This is really long, lmao. This is just me (a new player) doing my autistic rambling here, to save my friends from it.

Forgive me if this post isn't very Reddit-like of me. I don't use this place much; mostly just for those years old posts that explain a niche problem you're having now. You know the type: only one post exists about it and it's on Reddit or Quora and it has every answer you need.

My only big experience here was years ago in a now deleted post that I'm embarrassed even thinking about (nothing serious, just me being silly). Which I made before they made adding flairs so easy... Gotta admit: I appreciate the change.

But, uh, yeah, forgive me if I accidentally break unspoken etiquette/etiquette that's clearly spoken but I just didn't research enough for, boldly and foolishly assuming I could just hop on and post... And please, certainly excuse my ramblings.

Hi, I'm just a casual, low spender who started a, uh... *couple* months ago...? *A* month ago...? Either way: not really looking for feedback (although I'm open to light hearted poking fun at Krarel (Charity) being my main DPS of choice). I'm really just sharing because I want to do so without troubling friends that I ramble to enough as is.

I've been really enjoying the game, especially since it's both hard enough to be invested in while also being casual enough to just throw up on my phone when I'm not doing anything else.

(Before I go any further, I feel the need to state: I am a writer. I have named my Voidpets after characters I think match them (however loosely). Feel free to ask about it; I love talking about my children.)

(Additionally: this **is** gonna be written like you haven't looked at the attached pics of my goofballs.)

Right now I'm running on: *Graves (Conviction) being my defense scaling tank with the, uh, *diamond tiara*...? The one that makes Pets deal damage to their attacker based on defense, which I've found works well with my aforementioned Charity. I love him dearly for both his simplicity and usefulness... Additionally: Graves is one of my bigger characters, so he gets extra points for being "pop"'s favorite. *Krarel is as mentioned: my DPS. I've tried using others, but none compare to the convenience of healing and damage at the same time alongside emergency shielding. Also: I know, he's got too much crit. I'll fix it when I find good way to maximize crit chance without overdrafting, but I worry about his other stats at that point... We'll see. *Reyes (Merry) has been my saving grace for many battles... Even battles he gets killed immediately in by those metal pricks that attack through the tank since he often outspeeds them for the first turn. Sometimes I try to trade him out, but then I realize there's a Sadge. Which makes me realize I don't have any other debuff cleanses. Which makes me play with his speed until he can cleanse before dying. *Yosai (Persistence)(associated character liable to change) is a new guy, but dear lord has he been doing **work**. Lonely used to be my emergency full heal, but now Persistence is the entire team's emergency full heal. No notes except a wish to figure out a way to get Wistful (Daido) good enough for the hubbies to reunite.

It's hard to say Persistence will remain Yosai... I mean, Merry was originally Keller, then Jason, before I settled on Reyes, since both Keller and Jason have more central traits than being kind homemakers. Charity was also once Jason before I decided that if I'm gonna use Jason, it's gonna be a later, healthier stage in his life than where he was when he was Charity. Which is how I settled on Krarel, since Krarel's story is about him being Charity: eagerly giving more than he takes, even to his own detriment.

Anyways! Back to Persistence: now that I think about it, maybe Persistence should be Jason... Jason's story isn't any one point in his life, it's his entire life. How he survives, and survives, and survives. Being driven to crawl even when his wings (proverbial; he's Human) are broken and his legs burn from his endless march.

However, actually... I think Persistence will remain Yosai, due to the bit about "Persistence families endure through generations, weathering storms and disasters to hold their ocean territory.". That actually better fits Yosai, since he's the King of the Underworld who holds the center district of The Underworld, and from a long line of kings. His story is also about how he's broken from all his pushing forward (although it sounds similar, I guarantee: Jason and Yosai have **vastly** different stories). About how "for the sake his people", he'll never stop.

Admittedly, this also makes him line up with Charity, but I think the key difference is that while Krarel gives more than he gets, Yosai holds himself to push forward for his people. He holds himself to run until he can only walk. To walk until he can only lumber. To lumber until he comes crashing down... And to crawl until his arms give out, and even then use any method to keep on pushing forward whether by dragging himself by his teeth or wiggling.

Krarel is willing charity. But Yosai? Yosai is ancestral obligation.

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Anyways, yeah, that was an unnecessary tangent~! But we're keeping it and I fully accept that it's probably gonna get me comments referring me to subreddits for writers and that I'll probably just... edit it out later since it's only tangentially related to Voidpets.

Do excuse all my ramblings.

I've also had Remedios (Abandonment) leveled so I had a tank for when I encounter fire types. I've also also been leveling Darryl (Determination) for the attack down passive when I really need that (thinking of AoE attacks). Whisperer (Cringe) is somewhere in there, but... I haven't put much emphasis on him.

Also working on Zhen (Apathy) on the side because I'd like a stun... But we'll see where that ends up.

I'm currently hoping to get Defiance, so I can have the last member of my "Liar's Handshake" team. "Liar's Handshake" being a punk rock band consisting of Zachary (lead vocals/backup guitarist)(Defiance), Darryl (lead guitarist/backup vocals)(Determination), Marion (Drummer)(Anxious) and Virgil (bassist)(Joy). Which, I decided on since I noticed I have everyone except Zach... So here's to hoping I get Defiance soon.

ANYWAYS! Sorry this is so long and likely to be taken down for not fitting the subreddit. I just wanted to ramble and felt like this was a good spot. Hope you all have a nice time, whatever you're up to! I'll try and check this post later and respond to any potential comments, but like I said up top: not a regular Reddit user, so we're playing it by ear.