My main concern is that I've concentrated too much on the story I want to tell and not the story that would happen if Shikamaru were to be placed in these events. This is something I've always struggled within the story, especially the chapters in Shikamaru's perspective.
Usually when I try to get into Shikamaru's head I go online and re-read all his profiles on any wiki I can find. And even though I've probably read those same profiles about 15-20 times by now I'm always learning something new about him I didn't know before. Like this time when I went through the profiles, I picked up a little bit on how he feels about female ninjas. As one of the profiles stated, "He feels that men, like him, should be the ones protecting [women] and not the other way around."
Potential 'spoiler' below, if you want to read, highlight the text. (It doesn't give any plot away though, so I wouldn't really count it as a spoiler.)
Now learning this I learned one key thing that actually affects the story: if a girl (aka Yuri) were to refuse being protected he would wonder why and still try to protect her. Sure it seems minor but it sort of changes the way some parts of the story will progress.
And then this got me thinking about the latest Naruto chapter and how Sasuke sacrifices Karin because the second she was taken hostage she was a 'burden'. When I read that it really stuck out to me because of the numerous times I've used the word 'burden' in Sky's Content. Then I realized just how different Shikamaru and Sasuke's characters are. Like, right now Sasuke wants nothing more than to destroy Kohona, and Shikamaru would easily give his life up to protect the village.
Anyways, enough of my ramblings. I know probably in a few weeks/months I'll be looking up Shikamaru's character again, trying to get into his head. Sky's Content is so much mental effort. Omg -_-
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