Story Trivia: Amicus
⚠ MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS ⚠ The idea for Amicus was first conceived while I was watching a documentary about the abuse of children within institutions run by the Catholic church. 'Amicus' is Latin for 'friend'. A lot of the religious activities in the story come from the ones that I was forced to practice as a child. I was raised Roman Catholic, so I'm very familiar with the faith and activities. Though every church could be different. Sister Katherine, or 'Sour Face', was loosely inspired by a few teachers at my primary school. There was one teacher of mine who was always grumpy, miserable and sour looking, and the fact that Seras was her favourite abuse victim was inspired by me being a favourite abuse victim of one of my teachers. Though I would like to clarify that I was never beaten (though she came close lol). My experience was more psychological abuse. The statue of Jesus that Seras stared at in chapter one is based on a real statue that existed in a