Dominic looks a lot like his sister Cocoa lol.
I actually write a lot of siblings! There’s quite a few in Butter Bee but they haven’t shown up yet, Lady Lock even has a little bro xD I think I tend to write siblings with really strong bonds, although I do write some that don’t have very good relationships. As someone who is still roommates with their brother since college, I have a good friendship with my sibling so I like writing dynamics that are super strong and kinda goofy. My brother has been my best friend since we were kids! I also love reading fiction about siblings too.
Here’s some of the ones I have planned for Butter Bee!
@beebutterbee that's so cool. My siblings are my best friends too, and I feel like siblings are often underappreciated in fiction. I have 5, and there's at least one sibling in almost all of my stories.
I feel in general big fiction platonic relationships in general are always put on the back burner 
which is really sad because platonic relationships of all kinds can create really strong support and security for people. So I think it’s sad when it seems romantic relationships are valued more. I think both can be just as interesting to write about it, like I do like some romance but with platonic relationships I feel like I usually get more introspective narratives since siblings usually know more things about their siblings brain. Also, dynamics can be so fun to write in siblings! I really like kinda goofy but caring sibling dynamics, especially when one sibling is extroverted and the other introverted because they can through the same situation but have a total different reaction 
Yeah, I have so many stories where I love writing the dynamics of the families, grandmothers, parents, aunts and uncles and such, but I have so many different kinds of siblings dynamics, I write. And I definitely agree platonic relationships are just as important and interesting in fiction and real life as romantic ones. they need more time to shine!
Yesss I love writing family dynamics too! Although sometimes the family members I write about can be pretty cruddy people unfortunately. But I still like writing platonic relationships, I think even I have a good amount of characters that are just really good friends without being related. I feel kinda dorky saying it but the power of a strong friendship is indeed important. And platonic relationships are also complex, so for me they’re just as fun as to write romance.
I probably focus more on platonic relationships in my writing tho, although my current webcomic has a little more than usual. I think it’s because the whole start of Butter Bee was actually poking fun at romance tropes in a silly way, but as I developed it more the romance still stayed crucial the plot xD But really I have stories with no love interests at all.
Same. Not all the families are great, and there are actually a lot of really toxic family dynamics, but some good ones too. Dominic and Cocoa's parents aren't super kind to them or Honey because they are all brown while their parents and brother Ben are fair-skinned, but the three brown siblings are very loving and supportive of each other, and even though their brother Ben can't relate, and they aren't quite as close, they like hanging out with him too, even though they are all adults now. Dominic and Cocoa are the closest out of the siblings, and they are roommates and besties and love cooking, watching movies, making origami and such together, I love designing their interactions
And yeah, I have platonic none related relationships in my stories too, a lot of sets of besties and such, though i'm not sure I have any stories without any couples or romance at lol. Several of my characters have married older siblings, or adult siblings with significant others, or things like that, even if they themselves are single and so on.
My family looks like this too, my dad and brother have darker skin tones while my mom and I are much much paler. We’re all very supportive of each other though! But I know some families can get very toxic, so I write about that too inspired from seeing my friends families and my own extended family lol
And that makes sense to write romance into all your stories, I think romantic relationships are also fun to write and if that’s more your focus go for it! Def write what you love … literally I guess xD
Lol, I think I love writing all kinds of relationship dynamics, so I often have representation of all different kinds at least a little in each story.
It makes sense to me, though it might seem weird for other people how wide an age range I include, or how central parents, or parental figures, are to my stories when anything other than romance and friends tend to not make much appearance in many stories. Parents have a huge affect in all three of my currently releasing novels, because they have a huge affect on who we are, and I guess I just find the anatomy of a relationship, all kinds of relationships, pretty fascinating to counterfeit and weave into my stories.
Ah yeah! You just like to run the gamut of relationships it seems with every story! I tend to focus on a specific type of a relationship for different stories, but that’s usually because my stories are much shorter. I guess with my long webcomic I’m seeing a lot of romance in it because the story stretches on longer? More time to explore different ideas I think.
