Under The Tartosan Sun

When I first floated the Izabella storyline I had several paths she could take. The one I was leaning towards was revealing that Izabella was in fact Giulia Gambini. She had disguised herself under the makeup, bling, and big hair so that people would never suspect she was in fact being groomed to replace her father as the head of the family. I had time to think what with Danielle and Londyn's wedding and honeymoon, Liberty and Matteo, and the resurrection of Judith and the addition of Rayvn. I decided with Judith and Rayvn I no longer needed Izabella to be bad. That's opened the door for what happened that landed me in time out.

When I created the Izabella you saw first, I took the plain looking woman in Leonardo's relationship panel and blinged her up. I thought about the kind of woman Leonardo might be tempted to hang around in a long term relationship with, or at least for those moments when he just wanted her...company. That's where her original look came from. When I decided to bin her original story I should have dropped her or changed up her look. I created that disastrous backstory based off that original Izabella. Big. Mistake. But there was more behind the decision to create that backstory.

I have spent so much time on proposals and weddings, things that had me playing in the backup save. All on my own, I began to think that I was getting repetitive and if I didn't change things up I was going to start boring you all to tears. That was the second mistake. You all have been really wonderful with the positive comments and all. At the same time I was really impressed by how @luciusstorm and @mightysprite addressed sensitive topics and darker storylines and I thought I'd like to try it to. I thought I'd use Izabella's backstory to do that. I'd have her come from a seriously tragic and dark background which led to bad choices she regretted but have her story ultimately lead to a bright future and redemption. As this version of the story proves I can still have that sweet, positive ending and bright future without going where I went with the other.

Thats not me and thats just not what this story is about. Under The Tartosan Sun is supposed to be lighthearted, romantic, and fun. Londyn's falling out with her parents over her being a lesbian should have been as dark as the story ever got. So with that in mind, from now on I'm going back to the kinds of stories and narrative that you all love so much. The idea I had about Rayvn and Judith's simmering feud ending with one of them dead is over and done. I'm a big blubbering softie and I couldn't kill characters. What I plan to do with them is much better because it is a storyline that can go on for a longgg time. I want to make them bitter rivals and have them constantly plotting ways to embarrass and upstage the other. Rayvn is the young, up and coming diva vs Judith the aging, been there, done that, crushed them all under my Louboutins diva.

Now that I've had some sense drilled into my head, its time to knock off the crazy stuff and get back to doing this story the right way. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the kind words today and for following along with my little story.❤️