hihiii, im super glad u enjoyed the fic ^^ it was a blast to write tbh. the main idea came from a tweet on my priv [i'll add screenshots below this tweet], but it was basically inspired by humyum's lack of overall communication, ym's desperation to be seen by fm & fm's avoidant type.

the game concept just felt appropriate for fm, not only bc of who he is (gamer)but how he presents himself to others (hero) and how others therefore interact with him. im a sucker for metaphors in general, so this hit everything in my brain to go batshit insane with lmao

i wrote the actual text of the fic in two sittings. after the first writing session, i started looking for html & css that could help convey what i had in mind for it. which btw. absolute hell on earth for me. i dont get coding at all, its like my brain sees a / or a < and it straight up shuts down 😭 so it was a struggle to get at first but my partner is awesome & explained it to me in terms i could finally understand (massive shout to my nerdy gay lover).

after i had the text down & the html/css (somewhat) figured out, i spent like. nine hours coding shit. and meanwhile i had a vision, i just tested what worked best for the overall intent of the fic until i was satisfied.

the different formats were decided with very specific intent. fun fact, there were actively four fumas being portrayed! everything down to even quotation marks has a purpose, and i'd be super down to give a detailed explanation of that too if anyone wants it, but i kept it intentionally vague bc i think the unknown helps the overall sense of uneasiness :3c im super super open to interpretations of what stuff meant !!! pleek i would love that more than anything tbh

anywayyy hope that answers some questions at least! i'm down to answer anything in more detail if not :] thank u again for enjoying the fic and the question! it means a lotttttt :333