I have a big age range in characters too! Older characters can be interesting to write because they do often reflect our experiences with parental or mentor figures, which do shape who we are for better or worse 
25 days later
Essence relationship with her little sister is very complicated and it makes it hard for everyone, including Essence, to tell whether Beth really cares about her or not. The long short of it is that Beth would like Essence to be happy, as long as it doesn't cost Beth anything. Unfortunately this has meant Essence suffering the burnout of being the only one taking care of their mother after the stroke, and all she gets from Beth are excuses, but Essence feels the need to excuse and defend everyone else in her life, so she doesn't even really get angry for herself.
17 days later
Have yet to draw Mick's sister and Louise's brother, but both these characters have siblings in the story, Mick's is a lot more relevant to the plot than Louise's though, as the landlady/owner of the apartment complex all the main characters live in.
21 days later
A family Mora used to be friends with, the Rayfords, had quite a lot of siblings, and the two oldest were sort of like a second set of parents because life was so dangerous for all of their kind and they really needed as many mature adult people looking out for the young kids to keep them safe. The oldest Rayford daughter used to tell Mora and her friend Hermoine stories to scare them, but even this she did with a good intention, to try to scare them away from talking to strangers, no matter how sweet or well-spoken they seem
12 days later
19 days later
Have some more.
Dominic's siblings are his favorite people on planet earth
“I knew it! You little sneaks!” Honey is scolding, marching over to the table to snatch Cocoa’s trifle as the two of us raise our eyebrows ‘innocently,’ with our mouths full.
“You were trying to finish it all before I got here!” Honey stamps her foot accusingly.
“No idea what you’re talking about,” I laugh, holding up my hand as if to swear with my fingers crossed. Cocoa starts to laugh as she sneaks another spoonful out of the trifle glass in Honey’s hand but is quickly interrupted by a brain freeze.
“That’s what you get for trying to eat everything up without me -” Honey shakes her head taking a bite, only to immediately fake her own brain freeze with an exaggerated, “Oh ow ow ow. Instant karma. Take your glass back, take it back.”
Cocoa obeys the instructions laughing teasingly, “It seems like karma keeps shortening its processing time.”
“Yeah, it used to take 9 to 10 business years,” I quip, “I’ve been waiting more than a decade for some good karma I ordered back in the ninth grade.”
“Good karma shows itself in the form of ice cream,” Honey sighs, running her fingers through her hair, “That’s why I need yours. Hand it over, Mr. Man. I’ve been having a day.”
Synopsis:
In a world where gods walks among the mortals, a young boy named Aryan is unexpectedly thrust into the divine realm, Following an untimely accident, he awakens not as the boy he once was, but as the Radiant Luminary—one of the most being in the world, The sun god- Aurelion Blaze.
As he grapples with his new existence, he uncovers a dangerous truth—gods are not the pinnacle of creation. An ancient race to ascend beyond even godhood has begun, with deities vying to steal each other’s authority.
Amid the chaos, alliances crumble, and a hidden war erupts, threatening to unravel the fabric of the universe. With powers far beyond his understanding and enemies on all sides, Orion must navigate this treacherous path, where even gods can fall. The war of Gods has begun.
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21 days later
Heloise Rayford always tried to scare her little siblings (and Mora, who was kind of an adopted little sister) but Mora didn't realize she was doing it for their own good:
But as the other girls start cheering on their partners with chants of “Book it Lexi! Come on hurry!” all I can hear is Heloise shouting at us:
“Hustle you three! Run like the snake man is coming for your skin. Do you want to wake up in the freak show with a dozen creepy strangers paying to see you cry? Do you want to be stuck in a tank like some kind of overgrown goldfish? Get a move on!”
Mrs. Rayford used to tell Heloise not to scare us so much, but every time her mother wasn’t around, Heloise would pull us to the side and whisper a horror story in the most chilling tones she could manage.
Her favorite was the one about Vermeil and Carmine.
They went into the woods away from their grandmother’s house, but by the time they got back, there was nobody there.
