(07-14-2016, 08:34 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: I really don't want this to become the "derail and dump on Aaron" thread, but I had a lightbulb pop up this morning.That wiki was a failed attempt at being like everyone else. I forgot I had it for a moment so I'd take anything there with a grain of salt.
What exactly is meant by "did nothing but train for 3 years?" Is that during off-time, or like, full on "I spend sun-up to sun down perfecting my art" kind of stuff? I only ask because that brings up the other relevant questions pertaining to the setting: How did Aaron live for those 3 years? Training doesn't pay bills or buy food. Nutrition is a huge, huge part of fitness and if he was starving that would have impacted his ability to train himself. Conversely, if he was holding down a job, that would put his training by the wayside for, you know, surviving.
The Calamity was 5-7 years ago, and wiki says Aaron is 23. So he was 16-18 when the world got blowed up, and went through an intense rebuilding stage. I'm legitimately curious as to how all of the timing shakes out (or if it doesn't, because fitting backstory into a fluid, partially-retconned official timeline makes for a headache). Did Aaron skip out on the laborious process of helping to rebuild his home and/or world in favor of learning how to fight? He's also a fairly well-adjusted, albeit apathetic, human being, which means he wasn't secluded in a forest or something Gohan-style trying to learn his way.
This isn't meant as an EXPLAIN YOURSELF kind of question or post, but it got me thinking about my own characters and their methods, too. Off-screening stuff is a tried and true practice to explain how we know things, but I never really considered how feasible it might've been. It's given me a lot of food for thought.
As for the three years part, and the calamity Aaron was indeed, homeless (Why do you think he has zero problem begging for stuff? Or the fact that he literally has almost no emotional attachment? He's been through a lot, just ignores it well lol) And when he wasn't looking for food or w/e, he was out in whatever fuggin place playing with magic or using a sword (I'd assume he found) in hopes of being good enough to be a mercenary. And get paid to half ass his job (he says he doesn't kill the target, which he doesn't. You'll have to get somebody else to kill them)
Now, I'd assume during those three years, considering if Aaron only ate sparingly and didn't care if he wore raggedy clothes (he doesn't) Aaron would practice a bit non stop if anything to pass the time. Once he got on his feet though (current Aaron) he got lazy as fuck cause he already has a job and got some rep as a decent mercenary so he went Fuck it if I can get away with being a deadbeat for free this time ima do it.
Least that's what I got going in my head, been a while since I thought about it. But Yeah, Aaron did nothing special and did Jack shit helping anyone but himself really. Been meaning to update that into the wiki but Fuck it ain't nobody got time for that.
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