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Slayers Artober Day 17- Film Noir

(Fun bonus activity: look over my old posts and try to guess how tired i am by how the post is labeled)

[alexeiadrae]

Thoughts on J-Novel Translation of Conspiracy in Solaria, Ch 4

-Yeah, Gourry’s strong. Here he has a plain old regular sword yet “with a cry of exertion but little actual effort, Gourry tore through the oak planks with his sword.”

And then there’s the whole thing with Gourry intercepting invisible throwing knives…because he is that badass. Gourry is in rather top form in this novel but even then he gets his ass handed to him in the end.

-Mileena also gets special mention for her smarts with making the invisible throwing sword visible.

-ZOMG! Lina refers to Gourry as “my dude” again! He is hers. She definitely thinks of him as hers! I hope to see this in future novels.

-So much foreshadowing with Luke’s reaction to the men in black throwing knives at Mileena and his comment about how they threw away their humanity.

-There was some discussion about Luke’s sword, and in this chapter Lina describes it as a “nameless” sword that can produce a Diem Wind type spell based on how Luke moves it.

-We see Gourry’s moral outrage in this novel. When Lavas reveals his true motivations and what he has done with Veisam Gourry doesn’t wait to follow Lina’s lead, he says he doesn’t understand what is going on but he can’t let Lavas get away with it. When Veisam dies Gourry also gets angry at Lavas’s callousness.

-Luke’s attitude towards Lina and Gourry has changed by the end of this novel, and he thanks Lina “bashfully.” I get the feeling that Luke is impressed with Lina and Gourry despite himself and starts to respect them as a result.

-Lina’s response to Luke thanking her is to ask for 1000 gold coins, at which Mileena “expressionlessly” spits out her soup. Considering Mileena seems to take everything else in stride this is surprising, but it’s also hardcore that she can manage to spit out her soup expressionlessly, lol.

-I will say, Lina is a bit slow connecting the dots with Lavas and the Ruvinagald kingdom. How many royal families has she seen that have been experimenting with fusing demons with unwilling people? I hope it’s only been Ruvinagald!

-As far as Mileena’s motivations, it is worth noting that when Lina asked them what their plans are, Luke responds to continue to look for treasure and that their ‘romantic journey’ continues, and Mileena agrees with the exception of the romantic journey part. Their exchange damages the idea that he just follows her around and she can’t get rid of him. What is worth noting is that while Luke is definitely a treasure hunter, Mileena appears less interested in it and does seem to take jobs when she becomes suspicious about demon activity involved. For instance, when Luke and Lina find a room full of treasure they both get distracted from the larger mission. Mileena does not. Mileena got involved with Sherra because she heard about the demon attacks and she got involved with Lavas because she had been tipped off about his true intentions. While Mileena says she is a treasure hunter and travels with Luke, it almost seems like a cover for her true mission.

-It’s more difficult to pin down a timeline for the second story arc, but Wizer does say they will have to stay in Solaria for a month to wrap up all the bureaucratic stuff and so Lina and the others won’t be blamed for murdering the royal family. So we can assume at least a month passes between Conspiracy in Solaria and Crimson City.

-In the afterwards, HK says he got the idea for naming Dynast’s minions from an exchange at a convention. There was some speculation on how Norst would officially be translated and J-Novel had him listed as “Nast” but also said HK may fool around a bit and spell it “Nosst.”

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Slayers Artober, Day 4 - Best Friends BFF4EVA

[llybian]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Slayers (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Filia Ul Copt/Xellos Characters: Filia ul Copt, Xellos (Slayers), Wizer Freion Additional Tags: Behold! Xellos's Entire Social Circle, It's Filia's House Bitch Series: Part 32 of Summer Nights Summary:

“So is this the famous Filia?” the man asked with evident interest. He put his cards face down on the table and stood up, giving Filia a little half-bow. “Greetings and salutations, Miss Filia. Sir Xellos has told me so very much about his special friend.”

