User blog comment:ShonenChicoBoy/Thanksgiving and the Other Turkey in the Room/@comment-136273-20161125094226

"The characters themselves are all drastically beefed up power-wise, to nigh-ridiculous levels. But if we take a step back, it might benefit us to ask... well, why? You don't need insanely powerful characters to create a suspenseful plot. What you need is... well, a suspenseful plot."

This is my opinion as well. I'd dub this issue "Bull in a china shop". Several of the characters set to appear are far too strong for their supposed positions. Some aren't. This will inevitably lead to a situation where a character's power overwhelms the plot, because they're so strong that they can simply vapourise everything instead of struggling, coming up with plans, or needing any sort of back-up from their allies. The default response to such characters seems to be more of such characters, at which point we devolve into Dragon Bleach Z.

Let's look at Sakaala. He's appeared in the main RP recently... and I can't have him battle any current participant. Even if he were to fight all of them at once. He's simply too strong, so I need to put a plot-leash on him and make him go away as soon as he's done sightseeing. This particular example isn't that much of an issue as I intend him to be involved mostly in a side-plot. But, sooner or later, we'll run into a similarly overpowerd but main-plot-relevant character... and what then?

I'd like to see a Fanon Gotei 13 with Lieutenant-class Lieutenants and Captain-class Captains. So that we could have normal, dynamic battles that rely on determination, tactics and teamwork rather than exchanges of world-shattering attacks. So that ridiculous power levels won't rule them out and won't require unnecessary effort to keep the plot flowing smoothly.

Let's develop a gripping story instead of a "Mary Sue Exhibition Fest".