Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160518062840/@comment-27447621-20160520003652

ShadowFiend1000 wrote: http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:357252#490   (Ciaran Sapphiron)

http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:359340#130   (Redgrave Porphyrius)

http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:359340#136   (Blaec Erwin)

http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:359340#169   (Albion Nikko) I'm going to give my opinions on the other living member based on how they react with Ciaran according to their posts and the story aspects I would focus on if the character was to survive.

This is my opinion. This is not how I think the story SHOULD go if these characters live, but how it might TEND to go, unless you're actively trying to avoid it at all times.

Redgrave Porphyrius;

So, this personally wouldn't be my first choice. If I'm reading their relationship info correctly, they seem to overlap quite a lot, with both being strategy-minded, strategic and academic. You went so far as to describe Redgrave as teh team's Second Brain. It would seem like one would overshadow the other and they would be hard to distinguish because they seem too similar. Having both on a team with 2 other diverse characters is fine, but if those are your only two characters, I could see that as being difficult to pull off. I'm not saying the characters are identical, because they aren't, but they seem similar in action and personality, and may start to blur together if they're the only two.

Blaec Erwin

Blaec seems like a better choice than Redgrave in my opinion, because they seem to be able to work well together as just a pair, especially as they've been, in your words, partners in crime. They don't seem to need anyone else to make their friendship work (which is the feeling I got reading about Ciaran's relationship with Redgrave). It seems like they would easily be able to support each other in combat and out of combat, and could make a very good story. In my opinion, this would lead to a slightly (only slightly) more laid-back story as they try to lift each other's spirits with jokes etc. and support each other. Whereas the story with Albion (which I'll get to) may have to revolve around brusque mutual respect as much as (if not more than) genuine friendship, this one would showcase two characters that were actively trying to support each other in a softer and friendlier way. On the other hand, Killing him is a double-edged sword. As several people have pointed out, your characters can be percieved as edgy. The murder of a brother figure may make the character deeper, at the risk of becoming 2edgy4me.

Albion Nikko

This is the brusque-er relationship I was talking about. I feel like Albion is just as likely to bottle up his feelings and tell Ciaran to shake off his sadness, which can lead to tension and awkwardness between characters. I feel like this one would have the most fighting to be effective, as their respect for each other would grow as they stood together in combat, thus improving their relationship that way. Speaking based on assumption, but I don't think the rival is the most interested in what the character is feeling (and yes, I know, they're a team, but it's still an option to consider), so if they just watched both companions get brutally killed, their rivalry may look like it's just devolving into awkwardness.

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Again, these are my opinions, but I'm on the outside looking in on this. Which character you leave alive is ultimately up to you, but these are some of the ways I think the story could go with each of the characters as Ciaran's only remaining teammate. Did I shed a little bit of light on the subject?