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early showing of the valentines day episode
#epic goau#epic the musical#short comic#valentines day#demeter is a unit#there is a reason why Zeus is censored in GO
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I am aware that arguing with strangers on Youtube is not the most productive use of my time, but I did actually yap for a long time so I want to archive my opinions here. Maybe I'll do more.
Long, single-sided, and semi pointless argument underneath the break.
If all you (OP) want is answers, then I have them for you from the perspective of a writer and an indie pen-and-paper game designer myself. I'll go ahead and warn you that this is going to be a semi-long read, but I want to be thorough.
tl;dr, You're overreacting to something that is actually really common in creative writing. Just because it wasn't meant for the public does not mean it shouldn't have been written.
1. "If it's non canon, why make it?" When you're working on something, especially something as long-term as a video game, you're going through multiple creative phases. These phases become more complex with every extra person working on the project. A proper creative KNOWS that at least 80% of their material will be cut from the final product.
2. "if its clearly too graphic for the target audience, why make it?" If I was making some children's fantasy media, and I wanted to retell the story of Castor and Pollux from greek mythology, I might make a mock-up detailing the how their mother (Leda) met their father (Zeus). Obviously, the Zeus Goose story is too graphic for children, but I need some filler and I can worry about censoring it later for the final release. It's a rough draft, so I don't need to waste brainpower on worrying about the target audience.
3. "If its was only used as an inside story... and wasnt made for the audience why make it?" This is a flawed assessment of creative design. This question assumes that artists only make content that will be released to the public. This is not true. Long-term projects like video games have hundreds of drafts that will never see the light of day.
To counter your "simple answer," most companies keep EVERYTHING in their vaults and databases, especially paranoid and overprotective companies like Nintendo/Game Freak. The reason leaks like this have so much content is because corporations want to keep records of everything so that if a rogue employee wanted to take a scrapped concept and claim it as their own, the corporation is able to legally prove that the employee committed plagiarism. It may seem frivolous to protect a concept that was too graphic for children, but imagine if a rogue employee took the story and put it in their own indie game that's meant for adults. If Game Freak didn't hold on to the record, then they would have no way to prove that this was plagiarism. It's an extreme hypothetical, but not one that's impossible.
Also, it's not like Game Freak can decide which of their databases gets hacked or not. Putting it "on a seperate server" does not make it more safe from prying eyes. Printing it out and deleting the original digital files would also be a huge waste of space, paper, and ink.
Moving on to your next point, only having a single author does not disprove that the stories were automated. Going back to my Zeus Goose example, if I was using that story as a rough draft, I would copy a wiki summary and replace all mentions of Leda and Zeus with whatever stand-in characters I needed. This is the mass-production method that [ANOTHER USER] was suggesting they used, although I don't know enough about Edo folktales to confirm if there is a real-life story match.
P.S. For what it's worth, it's been a few days since [OP] posted their reply, so I don't know if they'll even actually read this, but it needs to be said. I've heard the Typhlosion story is mistranslated and in reality is more of a "Beauty and the Beast" kind of tale. However, I don't really care, since this post isn't about whether or not the Typhlosion story is appropriate for a children's video game (it's not). This post is about how rough drafts are not beholden to the same kind of scrutiny as finished products.
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#media literacy#typhlosion#argument archive#to be clear. jokes about the leak are funny#being a prude about what was cut out of the game isn't
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Logan's Invention Trouble
Logan had created a new machine that could grip and tickle you if you step up to it. But, faulty wiring leads to Logan getting stuck in his own invention! And due to an unlucky break, Logan has to rely on some not-so-reliable people to save him from his own foolishness.
This fanfic was suggested by @gamequeenanya. I hope you enjoy, Violet!
His new invention had been a wonderful success. He had tested it on a dummy, and had tested it on the air to see the controls without a person in the machine. To Logan’s happiness, it worked like a gem. Logan had originally set it up to be button activated. However, that was only for the testing. So, Logan decided to make it motion controlled instead, to guarantee a surprise for everyone that walked into it.
After finishing up the motion sensor, Logan threw the dummy down in front of the machine. Quickly, many pairs of hands gathered the dummy’s hands and feet, and started doing its expected thing. Logan smiled at his own success and clicked the button to shut it down. Slowly, the hands slowed down to a stop and let the dummy go.
He planned to gather the dummy. But before he got even remotely close, Logan had switched the motion sensor off so that he didn’t end up caught in the machine.
However…
Logan didn’t really know this, but the wiring had been done incorrectly, making the button completely useless. The button didn’t shut off the motion sensor. If anything, it alerted the sensor that something was gonna be coming to it very soon.
Confident that the button had turned it off however, Logan walked up to the machine to retrieve the dummy.
Suddenly, the machine grabbed Logan’s hands! Logan yelped the moment his hand was grabbed, and immediately made the realization that the button was faulty! It was way too late for that though, and Logan’s bodily functions took over as about 15 hands tickled his armpits, sides, ribs, belly, feet, back of the knees, and the shoulderblades.
OH NO!
“GAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OHOHOHOHO GEHEHEHEHEEEZ! WHAHAHAT HAHAHAHAPPEHEHEHENED?!” Logan asked.
Logan realized something even worse than the tickles:
Logan hadn’t added a proper timer to the machine yet! He had planned to add the timer after he had gathered the dummy!
That means that the machine was gonna tickle tickle tickle him forever! Or, until someone clicks the button that he had foolishly dropped during the attack! And the other unfortunate part, was that the remote was JUST out of reach of his foot! But the hand that had grabbed his foot, would automatically lift his foot back into position if he even tried to reach out to click it!
The only way he’d ever get out, will involve getting one of the sides to help him out!
This was a nightmare come true! Or...Well, Logan would say a mixed emotion-kinda dream. It was a nightmare in how he was gonna get out, but it was a dream that Logan could experience the machine first hand.
“AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEHEHEHEHELP! SOHOHOMEOHOHONE!” Logan called.
This was gonna be so embarrassing to explain...But dammit all, Logan needed out!
Logan looked around and tried to get out himself. But each time he would pull on the restraints, the hands nearby would tickle harder for a few seconds each, to further weaken him! Logan knew this was a thing that came with installing the motion sensor...He knew that he added this due to his intense ler mood...But this just gave fuel to the fire!
Logan growled as he felt powerless against his own machine. What a joke...Of course the inventor will get stuck in his own invention! It’s bound to happen! But this is just too much!
Finally, after what felt like hours, someone followed his laughter to the laboratory.
“Logan? Are you...laughing?!” Someone asked.
“HEHEHEHELP MEEEEHEHEHEHE!” Logan begged.
The person peeked his head in and widened his eyes. “Holy Zeus...What is thihihis?!” The person asked.
As you could tell by the reaction, this intruder was Roman.
“HEHEHEHELP! IHIHIHI’M STUHUHUHUHUCK!” Logan shouted to him.
“Ihihi can tehehell!” Roman reacted, giggling. “What in the name of Peter Pan did you get yourself stuck in?!” Roman asked.
“IHIHIT’S AHAHA MAHAHACHIHIHINE! PLEHEHEHEASE HEHEHELP!” Logan begged.
“Well...How do I turn it off?” Roman asked.
“BUHUHUTTON! BEHEHELOHOHOW MYHYHY FEHEHEHEET!” Logan replied, pointing to the remote that laid on the floor.
Roman looked up and immediately noticed the cameras. “Uh oh...It’s motion censored?!” Roman reacted. “Now why would you make a tickling machine motion sensored?” Roman asked.
“SHUHUHUT UHUHUP AHAHAND GEHEHET MEHEHE OHOHOUT!” Logan begged.
Roman gasped and grabbed the remote. But he didn’t press the button...not yet.
“Now you listen here, you son of a sword! You, as the damsel in distress, are relying on me, the hero, to save you from the eeeevil tickle machine of your own invention!” Roman explained. “Perhaps you should treat the hero with a little more respect?” Roman asked.
“JUHUHUST PREHEHESS IHIHIHIT!” Logan begged.
“No way! Not yet. I wanna hear more of your cute little laughter.” Roman told him.
Out of all the people to call his hero…
Logan tried to get out himself, but winded up causing the hands at his feet to tickle more. “eeEEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! NAHAHAHAT THEHEHE TOHOHOHOES!” ogan begged helplessly. “PLEHEHEHEASE! IHIHIHIHI’M SAHAHAHARRYHYHYHY!” Logan told him.
He was gonna need some wine after he’s done this…
Roman smiled at the apology and clicked the button. Slowly, the hands started to slow down and stopped tickling the man.
Logan let out a long breath of relief and gasped for air while the hands lowered him down and let go. “Th...Thank you.” Logan told him.
