User blog comment:Epzilon/The Eleven Supernovas come to Bleach?/@comment-18812574-20150923235702/@comment-18812574-20150924040703

So.... What exactly do Seireitou, Raien, Echo, and Njalm's characters have to do with any of this?

I'm going to be a bit harsh here: it's fine to make a group of skilled/prodigies or whatever of extremely specialized powerhouses but like... first of all, HOW do we determine what a prodigy is, and WHO is going to determine who they are?

This is why I called it a dick-measuring contest. Perhaps I misunderstood your intentions Epsi, but at any rate I'm still confused. While the characters you mentioned do have an influence on BFF and fanon in general, and while they can even be called "legendary" or even historical (hah hah), all I can see with this group idea here is an attempt to grasp at a glory that has passed. Trying to live up to somebody else's characters, in other words. That's why I was being so negative, because this is one of my pet-peeves. What I mean is this: drawing inspiration is one thing. Taking advice and seeking to better your own articles is great. But why would you put so much effort into trying to emulate someone else's character? That is my main question here. Story is infinite. You can carve out whatever path you want for your character, and it doesn't necessarily have to relate to the Yonkou.

Part of this is personal, I will admit that. Unlike some of the users on here (it seems), I do not worship the almighty Yonkou. I don't particularly feel driven to associate my articles or my characters with them, nor do I see the need to incorporate them into my own character's backstories. Mainly it's because I came after that era of writers, but more than that it's because I want to define a character first and THEN relate them to other fanon characters. Not design a character around a relation to a fanon character. Why? Because that is superficial and fading, and it's robbing yourself of your own creative freedom.

That being said... I'm still confused. It's a group of highly skilled/specialized/prodigies/Ichigos of whatever race... okay, so what does this group do, exactly? Sit around and drink tea? Plot world destruction? The impression I'm getting here is that this idea here ends at an article with a list of characters deemed prodigies by vague standards of "powah" and "moar powah."

But as almost anyone I know can easily attest to, I am an easily confused individual, so pardon me for jumping to conclusions.