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Butterfly Hearts Manga 1a

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PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK FOR THIS!
Okay, so here is page one of my character designs for my original manga....Butterfly Hearts! :heart: It's based (loosely) on the myth of Cupid and Psyche. I wanted to do an adaptation of the story since middle school, but the plot and characters didn't come to me until a few months ago.

EDIT! INPORTENT FACT: The reason I picked butterflies is beacuse Psyche is often, in classical art, depicted with butterfly wings. Plus, multiple mythologies from around the world link the butterfly as a symbol of the soul, which Psyche is the goddess of. (special thanks to haleliwil for pointing out to me that the title makes more sense if you know these two facts and that not everyone does. My bad ^^; You rock halei!)

PLOT SUMMERY: Cassie thought she was a normal girl with a good life; great bestfriend, awsome BF, all in all, pretty sweet. Till three goddesses of beauty tell her she is in fact Psyche, the Goddess of the Soul, and something stripped her of both her immortality and her memories. Very reluctently, Cassie begans to gather her MEMORY FRAGMENTS (shaped like butterflies). However, the more memories she recovers, the more she begins to suspect that someone or something, has been manipulating her emotions, and that everything she thought she knew and felt my in fact be a lie...

Characters

CASSANDRA "CASSIE" HARTSHOT - the star of the show. she transforms into BUTTERFLY HEART, Protector of Souls and Guardian of Hearts. Cassie is the youngest of three sisters, a middle school student, and apparently the reincarnation of the goddess PSYCHE.

EROS VALENTIN - the earth-bound form of CUPID, God of Love and Psyche's husband. He is a shamless (but harmless) flirt, which disgust Cassie to no end. She can not stand Eros, who always seems to annoy her boyfriend as well try to get her to go out with him. Eros actually cares for Cassie very deeply, which is why he doesn't reveal his true identity to her; he knows she is fustrated and confused by the changes in her life and he doesn't want to be a burden to her.

DEVLIN DARKOS - Cassie's boyfriend whom she has known since elementry, or at least, that's what she believes. Unknown to everyone (gods and goddesses included) Devlin is the force that stripped Cassie of her immortality and her memories. Cassie is completely loyal to him and he's determined to keep it that way. He knows who Eros truely is and therefore hates it whenever he so much as looks at Cassie. Devlin wants to posses Cassie's/Psyche's heart for reasons unknown. Just who or what he is will be revealed in the next page of notes.

Music - Okay so I was daydreaming about what this would be like as an anime and I came up with a soundtrack.
OPENING THEME - Power of Love (from Sailor Moon R Movie)
ENDING THEME - Hummingbird Heartbeat (Katy Perry)
LAST EPISODE ENDING SONG - Glory of Love (Peter Cetera)
CASSIE'S CHARACTER THEME - Couldda Wouldda Shouldda (Celine Dion)
EROS' CHARACTER THEME - BPM [Beats Per Minute] (Vocaloid song)
DEVLIN'S CHARACTER THEME - Horror of Our Love (Ludo )

I own everything EXCEPT the music; the songs each belong to their respective owners. So remember: Don't steal and don't sue, and I won't have to come after you :heart:
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NapoleonII's avatar
I like the idea a lot, I think it has a pretty decent basis to it. It looks like you have thought out your characters, which is always great. One thing to remember when writing about people is to always give them good and bad qualities, pros and cons. I know a lot of people forget to do that and just give them good qualities and the people turn out unreal. Another thing to think about in your story is what makes it different. All of the really good Manga's out there have something a little different about them or the concept has not been seen before. So let's take Black Butler. The main kinda just is pretty average shojo, rich guy gets served by a butler and then there is some fighting etc. However, when you read it the twist, and what makes it so interesting is that the butler is a demon and evil and there are a lot of other out of the ordinary things that happen along the way. So let's take your story now. I like the basic idea but you need to add an extra umph to it somewhere that defines it from all of the other shojo. I just remembered you have that secret organization. So make them your really big selling point, your umph. Sorry this is so long lol, but anyway it is a good base idea. Just make sure to have something that makes it stand out because otherwise it will fall into the same story line as many other mangas. I believe if you really work with that organization then you should be good :D Keep on writing and be as awesome as you can! I really hope this hepls, I have a lot of friends that write and I try to observe as best as I can.