Re: [semi-OT]On Characterization Arguments

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:03:29 GMT, David Oldridge
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>On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:47:48 +0100, Michael Borgwardt
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>     Yeah, I know it's supposed to be a gag, but it still rubbed me the wrong
>>> way.  And if Ai Yori Aoshi was written with Aoi Sakuraba being as mistrusting,
>>> irrational and argumentative, it wouldn't be sitting on the shelf behind me
>>> right now.
>>
>>The living doormat's not exactly the best counterexample...
>
>       There were one or two times when circumstances suggested to Aoi that
>Kaoru might be cheating on her.  She didn't immediately and completely dismiss
>that possibility either.  Instead she showed a moment of shock, several moments
>of considering that his past proved him not to be that type, and worried until
>she could see his face again to verify things.  She also did challenge her
>parents by running away to be with Kaoru, and stared down her mother to get what
>she wanted, so she seems to be more "polite" than "doormat".

Not mention by sheer personality, she is given some leeway of
'automatic' respect for being classy.

I think her focus on Kaoru is also just because she doesn't have to
worry herself with other concerns (she has plenty of friends, is
incedently rcih, etc.) so she tends to focus on the few things she
can't control. She's particularly wanting for other things,  which is
why 'Simple Things' are a classic character trait of people who seem
to virtually have everything.