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any cool facts about any of the characters before the final cut? did you change any of them significantly compared to how you initially envisioned them?

Good question!

The biggest one is that Seven was supposed to have Blake's personality. Their role in the story as an ex-bandmate remains the same but they were going to be super antagonistic and smug and smirky and just mean. As I was writing I realized it didn't feel right with their storyline so I kept the antagonistic part of it but I changed the ~flavor.~ I wanted them to be sensitive and……………*sympathetic. I know some people may not agree but I think this Seven is much easier to feel for than a Blake version of Seven.

G and Victoria weren't originally going to be married but I think the marriage makes the affair feel 10x worse/the relationship even more suffocating and like a prison and that's great (for me).

G was supposed to be a very typical asshole unapproachable celebrity who is super mean and while I still kinda wish i did that sometimes i really do like this version of G who is just generally pretty nice and hasn't been completely changed by the industry (seeing them get worse in real time is part of the tragedy imo)

Soft Violence (and Seven) were supposed to be much bigger as a little hehaha at MC and the band after Seven left but it didnt make sense to have them on BOTB if they were pretty big. Seven wouldn't see the point (you'll know why down the line).

Not character related but for a very split second I wondered whether it'd be better to do a Real World style reality show in which they all stayed in the same house together and did Challenges like that. Then I did the Brittany Broski meme and realized my original plan of a moving tour was better (and more unique).

Adding onto this, I thought the idea of a music camp would be cool until I realized I was just recreating Camp Rock™

Players were going to have a choice to "choose" their drummer. (There would be three types of characters and you'd choose and it'd be flavor text in). Each character would come with their own problems/traits and some would be harder to get along with than others. I didn't do it because I love August too much and it was too much work for my first IF (especially since Infamous has a lot anyway). I'm still keeping that idea in the back of my mind though for a future story though !

There was supposed to be a film crew/camera guy(gn) RO that I regret not doing (E is kinda the bridge as a tour photographer). Maya was originally another character that would be a hater turned RO. I kinda regret that one too but the great thing about it is that I've been keeping those in my back pocket for the future har har. (Those didn't come to fruition because they didn't fit the story and Maya's role now just suits what I had planned much better so when I say I regret it, I don't. I just regret not being able to play with those dynamics hahah)

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Everything I feel returns to you somehow

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ik it’s a thing to talk about how MC questions themselves a lot but it’s so funny to see it because there’s a scene in chapter 4 where mc has to decide whether to eat fancy breakfast (instead of catering breakfast)(there’s a reason for it) and they’re just sitting there wondering if it’s a good idea

like poor kid is just trying to do their best and make the right decisions even when it’s just about breakfast 😭

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Wait seven evil exes and Seven is an evil ex? Connecting the dots right now *suspicious**suspicious*

hahahahhahaha

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you've mentioned that G and Seven have tattoos but what about the others? bc i love me some ros' with tattoos 😌

me too!!

g has the most: a colorful sleeve that goes from their shoulder to their wrist, they have knuckle tattoos on both hands, one on their foot, in their inner-lip, and a tattoo of barbed wire going around their hip line

seven: has dainty tattoos that are spread out. Aside from MC’s initials, they have a serpent on the side of their ring finger, LAWLESS behind their ear and a small phoenix on their hip

seb: only has one (and it’s small) and it’s the date maya was born on his arm

Victoria and Orion have none

August has a silly one of a robot on their arm that they got whilst drunk lol

as for piercings since we’re on the topic:

G has a nose ring and a cartilage piercing, they have regular ear piercings but haven’t used earrings in them in a while, seven has two gauges (pretty small) on their ears, Victoria has earrings and a second hole on both, August has has two holes in their ear anddd Seb, Orion have nothing lol

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more bows <3

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bear hats :)

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😂😂😂😂😂

Mc: " I was with August, I'm fine. "

O: " Oh, so, you been cheating on me with August, HUH? "

This scene was so fucking funny

Cool, calm reasonable O immediately feeling offense just from hearing MC doing something as normal as hanging out with their band mate 😭

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Wait Amy pls, I gotta know the emoji ask but with underground wastebasket, please 🙏 (if that’s okay)

Your wish is my command <3

Blake: 😾 and 😼

Ansel: 😴 or 🤧

Jane: 🫶 or 🫥

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could rowan and blake have been friends under different circumstances? like if they met in high school or ran in the same circles before either band picked up traction. or would nobody like him because he’s blunt and a shit-stirrer?

yes I think so. Rowan isn’t someone who has trouble getting along with people. He mentions in his talk with MC in the hall that Blake specifically gets on his nerves because Blake knows how to get Rowan to act out of character. Like MC said, they can count on one hand how many times Rowan has gotten angry. He’s well-liked and friends with everyone usually.

so I think outside of the show where Blake has no reason to bother them then yeah. Being blunt isn’t a problem because Iris and August is (to an extent) it’s just about the fact that Blake is purposely trying to upset him since they feel slighted by the supposed cheating.

Outside of the show, Blake isn’t a “big shit stirrer” to be honest. They’re aware of how they came off and they embrace it.

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why he hot

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botb DEFINITELY didn't get these shirts in the mail and cory DEFINITELY didn't make seven and arabella wear them <3

the shirts are inspired by this post <3

seven and my infamous mc arabella by @artsyaprilmr 💗 i cannot thank you enough for this art they look SO good!

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ever since i read the E valentine special i have been doing lighting studies so i could achieve this :)

drawing this is part of the therapy i need after chapter three

everyone say ty @infamous-if for existing

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BLAKE BLAKE BLAKE BLAKE

Any chance that one of the multiple patreon stuff you are working on includes one Xmas special for the subros? 🥺👉👈

I've decided to do a special for the subros (working on blake's now!) but it won't be christmas themed. its already march and im kinda over writing about christmas lol! plus it would've been completely non canon to avoid spoilers so it kinda gives me freedom to write any special i like

it still centers around being on break from tour! you'll see!

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I found your Spotify and I don’t want to act like I know sev more than you… but Taylor swift really 😭???

The songs in the playlist are chosen for the lyrics that I associate strongly with the characters and sometimes that means it’s death cab for cutie and other times its taylor swift leave me alone!! /j

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pov ur cory going over the security footage or st