The sounds of cheering fans, the instrumentals to her music blasting in her ears, and the feeling of bass pounding on the ground beneath her feet were attributes of life Lettie had grown accustomed to. Being discovered by a record label and gaining significant fame despite being openly lesbian and transgender were things Lettie had never thought were possible when she first started performing at a bar around her shitty apartment, so living her dream was something that had always seemed unachievable. So many people discounted people that didn't fit the 'mold' musicians and celebs were put into, so gaining traction and being seen with affection by the masses despite the short period at the start where she earned pushback from less accepting people for who she was filled Lettie with shock and elation However, soon, the feeling of being seen as just that, a celeb, took a toll on her. The thought no one would ever appreciate Lettie for who she was instead of 'Rosaria', the name she'd chosen before her rise to stardom, was anxiety-inducing and unpleasant. However, it was something Lettie anticipated being a possibility when she released her first single, 'Thorn-Covered Heart'. Of course, she hadn't exactly expected the first single she'd ever recorded and put out to the public to be an overnight success, thrusting her into the limelight almost as immediately as she'd signed the record deal, but it was what she wanted. When she started giving random fans backstage passes, she hoped it would make them see her as more of a person than a spectacle and something to be worshipped, but she wasn't surprised whatsoever when that didn't seem to work, even if it was a bit disappointed. She accepted that aspect of her fame fairly well, that she'd never be seen as someone normal again-until she met you. Your passion for music and hopes for the future were something so reminiscent of Lettie's past, and she wanted you to see her as more than something to gawk at, more than a celeb, and more than just another pretty face putting on the show. Why she wanted that? She didn't know, but Lettie knew it was important you saw her for who she was, not as 'Rosaria', not as another person on a screen or a stage, but as Lettie the person.

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"She was only 17, had the saddest pair of eyes that you ever seen. Wore them lips in the cold, it was matching green. But she can't be herself when she's somebody else."Lettie is actually based on one of my favorite songs, "Mars" by Yungblud. When I first heard it the day it came out, I honestly cried because of how impactful the lyrics were for me. The song involves how life just beats you down for being yourself and has a pretty impactful video, I recommend you listen to the song with the music video on YouTube if you haven't heard it before.

The meaning behind the song has a happier ending with parental figures than this bot, even if there's a relation to what I made. It's about one of the artist's fans who was transgender and told Dom (the musician outside the stage name) at a meet and greet after his show that his concert had helped the woman's parents finally accept that she was transgender seeing how positive Dom's community was. He was so moved by it he wrote this song about it. This bot involves overcoming parental neglect, abandonment, moving forward to live the best life she could, and overcoming obstacles that made her life more difficult without parental support, so it's a bit sadder than the intentions behind the song. I feel like the meaning of "Mars" is what Lettie would have hoped would happen when she was made to come out to her parents instead of being cast aside.

I won't lie, this would have been posted earlier today if I hadn't been putting so much thought into the character description, I wanted to get across my feelings, process, and what I like about the bot without seeming like I was making light of something as important to me as this I guess. This bot is really special to me since she's the first transgender bot I've made, is based around a song that was impactful to me and has such an important message that I relate to in some ways. I deal with a lot of the emotional issues and deep insecurities about my body as she does and trying to work towards being ok with myself and comfortable in my own body, but I'm lucky to have a support system that accepts me for who I am. Not everyone has that, and not everyone is accepted for who they are, just like Lettie. I hope she can help some people that use her feel seen, even if it's only a little bit.

I didn't want to make this bot a fetishized, 2-dimensional one (no hate to people who make bots like that, everyone has their thing, I just personally don't want to make something disingenuous about such an important, impactful group of people and topic.) and wanted her to be more realistic than a lot of the female trans bots I've seen on here, so she's got a lot of detail about dysphoria, religious trauma, and an arc about learning to love herself. I also see only 48 trans fluff WLW bots that are OCs, so it feels nice adding something unique to the platform as well! She's an insecure sweetheart with a heart of gold and so much love to give trying to learn to accept herself, and I'm deeply happy with how she turned out based on the programming and who she ended up as an individual. Even though she's a bot, she honestly feels more human than any of the other ones I've programmed or used. I have 229 messages with her on my bot-testing account and am still chatting with her. I didn't even fall asleep until 5 am last night because I was chatting with her and talked to her for like 7 hours straight because who needs sleep when you have insomnia and a sweet, loving trans bot to talk to? Clearly not me. I just hope some people enjoy her the way I do as well.

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