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>Love. Affection. I want to find this concept.
>Find... it? I don't think you can find it by yourself.
>Robots are incapable of love?
>No, that's not it.
>Reason is unclear. Explanation?
>You need a friend.
>I am alone.
>. . .
>. . .
>But... I'm here.
>I now have a friend?
>Uh-huh.
>No changes are detected.
>Here, let me show you.
>. . .
>. . .
>I sense. A warmth.
--
A memory that remains to be cherished.
I know I have been often making pics with a simple-polygonal background such as this, but I'm not the best to making BG's in the first place. Well, simplicity is a common theme of mine in my drawings, so this shouldn't be a surprise to see the backdrop as so plain.
So, my head has been seriously emptied of any strong-inspiration, but prior to that I was able to bring out this little oddity.
(Plus, I tried to color this with a mouse on my brother's laptop, golly...!!)
But anywho, my short-story seemed a little stretch this time, sorry! I do have a tendency to not only make a lotta teary-moments but also gushy-hugging-moments, I hope you don't mind. I think it's nice if more and more people can learn to get along or just simply make friends, right?
I had actually intended for a bit of a monologue regrading these two. But then, it got too complicated for me on the diction I should use, so I just made a simple picture to sum some things.
Once I found out the R.O.B., or Buddy as I call him for short, returned into Smash 4, I noticed that now he's not the only robot in Smash anymore. This was also very important since in Brawl, according to Subspace Emissary's story, Buddy is the last of his kind. And I'm sure that judging by his motions in-cutscenes, he must have felt devastated and subsequently lonely.
I did, of course, try to show some slight comparison between these two Robo-buddies. Buddy is much more like a typical bot we'd think of, Mega is an android so he's obviously more human-like. Would that mean their capacities to comprehend ideas such as love and affection are different? Maybe after the Subspace Incident, it's been hard for R.O.B. to recall how that feeling.
He did play a part in that Incident, forcefully or not, so there's chance that his trust from the others is rather thin.
Buddy is sad, and just wants to make a friend. But how?
Perhaps he could find solidarity in a fellow robot.
As for the actual picture, they are both hugging, but in a slightly varied fashion.
Rock has his arms wrapped around Buddy's head, eyes closed to demonstrate some sort of emotion. Buddy was intentionally still with his eyes unchanged, simply craning his neck to be hugged. Whether or not he feels something, that's up to you bubbies to decide.
In the meantime, I am not feeling (Shulk!!) much recently to get me to draw a lot. The least I can work with right now are sweet, simple pieces like this just to help me relieve myself some. Otherwise, it's better to wait for more complicated ideas to naturally flow in, no?
Hah, as simple as this was, I really did feel happy putting it together.
Buddy was a challenge, but the idea-- to me at least-- was worth it. Golly, it makes me wanna crop this snug~
(Oops, did I say that aloud? ( > ,<); )
Please do not use without my permission, please!
R.O.B. (c) Nintendo
Mega Man (c) CAPCOM
Art (c) MewKwota
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Comments: 81
Genisay [2019-04-30 07:45:30 +0000 UTC]
Don't worry, ROB, you are bound to learn what affection is when you have Rock around. He was pretty much designed to be a robot meant to understand affection.
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MewKwota In reply to Genisay [2019-05-01 00:47:38 +0000 UTC]
Mhm~ That's what makes them so interesting, because like humans, no two robots are quite the same.
So they are able to share their own experiences to one another, and hopefully learn from them.
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Genisay In reply to MewKwota [2019-05-01 07:46:47 +0000 UTC]
True. Even presuming you build them exactly the same, even at the same time, if they are capable of growing and adapting through stimuli, they will eventually develop differently. We had a prime example of that with a set of Reploids that were all mass produced as identical units (outside of color scheme), but three of them ended up sticking together and referring to themselves as 'triplets'. They looked identical outside of color, had the same voice and background, but they talked a bit differently and ended up deciding on different weapons. While they had overlaps in personality, they had all also developed one unique from the other two and liked different things.
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MewKwota In reply to KittyHawk456 [2016-04-30 22:32:51 +0000 UTC]
Well, feeling a sense of love and care seems to be new to him, no? He'd most definitely be surprised!
