Strengths: - Where his motivations are concerned, Dorumon is stubborn. Extremely stubborn. He was told once that he needed to survive, and he took it to heart, and now - even when all seems pointless, even when he's miserable - he survives. He was told once to care for Tokomon, and he took it to heart, and now - even when it puts him in danger - he takes care of that baby. Once Dorumon sees something he should do, and affirms that it's a good thing to do, no amount of emotional or physical pain can stop him from powering on through. This could come to be a weakness in his interactions with people, but when it comes to his own welfare, it has been and will be an excellent survival skill.
tl;dr Dorumon's biggest strength is finding a good thing, believing in it, anchoring himself with it, and sticking to it; as long as he has it, nothing else can break him down entirely.
- He's had a lot of experience in tough survival situations and knows to keep an appropriate level of wariness; though he treasures life, he is well aware that there are people out there who will want to hurt you, and it's good to find out what you're getting into before you go running into a situation. He's of average general intelligence, but is world-wise where one world is concerned and is more than capable of picking up the skills needed to handle this one.
- His memories of Alphamon are proof to him that he is important as an individual and that he has a place in (his) world. Insults may sting, but it's unlikely he'll ever feel as bad about himself as he once did. Combined with the aforementioned stubbornness, and he has the emotional fortitude to work through personal setbacks however much they hurt.
Weaknesses: - Counterpoint to his stubbornness is that if you can manage to shake his faith in the things he stubbornly believes in, you've found Dorumon's greatest weakness. He spent the entire movie fighting and fighting for life, then nearly lost hope when he evolved and saw that he resembled the monsters that were destroying everything, thus making him question his right to cling to the ideal of life for life's sake.
- Dorumon's friends back home were all made in very extenuating circumstances, and are all relatively new. He's not familiar with the way that friendships normally develop, nor is he used to being emotionally close to other people. This is his most relevant and greatest weakness.
- The wariness that keeps him out of trouble might also keep him from making friends or meeting with good opportunities or having fun.
- Dorumon has a track record of seeing people die or be attacked and then flying into a panic. In canon, this usually causes him to evolve and confront the murderer. As a human, he'll probably freak out and possibly attack the attacker. There are a lot of reasons why this is usually a bad course of action.
- He may be stubborn enough to keep walking on when things hurt, but being alone still does hurt. He knows what he's worth, but he still enjoys feeling that he is of immediate value to someone. Having Pokemon with him pretty much entirely alleviates this weak point.
- He's a quick study in survival skills, but Dorumon has no knowledge of the organic world to begin with and will be stumbling across new obstacles for a very long time.
- He also comes from a rather anarchic world that doesn't use money or have many laws or really have any of the trappings of human civilization. Towns are going to baffle him. Organized human things in general are going to baffle him. This should be a much bigger part than it is, but it's very easy to sum up.
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Strengths:
- Where his motivations are concerned, Dorumon is stubborn. Extremely stubborn. He was told once that he needed to survive, and he took it to heart, and now - even when all seems pointless, even when he's miserable - he survives. He was told once to care for Tokomon, and he took it to heart, and now - even when it puts him in danger - he takes care of that baby. Once Dorumon sees something he should do, and affirms that it's a good thing to do, no amount of emotional or physical pain can stop him from powering on through. This could come to be a weakness in his interactions with people, but when it comes to his own welfare, it has been and will be an excellent survival skill.
tl;dr Dorumon's biggest strength is finding a good thing, believing in it, anchoring himself with it, and sticking to it; as long as he has it, nothing else can break him down entirely.
- He's had a lot of experience in tough survival situations and knows to keep an appropriate level of wariness; though he treasures life, he is well aware that there are people out there who will want to hurt you, and it's good to find out what you're getting into before you go running into a situation. He's of average general intelligence, but is world-wise where one world is concerned and is more than capable of picking up the skills needed to handle this one.
- His memories of Alphamon are proof to him that he is important as an individual and that he has a place in (his) world. Insults may sting, but it's unlikely he'll ever feel as bad about himself as he once did. Combined with the aforementioned stubbornness, and he has the emotional fortitude to work through personal setbacks however much they hurt.
Weaknesses:
- Counterpoint to his stubbornness is that if you can manage to shake his faith in the things he stubbornly believes in, you've found Dorumon's greatest weakness. He spent the entire movie fighting and fighting for life, then nearly lost hope when he evolved and saw that he resembled the monsters that were destroying everything, thus making him question his right to cling to the ideal of life for life's sake.
- Dorumon's friends back home were all made in very extenuating circumstances, and are all relatively new. He's not familiar with the way that friendships normally develop, nor is he used to being emotionally close to other people. This is his most relevant and greatest weakness.
- The wariness that keeps him out of trouble might also keep him from making friends or meeting with good opportunities or having fun.
- Dorumon has a track record of seeing people die or be attacked and then flying into a panic. In canon, this usually causes him to evolve and confront the murderer. As a human, he'll probably freak out and possibly attack the attacker. There are a lot of reasons why this is usually a bad course of action.
- He may be stubborn enough to keep walking on when things hurt, but being alone still does hurt. He knows what he's worth, but he still enjoys feeling that he is of immediate value to someone. Having Pokemon with him pretty much entirely alleviates this weak point.
- He's a quick study in survival skills, but Dorumon has no knowledge of the organic world to begin with and will be stumbling across new obstacles for a very long time.
- He also comes from a rather anarchic world that doesn't use money or have many laws or really have any of the trappings of human civilization. Towns are going to baffle him. Organized human things in general are going to baffle him. This should be a much bigger part than it is, but it's very easy to sum up.