Ed: Ed likes him! Ed would pretty easily consider him a friend, not a big one or anything but an acquaintance that he enjoys. Ed is friends with Riku too, but he doesn't have a big issue seeing you apart. (For one, you're shorter YES I SAID IT) and the personalities are so obviously different he doesn't care much.
Doesn't care about the replica or only being a couple of months old thing either. Mostly because Ed's been at camp so long he's like "o you're a clone/demon/angel/alien? huh" noooo biggie.
Luke: AGAIN most of it was in the diary. The Replica himself hasn't left much or any real impression as far as his personality. But the situation that Luke has heard about depresses him because it's basically exactly like what he came from. Only in his case it was his Original hating him because Luke had taken his life (NOT HIS FAULT). But Luke heard a lot of "You stole my life! My parents! My friends!" type of stuff. Also Luke REALLY CARES ABOUT his Original and throughout the game Asch pretty much just makes >( faces at him. Luke eventually comes to the conclusion that he doesn't need his Original to accept him, but he still wishes he HAD.
So. SEEING THIS REPLICA DOING IT TOO makes him sad. There are quite a few other replica related issues in the game and it's enough to say that OVERALL there are Not Good Vibes between Replicas and Originals and. It's depressing. So seeing the same situation in people from an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLANET is not doing a great job on Luke's hopes that replicas will find a place back in his world.
Riku: Stupid replica >(
Actually no, not really. SINCE THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH RECENTLY and to me their relationship is too delicate that I don't want to assume stuff is going around in the background, not much has changed since when we last played at the beginning of January.
Riku STILL doesn't like his replica, of course. He still thinks he's more annoying and now maybe a little disgusting too (STOP CRYING). Ironically playing Luke has helped me better work out Riku's issues with the replica. And that mainly being Riku still hasn't accepted the replica as someone different than him. At the same time, not as someone the same from him either. He really IS keeping the Replica in that "I'm no one!" place. Because no, the replica is not him, but at the same time it's his replica and shouldn't it act like it?
The fact is, that for as long as they fight over possessing the same things, Riku is probably never going to fully understand that the replica is a different person. This is mostly BECAUSE the replica is so intent on having the same things Riku has. That Riku would war with a copy of himself to possess what is important to him is... not at all surprising to Riku ^^; THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW HE FIGURES IT WOULD GO he doesn't like himself enough to share. So the fact that the replica is doing what he would expect while SAYING "No I'm different!" doesn't really equate to Riku. If you're different go get your own life and leave me the fuck alone. Riku would really be perfectly okay with this.
BUT he does... recognize the Replica as alive, and enough like him that he pities it sometimes, just a bit. Not NEARLY as much as he dislikes it. But um. It's progress?
He can't tell if the replica wants his approval or acknowledgement or what. It hasn't occurred to him. He doesn't recognize the replica as enough a part of himself to need something like that, and Riku would NEVER need acknowledgement from... another him. So it won't ever occur to Riku to give the replica even that much unless it just HAPPENS and that would mean seeing the replica as a completely separate entity WE'RE GOING IN CIRLCES OKAY GOOD.
AND FINALLY. Riku DOES kinda get the need for the replica to prove itself superior by kicking his ass. It's another thing he would expect himself to do. He just. Finds it annoying that it keeps trying. I'VE KILLED YOU TWICE YOU LOSE BY DEFAULT.
I- I think that's all. God you know WE DON'T PLAY THAT MUCH SO WHY DO YOUR CHARACTERS INSPIRE SO MUCH RAMBLING?
Ed: Ed likes him! Ed would pretty easily consider him a friend, not a big one or anything but an acquaintance that he enjoys. Ed is friends with Riku too, but he doesn't have a big issue seeing you apart. (For one, you're shorter YES I SAID IT) and the personalities are so obviously different he doesn't care much.
Doesn't care about the replica or only being a couple of months old thing either. Mostly because Ed's been at camp so long he's like "o you're a clone/demon/angel/alien? huh" noooo biggie.
Luke: AGAIN most of it was in the diary. The Replica himself hasn't left much or any real impression as far as his personality. But the situation that Luke has heard about depresses him because it's basically exactly like what he came from. Only in his case it was his Original hating him because Luke had taken his life (NOT HIS FAULT). But Luke heard a lot of "You stole my life! My parents! My friends!" type of stuff. Also Luke REALLY CARES ABOUT his Original and throughout the game Asch pretty much just makes >( faces at him. Luke eventually comes to the conclusion that he doesn't need his Original to accept him, but he still wishes he HAD.
So. SEEING THIS REPLICA DOING IT TOO makes him sad. There are quite a few other replica related issues in the game and it's enough to say that OVERALL there are Not Good Vibes between Replicas and Originals and. It's depressing. So seeing the same situation in people from an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLANET is not doing a great job on Luke's hopes that replicas will find a place back in his world.
Riku: Stupid replica >(
Actually no, not really. SINCE THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH RECENTLY and to me their relationship is too delicate that I don't want to assume stuff is going around in the background, not much has changed since when we last played at the beginning of January.
Riku STILL doesn't like his replica, of course. He still thinks he's more annoying and now maybe a little disgusting too (STOP CRYING). Ironically playing Luke has helped me better work out Riku's issues with the replica. And that mainly being Riku still hasn't accepted the replica as someone different than him. At the same time, not as someone the same from him either. He really IS keeping the Replica in that "I'm no one!" place. Because no, the replica is not him, but at the same time it's his replica and shouldn't it act like it?
The fact is, that for as long as they fight over possessing the same things, Riku is probably never going to fully understand that the replica is a different person. This is mostly BECAUSE the replica is so intent on having the same things Riku has. That Riku would war with a copy of himself to possess what is important to him is... not at all surprising to Riku ^^; THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW HE FIGURES IT WOULD GO he doesn't like himself enough to share. So the fact that the replica is doing what he would expect while SAYING "No I'm different!" doesn't really equate to Riku. If you're different go get your own life and leave me the fuck alone. Riku would really be perfectly okay with this.
BUT he does... recognize the Replica as alive, and enough like him that he pities it sometimes, just a bit. Not NEARLY as much as he dislikes it. But um. It's progress?
He can't tell if the replica wants his approval or acknowledgement or what. It hasn't occurred to him. He doesn't recognize the replica as enough a part of himself to need something like that, and Riku would NEVER need acknowledgement from... another him. So it won't ever occur to Riku to give the replica even that much unless it just HAPPENS and that would mean seeing the replica as a completely separate entity WE'RE GOING IN CIRLCES OKAY GOOD.
AND FINALLY. Riku DOES kinda get the need for the replica to prove itself superior by kicking his ass. It's another thing he would expect himself to do. He just. Finds it annoying that it keeps trying. I'VE KILLED YOU TWICE YOU LOSE BY DEFAULT.
I- I think that's all. God you know WE DON'T PLAY THAT MUCH SO WHY DO YOUR CHARACTERS INSPIRE SO MUCH RAMBLING?
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