#their biometals their character development makes them even more similar. but i also want their character development to be fueled by their

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With the ZXA enemy mega men (Atlas, Aeolus, Thetis, Siarnaq), the general theme I’m going for wrt their character arcs is that they have the same negative aspects as their respective guardians (Fefnir’s single-minded focus on battle; Harpuia’s pride; Leviathan’s destructive obsessiveness; Phantom’s blind loyalty), and, over the course of the story, these traits get tempered and dealt with as the mega men gradually mature and step away from Model W’s control.

Part of this is to parallel the Zero series (obviously) and show some of the development that we didn’t get to see with the original guardians, but the other part involves the guardians as biometals; the four mega men start off as excellent biomatches because they share the most negative traits as their biometals, but as they grow, they become better biomatches because they’re maturing in the same way the original guardians did and resembling the biometals’ characters more.

#txt #part of this is also tht i dont want to fully take away the ability for the mega men to merge. the idea of biomatches im going for is that #its based more on the compatibility of the hosts's and the biometal's personalities. and so even tho the 4 mega men are already similar to #their biometals their character development makes them even more similar. but i also want their character development to be fueled by their #personal desires and experiences so i dont want to be like ''oh the mega men have become so toxic that they no longer are biomatches'' and #then they go thru their characters arcs and regain that power. i personally dislike when characters get rewarded by the narrative for #becoming a better person bc 1 its unrealistic and 2 its kind of cheap. i want the mega men to be rewarded w/ having a stronger sense of self #and better relationships as a result of maturing rather than with ''u earned back the power you lost bc u were bad'' as a narrative device #i hope this makes sense im v tired #my au #zx series #zxa