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I've been working on a concept for a series that'll either be comic panels or animated called In My Mind. Setup: A high school aged kid named Jianlan is having a normal evening in his bedroom when he spontaneously begins seeing two spirits named Meretria and Saevirah that are physical representations of his most crude, deep, darkest thoughts. These intrusive thoughts vary from being of a horrific, violent nature, personified by Saevirah (name roughly meaning "fury" in Latin), to being based around shame, sexuality, and purity, personified by Meretria (name roughly meaning "indecent lady" in Latin). The two have similar names but please do not mistake them as sisters because they not only look nothing alike but also canonically have a frenemies to lovers arc set to be somewhere near the second half of the series' first quarter to the start of the second quarter. Jianlan is a socially awkward kid not only because of his geeky obsession over his favorite bands, but because of his ongoing struggle with his mental health. He often has delusions of varying intensity in relation to his peers, teachers, and even parents, believing that past a certain adult age all people lose their distinguishable facial features and are reduced to one note stereotypes of their societal roles, and can barely do or say anything else.
Drusilla is the main supporting character (originally intended to be an antagonist) for Jianlan, being his girlfriend and schoolmate. She's very loving towards him but his often harrowing delusions lead him to believe that she is secretly out to get him and only wants to form a relationship with him to hurt him and take advantage of him. This isn't true but often Jianlan will hallucinate voices that speak under Drusilla's breath and tell a different message than whatever she is saying in that moment.
These voices are known as the Voximins and are voice spirits that passively formed before Saevirah and Meretria became present, and can only be recognized as a puff of smoke or a faint voice.
In its entirety, In My Mind is supposed to be a tale about a young teenager going through mental health problems in a world that stigmatizes and punishes him for being open about the more ugly and taboo parts of being mentally ill, like his hallucinations and spirits.
Drusilla is the main supporting character (originally intended to be an antagonist) for Jianlan, being his girlfriend and schoolmate. She's very loving towards him but his often harrowing delusions lead him to believe that she is secretly out to get him and only wants to form a relationship with him to hurt him and take advantage of him. This isn't true but often Jianlan will hallucinate voices that speak under Drusilla's breath and tell a different message than whatever she is saying in that moment.
These voices are known as the Voximins and are voice spirits that passively formed before Saevirah and Meretria became present, and can only be recognized as a puff of smoke or a faint voice.
In its entirety, In My Mind is supposed to be a tale about a young teenager going through mental health problems in a world that stigmatizes and punishes him for being open about the more ugly and taboo parts of being mentally ill, like his hallucinations and spirits.