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Relationship?

It's difficult for Lee to put a term on, right now. He got the memory of the Kisame fight last night, so he's aware that they are definitely team mates and they work well together. BUT!!! He still remembers the emotions he experienced from the Neji v Hinata stuff. Oddly enough, I don't think he's even particularly angry or anything at Neji. Like he knows Neji was a jerk, but really, mostly what he experiences was this deep desire to not only fight Neji, but prove himself to him! This is kind of at odds with his impression from him at Aather? Because Neji's been nothing but helpful. And he's talked to him pretty much more than anyone else, though a few people are starting to compare. Lee might be blunt, but he isn't stupid, so he has noticed how... cool? Cool. Neji is towards him when they talk.

I think in general, Lee would consider him to be a friend, but he still feels a desire to prove himself, especially to Neji. He's very curious about their past and why he wants to fight him, too.

Right back at you.

Having Lee show up in Aather is very, very weird for Neji. He's dealt with a lot of things in Aather by compartmentalizing and repressing things, and Lee muddles a lot of those things up. He has a lot more to do with Neji than any of the other ninjas here, so he really blurs the line between here and home in a way they don't.

Neji is also well aware that he was a pretty big jerk when he was younger, and after Hinata, Lee probably got more abuse than anyone else. Being a teammate and all. And he knows Lee saw him as a rival. So he's really not sure how Lee is going to respond as he gets memories. Or, well, he has an idea. TRAINING TO SURPASS A GENIUS etc etc. He's just... not really sure how to handle that.

On top of that, he's not sure the best way to keep Lee into getting into trouble, either with Personae or with Sasuke, or someone else.

The short answer is that Lee showing up has shaken him up some, and he's pretty unsure how to deal with it. It's exciting. XD

What drew you to Lee?

It's kind of hard to say exactly what drew me to him, exactly. He has a lot of qualities I wish I had - especially his ability to work hard? He's so determined and I do admire that, but if I had to pick one thing that really inspired me to play Lee, it might actually be his moments of weakness more than anything. I can really related to some of the frustration that he feels after failing so much and one of the things I really look for in characters when I play them is a thread of similarity. So, for example, I am clearly not a badass ninja or anything, but I do consider myself to be an optimist and Lee is clearly one with how he believes that he can overcome challenges.

One other factor that inspired me? It was actually seeing how fandom usually portrays him. Whenever I see Lee in other RP circles or even in fanfiction, he's usually relegated to comedic relief and given traits that belong to Gai (i.e., every other word is YOUTH), which... really isn't his character at all. So in that sense, I wanted to play Lee and make him a more rounded character. That's part of the reason I chose to play him specifically at Aather, actually. Without his memories, I felt like I'd have more freedom to develop him.

XD I'm glad having Lee around is exciting, though.

Oh, I've got one for Neji! What drew him to date Sakura?

That came about very slowly. It probably started with training with her, and gradually getting to respect her in Aather for various reasons. In a way, her tenacity reminded him of Naruto or Hinata, and it didn't start out even as a FRIENDLY feeling, but respect became respect plus friendship. For quite a while the only thing really missing was some kind of sexual tension, which started to develop when he was having FEELINGS about... various stuff, particularly when he started feeling like he was close to completing his memories and might leave.

Respect + feelings displaced into sexual tension = kissing.

Which eventually became actual dating. XD

Possibly not dynamic and intensely romantic, but it's actually been pretty fun and cute, and it developed pretty naturally, which is always something I like in RP.

Rounding Lee out sounds like a good goal. Specific types of storylines you'd like to see with him?

Ships gonna happen in RP, man. I've really enjoyed the few threads I've seen between them, though!!

As for specific types of storylines, I kind of have a few things in mind for him that I generally want to work towards. I think the biggest thing - and maybe even the reason I favor Aather as a place for him - is that I want him to continue working on becoming a person that's distinctive from Gai? I'm not sure I'm phrasing that right, but he is so dominated by admiration for Gai in canon... not that it's bad? I'm just interested in seeing if I can't get him to feel like he doesn't have to emulate him in everything.

Like, specifically, I want to get him to feel like he doesn't have to spend every waking hour training? Not that I think he'll stop training ever, but if you saw that movie special chapter recently, I would like for him to feel like he could go to the hot spring and then train later? A slight shift of his priorities, I guess.

Which... I think as a function of canon, most of the ninjas only have their teammates as immediate friends and that's something I want to work on for Lee. More close friends that cause that to happen. So lots of friendship oriented storylines that get him to lose himself less in training?

I think the other kind of story arc in general I want to do with him is definitely going to involve his self-worth. He places a lot of value in proving himself and protecting other people and... I am kind of looking forward to the moment when that gets shaken because something goes wrong in a game. Especially with some of his bad memories playing a role.

Other than that, I definitely wouldn't mind playing any number of situations out with him. XD I kind of take the approach right now that I'll just see what happens. I do want him to sub-patron to a Persona eventually. For a while, i was thinking about moving him to onyx, but I think he fits Sterling fairly well. Actually, thinking about? I definitely want him to get involved with the Personae more. Also, find him a team or two that he unofficially favors. I wouldn't mind a romantic storyline eventually beyond unrequited crush, but I'm not actively looking for one.

Any plans for Neji when he gets back all of his memories?

I willll probably contact the mods at some point in the near future about Legacy Hero options. The one problem I have is that canon is on going, and I doubt Neji will get tons more memories, but it's conceivable he'd get a few more either from upcoming chapters, or implied by them. I don't really want to shelve him for three memories, but I'd like to keep him in the game, and I'm not really excited by alternities and such.

So.

We'll see where things go.

I don't want to Happy End entirely yet, though.

Who are Lee's favorites so far in Aather?

Hmmm... in terms of Personae, he's favoring Fell/Unicorn right now. He hasn't had much luck getting Beauty or Mal's attention yet, so he doesn't have much of an opinion on either of them yet. In general, he really likes Mikage, Mau, Allen/Red, Mikado, and Alena so far. There are a few others he's found of but hasn't had a chance to do much with yet, like Sherlock/Mia and Jet. If he had to pick teams he likes so far, he'd probably go with Iolite, Turquoise, and Sapphire, though he's a little more neutral on Iolite because of how things are with Neji and because he's not really sure what to think of Obsidian. Of all the teams, Sapphire is probably the one he likes the most right now but...

...he still hasn't really spent much time with any of them, yet. I think he'll have a more-rounded opinion once he plays a few more games!

If Neji wasn't on Iolite, what other teams could you see him being part of?

It's really hard to say. I think Neji would have had to be on a relatively... not cuddly team. I don't really know the dynamics of every team, so. Hm. Emerald or Carnelian probably would have worked, except they both already had ninjas. Being on another team would have lead him to develop very differently, though.

If Lee weren't a knight, what team would you see him on?

That's actually a hard question for me to answer? I still don't really know much about a lot of the teams, mostly because I'm completely new to Aather. I originally decided to make him a knight because he has the potential towards individual action, while being positive and maintaining a desire to help/do good. He could definitely do well on one. I think he'd do best on one that has positive members/a cheery disposition. I'll have to think about this later when I know more about the teams.

What kind of games does Neji like the most/the least?

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