Thread:YingHe/@comment-36159587-20190318190247/@comment-36159587-20190601195239

Soo...since that last night message didn't go through--

Most here know I really like Saint Seiya. So, when I joined the forums, it was pretty apparent. SS quotes, characters in the gang, even the "Explosion" part in my name is SS-related (so if I get copystriked, I can only go by Galaxian UwU).

But, this is about the characters in the gang. Sometimes I have (accidentally or not) called them OCs, but other times, I just call them characters. Shaka, Milo, Shura, Camus, and the Gemini--are all characters (some of my favorite) from Saint Seiya. I use a lot some of my time just imagining what they'd be like, and such, for writing SS fanfiction. However, that's mainly because they all lack depth.

Of course, with the 14 characters, they all do vary--but as in all the loyal Saints in Athena's army, what always stands upmost is their loyalty to Athena, e.g. the main protagonist never bleeding out and getting smashed through the floor/structure 10k times by some powerful enemy and then somehow winning.

...But, there never is a reason why they're all so loyal. IRL, no one will be loyal for no reason, especially to the point that they are willing to sacrifice themselves (and their souls, if fantasy-wise) for someone else, even one more powerful than them.

So, if there isn't even a reason for their loyalty, there isn't any variation to them in the end.

...After all, they all died because of that. Undying loyalty.

Anyways! There was a reason that while in canon they were 20-28, I took it down to 7-15. It wasn't because I was 8 at the time and wanted younger gang members. It was because I wanted to see the development in them--characterize them myself.

But then, I was writing SS again, and I realized...my characterization is much too original (may I brag?) to keep to these characters in fanfiction, of all things.

So I'm essentially abandoning their physical appearances, names, etc., and keeping their developed personalities. Which means...I'll have 14+ OCs to make for this. :) But I don't think I'll regret it.

Following, I think I'll put a huge list of my development for these characters into my OCs--mostly speculation and development!

-Galaxian-