Shinonome Kon
OOC: He's my secondary-edging-on-primary. I'd say he was almost my primary but Link tends to get more play just because people like harassing him more, including me. But I really love playing Kon. He gets to be laid back and insightful and he's finally started to connect outside his cast, which is awesome. He went a good long time without that because the Amatsuki cast was more than enough to maintain him, but it's fun forming connections across different canons.
As far as characterization goes I sometimes worry that I make him too friendly with people he only just met but I do think that Edo mellowed him out quite a bit. Before Edo he seemed sort of unapproachable because of his reputation, like his schoolmates would actively avoid him and accuse him of causing trouble just by being around. This.. doesn't change THAT much when get gets to Edo but he still ended up making some friends even before Toki. That and the people in camp are a little more interesting than he's used to so it's fun to poke at them. He likes to be a little nosy.
Anyhow I am having no trouble with him at all and loev him and can't wait for him to show back up in canon again.
Ideas: STILL need to do Iron Chef, but other than that just let him be spontaneous. I've wanted to re-advertise the outdoor baths he made once too but I'm a bit lazy. Also do a smoking post or something...
Dropping: No~
Joker
OOC Aaaah, I'm so sad he fell out of the primary spot so quickly! He was lots of fun to bounce off people but he's really not the type that makes permanent connections easily. He gets along well with people but is perfectly fine falling out of contact with people, which on the one hand makes it easy for me because he doesn't make too many issues for himself, but that makes picking up old relationships a little odd. He really needs to get out more since he's... also my type and thus INSIGHTFUL, and really has lots of potential to be interesting and helpful and stuff. He hasn't talked about serious things in a while except with his cast. I think my portrayal of him might be slightly unbalanced but it's not something I'm super worried about. Other than that he's still an easy chara to play and I love him.
Ideas: Just try to ninja around with him some more or run with post ideas if they occur to me. He's a good person to post with, I've just forgotten how...
Dropping: Not in the foreseeable future.
Xellos
OOC: HE'S STILL TOO COOL FOR ME. Also I find him a little more difficult to play compared to everyone else, and he's capable of being perfectly pleasant and smiley and inane with people he doesn't feel like are worth provoking, and can get a little boring. He's very much someone I don't pull out unless I'm in a specific mood, and while I think this is normal it still makes me a little sad he's not around causing more trouble. When I interact off people, I'm most interested in characters that have canons I know pretty decently, because it's just easier to know how to annoy people that way, which also contributes to the sense of slow when I play him. Basically I'm admitting it's not as fun to bounce Xellos off characters I don't know enough about. That's sorta bad.
Randomly,
a neat tegaki drawing.
Ideas: Nothing much at the moment.
Dropping: I'm tempted to do it just to trim down my lineup but he's not actually causing me and REAL problems, he's just slower to play with. :( I really like his icons though. And just. Having him. So probably still not for a while.
Howard Link
OOC: He is my baaabyyy, he's so cute~! Sometimes I hesitate to put him out in a post if Allen isn't around but it's usually not too much of a problem. He fits in my lineup perfectly because I need someone that fails at humor and is strict and kind of dumb when it comes to people (though of course he's sharp in his own way). Haha, actually he fills a lot of the spaces left by Tim, including his thing for taking care of people without being asked. BASICALLY I LOVE HIM AND HE'S EASY TO PLAY. Also EEE NEWEST CANON HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME :3. I sometimes worry that his speech isn't formal/official/complicated enough though.
Ideas: Baking! Maybe not sweets?
Dropping: Don't be silly!