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phantasmods) wrote2018-01-17 08:32 am
phantasmods) wrote2018-01-17 08:32 am
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REVISIONS REQUEST
-> Your current about section primarily covers events from both canon and CRAU without giving a clear enough understanding of Poe as a character. We would like to see an about section that goes more in depth with regards to his personality, motivations, etc. and how these might have changed over the course of CRAU events.
Please respond to this comment within 72 hours with these changes!
Re: REVISIONS REQUEST
Poe was defeated six years before canon by fellow detective Edogawa Ranpo in a detective contest. A shy and secluded person, Poe was already bad at making and maintaining friendships. His anxious demeanor and low self-esteem didn’t help in that regard either. It’s no surprise that it wasn’t long before he was completely alone after his defeat. Having left by choice or having been cut out, it didn’t matter. He was alone and not planning on trying friendship again. Poe’s defeat caused him to give up on relationships with others entirely and was sent spiraling into a deep depression.
His tendency to obsess and pettiness resulted in him getting back up on his feet eventually, as he found a reason to live in deciding to get revenge on Ranpo for ruining his life. Poe decided to join an American organization known as The Guild in order to one day be able to go to Japan to enact revenge upon Ranpo. He then spent the next six years working on a mystery novel to trap Ranpo in forever using his Ability. Not much is known about what he did during these years, but at some point he became ranked 3rd in The Guild overall as The Architect.
Poe officially enters the story in the midst of a three way war between The Guild, The Port Mafia, and The Armed Detective Agency, Poe sends an challenge letter to an game of deduction to Ranpo. Ranpo accepts and goes to the meeting spot along with Yosano. Poe’s natural tendency for theatrics presents itself as he starts to go into his showboating mode. This doesn’t last long, as his confident state is shattered when Ranpo doesn’t appear to remember him at first. Poe is discouraged by this but proceeds with the challenge anyway. He traps Ranpo and Yosano in the book he spent six years making and eagerly waits for his victory.
Poe spends most of the time they were in the book on a motive rant, gloating, and showboating with the occasional maniacal laughter. He’s not one to show these qualities around others and prefers to keep it internal, but he’d been planning this for six years and planned to enjoy every single second of it. His good time is interrupted though as Ranpo manages to emerge victorious and he and Yosano escape from the book they were trapped in. Poe is extremely upset by this, but the revelation that Ranpo remembers him shocks him out of it.
This revelation causes Poe to abandon getting revenge and quit The Guild. His hate turns into a strong admiration and he pursues a friendly rivalry with Ranpo. A trust and mutual respect is quickly built up as Poe seeks Ranpo’s help at one point with a favor from Alcott, assisting Ranpo in the fight against the Port Mafia, and most recently assisting Ranpo in locating The Rats in the House of the Dead’s “Evidence Eraser”.
That venture turns into solving said “Evidence Eraser”’s murder, which turns out to have been faked by the man himself -Mushitarou Oguri- and the actual murder he committed. Mushitarou was sympathetic though, and was given a second chance by Ranpo in the form of an card to contact the Special Ability Department with. The positive ending to this particular case was cut short by five gunshots from one Nikolai Gogol.
With Oguri abducted and only having time to give Ranpo a warning about not taking the next case the ADA was given, the case ends on a somber note. Things only get worse for the ADA as they are framed for The Angels of Decay’s crimes and are being portrayed by the mass media as criminals. Things have gotten bad for the ADA, but Poe doesn’t have time to panic over their fate, as he is kidnapped and wakes up at Fayflower University.
LOCKDOWN:
Poe had a time at Fayflower alright. He was against making friends at the beginning of it all due to his assumed canonpoint being right after being defeated by Ranpo. He socialized with others to gain their trust for when someone inevitably murdered, but wouldn’t allow himself to admit he was starting to care about them. It was only the combination of his talk with Akira, getting his phone back and finding evidence that he failed to get revenge on Ranpo, and Gogol confirming it that made him decide that he had nothing to lose in opening up again at that point.
So he did. This led to him getting attached to the majority of the group in one way or another. Of note were his attachments to Waver Velvet, Nikolai Gogol, Akira Kurusu, Tsukasa, Terra, and Rebecca. He grew to see Waver as a younger brother; although this was only realized after his murder. Akira was partially responsible for him opening up again in the first place, and someone Poe regarded as trustworthy if reckless. Tsukasa was someone he regarded as one of the more level-headed students and Poe grew to desire for him to survive and live the life he was denied as Angra Mainyu. Terra was responsible for Poe realizing he was capable of making friends and had made friends in his time at Fayflower.
Rebecca was regarded by Poe as the most level-headed adult still alive prior to her death. Poe respected her and regarded Rebecca as a friend. He somehow managed to not loose anyone he greatly cared about -sans Viral- until the week of her death. Rebecca’s death and the brutal nature of it shook Poe. The last adults left after that were him, Gogol, and Tess. Out of them, he was the eldest.