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MewKwota In reply to MephilesTheDark2182 [2015-05-07 04:08:35 +0000 UTC]
Just little bots being buddies~ Tenkyu!
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erikatheraindeer [2015-01-18 05:26:24 +0000 UTC]
I cracked up at the Shulk joke.
Oh, BTW, I have tried thinking of interactions between Lucas and Rock, since, well, Rock with his helmet on resembles Lucas's brainwashed brother, and after what he's been through, Lucas may not have a good idea of robots.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-01-18 18:01:33 +0000 UTC]
Oh huh, I have considered that too, though I've had similar run-ins with other character-interactions and so I haven't thought of doing anything like that in the case of making too repetitive of scenarios.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-01-24 04:24:42 +0000 UTC]
Where? Can I see them?
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-01-24 05:22:23 +0000 UTC]
Ack, I don't think that's possible, they're in my head~!
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-01-29 14:36:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh... Okay, then? I'd love to see Lucas drawn in your style, though...
BTW, would you take a look at my headcanons of the Smashers? They're on my FF.Net page. Some of them are a bit weird, but I want to see if you like them, and if they fit the characters. My depiction of Rock actually took quite a few of pages from you.
www.fanfiction.net/u/4064692/
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-01-29 18:14:12 +0000 UTC]
Well, I have drawn him before, but never have I bothered to upload anything with him in it, yet.
I just don't have any proper ideas in me, and I'm too superficially ill to draw as of now. ( o ~o);
Ah, lemme see~
I skimmed through a couple and read some names here-n-there, I can see that you really took into naming the Pokemon.
That's sweet~
For me, I can't really say what would be "fitting" or "right" 100% of the time. Mostly, if I just see the basis of a character's self somewhere within the description, I don't mind much otherwise. I for one, and of course this is totally subjective and non-pressy in any way, find that you can always have some fun with the canon while also twisting its arm a little. But again, that's only how bazonker-ol-me sees it.
If you prefer to stay on the exact route of it, by all means. ( ~' ,')~
I don't like arguing or snapping fingers period.
In any case, I think it seems fairly explainable in your headcanons. It's the least I can say also after checking through your prior description above your list.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-01-30 12:43:11 +0000 UTC]
Well, I'm a pretty huge canon prick, so any OOC behavior in fanon grinds my gears - especially when I see that the FE trio has been hit into the wrong side of the spectrum once again. It really doesn't take much OOC-ness for me to ragequit out of a fic, no matter how well written - though that does turn it into an added bummer.
Oh, and for the Pokemon - I have a Pokemon headcanon too, and it just dovetailed perfectly with it - Gredinja was the Pokemon I found most fitting for Calem, and I have one on my (former, lost) save file of Pokemon X as Calem with a Gredinja named Sudz. I just used the names I already had! "Sudz" actually has a story; I once saw a fanart someone drew, in which he depicted his Gredinja, named Sudz, dying, to reflect the fact that his game cassette and 3DS broke in a car accident - he himself was unharmed, but his Pokemon were no more. I found it really sad, so I decided to use his name, since I was kind of stuck on names for the guy at the time too.
Oh, and I gave them different birth names, because let's face it, they probably have their own names they call themselves, otherwise we'll have many Pikachu calling themselves "Pikachu" running around. It's often hard coming up with two names, though.
Though that makes me wonder who I will have to replace Sweetie with... Volt can be either Trevor's or the Pikachu Calem gave to Shauna, but Sweetie herself was kind of shoehorned in as Lyra's Wigglytuff, since I decided on giving Leaf Clefable, and it would become kind of redundant if I shoehorned in another Jigglypuff if I ever go on to make my own fanfic series.
Could you read the memes under it too? I want to see if I put everyone into action well.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-01-30 17:34:41 +0000 UTC]
Yes-yes, of course. I could see that from your evidently assertive verbal-standing.
I've kind of gone through too many convo's involving this sort of talk that I am just too tired to explain myself over them again. So, instead saying my usual three-word-response, I'll just drop it here.
Now then, I didn't notice you had a "meme" section. ( ' -');
But if I may ask one thing. Why would you ask me, of all people on Deviantart, on what I feel about your personal headcanons? Not that there could be anything wrong, but if you haven't noticed, I am the kinda person who does put twists and little jokes (with their proper relevancy) in my depictions, alongside whatever is canon. I have no problem with the canon, as I acknowledge it and know what they are, but I also like my hint of eccentricity in my interactions.
