I should be asleep but I want to ramble about my dystopian society au a little before I forget everything I've been thinking about hahaha
TW cult, dark religious themes, human experiments
I'm gonna ramble about the appearance and design of the cult headquarters because I actually put a lot of thought into it hehe
I'm terrible at drawing backgrounds, so I didn't draw anything for it (I'm still learning though so maybe one day I can lol), but I do have images to show what I had in mind for it :D
These are all off of pinterest lol
Outside inspirations:
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Inside inspirations (not including the human experiment labs and cells prisoners are kept in):
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I imagine it to be this.. huge victorian style mansion.
I know when you think of a creepy headquarters with labs in it, you might think of more modern day, electronic designs. And those building designs are amazing! There's several reasons I went with the victorian style though.
One, I love victorian architecture. There's just something about it that makes me happy and for me it's more fun to describe :D
Two, I wanted a place that would be easy to get lost in. There are ways to do this with modern architecture but think about it.. A large, lavish mansion with old eerie paintings all over the walls, candles that only burn enough light for you to see a few feet in front of you in the dark, creaky floors, old wooden cabinets caked with dust.. If you were severely injured and drowning in the thought of being tortured if you got caught trying to escape, wouldn't all of this overwhelm you? All the little details on the walls, and the nooks and crannies.. All the stuff (like fancy vases and other trinkets) you could accidentally knock over and run into while trying to get out of there... *rubs hands together evilly*
Three, Aurora (the spirit) is from that time period, so it would make sense for her to want the headquarters to be something she's familiar with while she's possessing Amari. She lived in luxury while she was alive, and now she's doing that again while using her descendants body as a vessel. What would be even better is if the mansion belonged to the Desdemona family, so she'd definitely be familiar with it. Considering that the Desdemona's are a family of villains and tyrants (minus Amari), the labs and cells in the basement of the estate wouldn't be a surprise to anyone lol.
Just my thoughts haha..
Plus, I've been thinking for a while about making the city my characters and the characters of other's exist in a mixture of victorian and modern architecture.. I don't want it to completely be my decision though, but it's an idea if anyone has any thoughts on it 👀
