Thread:Moon Snail/@comment-26888167-20190812022113

Hello Moon Snail! Long time since we've chatted. So, Chilly told me about how you tend to think of your characters are very flawed, and asked me if I can help you. And I'm here to tell you that... it depends.

You see, for a starting point, I'm actually unable to see the large flaws you see in your characters. They're all very great and interesting in my opinion. Gee, I wish I had been able to have my characters interact more with yours.

Lucas seems like a great protagonist in my opinion. Granted, I haven't had the chance to see him in action as much as I have with Jelo or Pea's characters, but I'd really love to see a Lucas centered story at some point.

Barbarian King, well, he's quite noticeable in the current episode for being the character that just wants to fight his way through any obstacle, which actually isn't a bad concept. I have Boom, who acts like that for the most part, and Pea has Red Ruby, who is pretty rash and violent too. However, I do think Barbarian King has his own unique touch to the way he implements this type of character. Besides, I'm pretty sure he existed in IaLR before Boom or Red Ruby did, right? I honestly think that Barbarian King could potentially be even better if given the attention to. Perhaps a story centered around his recklessness and eagerness to battle and how that might lead him into different problems, and therefore leading to a character arc where he learns that violence isn't always the answer?

Sonic the Hedgehog: Oh boy, where do I even start? The fact that you've got this iconic videogame character in your cast already makes things a lot better. I do believe your portrayal of his character is very well done in IaLR. By the way, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but both Red Fork and Blue Ocean are huge fans of Sonic. I could visualize a story where Red Fork and Blue Ocean get to meet Sonic better and they go with him on an adventure to save the world from some villain, possibly Bright Spark (Who is himself way too similar to Eggman). I'm getting some Sonic & OK KO crossover vibes from this idea, but I think it could be just as great!

Whipped Cream Cookie: I've seen this character interact with some of your other characters in IaLR, but I have yet to meet this one better. I'd love to see a story focused on the cookies, so we could see Whipped Cream Cookie interacting with other cookies, and getting a better idea of this character's personality.

Super Monkey: I'd love to get my characters to meet this one. I didn't get to interact much with him before he died in Season 2, so I'd love if my characters could interact with Super Monkey after he's revived. He reminds me a bit of Sonic, so that's a plus.

Other Sonic Characters: I've seen your portrayals of Knuckles, Vector and Espio, and all of them seem pretty accurate, so kudos for that.

I know that's not your entire cast, but those are the characters I've actually seen in action and remember how they are. I think one of the main reasons why I don't know your cast as well as others is that I've never really had the chance to work with you on stories. I've made stories with Jelo, with Pea, with Citron, with Chilly, with BoltBlizard, with Rusty, with ItzXenos, with pretty much everyone (except for Fairy and Paper, I think). And guess what? Fairy and Paper's cast are the ones I know the least about.

I think I'd be able to help you a lot more if I had the chance to actually work with you on a story. Perhaps see your characters in action interacting with mine, etc. Also on the way we could work together and help you grow as a writer.

As for a tip I'd give you, I highly recommend you make your characters interact more with everyone else's characters. Most of the time I see that your characters interact almost exclusively between themselves, which isn't bad, but I think your characters could do more if you have them interact more with everyone else. Have them form unique bonds with characters from other users, rivalries and frienships, anything that gives them more of a reason to interact with characters from other users.

I hope what I've said so far has proven useful. Let me know if you'd like to work with me on a story. I have so many ideas for how we could work together and combine our casts to make great stories! 