HMMM. I would say… it’s kinda more lore for the whole universe than that one story but I think it counts: I have multiple stories all set in one world, several of which predate the 80’s one. All their plot lines and events influence all the other stories in working on, like ripple effect stuff. It’s really fun to set up the dominoes

If that doesn’t count, then I’d say… Dead Celebrities in-universe has a reputation for being really edgy and spooky because of their stage makeup and sound but all the members are just sort of ”uncool kid lunch table” dorks, for the most part. It’s Cherry’s band that’s the one to be scared of, those girls are partying havoc wreaking hellraisers.

Ohh that’s hard to say. The newest newest one is basically just a design I don’t have background info for really, so I’d have to say… maybe Eddie is the current newest main character

He’s Dead Celebrities’ drummer, and each character in the band kinda represents their own sort of means of dealing with grief and trauma… I think Eddie’s thing is while he’s shaken up by the serial killings in their town, he’s trying to play it somewhat cool and come at it with logic. He does photography as a hobby, so though initially he doesn’t wanna get super involved he reluctantly decides to help catalogue some clues/evidence of weird shit going on in their town to help get to the bottom of the mystery. He’s sort of a realist/the more emotionally stable one among a lot of his friends too which helps while they’re all dealing with the stress and trauma

He’s not like super duper new, he’s been around like two years, but it’s weird thinking he came around that recently? It’s like a “he always belonged here, weird to imagine it without him” thing

It’s hard to really gauge who is the Oldest Oldest because Jesse’s been around for over a decade technically but is unrecognizable in his current form compared to his oldest. It’s sort of a ship of Theseus situation, you feel me? How much can it change before it’s not the original thing

If I had to answer, I’d say Donnie. He’s probably the one who is most consistent with his oldest iteration from 2014, and I’d consider his whole arc in that regard to be one singular character.

His character concept was initially that he was a burned-out former children’s hospital volunteer magician, who accidentally gained ACTUAL magic powers and found himself traveling through dimensions. He was mentally ill and could use his mental state to manifest different magic powers that’d assist him in his travels/in goofy cartoony battles. I was a literal child when I made him so forgive that the concept is Like That

Nowadays he’s an anxious med school dropout who dropped out because of chronic health issues, so he could focus on his musical passions and reach stardom before his health prevented him from it.

His personality is pretty overall similar to his earliest form, just a bit less edgy compared to my teenage sensibilities

Interesting question! I think it differs for all of my main OC’s, tbh

Starting with Jesse, he always played music since childhood and always had it as his goal to make it his job, though seeking fame was never on his personal agenda— he’s mostly just in it as an outlet and hoping other people can find solace in his art. I think he never really anticipated it actually being viable as a career for him though

Someone like my guy Eddie however was all about the “I wanna be a ROCK STAR” from the get go, he’s a confident dude and there really wasn’t any doubt in his mind at any point he was gonna make rocking out his whole thing

Pink on the other hand always liked music but I don’t think making it came to him til he got around to his teens— when he started having problems in school and with his family as a kid it was a means of him channeling his energy into something that was less destructive

My character Wiley I think didn’t necessarily anticipate it at all. I think he was more just bored and wanting something to do and when he saw his friends getting into learning instruments he was like “oh shit can I try?” and decided it’d be fun to just kind of stick with it. I think up until the band took off he was more of a visual artist and probably did posters for local bands or sold weird art pieces at swap meets or something

That was a bit of an infodump LOL if you have any other characters of mine whose relationship to music you’re curious about feel free to ask specifically, those were only just a few examples

As far as artists who I’ve listened to the majority of the catalog of, I unfortunately have a big soft spot for Motley Crue sound wise lol. Also very into Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Queen, Skid Row, The Cure, INXS… there’s definitely more I can’t think of off the top of my head.

See, here’s my predicament— when it comes to 80’s stuff, there’s a lot of artists I love like a handful of songs from but don’t necessarily listen to their whole catalogue regularly per se because hair bands that had just a couple big hits were a huge thing and a dime a dozen, y’know? I think out of the music I really intensely listen to whole artists’ catalogues my tastes skew more 90’s. Make sense? But the 80’s aesthetics have my heart still lol