Whoops stealing this from @sevarix-blogs but thought this was interesting
5 Things I enjoy writing about
1.) Historical settings. Since I began developing characters of my own, I have never once had the desire to have a modern setting. Maybe it's because I write fantasy and the two genres go hand-in-hand. But nothing is more fun than researching for historical accuracy!
2.) Diverse characters. The most fun thing about my setting being the afterlife, is that it is naturally culturally diverse. Everyone on Earth has to go somewhere lmao. I try my best to represent different walks of life. I especially love writing LGBT+ characters.
3.) Is it safe to say I enjoy writing about demons? When you grow up as a closeted queer Catholic, you have to channel your religious trauma/Catholic guilt somehow. My take on heaven and hell definitely is a result of my upbringing and how I feel as a queer person in Christian spaces. There's something fun about the underdog, the one they tried to put down, turning the situation on its head and making it into something powerful. Building a community of those that heaven has deemed 'not worthy' and finding strength and support in like-minded people.
Of course, writing demons also lends itself to getting to write magic and such, which is really fun when it comes to thinking about combat in hell.
4.) VILLAINS. I. Love. Villains. Maybe because I'm the most gentle, non-confrontational, people-pleasing person and they are the EXACT opposite of me. Or maybe just because it's fun lmao. I can confirm that everyone's favorite characters are always my villains. Hell, our entire server is named after one. The fun thing about writing villainous demons is that I get to go all out. Like...these are real demons. Over the top, hedonistic, sadistic, manipulative bastards. Having my villains be such a genuine threat to our protags, it makes for really interesting character development and easy plot progression. Also they're hot so that's fun :D
5.) Trauma. The main theme of my writing and my characters is trauma and one's response to trauma. This is definitely where I tend to project my own traumas as a means to conceptualize and cope with them. But I still enjoy exploring how one's environments, upbringing, and life events affect them, and how they cope. Despite going through multiple traumas, someone like Sidonai has a strong support system, so he's become more resilient and copes in healthier ways. While someone like Asmodeus, who suffered major loss, had no support and shut down, letting the trauma consume and destroy him. Their traumas and subsequent responses inform me about how they will react to different situations, how they interact with each other, how they see the world.
