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no1ryomafan · 9 months

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Characterization discourse is so funny for me to watch because it’s people getting upset that a character they really like has their personality changed over time, whether this be because their a new iteration of the character in a new canon or their still in one canon but changed how they act because of different writers, usually to appeal to a newer fans which causes long time fans to be upset more often. It genuinely does suck to see a character you’ve liked possibly as early as your childhood be butchered by the writers just to try to appeal to a newer audience that they feel like a shell of them old selves, especially when this is a character you consider to be one of your favorites OR all time favorite…

But then I’m standing outside of this fire like “good fucking thing the only character I liked that has been reintroduced multiple times is from something that’s not really ongoing but also never fucked up his character to begin with!” Even if the trade of being a ryoma fan is some people just flanderize him.

#meg text #getter robo #ryoma nagare #I will say: there’s a good few ryomas I don’t know well enough simply because I didn’t consume their source #but even with toei and devo being so “different” I don’t think they necessarily ruin his character #especially given the context their teenagers and meant to not be as violent as his other counterparts #I may love ryoma as a violent boy but that’s also what gets flanderize about him a lot #so nice to see variants like that spice things up a little and explore other aspects of him you don’t see much #but also like- wow ova wise ryoma fucking lucked out LOL #I say Kawagoe improved in writing with each show generally but this is easily reflected with ryoma #it took three shows for him to get a full on fleshed out character arc anime wise #but he was always a enjoyable character #arma has that missed potential but still ends up having a subtle arc of healing from his past #neo doesn’t have a arc but he’s interesting just for the fact he isn’t doomed by the narrative #then new fits so much manga characterization within him but gives him a different ending #my boy has a pool of depth despite not having like- 500 variants like a superhero lol #so much to pull and think about with him #yes this turned into a excuse to ramble about ryoma RIGHT after I made a Kei post but sh

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