Haha. I hope it's not too disappointing to know that Memoria being an inspiration is more in a thematic sense. Ever since listening to that ep, it has wormed its way into my brain and informed how I approach extrahuman characters ever since. I suppose I was also influenced by the writing of how the other characters are casually dismissive of Hera's personhood and how it shows in their dialogue in overt and subtle ways, not because they intentionally disregard her (at least not in the way you'd disregard another person), but because they have no reason to see her as people.
Though, between you and me, if I could somehow recreate the "No, Hera. We were over here. And you. You were (voice filter) You were over *there*." moment for this fic, I would. And then promptly throw myself into the ocean.
AGHHHH yeas... Now that I've effectively read a few chapters since commenting this, I definitely see the effect in the work. The dissmissiveness of the personhood, yes.
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