Roman nodded in response and immediately noticed a button that was labelled on the remote:
[CAPTURE]
Roman smiled and clicked the button.
Quickly, the hands grabbed Logan’s hands, feet and torso, and held him up again. “eeEEK! Um...What are you doing?” Logan asked.
“Tell me: Why did you create an invention for tickling people?” Roman asked.
Logan face blushed almost immediately after hearing that word. “Uuuuuuh...Well…” Logan mumbled.
“Welll???” Roman teased. “A little reminder that I have the remote~” Roman added.
Logan growled and pulled on his hands. “Just let me out, you mischievous beast!” Logan shot back.
“Ooooh! Refusing to reply to my message? And calling me names?!” Roman reacted.
Roman clicked a couple buttons on the remote. “You just earned yourself some more feet tickles, sir.” Roman decided.
Logan squealed as the hands touched his feet and started tickling. But not just any hands...Roman’s hands! Roman had knelt down and started tickling Logan’s sensitive feet! Logan giggled at the tickles and laughed as the inner arch, the balls of his foot and the heels were tickled bit by bit.
“Rohohohoho cohohome ohohohon! Whyhyhyhy?” Logan asked.
Roman smiled. “Why did you make the tickle machine?” Roman asked. “I know you’re hiding something.”
Logan refused to answer. “Ihihihi’m nahahahat tehehellihihing yohohohou!” Logan shot back.
“Oh? And why is that?” Roman asked.
“Nohohone ohohof yohohohour beeeheheheezwahahahax!” Logan replied confidently.
“Oooooh! Looks like I’m gonna keep on tickle tickle tickling you then!” Roman decided.
Roman had moved up to Logan’s kneecaps, when someone else walked in.
“Oh? What’s this?” someone asked.
Roman turned around and brightened up. “Hello little stormcloud! You just caught me in the middle of a ticklish interrogation! Logan got himself stuck in this machine he made, and I’m trying to find out why he made it.” Roman explained to the man.
As you could tell by the nickname, the third person who walked into the room was Virgil.
“Oh? Huh...What have you found out so far?” Virgil asked, growing curious.
“None of your beeswax, was Logan’s sacred answer. So, I guess I have to keep going till he answers me.” Roman replied.
Virgil chuckled. “Mind if I have that remote?” Virgil asked.
Roman nodded. “Sure! Thankfully, all the remote buttons are labeled, so it’s fairly easy to figure out how they work.” Roman explained.
“Looks like it. I see I can choose the amount of hands I want to tickle Logan.” Virgil explained. “How about...2 to start? And...On the hips.” Virgil decided.
Virgil clicked the buttons [2] and [HIPS], and watched as the fingers squeezed and tweaked Logan’s hips.
Logan’s laughter grew a little louder as he laughed, and grew higher in octave as well. “VEEEEHEHEHEHEHEHE! MEHEHERCYYYHYHYHYHY!” Logan pleaded.
“Are you gonna tell us? Tell us the reason behind such a funny invention?” Virgil asked.
“NOHOHO! IHIHIT’S EHEHEMBARASSIHIHIHING!” Logan told them.
“We don’t care. We’re not gonna tell.” Virgil told him. “The only person we might tell is Patton. But that’s only because he’d love to hear it.” Virgil added.
Logan mentally sighed. He really had to tell them, or else he wouldn’t be freed. Logan finally gave in.
“OHOHOKAHAHAY FIHIHIHINE! IHIHI’LL TEHEHEHELL YOHOHOU!” Logan told them.
“Promise?” Roman asked.
“YEHEHEHES! IHIHI PROHOHOMISE!” Logan replied desperately.
Roman smiled confidently and stopped tickling. Virgil also smiled and clicked the [STOP] button to stop the machine.
The machine took a moment or two to slow itself down, before letting the Logical side go. Logan sighed and breathed somewhat heavily to recuperate his lungs. Logan found his lungs to be heavy after being tickled so much.
Logan soon looked at Virgil and Roman. Roman was holding a bottle of water for him, while Virgil was holding a wet cold wash cloth for him. Logan smiled and happily took both items. Logan took a drink of water to help his throat, and dabbed off his face with the washcloth to help cool down. “Thank you, you two. I appreciate the care.” Logan told them.
“No problem.” Virgil replied.
“You gonna tell us now?” Roman asked.
Logan almost choked on his water. Damn...He forgot he had to tell the boys about why he made the invention.
Logan cleared his throat and put the lid onto his water bottle. “Well…” Logan took a moment. “I find that I have been growing more and more touch starved. Basically, I miss being touched, loved, and...tickled. So...I thought I could create a device that gives me what I desire for 5-10 minutes if I need it.” Logan told them.
Roman was about to cry. “Awwww, you poor being! I had no idea you felt that way!” Roman walked up and gave him a hug. “Sacred Wilbur, I would be dying if I were in your shoes.” Roman admitted.
Logan took the hug rather awkwardly, and looked to Virgil.
“I understand where you’re coming from. But, I didn’t expect...this to be a solution you would go for.” Virgil admitted. “You must’ve been desperate.”
Roman giggled. “I see you made a dummy of Thomas’s little Orange side.” Roman teased, showing him the somewhat decently made dummy.
Logan chuckled. “I think he deserves some love.” Logan admitted.
“Agreed.” Roman replied.
Virgil walked himself closer to the machine.
“VIRGIL WAIT-”
Virgil stopped, and yelped as the machine gathered Virgil’s arms and legs into the hands’ grip, and started tickling the key spots that Logan recommended it go for.
Logan bit his lip. “I...Forgot to mention that the machine is now motion sensored…” Logan admitted as he picked up the remote.
“WHOHOHOHOHOAHAHAHAHAHA! IHIHIHIT’S SOHOHOHO EHEHEHEFFEHEHECTIVE!” Virgil reacted.
“Yeah, sorry about that.” Logan told him as he clicked the [STOP] button. “I need to program a timer into the machine to let people got after 10 minutes or so...And I need to fix the [MC OFF] button.” Logan admitted.
Virgil was a giggly mess as he was let go. Noticing Virgil enjoyed it too, Logan clicked a couple buttons on the remote. The hands moved up to Virgil’s sides, and started to tickle and skitter.
Virgil squeaked and giggled helplessly, wiggling around and liking some of the tickles it offered.
“Thihihihis ihihis fuhuhuhun!” Virgil admitted.
“Oh oh oh! I wanna try!” Roman admitted, running to the camera. The sensor sensed Roman immediately, and eagerly watched as the machine gathered Roman into a little grip and started attacking his armpits, feet, and belly.
Logan widened his eyes. He did not know that the machine could tickle two people at once! Roman was lucky he didn’t get caught in the machine earlier…
And so...Virgil, Roman and Logan all enjoyed the machine...And before Logan could get the timer installed, they always made sure that someone had the remote.
Otherwise they would be stuck in the tickle machine forever…
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Moving Day (romantic LAMP)
Warnings: none? Human AU. Virgil worries a bit but everything is okay. Something breaks but no one is hurt. Off screen mentions of Thomas, Deceit as "Dee", Remus, and Emile Picani
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“The truck is here L!” Virgil calls from the main entryway.
“Thank you! Go ahead and start unloading with them. I’ll be out momentarily.” Logan shifts a box to the side.
Outside, Roman lets Patton use his hand to step out of the passenger side of the moving van. Roman gets Patton to giggle with a line Virgil isn’t close enough to hear.
“Hello, Pretty in Punk.” Roman flashes that grin Virgil’s way.
“We saw each other earlier Princey... You’ve been gone for like, 30 minutes.” Virgil falls back on pretending he doesn’t turn into gay jello every time one of his boyfriends flirt with him. Patton giggles and pecks Virgil’s (now blushing) cheek.
“Here comes Lo! Let’s get the back open!” Patton suggests. The door rolls up and…
“How much shit did you actually pack Ro?!” Virgil exclaims. Patton hides a smile at Roman’s ‘Offended Princey Noises’ as Virgil dubs them.
“It was mostly kitchen stuff, the big bed, and thingamabobs left.” Patton explains. “I got the kitchen stuff if you all want to worry about the rest for the moment.” Patton grabs a pair of boxes, both labeled “PAWS OFF” with paw prints drawn in sharpie. Virgil snorts when he notices. Logan playfully narrows his eyes at Patton’s cheeky wink.
“There are so many Patton Paw boxes! At least let me carry them to the kitchen, mi corazón!” Roman offers.
Roman then whines at Patton’s determination until Logan asks if Roman and Virgil can move the bed frame and mattress. Roman perks up and starts flexing while Virgil rolls his eyes with a smile.
