Xavier - When I started looking into making Xavier, I didn't have much of an idea for a PB. Just someone who had a wide range of faces and emotions. For awhile I settled on Lee Williams. I decided after awhile though that a. His face looked too young, b. If I used him Xavier would probably end up even more pyschotic than he already was c. I kept thinking he looked like Cillian Murphy. :/ I knew someone who used Fassbender before and after going through Chthonicons to upload more icons for Luther, I found those sets. After a bit of research and staring, I decided he was perfect :)
Joss - This was a case of finding the PB and then coming up with the character idea. Daisy Lowe is strangely pretty and slutty and I wanted to come up with a reason behind that. Joss developed less than 24 hours after I made the connection between Daisy and the premade.
Luther - Anyone who knows me at all can probably guess my favorite iconmaker is Baobabble. >_> High quality stuff. I was browsing over there a couple months ago, passed the Armitage set and went "Wow, he'd make a great Javert. If I ever got a chance to play him, that's who I'd use." Forgotten for awhile until I started rereading GND and Roommates. Got the Les Mis soundtrack and book. Hello Javert muse. After begging and making getting the premades, it was kind of a no-brainer. :D We'll ignore the fact that he doesn't have the appropriate mutton chops, is fifteen years too young, and is way more handsome than he should be. >_> And I did consider Matthew MacFadyen for about ten seconds. He was too wimpy to pull it off.
Lotte - Was very, very difficult thought she shouldn't have been. I'd attempted a post-book Christine once and used Christina Ricci ala Sleepy Hollow then. She was my first choice when coming up with Lotte, but the period costume seemed like a bad idea at the time >_> So I got inventive. I debated throwing another wrench into things and making her Asian-American as Horikita Maki then decided I didn't have enough knowledge to do that. I attempted to get over my fears of a brunette Christine No offense to the musical, but I wanted this to be as Leroux as possible and Alexis Bledel by using her. Didn't turn out too well. >_> Carey Mulligan was actually the top contendor until I said "SCREW IT." So I now have mostly-Blonde-yet-sometimes-Brunette-and-mostly-period-clothing Christina Ricci shaped Lotte. And I don't think I would change it >_>