PAROXYSM- Lucas Sinclair ³

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) what characters inspired gabe and alina?

oooh i like this question. for gabe, it was definitely neville longbottom, who he shares a lot of traits with, and, to be super niche, probably prince frederic from the hero's guide series?? i don't know how many of you know him but he's definitely a coward at first and slowly learns to be brave and embrace his own strengths.

for alina... i'm honestly not sure. it's been so long since she came to me, and i really can't think of any characters who really inspired her. sorry for such a disappointing answer ahaha.

2) what sort of characters would they make in d&d? like, what class would they play (different from the class they ARE) and what race and personality and that sort of thing.

before i start, i just have to say that i've never played d&d before, and i might get some things wrong lmfaoo. so sorry if that happens.

anyway, alina has always played the druid. her character is named cassie dawnriser, and was a half-elf abandoned in the forest when she was a baby, only to be found by another druid and raised with an appreciation of nature. but she also happens to be an ass-kicking badass who's loyal as a lion, and quite street-smart.

gabe's wizard, which he originally did name gabe the great (he was under pressure, okay!) is gem whitbloom, a human whose magical potential was seen by his aunt, and sent off to the arcane academy. gem is quiet during the day, though he does have a michevious streak, and often pranks the other members of the party. he's also very brave (basically what gabe wanted to be irl) and strong.

sorry it's not very detailed!! i'm not really the expert on D&D yet (though i'd LOVE to play it someday)

3) hogwarts houses for all of them?? family included, not just alina and gabe.

alina is DEFINITELY a gryffindor. she's extremely brave, chivalrous, and selfless (and her energy matches the house colours!! it was meant to be!!). i think gabe is a gryffindor, too. he was originally going to be put into hufflepuff, but since i realized how much he's like neville, i realized that he's definitely a gryffindor, especially during paroxysm.

 i think brandon is definitely a hufflepuff, because he's loyal, patient, hardworking, and very dedicated, dolores is a slytherin and so is nicole (you'll see why in the one-shot i'm gonna post soon :)), and george (the first) is a ravenclaw. as for linda and george the second?? muggles. they don't deserve to go to hogwarts.

4) were there other ships you ever considered? or was it always sinclairgrieves and gill?

when i was in the very very early stages of planning for acatalepsy, i was originally thinking of alina and dustin being endgame. which is really weird to think about now, but back then, i hadn't developed alina's character as much, so it made perfect sense, and back then dustin was a super underrated character (honestly, most of the fics were for mike or steve). then i decided on lucas, because he had literally no fics, and everything fell into place from there. for gabe, it was always going to be will :)

5) how did you choose their faceclaims? were there any others you considered?

i chose alina's faceclaim by literally just going through faceclaim books to try to find one to match the image in my head of her lmfaooo. i got very lucky with sofia wylie, who turned out to be very, very close to what i always pictured alina to look like. as for gabe, he was originally going to be an it oc, and i remember going through faceclaim books for him, too, though at first i ended up using niles fitch for him. then i changed it to chosen jacobs once i realized he'd be a better fit.