Methodology
One line of canon, everything else labeled. How this site keeps fiction honest.
The canon
The entire canon for Velvet Damnation is one line from the Vizlings app card:
“Velvet Damnation Demon Tuxedo”
The invention
Everything else on this site — the persona profile, the backstory, The Velvet Club, the cast, the scenes, the lines, the timeline, the glossary, the stream concept and scripts — is declared invention: original writing that expands the one-line canon. Invention is never presented as canon, as history, or as the owner’s words.
Labeling rules
- Persona lines. Every in-character line is labeled as a persona line written for the Vizlings character — never as a sourced quotation. The Lines page carries the label on all 18 entries; the social pack carries it on every card.
- Invention flags. Lore, world, cast, scenes, timeline, and glossary pages each open with an invention notice.
- See the image captions for credits and context. Illustrated character art is a dramatization.
- Real history. The mythology page is the only page that discusses the real world; it cites its sources and states explicitly that the character is not historical.
Uncertainty and correction
Where the site doesn’t know something — owner bio, launch dates, schedules — it says so, in place, rather than inventing an answer. If canon arrives later (owner bio, art, app updates), new material is marked with its date and source, and any invention it contradicts is revised with a note.
Why this matters
A reference site for a fictional character has one job the fiction doesn’t: to never let the reader mistake the stage for the street. The canon is small; the labeling is total.
Source notes
- Canon: app card “Velvet Damnation Demon Tuxedo” (Vizlings, Nocturnals; 14 app chats); roster ~/workspace/vizlings-roster/roster.json.
- Policy written 2026-09-27.