#boudica story

[mayhaps-a-blog]

Day 29: 51,269 words! Another minor update, but at least I've finished some other projects. What I haven't fixed is my sleep schedule, too many distractions, but I've got an early morning meeting coming up so hopefully I can start correcting tonight or tomorrow!

Last line: Her voice rang through the chamber, echoing as the lights seemed to flicker; the guards against the wall shifted uneasily, and the king frowned.

[bedlamsbard]

the 2010 film Centurion is deeply frustrating to me because it desperately wants to be about the Varian Disaster, every single beat in this movie would fit near-perfectly for the Varian Disaster, you could relocate this film temporally and geographically to Germania and not change literally anything except some of the names, and yet because Hollywood considers Britannia way sexier and more exotic than Germania it is set in Britain. this movie should be about the Varian Disaster! in every way but geographically including the drawback of the frontiers this movie is about the Varian Disaster! and yet. it is not about the Varian Disaster.

(the movie itself is fine. like, it's Agricola slander and Tacitus is rolling over in his grave, but my tolerance for historical inaccuracy is pretty high these days. don't go out of your way to watch it, but like, it's fine. if I had a nickel for every time Olga Kurylenko has played a Roman-hating British woman warrior I'd have two nickels, which is not a lot but it's weird it's happened twice etc.)

[joncronshawauthor]

Why Fantasy Readers Should Dive into Historical Fiction: 5 Must-Read Novels

As a fantasy reader, you might be drawn to the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, and other masters of the genre. You revel in the magical realms, mythical creatures, and epic battles that define the world of fantasy literature. But have you ever considered exploring the equally enthralling world of historical fiction? Historical fiction novels share many of the same qualities that…

[tariah23]

Literally

[shadow-schemer]

oH GOD GALAHAD IS GONNA KICK MY ASS ISNT HE??? HES THE SURPRISE FINAL BOSS IN THIS SINGULARITY ISNT HE? HES GONNA KICK MY ASS I HAVENT SEEN HIM AND NOT ONE MENTION OF THE KNIGHT WHO FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL IN THE MYTH GOD HELP ME I WILL DIE HERE

[bored-trans-orchidsexual]

"Evan is the protagonist of Mismag"

I saw a post complaining about this, and apparently it's a pervasive thought in the fandom, that Brennan being Brennan and giving Evan a sizable backstory makes him the 'protagonist' of a 4-player game, and he hogs the spotlight. I can't believe this needs to be said, but...

HAVING A LONG BACKSTORY ≠ BEING THE PROTAGONIST

what the fuck stories have 'yall been reading. If there is a protagonist, which there isn't, it would be *Sam black* and yes I will explain that later, but first off, no. Having a lengthy backstory that comes back to haunt a character is *classic* rival or detailed support character biz. The question you need to ask yourself here, is 'does Evan's backstory dominate/make up the main plot or the main conflicts of the series' and, for those who answered yes to that... I'm sorry I just can't help you. Evan's shadow, the demons that claimed him, even the various wizards looking to him as the arrival of a dark lord are *not* the main villains of this story and if you thought they were you WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

The *Villains* of this story are Boudica, Tallulah, and the system they represent/seek to maintain. The Wizarding society here knows they hold power and control secretly, that equality could be a thing but that would take away their power, so they want to keep it all to themselves. They play pretend at making peace and working together with the group they have othered (a group that outpopulates them so massively they can't even conceive of the size) but in bad faith, never intending to actually share power, they set up a group to fail because they eternally underestimate those they see as lesser. and you fuckers think the *White boy* is the main character? Seriously?

Evan is a *loud* character narratively but he doesn't lead. He's a potential villain in the making, someone who's life experiences have been hard and could grow quite dangerous, but not only does he not want to be that he has *Jammer.* He has *Sam.* I understand the dynamic between him and Kay is cute and all but honestly, they are kinda worse for him than better a lot of the time. Rewatch the show, really watch who he looks to when things are tough, or see his expressions wen Jammer and Sam help take care of him, offer support. He *instantly* develops an attachment to Jammer, any approval or support Jammer gives him goes leagues in that boy's head. That's his *best friend* and he's so cool. And Sam? Sam's so competent and social, she's a shining light for all her friends but she without a beat is on his side too and he can't believe it. If there is a "protagonist" in this group, it's Sam. She's a leader, not in the sense that Jammer is, but in her own very important way. Jammer makes the calls like a coach but Sam keeps everyone together. She sees everything for how it is, calls out what's wrong (Like the iconic "and we don't know you") And her influence spreads *quickly* wherever she goes. When the break between seasons happened she didn't leave, she remade herself and used her talents to spread magic and her view as best she could, as Sam Britan. She thrived, and continues to, and her very presence is a healing balm on everyone she cares about. But sure, the confused white guy is the protagonist. Fuck off with that shit, Sam Britan is narratively the most important character in this show and her friends are the most important thing to her in the world.

