#zoruadetails

α - I'm a statistical nerd, though I have trouble admitting it at times.α - My dreams are literally storylines. My inspiration for Zorua getting kidnapped came from one of these dreams.

Rose the Pichu's personality is based around a blog that inspired me. Heard of thepinknekos? Follow him immediately! Yeah, Minun and Plusle are cute, but he makes them adorable little jerks that you cannot not love! When I saw Kelly, it just inspired more of Rose's personality. Before any of this inspiration though, Rose was supposed to be shy and timid that Zorua would help out. But... Well, what would that push forward with my Zorua? And how would I introduce a character like that if Zorua never goes home? So I wanted to plan out another type of character. And who else to inspire me but a freaking blind Minun? Since Zorua was blind, I was already intrigued by how her character takes her blindness, and I was quite amused by the portrayal of this character. Heck, she even makes puns with her blindness!

I actually considered for some brief time to change up Zorua to be kinda like Kelly, but it just wasn't my Zorua. Heck, Zorua's personality is playful and sweet, but extremely naive as well. Also, she hasn't completely grasped the reality of being blind since, well... I gave her the power to see through illusions. Even if she was born blind, she learned a way to overcome it. She can see more through a sixth sense. Other Pokémon don't have that chance, so she doesn't actually grasp the concept of being completely blind.

But still, it gave me so many new ideas that I never even considered before! thepinknekos left an impression on me, so I wanted to give them some respect for their amazing character. So, since I was still in the works of planning Rose's character and background, I was open to many ideas. That's when I decided that Rose would be somewhat like Kelly. Rose may have some of the quirks that Kelly has, but I want to make her have that childlike aura with that spunk. Of course, I wanted to find some other differences between the two, but that's just going to be revealed as more questions shows more of Rose!

bland

adjective \ˈbland\

: not interesting or exciting

: lacking strong flavor

: showing no emotion, concern, etc.

If Zorua's bland, that means I have to improve on some personality traits but make her seemed unchanged. Let's first observe what traits she has already shown.

Cheerful and Gleeful Personality

Tends to be Naive and Unlearned

Gives Exaggerated Names to Other Pokémon (Stopped Giving Random Strangers Names After Luna Told Her Off, Shown To Have Learned Her Lesson, but Still Calls Some Pokémon With Her Made-Up Titles)

Catches Onto Things Quite Quickly

Shown to be Afraid of Big Pokémon, Yet Has Sought Out Information to Overcome the Fear and Has Befriended At Least One Large Pokémon

Shown to Have Trouble Controlling Herself with Playful Attitude and Even Got Tangled Up in a Scarf Because Of It

Tends to Use Pretty for Most of Her Descriptions Because She Has Trouble Pronouncing Other Words

Seems to Enjoy Music

Shown to Have Some Fangirl Qualities Around a Hot Guy

Shown to Be Emotionally Hurt With Her Blindness

Wants to be Pretty

Likes to Give After Being Given

Tends to Fantasize Situations

Gets Extremely Lonely Without Others Around

Gets Overly Excited with the Small Victories

Really Loves Berries

Has a Small Sense of Humor

Seems To Not Understand Friendship Fully

Is Open With Her Weaknesses, But Wants to Solve Things Herself

Extremely Outgoing

Extremely Formal With Others By Addressing Them By Mister/Miss

Afraid of Heights

Extremely Excitable and Hyperactive

Extremely Knowledgable in Illusions, But Admits to Being Weak With Them (Though it may be possible that her illusions are weakened due to her using illusions to see.)

Seems to Have Been Bullied For Her Blindness

Seems to be Very Polite, Despite Her Hyperactive Behavior

Her Chest Fluff Has Been Growing and Has Finally Reached Around the Back of Her Neck

Plays Around With Her Illusions When In a Bad Mood

Seems to Talk About Battling A Lot, Yet Hasn't Been Shown To Battle

Loves to Play

Wants to be a Great Adventurer

Wants to Scare Off Scary or Bad Pokémon

Loves Her Mother A Lot

Extremely Trusting

Illusions Seem to Not Surpass Her Height, But She Can Shrink

Alright, now from this list... What about the things that could be explained in this list and can be connected?

Playful Attitude May Be Because of Loneliness and Bullies

Fear of Heights Due to Blindness

Wants to Scare Off Scary Pokémon Due to Bullies

What can be added or improved? Let's take a few glances first at what I know can be explained later.

Her Secret Polite Attributes and Formalities

Her Battling Spirit

Her Lust for Bettering Herself

And now, what about things that aren't on this list?

Actions She Does Specifically (Besides Playing With Dangling Things)

Her Hidden Backstory

Her Development

So, the blandness may be settled in later dates because she's just underdeveloped at this point in time. Though, I guess maybe the blandness may also come from how much of a cliche of a character she might be since she needs more defining points to differ herself from other child characters. Her speech pattern I've already decided on, so I may have to point out more of her defining points through her actions. So, if that's the case, then my main focus to improve upon her blandness is to give her more defining details through her actions.

So I changed my character a bit to be a smart adventurer but... I felt like the "smart adventurer" was played out too much, so I wanted to come up with something more complex. I then decided to make Zorua blind with the abilities to see through illusions.

I was in the stages of making this blog when, all a sudden, inspiration came from nowhere to make Zorua a young child (which I couldn't decide on a gender before settling on female). On a last minute change, I gave Zorua the personality of an over-excited child who had a fear of large Pokemon and wants to be an adventurer like her father. This just settled right with me and I have no regrets so far! ... Well, at least not yet.