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Alright, here it foes, this is going... to be really weird, coming out in the open with everything because for awhile I was dedicated to keeping it quiet from the eyes of the public. But recently some friends have helped me notice that while I need to be the one to do something, to make change if I want change, that I can't do it alone. And this community gets smaller and smaller almost every day, so even with the differences that I have with people, or whatever problems people have with me, we need to put them aside. Not to sound cheesy, SL is our home, and no one is going to clean it up and take care of it except us.
That being said, the truth is, when Bocchiere had the beasts it left a bad taste in people's mouths. And then he was gone. When that happened, I saw it as my chance, to finally collect the beasts and to give them to whoever I wanted. My goal didn't start out as 'noble', let's call it, but just to get the beasts into the hands of capable people, of even OP people, so that no one could ever take them. Then after the Bijuu tourney, I had none. I lost to Rusaku and I went a bit mad, it stopped being about the redistribution and more about me trying to get all the beasts, to prove to people that goddammit, I can do it. I'm fucking Athos!
Well, anyway, a few bad cases later, I did start getting the beasts. But that was when the questions started coming, what was I going to do with them? Easy, give them out. But to who? If you just go handing them out, won't history just keep repeating itself? And yeah, it will. So that was when I knew I had to change why I was getting the beasts, it couldn't be about me or even about giving the beasts to people who couldn't lose them. It was attitudes like that which put us in this bad place to begin with. So I ran through so many ideas as to what to do.
What could I do to make the Bijuu great again? Or have the Jinchuuriki mean something again, because they were nothing anymore. There was a time they were something, something that drove RP and helped out around. How could I do that? Well, obviously it had to be done through IC means, but there was nothing limiting what people could do. It was literally asking for a shit show, so what could I do? Well, this is when I approached Tobi with my problem and asked him for his help, because what can I do? Well, the IC rules, of course. If there was a structure that could actually control what happened in actual IC events, where we could implement the Bijuu fully through IC and remove the OOC parts. Alright, so I know what I need to do, but then came handing out the actual Bijuu.
My original idea was to just give it to people like Tobi, Keito, Jay, Bec(He didn't want one, though), and other people like that. Veterans and strong people but, again, it was Tobi who pointed out the flaw in that way of thinking. If I go handing the beasts out to people who are just strong, perhaps even overwhelmingly so, then even with IC rules we are back in the loop that 'The people who have Bijuu don't even need them' and so on. And, again, he was right. I didn't need a bunch of OP people taking care of the beasts, if anything, I needed to give it to someone who could actually struggle with the beast. Have to struggle during the mastery stages, people who hadn't already progressed to their full potential and had room to grow, or even people that were the faces of the new generation. I had to leave my comfort zone and go out on several limbs.
So I did, and I created a Bijuu list of all the people I was going to give beasts to. And I actually had to think about why I would give any one of these people a Bijuu. And truth be told, even with all of these goals in mind, I don't think the list I came up with is all that great. And I think it still needs work, so I want you all to know that. I want to start changing SL for the better, to start cleaning it up, and I think a good starting point for that is with one of the most 'corrupt' and ugly parts of the SL; The Bijuu and the conflict over them. While this wasn't my original goal, it has been for some good time now.
My Bijuu Redistribution plan was going to be the big event to celebrate getting IC Rules approved and as the first RP done under those rules, I was going to go around and seal the beasts/give them to the villages I thought best. But that's why no one has heard anything about me doing these RPs, because the IC Rules keep hitting a standstill, and even I'm partly to blame for that. I was going to ask all the hosts to use the IC rules as I gave them the beasts, because I really do think that it is the way to start making the Bijuu better again. I know that I've exploded and spazzed, kicked and screamed on the forum, and it's because so many times I've come close to having this plan ruined. Months and months of hard work just ruined because of a rule, or because of a person who doesn't like me, and so on. And that is maddening, especially on top of everyone and their mother being convinced that I was one of the people I hated the most(Bocchiere). I've never been good at controlling my anger, so I'm sorry if that scared people away, but my whole career on SL has been almost completing my goal then failing at the last second. So in fear of that happening again, I started to act like an animal in a corner.
That being said, as a community, we all need to take a step together, forward... With that being said, here is the Bijuu List that people have only heard about;
1. My alt Bel but once mastery is done, it was going to Sunagakure.
2. Jay Nara, which is why I ended up never going for his beast, since I wasn't after the 'I collected all nine beasts' thing, anymore.
3. While this was originally going to be either Kiri or Kirk, Nekomaru ended up being one of the people I was looking for. Someone who wanted things to change and who believe Bijuu aren't just power crutches.
4. Miyuu/Iwagakure.
5. Eric Nara/Rogue Ninja
6. Maybe it is my personal connection to the Six Tails but I couldn't decide on someone to be a host.
7. Koji/Kumogakure.
8. Tommi.
9. Me.
Mazo - Me.
Now on that list, it leaves me with three beasts, two once I also hand up the One Tails. But like I said, I don't think that list is accurate enough for my goals. I'd like more people like Nekomaru on that list but I'm not sure, so I was going to leave it up to the Kage/Villages but I hate that idea because I wanted to choose the hosts, as arrogant and self centered as that sounds. So I need help with the list still, so if anyone does want to directly help or has suggestions as to who may be a good choice, I'd rather you message me on SL about that >> Because having public debates/discussions about people in detail can be super awkward and weird.
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Now I said all my cards were going on the table and I mentioned in one post somewhere, to Tobi, that I/Athos were going to be weaker soon and I'd like to explain why. And the reason is pretty straightforward, I am done being unstoppable, as people put it. It isn't fun, despite what people like to say, and it does take the 'ommph' out of RP. And while handing out the beasts, the IC Rules, and all of that stuff is also a good step towards a better community, that is only one step and that alone isn't going to be enough. This time, it was actually Bec that had gotten me to think about changing what I do with Athos.
So I decided to make him weaker, but how? It wouldn't make sense to just have him stop using stuff, he'd have to be forced to change. Anyone who has seen Case Closed, the older anime/manga, will know where I am about to go with this idea.
But for those of you with no idea about what that is, or what happens, basically the main character gets drugged at like 15-18yrs, or something >> You know how anime is with their young/old main characters. The drug doesn't kill him, of course, but instead turns him into a kid. So I was going to do something like that but Athos isn't that young, he's 54, so instead of getting turned into a child he'd instead be reverted back to around 21 or so. Before Strongest Shield, before gaining limitless strong, and so on. He'd still have knowledge of all the fighting styles and things he could do before, but he'd literally be in a body that couldn't keep up with the strain that some of those things put him through o.o It'd put me down to a lower tier and give me something fun to do.
Of course, I'm not just fully giving up the 'older Athos' but instead, there is going to be a medicine(only about ten pills) at first that let Athos revert back into his 'adult' body and access that power. But that Athos is a lot more brutal and violent and every time he's forced to turn into that form, it happens more and more, and leads to him not wanting to resort to going back into his old form and therefore giving him a driving reason to start training again as a young person.
So for people who have been giving me grief over being too strong, the reason it always irks me is because I've also been trying to put this plan in motion for months, but Keito is busy with IRL stuff and it was suppose to happen at an official event for me becoming Daimyo. The event never happened and now here we are >_< But these are the two things, the Bijuu Redistribution and the Character Reformat, that I feel like I can do in making SL a better place in the future.
Anyway, that's my cards, guys. I don't really know what to expect when I post this, but I promised I'd spill the beans and I'm a man of my word.