Mar 18, 2026
To:Miauklys
I didn’t really have any direct influences for this one, but I can see a few Japanese film aesthetics here. when I wrote the first version, which this still very much adheres to, I actually was mostly inspired by The Little Prince. how the prince meets all these different people on their journey. this starts with that concept but the latter part really just focuses on grief and loss. originally the five friends were a little more straightforward because I wrote them as the 5 stages of grief. I’m fleshing them out a little more this time, and expanding on certain themes around death. I’m really excited to get to the next arc. the first true horror moment is coming. and by that I mean realistic horror, not monsters, but the horror of how the world would handle impending doom.