Ziracona! This isn’t much an ask but I made so much progress from your last post!
This is my updated paper I’ve made regarding what you sent me last and once I’m done with some stuff on the 2nd/3rd notebook and I’m guessing I need about 200 to maybe if I really need it 300 more screenshots I can make the rough draft which looks to be about 9-11 hours long!
Btw I will be shouting out how you are so great for still helping me make this years after the story finished and being so kind for my tons of questions.
Also I finished the 12 hours background footage and over 150+ songs!
The custom hud is really tricky and kinda difficult though because of this ensemble cast im trying really hard not to provide visual clutter while also keeping the content engaging.
Holy shit. This is so amazing! Oh my god.
Yeah when I answered I wasn’t thinking from the pov of having to do an analysis video, re: protagonists. It’s an ensemble cast, but if you want to make it less monumental, you could definitely argue that even so, Philip, then Claudette, are the cornerstones. Or if it helps, when I wrote I had the same issues to confront (IE it being overwhelming for an audience to keep track of and care about 16+ characters and their relationships to each other). To make it navigable to myself and the readers, I broke the survivors into several friend groups. These groups tended to hang out, and coincidentally would share plot points and story beats, making them easier to track. Obviously they all love each other, but it isn’t like I had time to write 16+ in-depth relationships for Quentin alone.
The major groups were: OG 4. (Meg, Dwight, Jake, Claudette)
MinNea (& once well enough established, + Ace)
Fight Squad (David, Quentin, Laurie, Kate)
The Adults ™️ (Jane, Tapp, Ace, Jeff, and solely by virtue of Ace having a crush on him and not at all due to his actual age, Adam)
Philip family (Philip + one or more OG4 members, especially Claudette)
Huntress Family (Anna, Min, Quentin. Eventually adds some of their +1s)
Myers-Strode family (Laurie, Quentin, David, and to a lesser degree, Claudette)
Detectives (Meg and Tapp, occasionally + Susie)
Ormond (Jeff, Frank, Julie, Joey. Occasionally + Susie, Meg, or Kate)
And then more secondarily:
Papa Dwight (Dwight + anyone younger than 28)
Healers (Quentin, Claudette, occasionally + Adam)
Parkfield (optionally + a third wheel to add stability)
Any set of best friends (usually just a subcategory of a different major category, except for Jane & Min)
Families back home (minor category. Jake’s brother and mom, Alan and Nancy, etc)
Lost Memories (Philip + someone from the prequel IE Vigo, Sally, Lisa. Mostly Sally though)
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I’m kind of unwell tonight so apologies if I’m forgetting something, but since breaking them into 9 major groups made them and their multitude of relationships a lot easier to focus on, thought I’d share in case it helps. Less shuffling of cast, easier recall to the last time the group was together.
You may notice Quentin and Claudette appear in a lot of these. It’s because ace characters make the perfect third wheels to add stability. They’re not adding drama to relationships or pigeonholing love triangles. They just make what you already have better. They’re also both healers, emotionally and literally, so they make it into a lot of groups by forcing their way in.