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Does she opt for animal-based nutrition or plant-derived foods?
What childhood experiences contributed to her present-day difficulty in distinguishing between her wants versus her needs? Hint: all good main characters have a tragic backstory.
What makes her the most terrified? Examples include: ‘spiders,’ ‘murder,’ ‘American Presidents,’ ‘horticulture,’ or because you’ve described her as a writer, ‘unfinished drafts.’
Let me know if those questions are enough to get you started or if I should give you more suggestions. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Res6 rescans the list. The questions aren’t terrible, but even he’s cognizant enough to realize that asking her about her childhood trauma might not be the best way to start. Especially considering that she’s already experienced one parent’s death . . . which would bring up the topic of death in general. Really, it isn’t super relevant. He thinks:
Those are great options, but I want to discover things she liked that would have been relevant to her time.
DumBot:
Great thinking! Here are a few things from her time that she might be interested in:
Ancient figures. Many people during the period immortalized such figures in paper posters, which they hung on their walls. Try ‘Kardashian,’ ‘Winnie-the-Pooh,’ ‘Steve Urkel,’ ‘Florida Man,’ or ‘Henry Cavill.’
Fandom. Did she personally experiencephenomena like ‘Pokémon,’ ‘BTS Army,’ ‘Disney Adults’ (a potentially aggressive fandom subsect), or ‘The Virgin Mary’?
Belief systems, social media, and global mind-control experiments. Suggestion: TikTok, a popular yet controversial religion from the period.
Animals. Many people captured and kept animals such as dogs, pigs, sheep, and horses in their homes. Note: Cats were either revered or feared as gods as they are today.
Music and dancing. Popular styles included ‘Jazzercise,’ ‘disco,’ ‘mosh pit,’ ‘synthwave,’ and ‘instruments.’
