Zelia has been around for almost 10 years, so she’s been with me through a lot, but I didn’t start actively using her until 2020, and here’s her origin story:
In 2016 I created the name Zelia (I did not) which I thought sounded really pretty, and I loved the color blue, which is all I needed to make my first role playing avatar in RoBlox Highschool where I role played with myself (more pathetic than it sounds). I also didn’t have any robux for outfits and didn’t realize for that game it wasn’t required to use whatever clothing items you wanted which is why she only wore the free stuff. She was then abandoned because I wasn’t really into roleplay games with people I didn’t know.
For a brief time in 2018 I had reused the name and blue skin for a different character who honestly had nothing too her beyond daddy issues and being a badass princess. The transparent hair was…a choice.
In 2020 my friend remembered my old Roblox avatar and made a gacha life version of her and I was so embarrassed and angry at him that I decided to revive the character in my own way out of pure spite (you know who you are), so unfortunately I have him to thank for Zelia’s comeback. It was here that I introduced her as Zayn’s butch lesbian best friend from high school who had no powers but made up for it by being a skilled martial artist. Part of their dynamic was how they both defied their gender roles in opposite ways to rebel against their strict private school they attended, so she wasn’t really into femininity.
In 2022 I decided to make her trans instead and see where that would take me. I had to rewrite some parts of her story and I’m so glad because I do love her so much as a character now. I also realize that a lot more things stayed the same about Zelia throughout each redesign than I realized.
