You know what's weird? Before now, I was already really bothered by the hot mess of contradictions that made up Ringo's world. But now that you've gone even more into detail about how the world of PP7 is SO insanely inconsistent with its lore, it ticks me off even more. It makes me wonder if Suzuran was originally supposed to be (at the very least) a neighboring town to Primp or something. I'm just saying, if that concept art of Magical-Girl!Ringo is anything to go by...
That concept art makes me generally wonder how many of that game's initial concepts were changed during development, I wouldn't be surprised if heavy changes and deviations from the original concepts are the reason behind a lot of PP7's odder aspects.
I'm not going to lie, I am going to be SO triggered if we get anymore 'A' girls, yet at the same time, I'm going to LMAO SO hard if that ever happens.
Honestly any new A Girls would be the lesser of two evils (I mean overused concept or not, they could still be good characters.) it's the fact that characters of this type always come with a new world that's bothering me, because in the grand scheme of the series the PP7 and Chronicle worlds really are unnecessary baggage that makes it stupidly hard to have a select few characters even in the same setting as the rest of the cast.
By the by, I saw your headcanon of the two other characters from that concept art and I really dig it, there's also one blog on Tumblr currently that's posting HCs, so I kinda got in the mood to share more of mine, this time with a bunch of different charas and not just one :
1) Schezo has a very strong sense of honor, no matter how dire the situation is he will never resort to underhanded tactics in combat and as long as you aren't a threat to the world he won't leave you to die either, if you are in danger and he can help it, even if you are Satan or Arle.
2) Kikimora is a far more reasonable and mature individual then her rather....loony behavior in regards to cleanliness would make you think, just don't press the wrong buttons.
3) For as much as they might get on each others nerves T and S are actually very close, with T being the closest thing to a sibling that S has and T feeling like he is responsible to take care of her (just as much as Z) since he is already taking over for X in many regards.
4) Rafisol is very wary of Ecolo, on one hand she has learned that he is largely responsible for her creation and wonders if he had a reason for it (not knowing that Ecolo does that stuff for kicks), but even while still unsure of many things around her, knows that he is a very off the wall fellow.
5) The trio of Panotty, Mini Zombie and Mandrake (as seen in Saturn Madou) often goes on small scale adventures, Huey, Dewey and Louie style.
6) Ringo is a major music buff, name her a song or band and she will shower you with trivia and extensive lyrics memorization.
7) While he would never say it out loud Klug actually really appreciates the sheer kindness that Amitie shows him and his stick of wanting to seem more adult then her is him trying to impress her.
8) Over time Draco has become a rather friendly rival to Arle and she is self conscious enough about her lacking Puyo skills to take a lot of trash talk, even the more savage kind, but she does have her pride and limits and when those are crossed she will go from taking burns from Arle, to burning Arle's butt something fierce. She is also aware that she is considered a joke by other Puyo players and is becoming increasingly sick of it.
9) J and L have picked up a thing or two from I in terms of engineering and are actually rather gifted in that area, however since they are more interested in pranking they rarely take advantage of that talent.
10) Ally is a
hardcore shipper. Nuff said.
11) The demon before being sealed into the book suffered from major OCD when it came to order in his castle, especially the arrangement of his books.
12) Lemres is a descendant of the person who documented the history of the demon and his sealing, which is why he knows of Sig's demon nature. Accord doesn't have the same connection, but is clued in on the situation.
13) Mini Zombie is Zombie's son and they are pals with the Frankensteins.
14) Under special cirumstances Dark Arle is able to manifest as a seperate being from Arle and Ecolo, thanks to Ecolo screwing with time and space so much, though she is far more mischievous then evil and nowhere near as destructive or bonkers as Ecolo.
15) Arle still visits Primp's magic school regulary and is still often puzzled by the lack of dungeon crawling exams.
16) Howhow Bird likes to patrol the streets of Primp at night dressed as a masked avenger and hopes to make a name for himself, which is rather difficult in a town as peaceful as Primp and not helped by the fact that most people recongnize him on the spot and think that he's just a very dedicated cosplayer.
17) While Raffine comes from a wealthy family she doesn't believe in flaunting said wealth to get herself ahead and prefers to rely on her own strenghts to find success.
18) Demon Servant as his name would imply is willing to play second fiddle to a bigger villain, though as soon as a chance to rise to power and take control of a situation arises he will be quick to backstab his master or mistress, which is his agenda to begin with.
19) Being the helpless romantic that he is, Oshare get's a lot of bittersweet joy from seeing the relationships of others in town grow and blossom, since he finds himself reminded of the days he and his lover used to share, before he disappeared.
20) Ever since he began to go on his journeys Lagnus has been a wandering hero with no real home to speak of and there are times where he misses the feeling of having a home, but he feels himself obligated to travel across the world and look out for people in need of a hero.
And that about covers a bunch more favorite HCs of mine, I should add that my version of Draco is generally more based off of her fighter site, for the sake of making her a more respectable rival, rather then a pushover.
