Hello!
I've recently discovered your AU and I absolutely love it. I'm thinking about writing a fanfic based on it, and before I start, I'd like to ask a few questions to make sure I understand your characters and world correctly.
Would it be okay if I asked you some questions about the AU, the characters, and your interpretation of them? I'd really like to stay as close as possible to your vision while writing.
As soon as I finish my fanfic, I will take on other works, especially yours!
Thank you for creating such an inspiring project
1) As I understand it, the story takes place after Caine was deleted and then brought back, but before his emotional breakdown. Are there any major changes to his character or to the AU during this period that I should know about?
2) I understand that Caine acts more like a machine and is less eccentric than in canon, but are there any other important differences in his behavior, relationships, or way of thinking?
3) I'd really love to learn as much as possible about your interpretation of this version of Caine and the AU in general. If you have any preferences, important details, or things you'd especially like to see included (or avoided), I'd be happy to hear them
>>Hiii!!! :)
>>This is going to be hard to put into words. But I'll try.
>>...I rewrote all my answers about five times—and it took me about ±nine hours in total—but even so, it's still very... vague??? Ig.
>>So I apologize in advance if my words seem obscure and meaningless to you.
"1) As I understand it, the story takes place after Caine was deleted and then brought back, but before his emotional breakdown. Are there any major changes to his character or to the AU during this period that I should know about?"
>>In general: Caine speaks like a chatGPT/call center operator. It has nothing to do with how he thinks, though. He's quite expressive in his mind space.
>>Some parts of his digital brain were damaged. Nothing too serious that would affect his behavior, just problems with image perception.
//He sees the world a.... quite distorted. You know, like when you stare at the sun for too long? The colors float, flicker, and fade to green, head spins, et cetera, etc cetera.
//It's not fatal, it just makes the process of...vision and navigation more complicated.
>>The cast is a bit confused on whether Caine has been "fixed" or is just pretending.
"2) I understand that Caine acts more like a machine and is less eccentric than in canon, but are there any other important differences in his behavior, relationships, or way of thinking?"
>>I don't think so?...
>>The only thing I can note is that he's even more closed off than in canon. He plays the role of a soulless cog in the corporate machine, and he's quite good at it. He hides all his art or destroys it. Any ragebait, heart-to-heart talk, or other attempts to reach out to him—he brushes it off with this new role of his.
>>The cast, on the contrary, tries to get through to him and find out what the Caine's tantrum in episode 8 was all about. This creates an interesting dynamic where the two sides play a mental tug-of-war.
>>Y,know. Attempt to talk → wave off → attempt to talk → wave off.
"3) I'd really love to learn as much as possible about your interpretation of this version of Caine and the AU in general. If you have any preferences, important details, or things you'd especially like to see included (or avoided), I'd be happy to hear them"
>>To "get the vibe" of my AU, I recommend listening to some of the breakcore playlist or music from Silent Hill games. If you want, I can even send you some of my saved playlists.
>>I would ask not to uh... Baby-inising Caine? Fate was cruel to him, but he's not an innocent boy. He has many thoughts, and few of them are cheerful.
>>I have a small headcanon that Bubble is a program for filtering out Caine's "spontaneous thoughts", and since in my AU Bubble is dead, Caine has to deal with the thoughts that Bubble would spit out.
//But this is all optional, really. If you see things differently and/or want to include something of your own, that's perfectly fine!!
