Well, if I can develop Impact until it's possible to sympathize with him, then Charlotte can turn into someone who expresses her perpetual bloodlust in refreshing and hilarious ways!
As for why not Pierce...
y'know, that question threw me for a while. I really didn't know why not, at first.
Thank god for late-night showers, eh?
Admittedly, Pierce isn't that bad a guy. He's way less awesome than you seem to demand he be, but that's irrelevant, because he's not necessarily much less awesome than he thinks he is (or at least that's what you seem to be saying). He's pretty two-, and, after your sidequest (I hope) three-dimensional... He struggles with his idealism, he's fairly cynical towards it already, and he seems quite happy to forget it once in a while in favor of pragmatism.
But see, thing is. He's still an idealist. And Impact... as he is now, as he will be, he won't be led by one. He'll work with them and use them and certainly fight them. But to be led by them, that won't happen for quite a while yet.
Besides, I'm thinking Pierce would do better as the Righteous Lancer than as the leader. When he leads, whom's he gonna get pissed at for making immoral decisions?
I just think Charlotte's the better choice. We can all influence her to some degree (because dress an idea up in a way that makes it sound like it will serve to kill stuff, and she'll be all over it like a pack of tundra wolves over a poor, lost, 18th-century Russian woodsman named Dmitri), she's unrestrained by things like 'laws' or 'regulations' or 'manners', giving her a lot more freedom in making decisions. Less restraint. More fun.
Also, Î've thought of a way to justify Charlotte's leadership. Have Rayleen give Impact some plot-convenient but otherwise meaningless (at least for now) promotion, Impact selects Charlotte to succeed him. Bam. Instant justification.
Lemme just sum everything up here:
Menarker: Doesn't mind too much, would like Renny but won't go against the flow (meaning he'd be allright with Charlotte?)
Dante: Ditto
Bard: Charlotte for president
Drac: Pierce for President!
AB: Charlote!
And I'm going with Charlotte also.
Regardless of who you want for leader, lemme just clarify, you'd all agree to help this RP remain balanced (like I said, by my standards), continously, in return for Impact stepping down? No matter who steps up? This is primarily Menarker and Drac, but everyone, really, except for AB.
Mind you, I don't wanna do this unless it's unanimous. Neither do I want to wait until after Pierce's sidequest. So what to do...
If I've accurately summarized Menarker's position, and everyone agrees to the basic deal, there are two steps:
1: You outline roughly how Pierce is gonna change after his sidequest, without revealing what'll happen.
2: I sweeten the deal one time.
Then you accept or decline.
Also, CENTER THE LASER ON TOGEKISS.
IT IS OUR ONLY HOPE.
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