Becuase I'm a sucker for this sort of thing
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mrwhat
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First, select then fictional characters by whichever method you like best, and number them one through then. Next, answer these questions.
1: Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad)
2: Takamachi Nanoha (Mahou Shojo Lyrical Nanoha and sequels)
3: Balsa (Seirei no Moribito)
4: Tsuruya-san (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)
5: Tohsaka Rin (Fate/Stay Night)
6: Ifurita (El-Hazard: The Magnificent World)
7: Izumi Konata (Lucky Star)
8: Helen (Claymore)
9: Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan)
10: Ablïarsec néïc Dubreuscr Bœrh Parhynr Lamhirh (Seikai Series)
1) Divide the list up by even and odd. Which group of five would make a better Five Man Band (like a Power Rangers team)? Who would you slot in each position: Leader, Lancer (second-in-command), Big Guy, Smart Guy, The Chick? If you think the team would be
improved by swapping one character between the even and odd groups, which ones would you switch?
I think I'd have to go with the evens
Leader: Lafiel, mostly becuase she actually has military training and her preferred place in the chain of command is on top.
Lancer: This role was made for Helen.
Big Guy: It's an honest toss up between Nanoha and Ifurita. I wouldn't want and try and call a fight between them.
Smart Guy: Ifurita's built in anylitical abilities probably slot her into this role better than anyone else.
The Chick: Tsuruya-san by default. Well, that and she's kind of over shadowed by the rest of the group (barring any unforseen revelations about her true nature. She does hang around Haruhi after all even if she isn't an official member of ther SOS-dan)
2) Gender-swap 2, 8 & 10. Which character would have the most change in their story arc? Which the least? Would any of these characters have to have a complete personality change to be believable as the opposite sex?
Male Nanoha: Given where she get's her 'peace through superior firepower' attitude from, probably wouldn't alter her that much.
Male Lafiel: It might cause Jinto to blink a bit (though maybe not all that much given his conversation with Ku Dorin in the novels). Though whether it would turn into an actual romance or a 'hetero lifemate' situation is harder to call. Given that she is Abh though, basic personality wouldn't change much.
Male Helen: There we have problems given what happens to Male Claymore.
3) Compare the matchups of 1 & 8 and 5 & 9. (Ignore canon sexual preferences for the moment.) Which couple would be more compatible? Which couple would be more plausible to people from either principal's home culture?
Rin and Kamina? Tomoya and Helen? I find both prospects equally disturbing becuase in both cases they'd wind up egging each other on. Though given the social stigma against Claymore, Rin/Kamina might have a better chance of working out
4) Your team is 3, 4 & 9. The mission consists of a social challenge, a mental challenge and a physical challenge. Which team member do you assign to each challenge?
Balsa: While a capable fighter I'd probably wind up giving her the mental challenge becusae she is smart and Kamina... well.
Tsuruya-san: Social. Her cheerful personality could probably let her charm her way out of any problem.
Kamina: Physical. He is capable of absorbing insane amounts of damage and keep going through sheer determination. Even when fatally wounded.
5) 7 becomes 1's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?
Konata bossing around Tomoya? Tomoya would probably be to busy trying to pull practical jokes in revenge for getting all the work dumped on him to actually get anything done.
6) 2 finds him/her/itself inserted into 6's continuity. As far as anyone other than 2 or 6 is concerned, they've always been there. What role would 2 be presumed to have had in 6's story, and could they fit in without going wonky?
Nanoha in El-Hazard. Would probably be mistaken for another Demon-God. And given the sheer number of ancient superweapons that seem to be lying about, the White Demon would probably not find herself out of work to quickly. (And if all else fails she can go 'befriend' Jinnai)
7) 3 and 5 get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?
Balsa and Rin splitting up three wishes between them? I don't think either of them would want them. Rin was in the Grail War more as a way to prove her abilities as a Mage than to get the wish and Balsa seems equally enamoured of achieving her goals with her own hands.
8) 1 and 2 are brainwashed by a one-time artifact that works even on people immune to mind control to attack and kill 4. They keep their normal personality, skills and competence level, except any Code vs. Killing has been turned off. Can 4 survive? How?
Requiescat in pace Tsuruya-san. While the books reveals she's quite capable of defending herself against random muggings, let alone Tomoya's bad arm but against Nanoha? Not without divine intervention.
9) 6, 7, 9 & 10 must help an orphanage full of small and depressed children have a merry Christmas. Who does what, knowing that at the very least the kids will be expecting a visit from Santa?
Ifurita, Konata, Kamina and Lafiel? I suspect that Lafiel and Ifurita would find themselves completely lost while between them Konata and Kamina will concot some crazy scheme. But becuase it is Kamina they will pull it off. And it will be the best Christmas the kids ever had becuase it's Kamina. But becuase it's also Konata someone had best make sure none of the gifts are intended for an adult audience before hand.
10) 3 and 8 are challenged to circumnavigate the Earth in eighty days or less, using only forms of transportation invented before 1900.
Can they do it, or will they be fatally distracted by sidequests or their own personality conflicts?
Both Helen and Balsa are used to getting everywhere by foot so even 19th Century long distance transport would seem luxurious to them. And I think Balsa is calm enough to endure Helen for long enough to get to the finish line.
mrwhat
Feel free to borrow this if you want.