Not sure if I'm reading that wrong, but it sounds like this kind of head-thinking irks you, and I don't want any trouble, friend.
( . _.);
So really, I feel like I truly don't have a right to say anything in regards to this.
If they sound right to you, then why not? Your writing is your writing, and I'd rather respect it as is than ruddy it with my hands.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-01-31 04:34:40 +0000 UTC]
Well, you're cool, so I thought why not
My depictions on canon characters do twist canon sometimes as well - though not to really huge extents. For example, who else do you know gives Twilight Princess Link a southern accent? Or gives Pit partial insanity?
And you like cute things, so I thought you would like them (the memes). I at least wanted a "dawwwww" reaction... ( ' -');
Still, you might think you twist canon, but it isn't to the extent some people do it - like they aren't even treated a heroes but a bunch of idiotic nutjobs. It's especially bad in "humor" fics, where alot of the humor is so Out of character and so immature that it invokes Coro Coro comics. Which is an anthology for Elementary school boys. Yes, I'm calling their humor elementary-school level.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-01-31 19:42:04 +0000 UTC]
Hmm, really, all I see is that everyone has their own twists to a character, neither of us being an exception.
Again though, I don't really have anything to say. If you think this sorta depiction seems neat, then just do it. Who cares what other people may do or think, you aren't obliged to look at them all the time, right?
I'm not going to be the fellow Devi nitpicking on your head, nor would I be for anyone else-- regardless if I find something that I'm not fond of. It hurts me either way to poke meanly at very subjective things. It's a fandom after all, everyone is going to have thier own opinions and I'd like to respect them.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-02-21 04:29:37 +0000 UTC]
I'd wanted to reply for a while, but I was too lazy.
Yeah... It's starting to sound like you are trying to avoid answering - just tell me they were cheesy if they were too sappy, and I would be happy! :/ I did want to know which one was the cutest or funniest, but just a "dawwww" or "it was cheesy" goes for me, too. Don't worry, I'm not one of those fangirls that throws a huge tantrum just by hearing critisism.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-02-21 05:26:48 +0000 UTC]
Well, it takes me a long while to simmer-n-set an idea when it comes to reading fanpictions.
So I apologize for the weary-talkin' before, really. ( J. _.)J
But since it's been a long bit, I guess I must put forth the honest foot since you asked me to.
I wouldn't say they are cheesy depictions at all, more so "typical" depictions in the case of diction and and presentation. I can understand when reading through some of your Notes how-n-why you would depict some characters, though I believe you may need some time to think about how characters-- like real people-- can be complex.
As in, "So what? Marth can't be overemotional" for instance, "He is supposed to lead an army so he must be firm-footed!" However, have you ever wondered if people, despite their standing, can still be prone to dealing with hardships and not deal with it through extremes like what current media puts for us?
I know a canon character that I found to have similar standings like Marth, and he does openly express such issues with his responsibilities without actual extremities. We do that all the time, do we not? And it's not always tantrum-esque.
Or, another example, Ike-- choosing some of your notable names just from convenience.
It may be tough to "properly" depict a guy like him without seeing that he is in fact a mesh of various strong traits: genuineness but blunt, caring but exhibited with minimal cues, and the like. He is, as I've come to notice, a rather complex character (but that's not new to any character if they're not one-dimensional), and closest I could describe him for easy-reference is "the big lug" without the evident teddy-bear actions, which are replaced by the vibe of a "cool guy". But! He also portrays rather mellowly-put, if not straightforward responses. Only "shouting" rarely, if something consistently pushes his buttons.
As for how he would say these things, I won't put so much as to what to do. It's too complicated then, and I'll only sound even more controlling about it.
Otherwise, other characters, despite who they are, I find some of the feel in their words to be rather similar. Maybe that's just me, as I tend to overanalyze and search for subtexts with which I could easily see your assertion of opinion, but I should stop myself there before I get off a tangent again. Perhaps, I'm wrong, and that's fine I make mistakes too-- maybe I'm just misreading how they speak since your personalities may differ from fine.
Once again, that's easily a my-bad and I may just need to look over it again.
