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Character meme
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hinikuish and lucil_luzzu. (Note! There are now spoilers for Fruits Basket #17 in comments.)
Choose a character from a fandom that I know--video game, movie, book, tv show, etc.--and I'll answer the questions below.
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
hinikuish and lucil_luzzu. (Note! There are now spoilers for Fruits Basket #17 in comments.)Choose a character from a fandom that I know--video game, movie, book, tv show, etc.--and I'll answer the questions below.
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
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AND TIDUS.
AND AKITO.
So I've only read X once, so my opinions etc. of characters are really first impressions
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Sorata is fun. I like his energy and enthusiasm and committment to his friends -- not just Arashi, but all of them.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
He's definitely a secondary character, but I'd say an important one.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
I don't know that I relate to him, but I find his "doomed by prophecy" arc compelling on an emotional level. Although I'm not sure whether I want to love him or smack him when it comes to him accepting his fate as inevitable.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
I enjoyed the manga quite a bit and should probably read it again. I have almost no experience with the fandom as a group; I haven't spent enough time with the source to get as much out of it.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Sorata/Arashi is a lovely ship, and since it's so strongly canon, especially on his side, I can't really see shipping him with anyone else.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
See above re. blind acceptance of fate as impossible to change. I'm not sure whether I would change it, but if I would change anything, it would be that.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
He'd probably try to joke me out of my shell. It would either work, or irritate the hell out of me. ;)
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
Since I'm not that deeply into the fandom, he's not going to crack the all-time favorites list, but he is one of my favorites in X.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
Sure, I'd recommend him as someone to keep an eye on.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Don't know the fandom well enough to say.
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Kamui
1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Kamui was difficult for me to get a handle on. He went through a lot of personality changes as the story progressed -- and understandably so, but still. Overall, though, I'd say that I like him.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Since he's the protagonist, I guess I'd have to say yes. :D
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
I always find "kid must make choice on which the fate of the world rests" to resonate, even if it is common in these sorts of stories, so he works for me on that level. And I feel him on the loss of all the people he loves -- his monther, Kotori, Fuuma -- under such horrific circumstances.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
See above.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Again with the canon, except in this case it's with Kotori. I see the appeal of shipping him with Fuuma -- love/hate/friendship/history all tangled up has all kinds of possibilities. I also like him with Yuzuriha (sp); I think they'd balance each other out.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
I can't think of anything. I can't see how changing anything wouldn't completely screw up the plot. He's just too key to everything that happens.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
Hmm, I doubt we'd interact much -- I'm not so good at breaking through walls like his IRL.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
Again with not being so much into the fandom. I like him, but I don't feel strongly enough about him as a character to call him a favorite.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
It would be hard to talk up the series without talking about him, so sure.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
See above.
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Personally I've never really seen the appeal of F/K, but it's the 2nd most popular pairing after S/K, so I keep it quiet lest I be smote. >__> I want Kamui to be emotionally well adjusted! Keiichi and Yuzu are much better for him. |D
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Now, if Kamui were a real person, I'd tell him to stay far, far away, go find a nice girl like Yuzu, or a nice boy like Keiichi if he prefers. ;)
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Anyway, this is X, so Kamui clearly prefers guys. XD Keiichi it is. (Lately we've been joking around that he should end up with Arashi, because Kamui and Arashi are exactly alike in all the wrong ways, and would bitch at one another merrily for years.)
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Clearly. Kotori, who's that? :P
Anyway, I totally see what you mean about the creepiness of K/F as a fluffy bunny pairing. I'd be all shocked and horrified that people write them that way, but since this is fandom I know better than to be surprised. ;) It's the whole difficulty of it, whether or not Fuuma is redeemed, that I would find interesting. But then again, my track record of liking pairings that would have difficulty with an easily-found happily ever after is well known. ;)
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But anyway. I don't mind pairings with problems to overcome - I still maintain that even with Sorata living past the end, Sorata/Arashi has a lot to get past before they can have anything close to happy and fluffy. It's just that I also think there is a limit. XD
Kamui and Fuuma could work things out, but there would be a ton of weirdness between them even so; since I adore Kamui so much, I want him to be happy without any weirdness. >D
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1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
I like Tidus a lot and always have. He's a good kid who gets caught up in a situation that's much too big for him at first, and then once he finally thinks he has a handle on things, the rug is pulled out from under him. TWICE. And yet he bears it all with such determination and good cheer that I can't help but love him. He would've had every right to disappear into a puddle of emo, but he never did -- he just carried on, if anything more maturely than before, and that's awesome.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
Definitely. Yuna may be the "real" the main character of FFX, but it is Tidus's story, too (no matter how tired we may get of hearing him say it).
