Posting Fun Facts about the Bully Trials that I'm allowed to share:
1. In the very, very first draft of OG BT, the council was going to be naked and vampiric. Jamie decided against it due to needing more variety (unlike the other characters she stole). Good thing because down the line, it will be very controversial and uncomfortable. Jaymie (Jamie in OG) was around 14-16 in the OG. Lewd was not the author's end goal. (We were minors at the time too.)
2. OG BT never meant to get a sequel. It was also not outlined.
3. There are three attempts at the sequel. First attempt: Jacelyn had to do the trials again to get her body back, but she needed to face off against past winners. Second attempt: More info on the council while Jace teams up with Ash to get her body back. The third attempt is for the remake.
4. Ramen was supposed to be an alcoholic artist creep. I believe he preyed upon Ash during the second attempt before Jamie stopped writing it.
5. Death Revenge was my former friend's OC that was added in. The reason why she was not added was that my friendship is behind us.
6. There is never going to be Jacelyn X Ash or Ash falling in love with Jacelyn.
7. Lola was going to be much sweeter in the OG sequels, actually feeling sorrow for her actions. Haha.
8. The trial rounds in the Remake were based on a spinning wheel and how many are going to die. Yeah, that was fun and messy.
9. Ages were not revealed. Jace was (14-15), Natalie (16), Lola (16-17), Eliza (17), Madison [misspelled w/ Maddison] (16), Allie (15), Christina (15-16) and Brona (14-15) in the OG. Looks like Ash had more bullies, too.
10. Even though BT is a self-insert story, the OG feels is more of a self-insert than the current one does.
11. The OG trialists actually were bullies and were mainly girls (How that changed).
12. It's still called the 'Bully Trials' due to Lola's and Jacelyn's perspectives and what the council said.