Pip aspect one: the creepy little girl's a trope of the trashy action show genre. Every trope I add, I got to play with, so I put that one in my shopping basket as soon as I started outlining.
Pip aspect two: I actually did that the first time I dealt with the assassins around a table idea. So, if I was going back to that, it felt like she needed to be there. When it comes to telepaths- which I adore dealing with in prose -they're more fun in groups. Now, historically I've done siblings or odd relationships that it takes goddamn telepaths to parse in the first place. I had never done a parent and child. So, a certain portion of her personality evolved as a compare/contrast with Zephyr. In fact, they're creepily self-aware in that regard.
Now, honest to crap I was not trying to torture Zephyr with how Pip came to be. It looks that way from certain outside perspectives, but really, the first thing I saw them do was the scene at the window in "When The Dogs Do Find Her". And it was just- how did they come to that? Which I answered with a little more brutality than I expected of myself given that I'm a proponent of telepaths being the ones who mess with other people, not vice versa.
Pip aspect three: there's something she says eventually that was the first thing I heard her say ever. I don't talk to my characters, but I can do something that's almost like watching them on film. And this just threw me so hard. It's a way off yet, but it made me take this mental step back. Kid, who are you and WTF are you doing?
Pip
Hah. I'll keep telling myself that. You may want to reference BB's question: http://rainbowlounge.dreamwidth.org/21077.html?thread=952149#cmt952149
Pip aspect one: the creepy little girl's a trope of the trashy action show genre. Every trope I add, I got to play with, so I put that one in my shopping basket as soon as I started outlining.
Pip aspect two: I actually did that the first time I dealt with the assassins around a table idea. So, if I was going back to that, it felt like she needed to be there. When it comes to telepaths- which I adore dealing with in prose -they're more fun in groups. Now, historically I've done siblings or odd relationships that it takes goddamn telepaths to parse in the first place. I had never done a parent and child. So, a certain portion of her personality evolved as a compare/contrast with Zephyr. In fact, they're creepily self-aware in that regard.
Now, honest to crap I was not trying to torture Zephyr with how Pip came to be. It looks that way from certain outside perspectives, but really, the first thing I saw them do was the scene at the window in "When The Dogs Do Find Her". And it was just- how did they come to that? Which I answered with a little more brutality than I expected of myself given that I'm a proponent of telepaths being the ones who mess with other people, not vice versa.
Pip aspect three: there's something she says eventually that was the first thing I heard her say ever. I don't talk to my characters, but I can do something that's almost like watching them on film. And this just threw me so hard. It's a way off yet, but it made me take this mental step back. Kid, who are you and WTF are you doing?
And damn right I am pointing it out to you.