That, along with the letter Rebecca left him, prompted Poe to speed up the process of trying to stop being a mess and to try and become a responsible adult. Said process was heavily stymied by the fact both remaining murder cases resulted in the deaths of the two most important people; Waver in case 5, and Gogol in case 6. The fact Waver was killed by Mitarai -who Poe considered a friend- didn’t help matters either. Gogol’s death hit him the hardest though. While they initially started off antagonistic to each other, Poe’s own curiosity led him to try and understand Gogol.
While progress was slow at first, Poe was determined, and ultimately succeeded in his goal. Along the way though, he grew to care about Gogol, then he admitted they were friends, then best friends, and during the last week realized he had fallen in love at somepoint. It’s not a surprising outcome considering how his CR with Gogol lead to some large developments for him. Things like Poe becoming okay with physical contact, more able and willing to argue, confident, and openly sadistic can all be traced back to their CR.
Said CR was what kept Poe from making more self-destructive choices whenever someone important to him died. Every time he tried to retreat and be alone after someone he cared about died, Gogol went and found him. This grew into a strange routine of comforting and was what kept Poe mostly stable and able to bounce back from the deaths of people he cared about.
It’s unsurprising in that regard that he utterly broke when Gogol was executed during the final player trial; right after he confessed his feelings. It took a combination of Tsukasa, Vivi, and Terra talking to him to stabilize Poe enough to pull out of the state he was in and soldier on. A talk with Gogol via the computer lab and confirmation of their feelings being mutual greatly helped with this as well. He was planning on living and being motivated by revenge again, but his new main goal became seeking the revival of the dead. Even if his secondary goal was still seeing the violent destruction of the Administration.
So, Poe soldiered on as the last remaining adult apprentice. Near the end, he learned that Monika didn’t have anywhere to go. Her world was gone, Poe regarded her fondly in the first place, and he wanted to see what she would write one day. This led to him deciding to adopt her, as Integrating her into his world with the least amount of questions would be easiest if she was legally listed as his adopted daughter. Monika accepted, and Poe has become determined to be a good dad.
He escaped the college as it was destroyed with the other survivors and was reunited with Karl -his pet raccoon- along the way. They settled into an abandoned hotel as their new base and begun preparing for a resistance after chatting with the dead again.
In-Depth Personality:
Poe in canon is extremely shy around others and his confidence and self-esteem aren’t the greatest; especially after his first defeat by Ranpo. He got better after the second one, but not by much. This tended to manifest in him often talking too quietly and mumbling a lot. Overall, he was a lonely and shy person who was just starting to try making friends again after 6 hateful and depressed years spent on a failed revenge plot.
This has mostly been worked through during his time in Fayflower. He’s still shy and his social skills are still rusty in some areas, but he’s far more willing to actively socialize with others and speak his opinion after all he went through. Turns out being trapped in a small space with no way to avoid other people really forces you to learn proper social skills.
Said social skills are where his development shines the most. While he’d still prefer being alone and writing, Poe no longer tries to actively avoid social situations anymore and is not-beyond making dark humored jokes and teasing others now too. He’s even picked up some sarcastic tendencies in dealing with the ridiculousness of the things he’s heard about. Poe also doesn’t completely hide his more sadistic and spiteful side around others either anymore. He’s more willing to consider violence a more valid answer now, even If it’s not his first resort. Both latter developments can be mostly blamed on Gogol encouraging the sadistic tendencies Poe showed mostly pre-second defeat by Ranpo.
The biggest change though, is him becoming acclimated to and more comfortable with physical contact with others. Poe no longer shys away as much from it, even if it still takes him a few moments to respond to it. He’s even willing to initiate physical contact with others now. Overall, He’s become braver -and perhaps more reckless- and isn’t going to crumple to yelling anymore and instead actively argue with others now. Also, while his self-esteem still isn’t the greatest, it’s started to stabilize as he’s started trying to be less of a depressed mess. Even if that’s still a work and progress and he’s still a major pessimist.
One thing that hasn’t changed about him though, is his capacity for extreme determination. Perhaps obsessively so. If he decides something is going to get done or that he’s going to do something, it will be pursued. A Poe who truly devotes himself to a goal is a Poe who will only be stopped in his goal by either him changing his mind due to a change in circumstances or utter defeat. The latter is only a temporary stop though. Poe thrives off adversity and spite.
Another thing that hasn’t changed either is Poe’s capriciousness. He can change moods rather fast. A good example of this is his showboating mode. When confident about something and feeling in control of a situation, he tends to start showboating. However, while he may be confident one moment, he can be sulking the next after one bad comment. This has become more stabilized after Fayflower and his decision to try to be a responsible adult. So, the usual maniacal laughter when things go his way is going to be restricted to only around certain people.
ACCEPTED
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