be shooting myself in the foot. (Why do I keep trying out for romance novel competitions? I'd never written a romance novel in my life before DITRD. Sigh.)

I also have a short list of other novels I'll be picking between when ALL of that is done. One is sci-fi, one is a really trippy...slice of life??? And one is a YA about a girl who is a total geek XDDD. But kinda proud of it.

4 What is your writing super power?

I think mine is bringing emotion to my stories/chapters/scenes. I think I'm really great at making people FEEL the emotion I'm trying to bring to the story, whether that scene is sweet and playful or cute, or heartbreaking. I just got through writing a short story the other day my editor told me was stressful.

Nailed it.

here you go if you want to cry:

rainwang 2024-05-25 13:52:17 UTC #19

Most attractive: Caramella Red, for sure. She's known as the Sweet Crimson for a reason!
Smartest: Either Caramella or Azure! Both are the best of the rival groups.

The chapter The Traitor: The Life of Mother Heidi of my new work, Letter Addressed To The Fire, has been released this week! :DDD Letter Addressed To The Fire is a story told through letters, documents, newspaper articles, and the likes, aside from the thoughts of the main characters. There is yearning, there is angst... will they be or will they be not? If you like some angsty Romeo-and-Juliet-esque type of story, please look into this :)) <3

Synopsis:

Twelve years ago, Azure Skylar, the Knight of the Cross of the unparalleled syndicate, the Chapel, was favored by the Pope himself to work on a mission that would determine the fate of their entire group against their growing rival, the Empire.

Twelve years ago, Azure met Caramella Red Aberdeign and found a friend in her. For once, he knew rest, quiet, peace, and comfort. Little did he know that Caramella Red was also the infamous Sweet Crimson, the ace assassin of their growing rival, the Empire.

A mistake, a wrong decision, a missed opportunity, all wrapped in the same regret that led to the ink on paper weeping about all that should have been said and done before time came and went. A story inspired by Taylor Swift's Evermore, Letter Addressed to the Fire will take you to a trip down the star-crossed soulmates' memory lane and tell you about all that was only whispered in the wind twelve years ago.

beebutterbee 2024-05-25 16:58:52 UTC #20

QUESTION 3

I’m using your advice and I’m now circulating between three stories! But I do have an order in which I’m gonna finish them (I hope) which is a story inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but only very loosely, and it’s set in Mexico. The next story is the story with Kumiko which I shared somewhere above. Then the third story about two siblings because I love siblings dynamics but I have many many siblings across a lot of my stories in this story though they find out they’re psychics. But maybe I’ll finish them in a different order, I’ll just have to write to find out!

QUESTION 4

I actually don’t know what my writing strength is? I actually can’t really pinpoint my drawing strengths either but I know I am a good artist. I enjoy the process very much, as I don’t have very much finished projects. My anti super power is starting a billion stories and never finishing the manuscript