Because I got an idea, and now I may want to drag you into it as well...
Favourites, favourites, favourites...
Who are your favourites and why?
I'm the type of player that gets hooked on a character like a drug, and then it consumes me for a little while (...or a slightly longer while if I feed it... Years, sometimes). I'm fairly boring in that regard -- one primary favourite is more than enough.
My first Ikemen obsession was Masamune. Lord, I loved his route. I think his character construction is extremely interesting -- he's wild, he's a flirt, he's fearless, but... Below all that, there's actually a very capable, reliable person. An anxious person. A person who doesn't consider himself to be enough, who strives extremely hard to make up for his own insufficient nature, who chooses to wear strength like a piece of armour. A person who's so afraid to lose somebody yet once again that he chooses not to be attached in the first place. I adored his curiosity and his diligence. Masamune always made it all look so effortless, but if we go by what master Kosai said, it was anything but.
But that mix is what got me invested. Raising to strength despite your weaknesses, overcoming yourself, abandoning the ugly, imperfect parts to then return to them... Ugh!
In a way, I got the hit of the same poison when I read Chevalier's route. Granted, he's more than perfect if we go by academic accomplishments or physical prowess, but he also is seen as lacking in fundamental ways. He's moulded by duty, defined by it, and yet... Even if he can carry the label effortlessly, the things he yearns for are outside his reach precisely because of it. He's reliable. Capable. Intelligent. Accomplished... Troubled by preparing a date plan and -- according to him -- insufficient in his care. He doesn't reject the objections against him, rather, Chevalier chooses to accept and affirm them. There is something soft about him, hidden beneath all that ruthless hardness, and it just begs to be soothed, to be seen. There is a fragile, sweet side to him even he is blind to.
And you know what?
When the strong are weak my knees can barely stand it.
Too.
Goddamn.
GOOD.
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@the12thnightproject @my-day6 @iphigeniainaulis @jinniedoesblogging @rkmaru @oda-princess , wanna share your experiences too? :3 And maybe tag your friends if you want to... we could make it a game :3 Make your own post, reblog this one, anything that gets us all talking :3
And if you're seeing it and feel like doing it? Oh come on, you're invited to! Bring a friend along and tag me in your post so that I can see it! I'm curious!
