>>43053562I think a part of it is down to greater access to art during SuMo's release, because artists from Korea and other places were all posting in clusters on Twitter, as opposed to just following Pixiv. There's also the fact that N's development stops when he vanishes. As fascinating as his behaviour is to a monsterboy fanatic like me - a feral child raised in isolation who is at times unpredictable - he doesn't have as broad an emotional repertoire as Guzma ends up with. Guzma is a tough guy, a mean dude, but they laid out all these little clues to him being a softie somewhere behind that (golisopod, the skitty hot chocolate, Team Skull's members being kids who ran away from home and are essentially finding refuge as a community), and then he reacts in the most human way possible to an otherworldly horror and actual, real ill intention. Guzma has enough sides to him to play with and exaggerate and fantasise many scenarios that feel about right with him, even stupidly moe ones.
But N you have to restrain yourself or take a leap out of canon territory to explore very far. Fanon-Red is fun because you already have a free pass to run wild with a basic idea, and you can decide for yourself if he's a smug bitch who's aware of his genius or a socially dense mute who just do what he do.
Obviously the superior Red fantasy is that he's a socially dense mute (read: cat) until you're alone with him and you glimpse just a little hint that he fucking knows he's amazing (read: feline). Especially because that gives additional reason for him to be broken/upset when he does get absolutely pummelled by a new rival for the first time in forever. Then he carries on looking blank, but hey, uh, you're fired up aren't you, buddy? Kinda cute. 