“Someday,” she would say, in a tone like ice, “None of us are going to be here to take care of you guys. Somebody will find us, and kill us, or drag us away, and you’ll never see us again.”
But I thought I was too smart to believe her.
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26 days later
That moment when I realize how far I am from releasing the sketchy business strips featuring Louise and her brother Steve, so I'll just talk about them for a second.
Steve is a very confident, talkative person. He doesn't let anybody get him down, he acts weird on purpose and doesn't even care if people judge him for it. On the other hand, his little sister Louise is pretty shy and reserved, so when their neighbor Chili comments that he needs to find live models for his (not yet girlfriend) Texas to use to help her practice her art, Steve volunteers both him and his sister hoping it will help her gain some confidence. whether that works out remains to be seen.
None of the sibling pairs have really been introduced yet in my current comic, but they're all... bad or distant. One is extremely sexist and talks down to their sibling a lot, the other is so jealous of his sibling. He SA's his sister's girlfriend to spite said sister and hurt her via her lover. The best sibling relationship is distant and they don't really talk, but it's clear they still care a bit. Not enough to stay in eachother's lives at the end, though.
In my robot comic the sibling dynamic is toxic as well. To the point that the brother removes the sisters legs and keeps her as a prisoner, after killing her lover of course. Dude torments her until she attempts suicide, then his actions get them both killed.
Even the novel I haven't worked on for months about 4 siblings is just... miserable. The eldest beat them, the eldest sister ran away and doesn't speak to any of them, the two younger ones run away together and I guess they're fine... but the youngest sibling is just an emotional punching bag and isn't bothered with unless the older of the two is single (not in any sort of inappropriate way, he'd just rather spend time with lovers than family.)
So I guess I write siblings according to that pesky evil stereotype. But I fully admit that would probably stem from my less than great experience with my sibling. He's younger, the favorite, and he could get away with anything. Including beating me when the teen years were reached without so much as scolding, and should I "tattle" or fight back I'd just incure my mother's wrath too; for the "mature" thing was to shut up and take it, according to her. He threw himself down the stairs, blamed my friend in attempt to isolate me, which would have worked if we didnt have an adult visiting that called him out for lying when mom began screaming at me. He held my cat against the wall by the neck... and now he's homeless, addicted, and only comes by when he wants money or for me to hide stolen goods (I never help him).
It's just hard to write a good sibling dynamic when my own most prominate memory of my sibling is holding my bedroom door closed with all my strength, feeling it buckle and bend each time he tackled it from the other side. Screaming at me for... something. I don't recall what he said, probably something about hurting him when I peeled his fingers off my cat's throat. I hadn't reacted or done anything to his abuse in months at that point so it must have been shocking to have me finally fight back again. Tears running down my face as I stare on at my poor cat coughing and trying to catch his breath by my feet, knowing I had to keep that door closed not for me-- I didn't care about me anymore-- but for him.
Write what ya know, baby. But hey, at least the "distant and not in their sibling's life much, if at all" wasn't a trope on your list so I've only sinned with my abundance of evil ones.
I’m gonna be okay. I’m gonna be okay.
Where did that come from?
Oh.
I remember…
There haven’t always been only…
…These horrifying voices…
But others-
When Papi picked me up off the sidewalk after I’d tripped and skinned my knee and the blood flowed around the dirt and stones embedded in my leg - I thought nothing could ever hurt like-
You’ll be okay. You’ll be okay…
When Andrew sat beside me on the sidewalk, because I’d forgotten my key, the doors were locked, and Mom was who knows where. We had to wait for Tia Maria to bring us the spare key - let us inside, so we could go to sleep - and I cried - because I’d failed him-
We’re going to be okay…
I think I’ve mentioned it before, but I love writing sibling dynamics! @Leyelle I also love seeing siblings who are great friends it seems yours are great supports, but I have some siblings who don’t get along at all either. But back to siblings who are good friends, I have Mia and Lino (short for Marcelino), although they’re very jokester with each other. Mia is just worrying everyone here though, but I hope her goblin-ish energy comes through
Also as a side note, their uncle is their caretaker. We love Tío Ed in this house He cares about them so much, but taking care of teenagers is kind of freaking him out lol.
ok hol up, I have the perfect example of how I'm writing my sibling characters.
