User blog:TechSaur/Wires - Facts Revealed

Because my series Wires is growing popular on this wiki, here are some of the secrets of the progression of the story, character facts and more!

Tumbleweed is based off an anime character.

I feel embarrassed saying this, but Tumbleweed (soon to enter the story) is based off the character Alfred AKA America from Hetalia. Don't judge me. I needed a goofy character in the story to add an entertaining piece, so I created the jumpy sand cat Tumbleweed. I used some of the traits from the character and gave them to Tumbleweed. This is why the cat is an odd-tempered cat. Tumbleweed is very loud and exaggerates a lot.

Wires is actually based off a song.

The song Wires by The Neighbourhood gave me the idea of starting the series. I have ADHD, making me extremely hyper and gave me a boost on imagination. My favorite animal are sand cats, so I used them. As I listened to the song, I read some stories and the idea popped into my head.

The verse "I'm sorry that you never made it" from the song gave me the idea of creating the Outskirts, the dangerous part outside Jamaa.

The verse "Straight to Hell" gave me the idea of leaving a few sand cats behind after the rescue. Because the desert cats called the Outskirts a Hell, I left some. In reality, you can't get out of Hell and you're left to drown in your pain for eternity, so that's what I did to the remaining sand cats. They cannot die despite being parched, famished, diseased and wounded. They kill anyone who walks too close to them.

Firewood's name is based off a song.

When I was thinking of new characters for the story, I was listening to the song Firewood by Regina Spektor. Firewood is the usually-bored, aggravated sand cat character who dislikes company. I had plenty of other names in mind, but I thought Firewood would suit her. She has been through a lot of stress. To add up, she had escaped a fire when she was a kitten. She was raised by a kind rogue and got her name from the tragedy she went through.

Wires was never actually supposed to happen.

When I was planning the story, I had a huge writer's block on ideas. I almost cancelled the original story because I had no ideas at the time. I wrote it to see how many people would view and like it, and it grew popular. I then continued the series and created a category for it, The Wires Series.

Felix originally was going to be a bird.

Oddly, Felix, the Italian wolf, was going to be a bird, but I didn't know what kind of bird. I then searched up on what animals could be found in Italy and found out that the national animal of it was the wolf. I planned on adding no wolves into the story, but that changed.

Mojave is from a long line of albino sand cats.

Mojave is the only albino in the tribe she was once in, daughter of Sahara, the sand cat alpha. In her history, a long line of albinos were formed, almost impossibly. At the time, Mojave is the stopping point of the albino line. She has no love interest at the moment, even at her young age.

Mojave and Sahara's names are desert names.

Because the felines are from deserts, I thought the two could have desert names because they are in the highest rank. I plan on keeping this tradition going in the series. Mojave may have kittens, one of them most likely to be albino.

Firewood is crosseyed.

Even though her eyes seem normal, the she is crosseyed. She bumps into things often and it's very difficult for her to hunt. Only Sahara knows this.

That's as much as I can expose for now. Watch for updates on the secrets!