Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20150710144717/@comment-2089817-20150711045958

I designed the FC to be as free to everybody to move around and adjust as they wanted to, so long as I was kept in the loop of all major additions and changes. But with Blank, Nanja, and Ten as GMs, I don't want to step on their toes. They've played a role in making plenty of ideas and structure for the FC, so to discount their efforts and make the FC changeable by just about anybody on a whim would be a bit insulting.

That being saaaaaaaid... Among the GMs, only Blank really has any actual consistent time I think, as even he is busy a lot too. So the problem lies in that I'd have to make the decision whether to say "Screw it, you guys can do whatever you want." or "Just deal with the time issues." Both options have their merits but ultimately I don't see anything beneficial coming out of either route.

So a third route does exist. And that is to have more GMs join the ranks. Now, the issue with that is that... at that point, with 5 GMs, the ratio between GM to normal writer is a bit... odd. Furthermore, with so many GMs, it means interests and perspectives are going to inevitably cause one another to step on each other's toes and I really don't want to have to resolve that.

I understand the issue with Raian, and I agree to some extent. This is mainly due to the fact that Raian has appeared in Ten's stories almost exclusively as a protagonist, and even RPs with other users, Ten doesn't take it much further with Raian than as an anti-hero. So to take him as a villain isn't an easy step to make; it'd be the same if Seireitou decided to take a villainous turn. However, that being said, I don't think it was intended by Ten to make Raian at the center of attention; at least not where we stand right now. He's supposed to be viewed as an "antagonistic factor", in that he is an enemy, but not presently the primary focus of our main cast. Let me relate it to Takasugi from Gintama, or... Sasuke's Taka. That's a better way to put it. Naruto might've been focused on bringing back Sasuke, that's true, but in terms of the entire main cast, their focus was on Akatsuki. Akatsuki was the main threat, and the "true antagonist". But the danger Sasuke presented slowly built up as he took matters into his own hands. This is probably what Ten desired to do with Raian, and make the true extent of the danger he poses to slowly build up over the course of the FC. But anyways, that's not the main issue we need to address.

Ideally, it seems you (Shonen) and Sigma have definitely make strides to take charge, which is why it'd be the smart choice to have you both come on as GMs and take some liberties in choosing direction and pacing. Actually, I'm dead certain on that, since you guys and Blank can actually talk things out and come up with an appropriate plan of action, while me, Nanja, and Ten can pitch in our two cents and make additions that make sense with the established plot directions you guys have decided upon. As GMs, it will up to you three to determine who needs to be the "main antagonist" and what they want. That way, when Ten has Raian make a move, or I make a move, or Nanja makes a move, it can contribute to the story but it won't subtract from the center antagonist nor the central plot direction that you guys have designated. At least for right now, I think this plan can work out, but what are you guys' thoughts?