Disfortune Project

***Galatea: A Disfortune Project*** is a world building project that's been on going since (approximately) 2016, it consists of a large multiverse created by Miss Disfortune. It covers a large number of stories, each with a different focus, the relationship between all being a huge event known as "Pandora's Mayhem". It has a wide variety of species, planets and even gods. The main goal is to create a multiverse that's as detailed as possible so anyone can jump right in and become a part of it.

## How did it start?

Ever since I was little I began to show interest in different aspects of art (especially drawing, writing and animation) and, unconsciously, I personalized different characters in my homework or in the coloring books I had. Making blue sheeps, purple dogs and all kinds of "inaccurate representations" that my teachers seemed to be worried about. Of course, by then, I had no idea why or what it all meant, that was just the way tiny me saw the world.

Growing up, that kind of things kept happening though less usual. However, whenever I started to consume media, by watching series, movies or a cartoon, my mind started thinking about "what ifs", wondering what could possibly happen if events changed or new characters were added.

It was during the sixth grade of primary and secondary school (whatever years come before high school) that I began to "create characters" and to do, what I now know their name, "commissions" for my classmates. This practice stopped when I entered high school but, in November of the first school year, I discovered what the RPCs were. Those “what if…?” had a name and it was either Fandom Characters or Role Play Characters. Thanks to my best friend at the time, I not only discovered that but also the drawing program called Paint Tool SAI, thanks to her help and all this new information, I officially started to create my own characters.

However, it wasn't until I entered college and chose a major dedicated to my interests and focused on the artistic side of my brain, that I finally decided to do something connected and bigger with my characters, connecting the dots of what I already had and trying to make it all bigger and more organized. This being the beginning of Galatea.

### Growth, change and evolution

My specific interest in writing and redacting began around the end of 2011, by the end of the equivalent of 9th grade? Always leaning towards fantasy. Initially, when I still had no name and goal, my universe was going to revolve around a character named Violet.

Remember when I mentioned RPCs and such? Yeah, she was the first, created around 2011-2012, without a specific goal, past or personality. She was my only character and therefore able to go into everything and do everything, a perfect Mary Sue. Her official "launch" was on Dec/14/2013 and, by this, I meant the first time I officially drew her.

### Inspirations

My first inspiration and guide, if my memory serves me right, was Vivienne Medrano (Vivziepop). I don't remember how I discovered her, but along with Tim Burton, they taught me that it was possible to have more than one character. Between that and my fascination with animation, many more characters began to emerge. Always starting as FC (fan characters, that is, based on an already existing franchise) but, little by little I developed them more so that they were merely their own and detached from their original programs.

Many DeviantArt artists, along with the cartoons I watched over and over again, were teachers for me when it came to character creation and development. Among them stand out Dream Team, a group of DA artists who continually create (or created) DC and Marvel superheroes to role play and spinoffs of the series, and JayJayRey, also from DA created an incredible story about ninja turtles based on a dream that they had. Both, respectively, taught me how to create characters and develop them, as well as how to adapt and create stories with them. Thanks as well to many other artists from different social medias, I learned to give a world to each of my characters. However, it wasn't until I met Lou Valenzuela (LouLouVZ) that I discovered that all those worlds had the possibility of becoming one.

Though I lost track, dislike or completely forgot about most of the artists I mentioned, they're still the reasons and main inspirations of this project, no matter the turn it's taking right now nor my current opinion on them.

### Why did I make it?

To this moment, I'm still not sure. I've been asking myself that for some time now, the answer is different every time... At first it was fitting in, the fact of wanting to stand out, fit in, get attention... Follow trends, if you want to call it that. That made me create and try new things, but insecurity was always present. Despite this, I took a liking to it and kept going, using my imagination as a float and motivation.

The more I think about it, going back to the things I've wrote so far about it and the possible reasons, I get emotional and closer to a more specific answer. As of today, this year 2023, I think the reason why is cause I wanted to create something bigger. Something that could help me remember all the characters and people I decided to take this path for, the reasons why I create, why I love to let my hyper imagination run wildly whether I can or can't catch up with it, something that I could be proud of, something I could call *mine.* That's why I want to continue with Galatea, that's why I want to start trying new things, that's why I'm trying to live in the present instead of just watching it happen*.*

I live for myself, I live for the small lantern inside me that, although the flame subsides, still doesn't go out. That, although I start to get bitter, I keep getting excited, excited and creating.  I live for my imagination, I continue for what was, is being and, perhaps, will be... I live because I am still capable of doing it, despite the suffering, despite the problems... I live because there is still a solution, because there is still a chance that... I can create a paradise...

## What's Galatea?

Galatea is a universe that very few know about or where it is. No one knows it it's parallel, alternate or a galaxy born after/from the Milky Way. It's home for a lot of species, some of which you might've heard already if you explored/wondered about some mentioned in my OCs. With its own planets, stars and gods, stories and descendants, Galatea tries its best to leave its own mark and one in your universe as well.

Being such a huge place, I'm trying to talk about it in small groups of stories or sagas if you will:

* Of Planets and Stars
* The G.O.D. chosen ones
* The hidden gods
* The descendants of-
* Pandora's Mayhem

Since I'm still figuring out how to tell you all the stories, these groups might change or have even more added to them...

Though Galatea has hundreds of gods, there's 3 main ones. The ones that gave life and protect everything within this universe, everyone descends for them and, therefore, have certain things from them, characteristics from their personalities as well as "a direct link" to their god/goddess.