Spotty World I - My Stepdad's Daughter Was My Ex-Girlfriend

First Things First

I was going to translate only in one language, but I saw that some authors have versions in another language of their stories so I decided to put two translations and the original version in Brazilian Portuguese.

Dude, I haven't done that in a long time.

I started some fanfictions in the past, but I had a big block and ended up just stopping. They are still there on fanfiction.net, waiting for something to change.

I thought I would just read since then, but one day, out of nowhere, I had the inspiration to write this.

There is a manga called "My Stepmom's Daughter Was My Ex-Girlfriend", and while waiting for my tablet to download a chapter, I was watching an episode of 101 Dalmatian Street and realized that Dylan and Dolly were arguing in a way that was similar to the protagonists of the manga in a chapter. And then two words came to mind: "What if..."

Observations:

1. I am excited and have a lot of free time, but I cannot say how often I will write chapters.

2. I have a somewhat descriptive style of writing. Rather than saying that someone did a certain action or sound in a paragraph, I like to write that action or the onomatopoeia of the sound in parentheses during the dialogue, and I think this may seems strange or confusing at first.

3. I write in my native language (Brazilian Portuguese) and will be posting the chapters after translating. I will be posting simultaneously on Ao3 (Archive Of Our Own) and Wattpad, in English and Spanish respectively.

4. In this story we will have anthro characters, since some concepts I took from the manga would not make sense with normal dogs, especially a scene that I want to include.

5. After watching 'Zootopia', 'Beastars' and 'BNA', I came to the conclusion that a world with only anthropomorphic animals is different from ours and very complicated, so I will do something a little mixed.

In this world, there are humans, anthros and animals. Humans and anthros coexist in society since ancient times, and animals are like in our world

Anthros are mammal animals that can be pets in our world, like dogs, cats, foxes, etc.

Because of this the animals that are pets in this world are rabbits, mice, ferrets, birds, reptiles and fish, and in some cases farm animals.

Animals such as chickens, cattle, pigs, horses and other farm animals will be like in our world.

So, we get rid of questions like 'carnivore eating herbivore!?', 'what do you eat in this world?' and of course 'are there products like meat, milk and eggs?' that may occur. (If you're vegetarian or vegan, I'm sorry if I screw this up for you)

Because of that, IF I include Officer Pearl (I'm still not convinced) she will be a human.

Wild mammals that look like animals that are pets like wolves, foxes, dingos and wild cats live in nature as nomads and rarely interact with society, although there are some exceptions (in other words, I am justifying Fergus and Poodlewolf to exist in this context)

Although humans and anthro coexist in the same society, conflicts can occur (let's agree, we humans do not coexist well among us, let alone if there was another species with a similar level of intelligence).

These conflicts can range from arguments and bar fights to even rape and homicide (not that I plan to include any sexual or gore violence scenes, but that it be understood that this is a reality in this world).

Anthros can have any job that humans can, with a few points:

Generally, a human doctor treats humans and an anthro doctor treats their species, so in this context a veterinarian has a very limited position.

There are two types of schools in this world, common and specialized. Common schools receive students of any kind and specialized schools focus on one anthro species. The Dalmatians will study at a specialized dog school.

6. Just like in the manga, my story will have flashbacks, but here the flashbacks will follow a chronology parallel to the present.

7. Although the British education system is different, I will follow the Japanese grade system as it is used in the manga, however the school year will follow the British system starting in September and ending in July. For visual assistance, I found an online table that I hope to answer any questions regarding this issue. (I don't remember which site it was on.)

8. I will have to reduce the number of family members. Not only because obviously 100 anthro dogs won't fit in a three-story house, but also because only 20 of the Dalmatians are real characters and the others are just to fill the screen. Furthermore, in the manga the family is small so I reached a middle ground with the family members who will be part of this story. Both Doug and Delilah will initially be single parents with 8 children each, and just like in the manga, the ex-girlfriend's family moves into the ex-boyfriend's house after the parents' wedding.

9. Before anyone criticizes this type of relationship, a point made in the manga that I researched to ascertain is the fact that stepsiblings can marry, since the law prohibits marriage between consanguineous relatives.

10. Dylan and one of Dolly's brothers (I will not spoil) will have clinical cases treatable with antidepressants and use the same medicine.

This is not part of the manga (as far as I know), it is something I considered using since to me Dylan always seemed extremely obsessed with cleanliness and organization to an unhealthy level, which can be a characteristic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

The aforementioned medicine (fluoxetine, commonly known as Prozac) is a drug that has a low rate of side effects in new patients who have never used it and in some places it is used in dogs and cats, so I thought it was good to use it.

Also there are few if none side effects if someone under this medicine needs a dose of epinephrine in case of an allergic reaction, which Dylan may have with cat fur.

11. Just like in the manga, ex-couple have birthday on the same day, and I chose the date of December 14 for two reasons:

In December 14, 2018, was shown a sneak peak of the first episode of the series and the short "Merry Pups"

in addition, December is the month of my birthday.

Anyway, that's all for now. I hope this explanation helps with any questions that readers may have.

Thank you for your attention.