[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

You know, for a guy with 4 Insight, Ventus misses a lot of obvious stuff every so often.  Just thinking out loud here, though.  Don't mind me.

Ventus' insight represent more of his innate empathetic powers and his experience with how tragic life can be, rather than actual insightfulness. Since he's been able to read emotions and determine their root cause (to an extent) from birth, and has been through enough scheisse to always's be on edge around stranger/fairies/mystical stuff, Ventus is very much reliant on his abilities to operate with others.
 
Ironically, young Nathan is more insightful in the traditional sense than Ventus, just because he's far more rational and level headed in abnormal situation/crisises, while Ven just hunkers down and gets ready for the onslaught.

As for Ventus' murderous thought pattern...who says he started? Or never stopped? Remember, when it comes to threats to his friends or family, the researcher is far from saintly.

Nathan might SEEM more insightful, but don't forget he has the help of a Psychic type pokemon in that area as well if he needs to read people (remember, his Insight is 2, which is average).  Nathan keeps a cool head in the heat of the moment as well, but it breaks him down little by little if things aren't resolved well.  The reason for THAT is because he has an idea of how he should be reacting because he's read a ton on how others have responded to such situations, and made judgments of his own on what the appropriate course of action was.  But having never dealt with those situations himself before, he isn't prepared for when the reality check hits him.

If he gets REALLY bad though, it's going to be terrible.  Remember that bit where I missed the potion use, and Zippy wasn't holding back?  Now, Nathan knew there wasn't anything he could do to stop Zippy there (Princess had just fainted, after all.  Zippy would have resisted being recalled if he'd tried that), but he wasn't going to order the bee to do anything different anyways.  Now, he wasn't going to leave Pinsir with that Lethal damage if it took any and its trainer started being a little more...receptive, but Nathan has every capability to be as ruthless as Ventus (or the Pinsir trainer) if he so chooses.

The group is more likely to see that side of him when we encounter Almanac, by the way.  And here's the best part: Gallade has immediate access to two lethal attacks upon evolving, and can learn a third with exp.  Rapidash also gets a lethal attack upon evolving, and some more with exp.  If he intends to physically wound someone in the future, it's going to hurt.