Jessica A
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Emilie Autumn:
In the Audiobook and ebook editions, The Captain is now a blonde where before she had black hair, with art in the 1st and 2nd editions being based off photos of Vecona, did you change her to having black hair originally to match Vecona and go back to an earlier idea of her appearance in the 3rd edition or was there a more symbolic reason for the change?
Emilie Autumn
Hello dearest!
Vecona and I took the earliest Captain photos together as I wanted to include pictures of my captain character in the book, and we were together at the time I was putting the graphics in place, so she was the perfect model. Several aesthetic and character changes have happened over the years as I came to think of the story in a more visual fashion, brought about by the in-process conversion to a Broadway show and film. The Captain is now blond because, through the many concert tours with Veronica and Captain Maggots, I saw how fantastic it looked when we all had completely different hair colors. When you envision the book as a stage play, you see that the ideal is for the three lead girls to look as different as possible, and, in the newest version of the book, they do:). Several of the latest evolutions have happened because, not only do they tell a better story, but they tell a better visual story on stage. I feel really good about this, and I hope you enjoy the changes as well!
Additionally, having the Captain be blond ties her even more obviously to the Count de Rothsberg, for any who had missed that connection the first time around;).
All my love and thanks for such a fantastic question,
EA
Vecona and I took the earliest Captain photos together as I wanted to include pictures of my captain character in the book, and we were together at the time I was putting the graphics in place, so she was the perfect model. Several aesthetic and character changes have happened over the years as I came to think of the story in a more visual fashion, brought about by the in-process conversion to a Broadway show and film. The Captain is now blond because, through the many concert tours with Veronica and Captain Maggots, I saw how fantastic it looked when we all had completely different hair colors. When you envision the book as a stage play, you see that the ideal is for the three lead girls to look as different as possible, and, in the newest version of the book, they do:). Several of the latest evolutions have happened because, not only do they tell a better story, but they tell a better visual story on stage. I feel really good about this, and I hope you enjoy the changes as well!
Additionally, having the Captain be blond ties her even more obviously to the Count de Rothsberg, for any who had missed that connection the first time around;).
All my love and thanks for such a fantastic question,
EA
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