D13: His feathered, blazing orange hair is ever at odds with the moody scowl beneath it. He moves with a lean, well-muscled grace. Powerful and effortless. His attire is a distinctly punk-rock-infused flavor of Japanese fashion, straight from the streets of Shibuya.

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D13: Been waiting to share these for a hot minute, but I think the time is right! I commissioned these portraits of my leads from and she absolutely nailed their appearance and personalities. (Please click to view. Twitter's auto-crop is atrocious.)

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D1IV: And my final lead, Hace Matthews, has touches of: Edward Elric, Dick Grayson, Luke Skywalker, Jessica Jones, and Kvothe the Bloodless.

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D1III: My second lead, Alinore Valmont was influenced by: Kendra Shaw, Satsuki Kiryuin, Lin Beifong, Risa Hawkeye, and Sherlock Holmes.

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Day 27 5: Meet Akari Moment and Akumi Realize. Virtual idols who cheerfully warn about disaster, instruct on the right way to put on respirators, treating radiation burns, etc when they aren't throwing concerts or promoting grav races. (Commissioned from )

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D19: Personal experience aside, anime has had the greatest impact on how I write bros. Again, I generally prefer sworn/self-selected fraternity over biology, but Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood nails Ed and Al's relationship. (Who could've guessed from the title?)

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my wife, , is the coolest taciturn person I know, and taught me almost everything I know about writing quiet folks, though she's not really aloof, and definitely not frosty. I do enjoy those archetypes as well, though—especially in anime. https://t.co/X71Mh3Jjyg

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D2: And of course, anime is a wealth of wonderful friendships. You don't get too much of Mustang and Hughes, but every second of screen time they share bleeds camaraderie. Haikyu is chockablock with non-toxic bromances. And Naruto and Sasuke. And so on and so forth.

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D4: ...are you SURE isn't still active? 😅 Pretty much all the visual influences for the current WIP are anime. There are many, but I think Ergo Proxy is closest to the general aesthetic. High action backdropped by a grim, grey-sepia palette.

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D2: had an enormous impact on how I pick words. Embrace wit. Engage with verbs. Send folks to a dictionary on occasion. Make shit up when it sounds right. Use language that speaks to your audience—especially in situations that don't. Converse. Have fun.

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