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Let's try this again; character interest
9 years ago
Scribbling nonsense all across the board like jaguars leaping from trees of leather bodices encasing aged withered corpses whose eyes dazzle with the light of one million and three silver satellites flying over Los Angeles hiding illegal immigrants from Irish potato farms built atop the golden ruins of El Dorado filled with demonic Ewoks hurling tremendous tankards of tons of Tylenol at the panda bear ninjas that hide around every corner of the magic square building trying desperately to pull up its skirt and set roots on another cubic square inch of the board upon which I am scribbling nonsense.
I want to thank all of the people who seriously replied to the previous journal, but I came to the realization that I wasn't asking what I really needed to ask. I'm not going to be transparent about this anymore. Quite frankly I don't think there even would have been any point in me doing a popularity poll with my characters; I can say with almost 100% certainty that the top three would be Alice and Margaret, then either Non or Xenia, possibly Nefertari or Kabiyou. The exact order might be different, but I really don't see any sudden surprises happening. I was far more concerned with what characters people would even consider voting for in the first place more than what the results would ultimately be.
The fact of the matter is that I have too many characters. I have way, WAY too many characters, ESPECIALLY the Pokemon ones. Which is like 95% of them. A handful of them are the ones who have actually appeared in stories I've written and posted here, but there are far more that have yet to even appear in anything because I can never write enough to document all of them, and then there are those that I go weeks or months without even thinking of. I don't feel like I can deny the truth any longer: there is no point in having all of these characters.
The true reason I posted the previous journal was because I needed to know which characters are even worth caring about. If I were to limit my characters exclusively to those whom I actively think about nowadays my roster would be at risk of shrinking down to single digits, but I am aware that there are some characters which have appeal beyond myself, characters whom my friends and readers might like a lot and would be disappointed to see gone. So to this end I want to ask of you, please tell me about the characters in my stories, the characters I have shown here, even others that might have been elsewhere, tell me which ones have been important to you, the ones that you want to be remembered. Nothing decisive or drastic is going to happen right now, this is only in the event of me completely and utterly losing faith in myself in the future. And PLEASE DO NOT just say "All of them!" I do not even know what all of them are myself, and I can guarantee that you don't know all of them either, and therefore you don't care about all of them either, which is the entire point of this survey.
The fact of the matter is that I have too many characters. I have way, WAY too many characters, ESPECIALLY the Pokemon ones. Which is like 95% of them. A handful of them are the ones who have actually appeared in stories I've written and posted here, but there are far more that have yet to even appear in anything because I can never write enough to document all of them, and then there are those that I go weeks or months without even thinking of. I don't feel like I can deny the truth any longer: there is no point in having all of these characters.
The true reason I posted the previous journal was because I needed to know which characters are even worth caring about. If I were to limit my characters exclusively to those whom I actively think about nowadays my roster would be at risk of shrinking down to single digits, but I am aware that there are some characters which have appeal beyond myself, characters whom my friends and readers might like a lot and would be disappointed to see gone. So to this end I want to ask of you, please tell me about the characters in my stories, the characters I have shown here, even others that might have been elsewhere, tell me which ones have been important to you, the ones that you want to be remembered. Nothing decisive or drastic is going to happen right now, this is only in the event of me completely and utterly losing faith in myself in the future. And PLEASE DO NOT just say "All of them!" I do not even know what all of them are myself, and I can guarantee that you don't know all of them either, and therefore you don't care about all of them either, which is the entire point of this survey.
Calypso is obviously the one I seem to have a borderline obsession for, I've loved everything about her, from her design (As you've described it to me, since I drew her the first time off of the description you gave her), to her personality, to what exactaly she does behind closed doors. She's very interesting, and I'm sure you already know I find her just irresistable.
Lycallis is another, he's just a pretty dude. And the Story you had him in was also extremely entertaining. which also brings me to...
Ignigros, I don't know too much about him, but I feel like most of the reason I like him is because he's a big gay typhlosion who has a mean face. *bricked*
Cyrus was one of those who I actually didn't think I'd like too much, but he's grown on me. especially around the point where you asked me that commission of him and the nido-norria. I'd love to see another story of him facing the hardships of getting around, like the first thing he was in. o:
And lastly we have Lucy, funnily enough I think this is one of the first characters I had a real crush on of yours, I've always liked the real gentle, motherly-types, so you know that I was super drawn to her. I'm not sure if she was in a story or not, but if she was, I'd love to see.
and I think that is it. I do wish I coulda mentioned more non-pokemon ones, personally. x.x
I also liked the situations you've written about between Belle and Lucas. Belle in particular I find is a character with an interesting background, and I enjoy seeing how she copes with things in present day even while her past seems to haunt her a little. As for Lucas, I always thought he was one of your funniest characters with how he's sort of the goofball of the Finest Fatties.
Lycallis and Ignigros were mentioned already, but them too really. Another pair of characters that are just all around fun to see in their shenanigans.
Lastly... I'm not going to force this on you, but truthfully I've always been interested in a lot of the characters you have from the Finest Fatties. I did find the ones you used briefly to have interesting personalities. I remember getting a glimpse of Silvia back on the HPL, and you've done one or two things with Eliza that made me want to learn more about her. Of course there are also Solara, Dimitri, and Persephone who are probably the biggest ones. In addition to that though, I've also been interested even in the characters you hadn't flushed out yet because I was always curious what you would've had planned for them, although if you feel those characters are too far gone then you needn't feel forced.
You seem not sure about Kabiyou, but I'm giving her a special mention as well, because two rivaling CEOs of clothes lines really draws me in as a plot point, and made me wonder to what extents it could escalate.
For the moment these are the biggest ones I can think of. ;A; The best advice I can really give is that, if there are some characters I or the ones above have mentioned that you feel you might be able to work with, go for it, but certainly don't force yourself. ;n;