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Obligatory relationship me

It's important to note at this point of time, Maleficent doesn't hold grudges the way she does canonically. Yes, she was incredibly miffed about the way he reacted to her appearance, but she realized that everyone reacts to her appearance so it's not limited to him, even if his reaction was more in the unsure category. Still, he is (along with most of Kyr) part of the reason her own identity issues are so convoluted and she doesn't like that and would like to be seen as a person before her appearance.

As such, while he is brutally honest and she notices that, she's not inclined to trust him or lean on him. She does feel some sympathy about the way he goes about things and how much he clings to the soldier role, but he's an adult. If he was younger, she might be more inclined to push.

She will listen to him but she will also not budge on her own stances. She can be just as stubborn.

Reverseee.

OH, MY GOD

WHAT A BITCH

I kid, it's a lot more positive than that. Kinda. He recognizes that she's got a moral code of her own, and that she cares for their teammates in her own way, and he respects that. It's a wary respect, yeah, but it's respect. Because his soldier lifestyle is really all he has, both here and in his canon, he's more likely to recognize the importance of team and Team, and although she's team- he'll fight and die for her, like the rest, she's in no way Team- he won't count on her to do the same, or trust her with anything important.

Honestly, before this most recent log, he was fairly convinced she was being aggravating for aggravation's sake, finding weak(ish) spots and poking at them for her own amusement. Now, he's not so sure, although he's still fairly convinced that she's more like a cat than a bird. Birds make clean kills and move on, cats play with their food.

Either way, there's some level respect there, and he trusts that she'll do what's best for the team as a whole, which is really all he can ask for.

Even if she does piss him off.

IMPORTANT QUESTION EDIT what does Gladiolus think of his team

Edited (and then a second edit to fix my spelling on the previous edit, I'm sorry ) 2015-10-19 00:56 (UTC)

He likes them overall.

HOWEVER, they believe in concepts that are still pretty alien to him, like family and heroism. Yuri may act selflessly, but he'll never say or claim to be a hero and he finds it very hard to express his feelings. So those ideals in a team make him a little . . . jittery, for lack of a better word. It catches him off-guard and he doesn't know what to say about them beyond "I'm new, I don't really care."

Which isn't true but it just makes it easier for him and not have to struggle through expressing why and how he feels that way.

If you could app a third, who would it be?

oh, god, uh-

Simi from the Dark-Hunters, maybe. Or Alec Hardison, from Leverage. Belle from Once Upon a Time. Possibly even my OC, Sker, although finding a PB for an alien insect would be rough.

There's like, five different characters I would play if I got the chance, it's bad.

What's the next thing Karasu'll quest for, if anything?

Tricky! She's not one for material possessions, so there's very little she would quest for herself. She would quest for the team or someone she cared about, but only if they really needed it. Maleficent is self-sufficient (even without using magic) and the same tends to go for Karasu.

But if she could (and she might) she would quest for a crow. Her companion Diaval has been showing up in all her memories and she does miss his support.

Tell me how Ochre is doing?

He's actually happier now than he's been in a while- Delriza's back, and all that. I mean, everything took a dive with the deaf/blind crap, but I needed a reason to keep him firmly stuck in the boat until after the trauma game, and that was as good a reason as any.

But, yeah, everything's pretty much on the up and up for him, which is good, because things were teetering there for a bit.

You can choose only one character to get a castmate, who is it?

Wizards of Waverly Place: Mason. Because he's hilarious and I would like to explore that relationship! It's a hit and miss in the show and I think it has potential to go in terrible ways, considering Mason kills/eats anyone who looks at Alex romantically.

Also he makes great expressions.

Maleficent: . . . doesn't have a lot of appable characters. Other than Maleficent, I doubt any of the others have enough memories to get by (though I do have supplementary material). I would say Diaval because I enjoy that mistress/servant relationship.

Tales of Vesperia: It's. It's impossible to pick one. LIKE I COULD HAVE . . . TOP FOUR? THREE? But I can't really pick one because all the characters are kind of amazing. You have Raven the 35 year old who keeps complaining about how old he is and his development is great. Judith the mysterious Krityan who can slice a monster's stomach open with joy, Rita who only likes books ~~and girls~~, Karol who tries to be the boss of a business and Flynn, Yuri's childhood friend, who supports justice and changing the laws of the land. Not to mention Estelle, who seems like a naive princess but actually defies a lot of trope conventions. They all really grow as characters and it's not simply a tragic backstory that motivates them, but the simple things they go through together and how they absorb them different.

