Hrm, anyway, since I don't want that other thread(...) to go completely Off Topic, I have decided to create yet another thread(I am doing that a lot as of late, am I not?) for that fantastic thought experiment: how would different characters change(their personality, presentation, storyline(as far as we know about it...) etc.) if we gave them the disability of another? Would they stay roughly the same? Change completely? Lose their entire point? I think it might be interesting to think about.
In order to fuel the discussion, I am going to begin here with perhaps the simplest "switching" pattern: characters in KS are conveniently presented to us in pairs. Without requiring to much thought(lazy me), we can just say "How would each character be if we gave him/her the disability of his/her pair"? I am trying to keep pretty much everything else "the same", for now, for the sake of simplicity.
Misha/deafness: A deaf Misha would at least have a solid excuse to be so loud all the time. Some deaf people are like that. Alternatively, she may be very quiet. I believe that might actually be kind of creepy. Think about it for a moment.
Shizune/mysterious quantum disability(MQD): A Shizune unimpaired by the inability to hear and speak would be a terrifying dictator. I mean, it would allow her to actually scream at people when she wants to. She would never, ever, shut up again. If the relationship with Misha stays, it would probably be less "super best friends forever" and more like "supervillain and her freaky, silent minion/henchwoman".
Hanako/blindness: This version of Hanako lost her sight in some sort of accident(a fire?) when she was about 8-10 or something. She still doesn't handle that very well, naturally, and the inability to know what is going on around her/what other people are doing makes her paranoid, fearful and shy. Still moe.
Lily/disfigured: I am going to assume, for now, that Lily still had her disability from birth, so I guess it can't be fire scars, but I don't think that's too much of a problem. There isn't exactly a lack of disfiguring birth defects out there. One way or another, I envision this version of Lily as somewhat of a Mama Bear. Very kind to members of her so called "flock"(still Hanako?), very nice generally, but very scary if you annoy her/threaten her kids/just don't know her very well. Remember that she is also significantly taller then the other Japanese characters. This makes her even more intimidating.
Emi/armless: boring. I don't think there would be any major changes to just about anything, in this case. Yup, she still runs.
Rin/legless: same here. She paints, and probably is still very eccentric.
Hisao/comically near sighted(since he has no "official" pair...): gigantic, ridiculous glasses reduce bishonen factor. Try to get laid by the entire student body now, four eyes.
Kenji/arrhythmia: "Watch out! There's a feminist consp-HHHHHHNNNNNGGG". And that was the end of it.
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If you have any ideas for alternative patterns or if you want to talk about this one, go ahead. Should be a nice way to pass the time, if nothing else.
Have a nice day everybody.