[theholmwoodfoundation]

THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION PILOT EPISODE CAST/CREW - PART ONE

REBECCA ROOT - MADDIE TOWNSEND/MINA HARKER

Rebecca trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for the National Theatre (UK and Ireland tour); Rathmines Road for Fishamble at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; Trans Scripts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Bear / The Proposal at the Young Vic; and Hamlet at the Gielgud Theatre and Athens International Festival. TV, Film and Video Game credits include Monsieur Spade, This Is Christmas, Irvine Welsh’s Crime, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Heartstopper, Annika, The Rising, Sex Education, The Gallery, The Queen’s Gambit, Finding Alice, Creation Stories, Last Christmas, The Sisters Brothers, Colette, The Danish Girl, Flack, The Romanoffs, Moominvalley, Hank Zipzer, Boy Meets Girl, Doctors, Casualty, The Detectives, and Keeping Up Appearances.  Radio credits include Clare In The Community, Life Lines, The Hotel, and 1977 for BBC Radio 4. Guest appearances include Woman’s Hour, Front Row, Loose Ends, Saturday Live, and A Good Read.  She plays Tania Bell in the award-winning Doctor Who: Stranded audio dramas. Rebecca has also recorded numerous documentary narrations, audiobooks, and voice-overs. Rebecca is also a voice and speech coach, holding the MA in Voice Studies from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

SEAN CARLSEN - JEREMY LARKIN/ JONATHAN HARKER

Born in South Wales, Seán trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has worked extensively in audio drama, television, theatre and film.  Seán is perhaps best known to Doctor Who fans as Narvin in the Doctor Who audio series Gallifrey and has appeared on TV in Doctor Who - The Christmas Invasion and Torchwood. Recent TV credits include Mudtown (BBCiplayer/S4C), Dal y Mellt (Netflix), His Dark Materials (BBC1), All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5), A Mother's Love (Channel 4) and Series 5 of Stella (Sky1).  Films include supporting leads in Boudica - Rise of the Warrior Queen, cult horror The Cleansing,  the lead in Forgotten Journeys and John Sheedy’s forthcoming film ‘Never Never Never’

SAM CLEMENS - ARTHUR JONES

Samuel Clemens trained at the Drama Centre London and is an award-winning director with over twenty years’ experience. Samuel has recently written and directed his debut feature film ‘The Waterhouse’ with Take The Shot Films & Featuristic Films and represented by Raven Banner Entertainment, which is due for release this coming year.  In addition, he has directed fourteen short films, winning awards all over the world including shorts ‘Surgery (multi-award winning), A Bad Day To Propose (Straight 8 winner 2021), Say No & Dress Rehearsal’. Samuel also directs critically acclaimed number one UK stage tours and fringe shows (Rose Theatre Kingston, Swansea Grand, Eastbourne, Yvonne Arnaud, Waterloo East Theatre) and commercials include clients JD Sports, Shell and Space NK. Samuel is also a regular producer and director for Big Finish Productions & Anderson Entertainment. He has cast, directed, produced and post supervised numerous productions of ‘Doctor Who – (BBC), The Avengers (Studio Canal), Thunderbirds, Stingray (Anderson Entertainment), Callan, Missy, Gallifrey’& Shilling & Sixpence Investigate’ and many more. Samuel has directed world class talent such as, Sir Roger Moore, Ben Miles, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Alex Kingston, Frank Skinner, Rita Ora, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, Rufus Hound, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Samuel West, Youssef Kerkour, Sophie Aldred, Ian McNiece, Colin Baker, Olivia Poulet, Stephen Wight, Jade Anouka, Mimi Ndwendi, Michelle Gomez, Peter Davidson, Paul O’Grady and many more. Samuel is one of the founding members and directors at Take The Shot Films Ltd and is Head of Artistic Creation and Direction. Lastly, Samuel is a regular tutor at The London Film Academy, The Giles Foreman Centre for Acting & The Rose Youth Theatre and is a member of The Directors Guild UK. As for upcoming projects, Sam is currently in pre-production on his next feature film “On The Edge of Darkness”, which is based on his dad’s stage play “Strictly Murder”.

