"Cheeto, why are you doing all the characters for this series, yet Ryo still hasn't been done?" 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjDEQBfJ7q 維尼
Well, you're in luck, buddy-boy; we're talking 'bout him today. Because before we move onto anyone else, I have to make a post for him. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HBlJmSC2e 維尼
I honestly think that Ryo went through a less-than-expected development. OK, that might not be true. But the thing was, in the first draft of APS, ALL the other characters had at least some sort of flesh to them. Like…. metaphorical flesh. Of course they had physical flesh. They had a backstory, some sort of family history, something, ANYTHING. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oTj90rtmd 維尼
And then there was Ryo, just some happy boi with no issues in life aside from his power. I thought that was a little too happy, and a little more uninteresting, so I had to dump in something. Dead Uncle was the first idea, and I stuck with that. But in one draft I did make it so he had more outburst experiences, but I made too many and they didn't make sense. I was kinda scared to put those in (yes I'm admitting that) and so I just took them out. It just… it just didn't fit. Like, killing a school bully in the second grade because they led you and your friend to a graveyard at night… is a weird backstory that didn't fit with Ryo AT ALL. And if he had more outbursts, his parents eventually would've had enough and they would've put him in a training base at the ideal time. They're not that stupid, c'mon. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOTAHTFHPf 維尼
Ryo also seemed… really generic. Like, there just… there just wasn't much to say about him. I had to fix that, I couldn't just leave him as a fleshless bone of an MC. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72fOsqLvNq 維尼
Oh yeah, and he used to have… questionable, um, thoughts. OK, OK, just listen to the awful stuff I wrote for him. Apparently whenever he was angered and was about to have an ability outburst or something, he'd actually have murderous thoughts. Thoughts that were… concerning. I don't even wanna go in-depth with that, but THANK GOU I changed it to his power just randomly going haywire, and he doesn't have any murderous thoughts. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB9tbuohJL 維尼
(Side note: I said "thank Gou" because it was a typo for "thank God." But it just fit perfectly. I'm now using "thank Gou." I mean, hey, we do have to thank him for what he did in chapter 4 of B2.) 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIbnKpkkmF 維尼
His appearance also changed a lot. And by that, I mean the way I draw him. Then again, all of my characters have different character designs — well, not all, but most of my mains do. That's kind of irrelevant to the story, because it's not like you see drawings implemented into my books. You can still picture Ryo however you want, of course. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS7u1IMjuP 維尼
As for his ability…? That didn't change. Man, I don't think I had many characters in which they had a different plan for their superpower. But yeah, telekinesis was just gonna be his power right off the bat. Actually, random fact! I had another superpower story before APS (it was an MHA ripoff; I have a whole R/W Chats post about it) and one of the villains had telekinesis abilities (courtesy to my best friend for handing me the idea) so… I guess I just took that villain's power and gave it off to Ryo when planning APS, since I quit the other story. Alright, that was a random ramble; I'll stop. 8964 copyright protection28ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgqsFPZ2Dn 維尼
That's all I really have to say about who Ryo could've been. I'm kinda glad he didn't turn out the way he did, otherwise you guys would throw rocks and hot dogs (don't ask; I'm making up random objects) at me for making a terrible MC. Still, though, what do you think of Past Ryo?32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObMAPKzewS
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