Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-136273-20180516103400/@comment-3403804-20180521164103

If we establish someone as a MAIN character, then we are elevating those characters above the rest of the cast, and in a Fanon Canon, which is much more about roleplaying and using our characters than following any true story, that is highly detrimental to unity.

As far as I am concerned, I think a more sandboxy feel with some good plot threads would work much better than a solid story. Storylines are nice and all, but speaking from my own perspective, I am mainly here to roleplay my characters, explore their abilities and personalities and interact with other characters roleplayed by other people. I really don't care for the story beyond being a means to an end to fulfill that desire.

Someone who wants to naturally expand upon the canon storyline and the plots presented therein and carry them to their final conclusion would certainly be better served by simply writing their own personal fanfic where they would have complete control over all of the variables. This is why I consider Roleplaying to be an entirely different ballgame than Storytelling.

During Storytelling, the characters exist for the story, and are meant to fulfill a general purpose in it, generally affording the story much higher depth and quality. In Roleplaying, the story exists FOR the characters, and as a result the story is weakened but the characters are greatly strengthened. I don't think that many people would find it that compelling to play supporting cast to a couple random characters they have zero investment in, so I would vote nay for Kazui and Ichika.