Webcomic

Charles had intended to create Zoe as a side character for his webcomic. But as soon as she was introduced, the comments section clearly began to clamor for more. And so she gradually shifted from side character to main character, and then eventually the focus of the entire webcomic. He understood. He had drawn her with a cute charm, and guys gushed over her manic pixie dream girl personality.

When he created a few animated shorts on YouTube, he modulated his voice to emulate a voice for Zoe; people became convinced that the comic was autobiographical, and that he was a real life version of Zoe. He had never signed his real name. People had no way of knowing he was actually a guy behind all of it. And yet...one day...

There was no explanation to it, Charles just woke up and he was...Zoe -- or at least how he imagined a real life Zoe would look. Of course, that didn’t mean he acted in the quirky and funs ways that Zoe would. He was still a quiet artist who mostly like to stay at his home and draw. And he realized despite now having so much in common with his drawn character from an appearane standpoint, they couldn’t be further apart in terms of personality. He wasn’t going to fall into that stupid stereotype of being anyone’s manic pixie dream girl...