First part is my two OCs Ashley and Purple, the second one is Spring and Larry.
@llobucervallince lol 
I write siblings on either side of that sibling spectrum too. I’m lucky enough irl me and my bro are more like the first part, we’re besties.
Yeah I love writing siblings who are good friends and love each other in my stories. i watch a whole show about finding family and the sibling duos are usually my faves XD. But not all my sibling characters get along. Sometimes they're dysfunctional and still care but a few really just don't get along. I think I usually write a range when it comes to most dynamics, couples, parent-child etc.
siblings who are a team are just one of my faves, just like bff dynamic duos.
Why are Mia and Lino raised by their uncle? Were their parents abducted by aliens?!!!
Oh I get that, I also write really dysfunctional siblings and families too, but I do like also showing that sometimes they still care about each other. I also like writing the different variations that come with making siblings and family dynamics, so it’s probably why I have a billion stories because it seems there’s almost an infinite way to approach the writing!
But yes bff siblings for the win And NO lmao their parents were not abducted by aliens That thing that happened to Sabah’s girlfriend is not a common occurrence lol. BUT they did disappear under mysterious circumstances, so they’re trying to uncover that mystery.
So the story is a mystery or is that a subplot?
Yeah sometimes dysfunctional characters still love each other and I have a billion stories too, probably because I live writing character dynamics and relationships so much so I getcha XD.
My most dysfunctional but still love each other siblings RN are Riley and Leia. Leia is trying to keep anyone from finding out her little brother is bulimic because she knows people will treat him badly if they do, but she only knows tough love unfortunately because of how they were raised. Still her brother matters more than anything her and their relationship is literally what the whole story is about.
The story is like a mystery! They find a book their parents left them a book about unlocking psychic abilities, and Lino really just think it’s wishful thinking, he thinks their parents were just wacky pseudo-science fanatics, but Mia is way more willing to believe it 100% and try to travel through her own dreams. But they both miss their parents, they’ve been missing for 5 years :<
Oh no poor Riley that’s real though, I feel eating disorders are something a lot of people struggle with. I hope it ends out well for both of them though, in the story. Or at least ends on the story with them on something like the direction of healing
It definitely does end with progression toward recovery, don't worry. The story is about her process trying to help him recover, it's ebb and flow but they do move forward.
this is me coming back and realizing I forgot to ask if this story is in the same world as Kosta's story, since you mentioned Kosta finding a world between sleeping and waking
lol ur good! And no, they are in separate stories. A lot of my themes surround dreams though and worlds in between, I love working with surreal settings so I think I tend to have them a focus in lot of my stories. I don’t keep a dream diary for nothing! I got stories for years and years
And here I thought I'd cracked the code! But I getcha, I like using dreams a lot in my stories too, though I used to use them more than I do now. Now they're usually for symbolism, but I have a few stories that are inspired by my irl dreams too XD.
Ah yeah sorry all my stories are dream-like I like using them for symbolism too, but I also mix in a supernatural element to think of them in the stories as a more tangible hidden world.
Some of mine are a bit like that too. I have stories where people use dreams to see the future, or there are people who use dreams to see alternate versions of the world and stuff. It's a little complicated to explain outside of context. But I have a fantasy novel i still intend to make where dreams are a HUGE portion of the plot, though neither of the MCs have direct ties to the special dreams
Oh that sounds fun! Dream oracle stuff can be really trippy, I think I only have one character like that and she’s not a main character either. Most of the time my characters are just traveling through dreams and see only in their direct perspective, they won’t get any hints on what their futures hold. But I guess some of the plot lets the reader know what direction they might head
More sibling sweetness is coming soon in the upcoming Anniversary chapter of "Damsel in the Red Dress." 5 year old Andrew is SOOOOO cute.