~time skip~
“Okay, good, just turn a little to your left Virgil! Yes, great, now Roman take a step back, easy.” Logan hovers a bit trying to coach the duo that’s moving the giant mattress into the master bedroom.
“We got it L. Can you go make sure the truck is empty and close the back if it is?” Virgil nearly topples himself as he says this.
“Of course…” Logan eyes them for a second before going to lock up the moving van.
~time skip~
Roman comes out to the living area. “The bed is done. Virgil wanted to set up the bathroom first so he’s still wrapping that up.”
~time skip~
“I know Patton is cleaning in the kitchen but did we ever clean this place before moving things in?” Roman frowns.
“Nah, don’t worry. Thomas and I finished the deep cleaning yesterday.” Roman jumps at Virgil popping up behind his shoulder.
“That’s so sweet! We’ll have to invite him to dinner as a thank you.” Patton calls from the kitchen.
“How did you convince Thomas to spend all day cleaning with you?” Roman asks.
Virgil shrugs, “He owed me.”
“You two are literally brothers?” Logan squints. Roman and Virgil’s laughter clues Logan in on the joke. “Ah, a sibling thing?”
“A sibling thing.” Roman confirms while Virgil nods.
Logan, who grew up an only child, was starting to learn what siblings were like from Virgil and Roman. Virgil has his older brother Dee and younger brother Thomas. Roman has his twin Remus. Patton is an only child technically but grew up with his cousin Emile. Patton always claims Emile as ‘practically a brother.’
~time skip~
Roman continues to censor his cursing with progressively stranger phrasing while half stuck behind the entertainment center. “For the love of Zeus! Why are you so tiny?!”
Virgil and Logan look up from organizing their bookcases. “Uh, you good back there Ro?” Virgil asks.
“I will be after this blasted cord goes in its Disney forsaken place!” Logan and Virgil swap looks before deciding to let Roman be for the moment.
“Lo, I’m done with the one over here…” Virgil starts tapping his fingers together.
“Excellent! Would you like to check on the spare bedroom and set up the bed? It doesn’t need to be perfect just enough in case someone needs to ‘crash’, figuratively speaking.” Logan offers.
Virgil nods and disappears down the hall.
~time skip~
A crash and a yelp from the kitchen breaks the calm of the house. Logan just manages to duck out of the way as Virgil comes from down the hall and vaults himself over the couch. Roman rushes to follow suit.
Virgil was commonly underestimated but under the hoodies and hunched posture… At the time of the glass break Virgil was the furthest away in the spare bedroom. Yet he was the quickest to the kitchen. Logan shakes himself from the thought and walks at a more reasonable pace.
Patton squeaks as Roman lifts him out of the glass shards. Virgil is checking Patton over as Roman shifts to hold him bridal style. Logan enters with a broom.
“Patton are you unharmed?” Logan asks.
“I’m fine Lo-Lo, it just startled me.” Patton frowns over at what used to be the glass plate from the microwave. Roman drops a kiss to Patton’s hair and carries him over the couch. Virgil moves to follow but pauses.
“You want me to clean that up?” Virgil worries his lip.
“I have it managed. You can go sit with them.” Logan assures.
“Be careful with all the pieces… I put a first aid kit in the bathroom. Do you want me to get it?”
“No, thank you. It was a good idea to place it in the bathroom. I’m glad you thought to bring one.” Logan reassures. Virgil, appeased, nods and joins Roman and Patton on the couch.
Once the mess is cleared and the area double checked Logan walks out to join his boyfriends. Patton is halfway in Roman’s lap with his legs thrown to the side and over Virgil’s. Logan smiles fondly at them.
“Thanks Lo-Lo.” Patton beams back.
“You are welcome, my dear. I’ll add finding a new microwave plate to tomorrow’s list.” Logan blinks as a growl comes from the couch. Virgil ducks into Roman’s side in embarrassment.
“That was his tummy.” Patton giggles.
“I think it’s a good enough time for a break. What do you think, starlight?” Roman looks to Logan.
“Yes, we do need to eat something.” Logan agrees.
“Ooo, what about that wrap place by Emile’s office?” Patton suggests and receives a round of agreement.
Virgil and Roman head out after noting everyone’s orders and bring the food back.
~time skip~
Roman gets up and stretches after finishing first. “Where are the trash bags? Did we start one?” He asks.
Patton looks up, “The big trash can is set up in the kitchen and I think the trash bags themselves ended up somewhere else?”
“The box of ‘em ended up in the bathroom.” Virgil chimes in.
“I’ll go use the kitchen one then.” Roman moves to do so.
Patton’s eyes widen a bit, “I’m not done in there so don’t mess with anything please!”
“Yes, Chef!” Roman teases.
~time skip~
Virgil drops down onto the floor by Logan’s legs. Patton sits next to Logan on the couch with Roman quickly claiming Patton’s other side. Everyone is worn out but pleasantly tired. Virgil leans his head into Logan’s knee and lets out a hum when someone runs their fingers through his hair. Patton gives a soft giggle and there’s the smack of a quick kiss. Virgil opens his eyes.
“Holy shit we did it…” Virgil turns to face his three boyfriends. The three that he finally gets to live with for the first time. No more leaving late Sunday night to go home to his lonely apartment. Virgil’s laugh is a bit breathless with amazement.
Patton wiggles and starts squealing in joy. Careful of Virgil sitting on the floor, Patton kicks his legs around and pulls everyone in the best he can. Roman lets out a loud happy laugh and holds on tight. Logan smiles and is more than willing to be pulled into the hug turned cuddle pile. Patton tugs Virgil up to the couch and lets out more happy noises.
~time skip~
Eventually the impromptu cuddle pile becomes uncomfortable due to the limited space offered by the couch. “Perhaps we should retire to the bedroom?” Logan suggests as he untangles himself. Roman gives him a saucy wink which Logan smiles at.
“Move over Casanova.” Virgil’s teasing comes out muffled by Patton’s shoulder.
“I think a bit of rest is in order first.” Logan clarifies. His boyfriends agree and slowly move to separate. Little pecks are traded on the way to the bedroom.
Once everyone is changed, washed up, and ready, they all crawl into bed. It’s only a few minutes in before Virgil is tense and trying his best not to move. The last thing he wants is to ruin everyone’s happy first night with his racing thoughts. Patton notices how stiff Virgil is as he goes to cuddle into his back.
“Virge?” Patton asks softly.
“Yeah?” Virgil sighs.
“You wanna talk?” Patton’s gentle questions get the attention of Logan who nudges Roman behind him. Virgil rolls over and hides his face in Patton’s shoulder while whispering about all the stuff that still needs done.
Patton croons softly and pulls Virgil closer. Logan reaches over Patton and holds onto one of Virgil’s hands. Logan begins assuring that the remaining tasks can wait for them to rest first. Roman at the other end, behind Logan, can’t reach Virgil without strain. So instead Roman squeezes in tighter and starts humming until he drifts off to sleep.
#sanders sides#virgil sanders#logan sanders#roman sanders#patton sanders#romantic lamp#see beginning for notes
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Waver 1 - 13 (FINAL) | Prisma Illya 1 - 10 (FINAL) | Prisma Illya 2wei! 1 - 3
Another (and to be honest, the last) batch of impressions from the Fate/ project.
Waver 1
Well, this’ll be interesting. I’ve been hyping this show up for a while for myself, so let’s see how it goes.
Geez, this intro is like a dang movie! I’d love to see a proper Troyca movie! (<-Says the fan of Troyca.)
Wait, if it’s Kayneth Archibald, then is Archibald relatd to Archisorte? Or am I just making thing up here…? Also note Reines refers to Kayneth as “Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald”, possibly meaning Archibald is the middle name, since El-Melloi is a shared surname (or is that a title…?). That probably means Archibald =/= Archisorte and both are similar-sounding middle names. The fact Reines is Kayneth’s niece also explains things quite a bit.
Why is Waver upside down…? Won’t the blood rush to his head soon? (Sure, it allows me to ogle his hair more, but…logic rules more than my stupid whims, y’know?)
Interesting. You can see that although Waver grew out his hair, there’s two layers to it – the longer one in the front and the shorter one in the back. (I’m just curious because I like the hime cut – which is pretty similar - and long hair on dudes in general, in part because both are fairly rare.)
Okay, that explained my gripe with upside-down Waver. Thanks, Reines. (<-genuine)
Aw, Waver buddy, even at this stage, you’re plenty cute. Don’t ever change! (<- As you can see, I am an easily pleased person in most cases.)
Melvin who now???
Troyca’s comic animation rules! It’s too bad Idolish7 Second Beat is using chibis instead of this…
Professor Kayneth. I forgot he had a formal title. I wonder, does Waver - I mean, El-Melloi II – have that title as well?