IN ORDER MAYBE WOULD BE.
- Flynn
- Estelle
- Judith / Raven / Rita / Karol

But yeah I'd be happy with any. They're all amazing characters in their own right and bring something new to the table.

Reverse!

Persona 4: I really want to say Naoto, because I'm playing as Kanji, and it's kind of a thing, but honestly, I think Yosuke would be interesting? Just their relationship has slowly evolved through the games from this really antagonistic thing, going from:

"Well, I was just wondering if he was your type."

"Oh... I get it. What you're really asking is 'Will you please beat the shit out of me, Kanji?'"

To this really cool supportive relationship in P4D. I just think Yosuke would be interesting to have in Kyr, as much as I really want to answer Naoto, because of the shippyness and their combo attack.

Dreamfall: Chapters As much as I would die to have Likho, I'm not sure he's appable, just yet. At the end of the series he will, but as of what's out now, probably not. That said, Zoe would be great to have in the game. She's clever, and quick witted, and she went through a lot of shit that would be fun to explore through the memory system.

ETA: I keep forgetting to add the question, I am bad at this.

Do you have any long term goals for your characters?

Edited 2015-10-19 02:09 (UTC)

Iiiiii have vague ones. I often like to parallel canon character development with my own twists added in, but I try not to fix my plans in stone because it doesn't allow for much variation. That being said, I do have certain goals. For Alex, it's to accept herself and the way she is, Maleficent needs to learn patience and forgiveness and Yuri needs to learn to express himself and see the bigger picture. Those are my main goals, while I do changes here and there.

THIS WAS A TERRIBLE RESPONSE but I'm not terribly plotty and I play it by ear.

Reverse?

For Kanji my goal remains the same as when I apped him in- get him to the same point where he leaves off in canon, but without the need for that hair. That awful, awful hair.

For Kian, I'm more playing it by ear. I mostly brought him in just for that weird way he makes friends- by pissing them off, and then slowly worming his way into their hearts like some kind of mold. (Seriously, in three months he got Likho from death threats to awful, awkward half flirting. It's bad.

...I'm out of brain for questions, I will edit this when i think of something.

First impressions etc

There's some part of him that recognizes that he and Dandelion are very alike. Honestly, if Yuri could (and if he hadn't known better), he would have done the same thing in his place and he knows it. However, since he did know better and it was his second trauma game in the last three days, he had already picked up the cautious mentality and deliberately aimed low because it would a) get Dandelion angry at him b) Distract him instead of getting depressed. It was a very calculated move on his part.

He does like Dandelion. He's just not sure of Dandelion's world. A lot of Yuri's memories (or even Yuri himself, the way he thinks of things) make the idea of Dandelion's world very cynical but he'll probably ease up on that. Yuri is a pretty self-aware character even when he's not particularly good at expressing his own feelings and keeping them in the dark.

Repede doesn't like his stance on dog food.

Reverse~

he's only seen one memory, stop being such a Judging Janet, Yuri!! he should look at Dan's new one though.

Dandelion likes Gladis too, but he hasn't decided yet how much of his attitude is just that, an attitude, or how he actually feels. After the fiasco of the game he's leaning more towards the former. Since he was just lying around like a sad loser on the ground. Given that Gladis had the extra experience, that did prompt Dandelion to listen to him in this instance. The fact that Sakura was also there - and counts as a kid in Dan's book - plus the weird shit they'd been seeing was enough to curb his impulse to save people in pain. As his memories progress this may be harder to do, but we'll see.

He does actually realise Gladis is an adult, though Dandelion's exaggerations mean he probably doesn't always come across as all that respectful. However, they did arrive together, so they're together in this. He takes his opinion seriously.

Dog can get his own food then!!!

What skills would you like to give Yuri back first?

COOKING SKILL be awed by his prowess. Yuri can cook really well (due to working at an inn and food being a necessity to get done right) so I want him to subject everyone to his love filled croquettes

Otherwise, I don't mind holding off on skills. Yuri's a normal person and he doesn't have any extraordinary powers.