Filia stared numbly at the stranger and wonder with horror just what garbage he’d spouted about her. “Special friend” was certainly a red flag.

[andersunmenschlich]

Slayers CD Set Booklet (9)

The next two pages from this booklet:

スレイヤーズREVOLUTION EVOLUTION-R

２００８年７月２日〜９月２４日（REVOLUTION／テレビ東京系列） ２００９年１月１２日〜４月６日（EVOLUTION-R／AT-X） 

Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R 

Jul 2 – Sep 24 2008 (Revolution / TV Tokyo series) Jan 12 – Apr 6 2009 (Evolution-R / AT-X)

前作の「TRY」以来、１１年ぶりに復活したテレビアニメシリーズの第４弾と第５弾。赤法師レゾを蘇らすなど、第１弾の『無印』に限りないリスペクトを捧げ、原点回帰の精神にあふれたシリーズとなった。シリアスなストーリー展開と大迫力の魔法アクション、そしてたたみかけるようなギャグが挟み込まれたこの２つのシリーズは、１０年以上のブランクがあったとは思えないテンションの高さを誇る。 The fourth and fifth season of a television anime series resurrected 11 years after the previous work, "Try." Doing such things as bringing back Red Priest Rezo, giving endless respect to the first installment, “Unlabeled,” it became a series overflowing with the spirit of returning to its roots. With serious plot development and impressive magical action, plus more gags than a tatami shop has mats, these two sandwiched series boast a level of energy that makes it hard to believe there was a gap of more than ten years before them.

caption one 盗賊だろうと魔族だろうと、リナの前に立ちはだかる者は容赦なく叩きのめす！その姿勢は全く変わらない。 Whether it be bandits or mazoku, anyone standing in Lina’s way will be beaten down without mercy! That attitude hasn't changed at all.

caption two デュクリスと結託し、破壊の限りを尽くす魔獣ザナッファー。魔法攻撃が全く効かずリナたちを苦しめる。 Colluding with Duclis, demon beast Zanaffar, who pushes the limits of destruction. Distresses Lina and companions, whose magical attacks have no effect at all.

caption three 冥王の壺の中に、レゾと共に封印されていた魔王シャブラニグドゥ。『無印』に続き、二度目の対決にリナは……。 Demon Lord Shabranigdo, who had been sealed with Rezo within the Hades jar. In this second confrontation, continuing from "Unlabeled," Lina....

Key Characters

ポコタ Pokota

赤法師レゾの手で小動物の体に移されたタフォーラシアの王子。病魔に冒された民を救うためにリナと行動を共にする。口の悪さはリナ以上で彼女を「凹胸」と言い放つ！

Prince of Taforashia transferred into the body of a small animal by Red Priest Rezo. Acts with Lina in order to save his people, afflicted by a disease. With a worse mouth on him than Lina's, bluntly declares her 'sunken chested'!

ワイザー＝フレイオン Wizer Freion

さまざまな罪状をでっち上げ、リナ逮捕に燃えるルヴィナガルド王国の特務捜査官。近所の奥様方に切れ者と評判らしいが、ギャグキャラとしか思えない場面も多数。

Ruvinagald Kingdom's special duty police investigator, all fired up to arrest Lina on various fabricated charges. Apparently has a reputation as a sharp and able person among neighborhood wives, but there are also many scenes in which he can only be thought of as a gag character.

暗殺者（アサシン）ズーマ Zuma the Assassin

「暗殺者の中の暗殺者」と呼ばれる男。リナに対して底知れぬ恨みを抱き、彼女を抹殺せんとする姿は狂気そのもの。その正体は『REVOLUTION-R』の中盤で明らかになる。

A man called “Assassin Among Assassins.” Harboring an immeasurable resentment for Lina, his appearance in his attempts to obliterate her is madness itself. The true identity is revealed in the middle of "Revolution-R."