I guess I should’ve known Saber had the capability to look scary, but…I never knew Saber could look so scary…
*cut to eyecatch* - *points at eyecatch* Okay, someone tried to save budget here, didn’t they???
Aw, friendship between fiction boys is cute…until it involves the puking up on blood on one end.
Waver is the OG underdog here…don’tcha think?
“…with several demands.” – Uh-oh…this is gonna be bad, isn’t it?
You need a Tuner for Magic Crests? (…Like a tuning fork, but a person?) *brow raised in suspicion*
…is it appropriate for me to say “Oh, good lord!” now? (Okay, I did that rather deliberately, but normally in these notes I’d self-censor it to be “oh, goodness” or something like that.)
Seriously, the black-haired dude in the Ionian Hetairoi is my favourite, even if only because he looks like Waver (and he’s really easy to spot, to boot).
Why is this in first person??? I’ve dropped entire shows based on their usage of 1st person cam! Room Mate and Makura no Danshi basically scarred me for life on that front…and both of those are TV shorts!
Hey, wait a second. This “use a quote on the titlecard” thing is clearly an Ei Aoki sort of thing to do. I mean, it’s in ID: Invaded as well…
Waver 2
*new blonde girl appears* - So this is the rumoured Animusphere girl (Mary), huh?
Bounded field, huh? I’m glad I chose to watch F/Z before this, then. Now I actually understand the (rough) mechanics of how that works.
There’s assassins and then there’s Assassins…*thinks about the Holy Grail War*
As it turns out, astromancy is basically astrology.
The one thing that bugs me about “Modern Magecraft” (there’s a similar concept of New Magic in Mairimashita! Iruma-kun) is…how is the magic “modern”…? Especially in a work like this, where the magic is based in arcane rituals and bloodlines…you really need to establish how the “modern” bit works.
Gray is facing away from the Animusphere girl (Mary), I noticed.
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” – Sherlock Holmes – Basically, the fact I’ve memorised this quote is one of the lingering impacts of my time in the Detective Conan fandom, as it can be used on things like quizzes, not just mysteries.
Can we please use proper English, Waver??? (Says me to a character whose name I still find nonsensical enough to not be proper English.) As I said previously, “whydunit” is modus operandi or motive…the new bit is “howdunit”, which would be the method.
I do believe the geocentric model was overthrown by people like Kepler.
Gray kind of looks like Saber with that hairstyle, come to think of it.
With the way Gray hides herself under that hood, it’s no mystery as to why guys love her…at least, I know ThatRandomEditor does. Of course, I’m heavily neutral on the whole affair because I don’t swing that way, but…you know…
LEMPC seems to stand for “Lord El-Melloi Production Committee”, if I’m guessing right.
I seem to remember there was a quote somewhere that said the only constant in this world was change…hmm.
Waver 3
They seem to keep calling Japan “the Far East” (or at least, Japan is part of the Far East). That’s a pretty antiquated term for a supposedly “modern” magic anime. I get vaguely peeved by the term “the Far East” because it causes people to take an oriental viewpoint on things and thus it’s kind of like people from the Anglosphere looking down on Asians. (I also get vaguely peeved by the term “Westerners” for much the same reason and “Caucasians” because it implies all people of the Anglosphere come from the Caucasus, which is false…then again, these niggles are specific to international studies, so I have a vested interest in explaining them.)
…Wow, that star-eyepatch girl is…really something, to be thirsty specifically for Waver’s Iron Claw. (Then again, with my weird tastes in things, who am I to critique her?)
Flitz von Erich. I was surprised to learn this guy actually exists…on Wikipedia, at the very least.
“Any lady should know about wrestling.” – I disagree, Luvia.
Blue furry electrical creature…I dunno how the zoology in this show works, but the fantasy series I’m reading as of the time I was typing this comment has a blue creature called a Raiju (literally “thunder beast” in Japanese, so it would suit the “Thunder” in the episode title). If it’s anything like that, I’d laugh myself silly.
This girl on the poster seems to be called Flan Noir (or something similar).
“…yellow, round, fluffy-smelling…” – What? Svin, you have no right to call a girl those words!
When is this series set if people don’t have phones as a standard? *Googles* Okay, if F/SN is set in 2004, then F/Z is 1994. That would make sense, actually. The internet as we know it was first used in 1995 and didn’t become widespread for home use until a few years later, as I remember having computers in 2004 (albeit the blocky ones with the dial-up).
I was looking at images for the source material and I think I know why I like Waver (aside from the fact he has long hair). Normally I like the boys whose appearances are hard to get right, such as En…Waver in the novels and manga for this series sometimes looks grumpy, sometimes he looks constipated and worst of all, sometimes he looks like Snape with a hook nose.
Okay, so I googled Caules to figure out who his sister was…and I got Apocrypha spoilers. See, his sister is Fiore, who is apparently in that series.
The videos got encoded funny again…
There seems to be a mystery around why Svin and Gray can’t be together…well, one deeper than just “Svin is gaga for Gray [for reasons we don’t know at this point in time]”.
Ha, the El-Melloi Class is basically just the Misfit Class from Mairimashita! Iruma-kun.
“Only the flesh was bitten off.”
This Jupiter gibberish, I assume, is drawing upon the mythology of Jupiter – that is, Zeus – as the god of thunder and king of the gods (thus presiding over living beings).
The English is good on the bill, bar a space between “Mystics of magecraft”.
Norwich is apparently a “faculty” which the Modern Magecraft Theories guys – i.e. Waver – rule over.
Can you imagine Waver swearing? Since I had the volume off, I basically made him say “…if Sir Gueldoa had resorted to brute force, we would’ve been f***ed” in my head…and that was hilarious.
Aw, thanks 7Mononoke. “A cowardly thief sneaks away in the night. If you stride away, bursting with song, you are a conquering king.” That’s a quote from Rider himself.
So the Association has set positions for Masters in the War? Geesh…that must be hard on Waver to find out they’re closed, considering how much Waver pines for Rider.
Waver 4
I finally got the chance to listen to the ED last ep and now it’s the OP I can hear properly. This OP isn’t particularly impressive, considering it’s an instrumental (instrumentals always seem to have less impact for me unless I’m looking for something to chill to), but it does capture the London-esque spirit of the setting very well.
What’s up with this metal (?) maid off to the side, anyway?
“Good thinking to leave the door open…” – For some reason, even though it’s a completely different and much more benign context, this made me think of KyoAni and my heart sunk.
Atrum Galliasta…I hate that man. He may look hot, but he was nothing but a b*stard to Medea.
Bolo ties…nrgh…Basically, ever since Arima wore a bolo tie, I’ve become fairly bugged by them. That’s why Bram’s bugs me.
Aw, Waver, buddy, plase don’t sacrifice yourself again. I read on the wiki you become a Servant’s vessel (specifically for Zhu Ge Liang), so keep your hopes up.
I’m seriously feeling ID: Invaded vibes from this episode, what with the lightning.
I suspect a locked room murder is going to happen soon, knowing the genre. Either that or some other crime.
Considering Fate/ was an eroge-based thing initially, these sex jokes…there’s probably plenty of them out there.
Well, it seems this series only makes sense in that non-Detective Conan way, i.e. you want to know how it all comes together and can’t necessarily figure it out for yourself until you know how the magic works. I’m randomly going to guess this is more Jupiter-based stuff and call it a day on that front.
Seriously, I never got what was up with nightgowns (or just pyjamas in general) having hats. You don’t need protection for your head at night…that’s what pillows are for, yeah? (The only reason I see a hat-like thing working with nightwear is a onesie and that’s meant to be part of the inherent appeal of the thing.)
Waver 5
I feel like Adashino is meant to be an Irene Adler-type figure…
“Peaceful Fairys” (sic)
Where did Kairi’s scar come from…?
The Black Dog was in Mahoutsukai no Yome as well, but this one looks a lot less inviting, huh?
It seems, like the name Rail Zeppelin implies (as “Demon Eyes Collection Train”), most of the people involved in this case have Magic Eyes (or whatever they’re actually called). I wouldn’t be surprised if Kairi had them as well, considering he’s wearing dark glasses in the middle of a thunderstorm.
“King Arthur is a dude, right?” - *laughs madly* They finally managed to parody their own bulls***! (Well, I’m not counting Carnival Phantasm or whatever else because this is the first time they threw a meta joke in there in the whole of this project, as far as I can remember.)
Trimmau seems to be the maid’s name…huh. They never mentioned that earlier, I don’t think.
So what’s the difference between Fairy Eyes and Mystic Eyes?
Wait, does that even work…? The entire house is the murder weapon? That’s basically breaking the “secret passageway” thing on a larger scale.
So what’s Trevor’s motive…?
