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[the_wildcat]

. . . You know. I actually started writing this one huge essay about differences in the Azumanga Daioh anime and manga. TWICE. XD; But I keep starting it and then deciding it's getting way too long and boring and stupid and who wants to READ all that

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[the_wildcat]

[on the other hand, IS ALL UP IN YOUR GRILL 8D]

[the_wildcat]

[drapes on |DDD]

[fromthelostdays]

Heather will touch Kabuto who she's talking to him, but with anyone else she'll usually keep a lot of distance between herself and them. Less, the friendlier she is to people. Everyone in SH3 does a lot of moving and gesticulating when they're talking, and Heather's no exception to that, so, yeah, if you're talking to her she probably making gestures a lot and sometimes making faces too. And she pretty much gives you her undivided attention.

Molly makes faces too, and does so much more often. And she's bouncy, and active, and can be easily distracted if you're not one of the people who're really special to her but she'll try to keep paying attention to you because it wouldn't be very nice not to.

Pratty mostly just stands there while talking to people because he field sprite has limited animations and her character portrait only changes its expressions, not its posture and when people are talking to her she'll often stop giving them her full attention and let her mind drift back to thinking about things they've already said, or

[lt_blonde]

For icons with extreeeeme actions, they're probably not literally happening. XD; But otherwise, yeah. Facial expressions, pulling out a weapon and waving it around -- if it's in the icon, they're probably doing it. As for personal tics...Ishida is a very awkward, reserved character. He gives people their personal space and then some. I imagine him adjusting his glasses a lot and not quite looking the person in the eye. Mal, on the other hand, is really casual and likes to drape himself on things. He's also got that personal bubble thing going on, but he's much more willing to make exceptions than Ishida does.

Roxas is pretty normal, all things considered. Not so good at casual touching, but otherwise normal. Shin...doesn't....do anything. Seriously. He will stand stock still during a conversation and focus VERY INTENTLY ON IT unless he's actually training or something. And Alice is generally very formal, very at attention most of the time. I imagine her standing up completely straight and formal unless I specifically say

[lt_blonde]

... and I just realized that Mal is possibly the most touchy-feely of my characters. Which is...sad.

[the_wildcat]

That's like before I got Yuuma in when I realized that CHISAME was my character most likely to give someone a friendly/comforting hug. T^Td

[lt_blonde]

IT'S SCARY, TOMO. HOLD ME. >:

[the_wildcat]

Chisame is usually typing at you, even though I never specify that, and she's not doing anything else except posting on other websites at the time. She dislikes leaving her cabin. If you ARE talking to her face-to-face, she's probably keeping a distance from you physically (unless you're Chizuru or Impulse), just sort of sitting there, and having difficulty keeping eye contact with you. XD; She doesn't touch or move around a lot.

Tomo on the other hand is always face-to-face, usually touching you somehow or at least looking at you or possibly doing other things. Part of what I was essaying on is how anime!Tomo is like, constantly running in circles and screaming and dancing and flailing, but I don't play her that way exactly because that's not how it comes across in the manga and I know manga!Tomo better. She DOES move around a lot, posing or twirling or pacing or doing other random things, usually reflected by the icon, but not to that extent. You can also assume she's touched you somehow if the thread's gone on for more than

[omgotp11one]

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[the_wildcat]

BUT YOU LIKED IT

[the_wildcat]

I forgot to mention something about Tomo that came up with KYON last night, that if she's just met you and I pose her trying to get behind you or peeking at your back, it means she's considering hanging off of it which means 1. she likes you and 2. she thinks you're the sort of person who would be annoyed by that. XD

[redhaired_anita]

Anita will be as close as necessary...

Anyway, when Anita talks, I identify two (+1) talk modes for her. If Anita's just chatting, she tends to fidget - rock back and forth, cast her gaze around, etc. etc. The more mundane the conversation, the more she moves about. She's not a good conversationalist not a reflection of my own faults, I swear and unless there's a point to her chat/she knows the person well, she probably just wants out of the inevitable awkward silence