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From xaciel, who included pretty pictures but I'm too lazy for that.
♥ Reply with "It's over 9000!" and I'll give you four fandoms.
♥ Write about your favorite character from each fandom.
I was given: "KHR! (I know your answer already lol), Star Driver, D.Gray-man, and uh, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu"
OKAY THEN. 8D
KHR: (gosh you'll never guess this one guys)
RYOHEI
Ryohei was not always my favorite character! He and Chrome both snuck up on me, actually, where I gave her character design a second glance and then basically just phased over them both in favor of Millefiore and Varia, long long in the past. And then I wanted to try roleplaying at the DR, but this was back when I mostly played OCs, so I picked someone I thought would be easy and then I kind of fell in love with him a little. (I was fuckawful at him back then, in hindsight, but OH WELL.)
Part of the reason I like him so much is probably because I can relate to his codependency on his sibling, although mine is considerably more obvious if you meet me offline than his is. I think people underestimate how much they care for each other and how similar they actually are, especially the latter, but I've really sort of latched onto those things, and they've honestly shaped my views on both of them a lot. I admire his drive, too, though; since I'm such an unmotivated person, it really stands out when a character really throws themselves at things with their full effort and attention.
Star Driver:
KEITO
It's been forever since I actually watched Star Driver, and I'm horribly behind on it, so things might change pretty drastically when I get around to picking it back up, but Keito-san was and still is a definite favorite. Admittedly, a lot of it is for vaguely shallow reasons, since hers is the sort of character design that I'm naturally drawn to and love to draw (tapered eyes, glasses, long straight hair? Yes please), but even that aside there was always this way about her that seemed very... well, charming.
... I think I might not rant about her much more because it'll just end with me rereading this and awkwardly realizing how much of it is based on the fact that I'm attracted to her (personality included, at least??), but there are so many little things about her that I did really like, like the way she carries herself and the balance she seems to have between rigid and casual. It was never outright, but there was always this feeling in the back of my mind like I was missing something about her, too, and I wanted to know what it was without it ever defining her, which was very nice.
D.Gray Man:
ALMA
(Please note: BASICALLY THIS ENTIRE RANT IS SPOILERS.)
(Extra note: he, him, his, etc. = tiny Alma; she, her, hers, etc. = batshit Alma.)
Or Kanda, depending on my mood, but I'm in the mood for more subtle jackasses than Kanda today.
I love Alma, though. I think I wrote around 300 words or so on his/her gender alone, once-- but somehow, when I try to write from her perspective or even just about her in direct reference to her personality, I can never seem to word things quite right. Although they're the same person, kidAlma makes a much more compliant subject, which is pretty appropriately funny considering the personality shift.
Speaking of which, I loved that shift-- which isn't to say I prefer her after she's recovered her memories and seen the bodies and flipped her shit (because I have no preference to how she/he was before or after and consider myself lucky I don't have to count them as separate characters and choose who I like more), but rather I love that it's there and the way it's handled. Alma just feels everything so profoundly and, at least for the incarnation we see, he was never taught how to handle his own emotions, so they just spilled out exactly as he experienced them in his love for his "friends" and his interest in learning about the world. He just had so much passion for everything and then she saw the bodies and remembered her past and realized what was happening and hatred can be just as passionate as love.
The entire ordeal could probably have been solved if Kanda and Alma weren't both violent social retards with shitty attempts at logic, except that they weren't raised to be any smarter-- I just. That entire arc gets to me so bad in the worst/best way, I could go on forever. I should probably not 8DDD;;
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu:
ASAKURA RYOKO
Okay, part of this is just me being an enormous geek over the Interfaces, seeing as Nagato is my second place. But the other thing is that she's so human when she obviously isn't-- she talks about not understanding the concept of death or fear of it, but she's selfish and childish and overzealous, as would be appropriate for a normal three year old if she wasn't in a teenage body. She's very open and honest, even though she doesn't make sense most of the time, and she just wants things to happen that she can collect and analyze, and doesn't see anything wrong with forcing that--
Also, eyebrows.
