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blood donor · 10mo

I wanna know more about gaia's character journey, i remember you talking about it a while ago and id rly love to learn more

Hmmm not sure what else you'd want to know, besides all the information I have about her out there (there aren't many but she's sort of neglected so...). I assume you're talking about how I said she would eventually find her own path and break free from the cage she was born into and was kept in by no one other than the one and only Matthias lol... I unfortunately still haven't decided on her "fate" or her future in the story, because I'm honestly not really sure how to approach it. After all, how can she break free without putting an end to Matt's "cult"? And for that to happen I suppose Matthias should die or be beaten somehow, but what about the other humans? This might not be the answer you're looking for, it might be very underwhelming so I'm sorry about that. But I can still tell you about her character journey, from creation to her childhood to finally adulthood! At first, she was going to be my second "villain" (from Fedya's POV) with Matthias. But as time passed I started to dislike the idea, I made her to be a more "motherly" for the lack of a better word, caring person who has no ill intentions. Mostly because I started to like her a lot, like, A LOT lol. I also have to mention I wanted Yelena and Gaia's stories to contradict each other at all phases of their lives, as you know I prefer to talk about my characters by emphasizing the relationships they have with others. Gaia is a girl that I like to think was born in a "cage", as in literally, separated from the outside world and has no idea about modern society. Raised by Matthias, (just like Boris later on) to solely serve Matthias' and basically be another pet for him. Like many others, she was once a little girl who worshipped Matthias, and believed he could do no wrong. After all that was her "creator", the one who made her who she is, basically a god in her eyes. Her "peaking" was the result of her coming to the realization of Matthias' love being conditional. But that wasn't enough on its own unfortunately, because Matthias was all she ever knew after all, she couldn't just go: "You're not as nice as you're making people believe you are so I can no longer be your right-hand woman :(". You serve him, you do whatever he asks to do, you educate the younger ones to be like you, to look up to him. Going against anything he doesn't approve of is the worst thing you could ever do. Everyone, including Gaia (especially Gaia) were conditioned into fearing him. Being assigned to be Yelena's and twins' caregiver was what actually convinced her and helped her find out her doubts about Matthias were right. She didn't want to believe Yelena, but after experiencing her first ever loss, she quickly became very protective of the twins. Only to a certain extent though, because how could she go against Matthias? If Matthias wanted to harm Yelena's children he had "every right to do so". Boris' health worsening to the point where he wouldn't eat, speak, even move was the final wake-up call, nothing Matthias ever did was for "their safety and happiness." It was the exact opposite, Gaia and everyone else were caged animals for Matthias' entertainment instead. At this point she's the only person to realize this, everyone else is still unaware. Except, the twins, duh. And also our beloved "outsiders": Zümra and Anıl. With mostly Zümra's encouragement, Gaia was able to rebel against Matthias in very subtle ways. As I mentioned before somewhere in my previous infodumping, Gaia's primary obligation is to reproduce. She refuses to do so, she rants about her frustrations to Zümra, complains about her position. She helps Anıl plot behind Matt's back. But this is still all for now, because like I said earlier I don't know how to approach it yet, I just know I eventually want her to completely get out of this cage I kept mentioning, and maybe even set others free from their cages.

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