OOOH I LIKE THIS QUESTION ALOT. I feel like I shoehorn in alot of facets of my identity into my oc's, to some extent or shape. I'd say abe encompasses alot of aspects of my childhood, esp with having alot of family in rural kansas + missouri. I knew abe's [and adjacent types] growing up, in and around church events, etc. same with shawn, especially when it comes to his childhood, that type of neglectful run-down neighborhood upbringing. they're all pretty intimate to me. but the one I'd say is like, 1 to 1 me, is xavier from our story knock 'em dead. He's pretty much a character I get to ragdoll around and use as a blank canvas for to type of man I want to embody, he looks Alot like me, he has the same interests as me, etc. while also sort of being a critical self-reflection of some of my more 'negative' traits.