The dogs running towards the Workshop reminded me of the Hunger Games for some reason…must be the climax.
That fairy isn’t emoting much…
Oh cra-Wills is going to sacrifice himself, like Adashino was going to do! That’s the second time I’ve seen that in 2 days (the first was in the Hypnosis Mic manga about the Dirty Dawg).
Uh…Waver’s not particularly fit or fast, is he…?
Can you be paid for your case if your client is essentially dead…?
Adra? I read around and Adra seems to be a way to spell the location (or whatever it is) in the first case…which got adapted into a stage play, but not an anime. That’s probably what he’s (Waver) referring to.
Notably, the title is translated to “lance” but yari means spear…
Waver 6
I seriously wanna slap that pink-haired girl…Update: Her name is Yvette.
This is basically Gray fanservice…
If Gray = Saber and Saber =King Arthur…hmm…does it count as a girl’s party?
Homeland? Since Britain is Saber’s (aka Gray’s) home country, I think they meant “hometown”…I’d hav to listen to the Japanese to make sure, though.
I still think Waver is a stupid, or at the very least false, name for a boy, especially if he did come from Britain. That’s basically my one limitation on him as a husbando.
The red bit of the eyecatch was shapd like an eye…it did catch eyes in a sense, after all.
So Trimmau is sustained by magic.
Locked-room…or rather, bounded field…mystery time!
Luvia did mention wrestling in another episode…
I had to google that, but the Separation Castle is from the Adra case mentioned in episode 5. No wonder I don’t remember it…
“Are you suggesting there were faults…” (from Luvia) - Ooh, I was thinking the perpetrator was caught inside their own bounded field or maybe it was an outsider, but that works too, Reines.
Add calld Luvia out for her extravagance, LOL.
Catch-as-catch-can appears to be “no-holds-barred fighting”, particularly wrestling.
That case was both informative and possibly solveable by the audience. Both good qualities for a mystery.
If you summon the spirit again, is it the same Rider with the same memories? Or can you summon a different version of the same Rider with amnesia, much like Rin did with Archer? Update: Oh yeah, I did read this on the wiki at one point but then forgot about it. The next episode (7) confirms that Rider wouldn’t remember Waver if he were summoned again.
Waver 7
…C’mon, admit it, show. The glasses are not only there for plot reasons but to up Waver’s status as megane boy for the rest of this case. Not that I mind – I actually really like megane boys, but I’m nowhere near the love of Meganebu – but in the case of plausibility, I wanna poke holes into it.
Auction for which Mystic Eyes now…?
There’s a guy…with an elephant head…I know I shouldn’t be bugged by it, but I need the MST3K mantra right now.
This is gonna be a Murder on the Orient Express thing, isn’t it? All cases set on trains seem to take cues or make homage to it. (I may not be that proficient on Christie in comparison to Holmes, since Holmes was Conan’s inspiration, but Murder on the Orient Express I have read and I did secure an anthology of 4 Christie novels at one point specifically so that I could improve in this area.)
The main series never explained the bad blood between the Church and the Tower, did they…?
*sweatdrop* Let me guess…when Yvette mentions “multiplay”, she means a threesome, right?
How do anime people see out of those blindfold thing, anyway??? (Or is it that Leandra has Mystic Eyes that were sold off or otherwise tampered with?)
I believe the word is “palate”, Kairi (or subbers).
Anime characters being bagworms with their blankets is always appealing, no matter the gender. It’s funny and/or relatable, after all.
Does Gray get motion sickness…? Update: Seems I spoke about a minute too soon. She does.
Waver 8
How does Waver know that Adashino got the documents about the train? Is it because she was in all those places at all those times and he connected the dots?
This lady has heterochromia. Specifically, one is brown and the other is blue or green.
Hmm? I thought the character design was familiar for this. As it turns out, Jun Nakai (who did the character design for this) also did Gate’s, which explains it.
Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, IIRC. Hephaestion is, as (s)he explained, the confidante of Alexander the Great (had to google this one).
It’s hard to see before the brightly-lit scene where Olga reappears, but as shown, Waver seems to have cut off part of his forelocks on the left side.
What’s an Odo???...ooh, fanservice…*ogles*
The summoning of Hephaestion and Trisha’s murder may or may not be related…we just don’t know how, yet.
I think a Detective Conan Murder on the Orient Express-style mystery would be a good video ga-*googles* There’s at least one of them out there already (albeit only in Japan)...namely, this one. Spoke too soon.
Oh yeah…this is Olga’s new room, isn’t it? I almost forgot about that.
Update: I think this look at the Adra Separation Castle case is interesting. It’s similar to posts I would write, but done by a professional – namely Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku and Anime News Network.
Waver 9
So if there’s a Servant…you have to find the Master.
Olga reminds me of Reines…kind of.
LOL, whoever thought of a zombie cooking show…?
This series really goes all-in on the zombies and the fake-outs thereof, huh? Dangit, Melvin, don’t scare us.
Melvin has a really odd relationship with Waver, huh? If you’re really insisting you’re “the only person to ever be able to hurt Waver”, I don’t quite see how you guys can be friends in the normal sense of the word.
Why would someone have a violin at a time like this…?
Interestingly, they don’t bother to do any fanservice of Caules. That scene with Gray and Yvette was fanservice for those who like them, but the only guy who’s getting to do any fanservice in this series is Waver himself…(what with him being naked and knocked out right now.)
“Sibyl” seems to be a synonym for “virgin”…(*whispers “Awkward…”*)
Update: After reading some of Marth’s posts on this series, I’m inclined to call this “Murders on a Train (with an Exploding Helicopter for Good Measure)”.
Waver 10
For some reason, there’s episode 0 – 9, then 11 – 13 on the service I’m using. Where’s 10?
I think Waver’s relationship with Rider is interesting because of the way I think of relationships myself. Waver has made it clear that he wants to see Rider again so he can basically prostrate at his feet all over again (and maybe win a wish and/or see Oceanus while they’re at it), but – hey, hear this! - I used to believe, when I was still an impressionable kid, all relationships, whether they be between friends, family or even lovers, lasted roughly in the same state basically forever (as in, friends stay friends forever, they’ll never be so far apart that they can’t kep their relationship alive etc. etc.)…Obviously, I was wrong and arguably, this change in thinking, plus the related changes in technology, are where my ability to fleetingly but passionate love both 2D boys and the series they come from comes from.
Wait, so the Child of Einasshe (sp?) is the forest, yeah? I don’t think I got that 100% straight.
I never thought the shield form of a Mystic Code could be used for snowboarding down a mountain/hill…whatever Gray just went down. I didn’t even know Add had a shield form, for that matter.
“[U]sual individual” – LOL. What a way to refer to Waver.
“Wait a minute!” – I’m just imagining Phoenix Wright all of a sudden. A Waver legal mystery series would be boring as all get out – I’m far less interested in the courtroom versions of mysteries and more interested in how the pieces fit together. (Update: Then again, I am a person who likes the action genre and courtroom mysteries don’t have much of that, which might also explain my choice.)
“…lacking the element of motive to begin with.” – Well, Waver’s not wrong…
I’m observing this apple and noticing someone skimped on the detail around the stem. Does anyone still remember Art Academy for the DS? After looking at some promo material for it, I basically learnt how to draw a proper apple (and nothing else, really). If an apple is just drawn as a circle, it doesn’t quite look like an apple up close. (Two of the main things I screw up on when drawing are perception and the colour of highlights, both of which are covered in something like an apple stem and the related indent.)
Oh goodness…I was hoping Karabo would keep his vision (or actual eyeballs)…but that’s gruesome.
I’m guessing, based on the wheelchair, that Waver’s still paralysed or otherwise not able to move around like normal. Update: Spoke too soon.
Someone encoded the video funny again…
Waver 11
What was that crossword thing…? A warding spell of some sort?
Is that an owl in the back?!
Stealth fighter…Rider wanted on, didn’t he?
Every time he appears on screen now, I basically curse Melvin. He’s entertaining to watch, sure, but he’s annoyingly prodigal (= wasteful). He’s basically Dice from HypMic at this stage (aka he’s the sort of person who’d bet away his own clothes, given the chance and incentive).
Look at the way Waver’s hair drags behind him as he walks…it’s gorgeous…
“Residual Image” (as translated in the title) is literally “the left-over image” (zanzou). Not surprising, but I find the exact combo of characters used interesting since it could be short for “nokoru eizou” (where the nokoru’s character is read as zan in the combo, as you can guess).
Waver 12
Wow…this series really pulled something out of its butt this time, huh? “The guy without a heart”…no viewer would’ve known that actually referred to a character called Dr Heartless unless they knew of his existence somehow (the closest they would’ve been was having an inkling that this pointed to a name of the culprit).
