Thank you so much for asking, I love these two❤️

As for the ending, I'm thinking Paul decides to become mortal and age with Antonio and their loved ones and I find it quite a good and fitting ending for them! Becoming a vampire wasn't actually his choice, and he wouldn't see the point in living without his family, partner and friends.

They do have their own backstories and arcs outside Galactic Crusade because I became attached to them and they deserve it, but it's still in development. Like I have an outline of Paul's vampire backstory and how they met and their time prior to the band, but still am figuring out some details.

10. In Galactic Crusade story they're more there as fun side characters, but they also have their own journey. For Antonio it's a found family arc, as he's a bit guarded and only ever cared for his niece Alyssa. Paul struggles with his family and everyone aging while he stays the same.

I'm always a bit shy to yap about them unprompted but all of them have such a rich history, especially the band members, and I love talking about the process and behind the scenes stuff

Thank you❤️

2 & 3 for Sade👀

1 & 3 for Apollo, 7 & 17 for Leonie 👀

These could be movie posters! In the process I had a headcanon that after the band becomes less active, Antonio starts dabbling in acting and everyone's in awe at his chemistry with basically anyone, including his female co-stars, despite him being gay (fully inspired by Jonathan Bailey)

For extra context Paul is an erotica writer and Antonio is his muse for cowboy novels and they're generally my freakiest couple

This is so sweet🥰 yeah sometimes it's only up to you

And that's it folks, I also was surprised the Wicked songs I've listened the most to didn't make the top 10 but are sitting in the 10s and 20s, and also the original cast version of For Good made it to number 51

I like the graphics they did this year! Something new and shiny

I somehow feel like there's more artists I've listened to often, and with some of these I was only fixating on 1-2 songs, but I guess it's supposed to be the upbeat genre representation, not the top artists list

Also Taylor isn't giving that top spot to anyone else anytime soon, even when it feels like I haven't listened to her as much this year. And my Wicked obsession also made it in!!!!!

I'm pretty sure I listened to more than just those albums but maybe it counts when you listen to an album from start to finish? I only remember listening to Showgirl a couple times and rep and ttpd a few times as well? They're just nice to have in the background sometimes too

Also Charlemagne is one of THE Lennias ship songs for me from 2021 and it's consistently been in my playlists since then.

Apple was in my top 5 last year already as well. I always thought So High School would be #1 but mid-year I kinda went off it a bit so it became an actual competition

Top song didn't have a clear contender this time, I thought it would be Deslocado because I've been obsessed with it all year and it's very personal to me.

But Runaways makes sense as it's the song my brain always jumps to when I think of a certain OC band of mine🤭 (by the vibes, not the lyrics)