"I swear, her fourth wall breaks rewrote my brain chemistry or something."
Brother, same.
I assume the "making it up as you go" is why the forest expansion ended up having a pretty important chunk of backstory for Anne. But I think it still came out nicely and felt relatively complete (well, as complete as a game that purposefully leaves a lot of things open ended can feel, but I don't mind. Just means I get to indulge in headcanons :p)
Thanks for responding!