Thread:Eronan/@comment-24438896-20140526170748/@comment-27360363-20140527094919

Once you get to know some of the characters go ahead and look at this: http://www.poll-maker.com/results96676xceA44676-4#tab-2

You can input your answer as many times as you like, especially if you're wishing to vote for a different character. However, I already have the character planned :3. (I've pretty much planned the second Story/Season in my head Xd)

I was aiming for the second season to not need the first one to explain everything since the first one would be extremely long (fanfiction standards). Though, I've realized most of what I'm doing in Season 2 requires them to have sympathized or befriended and know the character. Just so I can have more impact. Especially with the Link Joker player.

I might have to find a way to pull this off Xd. I was probably going to have some references to before and during the first Story anyways. So, that might work. Where two characters who would be formerly friends/rivals/master-student/etc. are twisted to fight each other through the power of reverse :3 and Void.

Cardfight!! Vanguard has the mistake of making Reverse seem so futile, stupid and weak. So we didn't feel the true terror of it. I may be doing something similar with Reverse being beaten by the main characters, though I'll go with a more Ren-Arc Style where friends are fighting friends. I'll also be making the Link Joker player a formidable foe having beaten the stronger of the characters. This way Reverse can be used for more than card advertisements. (I WANTED THE TWIN'S (Charlene and Jillian) BACKSTORY DX WHY BUSHIROAD?!?!?!?!?)

Though here are some tips for your major/semi-major characters:


 * Make them unique and different. (Seriously, I was happy with the promise Charlene and Jillian could have had more to them than just Leon's lackies... sadly I was disappointed)


 * Develop them, Seriously... Make both small developments and large developments. Since this is a trading card game story the small development is obviously going to be getting stronger though you can include personality developments. The Large Developments are more likely to be things to their personality, where the characters learnt what they did wrong.
 * MAKE SURE YOU DO THE DEVELOPMENT. (Seriously, it doesn't just give story. It gives feeling to your characters, how they are, who they are)
 * Still know that you character can't be perfect after the development, just more mature.
 * Make them suffer :3 seriously, easy development right there. I've been making Caroline and Eve suffer the most (Double Standards, it's easier to make people feel for a girl than a guy), however once the arc I'm on is finished. William, prepare yourself you'll be getting your fair share :D. (This is hoping that they got to know more about William and sympathized with him. I'll probably also start talking about their backstory during the William vs. Caroline explaining how and why they're friends)
 * Don't make too many characters, you'll have trouble controlling them. You'll need to keep track of who has what personality and quirks. Don't mix them up. (I have a lot of characters, but I'm planning to keep the maximum amount of followed/main characters of an arc at six. Then I'll swap to a different set of characters. I don't recommend doing this after having had experience of keeping track of characters. [I've kept track of six characters but failed to create a good fanfiction Xd])
 * I'm a hard guy about character development. Not only does it help us understand the character and how they work, it makes an interesting story. I have many horrible opinions about anime that don't do character development Xd. (Sword Art Online was the only exception but that because awesome setting, and I wasn't as hard about it as I am now.) There's also a reason why I simply HATE the harem genre...
 * This is more of a tip for your story, and you really don't need to do this. Plus it's really difficult to achieve without experience or knowledge of how people's minds work. I merely (try to) do this because I like making people suffer :D (sadist) but also because I think it's effective. Control your reader's emotions. So know which character of yours would affect your reader's emotions (not yours, yours would probably be the main character of your story). I managed to make them all hate Mr. Calvin so I guess it's a good sign Xd. [Though that's also becuase Mr. Calvin's a guy... Double Standards] (It also seems like the time I wasted on tvtropes paid off Xd Seriously, I don't know how long I've spent "researching" on that website ._.)
 * Don't make any personal attachments to your characters :P seriously, it's much better this way. You won't have to suffer when you make your character suffer :D. You also can do more unbias stories and ideas. Preventing Mary-Sueness/Gary-Stuness.