Family Matters Poll (3): OCs

[akk]

With chapter 15 (after the upcoming Interregnum 5) Family Matters is going into the final hot phase, collecting and -hopefully- tieing all the lose story threats and building starting platforms for sequels and sidefics. I'm admittedly curious what my readers think about the cast of original characters Family Matters acquired so far. Please let me know. :)


[I consider any character not directly part of Tokyo Babylon or X/1999 an original character in this context, even if he or she stars in a different Clamp work.]
[Poll #1151]

Comments

[ranalore.insanejournal.com]

I'm relieved to hear you say the EM will be addressed again, because I think you've demonstrated very well that you can flesh him out satisfactorily. The main reason I mentioned him was because I wasn't sure he'd crop up again, and as he stands, he's a weak spot in the story. Knowing his part isn't finished, I'm happy to see how things develop.

[akk.insanejournal.com]

I just hope it won't be too frustrating for everybody to have him resurface after almost 20 chapters and I've got kind of a "bad conscience" for not touching on him at least briefly in between, but there was just no place for him to make an appearance except in a passing thought or casual quip here and there.

One of the reasons for him still "being stored" is that he's going to be a vital proof for the upcoming changes in the way the Sumeragi & Sakurazuka business is going to be conducted; without him, it would be nearly impossible to make certain people see the necessity.

[ranalore.insanejournal.com]

Now that I know you're bringing him back, I can see where you've built up the expectation that he'll become significant in making both clans see some semblance of reason. The Sumeragi, I suspect, will need evidence of their own less than stellar origins in order to stop viewing Seishirou as evil incarnate. The Mori...well, I suspect they're less interested in reason and balance than in keeping control of the power the Sakurazukamori gives them.

I'll have to wait to see if my suppositions are correct, however. *G*

[akk.insanejournal.com]

...if my suppositions are correct

...not quite. The Sumeragi getting a reminder of not being "Clan Perfect" is an extra-bonus, but it is by far not the most important thing to prove at that point. But it needs the events in chapter 15-17 for installing that "thing". ;)

sorry, bad tease author mode auto-activated

[ranalore.insanejournal.com]

Well, I have to assume you're keeping something back, so I can only speculate on what I know, usually focused on which parts of the currently known plot elements are of most interest to me at the moment (it changes ;-).

[akk.insanejournal.com]

Yes, I keep something back. Chapter 15 will have a critical element - the final piece for the puzzle, so to speak - which will serve as a catalyst for all the bits and pieces to come together and form a new complete picture with some dramatical changes for both Sumeragi and Sakurazuka clan / business. But it's a development I can't tell any detail about without making huge spoilers and taking the thrill out of the story conclusion. I don't want to spoil anyone's fun - or the opportunity to go cross-eyed and telling me "now you've gone nuts; that's completely OOC / impossible / moronic / whatever" - with it.

And at the moment, I have another one of those times in which I'm 100% sure that I'll never be able to pull that off, but that's just nerves; so ignore it (I try to do the same).