ATTILA PUSKAS - DRACULA

Attila Puskás is a native Hungarian Voice Actor born in Transylvania – Romania, so Romanian is in his bag of tricks too, but most of his work is done in English, in a Transatlantic Eastern European Accent, but is quite capable of Hungarian, Romanian and International Eastern European accents, plus Standard American. His voice range is Adult to Middle Aged (30-40+) due to his deep voice. Vocal styles can range from authoritive, brooding to calming and reassuring and much more. He’s most experienced in character work, like Animations and Games, but his skills encompass Commercials to Narration as well. He’s received training through classes and workshops, pushing him to the next level to achieve higher standards. Now on a journey to perfect these skills and put them to good use!

PART TWO: HERE

PART THREE: HERE

[deusvervewrites]

Wildcard AU: reading through this, I realize not many personas were discussed for the Dekusquad, and so, I wanted to give my two cents on who would own which hero, and maybe what their persona does.

Iida: Pheidippides, the one who ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of the Greek's victory against the Persians at the battle of Marathon (where the sport gets the name from) before dying of exhaustion. Wind element with accuracy Debuffs.

Todoroki: Merlin, know for being the advisors to the "Main" hero of the stories (Uther and Arthur Pendragon), with magical powers from an unnatural birth. Magic Damage buffs and single-target elemental spells.

Uraraka: Princess Kaguya, daughter to bamboo cutters (commoners), who grants wealth to her parents from her presence, only to be later out of reach by her own desires. Light element attacks (assuming light can do damage like P5) and Ailment inflicting skills.

Asui: I'd like it to be Jiraiya, but that's been done in P4, so I'm not sure. Electric damage skills and accuracy/evasion buffs.

Yaoyorozu: Boudica, Queen of the Inceni Brittish people and "Lady of Victory" who led an (unsuccessful) uprising against the Roman empire. Navigational (as stated prior)

Inko: Lemminkäinen, Finnish hero who dies in the rivers of the underworld, who's mother fished his remains out with a magic rake, before putting him back together. It would have been the mother instead, but I cannot find her name anywhere. Healing and ailment/debuff neutralizing.

Bakugo: Achilles, one the other most known heroes of Greek myth (mirroring Midoriya), who was a great warrior and invincible in battle, save for a fatal flaw. Physical attack and fire skills with Amps, resistant to physical damage, but not immune.

Eri: Deirdre (as stated), Irish heroine who's beauty was prophesized to bring bloodshed that would kill the three greatest warriors of Ulster. Healing and Ice element magic.

All Might: Samuel Steele, Canadian Mountie and "Lion of the Yukon" who kept the peace between Canadian settlers and the First nation people, and made the Klondike Goldrush into one of the most organized goldrushes in history. Physical attacks and defensive buffs.

Interesting choices. I mentioned Uraraka having Atlanta once but I'm flexible on that if I like something else better. I should also note that not all of Midoriya's social links will end up with Personas of their own.

It hasn't come up but I did decide that Bakugou's eventual Persona is Mwindo

[swanmaids]

top five humans in the silm

1. Tuor - reading recent dead takes about how he’s so boring and undeserving and blah blah made me stan him harder. In all seriousness he’s one of the most fleshed out characters in the silm and wider material so saying he’s boring is whack

2. Turin for the Turin of it all. Rip borderline personality disorder king you would’ve loved brat by charli xcx

3. Morwen because she’s the best. Imperfect tragic heroic and I wish we had more like her.

4. Aerin because her story hits SO many themes that I’m interested in and she makes me feel big feelings

5. Haleth - the first silm character I ever stanned and I was so right for that. Lesbian Boudica we love you

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Do you have any recommendations on Dr. Who books/audio format things? I haven't watched the show in a bit because Moffat wasn't my thing and I can't seem to find the old stuff. (If you have any advice on where to find that too I would be very grateful) Following your blog has been a nice reminder of why I liked the show so much. Hope you have a good day!

