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The winning suggestion for our last UWRIC is here and reads as follow: "Mm, it might be fun to see you pick out a few OCs or other characters you've always liked, have them in a little line-up of fun gags or bonds?"

It's the first time someone asked me for my opinion on girls and I had to think long and hard about it. Needless to say I surprised myself by the nature of the common aspects that the girls I tend to gravitate towards share. I suppose I tend to like strong, complex and inspiring female characters. It also seems that the girls that tend to stick with me are, for various reasons, not that commonly depicted in general media or fanart. Eventually I settled for these four girls. From left to right they are:

Alita (Battle Angel Alita): One of the first manga I ever read, the original story of Alita is an epic that holds up extremely well even today. Both the Berserker and the Imaginos body did their part in inspiring and reinforcing the way I think about sci-fi and technology. While Last Order and Mars Chronicle did expand on the universe and are good in their own rights, I still keep coming back to the original series and that will always embody the essence of Alita for me.

Rally Vincent (Gunsmith cats): It's my nostalgia acting up again. Rally has a special place in my youth and it would be safe to say that this manga did kindle my interest in both cars, guns and girls. I enjoy the character for both her skill and capabilites as well as her pleasant personality.

Yamada Kaoru (Virgin's Empire): An unstoppable force, unreachable beauty and unmatched presence, with a personality that is both fickle yet obsessive. All in all, Kaoru is one of the most intimidating and powerful girls I have ever seen. When this girl sets her mind to something she just does not lose and even if she does she'll keep on coming until she eventually does conquer. That alone would earn her a spot in this picture.

Tomie (Tomie): Much like Kaouru she is tremendously frightening albeit in a whole other way. Tomie embodies the essence of femininity and beauty, or rather our collective fear about the same. As beautiful as she is monstrous, she also represents the unknown and the primal existential dread so ingrained and communal among us. You cannot help being awed by her sheer perseverance and horrifying nature.

Thank you for letting me do this, very clever of you to tickle my inspiration like this.

Now there are several very interesting girls that would have been almost equally at home in this picture but I had to make a cutoff somewhere. Perhaps I'll revisit this some day.

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The winning suggestion for our last UWRIC is here and reads as follow: "Mm, it might be fun to see you pick out a few OCs or other characters you've always liked, have them in a little line-up of fun gags or bonds?"

It's the first time someone asked me for my opinion on girls and I had to think long and hard about it. Needless to say I surprised myself by the nature of the common aspects that the girls I tend to gravitate towards share. I suppose I tend to like strong, complex and inspiring female characters. It also seems that the girls that tend to stick with me are, for various reasons, not that commonly depicted in general media or fanart. Eventually I settled for these four girls. From left to right they are:

Alita (Battle Angel Alita): One of the first manga I ever read, the original story of Alita is an epic that holds up extremely well even today. Both the Berserker and the Imaginos body did their part in inspiring and reinforcing the way I think about sci-fi and technology. While Last Order and Mars Chronicle did expand on the universe and are good in their own rights, I still keep coming back to the original series and that will always embody the essence of Alita for me.

Rally Vincent (Gunsmith cats): It's my nostalgia acting up again. Rally has a special place in my youth and it would be safe to say that this manga did kindle my interest in both cars, guns and girls. I enjoy the character for both her skill and capabilites as well as her pleasant personality.

Yamada Kaoru (Virgin's Empire): An unstoppable force, unreachable beauty and unmatched presence, with a personality that is both fickle yet obsessive. All in all, Kaoru is one of the most intimidating and powerful girls I have ever seen. When this girl sets her mind to something she just does not lose and even if she does she'll keep on coming until she eventually does conquer. That alone would earn her a spot in this picture.

Tomie (Tomie): Much like Kaouru she is tremendously frightening albeit in a whole other way. Tomie embodies the essence of femininity and beauty, or rather our collective fear about the same. As beautiful as she is monstrous, she also represents the unknown and the primal existential dread so ingrained and communal among us. You cannot help being awed by her sheer perseverance and horrifying nature.

Thank you for letting me do this, very clever of you to tickle my inspiration like this.

Now there are several very interesting girls that would have been almost equally at home in this picture but I had to make a cutoff somewhere. Perhaps I'll revisit this some day.