About Yukari, her IaMP theme link is broken. this works

edited 3rd Jun '11 5:08:34 PM by zealotglob

Yuukarin is an Australian Dragon God

Discuss...

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.

Yukari is not Australian enough to be the Australian Dragon God.

Discuss.

I have no horse, and I must ride. I accomplish unlockments.

then how about a Japanese Dragon God mate?

That awkward moment where Kyoro is one of Satan's Generals.

I always thought that Yuuka's portrayal as a flower youkai was a Phantasmagoria of Flower View retcon, but the way you tell it I could believe she was always one to begin with. Now I have to wonder if you've put more thought into it than ZUN did, if stuff like the Asteracae connection was a lucky coincidence or if he knew it all along.

Hey, did we ever get an Alice picdump? I'll just skim the first twenty or so pages of results and take a dip in a few choice pools...

• Billowy dress
• Sharing a hat
• It made me smile
• Even dressed the doll for the occasion
• Yay Contemporary tag
• Time paradox
• I think it's a good look for her
• Either doll maintenance or a makeover party
• Just make a cockpit in the head and pilot the thing already
• Like how the dolls are all in the same pose
• Just another day in Gensokyo
• Goliath Doll is secretly very shy and kindhearted, and needs plenty of comforting after a scary battle
• Youkai eyes
• Why lances in particular, though?
• Or drills. Lances or drills.
• Since we were talking about Yuuka...
• Badass Hair Toss
• Trying out her Scary Face
• Taking a bow
• Dark queen Alice (note her grimoire is still sealed)
• Subtly creepy
• Chibi, Chibier, Chibiest
• Sleep Cut(ies)

My headcanon has it that Alice isn't Japanese, but a Westerner who eventually immigrated to Gensokyo by way of Makai. I'd like to suggest that she's Romanian (the Dollmaker of Bucharest), but Murgatroyd has an English etymology, so all bets are off. Maybe she's a naturally-"born" Makaijin who picked a weird name for herself. Maybe Shinki named her for the same reasons ZUN did.

edited 3rd Jun '11 9:16:09 PM by Tacitus

Current earworm: "Mother ~ Outro"

I like the "Goliath Doll as a magical giant robot" thing that people have going — though I've yet to see anyone depict it performing a Rocket Punch, sadly.

As far as I know the only characters with a confimed non-Japanese nationality are Meiling (Chinese) and Parsee (Iranian). I think it's mentioned somewhere that the Scarlets come from Europe (Remilia claims descent from a Romanian, and Flandre is a French name).

Romania's turning up a lot, huh?

edited 4th Jun '11 10:30:48 AM by asterism

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Love how the same title gets written three different ways.

Can I assume they're all hand-typed rather than cut-and-pasted?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Huh, funny. I know that the commas are Duraz' work, since he was the one who made Chen's profile. I know I took out the names separated by slashes at one point because they seemed to interfere with the formating... But if it works in the other link... I have no idea what happened there.

It was replaced. Thanks for the heads-up.

PS: Tacitus has good taste in the arts.

PPS: My write-up on Yukari is possibly my finest one so far in terms of concept, so I invite everyone who doesn't know it yet to check it out~

The Alice vs. Suika picture is one of the most awesome I've ever seen.

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Approaching the end...

Those Who Defy What They Are!

• Marisa Kirisame

Really Indirect Revenge Scheme
by Bocaj

She's Already There
by Durazno

A Youkai-Like Human
by Hylarn

Marisa Kirisame - Vessel of a Star
by [MODE]

Marisa - Protagonist, Not Hero
by Tacitus

Marisa - Drizzle
by yarrunmace

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• Koishi Komeiji

The intelligent beast. The loveless seeker of love. They call her... Nobody.
-by Fawriel

One without Feelings or Thoughts
-by Hylarn

Koishi ~ Blinded Maiden
-by Raz Fox

Koishi: Je rejette tous vous
-by yarrunmace

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• Kasen Ibara

The Hidden Power (with an immaterial arm)
-by Enlong

Ibaraki
-by Hylarn

Kasen Ibara - The Third Deva Of The Mountain
-by Raz Fox

edited 4th Jun '11 4:09:36 PM by Fawriel

Also, when Faw asked for the links, I forgot to send him this one:

Marisa: The Hat. The Myth. The Legend.
by Super Dimension Man

edited 4th Jun '11 4:17:54 PM by Durazno

Since it's fresh in my mind from reading that Variant Youyoumu comic the other day, I might as well mention: I like the idea of Marisa firing Master Spark out of the mini-hakkero like it's a hand-held cannon. It seems fitting somehow.

I've seen that all over the place. It is, however, really, really awesome.

I sure said that!

I'm sure it's a common enough idea, but that comic in particular is what made me think of it.

By the way: that thing about Marisa's hat was a joke that doesn't make sense out of context. As difficult as it may be to believe, I don't actually believe that it's going to become an artifact of great archaeothaumaturgical significance. Obviously, its soul is tied to her own, and it will be reincarnated along with her. Even in rebirth, Marisa will never be without her hat.

edited 4th Jun '11 4:54:02 PM by SuperDimensionman

I wonder if the Hakkero also produces punches from the punch dimension because without one of the templates, there's no way that the Master Spark doesn't snap Marisa's wrists like twigs.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers

'Magic' is a perfectly acceptable answer here. She could be shielding herself or it could just not have that much recoil. And using it does slow her to a crawl

Funny you should say that.

Last I checked lasers have roughly zero recoil.

Does Mister Spark really count as a laser, though?

Sure, why not?

Traditionally it's been the bomb associated with her Illusion Laser shot-type, so I think it's reasonable to think of it as laser-esque.

Laser-esque, sure. A laser formed by love amplification by stimulated emission of radiation has to be a bit different from the normal kind.

Do love particles (philons) have mass though? That's really the only important question.

I think amorons is a better name.

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Bitches don't know about my additional philons.

:(