Character concept #2 Elizabeth + Robert

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An anime called Kodomo
Jikan, which aired on local
Japanese television.
Elizabeth as she before
she became a vampire
Image result for shinobuWithin my story I wanted my protagonist to encounter both a sympathetic human and demon to each represent their respective races/factions. The first character being an Elizabeth a vampire who holds prominent power over a section of the main city extending her protection to demons. Elizabeth was turned into a vampire at the age of 11 by a pedophile vampire who wanted to keep her innocence for all eternity, meaning she will continue to possess the age of a small child even at the grey age of 168 a body that she resents as she desires more than nothing to grow old. Eventually Elizabeth murders her master claiming his power and status for herself. When designing Elizabeth I wanted something that went against the traditional "loli archetype" that is often seen with anime and video games, which treats the the young girl (usually below the age of 11) as a sexual object with lots of risque camera angles, for example in the current popular anime Eromanga Sensei the 12 year old girl is crying and distraught show to emphasis this they show a close up shot of her panty shot. While I am mainly bringing up shows that focus on lolicon Eromanga Sensei and Kodomo no Jikan were mainstream shows that aired on Japanese television. In some case creators will try and squeeze in loliesque characters justifying their hyper-sexuality for the fact that their an 100 year old demon, which still doesn't help their case as this 100 year old demon has the body of a 8 year old. From my writings its clear that I very much hate this trope, and in all forms I aim to reject when creating Elizabeth.
Elizabeth as a character is calm, straight to the point and rather sarcastic, her personality is that of a mature business women she aims to get business done as quickly and efficiently as possible, and I aimed to emphasis this in her design creating a look appropriate of a business women with an eye for fashion.

At the very beginning I mentioned creating a character which represents the sympathetic angle towards humans that being Robert, Eva's father figure. Robert is a high ranking member in the academy, however only joining because he wishes to kill demons in the name of humanity, not in the name of god. Before adopting Eva as his daughter he previously had a wife and daughter who were slaughtered by demons causing him to become a drunk, however after discovering Eva he adopted her raising her as a surrogate to take his daughters place. Having regained some family he slowly begins to lessen his abuse on his liver however the memories of his wife and daughters death still haunt him. When designing Robert I wanted him to have the appearance of a "drunk dad but with guns" At first I considered giving him a white T-shirt covered in stains with a trench coat, however this gradually evolved into a detective like character, disheveled, low maintenance yet cocky and sarcastic.




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