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Post by Dabeagle on Oct 19, 2015 10:38:42 GMT -5
When a new character is created, I frequently try to find some image to represent them or work from an image to construct the character, as was the case with Derek. When I stumbled on the picture, I liked a number of things about it and decided to use it for the template for Derek, who was to develop into Austin 'Hamster' Hamilton's love interest, and a pretty sweet guy all on his own. I was contemplating a Halloween story involving Derek, but I don't think it'll come together this year. However. Sometimes we find pictures that appeal to us, but have no background or, perhaps, the image looks like part of a set that we never find the rest of. While working on the Lucien story I've been struggling with, I went back to 'Must Love Books' to research a quick point and, on a whim, I did a Google Image search of the photo used for Derek. It turns out that Derek Pellegrini is actually named Peter and he lives in Maine and is actually a gay teen. He seems like a nice kid with a sarcastic bent to his comments - and I think his blog shows exactly what's on his, um, mind. You can find Derek/Peter's blog here.
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Post by jnwrx1 on Oct 19, 2015 13:03:30 GMT -5
He certainly seems to have a lot of faces, or is that phases? Kinda cute, but also seems to be over acting a fair bit.
I think Derek is the better guy, though.
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Post by Dabeagle on Oct 22, 2015 8:28:42 GMT -5
It should be noted that I linked to the part of his blog that is titled 'Me'. The picture used for Derek appeared about a year ago and there are other sections of his blog.
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Post by PaulR5 on Jan 22, 2016 18:29:24 GMT -5
I notice in some of the more recent stories, more depth is being added to Derek. I like that, and we see Derek helping Austin with testicle exploration, relevant comments at times, and just being an all around good guy. Has he expressed interest in where he might like to attend college yet?
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Post by TeddyBower on Jan 22, 2016 20:21:44 GMT -5
And he has a beagle!
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Post by Dabeagle on Feb 14, 2016 20:11:09 GMT -5
So...kinda cool. I asked Peter (Derek) how he'd feel about his pic being used to represent a character and he said 'Go 4 it'
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