First of all I am sorry this is at least about an hour later than I wanted it to be.  

This is your last opportunity to guess who my soulmate is before I reveal it.

Thanks to Jetteken, SarahHorrell, and HopesPinkUnicorn for the questions. I also added a couple of my own.

BTW, Questions 19 through 49 were exceptionally last minute. So, I had to come up with the answers pretty fast in order to get this posted today.

1. Where did the idea of this story come from?

- I was originally working on another reverse harem for BTS and it wasn't really coming together like I wanted it too. It was very dark and hard to get into. I think after pushing that away I started pouring over some of BTS' more cheerful sounding songs. DNA became the song I gravitated to most so I looked up the lyrics and the idea spawned from both them as well as dreams I started having.

2. What books did you have to read while in school growing up that you fell in love with?

- You might expect me to say To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, but honestly I actually didn't like that one too much. It's not a book, but I loved Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. A book called A Separate Peace by John Knowles. And The Giver by Lois Lowry.

3. What sort of books did you read growing up?

- When I was really young I was addicted to The Boxcar Children series by Fertrude Chandler Warner.

- When I reached my teenage years, Young Adult thrillers were a big trend. I remember I was reading authors Richie Tankersley Cusick (don't ask how I remember her name I just do), Christopher Pike, and R. L. Stine. This was before Goosebumps when he was writing the Fear Street novels and other Young Adult thrillers. Another series that heavily stands out to me was V.C. Andrews Heaven series. (Also the author of Flowers in the Attic) After reading it I don't know why I loved it so much. Honestly there were a lot of twists and turns I didn't end up liking much.

- My adult years have been romance novel after romance novel. If you are curious about some of the books I would currently recommend available on Kindle let me know.

4. What was the first thing you ever wrote that made you realize you wanted to become a writer?

- I honestly liked to write a lot, but there was one bigger later on moment that really stood out to me. I don't remember what age I was. I want to say I was either in Middle School or Early High School age. I got this idea that spun off of the YA thrillers I just mentioned. It was about a small town that was built with hidden underground passages everywhere. I honestly don't remember too much after that though. At the time we didn't have a great computer, or perhaps we didn't have one at all. We did however have a clunky old-school typewriter. That was a pain! I can't recall if I typed it up or my sister did, but the papers were all put in the typewriter case and somehow my sister lost them all.

5. What was the hardest chapter to write?

- Any and all of the NSFW sex scenes. They also got the most editing and proofreading out of the entire story. If a normal chapter was proofread three times than I would swear that the sex scenes were proofread and edited somewhere between 8 and 10. Also, any of the chapters where I had to hurt someone.

6. Were there any chapters that made you cry?

- First of all I'm a sap. I both 'happy cry' and 'sad cry' all the time. I have gotten teased about crying during Winnie the Pooh movies. So I know there were several moments when my own story made me cry. The one happy moment that stands out off the top of my head was the 'proposal' chapter. Three sad moments that immediately jump to mind were the scene where Rebecca was taken away by the CDC, when Daisy learns of her death, and also the scene of the car crash. Actually I cried the whole time I wrote the last two chapters in particular that I mentioned because I knew what was coming.

7. How do you select the names for your characters?

- It depends actually. Daisy I used because a flower was an easy thing to represent soulmate mark wise, and it happens to be my favorite flower.

- Candace, Rebecca, and Joshua all just randomly popped in my head as I was writing.

- The Korean character names I looked up via multiple websites, although I can't figure out where I found Korain at now.

- Skai also popped in my head, and his character just kind of built himself up as this sassy AF man with loads of charisma so I knew he wouldn't settle for simply 'Sky,' regarding that though there is the fact that I love unique names and if not unique names then also spellings.

- My own daughter's name is Felicity.

- Outside of this I do rely a lot on name generators. (See the link on this comment section for the one I use the most.) Although I do tweak them with different spellings to make them even more unique.

8. If you had someone approach you and asked for tips when writing for wattpad specifically what suggestions would you make?

- Actually I have had a couple aspiring writers come to me and ask me for advice. The first thing I will always say is use writing software or Google Docs to write your stories and copy and paste each chapter into wattpad's editor. Personally, I use Google Docs. Write ahead of your posting date that way you can proofread over and over again before you ever post the chapter. Personally I try to start out with somewhere between ten and twenty chapters written ahead of time before I ever post. Or at least I did with this story, and it worked out exceptionally well for me.

9. How did you first get the word out about this story?

- Originally under the Community tab on the wattpad website there was a Community forum hub and spaces to advertise for each specific genre. I think I posted 'the advertisement' about it once, maybe twice, and after that it must have gotten taken down around the time wattpad was having a lot of issues because I went to post it once more, and it just didn't seem to exist anymore. Outside of that I really don't know how it became so big. I can only assume word of mouth.

10. Can you think of anything that made you nervous about writing this story?

- I mean I am always nervous about my stories as well as excited. But regarding anything specific? It was hard to write anything big conflict wise for me at first. I wrote a few little things and then around Sao Paulo things started changing in my head. I wanted to represent Army in a very positive light, but I knew I had to have some villains. Enter the secret circle of acronyms.

