Yes, The above four pictures concisely summarizes the Visual-Character-Analysis for Kim. These pictures present her in 4 different ages- namely: 7, 15, 16, and 29 years. They were not drawn by me, but actually from one of my platoon mates whom is in collaboration to this project. Every of those pictures has a certain rationale that is intimately linked to the story itself- These I will consider each in turn.
In PWNMV2.0 ( 2004 ) the Kim envisioned within was actually a much more outgoing, matured, loveless, ah-lian girl of 16 with a stunning body and drop dead gorgeous face. It was simple- make her hate her parents, make her ringleader of her clique of girlfriends, and throw in a string of vulgarities for added effect. This was because Nine Months was supposed to be a vulgar, romance-less, and bitter story that focuses on the brutality of life against a girl plagued with the fact that she is a teenager and pregnant. She was supposed to be drop dead beautiful for the sake of being beautiful- she was supposed to be half a delinquent.
But today, although I still did not want this story to be a romance rah rah drama serial, I personally did not want to write a pornographic-loveless book with the maturity of a 16 year old. Moreover, who cares of a delinquent? Thus after much consideration, and help from my platoon mates, finally a new character was formed- one with a more innocent tamed outlook, and with more insights and love to life. On the other hand I still do wish to preserve the original essence of Nine Months, and after much tweaking and debate with my illustrator, the more-or-less finalized product is as shown:
From the character analysis, we can see that Kim is an emotionally insecure person whom cannot hate people. Thus it would be most appropriate that as a child, she would have a soft-toy to act as a companion and rest haven that she will bring around if she feels alone of scared. She would call it Teddy because of the simple fact that it rhymes with Daddy. She lost her dad when she was 7, Teddy was conceived to be her surrogate 'father' when she is actually playing daddy with.
elements from version 2 of the story are still retained, including the fact that she is beautiful. However now with a new set of character traits, she had moved away from a 'sexy' outlook to a generally more 'cute' outlook. Hence we have normalized her hairstyle back from a re bonded stylish mane to a natural shoulder-length hairstyle. Still, we have retained other traits such as an ample bosom and wide hips that led down to slender long legs. We have decided to give her a little more flesh- we didn't want her to end up anorexic... after all, Elle was supposed to be the anorexic one.
We did not change the outlook of her when she was pregnant. She was still supposed to 'be wearing loose fitting shirts to break the shape of a bulging tummy.' and we still generally kept original to her depressed state, although we have changed the reasons from 'I do not look beautiful anymore' to ' I lost my family', after all, she was supposed to be a selfless person in v3, and much more thoughtful now.
the fourth picture would be one of much interest, because in v3 the story would not end like how it previously ended in v2 when Kim is 29 and Mel ( her daughter ) is 14. Instead, her story will end on the age of 19 when Mel is only 3. This picture is actually a future picture of her when she finally becomes that doctor she always aspires to be, and how she would probably turn out like then.
These pictures themselves are not final, because the complexity of her character is still not fully rendered out even up to this very day. Every day, new character traits are being formed, on her agenda, intentions, thoughts, and desires. We are still stuck in v3.14 now, but as much as there is, I believe that we are in for a good start.
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