Aw thank you! Depending on your location, you can find classic who episodes either on BBC iPlayer or Tubi (with ads).

As for books/audios, I'll try to keep this brief as I could write an essay on this.

For books, my favorite author is Kate Orman. Orman writes wonderfully, and my personal favorite is The Year of the Intelligent Tigers. I also really liked Goth Opera, Camera Obscure, History 101, Autumn Mist, Lungbarrow, Divided Loyalties, Somewhere Never etc etc etc etc (so many more but I'm forcing myself to stop here). You can often find free versions of basically every novel (at least all I've looked for) on the internet either as pdfs or epubs or whatever. The Internet Archive is particularly useful. Some examples:

And now for the audios! I personally have sold my soul to Big Finish. I have literally hundreds of recommendations. They do have some audios for free, such as those that came from the Paul Spragg Memorial Competition. You can also find a lot of them (up until Zagreus I think) for free on Spotify. There is also almost always a killer sale going on on the website on top of that too.

As for my recommendations, it's pretty dependent on what Doctor or companion you want to listen to. They even have series centered on UNIT, Romana's Gallifrey, Benny Summerfield, and a ton of other things (including a Masterful special that just had a bunch of Masters fucking around and finding out). I'll put in some of my favorites, one for each Doctor, from what I own (which is far from everything, but I do my best).

One: The Sontarans. It was the first time the Doctor had ever encountered the Sontarans, so he was unfamiliar with them. It takes place during Dalek Master Plan, so Steven and Sara are there.

Two: Lords of the Red Planet! It's a good Ice Warrior origin story and has Jamie and Zoe in it. :)

Three: Terror of the Master. I had pre-ordered it as soon as I heard about it. Three....Delgado Master....what more do you want from an audio? It's narrated by Jon Culshaw.

Four: The Wrath of the Iceni. It was a brilliant historical with Four and Leela and Boudica. Leela gets quite a lesson in this one, first being mad at Four for not helping Boudica and then at Boudica for being cruel.

Okay now we are getting into my favorite Doctors (5-8), so these decisions are going to get difficult.

Five: The Kingmaker! Shakespeare spikes Five's drink to get him absolutely wasted to sneak on the TARDIS, the TARDIS gets hiccups as a result, leading to Peri and Erimem being separated from the Doctor. Shenanigans ensue.

Six: Doctor Who and the Pirates. Six and Evelyn have a really meaningful discussion with one of her depressed students. The third part is a musical!

Seven: The Shadow of the Scourge. Benny Ace and Seven against 8th dimensional eldritch abominations. Seven gets turned into one of these insectoids, and body horror ensues.

Eight: Oh dear I can't choose. At the moment, probably the Great War from Dark Eyes 1. Eight meets Molly and is still grieving here. He is very much doomed by the narrative.

War: The Neverwhen. Lots of the War Doctor is good if you like Time War horror, but this one has a lot of time-as-a-weapon and is well written.

Nine: Battle Scars. A nice short story about that one family Nine saved from the Titanic mentioned in the episode Rose. Has a really fantastic girl in it and a Nine dripping in PTSD.

Ten: The Time Reaver. Ten and Donna! There's this gun that basically slows down time for a single person, so that a few minutes for everyone else is centuries for them. Ten is a self sacrificing dope.

Eleven: The Geronimo boxset is the best in my opinion, but I haven't been able to listen to many of these yet.

Twelve: Another one I haven't managed to buy a lot of yet, but Dead Media is amazing. It's written to sound like a podcast with adverts and everything and is set during his time at St. Luke's. And I cried at the end.

Anyway, I'll shut up now. This was so much fun! Thank you!

[mayhaps-a-blog]

Day 24: 48,035 words. The end is nigh! Just 2,000 more to go, and I'm hoping to make it to a write-in on Sunday; I'll try to get some words in tomorrow, if only for the daily update badge (those badges are so tempting, I'm still annoyed I missed the "make daily par" badge even if doing so probably saved my sleep and my sanity). But I am at least quite confident I can finish by next Thursday, and maybe even get a few more words in besides! That, or sleep. One of the two :)

Last line: She would not fail, she would not fall, against some foolish queen in the empty north. Her story would not end there.