There is an owl in the back of the auction room!
Ay? So what the heck is Pandemonium in this case?
“dotard” – Turns out this means “an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined.” You can’t say I don’t enrich my vocbulary through watching anime, huh?
I’m still wondering…why adapt case 7 of this series (Rail Zeppelin)? Why not case 1 (Adra)? Update: I don’t know where I pulled the number 7 from, since this is volume 4 – 5 of the series. Apparently some of the cases were anime-original though.
Waver 13 (FINAL)
Oh, Flat, you stupid…
Waver’s exasperated faces are great. No wonder Reines likes to toy with him…
I can assume Rail Zeppelin is a Ghost Liner, yes?
Can I guess that Adashino ~likes~ Waver…? Update: Turns out that’s not quite the case.
Ooh, Waver without his shirt is se-okay, I’m getting distracted. Seriously though, Waver never showed his Crest in F/Z. I never even knew what it looked like until now! The fact it’s such a simple design in comparison to his Command Seals is…kinda underwhelming, really.
I think there’s a bit of a pattern between Jakurai (from HypMic) and Waver…namely, they suck when it comes to drinking. (Also, of course, the long hair. Don’t forget it, never forget it.)
Shut up, Add!
For some reason, I felt like a lot of that last part, while getting closure for Waver, it almost had connotations of “I’ll meet you on the other side, Rider”…so it felt kind of sad, to be honest. That talk between Reines and Olga I don’t think I’d understand without Apocrypha and Grand Order, but I guess that’s to be expected in such a huge franchise. Anyways, moving right along!
Illya 1
I’ve been a bit worried about what I’ll have to subject myself to for the sake of Magical Girls…
Was that…Taiga?
Who’s Liz…?
Okusama, huh? (Okusama = someone’s wife, although it seems to be used in the plural here since I don’t think Kiritsugu and/or Iri are dead in this timeline.)
The subs I’ve got say Shiro is adopted here too (when it’s not in the Japanese), although I wonder exactly how much of UBW is going to be true in this anime…
Hmm…a bit of digging reveals Luvia’s not a Master. So throwing out Lancer is really just a joke on how Lancer gets roasted early on in Grail Wars, right?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh…squick, much…(Thank goodness the source I was using edited out the loli fanservice, so I can tolerate this series a lot more…but still, suggesting you have a romance with your step-brother, even if it’s known you’re not related from the beginning, is…you already know my feelings on that, based on my reaction. Shiro is, what, 15? About twice Illya’s age!) Update: Okay, so he has no confirmed age in Prisma Illya, but he’s 17 in F/SN so I’d assum the same or similar, seeing as he attends the same school. It’s fine if it’s platonic, but this is clearly an Onii-chan, daisuki! thing the likes of which Oreimo throws down! Thank you for calling it out though, Ruby.
Oh my gosh, this looks like the Rhongomynaid (Detective Waver) and Excalibur (or whatever Saber’s Noble Phantasm is called) summoning beam! LOL!
Ruby, you lech! Don’t go praising the angles! *shakes fist* (Seriously, what if magical girl mascots were paedophiles…? *blank face* Welp, considering what’s out there on the internet, I wouldn’t be surprised if a hentai or something had such a concept.)
Hmm? Turns out the word for Servant means something like “celestial hero”. Makes sense.
Nice callback to Saber and Shiro!
Illya 2
I thought Illya would say that her parents are dead…turns out the show’s not that grimdark (to the point where it wouldn’t set the show after Kiritsugu and Iri’s deaths), huh?
Do the sticks have a gender? The subs said “she” for Ruby…
LOL, it’s Rider. I thought Lancer was gonna get his butt kicked all over again (thinking more along the lines of CCS).
It’s Gay Bul-I mean, Gae Bolg! (I’ve been reading TV Tropes again…can you tell?)
This episode was pretty pedestrian. I like it more than the first one.
What’s up with the CGI…?
Oh! Bunbun, who does Yuki Yuna! Update: They only did the illustrations for some of the series. They also did SAO illustrations, although that’s of less significance to me.
Illya 3
The sticks do have genders!!! That’s like claiming Jesus for kakera with Mudae! (Yes, that’s possible. I got him in one server.)
The power of fujoshi…is amazing! How did it get to a girl who’s so young?!
These angles are a bit disturbing…
“Casao”, LOL.
Magical girl nakama, huh?
Illya 4
MST3K mantra!
Whose quote is that again…? “Don’t think, imagine”? Update: It turns out to not be anyone’s quote at all, if Google results are to be believed.
Uh-oh! Saber Alter!
Illya 5
Padding the episode already…?
The mist is a quality of a Berserker, right?
Geez the angles piss me off…
These sticks have brains???
Can you call it teamwork if they’re always complaining about each other?
Illya 6
More padding…
Illya’s UBW!
Geesh, that last-minute shot of Rin and Luvia popping out of the ground scared me for a bit…
Illya 7
*sigh* It’s the sick episode…
I recognise the vacuum cleaner. I have the same one at home.
*sigh* Random fanservice of elementary school girls. This is what gives anime a bad name.
*Sapphire pulls out a USB port* - Ohhkay, is that stick fanservice, in a sense…? Because that’s awkward too.
Maids went out of fashion years ago…
“Lyrical Radical Genocide” - I think this Lyrical Radical things is parodying Nanoha.
Based on the cloak, it’s an Assassin.
“Listen, if you aren’t careful, you’ll die!” – Yep, because people die when they are killed. I almost missed that meme for a bit.
Illya 8
Illya’s still reeling from Miyu’s talk, huh?
I noticed it said tomoda(chi) in the background at one point.
Does Miyu exist in any of the alternate universes?
Ah, there’s yuujou (friendship) in the background as calligraphy.
I think the video got encoded funny again…
Geez, complaining about boobs? The series got worse…oh, I forgot Shiro was around in this series.
…who’s left? There’s been Saber, Archer, Lancer, Assassin, Rider, Caster and…who? Berserker, that’s who.
Illya 9
Ohhhhhhhh brother, not more bath scenes…
Iri looks almost exactly like she does in the Eiznbern Consultation Rooms! (I found those around and watched them today.)
Thank goodness the fanservice is censored…
I never realised Berseker had heterochromia until now…
One thing that I assume makes Saber’s outfit look nice to thos that like girls is the window in the top…but it goes to waste on Miyu, LOL.
I find it interesting Illya has all these concerns – the ones (or similar ones) Iri harbourd in F/Z.
Hey, the bridge! This is the bridge where Rider dies inn F/Z, yeah?
The ED looks different this time…
Illya 10 (FINAL)
E-Eep…loli fanservice…
Now Miyu is basically what Waver is to Rider, no doubt about it.
Bulls***! Speak of the devil! I was wondering what Waver looked like in the Illya style, because I read on the wiki he makes a cameo in season 2, and…here he is. Didn’t expect him in season 1, though.
Another new ED animation. I find it interesting they’ve never once had to recast any VAs throughout the entire existence of Fate/ anime…not that I know of, anyway.
Hiroyama Hiroshi is the original Illya creator.
Okay, that’s the end of one season. I feel kind of fatigued since I finished the Eiznbern Consultation Rooms today as well, so I’m going to take a break from watching more Illya until it’s necessary to watch again in a few posts’ time.
Now that they’ve collected the cards, I’m wondering what the series intends to do next…
Illya s2 Pt 1 Ep 1
They clearly skimped on the budget when Shiro was leaving the house…
I keep forgetting Illya is meant to be German…
That bad English…is actually there in the ep. title…
Oh great…schoolgirls talking about erotic swimsuits…
This s*** is what you call “Class-S”! I have no interest in it, because I don’t swing that way! (Sorry, yuri fans…)
The problem with series that aren’t 100% made with you in mind is that your favourite characters might look ugly…that’s especially the case with En, Jakurai and Waver.
Ryudou Temple, eh? Let’s hope Assassin still looks good.
I don’t think I’ve seen that before…namely, being able to hear what’s going on outside the transformation while it’s happening.
Now this 2 Illyas thing…this is new, alright.
Illya s2 Pt 1 Ep 2
LOL, what a horoscope.
Truck-kun! I don’t think Illya would make a good isekai protag, come to think of it.
Who is this nurse? I feel like she’s from some other part of the Nasuverse… Update: My guess was right. That’s Caren Hortensia, protagonist of Fate/hollow ataraxia and Kirei’s…uh, daughter. I know he had a wife. We never met said wife, but seeing the daughter really drove that fact home.
Uhhhhhhhh…okay, now the lesbian loli scene just made things go off a cliff for me. I’m not against lesbians or yuri – to each their own – but that scene was clearly meant to be pleasing to a certain audience.
