THIS IS SO FUN questions from alderites journal!

lets be for real. im answering for vivian and agnes

1. Why did you create this character or if you bought them/a design, what drew you to them? Any particular reason, if you remember? What motivated or inspired you, or what about them made you go, 'I want to have/buy/trade for them'?

When I started to read red rising, I was like oh. oh I am going to make a character for this. I recognized there was something special about the series to me, so I kept it in the back of my mind as I read through most of the series. It took me until about... halfway through lightbringer (which is currently the last book, so about 5 months of read time) before I finally had a solid idea of what and who I wanted to create.

2. If you designed them yourself, even a bit or partially, does or did the resulting design or idea match your initial vision? Do you think since you made them, if they have changed, that they've changed and developed for the better, or worse? (this can be a 'creative process' answer or in the context of their actual lore/story, if applicable)

A looooot of their process with their design is me drawing them and seeing what I like. I figured I didn't need to have to decided entirely, I just needed it made. You can really see with my initial concepts for Agnes I had No Vision Or Idea that came to me in a way that I liked. I was going through an artblock I desperately wanted to break free from. A lot of my ideas got fleshed out the more I worked with them, knowing the context would come later as I figured it out I just kept sticking shit to the walls and seeing what stuck.

3. What's the absolute best change you've made in your opinion, and something you're still working out or want to improve on/change about them? This can be about anything.

Changing Vivians everything. She genuinely had even less of a vision than Agnes, and it really shows too. I have subtly changed this girl into the shapes she is today through trial and error with what I like. I drew her kind of... really fucking weird at first? I am always finding new ways to draw them though, because of my looseness from the beginning I'm not sure if I'm ever going to draw them consistently. I keep their fundamentals the same but man if I think a detail looks better I'll just fuckin' go for it. Great example I can give for Vivian is simply her eye shape evolution.

4. When did you create this character, if you can remember? Did anything significant happen around this time?

So this is kind of my golden goose of ocs, there were so many things I've wanted to do for so long when it comes to my characters, and I felt like now was the time to be free. These two really started to show how I started to rework and approach my life, as I started to really implement changes right around their creation. Needless to say, their creation date is 9/14/2025. Yes, theyre only 8 months old, but its been a CRAZY 8 months for my life.

5. If something significant did happen, did that have anything to do with or influence their creation? Was it positive? Negative? Neutral?

I feel like these questions were built for these guys oh my god. I definitely felt... stuck in life. I didn't have much direction and I felt like I was wasting my life. like oh my god is this my life? working until i die? I was fucking miserableee. especially with the state of the world, everything that happened in red rising genuinely spoke to me, and it became a form of escapism I had to go to during work. By the way for context, my work has no way to access the internet outside of our given servers and there is no access to phones or anything. Its you and your minds and whatever your friends can think of. You aren't allowed to have pens, so no writing or drawing either. Technically, I'm not even allowed to draw on my computer either but they're more lax about it.

6. What traits, as a character, do you share with them as their creator, be it fully or partially or traits you developed for them if they were say, a purchased design?

Agnes I give her a lot of my traits. She is stoic and doesn't show her expressions very often, which is something I genuinely struggle with. I also give her a lot of my petty traits. She has raynauds, she is allergic to onions, she sleeps completely still without moving, that type of stuff. She has my OCD as well.
I've also started to do this with Vivian, but Vivian started off with things I LIKED rather than things that were ME. Now she has my adhd and my love for others. She also has my habit of biting her thumb when thinking.

7. Are these shared traits deliberate, or did you sort of project slightly, and then slam your foot on the gas without meaning to? Or did you go the opposite route, and make them nothing like you for a good reason?

Started off as happenstance, then just decided to play into it. I was like fuck it they might as well be an extension of me if I'm going to get so attached.

8. What's a funny meme or joke that always makes you think of them, and why?

I don't have anything specific, but I would like to send my fav gif I've ever made referencing them I made when drunk asf.

9. Do you think you and your character would get along in real life? Why? Why not? Would you want to meet them?

no lmao. I have had a dream meeting both of them though. Agnes, I saw her and I was like you know, I made you... do you hate the fact I gave you such a horrible life? and she was like "My life is my life." and so idk what that was. but I'm glad my consciousness told me I wasn't doing anything bad!
Vivians dream was infinitely more funny though, I was trying to sneak into a place where she was monitoring with a friend of mine, we initally snuck through but my friend threw coins at her and that made her realize we were NOT supposed to be there. Ever have a 6'6 giant woman start chasing you with Intent? that shit is TERRIFYING.

Talk about your favourite thing about your character, just ever. Maybe it's a personality trait, or design aspect, or a defining moment in their story... Go wild!

They genuinely mean to much to me, it's hard not to feel a little crazy when talking about them. Maybe thats okay though, other aspects of my life have improved dramatically because I allowed myself to just.... be and have fun. I adore the journey I've had with them, and I feel like if I ever wanted to stop I can. If I ever want to do something different with them, I can. Theres a lot of fundementals about them where if I decided I wanted them to stop being in the universe of red rising, I can do that. I love the fact that they are so flexible.