This is Oreo btw! Aka Theo and Orly 💕
Their story idea was actually born out of frustration. (Not the first of my ideas to come out of anger either XD Skyglass started in a similar way, but I'll get into that some other day). But anyway -- I was so sick and tired of the message that keeps showing up in modern media about being independent and not needing other people. A lot of love stories are getting twisted or changed to elevate and praise independence. Which sure, independence has its place, but we shouldn't have to knock other people down to get there. And male characters especially keep getting shoved out of the way and stripped of important roles in stories! It REALLY bothers me. Especially as someone who has always liked and related to male characters more, regardless of my gender. It makes me mad and hurts my heart.
So, Oreo's main theme is going to be how needing someone is a strength - NOT a weakness. That being vulnerable and loving someone else doesn't make you any less of a person. That even with a partner, you can do great things. And how both people in a partnership can play an important role without stepping on the other person.
It's also going to be an enemies to lovers story, because I love the trope and wanted my side project to have it since my main project moreso focuses on found family. So yeah!! I'm really looking forward to developing their story more and drawing them outside of this meme doodle lol