So...a lot of people ask me how I get my ideas. Honestly? I have no idea. They just suddenly pop into my mind...this was my first ever story, and in my opinion it is one of my best. Most of my other stories don't have as many plot twists and such as Romeo and Cinderella. And I'm fond of this because, well, it was my first after all...I guess most people know me as the author of either this story, or of Broken Soul? I don't know though.'
The pairing for Romeo and Cinderella is LenXMiku. It was the first ever pairing I had wrote about...and it kind of stuck with me. I really enjoy this pairing and I think they look absolutely adorable together. I just can't get enough of Len and Miku together, though of course I love shipping Miku with pretty much everyone...yeah, I love Miku.
Actually, I got the idea for this story after reading a little drabble thing my friend had wrote. She sent it to me to look through. I looked at it, and decided I quite liked the idea of writing about Romeo and Cinderella. Of course, it was after I got addicted to that same song by Miku, so I decided that I should write about this story...I like. I like a lot. My friend originally wrote about KaitoXMiku, which is a very popular pairing...I don't really ship it as much as other pairings though, of course. My friend wrote about a ball. So I thought, a ball would be pretty good to write about. And there you go, the original plot for Romeo and Cinderella!
For those who actually read that story before, you'd know that the stepmother turns out to be a pretty nice and intriguing person, unlike the original Cinderella story. However, I had originally planned to make the stepmother evil, just like Anastasia and Lucinda...one of my friends and readers, however, was discussing with me how I should continue the story line after I got a little stuck. She suggested that the stepmother should have some ulterior motives for lying, like maybe she wanted the inheritance Cinderella had or something. But then, I thought, isn't that rather predictable? So...there you have it, I decided to make the stepmother kind. This goes against the usual image one has of 'stepmother', so it made for a pretty unexpected plot as well.
It was fun writing about the conflict between Len and Miku, or in this case Romeo and Cinderella. I had always been fond of writing about pretty angsty love, over fluffy love, and the way they tried so hard to deny their growing attraction towards each other, even right from the start, was pretty interesting to write about. I loved their characterisations, personally - Len as the tortured soul pining over lost love, though he hides it under a cool exterior. And Miku is pretty much a tsundere, who despises the idea of love and knows that love is a double edged sword which can cut really deep. It makes them more realistic as compared to actual fairy tale stories, which was something I really tried to achieve. I didn't want to write something with a predictable story line. I wanted something dark and edgy, and not...cliched and predictable.
This is why I love this story. Though the sequel is much harder to think of, since the characters have since matured and all. Even if you hadn't picked up on it, Len is quite the yandere - though obviously Len hasn't shown his yandere side yet. Additionally, Dell is coming...things get complicated between the three of them. The characters Lucinda and Anastasia are original characters, with no link to any Vocaloids whatsoever, mainly because I really hated Anastasia and Lucinda, even while they were in my head. Yeah. I'm pretty happy about their fate.
Romeo and Cinderella is set in an Alternate Universe, in olden times. I like doing alternate universes. They're the best, and most fun to play around in. There isn't much to say in terms of summary - pretty much anything you need to know is on my profile, on fanfiction.net. Well, that's all, then~
-solitaryloner