For your AMA, I was wondering how you created the characters of Talia and Storm and how you made sure that they have these distinct, fleshed out personalities? Did you use any character sheets? Did they change at all as you wrote the story?

Congratulations on finishing!! Can’t wait to read it (and cry a lot probably)!!

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Thank you so much anon!!! And ngl, if no one cries I think I might have failed a bit as a writer tbh LOL. (jk I don't WANT you to cry but tissues should be at the ready).

So I have mentioned that Talia started a bit as a reader/blank character but her personality just came out a lot while writing. When I was brainstorming a lot of it was thinking about what kind of partner would Rex be attracted to/pair with, which helped me craft a basic character. With that i knew she had to be a loyal character, with strong morals, but I also added her wit as a good way to tease and play against him. Then I had to think about how I wanted her to fit into the world as it was; how was she as a Jedi, especially compared to other Jedi of the time? I literaly charted out how I felt she would be in terms of her own power, and came up with Ventress as being a good comp to set her with. And of course her paralells with Anakin fell in naturally, and created a lot of her internal conflict. I also pulled a lot from other female characters in media who inspired parts of her; a few of these include Mulan, Eowyn, Elizabeth Swann, Buffy Summers, and Sansa Stark to name a few. I always tried to write character sheets, but I struggled with what to fit in but now i'm playing DND for the first time and that's helped me with filling out sheets so I might have one! And mostly Talia's background changed - I had toyed around witht he idea of her being a Mandalorian Jedi, because I love that juxtaposition but I was playing Kotor 2 while brainstorming the fic and something about Nar Shaddaa stuck with me and it rotted in my brain to being Talia's story, and another way she paralled with Anakin.

For Storm, I had seen so many incredible clone ocs on this website that he was a bit daunting to me, but it was important to have a strong captain at Talia's side. I've written a variety of personalities in clones, but I liked the idea of his more stoicism and the fact that he was a bit harder to see at first glance. Also he isn't in the story much, but he plays an important part when he does, and I wanted to kind of have him being that strong, trustworthy figure. Like the good friend you know you can always call on. But he's also professional, keeping a fine line between his duty and his personal life. Storm wasn't finely defined until later in the fic, but I always knew his role and hope to have more side stories of him.

i have all of my multi-chapter projects meticulously scheduled like a NERD, and i don’t have the space for another and yet??? a jon/sansa/theon potc fic is screaming my name??? so we’ll see how long i hold out

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