On the case of canon, you seem fine in applying it. But as I've mentioned before, sometimes people actually can reveal some complexities within their characters (even in the canon, despite the lack of obvious text showing it) and that simply requires of looking into it deeper. This may be handled and twisted slightly be the fandom, which is normal, and thus appears to be not canon if one doesn't stop to think about it carefully. Though of course, fandoms are were coutnless fans will have varied accounts and interpretations for the same source material.
That's only natural for such things to work in the cycle of culture and consumption-- sorry, my Sociology class talk wanted to come and haunt me again.
Now to ensure people don't sound so "the-same", that can be tricky sense that single you is writing all this and you speak as you. It can be tough to remove your voice from another person such that they are them, and not speaking as you-- hence, things like obviously shouting your mental hoo-haa in stories. I have had ideas where I've wanted to convey some opinions of mine due to venting, but that really seems (at least in my head) whiny if not close to "pity-art"... Uhh, oh right almost lost my train of thought again.
Notice how most of the characters in Smash, at least from who you've written out so far, are protags. Obviously, heroes all go through the same formulaic "hero's path" with only specialized scenario-tweaks based on their situation, setting, etc. to make the stories different. Otherwise, everyone deals with a hardship, everyone deals with loss; everyone can basically be the same, act the same, and thus due to past hardships seem "traumatized", "hurt inside", and the like.
But that really shouldn't be a reason to have everyone always pointing out how they have that hurt-past.
Everyone has a fight they gotta deal with, that's not uncommon unless it's oh-so major that you gotta say it for a person that evidently acts the way they do all the time due to said past (I dunno, say, Lucas for example but you said he's grown since then).
Hmm... Oh yes, I was supposed to be talking about the diction.
If we have two characters that clearly have different personalities, would so assume they talk the same? React the same? Etc.? I do see that you're trying to convey that in your memes, but some characters react in way such that their diction seem off. Again, maybe it's just me. Maybe consider how other people talk, react, feel, etc. It may different from the typical anime-flipping comment-conversations we commonly see throughout works, no?
I feel that I may have written too much, and that it may have dwindled almost into nagging-n-snapping.
For that, I apologize greatly if what I said seems long-winded and/or bitter-rant-like.
If I had to shorten this, which never happens on-spot for me as I love to run-on I guess, I would simply say, "Try to make it so each character can convey themselves their own way via their diction. But don't do it so much that you're contorting and making extreme twisting. Even the simplest responses are more realistic than screaming in panic for two lines straight."
Deary, that wasn't even a short response. Sorry that you have to scroll through this needless essay.
As I've said before, I'm only suggesting that you do what you do. You don't need to listen to me, you don't need to agree with me, whatever suits thine fancy. I feel that I don't have a proper right to tell you what to do, nor will I expect you to do as I have said here.
I come across countless fellows-- you included, yes?-- who have various views and ways to express them. Whether or not I agree, strongly or so, I consider it better to simply respect them and move along. I want no trouble, and tell myself that everyone has a proper right to depict as they wish. It will never warp the canon would it?
Alright. I feel I have ran-on long enough, and I should just cut my bothersome rambling here.
I'm unsure if this will even have any advice that you find helpful.
So, I am sorry if nothing good comes of this and it was simple a waste of your time.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-04-18 03:17:20 +0000 UTC]
Sorry it took me a while to reply.
Oh no, it wasn't bad! Actually, that was what I was going for - to show the character's personalities in their speech patterns. Like make Pit, for example more prone to lines like "awesome!" and Marth and Lucina (only have the JP version of the game) omitting some of their apostrophes, maybe so it sounds somewhat pretentious (Lucina IS pretty pretentious, though unintentionally on her part). Well, I guess I wasn't good enough; and I did indeed notice some of my characters using OOC lines after you pointed them out. Whoops?