[myemuisemo]

Part 10 of "Letters from Watson" of The Sign of the Four starts with Sherlock Holmes enthusiastically infodumping.

He appeared to be in a state of nervous exaltation. I have never known him so brilliant. He spoke on a quick succession of subjects,—on miracle-plays, on medieval pottery, on Stradivarius violins, on the Buddhism of Ceylon, and on the war-ships of the future,—handling each as though he had made a special study of it. His bright humor marked the reaction from his black depression of the preceding days.

I wondered "why these topics in particular?"

Miracle plays were, in 1890, the subject of a new book by Alfred W. Pollard of the British Museum. It received a positive review in The Spectator.

The Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society had its first exhibition in London in 1888. While handicrafting, the William Morris aesthetic, and such, had been around for a while by then, this was the big organized push for public attention. Not only did the Arts & Crafts movement draw on medieval influences, but many a UK pottery maker was on the site of a medieval kiln and interested in medieval techniques.

Stradivarius violins are, of course, the sought-after antique violin. There were at least two donated to the Musée de la Musique in Paris shortly before the time of this story, as well as a number getting heard by important violinists in important orchestras. Even more interestingly from Holmes' point of view, a factory in Germany had just started making Stradivarius copies.

Buddhism in Sri Lanka had lapsed into torpor in the early 19th century but was, by 1890, well into a resurgence. The kick-off, back in 1866, had been Buddhist monk Mohottivatte Gunananda challenging Christian missionaries to a debate. In 1890, he had just died; but he had founded a political movement.

As for war-ships, in 1889, the Naval Defense Act had passed. It called for the UK Navy to be maintained at least twice as large as the combined navies of the next two largest powers (then France and Russia). War ships -- both quantity and design -- had doubtless been in the news for a while.

These aren't obscure hyperfixations (though I'm all for obscure hyperfixations!). These are conversational topics appropriate for a well-read gentleman of the era: the sort who gets three or four newspapers, reads the book reviews, and then reads the books reviewed. This explains how Dr. Watson and Athelney Jones set him off, or even participated in the conversation.

We also, while on a boat, get the return of Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man (making it Chekhov's book reference?). Says Holmes of Reade:

“He remarks that, while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician."

Statistics was not new -- scholarly sorts had become engaged with statistics during the Enlightenment -- but it was in the early stages of being systematized into the mathematical field we know today. Holmes sounds like he would have been a fan of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth's Metre-like: Or the Method of Measuring Probability and Utility, published in 1887, since it attempted to use probability as the basis of inductive reasoning.

Then we have a boat chase.

I love the boat chase. I feel like the boat chase might have contributed to inspiration for the train chase in Nicholas Meyers' The Seven Percent Solution, though I also feel that a train chase needs no justification other than "we have two trains and a problem."

Our heroes leave from Westminster Wharf, which I'm assuming is roughly today's Westminster Pier, which had not yet received its statue of Boudica. (Westminster is conveniently southeast of Marylebone, where Baker Street is located.) So that long gentle curve is the river past St. Paul's and the Tower of London and under multiple bridges. They pick up the Aurora about where the river heads into that first shallow down-curve and chase it up and down, around the Isle of Dogs, up past Greenwich, and around the down curve at Blackwall. So they must catch it as the river starts to straighten and widen.

A pleasure tour from Westminster Pier to Greenwich today takes about an hour, but those are the boats their launch was passing like they were standing still. The Eva, a Thames Steam Launch of the appropriate era, was one of the speediest of the time and could achieve 16.5 miles/hour.

Then... I really would have preferred an actual monkey. We've now had in this chapter so many reminders of the achievements of European, particularly English, civilization that the avalanche of adjectives framing the Andaman Islander as primitive stands out as a deliberate counterpoint, despite the inclusion of Ceylon and Winwood Reade. Will we ever know what the Andaman Islander Accomplice's motivations were? (If yes, will I wish even more fervently that we'd just stuck with a monkey?)

I love the boat chase, though.

