Afterward
I'm dedicating this story to the real inspiration and real genius of this story. Half of everything that you know about Viviane and her backstory came from this person.
She created Viviane as a balance to her earlier, more "bitchier" role play characters. According to her, Viviane's personality is an amalgam of Santana's closest relatives, including her mother, sister and aunt. As her and I continued to role play (by this time, Billy had already come into play) we established her as a typical anime princess; vulnerable and idealistic. Only we changed her, essentially "Americanizing" her to identify with her more.
Months of role playing on the Internet led to the creation of all the other elements of Viviane's backstory, some that I have yet to introduce. Of course, not everything is original and may seem really close to other magical girl animes, but hey this is fanfiction, isn't it?
More interestingly, she helped me smooth out my interpretation of Billy Batson that is present in the story. She helped me identify Billy as a rarely seen "magical boy," as a partner to our magical girl protagonist.
So, in conclusion, I dedicate this story to all of those Captain Marvel fans (all ten of you) and all the fans of magical girl romance animes and fans of good stories.
And especially, to my partner in crime, Santana Stevens.
I can't thank you enough, Tana, for helping me come up with this story. This one's for you, babe
-JR