yeah Alex is def a character that the devs designed his whole character around getting back turns from chop, and then ended up being a character where players never use medium or heavy chop. just way too slow.
about Oro's 1f link, that's definitely never going to be part of the meta but Mellow recorded a proof of concept using it into EX oniyama -> SA2 and then a touch of stun unblockable
As far as I know BB Makoto doesn't reference SF Makoto at all but her taunt has a chance of instead of doing a standard taunt, doing an acorn toss akin to Dudley rose.
please record these with a decent volume level for the video, if i turn it up so i can hear the sound, it makes your voice incredibly loud. game audio doesnt need to be super loud or louder than your voice but please make the gap smaller