Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-5414004-20141031064023/@comment-25399914-20141124184826

Zephyrcoil wrote: Mercen-X wrote: It's called reasonable deduction. Velvet was an unplanned character therefore she was never meant to be on a team. The assumption was that all other teams had already been planned out so for Velvet to suddenly be given a team must mean they made them on the fly. There's also the fact that CFVY's character allusions have been the most impossible to pin down since they don't seem to be based in tales or lore of any kind, but more likely on real people or perhaps even food which was originally a joke idea but people seem to be taking it seriously. And no, Neopolitan is not an allusion to ice cream. It may have inspired her name, but she alludes to a character... then again, maybe she alludes to Soften (Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo).

Of course, with the later reveal that Neptune was originally designed for another team, this assumption does kind of seem heavy-handed without confirmation from Monty.

But that is kinda contradictory. The team's been rather up front about whowas or wasn't planned. I mean they clearly explained neo was a new cration not long after she actually debutted. Velvet required endless user feedback fo her battle suit creation and as per monty, her weapon's a work in progress. Neo didn't have that fault given she had a solid basis from the start (genderbent roman). Add on top that velvet definitively alludes to a story in spite of being exceptionlly new. The argument that CFY don't kinda rings hollow. If velvet also didn't allude to any myth then you could use a precedent there.

On top of that, Velvet's fan created attire had to be modified color wise to fit CFVY's motif. If she was the central character under which they were built around, one would assume their colors would be modded to match hers.

I just don't see enough evidence to say CFY were made from scratch just because velvet was. Given that Sage, Scarlet and Neptune were created before Sun it's possible she was added to the team later.