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Jan. 4th, 2014 04:45 pmSo, me and Jake were discussing the circumstances of each main character in the possible Beehive Brigade game.
The gist is that they are all victims of persecution by the world they live in, and are chosen to destroy said world in order to become goddesses of a new world. Frankly, that's the only way I see them, other than as outright villains. The whole thing would be like if Izumi Wakase were the protagonist, rather than the antagonist, of Bonds, and you're supposed to root for her as she shoots up her school and eventually blows it up altogether as revenge for all the torment that the Hunt Club had put her through.
About the girls' individual situations, Nanako is the studious type, so she'd be hiding in a library to learn about stuff, since outcasts like her aren't likely allowed much of an education. Izumi was a gladiator forced to fight other people in deathmatches, nearly kills someone higher than her in a match she was supposed to lose, and has been imprisoned until gaining powers and using them to escape. Chiharu knows how to fix things, but mainly so that no one finds out if she broke anything lest they do anything to her. Misao is the only one whose parents were actually able to raise her, is currently being raised by an uncle who takes advantage of her kind personality and abuses her, and wishes to find out what happened to her parents. And Yuka... well, we toyed with several different situations, but didn't really pin anything down. (Jake has asked me to add something to her personality, and I should also note that hers is the only one not based off of anything from .hack New World.)
Between two halves of the convo, during which Jake had to have lunch, I came to realize that, in a world like what I described, such people as those girls would be all dirty and their clothes would be in tatters. Honestly, I hate to throw away the ideas that Jake took the time to think up, and did promise to apply them to at least some extent. However, a good part of what appeals to me about the five girls is the different outfits that Chelle had once suggested for each of them, reflecting on their personalities. In a state of poverty, some of them (and particularly Misao) wouldn't be able to afford the clothes specified for them.
Yuka
Misao
Izumi
Nanako
Chiharu
I did bring up later, that they don't have to live in total poverty and discrimination. They might have something of a foothold in life, such as being able to shop for stuff or spend nights at a hotel. I also mentioned that I'd especially like them to look presentable when they each first appear. Not sure how compatible that would be with at least having to contend with a world that would've been subjecting them to things ranging from various forms of humiliation to outright attempts to kill them even before they gain their powers.
Another problem that arose is the question of why they in particular were chosen in the first place. This, I found myself trying to rationalize for a bit, until I admitted unable to come up with a solid reason as to why they'd be chosen not to defend the world from any given force, but to destroy it and create a new one for themselves to govern.
Like with the Nowhere Islands in Mother 3, though, we could at least say that the circumstances that be are just way beyond their influence, and to hit the reset button is the only real option they have.
The gist is that they are all victims of persecution by the world they live in, and are chosen to destroy said world in order to become goddesses of a new world. Frankly, that's the only way I see them, other than as outright villains. The whole thing would be like if Izumi Wakase were the protagonist, rather than the antagonist, of Bonds, and you're supposed to root for her as she shoots up her school and eventually blows it up altogether as revenge for all the torment that the Hunt Club had put her through.
About the girls' individual situations, Nanako is the studious type, so she'd be hiding in a library to learn about stuff, since outcasts like her aren't likely allowed much of an education. Izumi was a gladiator forced to fight other people in deathmatches, nearly kills someone higher than her in a match she was supposed to lose, and has been imprisoned until gaining powers and using them to escape. Chiharu knows how to fix things, but mainly so that no one finds out if she broke anything lest they do anything to her. Misao is the only one whose parents were actually able to raise her, is currently being raised by an uncle who takes advantage of her kind personality and abuses her, and wishes to find out what happened to her parents. And Yuka... well, we toyed with several different situations, but didn't really pin anything down. (Jake has asked me to add something to her personality, and I should also note that hers is the only one not based off of anything from .hack New World.)
Between two halves of the convo, during which Jake had to have lunch, I came to realize that, in a world like what I described, such people as those girls would be all dirty and their clothes would be in tatters. Honestly, I hate to throw away the ideas that Jake took the time to think up, and did promise to apply them to at least some extent. However, a good part of what appeals to me about the five girls is the different outfits that Chelle had once suggested for each of them, reflecting on their personalities. In a state of poverty, some of them (and particularly Misao) wouldn't be able to afford the clothes specified for them.
Yuka
Misao
Izumi
Nanako
Chiharu
I did bring up later, that they don't have to live in total poverty and discrimination. They might have something of a foothold in life, such as being able to shop for stuff or spend nights at a hotel. I also mentioned that I'd especially like them to look presentable when they each first appear. Not sure how compatible that would be with at least having to contend with a world that would've been subjecting them to things ranging from various forms of humiliation to outright attempts to kill them even before they gain their powers.
Another problem that arose is the question of why they in particular were chosen in the first place. This, I found myself trying to rationalize for a bit, until I admitted unable to come up with a solid reason as to why they'd be chosen not to defend the world from any given force, but to destroy it and create a new one for themselves to govern.
Like with the Nowhere Islands in Mother 3, though, we could at least say that the circumstances that be are just way beyond their influence, and to hit the reset button is the only real option they have.