I am messing with too many characters and need to slim it down to just 2.
Is there a gripe with players if you use Sagat?
My main is Akuma since he is the one I have most experience with, and I prefer motion characters to charges.
I am thinking Fei Long, Ryu, Zangief, Gen and Dhalsim.
I do have a thought of playing Blanka as he was the first SF character I ever played with.
Yeah 2 characters in my opinion is the way to go.
Fei Long would be a good choice since it deals with Akuma’s couple bad matchups just fine. Overall Zangief might be a good choice, he doesn’t need a whole ton of training mode time to be played effectively. Gen might be a little much, he’s more of a primary main because he’s pretty hard to play.
If you can main Gen successfully you will never get hate. Only props. Good Gen mains are cool as hell to watch.
Yep, if you throw 2 fireballs in a row, it is common courtesy to stop and let your opponent get one full combo on you 
2 characters is a good idea because that allows you to counterpick. This can be useful if you enter a tourney or even play a first to 10 online.