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Hermes · 7 answers · 2y

Most people tend make their characters with a theme or story in mind. What do you have in mind with your characters? It can be just an abridged version if it's lore-heavy.

Fausto and Balei have a pretty common story message behind them, change!

Balei’s story focuses around changing for the better and improving of one’s self while Fausto is about accepting change but not forgetting the past

Wily is the main focus for that, and it's basically an allegory for mental health, and a journey of improving in attitude and outlook.

The 2 main things are:

-Learning to be okay with bad past experiences and to not let them taint your view of the world.

-Learning to cope with fear and anxiety of what MIGHT happen, and to accept that you can't 'solve' for life and stop every bad thing from happening. And that trying to always comes at a price.

Kingston: redemption arc w a lot of fuck ups
Ruth: sth like Akane Tsunemori Psycho Pass where it's like "yea the world is shitty but I don't have to be" and she sticks to her own morals despite everything telling her it would be easier to just give up
Mirajane: Butterfly effect

Hoo boy, there's a whole cocktail of stuff I want to try to explore with Odd's story, but I think a major theme for him (and the way I want to write Giratina, as kind of a mirror) given how they came together is "coming to terms with your existence, the inherent joys and sadness all are faced with when living, and trying your best to remain good/true to yourself regardless of the circumstances you find yourself in"

Also mix in a bit of making peace with guilt/grief from situations beyond his control that ended with people he cares for being hurt, and that he in part feels responsible for

honestly Estella wasn't made with any of that mind lmao. I'm just now starting to piece her story together.

The theme for her is maturity, really, and the painful journey to achieve it. Getting her shit together, getting over herself, and focusing her talents to reach her full potential.

Post-Development Estella, lets say 26 years old vs current 21, is a very different woman

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