デュクリス Duclis

魔獣ザナッファーの力を宿す鎧を身につけている白虎の獣人。元はタフォーラシアの仕官でポコタの親友だったが、考え方の違いで袂を分かち敵同士となる。

A white tiger beastman who wears armor housing the power of demon beast Zanaffar. Was once in service to Taforashia, and Pokota's close friend, but due to a difference in thinking their ways parted and they became enemies.

オゼル Ozzel

慇懃無礼なメイドだが、その正体は赤法師レゾに��って作られた人形。レゾが封印された壺を砕くようにリナに依頼するが、不可解な行動が多い。

A hypocritically courteous maid, but truly a doll created by Red Priest Rezo. Asks Lina to smash the jar in which Rezo has been sealed, but baffling behaviors are frequent.

ナーマ Nama

謎のリビングアーマー。冥王の壺のある場所を知っているという触れ込みでリナたちと行動を共にする。ことごとくリナと波長が合わないのは理由がありそうだが……。

Mysterious living armor. Claiming to know where the Hades Jar is, acts with Lina and companions. Wavelength doesn't match Lina's at all, and there seems to be a reason for this, but....

[braincoins]

RULES: Choose any three fandoms (in random order) and answer the questions, then tag 10 people you want to know better. I was tagged by my wonderful cheezburger, @sweetfirecracker!!

Three Fandoms:

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Slayers

The First Character You Loved:

Pidge

Steve Rogers

Lina Inverse

The Character You Never Expected To Love So Much:

Coran

Agent Coulson

Gourry Gabriev

The Character You Relate To The Most:

Pidge

Claire Temple

Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun

The Character You’d Slap:

Lotor

Danny Rand

Xellos (if I had the balls) or Wizer Freion

Three Favorite Characters (in order of preference):

Pidge, Shiro, Allura

Claire, Melinda May, Coulson

Lina, Zelgadis, Lord of Nightmares

A Character You Liked At First, But Don’t Anymore:

I’m not sure I have one of these for VLD

...or the MCU

...or Slayers? 

  A Character You Didn’t Like At First But Do Now:

Lance

Tony

Martina

Three OTPs:

Shallura, Hunay, Zaggar

Steve/Peggy, FitzSimmons, Grant Ward/Death *cough*

Lina/Gourry, Zelgadis/Amelia, Lina/Naga (in the past)

That was fun! TIME TO TAG! As always, you are under no obligation and if I don’t tag you, you can still do this and say I did! ^_^ 

@eloarei

@thesoulsikeep

@materassassino

@bricheez39

@tybunnythehellmoose

@fenarri

@battlebunnyteardropsinthesun

@explodingcrenelation

@furiousvimes

@glimmerclouddragon

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Lina Inverse under arrest (again) Slayers Revolution 09 - Insider! The One Who Knows the Truth!

[third-half]

Slayers Artober: Day 2: "Spy"

[llybraryofdrawngress]

0 Gourry, The Fool I Lina, The Magician II Sylphiel, The High Priestess III Naga, The Empress IV Philionel, The Emperor V Supreme Elder, The Hierophant VI Martina and Zangulus, The Lovers VII Gaav, The Chariot VIII Zelas, Strength IX Zelgadis, The Hermit X Wizer, Wheel of Fortune XI Amelia, Justice XII Rezo, The Hanged Man XIII Hellmaster, Death XIV Luna, Temperance XV Shabranigdo, The Devil XVI Xellos, The Tower XVII Pokota, The Star XVIII Copy Rezo, The Moon XIX Filia, The Sun XX Valgaav, Judgement XXI L-Sama, The World

[llybian]

Be still, my heart.

[llybian]

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[llybian]

Xellos, you are having too much fun.

[llybian]

Not to worry! Xellos has more purposefully terrible ideas at the ready!

[llybian]

So dreamy!

[llybian]

I have a great idea that definitely won’t result in you getting hilariously maimed.