compilation of arina's weekly theodora Q&A (part 2) ✒️🗞️
all information is from vk
part 1 || part 2
Q: Will the Spanish flu be mentioned in the book? It was officially registered in 1918 in Spain, but initially military censorship his the epidemic in the army. Will Theodora run into her?
A: Such questions are counted as a spoiler.
Q: Which character in the book do you like the most?
A: No one. Otherwise, it would affect how I allocate scenes. You are allowed to have favorites, for me they all should be equal :)
Q: Why is the soldier scene so different (between paths)? In Romantic path, he is delirious, we don't get information, we just play along with the sad scene. In Cynic path, he is conscious, fully aware + a mysterious third person appears, and says some ambiguous things.... Does this difference not play a special role, or will those who follow the Romantic path in the future be provided with this information, if it's important?
A: Along the way, the Romantic soldier assures Theodora that he will return, says that he was promised, and avoids answering the question on who promised what. By and large, you are given the same information. It's just that in Cynic path the information is given directly, and in Romantic it needs a little reflection.
Q: Did/does Theodora want to someday become a mother?
A: I would prefer that we learn about this from the story (there will be information about Theo's attitude to motherhood).
Q: Do the characters have prototypes?
A: You mean, did I base their personalities on any existing people? No.
Q: Is it difficult to write about the military and the war?
A: Yes, I shed a lot of tears while writing.
Q: What are your own characters that you put in Theodora?
A: We both feel injustice quite acutely. In general, the cynical Theodora isn't much like me, but romantic Theodora is similar to me in our dreaminess.
Q: Why were those names chosen for the stats?
A: We thought for a long time and came up with them :)
Q: Who inspired you to write a character like Theodora?
A: Nothing specific inspired me to write this or that aspect of the story, but when O was researching for the book, I read a lot about the journalists (in particular, war reporters) of that time. I won't say that I copied Theodora from one of them, but their stories helped with the creation of the image.
Q: Were there any other options or ideas for stats?
A: I lost all my notes on stats, unfortunately. We were thinking of something like Manipulation/Coquetry (these stats would describe how Theodora obtains information)... One hundred percent sure there was something else, but I don't remember anymore :)
Q: What are the favorite flowers or plants of the five main characters?
A: Theo likes all kinds of flowers. Yoke likes wild flowers (any, but especially chamomiles/daisies). Lawrence likes lilies (but doesn't like the smell of them). Friedrich's favorites are tulips. John likes roses.
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New year message from Arina (Theodora's Author via telegram)
The year 2023 is just around the corner.
I will not write long speeches: I will simply congratulate you from the Theodora team. We wish your loved ones to be near you, so that every day there would be a reason for a kind, sincere smile. We wish you health. We wish you love - real, open and pure.
We hug 🤍
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I was watching this movie called "Tell it to the bees" and I kept seeing Yoke and Theo there the whole time, the character named Lydia is also a single mother and she falls in love with a doctor named Jean, the movie takes place in the 50s instead of 1914 like Theodora but the old vibe is still there, and it shows the prejudice that two women in a relationship would face in society that time. I really recomend the movie, and now I'm missing Yoke again 🥺❤️
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And the pain follows me:
And I break down:
And I have not found a way to cope with it:
Part 1
I cant find words to stress how much this story means to me. I will re-read it for an eternity. I have to praise Arina for the characters she created. I love her for sharing it with us. But I will be forever haunted by this scene. I WILL NEVER RECOVER from this.
And I hate her and I love her for this. I wish I could have just half of her talent. Thank you Arina ❤💔
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It really seems like our love interests won't come back since there are new ones. I can't do this, I love yoke so much, I feel guilty for considering pursuing Charlotte's romance route but come on, I still love yoke. I crave romance but I still want yoke not some other person even though she might seem like a good character. I think I won't read theodora for a while, at least not until I know whether or not our love interests will come back. What do you guys think about this? Will you guys try to romance these new love interests? I still feel conflicted, I just want yoke to come back even though this is a story of a person living forever to witness their loved ones' deaths. I'm still hoping that she would come back somehow. I really need others' opinions, my heart can't handle this lol.
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