Bullies: I know Russell is the most feared character into eh school and students constantly talk about horrible things he’s done to them. I think the plot really shows him in a good light, even in the first chapter, he doesn’t seem to like to get his hands dirty as much as the other bullies and only fights if attacked provoked or manipulated by Gary.
Ethan as well seems to be a fairly decent character, he’s got an obsession with martial arts and seems to only be in the bully clique so he can fight, unlike the other members who just enjoy picking on people.
Nerds: I’ve found Cornelius to be the nicest member of that clique. He’s never really been territorial and just seems to want to get on with school life (He doesn’t have that sadistic hit-list mean-streak that all the other nerds have) I used to think Donald was quite innocent, but that’s because I didn’t know the character too well, it turns out his arrogance probably levels with Derby.
Preppies: Parker, no question. Evidently he’s my favourite character, but it’s just because he seems to so good natured compared to the rest of his clique. He’s obviously had a very sheltered background, as he doesn’t seem very charismatic but I suppose that’s just what contributes to making him such a great character.
Quite a few of the Preppies are great characters, but they do and say things to make it so hard for people to actually like them. Like Bif wondering around saying “I wonder how many seven-year-olds I could beat up” What the heck Bif?
Greasers: I find the Greasers generally quite annoying, they behave tougher than they are and probably trash-talk more than any other clique in the game, so I don’t tend to spend much time around them. Lucky actually seems okay, I’ve heard him talk about the importance of studying and working hard and stuff, I usually attack him on tight though, he’s just got one of those irritating voices and ridiculous dress senses.
Jocks: Bo defiantly. He’s probably the quietest and most passive jock, and I know that he absolutely hates Jimmy through the entire course of the game as evident by his dialogue, but seems to take life more seriously than the other jocks and evidently has a close relationship with his father, and some sort of pet that he lost...
Non-clique: I don’t know a lot about the non-clique students. Ray possibly? He talks a lot about wanting friends and needing money to buy them things, which is a little sad I suppose. He talks a lot about nothing though, which would make him a good Greaser and he also seems to believe that Jimmy burned down the gym which is slightly annoying.
But to be honest, is the game had the option of jumping into the persona of a different character and staying as far away from being Jimmy as possible, how many of us would do so?
Townies: Again, I don’t know an awful lot about the drop-outs, they all seem like working-class psychopaths to be honest. Gurney perhaps, as he was actually bullied into dropping out of school? To be honest though, none of them seem like nice characters, they have a thuggish walking style and jack your bike even if you’re in good terms with them. Ugh ... Zoe is especially annoying. Yes she has a thing for Jimmy but she doesn’t really do anything to help him at all in the plot, Chad is more of a protagonist in “The wrong part of town” than she is all together.
...and I can’t be the only one who’d rather have Gary in free roam during endless summer rather than her!
