S2 Week 6 Bonus: Character Dev Diary

A Deep Dive into Duke

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Welcome to the first of several character development diaries, where we discuss the creation and development of the main Trainwrecks cast. This week I’ll be yapping about Duke Kingston.

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When I moved to Washington State in 2006, it was the beginning of summer vacation, meaning I had three months of free time to look forward to. Since I wouldn’t be able to make friends until at least September, I made frequent visits to the small public library in downtown DuPont. It may surprise you to hear this, but I didn’t do a lot of reading back then—not novels, anyway. I was deep in my anime phase and read manga almost exclusively. But the DuPont library did not have a wide selection of manga. What they did have was an entire back wall dedicated to YA novels.