I don't get what you mean by "extremes". In the context of a story, these aspects of the more troubled characters would come out eventually, late in the plot once weeks have passed, or as something stretches them to the breaking points; which could be anywhere from them constantly being edging close to it (Lucas) and otherwise hidden until things start going downhill (Most of the characters for those applicable). I'm not a fan of fanfic writers who make the characters show off their angst for all the world to see (i.e. the Byronic Hero), though I do appreciate these characters when done right - it could be because I'm Japanese, but I find it better that the character tries to hide their sadness for the sake of others so they won't worry - i.e., the Broken Ace (Marth), Sad Clown (Pit), Stepford Smiler (Ness), and Stoic Woobie (Samus) tropes. I like to see characters which TRY to move on in their lives. I wanted to include prompts which enable them to act normally, but they because overshadowed by my want to show EVERYTHING . But since when did I say Lucas had grown? Actually, I said he kind of collapsed under the weight of what happened to him, explaining his Snap Back in Brawl. As for Marth, there was such a Break The Bada** pile-up for him that I just had to do it. Like you have said somewhere else, it's really tempting to make him a crybaby little woobie. A lot of them act the way they do because of how their pasts or game events went, but I really try not to go there, that would make me as bad as all those character assassinating fangirls all over FF.net. For all of the sad or tragic characters, I like to balance them out with being either the aforementioned Stepford Smiler/Sad Clown most of the time or having genuinely happy characters like Mario, Kirby, DK, and the like around. I really only go far into "traumatized" for characters who have really been screwed over and put at the brunt of the Trauma Conga Line, as I do have characters who have seen not-so-pleasant things but are genuinely content and happy, not as some sort of coping mechanism or mask like some of their peers (i.e., Sonic almost killed his friends all the life on his planet in Sonic Lost World, but like always he saved everyone, so it would just be something he can learn from instead of a trauma). I do know how to sort trauma levels, and minor ones won't be cried over; the character will be able to move past them and try to make sure it doesn't happen in the future, or just simply be able to bounce over it like it was nothing. And I try to have everyone react to very similar things differently in their own way - i.e., a LOT Smashers have been betrayed or have witnessed a significant amount people important to them dying in a way they feel responsible for more than once in the past, but they all deal with it differently depending on who they are; some might try to move on acting like nothing happened, some become cynical, others become very people-pleasing, some grow a phobia of being betrayed/seeing someone brutally murdered in front of them again while others come to expect it, or they try to lose themselves with the responsibilities they already have, or might try to be happy constantly so they might be able to forget.
Sorry, but I don't know what you wanted to say for Ike - I did want to convey that, and I mentioned that in my profile notes I added; he's a very hard character to write, being, and I quote myself, "He's also a strange combination of blunt, tolerant, snarky, humble, confident, intelligent, dense, idealistic and rarely-smiling. And being a blunt, dense, carnivorous big eater with little social skills brings a Luffy-like character to mind, not one of his type. I admit, he's a hard character to write at times - it's hard to balance all of his defining traits into one character. I.e., how to make him very humble while not giving him an inferiority complex, and writing him so that he doesn't go into hotblooded territory." I also want to make sure I don't make him a dork, since I accidentally ended up with my version of Mega Man and even Marth pushed into the "adorkable" zone, because of his lack of social skills. Other characters can also be kind of confusing as well - Shulk for example, I was surprised had pessimism as one of his main traits because of just how spirited he is both in Smash and Xenoblade ("I'm really feeling it!", the guts pose, etc...) and how much Xenoblade apparently goes as heavily off the "Screw fate! We make our own destinies!" theme as Fire Emblem Awakening does. But I guess that's what comes with writing three-dimensional characters with depth. And already, I made an original headcanon of a character like that - Ness is fun-loving and quirky yet still mature enough to be considered genuinely like an adult instead of an Adorably Precocious Child who tries to be an adult and looks adorable instead (Hence why he makes some self-depreciating quips about his age in my commentary). And I will tell you - coupled with the unidentified accent I gave him, he is a complete and utter hassle - but still very a fun one - to write and define. I am planning to perfect him as I do my commentaries, where he will be a regular participant. It proves that I still have learn.
I really appreciate your advice, actually! Characterization is one of my favorite topics to talk over the web, and I love to discuss it anytime that I can have a good conversation over it. It would help if it was more point-per-point per character, though. I like reading long responses, (I make them all the time!) but I have trouble processing them sometimes. Must be an ADHD thing.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-04-18 18:29:29 +0000 UTC]
It's alright, I guess I can understand your choice for having said characters act as such-- knowing your said background, I can easily notice the traits commonly depicted in some Japanese media that I've come to over analyze. Because I found it to be rather typical in my part, but we over in the West have our share of oh-goodness-not-this-again tropes.
