Caroline Cartier asked Jessica Day George:

Earlier you mentioned that Celie + Pogue get together sometime after the series ended, and there were romantic implications between them in the later books. At what point did you decide to pair them up? At the beginning I was sure Lilah and Pogue would continue on, and I assumed that must’ve been your first plan. Didn’t expect to like Celie and Pogue’s dynamic so much, though I’m curious to know how it came to be.

Jessica Day George I have no idea when I decided to sort of steer them together. I did know that Pogue and Lilah wouldn't get together officially, he was too . . . messy, I guess? I always felt like Celie, at least, would have a crush on Pogue, because a) he's a boy who's around, and a little bit older, and not her brothers, and b) I based their family dynamic on my family, and I always had a crush on my oldest brother's friends! ;)

flag