How does anyone kill anything gently…?
Ohhhhhhkay, strike 2 for loli fanservice.
I seem to remember…that’s right, Alice from the [something] no Kuni no Alice series was evaluated on her coffee-making skills (by Julius, I think it was). That’s why I’m thinking of Alice when I see Luvia praising Miyu on something similar.
Wa-hey! It’s Rin’s Azoth dagger!
Well, the mechanics of the transformation are also something you have to think about. I’ll give the show kudos for that.
Illya s2 Pt 1 Ep 3
Can we not with the whole “Onii-chan, daisuki!” thing?! That’s it! That’s the last straw! I’m finishing this episode and aborting early so that I can preserve my dignity…and get some proper sleep for once.
The fact Miyu thinks Shiro resembles her brother must not be a coincidence…(I’ve become far too Fate/ savvy, haven’t I?) Update: It seems I was right. Apparently, Miyu was taken in by Kiritsugu in a certain universe, but apparently this is a bunch of spoilers.
Genki na aisatsu was in the back.
This is just getting worse and worse…
So now Kuro’s name is Kuroe (Chloe), huh? Anyways, good riddance, loli fanservice! So long! I won’t miss you one bit!
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Once Annabeth was really tired and she saw a spider in her cabin. She killed it with Lysol. Her sibling still have no idea that happened and are/were confused why the cabin smelled like chemicals
Bast definetly had issues with Anubis, a 5 thousand were old, dating Sadie, a 13 year old
If a camper is curious what a pegasus is saying, they’ll ask Percy to translate. If the pegasus swore, then Percy will do his best to censor the translation (depends on campers age)
Every year, on Jason’s birthday, Piper and Leo go to his grave to put Jason’s favourite flower down with a poem and some updates on either life or their friends
The 7 (plus Nico and Reyna) really like Sally’s cooking/baking
Percy once hid some blue cookies his mom made from his friends, jsut so the cookies wouldn’t be gone in 60 minutes or less
Piper crochets on her free-time
Piper once gave Annabeth a crocheted bee because she felt like it
Drew likes plants
Will likes brownies
A camper once gave Rachel more paint and a canvas either for her birthday or because they thought it’d make a good start to friendship
At least one camper is intimidated by Rachel since she’s the oracle
Leo tried to bake a chocolate cake once, it ended up tasting like pure vanilla since he misread ‘a cap of vanilla extract’ as ‘a cup of vanillia extract’
316 notes - Posted April 13, 2022
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Despite Hunter’s last words to Flap being an angry order, I’m gonna say Flapjack knew it wasn’t really Hunter saying it.
401 notes - Posted October 16, 2022
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King: hey angry blond.
Hunter: pardon?
King: I'd like to say, I'm the titan and I indeed have big plans for you
Hunter:
King, grabing cookies and blankets: i'm adopting you as my brother. Here!
450 notes - Posted May 3, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
PJO Headcanon(s?):
Annabeth’s near sighted
Percy makes the best hot chocolate
For some unknown reason (even to her) Annabeth always smells like coffee
Leo’s allergic to peanuts
Piper had to have braces
Jason once lost his weapon so he resorted to biting the monster (raised by wolves)
When children of Zeus/Jupiter are a bit upset, a mini personal storm cloud appears above their head
Nico often has to remind Will to take a break once in a while
Will has a southern accent that usually comes out when he’s feeling a strong emotion
Either Nico, WIll, or Leo accidentally taught a younger camper how to swear and just went: It’s their sibling’s problem now
Piper bakes on her freetime
Will bakes when stressed
Nico bakes when tense
Percy bakes whenever
Annabeth doesn’t like baking too much but will if she wants.
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Future Plot: Project Titanomachy - Chapter 8
(( Camille belongs to @inklingleesquidly
Nebula belongs to @myzzy and @agenttwo
Celestes belongs to @alpinesquid
Telemachus, Julia Noh, Q, and others belong to me ))
I thought it wasn't a good time to be dreaming in the middle of a conflict, but it had to happen for a reason.
Camille wakes up again, personifying Princess Camilla again in Mythological Greece. She was finding herself in what appeared to be a training grounds in a wheatfield, taking a break from cutting down several straw-stuffed dummies. She felt angry, possibly coming from the fact that she killed Hippolyta during a hunt.
Athena can be seen leaning against a tree when Camille was resting. The wise goddess was watching her let out her rage for minutes now.
"You're angrier than uncle Poseidon," Athena teased.
Camille looked at her. "Athena... I didn't know you were watching."
"Still can't get over your decision to not claim the throne?" Athena asked.
Camille just couldn't get the picture of Sapphire getting her heart pierced by her arrow. She nods to Athena.
"Artemisia told me you would be here; You're supposed to be with her back in Amazonian lands, but I guess you have your reason to stay in Athens." Athena stops leaning against the tree and steps closer towards Camille. "And she said you refuse to become the Amazonian Queen because of what you did." Athena places a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, let me take you to the Parthenon for lunch."
Athena was really kind to Camilla, and being in Camilla's shoes made me feel like I can be friends with Athena too even if it was a dream.
At the Parthenon, Athena and Camille were sitting at the edge of a ledge. Underneath them was an opening for a waterfall to continue flowing into a natural spring that's below. In front of them was the view of Athens, Athena's city, and only the sound of men preparing for war can be heard along with celebration.
Athena treated Camille to a sweet bread her maidens make all the time as offerings along with grape juice that was supposed to be aged into wine. The wise goddess told her one story about an admirer she accidentally blinded.
"I blinded the poor boy for stumbling into my bath, and I thought he was a peeping tom. The springs down there is where he found me. And what was worse was that his mother was there, and she was bathing with me." Athena took a bite of her sweet bread and talked with her mouth full. "And his mother was about to tell me the complicated relationship we were all in." She swallowed her food.
"Let me guess, the son loves you, you love the mother, and the mother wants you to love her son," Camille guessed.
Athena blushed a bit and looked away. "...You can say that."
Camille took a bite of her sweet bread. "Whatever happened to that boy?"
"His mother told me to fix the blindness but I can do nothing about it, so I gave him the gift of prophecy and begged for forgiveness." Athena looks down at the springs. "I don't know what else happened to him... he never spoke to me or even sent me letters since that incident. Same goes to the mother." She then grabbed her cup of grape juice to take a big gulp.
"But that wasn't the only time you did something terrible, right?" Camille asked.
Athena sighs deeply. "I bullied a weaver to the point of driving her to suicide... and I turned her into a pet spider... She forgives me now."
That explains why she even has one; that's my pet spider now.
Camille looked closely at the activity in the city, wanting to change the subject.
"Is there something special happening?" Camille wondered.
"The Athenians, my people, are joining the Spartans and other city states to attack the Trojans...," Athena replied, "Our friends were divided just as my family is divided."
"What happened?" Camille was now interested.
"That jerk Eris was finally invited at the last minute of the wedding, but she missed out on a lot. So at the reception, she tossed an apple into the center." Athena seemed embarrassed. "And I fought with my mom and my aunt over it."
What was so important about an apple?
"You?fighting over an apple with your mom and an aunt?" Camille questioned, "That sounds so--"
"It's not just an apple, it was a golden apple that's 'to the fairest'. It would've granted immortality to the first person that takes a bite out of it." Athena didn't sound like herself as the tone became a bit angrier. Father Zeus had Paris of Troy make the decision, and he chose my aunt, Aphrodite."
"And how is this related to your city preparing for war?" Camille asked.
" Aphrodite pissed off a king, and that king is telling my people and others to march into Troy to 'save' his wife, Helen. Why did she have to pick a woman that's already married? I don't know," Athena's face was turning red.
And that... I’ve kept in mind. I would love to talk with Hephaestus about this when I have the chance.
"Who's are taking sides in your family?" Camille asked.
"My mom and I are siding with the Greeks. Poseidon and Triton, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Thetis decided to join in attacking Troy. Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Diana, and Leto choose to defend Troy and Paris's decision."
"What about Diana Artemisia?" Camille asked.
Athena anger was beginning to fade. ".....She chose Troy."
I didn't believe it when she answered, and I bet Camilla also felt her heart get torn that she was going to stand against Athena like this.
"Is that why I should be with her in Troy?" Camille was concerned.
"You're supposed to be my enemy." Athena quickly gets up. "...But it's not fair!" She looked at Camille. "Why are you even here!?"
Camille puts down her half-finished sweet bread and gets up. "Athena..... Diana is my goddess, but you're different from her. You're the only one I can call a friend!"
Athena didn't know how to respond to that and she was tearing up.
"Athena... " Camille was surprised to see her like this.
