Eliot. I was this close to dropping him after the first, like, six months he was on the island. I couldn't get the rhythm of him right and he wasn't connecting with people.

And then I talked Chris into playing Parker and Sophie for PW and got her to app Parker as a teacher the next semester and Nu went "WELL IF WE'VE GOT AN ELIOT AND A PARKER THEN WE NEED A HARDISON" and now he's one of my most epic, long lasting characters.

It's amazing what a good RP partner can do!