I've already started it and I decided that it will be two parts. ^_^
Anyway, here's a treat. Part 1 of my character analysis.
Gary
Appearance:
Though Gary, the protagonist, might look like his father, Green, his personality is most close to his mother, Yellow. Gary?s appearance was one thing that always made my mind at war. I always wanted Gary to have Green?s hair color but his bangs would look a lot like his mother. Nevertheless, he ended up having Green?s spiky, brown hair. His eyes were another part of his body that I always thought off. I wanted him to have deep blue eyes so that he would be easily love unlike Green?s sharp eyes. But since I don?t know Yellow?s *official* eye color, I crossed out blue eyes. (Yellow is always portrayed to have blue eyes.) His clothes were Green?s first outfit. Later in the story, he wears Green?s Leaf Green outfit.
Personality:
I wanted Gary to have Yellow?s personality. That personality of never giving up and being very determined really spiced up the story! (sorta?) Unlike Green?s personality, (whom some predicted him to have), he?s neither cold nor showing no emotion. In fact, he shows a tremendous amount of emotion. I intended him to be na?ve but I made him a little bit more na?ve than what I planned him to be.
Loves:
Originally, I wanted Michelle to end up with Gary. Seeing that Michelle might be his opposite, they might come together. Michelle uses her personality as some sort of cloak to hide her feelings for Gary. Then, I intended Melissa to have a small crush on Gary. But since Melissa has only a minor role in the story and a love triangle would make the story a bit more interesting, I kicked Melissa out of the way and created Emily. At first, Emily was placed there to replace in Melissa?s place. But as I was writing, I realized that Emily was actually a cute and innocent character that would be a great soul mate for Gary. So, I switched her place with Michelle and made Emily close to Gary. Michelle would then have the secret crush.
Team:
Gary?s team composes of Pok?mon that were present in Green?s old team. Namely, a Charizard (Nicknamed Blaze?stereotyped nickname), an Alakazam (Nicknamed Abby since he got it as an ?Abra.?), a Pidgeot (Nicknamed Sage since I took out the ?ge? out off Pidgey.), and a Scizor (Nicknamed Damian since Damian sounds like a menacing name?refer to ?The Omen?). Unlike Green, Gary nicknames his entire team. The rest of Gary?s team (A Milotic and a Steelix) were just placed there as fillers.
Powers:
Readers might think that Gary inherited his powers. Actually, Toshin gave his primary power, seeing visions of the past, to him. The forest spirit blessing (able to heal, read minds of Pok?mon) seems to be passed down to him. I intended Gary to obtain all of those powers but instead, I only gave him the power to heal, which was quite handy in his journey. Actually, I never really explained how Gary was able to gain part of the forest spirit blessing.
Family and Age:
I didn?t want Gary to have a last name. Unlike in my other story, Call of Dragons, the main character there has a last name (Dennis Oak). If I ever made Gary have a last name, it would be Gary Oak, (gee, doesn?t that sound familiar?) but actually?I didn?t want people to know this?but?I have to confess. Green and Yellow aren?t married in my story. Yes, everyone?it was an accident! (I?m an evil-minded writer I know?but I wrote more evil things in Call of Dragons). So, if both of them aren?t married to each other, Gary doesn?t have Oak as a last name. So, in that case, he would have Yellow?s last name?which is? (del Bosque Verde)?kind of weird to say. (Gary del Bosque Verde?) Of course, everyone knows Yellow?s real name (Amarillo del Bosque Verde?note that Amarillo also means Yellow in Spanish.) Gary is eleven years old in the story. Note that Yellow is 29 while Green is 31.
Miscellaneous:
I wanted Gary to have his name as Gary because it?s the name of Green?s anime counterpart. Seeing that Gary looks a lot like Green, he seems to deserve that name. (However, the attitude is another story.)
In Ties of Love and Friendship, Makoto misinterprets Yellow when she was young when he asked what her name was. Seeing that Yellow was three years old at that time, she couldn?t pronounce Amarillo. So, Makoto assumes that when little Yellow was voicing the first syllable of Amarillo, he thought that she was trying to say ?Amy.? Later on, I used Amy as the name of Yellow?s daughter in two of my stories.