[talibunny30]

Echoes of Resilience *SNEAK PEAK*

I realise that I have been absent from posting my story for more than a wee while now, but with a visit from my parents, a trip to Manchester and the ever-present and unending duties of adult life, time has gotten the best of me. And let's not even MENTION the bout of writer's block that had me in a literal chokehold...

Anywho, I have decided that even if I don't ever return to writing this brainchild, someone might be interested to see where I stopped?

So here is 468 words of Chapter Eight that might never have made it into the light otherwise.

Chapter Eight - Billowing Smoke

All through breakfast and the cleaning up that followed; rationing of the food - breakfast, lunch and dinner - all neatly portioned into meals just this side of sufficient; laying out and packing the bedrolls and blankets; sharpening the obscene amount of daggers, short swords, throwing knives - and arrows - accompanying them on this trip, Boudica remained mute.

Nesta refused to be the first to chase away the silence that had waltzed in, sat down and proceeded to make itself the third companion for the journey ahead. If stonewalling was an art form, Nesta would be considered a savant.

She busied herself with the trips to and from their horses, attaching all she could manage to the saddles, filling the water skeins, and rummaging through drawers and cabinets in Boudica’s home in the hopes of finding salves, tape and bandages, curating whatever was available for a makeshift healer’s satchel. It was foolish to be unprepared for whatever worst-case scenario awaited them.

Just as the first rays of sunlight stretched their fingers over the horizon, Nesta found that she had no other tasks to use as an excuse for her lack of conversation. She felt a wave of unease wash over her. This was it. She was about to take the first steps on an unplanned course leading to an unknown destination. Well, maybe the destination was not unknown, but what awaited her definitely was.

In theory, the tasks on Nesta’s itemised mental list were simple: travel to the wall, cross it, rescue Feyre, and get back to the mansion. Easy, right?

Nesta refused to mull over all the factors that may present themselves before, during, or after each of those key points. What was the worst that could happen anyway? It was not as if Nesta was a stranger to failure. Feyre was gone, wasn’t she? That alone was proof that Nesta was ill-equipped to ever be the eldest sister. Wasn’t she supposed to be the one to look after her sisters now that their mother was gone? Their father had always been unreliable. Nesta was sure that Duncan Archeron was born to heel at the satin slippers of whatever lioness he lucked out in marrying.

She shook her head to dislodge the grasshopper that was her thoughts. Given just a moment of free time, her mind would jump from one negative observation to the next, criticising her parents, her upbringing, but most frequently, herself. It was always this way; Nesta could never seem to quiet her mind no matter how hard she wished for peace. 

Boudica had just finished checking the shoes of both horses, deeming them in good enough condition to avoid delaying their leave, and finally chased away the unwanted third wheel to their party of two as she broke the silence. 

“Ready for the real world, toots?”

------------------------------------------------------

Echoes of Resilience taglist

@christeareads

@shadowsandlint

@achaotichuman

@c-starstuff-man0

@dawneternal

@jules-writes-stories

@the-darkestminds

@chunkypossum

@secret-third-thing

Let me know if you want on or off the taglist :))

[nero-draco]

Mash mentioned three Counts when discussing who is the Alien God "Count", that is Count Vlad, Dantes, and Cagliostro. Based on Marie testimony (of hearing the Count voices feeling nostalgic) and her impression of him, they come to suspect that it's Cagliostro.

Dantes come out of nowhere and interject that it's possibly Cagliostro. Apparently Dantes is acquintance with Cagliostro. He met him at 1838 and he mentioned that Cagliostro is long lived / immortal.

Dante then leave and then was shown walking on corridor leaving traces of blood / bleeding.

Kadoc then comes to Guda, he still suspect Dantes and that voice alone can easily be changed. Or at rather he was trying to nudge Guda to not blindly trusting people, but he still leave the decision to Guda.

Emergency happened as Chaldea summoning system operates on itself all of sudden. Mash, Vinci and others think its not possible as it has to pass through various security and was simply confused at why the machine work on itself. And it appears the one who is summoned is Star Hassan, who acts as if he's familiar with Guda and mention how he fought alongside Guda in Tokyo much to everyone's confusion. They then came to conlusion that Star Hassan met Guda in the future.

Then Dantes appears and it somehow kind of create tension between him and Star Hassan. Just about Guda trying to break their fight they suddenly lose consciousness.

And then Guda woke up in Tokyo with the related servants somehow being his friends/family/teacher in his life.