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Oh oops there is some pretty huge length difference there between the last two.
♥ Reply with "It's over 9000!" and I'll give you four fandoms.
♥ Write about your favorite character from each fandom.
I was given: "KHR! (I know your answer already lol), Star Driver, D.Gray-man, and uh, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu"
OKAY THEN. 8D
KHR: (gosh you'll never guess this one guys)
RYOHEI
Ryohei was not always my favorite character! He and Chrome both snuck up on me, actually, where I gave her character design a second glance and then basically just phased over them both in favor of Millefiore and Varia, long long in the past. And then I wanted to try roleplaying at the DR, but this was back when I mostly played OCs, so I picked someone I thought would be easy and then I kind of fell in love with him a little. (I was fuckawful at him back then, in hindsight, but OH WELL.)
Part of the reason I like him so much is probably because I can relate to his codependency on his sibling, although mine is considerably more obvious if you meet me offline than his is. I think people underestimate how much they care for each other and how similar they actually are, especially the latter, but I've really sort of latched onto those things, and they've honestly shaped my views on both of them a lot. I admire his drive, too, though; since I'm such an unmotivated person, it really stands out when a character really throws themselves at things with their full effort and attention.
Star Driver:
KEITO
It's been forever since I actually watched Star Driver, and I'm horribly behind on it, so things might change pretty drastically when I get around to picking it back up, but Keito-san was and still is a definite favorite. Admittedly, a lot of it is for vaguely shallow reasons, since hers is the sort of character design that I'm naturally drawn to and love to draw (tapered eyes, glasses, long straight hair? Yes please), but even that aside there was always this way about her that seemed very... well, charming.
... I think I might not rant about her much more because it'll just end with me rereading this and awkwardly realizing how much of it is based on the fact that I'm attracted to her (personality included, at least??), but there are so many little things about her that I did really like, like the way she carries herself and the balance she seems to have between rigid and casual. It was never outright, but there was always this feeling in the back of my mind like I was missing something about her, too, and I wanted to know what it was without it ever defining her, which was very nice.
D.Gray Man:
ALMA
(Please note: BASICALLY THIS ENTIRE RANT IS SPOILERS.)
(Extra note: he, him, his, etc. = tiny Alma; she, her, hers, etc. = batshit Alma.)
Or Kanda, depending on my mood, but I'm in the mood for more subtle jackasses than Kanda today.
I love Alma, though. I think I wrote around 300 words or so on his/her gender alone, once-- but somehow, when I try to write from her perspective or even just about her in direct reference to her personality, I can never seem to word things quite right. Although they're the same person, kidAlma makes a much more compliant subject, which is pretty appropriately funny considering the personality shift.
Speaking of which, I loved that shift-- which isn't to say I prefer her after she's recovered her memories and seen the bodies and flipped her shit (because I have no preference to how she/he was before or after and consider myself lucky I don't have to count them as separate characters and choose who I like more), but rather I love that it's there and the way it's handled. Alma just feels everything so profoundly and, at least for the incarnation we see, he was never taught how to handle his own emotions, so they just spilled out exactly as he experienced them in his love for his "friends" and his interest in learning about the world. He just had so much passion for everything and then she saw the bodies and remembered her past and realized what was happening and hatred can be just as passionate as love.
The entire ordeal could probably have been solved if Kanda and Alma weren't both violent social retards with shitty attempts at logic, except that they weren't raised to be any smarter-- I just. That entire arc gets to me so bad in the worst/best way, I could go on forever. I should probably not 8DDD;;
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu:
ASAKURA RYOKO
Okay, part of this is just me being an enormous geek over the Interfaces, seeing as Nagato is my second place. But the other thing is that she's so human when she obviously isn't-- she talks about not understanding the concept of death or fear of it, but she's selfish and childish and overzealous, as would be appropriate for a normal three year old if she wasn't in a teenage body. She's very open and honest, even though she doesn't make sense most of the time, and she just wants things to happen that she can collect and analyze, and doesn't see anything wrong with forcing that--
Also, eyebrows.
--
Oh oops there is some pretty huge length difference there between the last two.