ABSOLUTELY. It's especially noticable with Dera and Yayoi since I play them in Sabra, and Dera there is the LEADER who AUTO-LOVES EVERY NEW TEAM MEMBER EVEN IF THEY REPLACE HIS FAVORITE TEAMMATE whereas because Ruby's always been more prone to group discussions he isn't interested in being a leader. (His Sabra team initially was a viking and a little girl so more direction was needed in contrast). Aaand because they were a pretty solid team for a while, he was more shaken when one finally did drop and get replaced and basically never deals well with that. :|a But in Sabra they lost one teammate like their VERY FIRST DAY AWAKE, so he developed excellent coping skills for that.
AND THEN YAYOI. In Sabra Yayoi ended up on a team kind of like Kunzite, so she turned out pretty pacifistic there (as much as one can be in a murdercave.) She basically fell into a whitemage position on the team; wants to support everyone and patch them up but is very much against actually getting involved in the dire and dangerous unless her hand is forced. She's only recently begun to get past that, and that's in large part due to a heart game. :|a But in AATHER she ended up placed on this team that for aboooout a month of IC time didn't win any games, and then the only leaderly figures they had left! And aside from Yayoi, the rest of the team was dumb boys so she stepped up into the leader position to sort of focus the team's direction and also to nag them. :|a And since she's in the position of being looked to for final decisions now, it's making her develop that spine she needs to deal with severe situations much quicker. She feels a stronger sense of responsibility for her team which makes her more protective and more driven to make the hard decisions that she would've tried to avoid having to deal with or just cried a lot over in Sabra.
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AND THEN YAYOI. In Sabra Yayoi ended up on a team kind of like Kunzite, so she turned out pretty pacifistic there (as much as one can be in a murdercave.) She basically fell into a whitemage position on the team; wants to support everyone and patch them up but is very much against actually getting involved in the dire and dangerous unless her hand is forced. She's only recently begun to get past that, and that's in large part due to a heart game. :|a But in AATHER she ended up placed on this team that for aboooout a month of IC time didn't win any games, and then the only leaderly figures they had left! And aside from Yayoi, the rest of the team was dumb boys so she stepped up into the leader position to sort of focus the team's direction and also to nag them. :|a And since she's in the position of being looked to for final decisions now, it's making her develop that spine she needs to deal with severe situations much quicker. She feels a stronger sense of responsibility for her team which makes her more protective and more driven to make the hard decisions that she would've tried to avoid having to deal with or just cried a lot over in Sabra.
HOW BADLY DOES ALLEN WANT A PUPPY FOR SAPPHIRE