Thread:Enchanteddragons/@comment-32460917-20181214105541/@comment-32460917-20181229090339

I also agree that none of the Quartet have romantic interest in one another. Autumn isn't the jerk that Shin was, but my thought was that she's very distant and always claiming to be busy. Maybe her and Riri are siblings (and she's siblings with Bixbite too) but she's basically never present because of all the extracurriculars and tutoring she does. Like Shin, she's probably really smart. And she feels obligated to do all this extra work, leaving her with time for nothing and no one else. Chan has a similar, friendly relationship but Autumn rarely says more than a 'hello' on a daily basis. When Chan commits suicide later in the plot, Autumn blames herself (much like Shin does) because she believes that if she had just paid more attention and hadn't had her nose stuck in books all the time, maybe she could have prevented Chan's death.

As for Riri, I don't think she'll attract attention in the way Momo does. I was thinking that, through her eyepower, she became a highly acclaimed author at a young age. However, people don't actually know what she looks like, since she rarely makes a public appearance. A point of conflict might be Riri wondering how good her writing actually is if the main reason for her success is through a power out of her control.

I gave Nick the same personality as Haruka since in the small moment of time when he reverted back into his mortal self, he was pretty nice. I'm thinking that since Niko is more of a shell, he isn't quite the same as his GGaD personality until Clearing Eyes jumps ship onto him, like it did with Konoha. I'm thinking that it's less like Konoha's personality and more of a general quietness and aloofness.

Another idea I had was making MJ and her partner the oldest of the cast. Probably 19, since 20 is the age of adulthood in Japan and Jin has stated that this story is about 'children' so probably keep the ages under 20. It'd be a fun difference to the original and an older person is less inclined to listen to weird younger kids talking about how they have superpowers. Similar to how Hibiya is.

I also considered changing Matthias to Damian cause MJ and him were in a relationship before and without magic, well what she did in GGaD can't be done here. Also, compared to a lot of the other 'partners' that stayed in the Haze, we actually get to see Hiyori in the present before she kicks the bucket. So it might be better to get a character we're more invested in. And we know more about Damian than Matthias. I'm not as sure about this idea though since he's already in the other AU version.

I'm thinking that Xenon is probably 18 or 17, with Chan being 15-16 and the trio being 12-14. So maybe if they were adopted at 10 years old, Xenon would have been 14-15, and Chan would have been 12-13. As for Ayaka I was thinking that Xenon + Chan and Bixbite + Riri + Autumn's families were close and so we could have Xebite and Chan + Autumn childhood friendship like with Aya and Shin. Maybe Enten (who's probably a human now and maybe their legal guardian) could be the one that dies with Xenon and gets him possessed

Kano and Ayano share a special bond where the two of them worked together to stop Clearing Eyes from using their dad's body for evil; Kano posed as Ayano sometimes in school so that she could go investigate and she confided in him about the whole thing.

Maybe the more Caspian parts of this AU's Caspian could come after Chan dies and leaves the trio with immense guilt. Caspian (like Kano) is forced to help Clearing Eyes so that might give her personality a turn for the worse. The trio in the series are still very closely knit, with Kano still caring for them despite the loads of secrets he hides from them, but maybe Caspian is starting to break off altogether. That might cause fights between Mills and Caspian. (Sorta reminiscent of how they hate each other in GGaD)