Some of them are:

Jeanne Alter: Alter / Orita (Delinquent)

Mandricardo: Ricardo (Guda's school friend)

Osakabehime: Himeko (Guda's school friend)

Mash Kyrielight: Kyrie (Guda's junior, neighbor, and childhood friend)

Da Vinci: Guda's mother

Da Vinci Lily: Guda's younger sister

Salieri: Teacher

Boudica: Teacher

Mozart: Music student popular by the girls

Marie: Student Council President

Star Hassan: Hassan (Transfer student).

There's also blue flame creature (similar to Dantes' flame) attacking Guda at least twice as far as I am in the story. Guda still retain his memories and can still summon temporary servants to fight them.

[raxistaicho]

Jumping on the Nemesis train. Yes, Edie never said he's a hero.

But let's say she did. Why does it negatively speak of her?

Now, opinions on historical figures are important, because they can illustrate modern trends. If someone casts Stalin or Beria as an awesome guy, disregarding all evidence to the contrary, I will suspect them of dictatorial tendencies and general lack of empathy.

Thing is, no one in Fódlan knows anything about Nemesis. Church story is blatantly untrue, it straight up features ‘evil gods’. So let’s say, for example, we, as a society, knew nothing of Boudica, aside from the fact she fought Romans and lost. If I were to praise her as a hero for resisting her oppressors, I would be totally justified in doing so, because that’s what her image would amount to. There is no innate value in historical truth, even if it could exist -- the value is contextual and connected to the values and knowledge at the time of discussion.

Now, if Edelgard started a war based on this conjecture, that would be wrong. But she doesn’t. She starts a war because the CoS and the nobility are garbage.

Those are also some good points, but don't forget that Audience Awareness Advantage is a thing and Edelgard's detractors judge her opinion on Nemesis as though she should be aware of his story.

[zeravmeta]

You know now that you brought it up multiple times: how would FGO work as a console game? You think they would add/change some stuff in the story? And how would they progress along with the events?

My main fear is that, Nasu being Nasu, the moment he tries to or even have inkling of an idea to do a port, he'll rewrite the whole damn thing, dragging Higa and Sakurai with him.

fgo as a console release would be laughably Easy: Bread and butter standard type moon visual novel

Like i feel it bears repeating but for as used to FGOs gameplay loop that we've gotten, would anyone really say its actually... good? fun? maybe sometimes during challenge quests or grail fronts (fgos best gameplay innovation tbh), but overall it's not exactly fulfilling the way other gachas may entice people with their gameplay (see my other two gachas Arknights and Alchemy Stars) A console port of FGO as a proper visual novel would be spectacular, and moreover, your point on rewriting? I would 100% take a remastered streamlined experience. IF and honestly WHEN there are rewrites, Id suspect they would only change out some of the early game stuff (and also agartha) to actually have some substance (see. boudicas interlude voted Worst In Game and Artemis having 3 [count em on your fingers] interludes that are all basically the same interlude). Were there certain advantages to the experience of FGO being a gacha? i would say yeah, I think there are absolutely memorable moments as a community experienced where all players contributing to things like raids or the mad dash of spoilers to parse what the hell happened on a different server were all fun, but an FGO reconceptualized proper vn release would be just that: reconceptualized. it would be done after the fact, a remaster taking the best part of fgo from the past decade

Would there be a non visual novel gameplay element to it? MAYBE, in a game this extensive I would not be surprised if there were equally extensive cuts made to the roster for the conceptualized console release (this is in part what I suspect that FGO arcade may have existed to test), but i dont think it would be impossible, as other visual novel series' like Danganronpa or 999, Ace Attorney and the like all have other gameplay elements integrated as part of their visual novel experiences. for a game with like, what, 400+ playable characters each with their own profiles, event appearances and (mostly) unique interludes per character? YEAH, that would be a truly herculean task to port, so I would not be surprised if there were character cuts or massive downsizing, which would also mean your special scrimblus blimbos doesnt get in. However, I do think it would ultimately be an improvement

Overall. Yes. ive psychically brainwashed nasu with my mystic eyes to give the go ahead on mahoyosweep and tsukihimesweep to bolster the visual novel audience across the globe and prepare the perfect stage for the fgo console release