This is something I wanted to do after the first arc, so here we are.
I want to take some time between chapters to talk about my characters, my thoughts on them and just some fun facts. So, who do I start with? Well, not Jackson, that's for sure. His summary would just be "He's based on Anime protagonists."
No, I'll start with my favorite character in this little story, El- I mean Barbara.
I asked before, if anyone could guess who Barbara and the Berserker were based on. Well, firstly she's based on Berserker Lancelot from Fate/Zero. For those who never seen the anime, he is a straight badass and my favorite Servant in the Fate series. Barb gets her Berserker aesthetic from him, both being black knights able to use a wide range of weapons.
The second character she's based on is Spider-Man's Carnage. I'm a massive Carnage fan. Barbara gets the thing living in her blood from him, her hair color and the ability to create weapons from her blood. She also gets some of his personality, but that's for later.
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I guess it no surprise she's my favorite character as she's based on two of my old-time favorites.
As for her development, Barb evolved from an old idea I had. It was about a dude with pretty much the same powers except he got stronger whenever he got hurt and was nearly god like when he was out matched. I never wrote this character down, being illiterate at the time, but the idea stayed with me. Later, when I was dealing with some writer's block and reading a lot of "Transported to another world" I started to build a scene in my head. That scene of course was the opening to this story. Barb just fit so perfectly, then before I knew it, I was day dreaming about her past and what kind of character I wanted her to be.
With the exception of one part that I need to rewrite, her character is pretty much of a loyal puppy. I also push her into a few jokes that I might have to remove as some might find them offensive. I guess we'll see what type of mood I'm in when it comes to the later chapters.
Well, as this is a bonus chapter and all, I feel no shame in asking you, the reader, a quest! Well, maybe two...
1. Should I keep this up, putting bonus chapters in about characters or the world? If so, who or what should I do next?
2. Word count, what are your thoughts on it? Should I try to make chapters longer, maybe combined short chapters together or is the length fine for the most part?
Well, bye for now.