question meme!!

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Question meme! In celebration of whatever arbitrary comment milestones I can get my hands on (Damuron's at 5k and Kotetsu and Erika are relatively recently past 10k?) but mostly because I'm home sick today and want to putter around.

For Raven, Erika, and Kotetsu at Aather (though Raven is temp-dropping this week), and Damuron and Erika at Court. I promise I will have some more diversity in my lineup soon.

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[anicelady]

AT A CASUAL GLANCE, Rena is a ditzy, adorable moeblob. She's a sweet and kind girl, but also a little shy, easily flustered, and eccentric—she's also obsessed with cute things and when she sees something she thinks is cute she starts fussing about how she's going to take it home!

There is a lot more to her than meets the eye, though. She's actually very mature, levelheaded, and perceptive, both emotionally (she's very good at seeing through lies and seeing through to people's true intentions) and intellectually (at one point she solves nearly the entire mystery of the arc just by observing a missing bottle of soy sauce). She also has a serious streak of ruthlessness, as past traumatic experiences have caused her to develop the philosophy that people need to take whatever steps they must to protect their own happiness, even if that means hurting other people. "If were only allowed to do nice things, people who aren't happy wouldn't be able to seize happiness at all," says Rena.

Now tell me about Milla!

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Milla is so great. She's Milla Maxwell, the Lord of Spirits, who has taken a human body for a number of reasons. In particular she is on a mission to protect the world by destroying technology that kills spirits and threatens the balance of the world. And by destroying people who oppose her in this task as necessary. She's pretty much willing to do whatever is necessary! Xillia is pretty much the story of a whole bunch of humans getting caught up in her mission and swept along/inspired by her force of will. She basically never doubts herself or wavers in her resolve, and while there are some spoilers that means she has to reconsider some things, that always remains pretty much true. Meanwhile, she gets to know humans, since she's really very inhuman herself! But not in a naive robot sort of way, more in an interestingly alien way. Her body is a tool, she has no real concept of human relationships or emotional decision-making, etc. She's read a lot of books, though! Including books on sex and bondage apparently. . .

Also tell me about Ami.

[surefire]

Ami is a selfish, spoiled, bratty, devious girl with a mean streak and a bad temper—but initially she hides her true personality under a mask of being a sweet, modest, hard-working girl because she believes that everyone will hate her if she acts true to herself, and despite her bad attitude, deep down she's actually very sensitive to the opinions of others. As her series continues and she makes friends with people who are aware of her true self, though, she learns to be more true to her self, while also mellowing out a little and genuinely becoming a better person. For a large part of the series, she takes on the role of trying to nudge the other characters along through their mess of a love polygon—often not taking care to mince her words or be patient with them—though she has plenty of issues she struggles on her own. Although she may generally act arrogant and like she's above a lot of things, in truth she's pretty much just a vulnerable teenage girl, who wants nothing more than for her feelings to be noticed and to be understood.

Any team thoughts for Milla?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I am not sure! I was trying to decide what team she would be best on the other night. I think she would work well on most teams really. The only pitfalls she'd run into would be if she ended up clashing really badly with other strong personalities, because she wouldn't ever back down, or if she got really dismissive of her team and just ended up doing everything on her own. So she'd need a balance. She'd also be a little awkward with cuddlier teams but she'd live with that. I think the ones that feel best to me atm would be Ruby or Citrine...? But she'd also probably do okay on like... Carnelian or Heliodor... or Coral or Emerald... or yeah idk most teams. I'm leaving my preferences completely open!

KUNZITE GOES ON A ROAD TRIP TOGETHER how does it go.