User blog comment:BurningHype/Common Ideas and Creativity Guide/@comment-24122714-20150107071119

I have a balance of normal and tragic backstories in my team. Takoizu's and Brooklynne's backstory aren't particularly sad, but I could spice it up a bit. As for the Katanas and Tonfas, those two characters use them. XD I know its cliche, but I did my best to make it awesome. For example a katana that is also a Assault Rifle and Carbine. Or an elbow blades that are also machine pistols and one is loaded with shock rounds and the other with water for conductivity. We most likely use these weapons because many of us tend to shy away from Scythes, gauntlets, rapers, and etc. because no matter what we do with them, they just seem too damn close to canon weapons. With the katanas and tonfas, like you said, we have much more leeway and have that sense of originality in designing them. Clothing, ahh, jeans, T-shirts, and jackets are a bit over used because of one big reason I believe, many of us use Chibi maker to create the base design for our characters because we lack the money and skills to draw them up ourselves. I myself use it, and let me tell you the clothing for guys is very limited to those three said clothing items. We probably need a better program or just look into wikipedia for examples.