2) Well, what happened was that P3MC seems like a person who would always give apathetic and indifferent responses to everything and I basically didn't want to do that for a first playthrough since roleplaying (in the sense that I'm acting differently than I normally would) kind of takes me out of the game world in a franchise like Persona where character self-insertion is key. FeMC is closer to my attitude in that regard, so it's easier to self-insert despite her gender. Trying (somewhat unconsciously I suppose) to make her someone I'd fall in love with, in a way- that's probably incredibly pathetic, but it's actually very enjoyable (that's not all I'm trying to do though).
I hope (dream) that I can someday play through a definitive Persona 3 on Vita (FeMC option, party control, 3D environments, anime cutscenes) roleplaying as an apathetic P3MC.
3) Agreed, it's nice to have a rather flawed character. Giving him the cold shoulder in his S. Links is intoxicating, lol. BTW how do I make sure that I don't end up dating him? I'm Rank 5 at his S. Link if memory serves.
4) Akihiko seems like a nice guy.
P.S: I liked Elizabeth as well (attitude AND appearance) but Theo's an even better attempt lol, nice to see some masculine eye candy. He resembles Kanji a little.
So far the best companion for my FeMC seems to be Theo. Fufufufufu.