- It's silly but one of the biggest things that made me nervous was calling Yoongi 'bear' instead of 'kitty.' I didn't know how well it would be received, but I did try to cover it up with Yoongi's reaction to it.

- I was also a little scared about presenting the illness the way I did. I had written the description before COVID blew up as a concern. After that happened I questioned if I should write the story at all.

11. What do you regret plot wise about the story?

- Aside from the length and the absence of planning thoroughly ahead of time. I most regret the plot device I use that happens the first time they touch each other's soulmate marks. I changed up pretty much everything having to do with the soulmate marks in Alluvion's Water Lily outside of the idea of the serum itself. Although I did add some more details about it too. Like the serum actually has a name, as well as a company name for those that discovered it. It really will be a better version of the idea, although the story will be pretty much exceptionally different.

12. What kind of interaction do Joshua, Cecilia, and Iris have with the outside world? Are they fanatic about hiding them away and keeping their children as private as possible? Do the kids take part in Run BTS episodes?

- Because they didn't really limit Daisy from Army I don't think they would limit the children either. I think they would be on tour with them as much as possible, but I feel like Daisy would also want them to have as much of a childhood as possible also by at least at the minimum by keeping them in some form of public schools while they are in Seoul. I've always thought that with Joshua specifically due to his musical gift that he would probably end up in a school specifically for musically inclined children, but I am sure that there is a high chance that their biological children may have musical gifts as well. I really don't see them being too fanatical about keeping them tucked away, in fact I think that's part of the reason subconsciously that I chose to Namjoon to talk about Joshua's presence in their life. Because part of him knew that he would be there on the sidelines while they were performing. As for Run BTS episodes, even though Daisy hasn't appeared in one herself yet it was mentioned that she would probably be in a few. So, I don't see why they wouldn't have a few special episodes of the whole family playing together. I myself am a huge fan of the idea of a family game night. So, I can totally see something like this happening.

13. How many more children would you envision Daisy having?

- I won't lie. I haven't given it much thought before you asked. I almost feel like she would willingly go through one more pregnancy after Jin's baby. That doesn't mean she would only have one more baby though. It's possible she could have twins once again.

14. Can you explain the scenario with Korain, Skai, and Candace a bit better? I am not sure I understand their dynamic. Is Korain the father of her baby?

- First of all let me get this off my chest. I always planned on Candace having her own happily ever after in the story. I will admit the conflict with the circle of acronym girls didn't really form until around the time of Korain's introduction around chapter sixteen. So, while I had already decided she would end up with one of the security guards I hadn't decided which one it would be nor did I decide he was going to be my scapegoat/ red herring in the story. Skai created himself. Seriously, I had no plans for him in my notes whatsoever. That being said in my head he is 100% gay and him and Candace are more like brother and sister. More info about them has been requested via bonus chapter by both my husband and Jetteken. So, trust me when I say that will be happening.

15. Who's the daddy for Jiwoo's baby?

- Honestly I haven't worked that out myself yet, but I was thinking about doing a bonus chapter revolving around their little family as well. So, I guess we will all see in the future.

16. Did you know back in Chapter 13 regarding Joshua that he was going to end up as part of their family?

- Rebecca's story was always meant to be a sad one, and yes I always planned on Joshua ending up as part of their family. I hated it was at the cost of killing off my first character, but I wanted an unexpected family dynamic for the story.

17. Did you write out a rough outline for the story and then fill in the details and conversations? What is your writing process?

- I wish I could say that I was organized enough to start with an outline and work from there, but I didn't start this story with anything like that. I just kept having idea after idea pour into me, and I simply had to get it on paper. I think I had written fifteen chapters before I ever slowed down to stop and start focusing.

- It wasn't until they were in Brazil that I slowed down and started reshaping my approach. Instead of just winging it before I would ever write a chapter I would write down notes on the main things I wanted to happen during that part of the chapter. If I didn't get to part of what I wanted to happen due to chapter length I would push that back to the next chapter.

- I focused by mentally breaking the story up in parts. Part One being while they were on tour. Part two being their new life at home and the introduction of the more sinister plot. Part 3 being the ceremony and Bon Voyage trip. Then part 4 being the wrap up story wise.

- I might not have had an outline but I had big plot moments I knew I wanted to happen somewhere in the story.

- While I am writing I either listen to BTS piano playlists or I have another playlist of 95% instrumental songs. I can only think of maybe two songs that have words and due to the music in the backdrop they don't bother me or make me lose focus at all.

- I write practically first thing in the morning, before breakfast when my mind is still creative with dreams. (hopefully.) I always have a tab to an online thesaurus open so when I notice I have been repeating a word I use that to try to make it sound less redundant. I also try to write something every day. In fact I am hoping to write even more often than I already do with the amount of ideas I have right now.

