So I have Tora on the brain right now, which is why none of my other stories that I'm working on are really moving along at the moment. Tora, Tora, Tora, Tora, Tora. She won't leave me alone -- it's like the little Tora in my head is begging to be written as something other than an accessory/angst prop for Guy or Bea.

Because, y'know, she's probably one of my top ten favorite characters of all time, but I have a bad habit of only considering her in relation to her friend and her boyfriend, who also are both pretty high up in that top ten (you mean you couldn't tell?). But it's not only me! The writers have done the same, too. Though they aren't really to blame, either. Her personality isn't really in-your-face, she doesn't feel the need to jump into the spotlight to prove her toughness (though she did occasionally suffer from a bit of an inferiority complex in regards to her powers), and she's just a more passive sort of person -- as much by choice as by nature, I think. She can be tough when she wants to be, but she has a habit of letting stronger personalities overshadow hers.