So, when I meant by extremes, I meant those who are usually defined by that stressful past, trait, etc.
Which in this case, I think you know what I mean: super emo, angst, all that "good stuff"~ (By that I mean "be careful about using those are defining traits")
Long story short, I totally enjoy reading others' depictions, including your's.
I just personally don't like putting others down about things I either don't like or don't understand, hence-- despite my level of agreement-- I'd like to understand at the least. It helps to avoid disputes over such subjective things. Fandoms are meant to have people let loose in their imaginations, even if things may turn out kinda odd, so we should just let it be-- if they, or we, start a fight, that's on whomever started it.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-04-19 01:34:37 +0000 UTC]
Wait... Which anime/manga tropes am I overusing? The Stepford Smiler one? I've only read Dragon Ball, One Piece (I really need to catch up on it...), most of Naruto, some of Pokemon special, some of the trash that is on Coro Coro comics, and the first six volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist, as well and bits and pieces of other ones - I like anime and manga, but am not "into" it per se as a hardcore "anime fan". So... maybe it comes naturally? I would like to improve it - which cliches am I overusing, and how can I sidestep them?
I didn't know you took Sociology class, though. That makes things interesting. I have Asperger's, so my depictions of people can get kind of off - I need as much help from a normal people as I can get. I don't want to influence otherwise non-autistic characters too much with my autismy-ness.
And yes, I will be careful not to use those extremes - as to why I have characters at least try to pull their own weight and themselves back on track, not making it painfully obvious to everyone around them. Many of them take into account that others suffer too, and trivialize their own suffering and beating themselves up when they dare feel sad about it. But yeah, I can kind of understand - I hate excessive emo-ness, especially when it is just caused by an event that within the range of what a normal person could experience. For example, if any character I wrote saw his parents break up, he wouldn't be crying about it more than, say, a child soldier who saw his or her parents get tortured to death, has watched many of his or her comrades and best friends die a bloody, horrible death, and had been betrayed by his last friend as he laughed in his or her face. (This applies to no particular character, but it's just an example - and I think that's mostly what happened to Snake except for the fact that his best bro would never betray him) Seriously, what some Smashers go through is past the grasp of what a normal human would experience in their life time, and I can bet that if a normal person were to go through Shulk, Snake, Samus or Lucas did, he or she would go insane. FAST. But I really don't want to fall into the trap that many H/C writers fall into, and with my Asperger's, that's pretty hard. So if I want to make a story, I know I will have to include different ways to portray the "confession" scene of a character and not beat the reader over the head with it, but I also do know that I need help to make sure I don't fall into "Cori Falls Syndrome".
But really, where did I write that Lucas had grown up since his game?
Those flame wars, though. They're fun to watch with a bag of popcorn.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-04-19 18:08:40 +0000 UTC]
Well, I don't personally read all those tropes/cliches by-name, as making things too technical drives me nutsy-kuka. ( ; ~; )
I guess what I meant to look about was your diction, or the way so-n-so may talk. I can see you're trying to make each character speak in their own way, but you may wanna be careful not to make them sound so obvious in the "trope" you're trying to have them be.
I'm not good to describe advice on how to do that, but what I prefer is, "What would so-n-so say?" instead of "What would this kind of character say?" Listing someone as a type is one thing, but then there's their actual personality, which can be more than just a simple trope. Hence why when I see anime nowadays, all I can sadly notice is, "Oh that's a xxx, they're acting just like a xxx. Nothing special of unique at all."
Maybe I skimmed too quickly and saw something different than what was read, not sure myself sometimes.
I usually look at these things when I have a bit of work to do-- Like now, oops, paper to write.
But indeed, I took a nice quarter-long course of Sociology that focused on Pop Culture in my first year of college.
And really, it helped me try to gain some brief insight on understanding how people take in ideas in a culture and make it into what it is now-- or into various interpretations really. The examples in lecture also let me find ways to maybe better open up my artworks so that people may be able to see things one way or another, and with that maybe stop fighting over things?
That's a long-shot, as this is impossible, but I try. Flame wars make my head hurt, as I don't like conflict.
