Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170630004409/@comment-24534644-20170727033924

MOVING ON FROM MY EMBARASSING IGNORANCE.

I just needed to know how to handle the formatting. I'm good now. So let's all forget about my little blunder there and focus on the next entry: Robin Aderyn by SpiritedDreaming.

1) Basic Info: So we're judging a dead character, huh? Aight. All of the info here looks good. 12/12

2) Appearance: Physical appearance checks out, and good details on the multiple outfits: I quite like the design of the work uniform in particular. 23/23

3) Characteristis: Reading this, I confess I was half-expecting this to turn into a Batman parody, what with the character named Robin becoming apprentice to a gruff sheriff in a town with a name vaguely reminisent to Batman, or Gotham if you squint real hard.

From what I can tell, the guy was a completely generic run-of-the-mill random citizen up until his death. Kinda boring, but not inherently bad, and the detail going into this backstory at least picks up some of it. Something that confuses me is why his Aura wasn't activated if he was in a position requiring him to be protecting other people on a regular basis. I get that town sheriffs are nowhere near the same caliber as Huntsmen, but still, it shouldn't be that hard considering that Aura can be activated just by someone putting their hand on your face and reciting an old mantra. It's probably harder than I'm making it out to be, but if it's for the sake of town defense, you'd think they'd have at least someone on hand who knows how to do it. Or hell, pay a Huntsman who's passing through to do it for you. I'm sure there's a logical explanation, but it's omission just nags at me.

Kinda sad when your life only gets interesting after you die... but altogether, the backstory is pretty good. Decent personality, typical do-gooder who tragically dies before his time. Him being a doormat for his children is pretty funny though. 30/33

4) Trivia: If we're going by the logic of a certain Fox Alistair, then I suppose 'Jemima', 'Marlin', and 'Nascha' can count as color names. To be honest, I don't picture a specific given color quite as vividly when I think of the corresponding animals, but that might just be a me problem. I know doves in particular are at least associated with white, and marlin can be associated with blue, but there are a crap ton of different types of owls (although I guess a lot are brown?). Suzume at least gets by on having a moderately color-themed last name, but it might have helped to have one for the Aderyn family as well, rather than just one that means "bird".

Despite this, I absolutely love the number of references are made to the numerous characters of the nursery rhyme via the characters Robin has relationships with. The two children "catching" his blood is especially clever. The winter piece was a nice touch as well. 6/7

I) Weapon: Basic weapon is basic. For someone who's not a Huntsman or from the military, it makes sense. I would have expeted a rifle of some sort though, considering how he was hunting for food for a while in his backstory, although the image of a sheriff with a revolver pistol is classic and works well. 17/18

II) Combat Info: So he wouldn't be too out of place in one of those old Wild West town shootout scenarios, basically. I admit I'm a bit confused by the wording in the second part of the fighting style section (disarm a Grimm? Pretty sure they don't carry weapons in the first place... unless you mean literally shooting off a Beowolf's arm), but that's minor and doesn't affect anything. All in all it looks good and makes sense. 7/7

I) Day-to-Day Life: A little extra info on his job. 1 point is earned back.

Point Total: 96

Just narrowly beats out Someone for the lead position. The character overall seems very well done despite his admittedly dull background-character status (at least until the dying happens), and the abundant references to his allusion are appreciated. Good work as always.