Reverse!

tbh it's going to be his Hundred Power because it's the lynchpin of most of his stuff. He has some other general skills like grappling cables and motorcycles, but he doesn't have a lot of skills. Since he already has a time limit in canon I'm just going to powercap his strength/speed factor.

I am also keen, much later on, to give him back the DEGRADATION of his Hundred Power, and see how he handles that in a place where he doesn't have to keep the shard in.

Any memories you'd lock until later on?

FUN STUFF.

I've already locked a whole bunch of memories. The murdery ones aren't actually locked because, hilariously, they're not that bad and they do happen early on in the game. It's the ones where he's forced to murder/hurt people when he doesn't want to, that I've put away for now. Along with some major plot stuff.

Which castmates would you like to see?

Barnaby I think would be the only one who's really appable in a memloss game! You could maybe do Blue Rose/Karina too, but the other heroes don't get a whole tonne of fleshing out or backstory in the series. Maybe this is different in the drama CDs/manga which I haven't gone through, but I think you'd have a hard time doing proper memory registries for most of the other heroes.

Barnaby tho would be great. Especially because he already HAS memory issues, and I find that stuff delightful in memloss.

Any other characters you think you'd try in memloss?

Maybe Pearl from Steven Universe, or Jack Frost from RoTG. I wouldn't mind trying Loki again but I'm pretty much burned out on him for a bit.

Reverse~

Logan is at the top of my list as per usual. Nia, maybe. I can't think of anyone new to try, but I'm pretty slack at new canons.

How does Charles feel about being home / what lies ahead?

A lot of mixed feelings. He might throw himself into his work and make the future he saw a reality because it's just easier to deal with that than his own feelings. He is relieved to finally be back home and he does feel a lot more comfortable with himself and his decisions. It'll probably take him a while to sort of subdue the kyr/deco mentality where it's every person for themselves and it does help that Hank having gone through the same thing will know what it feels like.

And of course, Erik. Charles knows that Erik wants to stay and knows that they'd both try their best but he also knows that Erik's calling is elsewhere and might not stay. He's not particularly bitter or sad because he knows at least Erik will try to come back.

Reverse.

I DIDN'T FORGET THIS

Erik is frankly glad to be out of amnesia worlds. He is also glad their world is unexploded. Things have generally gone well for him this time around but he was fully ready to get back to 'reality'. At the moment, he's focusing on the now, helping clear out the mansion and resettling into the mansion. He hasn't considered what he will do further ahead. He doesn't think he'd be a good teacher (he's wrong) and mostly he feels pretty out of the loop with the world. So he'll spend time regrouping.

I imagine he'll make trips out of the mansion to do his own business, but it'll be far less revolutionary than the stuff he got up to before. He may still feel the need to do it sometimes, but a lot of that has been burned out of him now. And in all honesty, he likes the stability. Even though he thinks it's selfish of him, he likes having a home, and Charles, and Hank. He's going to miss his team for a long while, but he's good at compartmentalising. There's a lot to do.

obligatory relationship me SURPRISING NO ONE

Willow - Willow won't say it but she is super proud of Star these days. She feels Star has come a long way since Willow first came here. Being similar teenage girls, she knows that Star has her back and they have similar interests/train of thought so Willow genuinely likes being around Star and hanging out with her. They're friendsisters. The thing is Star is incredibly social and Willow (hilariously, even in canon) is not. So sometimes Willow isn't sure about intruding on what might be Star's time with other people. It's okay in the dorm, but outside, she's a little wary of monopolizing her team.

Overall, Star is her bro. BROOO.

Gladiolus - Honestly, he just sort of recognizes that she needs someone to have her back and he's more than willing to do that, whether he agrees or not. He was, in a way, very annoyed about how she was treated (though he'll never . . . show . . . it) and would definitely keep tabs on her more often just to see that she gets to express her own opinion and decisions without being jumped on. And if it happened, she would have his unconditional support.

She's also funny.

Reverse meee

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

She strikes him as very helpful. Which isn't a bad thing, but he would prefer to know about her. The trauma game, I think, was his first real glimpse at what she's really like. Not to say he'll prod at her sore spots, but he's not sure he's got a feel of her at all. Otherwise he does recognize she's very genuinely kind and caring, but he senses there's more going on.

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