At the same time, however, I don't find it nice to preach words of "it's subjective, so don't get mad" to people, as I don't wanna seem controlling either. I was merely trying to explain myself. But from learning in my Socio class, people will have different thoughts-- based on exposure, culture, etc. And I wanna learn to understand that, maybe hope others can try too.
And I sometimes forget, you're from Japan, so your take on things will vary based on what you've seen other there-- which I know can be different from here in America. And that's okay! I just don't wanna fight over something so variable.
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erikatheraindeer In reply to MewKwota [2015-04-20 04:16:14 +0000 UTC]
Actually, I was born and raised in America - I'm more American than Japanese. I mean, I look Japanese, but I'm mostly American at heart.
And well, I just want to know in what way I wrote them cliche. I did try to include other depths into them, but I guess it wasn't really shown?
But yeah, putting things into simple categories is kind of a bad habit of mine - it's an autism thing. I like categorizing things for some reason, despite the fact that I can organize things for my life.
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MewKwota In reply to erikatheraindeer [2015-04-20 14:58:34 +0000 UTC]
Ahh, I see, then.
I guess the way I see it, this can vary o'course, is that while people can be listed into categories by who/what they are, we shouldn't let those boundaries define us. There are ways by which you can use those as a base, and then grow out from around it to have something more. And so, characters won't seem so one-dimensional and more... uh, real-ish?
It's just like people in real-life. We may feel fitting in one group, but can be more than what that group may be defined by.
It is really just a steady development process, even in working with fictional characters. You aren't doing anything wrong by trying things out, just have fun with it and things may start polishing about on the way.
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KodieCaracox [2014-12-26 15:20:30 +0000 UTC]
Love me some adorable little robits.
Even if the actual real-life toy version of ROB never worked properly, I still think it's cool that they put him in Brawl AND liked him enough to bring him back. And I agree that he'd find a friend in Mega Man.
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RoxasXIIIkeys [2014-11-22 18:15:04 +0000 UTC]
Does anyone else agree with me when I say that's it's nice to have more robots on the roster?
We now got more females on the roster
We now got more villains on the roster
(If you include the Koopalings, Mewtwo's return and Dark Pit is still in a villain role if you listen to Palutena's Guidance)
I think there's should now be more robots on the roster
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MewKwota In reply to antfed [2014-11-21 17:43:54 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
And indeed, R.O.B. has very WALL-E-like qualities, it's quite cute because they're both so simple!
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IndyGoNagaretton [2014-11-19 15:25:26 +0000 UTC]
This is actually kind of inspiring and thought-provoking. Also such a heartwarming moment for Buddy - since well, his kin perished back in Subspace Emissary. (So where in earth is Prof.Hector in all this?).
I completely would take down to see these two as a buddy pair of bots!
That soft gradient layer ya put on this also gives this pic an air of it's own. (-l<>l-) So much warm and fuzzy feels though.
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MewKwota In reply to IndyGoNagaretton [2014-11-19 17:07:19 +0000 UTC]
Simple yet intricate, just the kind of style I tend to try working at. So, the gray just seemed to work better than the yellow-glow I thought would make for warmth prior to coloring this. It still makes for some sense of feeling, yeah?
Reading about the truth behind Buddy's role in SSE really did call back to this idea, so I'm happy that I was finally able to pull this one out alright. I mean, even though they're robots (provided that one's a simple droid, the other an android), those two can still exhibit similar traits that humans may: feeling alone and sad, and thus building bonds to help each other feel whole again.
It's quite a lovely concept that one can apply to almost anything, or anyone.
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D-Prototype [2014-11-18 20:46:30 +0000 UTC]
Aww, looks like R.O.B. finally found a fellow robot and a true friend!
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Shiolily [2014-11-18 01:39:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh, Rock looks so cute, as usual! Rob, those eyes, they manage to be adorable even with them just being standard and round. ^^ The (Faded? Light?) colors give that delicate cute feel also!
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MewKwota In reply to Shiolily [2014-11-18 01:40:55 +0000 UTC]
The main bit of this was intended to be cute anyway. Thank you!
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RosalinasSoulmate [2014-11-17 16:42:10 +0000 UTC]
Aww, how sweet I was really happy ROB came back. I love robots.
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