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g0nta-g0kuhara · 4 months

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I see a lot of discussion in the DR fandom on some characters that die early having "missed potential", and while I agree that definitely a few of them could have been written better or differently, part of me wonders if that missed potential is kind of the point? A character is shaping up to be something, so you get invested in their story, which then makes their early death all the more tragic. I mean, of course it's still a tough needle to thread to get it to land as tragic versus falling flat, and I'm not sure how closely some of these characters hit the mark. But I Do think some characters aren't actually "missed opportunities" and instead played their role in the plot how they were meant to, if maybe a little suboptimally.

#''not missed opportunities but playing their role as they were meant to- just suboptimally'' sounds contradictory I think #but I just mean that I wouldn't radically change their role in the story- keep the general progression and end point the same #just tweak some details here and there #I see this a lot with Taka in particular and Taka's story is really fucking tragic #and I do think that his death could've been handled with a bit more focus because he's one of the most interesting characters in thh #But overall... I think him having such a tragic time in the killing game was really interesting for his character #I love him but I wouldn't change THAT much about his story yknow #I guess in that sense he is a bit of a missed opportunity. but not as much as some people say #I also feel this way about kork. but my feelings on the guy are so wildly all over the place I just dont feel like talking about it ghdsjkf #shut up me

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