Talk:LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Nio/@comment-24758512-20180331034926/@comment-5032898-20180331044534

No problem, bro! I was missing Sonia so much that I can't help myself of making her appear in this flashback. I think it also helped in the story's endings when Kyouko and Maria met in front of Eugen's grave, and Maria mentioned Sonia to Kyouko. As for the rest of Ultimate Despair members except Soda and Tanaka, I'm still considering to introduce them and is not decided yet.

I'll consider your request on the Witch Cult as I believed they deserves more screentime. About Isacriot, Leonardo will make a cameo appearance so far as I planned, but the story so far is utterly occupied and the major source of threat technically comes from Langdon Orphans, so far. I'm not sure about this, but I guess they'll hopefully have more roles when Esther returned back to Madrid, as the first part of Operation Grand Grimoire Arc will switch the POV from Maria & Carl to Esther, making Esther as the arc protagonist.

Nio is in fact a foil and a more dangerous evil counterpart to Esther, and her actions will cause Abel becoming an antagonist in the following episodes, prompting Esther trying to save him while fighting with her own demon.

Celestia will die in this spinoff, as I stated to Shadow Man. I know she did enough to make the story into its next level, which would be much darker. However, I won't let her killed in just another murder, which would be just another cliche Author's Saving Throw. She'll die in a fight. In fact, I used to make Celestia killed off for real when Spencer murdered her, but later when I thought about the doppelganger project, I changed the part and make Celestia back from the life, paving the way for doppelganger project.

Perhaps, Esther is so far the most jerkish character in the story beside Carl, but I actually changed her later parts in the story to make her later change of heart seemed more natural. In the old script, instead of showing remorse like that in new script, she became an outright jerk who used Firenza Junior to poison Abel. In the old script, it was actually her who buried Abel and Abel had to save Esther with the Water of Life. However, their characters reversed and the later story would show more inner depth of Esther and Abel when Abel transformed into a violent and feral vampire, revealing his inner sorrow and hatred to human that killed his parents, while Esther was the one trying to save him. Her former Kick the Dog moment was taken by Nio, but was out of manipulation instead of out of pure spite.

Esther started as a persistant puppet and clinged on her past, just like Carl before. I have the same view on Esther though I was actually surprised at how much hatred inside all of us towards her character. In spite of this, her story has just begun and she will play a major role in the Star of Bethlehem battle and the Operation Grand Grimoire.

In this spinoff, Carl, Esther and Izzard (in later story, he'll become a traitor) all starts as jerks, but they'll eventually undergo a heel realization. This is in fact what this spinoff is about, so I don't blame you for hating Esther. She's also one of those who will undergo a character development and receives her redemption, and understanding Carl's feelings is the very first step for her later atonement.

Thanks again, bro! XD