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kopaka and pohatu otp forever

 

i feel like a lot of series have this character dynamic (Bleach and Naruto to name two easy examples; [Naruto and Sasuke, Ichigo and Ishida])

 

irl i never met anyone who was similar to either of the two archetypes so i really can't say but Ishida's a pretty neat guy after he drops some petty grudge stuff (and becomes a little warmer in general, plus he had the character trait of amazing sewing skills that gave him some more fun, redeeming moments). i also used Ishida since he's developed better than Kopaka, character wise (and Sasuke i don't think had any development when i read that series outside of just getting more annoying).

 

Kopaka's sorta one-dimensional though... but i stopped following the story a few years before the line ended (which might be why i can't think of anyone like him in a real life sense)

For whatever it is worth, I might as well toss out my opinion in here...

 

I think the biggest draw to characters like Kopaka is their self-confidence. As humans, we are often plagued with insecurities, and having the confidence to stand against well... anything life throws at them is a trait many might end up envying.

 

Even when that confidence is offset by less desirable traits, the fact that it is there is enough to inspire others towards emulation. The problem arises when instead of emulating just the self-confidence (if such a thing is even possible to actually pull off), people try to imitate the entirety of his behavior. As you said, for all of the fondness some of us may have for him as a character, having to deal with a person like that in real life would be less than ideal.

 

So yeah. We all want to be a Kopaka. XD

I think it's because we find chatterboxes tiresome.

 

But really, we admire those people who are just able to pull things off without a lot of conversation. At the same time, we resent those people, because we don't have that ability. And those people who have that ability resent other people for getting in their way or because they can't "fit in" or don't even want to.

 

Kopaka is a distant ideal. It's easy to ignore the effect his chilly attitude has on the other people and just relate to or admire the confidence.

And that's not a really an either-or: I'm just breaking down the logic so I can present it. There are times when any given person can end up with Kopaka-like confidence, or not. I suspect most of us prefer the former. That's what makes the ideal so tantalizing - we experience it sometimes and wish it were true all the time.