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Totally. I've moved around enough that I've been that stranger in a strange place where everyone magically expects you to understand and fit in. So I can feel that part of his character, a lot. I can't relate quite as much to the sunny, perky, jock-boy aspects, but there's enough other facets to his character that I still find him quite sympathetic.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
FFX is my favorite game of all time. And I consider FFX/X-2 my "home" fandom (although I realize most people consider FFX and FFX-2 to be separate fandoms, I can't separate them like that). I have my good days and my bad days, but in the end it's home and I still like it there.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
And here we go with canon again... Tidus/Yuna is a great pairing, and I enjoy them together, although I have mixed feelings about him coming back at the end of FFX-2. But if you're talking during FFX canon, yes, I ship them lots. I see interesting possibilities with Tidus/Rikku and Tidus/Gippal (crack though it may be) as well.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
Nope. I like him just as he is.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
Here's where we get into trouble with the jock thing, because it's not a type I've ever spent much time with IRL and I don't know how easily we'd get past it. If we ever broke past that superficial level? I think we'd get on just fine.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
Of all time? Probably not. He' fairly high up on my FFX list, although the problem with that list is that it's long -- I really like almost all the characters in FFX.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
I would and I have. I've defended him with all the points mentioned above, and will happily continue to do so.
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
He's pretty much love-him-or-hate-him. I think most people either adore him or think he's a whiny brat. (To which I say: imagine you're 17 and your home has been destroyed and you've been sucked 1000 years into the future and your father has turned into a giant sea monster who's terrorizing the world. How well adjusted are *you*?")
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1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
Not feeling the love, really. Nasty, manipulative, terribly selfish, doesn't explain her reasons for doing anything: these are all character traits that will push my buttons. And I don't really care that she has reasons for being that way; I still don't care for her.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
The larger plot arc, definitely yes.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
No and no. I can feel a bit sorry for her; that's all.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
Another fandom that I'm not really "in". The manga is great, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it ends.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
There are no characters in the story that I would wish her on. ;)
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
Thinking a little about the feelings of others. Sharing her reasons for making her decisions rather than just making it all about "because I'm God and I SAY SO." (Although I suppose if anyone can get away with that, it's God. But still.)
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I would stay far, far away. Or possibly give her a piece of my mind, although I probably wouldn't have the guts to go through with it.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
She *might* crack most hated, depending on where the story goes. I don't know, though, it's hard for me to really despise a character, even one I dislike as much as this.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
I wouldn't dare -- too many spoilers if I did. ;)
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Good question. I'm not really sure. I'd bet the revelation of her secret affected it, though!
Aaaaand now it's bedtime. I'll get to the last one tomorrow.
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I'm terribly tempted to enter another Furuba character. But who to choose? So many! Oh wait, how about Shigure?
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1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her. Likewise if you dislike the character.
He amuses me and he intrigues me. He seems to have a lot more control over events than he lets on.
2) Is he/she important to the general plot?
On the surface, I'd say he doesn't seem all that important, but I wonder how much he's nudging things behind the scenes.
3) Can you relate to this character at all? Do they grip you emotionally?
Not really -- I don't know him well enough. He's been kept kind of a mystery as far as his feelings and motivations go.
4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
See above.
5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by their relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
Not particularly. I love his friendships with Hatori and Aaya, though. And his dynamic with Tohru is cute.
6) Is there anything about the character you would change? (Personality wise, not anything pertaining to the plot.)
I can't think of anything. Maybe being more open about his actions and his reasons for them.
7) If you were in the fandom with this character, how do you see yourself interacting with him/her? (Would you get along well? Fall in love with? Dislike? Friendly rivalry? etc etc)
I can't see developing a good or bad relationship with him, really.
8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or most hated?
No, I don't feel that strongly about him.
9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about (if you dislike) to someone who's new to the fandom?
Not particularly. I might suggest that you keep an eye on what he does, though -- maybe you can help me figure it out!
10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?
Don't know enough about the fandom to say.
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If nothing else, she is so by far the most interesting character in Furuba to me. :D
I meant to ask, what did you think of the latest volume?
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I'm definitely *curious* about Akito, but that doesn't mean I *like* her. ;)
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There was a whole section of omake comics in the back; one of which was titled "If Kyo Had Read Furuba 16." Great stuff.