Isabelle loves music of all eras! I think if she was around nowadays she'd be partial to Korn, A Perfect Circle, Stone Temple Pilots, and Jack Off Jill, among others I'm forgetting. But she has a varied music taste and would also like Mitski, Nicole Dollanganger, and Lana Del Rey.

Fun fact: When I first started writing Alec, he was from Texas.

For sure! I'd love to write an epilogue to it someday about what Alec ended up doing to the American.

Absolutely! That's on my list to write, as I really think it's crucial to understand...well, what you said! How Isabelle became Isabelle. I'm always very interested to know what people are hoping to see, so thanks for asking!

Thanks for the song rec! I'm glad Isabelle's life isn't that bleak, or at least, doesn't end on such a depressing note.

Oh, for sure. On multiple occasions, even. The first that comes to mind is a man who assaulted Isabelle when she slipped away from Alec during one of their trips out when she was 14 or 15; Alec found him with her in an alleyway and stabbed him before even pulling him away from her. A few years later Isabelle had a flirtation with a stablehand that led Alec to believe they had had sex, so he tortured them both in front of each other before killing said stablehand. We could also count the American from the fic titled "Passion Play", who does not survive after what he tries to do.

I take inspiration from most of the media I consume! I like anything with a Gothic bent, from anime/manga (Black Butler, Revolutionary Girl Utena) to books and plays (Dracula, Faust) to poetry (Robert Browning, Edgar Allan Poe) and even video games (Alice: Madness Returns). I consider the Underwoods to be Gothic horror presented via erotica, so those are the genres I peruse the most, but I like to think I can get inspiration from just about anywhere.

I'll link it below on Twitter, Bsky, and Tumblr!

Absolutely! And please feel free to send me screenshots!