Hopefully this will start off a nice discussion.

I've always had a problem writing an in-character Tsuzuki. He's chibified and cheerful and wagging tails one minute, and serious and dramatic and upset the next. I love him, but it's incredibly difficult to do that transition from a hyper Tsuzuki to a dead serious one. I salute authors who can and pull it off with such incredible feat.

So my question is, to other Yami authors out there, who in general do you find the toughest to write, and why? Maybe I emphatize with Hisoka in the sense that the both of us don't get Tsuzuki sometimes (lol) so it's so much easier to write Hisoka, because I understand him.

Your thoughts are very much appreaciated.

The two characters I have trouble writing the most are Tatsumi and Watari. ::sighs:: Tatsumi's hard to get, and Watari's just out there for me.

With Hisoka, at least, we do know a little bit about his family background.

As for Tsuzuki, I think he is actually an extremely serious character and one who isn't happy as often as he appears. I believe he hids behind a mask of happiness and ignorance. As for his past, all that I know is that he was outcasted by everyone and experimented on by Muraki's grandfather because of his unusual eyes and his ability to heal. I would assume that Tsuzuki's desire to protect comes from him not wanting to see any suffer the way he did. His reluctance to hurt anyone comes from him not wanting to be perceived as a monster anymore.

With Hisoka, the way he was treated by his family and then raped and killed by Muraki has made him highly distrusting of other people. On top of that, he likely hates his empathy abilities. I could see him hating them because of the way he was treated for having them. This would likely make controlling them next to impossible, which could drive him to avoid people so he doesn't have to put up with feeling other people's emotions. Still, Hisoka is just a child, and every child hold a desire to be loved. He is a curious boy who tries to close himself off from the world.

Or at least, that is how it appears to me.

I think Tsuzuki is an abosolute NIGHTMARE to write, I hail anyone that can write him in character. The guy kills me. And he changes between arcs and everything. He is defintely one of the overall hardest characters in anime to write.

On the other hand, I find Muraki a hell to write. You can't get him write, either you put him too sadistic or too into Tsuzuki or too dark. You can't get the right Muraki at all. At least I can't. He is weird, he has all this feelings that you don't know how to handle. He is a murderer, but he can love. I hate to write him.

And I must say, I feel ... ... well, I don't really know how to describe it. Insulted isn't right, but it feels like the closest I can come. There is no reason for the feeling. lol ... Maybe I should explain a little. I am an extemely depressed person most of the time, not to the point of suicide or anything drastic like that (Suicide is just stupid if you ask me) but depressed still, and Tsuzuki is, as already stated, hard as hell to write. Maybe that's because it IS complicated. The wild torrent of emotions swirling around, but trying to hide it all behind a smile. Maybe he's so hard for me to write, because I feel we have to much in common, and I could never write myself as a character. I know I'm complicated, everyone tells me so, and I guess it's hardest for us to understand ourselves, so maybe it makes perfect sense that I have trouble writing Tsuzuki.

Oh well, Now I feel like this reply is all dark and depressing. Sorry if it is, that wasn't my intent. Come to think of it, ... what was my intent. Huh? I'll have ta get back ta ya on that one.

I never meant to offend anyone, my English is not really good since I'm from Mexico, and I tend to put some words that mean something completely different in English, or my sentences sound too hard.

I just meant that, since my cousin is also a very deppresive person, is not a surprise for me that one day she is happy and the next she is all gloomy. Those changes come normal to me now because I've known her for years. And I feel Tsuzuki is the same, he can be happy at one second and sad at the other, without apparent reason, that's why I said that if you know a deppresive person it comes easier, because like ir or not, you see those changes every now and then.

Nevertheless, I imagine that if you are a emotional person, it should be really difficult to write because, in the end you are writing your own emotions. And usually, no ones wants to do that in the end.

It wasn't a dark reply at all ^^. But again, it wasn't like I meant to offend anyone, I was just givin my opinion on my own experiences.

Also, I want to post how I think Tsuzuki views Hisoka and Muraki:

Hisoka is the only person who has told Tsuzuki that he needs him. So out of their love and their need to be loved by each other comes a bond of unconditional love. Oh, and I do think that there is some attraction between the two, but nothing they'd ever act on (plz don't hate me, Tsu/Soka fans).

On to Muraki. Tsuzuki definatly is attracted to Muraki, but it's something involuntary, and something Tsuzuki doesn't really like (again, don't kill me).

All this is just IMHO.

You have interesting viewpoints. I had an "Ahh!! Sou daa!" moment after reading your reply.

I can definitely see Tsuzuki as attaching himself to Hisoka so closely because he feels like he is important and of use in some value to him. I have the feeling that Tsuzuki might not ever want to act on his attraction to Hisoka because he might be afraid of hurting whatever they have.

Heh, I think I'm rambling again. I only meant to say that your entry didn't offend me (or anyone else I think)

Actually, I find it rather fascinating that none of your seem to have much difficulty implementing Hisoka's character. However, I find that I am really quite blunt about character intricacies, and witness many missing subtle cues relative to his character. Perhaps it is because I read too much into movies, novels, and other artistic forms of expression and story telling.

However, I will be honest and admit I have never really had much trouble with any of them. I am not positive as to why, but over time I was able to relate rather closely to all of them in at least one dimension of their personality. At one point, my main issue was encapsulating Watari's mind, but even his thought processes and motivations became quickly clear to me after a first stab at a particular story that encased his musings.

Perhaps it is because character is vastly important to me in every form of expression, that I managed to somehow implement their characters evenly. (Perhaps not flawlessly, but certainly clear enough to admit to being a good study.)

Hum.

However, I will admit that most point out my development of Hisoka over all else, but that does not seem terribly surprising on my behalf as I relate to him rather fascinatingly well. As much is said about my study of Tatsumi's character, as well.

So, I suppose that is my two cents. I will full-heartedly admit, however, outside my originals and this series, I find it vastly more difficult to encapsulate other characters. (Oh, dear. Quite seriously, my completed novel rather attests to that. After all, I am their parent.)

I think I just kind of stated t he obvious...sorry.>_<

And Tsuzuki also has a 'big brother mode' where he teases people relentlessly, and another version of same where he gets protective without angsting, and a mode where you'd swear he actually was the main character of a detective series, and one where he gets thoughtful and smiley, and a temper that, when it's moved to real anger, smashes things. His 'cute and useless' mode often stays switched on straight through crises, very irritatingly. He actually is very hard; you can't get stuck in a rut with him but have to keep an eye on him to make sure you've cycled him through a lot of ways of being. He isn't even always stupid! Only usually. It's nuts.

Mostly because Matsushita-san does whatever she feels like with him. So he does all kinds of things. He's easy to write without trying; it's just that then you write him badly; same for Muraki. (And sometimes Matsushita writes them that way, especially Tsuzuki. v.v Her characterization of her own guys is often so sloppy... When the dead people who work with the deceased all the time managed to be afraid of a ghost in volume six, I was apalled.) Hisoka's easier than the others because his behavior isn't as extreme, so Matsushita hasn't put him through so many hard-to-reconcile hoops, but even he has aspects to his character that don't get enough attention. Watari is easiest because, despite his character profile claiming hidden depths, he's really simple.

On a vaguely-related note, even Terazuma is wronged. He has serious issues with both the main characters, but for the few panels before he found out Hisoka was Tsuzuki's partner, he was both 'cool' and 'not unfriendly.' I expect that in his day-to-day life he does almost no snarling. (Despite the obvious sexual frustration inherent in being an extremely straight man who can't touch women.)

Soooo...even if we were all as lucky as Cages, understanding these guys from the start, care is necessary.

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