First, select then fictional characters by whichever method you like best, and number them one through then. Next, answer these questions.
1: Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad)
2: Takamachi Nanoha (Mahou Shojo Lyrical Nanoha and sequels)
3: Balsa (Seirei no Moribito)
4: Tsuruya-san (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)
5: Tohsaka Rin (Fate/Stay Night)
6: Ifurita (El-Hazard: The Magnificent World)
7: Izumi Konata (Lucky Star)
8: Helen (Claymore)
9: Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan)
10: Ablïarsec néïc Dubreuscr Bœrh Parhynr Lamhirh (Seikai Series)
1) Divide the list up by even and odd. Which group of five would make a better Five Man Band (like a Power Rangers team)? Who would you slot in each position: Leader, Lancer (second-in-command), Big Guy, Smart Guy, The Chick? If you think the team would be
improved by swapping one character between the even and odd groups, which ones would you switch?
I think I'd have to go with the evens
Leader: Lafiel, mostly becuase she actually has military training and her preferred place in the chain of command is on top.
Lancer: This role was made for Helen.
Big Guy: It's an honest toss up between Nanoha and Ifurita. I wouldn't want and try and call a fight between them.
Smart Guy: Ifurita's built in anylitical abilities probably slot her into this role better than anyone else.
The Chick: Tsuruya-san by default. Well, that and she's kind of over shadowed by the rest of the group (barring any unforseen revelations about her true nature. She does hang around Haruhi after all even if she isn't an official member of ther SOS-dan)
2) Gender-swap 2, 8 & 10. Which character would have the most change in their story arc? Which the least? Would any of these characters have to have a complete personality change to be believable as the opposite sex?
Male Nanoha: Given where she get's her 'peace through superior firepower' attitude from, probably wouldn't alter her that much.
Male Lafiel: It might cause Jinto to blink a bit (though maybe not all that much given his conversation with Ku Dorin in the novels). Though whether it would turn into an actual romance or a 'hetero lifemate' situation is harder to call. Given that she is Abh though, basic personality wouldn't change much.
Male Helen: There we have problems given what happens to Male Claymore.
3) Compare the matchups of 1 & 8 and 5 & 9. (Ignore canon sexual preferences for the moment.) Which couple would be more compatible? Which couple would be more plausible to people from either principal's home culture?
Rin and Kamina? Tomoya and Helen? I find both prospects equally disturbing becuase in both cases they'd wind up egging each other on. Though given the social stigma against Claymore, Rin/Kamina might have a better chance of working out
4) Your team is 3, 4 & 9. The mission consists of a social challenge, a mental challenge and a physical challenge. Which team member do you assign to each challenge?
Balsa: While a capable fighter I'd probably wind up giving her the mental challenge becusae she is smart and Kamina... well.
Tsuruya-san: Social. Her cheerful personality could probably let her charm her way out of any problem.
Kamina: Physical. He is capable of absorbing insane amounts of damage and keep going through sheer determination. Even when fatally wounded.
5) 7 becomes 1's boss for a week in some plausible fashion. How's their working relationship?
Konata bossing around Tomoya? Tomoya would probably be to busy trying to pull practical jokes in revenge for getting all the work dumped on him to actually get anything done.
6) 2 finds him/her/itself inserted into 6's continuity. As far as anyone other than 2 or 6 is concerned, they've always been there. What role would 2 be presumed to have had in 6's story, and could they fit in without going wonky?
Nanoha in El-Hazard. Would probably be mistaken for another Demon-God. And given the sheer number of ancient superweapons that seem to be lying about, the White Demon would probably not find herself out of work to quickly. (And if all else fails she can go 'befriend' Jinnai)
7) 3 and 5 get three wishes. The catch is that they have to agree on all three wishes before they get the benefits of any of them. What three wishes would they make?
Balsa and Rin splitting up three wishes between them? I don't think either of them would want them. Rin was in the Grail War more as a way to prove her abilities as a Mage than to get the wish and Balsa seems equally enamoured of achieving her goals with her own hands.
8) 1 and 2 are brainwashed by a one-time artifact that works even on people immune to mind control to attack and kill 4. They keep their normal personality, skills and competence level, except any Code vs. Killing has been turned off. Can 4 survive? How?
Requiescat in pace Tsuruya-san. While the books reveals she's quite capable of defending herself against random muggings, let alone Tomoya's bad arm but against Nanoha? Not without divine intervention.
9) 6, 7, 9 & 10 must help an orphanage full of small and depressed children have a merry Christmas. Who does what, knowing that at the very least the kids will be expecting a visit from Santa?
Ifurita, Konata, Kamina and Lafiel? I suspect that Lafiel and Ifurita would find themselves completely lost while between them Konata and Kamina will concot some crazy scheme. But becuase it is Kamina they will pull it off. And it will be the best Christmas the kids ever had becuase it's Kamina. But becuase it's also Konata someone had best make sure none of the gifts are intended for an adult audience before hand.
10) 3 and 8 are challenged to circumnavigate the Earth in eighty days or less, using only forms of transportation invented before 1900.
Can they do it, or will they be fatally distracted by sidequests or their own personality conflicts?
Both Helen and Balsa are used to getting everywhere by foot so even 19th Century long distance transport would seem luxurious to them. And I think Balsa is calm enough to endure Helen for long enough to get to the finish line.