Athena steps closer to embraced Camille.
".....Camilla, I don't want you to go," she cried, "Please don't go."
And then I remember the visions that Nebula and I had during our sleepover. Camilla probably didn't want to go either, but what choice did she have?
Camille sighs and makes her let go so that they can look face-to-face. She remained calm during this heart-warming moment.
"Athena, I'm not going anywhere," Camille comforted, "And we're not going to war just yet. We still got time."
"...I guess you're right..." Athena smiles back. "...Shall we make these final days last then? As friends?"
"As friends." Camille hugs her.
After the dream was over, I return to reality and help fight Oceanus and Iapetus. I woke up and found myself on a chariot with Nebula.
Camille quickly wakes up from her dreaming sequence and finds herself on what is now Nebula's chariot. Nebula looks at her and smiles.
"Had a nice nap, Camille?" Nebula asked before pushing another bubble of ink at Oceanus's legs. "You almost fell into the ocean."
Camille slowly got up and noticed the chariot was being driven on the water. She quickly held onto Nebula with discomfort, yet the speed felt like she was driving her race car.
"Don't worry, we won't sink." Nebula was too busy throwing ink bubbles and brine at Oceanus.
".....I'm not even going to ask..." Camille prepared Athena's spear and activates Zeus's thunderbolt hidden inside it. "I hope they left a room for my spear because I'm going to ram it into their stomachs and rip their [censored] spines!" She waves her spear and points it at Oceanus's head. Yet, no thunder came for the skies were clear.
Okay, I have to be honest that I didn't really ask Uncle Sev or anyone to help me research Athena or Zeus. But Nebula had studied, so she was prepared.
"Want me to brew up a storm?" Nebula offered.
"You can do that?" Camille looked at her.
"Triton's father does it all the time." Nebula tosses another bubble of ink at Oceanus. "But if I do, we'll be risking the fleet's safety."
"Then we'll just go and warn them!" Camille was noticing Iapetus making the Albatross-class Jets fall back.
Nebula twirls her trident, points it forward, and raises it up slightly. That caused a hill of water to rise and act like a ramp for the chariot. When the Neo-Squid Sisters were close enough, Camille called out to Telemachus and Celeste.
"Guys! Brace for a storm!" Camille shouted.
"In the Pacific?" Telemachus questioned as Moemura. "Is Nebula serious?!"
"It's either that or every ship in our fleet sinks to the bottom!" Camille was ready to strike lightning at Oceanus.
"Just make it quick!" Telemachus soon puts the undead back to rest. "Anteros is out of arrows and Iapetus is drawing closer and closer."
Nebula had an idea when Telemachus. She lets Camille control the horses and the chariot while she raises her trident up high. She waves it in a circular motion as clouds begin to gather, and the first drops of rain came falling down.
The crew members of The Great Unagi and the fleet, Julia, and Q were getting indoors, but Telemachus, Celeste, and Anteros remained outside. Anteros still has his pink umbrella, Celeste used Hestia's Heart to create a small igloo made of clay bricks for her and Telemachus to stay out of the rain.
Only Nebula and Camille were exposed to the rain, and Nebula is immune to the water and not melting into a puddle of ink. Camille didn't have anything to avoid dissolving in water and she tries to twirl and swing her spear to see what can happen. One twirl of her spear and a ballerina spin rewarded Camille a raincoat made of snake scales and she was free to adjust the colors like a chameleon.
Oceanus delivered a wave by slams one hand into the water, making a tidal wave in seconds. Nebula takes control of the horse and chariot again and calms the waves down to protect the fleet. Camille can finally deliver lightning at the titans, but before she can do so, Nebula gave her a warning.
"Camille, wait until Iapetus comes closer." Nebula then created a tidal wave of her own to hit Oceanus. She had the chariot circle Oceanus.
Iapetus passed by The Great Unagi and blocked the chariot's way, startling the horses.
Oceanus, recovering from the impact of Nebula's tidal wave, was ready to crush them with Iapetus's help.
Oceanus saw how strong Nebula can fight with the trident, but right now he was underestimating us on a chariot. And with Iapetus coming closer, I needed to bring in the thunder now!
Camille didn't want to wait for Iapetus and Oceanus to come together and destroy them and the chariot, so she raise her spear up high and points it at each of the titans several times. Lightning was striking the titans randomly and rarely hitting them with heavy damage.
"Camille!" Nebula quickly made the chariot turn and head back to the decks of The Great Unagi. "What were you thinking?!"
"They were drawing to close!" Camille argued. "They were going to sink us!"
"Well thanks to you, we need to get away fast!" Nebula stressed.
"It doesn't have to go as planned, you know?!" Camille kept arguing.
"But you don't have to be so careless with how you fight these--" Nebula was cut off when Oceanus scoops them up along with the horses and the chariot.
Oceanus laughs. "Look at them, brother. Arguing like Zeus argues and his brothers."
"They're worse than the Olympians before them!" Iapetus mocked.
"Here, allow me to keep them still." Oceanus drops the chariot and grabs an iceberg.
Camille and Nebula were stuck in the ice from the waste down along with the horses who had their legs stuck. They tried to struggle but to no avail. Their trident and spear were still in their hands.
Iapetus pulls a hunk of iron from behind his ribcage and molds it into a hammer. Telemachus and Celeste were still in the clay brick igloo, avoiding the rain.
Iapetus raises the hammer up high and was going to finish Camille and Nebula off with a splat.
However, Camille made a last-ditch effort of getting her and Nebula out of the iceberg. She raises her spear up and closes her eyes, focusing; lightning began striking her and then it's deflected at Iapetus's face.
While Iapetus was blind, Oceanus was about to pick the iceberg up so he can destroy them himself.
Nebula swings her Trident so that she can make waves that can push the iceberg towards the Great Unagi. The impact freed Camille, Nebula, and Poseidon's chariot and they waste no time in escaping and getting back on the deck.
When there is no more rain coming down, Celeste and Telemachus were able to help out.
"You guys deal with Iapetus!" Nebula shouted. "I'll deal with Oceanus!"
Nebula was going to fight Oceanus alone, furiously sending tidal waves at him and only him. She was too mad to even focus on Iapetus; she was just hitting Oceanus hard.
Camille wasn't hesitant to help, and she began flying around Iapetus and striking lightning on every part of the Titan's body. Celeste was kicking Hestia's heart around, creating clay bridges for her to cross. Telemachus followed Celeste, crossing the bridges, and keeping an eye on Camille in case she plunges into the ocean again. If she falls, he would be there to save her so that she can recover.
Iapetus assumed Celeste and Telemachus were trying to get around him and he turns. Camille took this chance to swiftly strike lighting while his back is turned. They kept at this until Iapetus realizes the strategy.
Iapetus punches the clay bridge and sends Celeste and Telemachus falling down.
"Camille!" Celeste screamed.
Camille quickly swoops down to grab their hands. Telemachus makes her let go and he recovers by using his own wings to fly. Camille carries Celeste back to The Great Unagi while Telemachus followed.
Afterward, Camille glared at Iapetus and takes off, flying towards him and ramming into his chest. The titan is staggered and Camille was swarming around him with high speed, piercing the armor with lightning-based strikes.
"Take this you giant roaming freak!" Camille then made a final blow to Iapetus by shattering the ribcage with one stab and pierces through the titan by literally breaking the spine.
And you can guess who escaped.
Iapetus had his hand on his chest, gasping and spewing ink and black, worm-like substances. He then falls apart into two pieces, sinking into the ocean. Oceanus, who was still enduring every attack that Nebula was throwing, took notice and had to disappear in one red lightning strike. He knew it was another failure for him.
And then Anteros left-- probably to spread the word about the victory to other gods.
But the victory was bittersweet.
Julia Noh and Q return and reported that The Great Unagi was slightly damaged. The fleet can now leave the Japan Trench and return to Inkopolis with a job well-done. Camille, Nebula, Telemachus, and Celeste were back in their Agent attire, but they didn't celebrate their victory.
As the fleet turns back, Nebula was at the stern, sitting with her back against the wall. She was curled up and glaring down at the floor. Camille approached her with concern.
"Nebula...?" Camille was looking down at her.
Nebula didn't respond.
"Nebula, you don't need to be mad," Camille stated, "At least we stopped another titan."
Again, Nebula didn't respond.
There were still two more titans to deal with, but I don't know we can cooperate further to stop them. I didn't mean to do this to Nebby; she just didn't want a plan to go wrong.
When they returned back to Inkopolis, the first thing Nebula did once she is back in the city is to run off. She turns into a squid and super jumps to the direction to the Alexandria district.
"Nebby!" Camille runs after her with Celeste and Telemachus following behind.
And I haven't seen her this upset.
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