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Minister of Gloom wrote: Lilly is difficult for me. According to the pattern she needs some sort of clearly visible deformity that should repulse at least some people. It also needs to be something she had from birth (just like her blindness in the canon timeline). Now, there are tons of birth conditions out there that can make you look absolutely ghoulish, but (and call me a horrible person for saying it, because I certainly feel like one) I really have a hard time imagining a Lilly who isn't beutiful . So I am currently looking for something that would make her less pretty, but not monstrous. I am stuck. Friends have suggested, among other, far worse ideas, Gigantism (which I don't think will have enough impact since, comparing to all the other, Japanese characters, she is already a giant...) and Albinism (which might be nice if the thought of it didn't make my brain do an emergency shut-down every time due to being filled with traumatic images of Illyasviel von Einzbern). thoughts?

Yuurei wrote:For me, Lilly isn't the repulsing type. I see her blind (like she's now) or with a cancer -it's better than Misha.
Anyway, something who can be seen? Mmh, she could have a congenital deformation, like the loss of some fingers in a hand. Or be albina like your friends suggested, it isn't something repulsing and I love them but it's very visible yeah.

Minister of Gloom wrote:EDIT: back to the subject of the thread, then: what say you about a replacement of Lilly and Shizune's disabilities? As in a deaf Lilly and a blind Shizune. Think the relationship would be the same?

Guest wrote: Blind Shizune would have to change her manipulation techniques, because she wouldn't be able to tell if people are working without asking, and annoyed people might not tell her the truth. Instead, she'd use an Emi-puppy-dog-eye style of manipulation. ("You didn't get it done? But I trusted y... Never mind. I'm sure you had your reasons." *Sniff*)

They'd probably still be antagonistic, as Lilly would see right through her martyr act.

Minister of Gloom wrote:What about alternative disabilities for Hisao? The heart problem he has now is obviously highly symbolic (heart-love), but what kind of character do you think a blind Hisao would be, or an armless one?

neumanproductions wrote:

Minister of Gloom wrote:What about alternative disabilities for Hisao? The heart problem he has now is obviously highly symbolic (heart-love), but what kind of character do you think a blind Hisao would be, or an armless one?

Now let's think here for a moment. A blind Hisao being the PoV character in a VN. Well, that certianly saves a lot of time.

Yuurei wrote:and what about an harmless/legless one?

Yuurei wrote:Don't say that Rin could use her foots to help you, it gives to Hisao a terrible fetish.

neumanproductions wrote:I like my Hisao Harmless without legs as well. All the easier to boss around. I guess that makes sense when I dictate where his life goes.

Minister of Gloom wrote: Lilly is difficult for me. According to the pattern she needs some sort of clearly visible deformity that should repulse at least some people. It also needs to be something she had from birth (just like her blindness in the canon timeline). Now, there are tons of birth conditions out there that can make you look absolutely ghoulish, but (and call me a horrible person for saying it, because I certainly feel like one) I really have a hard time imagining a Lilly who isn't beutiful . So I am currently looking for something that would make her less pretty, but not monstrous. I am stuck. Friends have suggested, among other, far worse ideas, Gigantism (which I don't think will have enough impact since, comparing to all the other, Japanese characters, she is already a giant...) and Albinism (which might be nice if the thought of it didn't make my brain do an emergency shut-down every time due to being filled with traumatic images of Illyasviel von Einzbern). thoughts?

Rin is far more problematic, and I'm sure you see why. She will have arms but no legs due to a generic birth defect. Now for the problem: I can't have her painting, can I? Half the beauty of her character (well, maybe a fifth) is the fact that she can so easily and naturally do something that we can't even imagine doing (I mean... drawing with your feet.). But It's not as wonderful and magical to see someone drawing with their hands, isn't it? But I still need her to be an artist, because she has that kind of personality (technically I could also make her a mathematician, because she would defiantly fit that role, too, but I am afraid that I don't know nearly enough mathematics to make her believable... plus, you don't need your feet for that). But what kinds of art are there that use the feet far more than the hands? I can't use something like dancing because that's kind of like on the border between art and sport, and that would be like stealing Emi's "thing"... can you think of something?