18. I was curious why you made Daisy's birthday June 24th. Is there a personal significance?

- While I added a lot of personal things in the story, especially involving Daisy and her personality, her birthday is not one of them. Before I decided on her birthday I wrote out all of their birthdays out in chronological order. I looked for a spot where there was a big gap between birthdays. Then I looked up Horoscopes and compared the ones in that time frame to the way I personally envisioned Daisy. The sign Cancer sounded most like her so I went for that. (I could be really off base with that.)

- Now, I do have a couple of personally important dates in June. The 5th is my daughter's birthday. The 13th is my parent's anniversary, although my dad passed away seven years ago. (it would have been their 51st anniversary this past 13th.)

19. What was the Easter egg in Chapter 164? How many Easter eggs were there?

- First of all I never expected anyone to guess what the Easter egg was in Chapter 164. I even had to explain to to my husband.

-I decided to name the girls using flowers after their mother because I thought it would be a cute tie in. Not to mention the fact that flowers already have a Korean translation. Well, that is Iris was easy to find on a Korean flower name for girls website. My own name is also a flower, although most people don't think of a flower when they hear my name. No, my name is not Cecelia or Iris. But there are two types of Cecelia flowers. One the image I used for the baby name image. The other is a long stalk with buds, and it's a type of heather. :) Hiseu doesn't directly translate as Cecelia. It translates to Heather. (well I admit I had to use google translate on that one, but I can't see why it would be wrong.)

- Other Easter eggs that connected to me in the storyline. I am also exceptionally scared of lightning and snakes. The story Daisy shares about lightning with Yoongi is actually my own, although the one with snakes is completely made up. My own story regarding my fear of snakes is that the house I grew up in sat directly across a cornfield. One summer day my dad had left the garage door open all day long, and I guess a snake had climbed through the grates of the floor in the house because I found it exceptionally late at night in the bathroom.  I know there are more even, but I can't think of them all right now.

20. Were the negative percentage of comments on sns influenced by the vlive in Chapter 41 (after the zoo)?

- While it's not something I really focused on, in my mind the V live would have given Army that was watching some reassurance and some of the negative comments would have died down. However, I am sure there was a percentage of Army who just didn't watch the V live.

21. Did the managers sue the zoo and or the girl who took the picture at the zoo?

- I'm sure they gave her an ultimatum, probably gave her the opportunity to apologize and explain what she actually saw. If she didn't do that then they probably did sue her. I don't know why though anyone wouldn't take that route rather than being sued. As for the zoo. They were right in the fact that because she wasn't employed by the the zoo she wasn't exactly their responsibility.

22. Are there people in this AU who need therapy because they can't handle the polyamory relationship, or does the serum prevent that?

- Because the serum is to connect soulmates together I don't see why it would put people together who couldn't handle such a relationship. I personally wouldn't write it that way. However, I am sure just like marital counselors that there are soulmate counselors as well. So, should it seem more difficult I am sure they would have someone to talk to.

23. Does the society in this AU treat people differently when they have multiple soulmate marks visible?

- I mean I sure that was some of the underlying reason the circle of acronyms was having. That she didn't need to have all of them to herself. And everyone is different about how they feel about certain things. There probably are indeed some people that are uncomfortable with the idea of having multiple soulmates. I realize this only halfway answers the question, but it's something I didn't really want to dwell on myself.

24. Is there an existing fashion in this AU that specifically is made to show off soulmate marks?

- I admit it didn't occur to me to think of such a thing, but I don't really see a reason for it. Soulmate marks can appear anywhere so something like this would have to be made specifically for each person.

25. Do BTS and Daisy celebrate March 6th as their anniversary since it was the day they met, or the day of the ceremony?

-I'm sure they would insist on celebrating both actually.

26. How did they end up choosing the names for the twins? Did they play games to decide on the final decision? Was it discussed that the first born would have a specific name or was the final decision made by Daisy?

- BTS and Daisy more than likely had a family meeting to discuss the baby's names. Tae or Hobi more than likely brought up the idea to give the girls flower names like their mother to make it easy to find their own soulmates in the future.

27. Would they end up naming any of their future children after her parents, Russel or Marjorie, or even the guy's parents?

- I haven't worked out Jin's baby yet, although I know the gender. But I can't see Daisy naming the babies after her parents due to not being able to easily translate them to Korean as well. As for her soulmate's parents. Unless she knows the paternity of the baby I don't see her naming the babies after their family members either.

28. Do they get pets (maybe a bunny)after getting Joshua or the twins?

-I want to say yes. I want to say one of her soulmates, maybe Jk since he is her bunny, decided to get her a bunny. But, there was a chapter where Jin was mourning his pets that he lost. And they talk about the fact that they always have to leave their pets behind. I don't know that it would be a fair life to give their pets. So I am torn on how to answer this.

29. In the beginning why did BTS not summon somnium venereum backstage?

- They didn't actually intend to summon it at all. They knew that the managers would scold them, but they couldn't help it when they sang DNA due to the lyrics.

30. Does Daisy sing to the children?

- Absolutely. She has no problem with singing to her babies (when I say babies I am including Joshua in this equation),