Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160518062840/@comment-27447621-20160522032711

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: HookshotHotshot wrote:

-Sawyer grew up in isolation; his mother left when he was five years old and his dad, frankly, didn’t care at all about Sawyer. That is, he didn’t care until Sawyer’s tenth birthday, when Sawyer received a gold watch and training from his father; training to become a butcher.

- his dad finally agreed and Sawyer was placed into Sanctum Academy. Even as he furthered his education, going on to Haven Academy...

He didn’t know told him to explore the Emerald Forest, even after he had both a partner and a token. But he learned.

-In Professor Port’s class, he was eager to prove his worth as a fighter and so chose to take on the boarbatusk Port had brought. -Soooo...what the hell made his dad suddenly stop being so uncaring towards Tan, and start training him? And is the gold watch important?

-How fitting that the butchers are sent to Haven...

-.........Wait, didn't you say Haven? The Emerald Forest and Haven Academy are in entirely different continents. I would understand, if he traveled there on vacation or something, but nothing of the sort is said.

-"Professor Port's class"? Port? Port? Did you confuse Beacon with Haven?

-Oh, cool, a nigh-ripoff of Vol.1's Weiss vs Boarbatusk fight.

Outside the story: -His Semblance sounds too similar to Yang's. And it's name doesn't feel fitting enough of the character, mainly the Waltz part.

-Wait, why did his father disown him? And this is why I need you guys.

The answers, in order, are as follows...

1) His dad cared more about the Butcher's shop than he did his own son, so when Sawyer expressed some desire to run the shop (which I probably should have mentioned, I'll get on that), his dad finally took interest.  That's why his father disowned him as well; because Sawyer had run off with JSPR.

2) Ummmm, OK?  He wanted to learn to be a Huntsman. He convinced his dad to let him go to school so he could protect the shop.

3) Yeah, I wrote this when JSPR was still going to Beacon.  I'll fix that. On another note, it's really hard to fill in Landing Strategy, or relate anything to the Entrance Exam when the person is goint to Mistral, since we have literally NO IDEA what Haven's entrance exam is like.

4) Yes, Port. I say again, JSPR was going to go to Beacon, but I decided to send them to Haven instead.

5) Teachers, you may notice, follow a curriculum, teaching the same thing, each and every year.  There's nothing to suggest Port wouldn't do the same thing.

RE his Semblance. Look up Texas Chainsaw Massacre Chainsaw Dance, and tell me what you see. You should see a grown man flailing a chainsaw with rage. Hence the waltz, because it seemed to fit better than, say, Tango or something. Also, you try coming up with a Rager Semblance that DOESN'T sound similar to Yang's, would you?

I'll change the story issues etc. Hold on...