Basically just british men kissing muah muah muah and a lot of gender stuff.

Rewriting the story rn so don't mind if a billion different things change on this page hehe... Everything that is visible here atm is canonical, and everything before you better ask me about.

Martin bumbs into this guy named Scott and then they kiss and get married (after Scott kicks Marty's heroin addiction), The End!

Personal significance

Dearlest is my headworld/main group of original characters that I like to think about... I've been "developing" it since April of 2022, though said development has for most of that time just been constant thinking and occasional decision making about the characters and their lives.

Only recently have I put more effort into the story and lore, but I'm not actually bothered by myself having taken so long. The whole reason this thing even came into existence was for me to have something comforting and safe to return to, even if everything else around me was making me was bad.

Anyways, I have thought about making the story digestable and enjoyable for other people, but I'm just sooooo damn lazy so every project I start falls through lmao... So for now you have got to do with just art and maybe little bits and pieces of writing that I create about my fav characters of the story.

Setting

This little piece of fiction is set in the outskirts of London sometime in the 2000s.

??? idk random scrap, butt, ignore

Concepts & motifs of Dearlest

Throughout the years I've inserted a lot of myself into this story, along with things that generally just intrique me to no end. A few of the ideas that I can think of off the top of my head are transition and loss of religion, both of which are quite personal to me.

Though, despite this, I do often like being very playful with the story. I've noticed often that if I only try making very serious things it often reflects on myself as inappropriate seriousness and tragedy. Thus I have some random shit that gets a chuckle out of me, as well as just very intentionally "cringe" stuff or nods to fandom culture and stuff... Perhaps a cliché trope here and there.

Also, I suppose that, undeniably, at the core of the story it is still just a cutesy romance about two guys smooching... Oh well, it's what keeps me sane.

Animal symbology

All the characters in the story rock some (all be it optional) parts of a specific animal. Martin has the horns and tail of a goat, Scott the wings of a swan, Fish the tail of a scorpion (why she fish?) and so on. Originally these were just random design traits I gave the characters for reasons that I no-longer remember. It's possible that I just thought the designs were too bland, so I threw some cool wings and shit on top lol... Who doesn't love a good ol' kemonomimi.

I've later come up with some proper reasoning behind each character's traits. I've also given some characters secondary animals, like Martin's is a hare, which specifically relates back to his younger self, still depressed and scurrying away from his problems like a scared forest critter. This also sort of relates back to his cleft lip, which some might say makes a person look a bit bunny-ish.

Scott Valente

Basics

Name	Scott Valente
Age	22
Gender	male
Pronouns	he/they

Personal

Nicknames	Scotty
Identity	bi intersex
D.O.B	May 8 1987
Occupation	stable hand

Scott is a student and a part-time stable hand living on the outskirts of London. He lives relatively close to his parents and their store in a shitty flat complex.

Studies

Scott is on his last year of studying pharmacy. Before college he wasn't too certain on what he wanted to do, (aside from nursing), but his mother suggested becoming a community pharmacist. So far he has enjoyed it quite a lot, considering his other option having been nursing. Nursing he decided to not pick, knowing it would be horrible for his wellbeing.

Martin Hunter

Basics

Name	Martin Hunter
Age	21
Gender	male
Pronouns	he/him

Personal

Nicknames	Marty
Past names	Ronny Hilde
Identity	gay trans
D.O.B	Sep 22 1987
Occupation	retail cashier

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Estelle

Basics

Name	Estelle
Age	32
Gender	female
Pronouns	she/her

Personal

Nicknames	Essy (rare)
Identity	lesbian trans
D.O.B	Aug 15 1992
Occupation	researcher

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Fish

Basics

Name	Ilona
Age	30
Gender	female
Pronouns	she/he

Personal

Nicknames	Fish
Identity	queer trans
D.O.B	Dec 01 1993
Occupation	cock fighter /j

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