SCDI Trivia #4: Liz & Cat!
((The concept of Liz and Cat were based on a trend I was seeing at the time in games of female cat and crocodile characters being friends. But admittedly they were initially very based off Bratty & Catty from Undertale. Very energetic and sometimes talking over each other.
It was actually really difficult to write Liz & Cat's dialogue because they would often talk over each other at the same time and sometimes break their words off to add on to what the other was saying, basically... THEY WERE ALWAYS TALKING LOL and it was hard to convey all that through word bubble dialogue in the comic haha
Liz & Cat were also originally planned to be one off incidental characters. After Summer bumps into them, they would have a brief exchange before parting their separate ways from Summer and then fade off into occasional background characters. The initial idea for their first interaction wasn't nearly as wholesome haha though ^^;
The outcome of their interaction was originally dependent on what outfit Summer would be wearing from the poll. Had the poll decided for Summer to wear the "Cute" outfit, the scene would play out as it did, Liz finding Summer's outfit to be Mega Cute and immediately bond over how they're matching and stuff. As it would've been slightly identical to their initial designs:
Any other choice would've actually resulted in Cat telling Summer off to watch where she was going while Liz holds her face in pain as they depart from the scene. They wouldn't have even helped her up haha xD
But as you may have noticed, the "Casual" look is what won the poll, not the "Cute" outfit... so what gives? Well, to be honest, I didn't want to write Liz & Cat's first impressions as bullies that thought they were better than everyone haha, so I tweaked the script in favor of the positive outcome, and also modified Liz & Cat's outfits to better match Summer's haha))