Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2089817-20180506050029/@comment-3403804-20180513003027

My issue with canon characters have always been that they're sorta empty spots, and they're honestly just not all that conductive to a fanon. Its almost kind of antithetical to why we're doing this, sure we don't need to kill everyone but unless the character in question has been heavily modified and reimagined by one of us I'd rather simply leave the position empty. We've had numerous attempts at incorporating canon characters into fanons in the past, and as a whole they really haven't worked out that well.

Scrambling for positions is also something to be avoided though, as it tends to produce work of a comparatively reduced quality, as people feel like they MUST have a horse in this race. In terms of changed positions for Captains and the like, I would say that depends on the individual.

For example, in my case, I really don't care enough about Kazuya to warrant him taking a spot compared to say Shigengaga or even Kazuo, neither of which fits a Captain position unless we experiment with the idea of Kazuo being part of a SUPER recent promotion. If not, then I'd leave my spot vacant and put more focus onto the villains, like Megumi.