I saw your post about your Clone High OCs
www.tumblr.com/fuzedatti/756205820270821376/clone-high-pngs-for-my-friends-d-paul-and-faul?source=share
and i would love to know more about your McCartney clones tbh :)
Hi!! Those characters are not mine, they belong to a dear friend of mine that I cherish a lot:D She was gladly able to give you a glimpse into her story for them:
"OMG, thanks for asking!! The idea for my clones comes from the “Paul Is Dead” theory, but I took it more in the direction of *Clone High*: What if they tried to clone the perfect Paul and something went wrong?
Paul was created to be basically “the perfect replacement.” The problem is that during the process, they discovered that the DNA they used wasn’t as straightforward as they’d expected, and they ended up with two distinct results.
Paul is the clone who most closely resembles Paul McCartney’s public image: charismatic, kind, creative, and someone who genuinely wants to connect with people. He knows he has to live up to the legacy of his “clone father,” and that weighs heavily on him, but he tries to see it as an opportunity. He’s super social—always trying to make friends and be someone others want to be around.
And then there’s Faul—or is it William? I don’t know. Faul is the strangest result of the experiment because he’s basically a mistake. He knows from the start that he isn’t the original Paul (though technically neither of them could be), and that causes him to have a massive identity crisis.
He’s more reserved, sarcastic, and distrustful. He loves art and expressing himself through art because he feels that’s the only thing that truly belongs to him, but he’s not a musician. He’s also a conspiracy theorist because, ironically, the theory that “Paul is dead and was replaced” is basically his whole life.
He actually harbors a lot of resentment because he feels he’ll always be compared to his twin.
Their relationship is complicated because they need each other but also hate each other a little bit. Paul feels that Faul is ruining his life because he’s always getting into trouble, impersonating him, or doing questionable things. Faul, on the other hand, feels that Paul has everything he could never have: acceptance, friends, and everyone’s approval. You know how teenagers are.
Faul often impersonates Paul to get what he wants because he’s incredibly good at imitating him, but that only makes Paul distrust him even more. The funny thing is that Faul is often the one who understands Paul best, even though he’d never admit it.
The most powerful part of the idea, in my opinion, is that Faul isn’t simply “the evil clone”: he’s someone who was born with the feeling of being a copy of a copy. And Paul isn’t simply “the good guy”: he’s also trapped, trying to fulfill an impossible role. Paul has all the charisma that Faul lacks; in the end, they’re one and the same, etc., etc., etc.”
