... FUND IT.
Proposal of my own: Louise summons... wait for it...
Starscream. Preferably one of his more competent, nigh-Magnificent Bastard versions.
I might actually pick this one up sometime soon...
edited 9th Nov '12 10:24:37 PM by EvaUnit01
Found one to read while I was looking for something else entirely. It's no Unfamiliar, but I think it's still good enough to warrant a recommendation.
Prince of Braves, Zero's Familiar. A word of warning, though, you can't take it seriously.
Sometimes I'd like to write a snippet where Louise summons Davesprite, but I'm not good enough at English, or at wordplay, to write him.
edited 2nd Dec '12 1:42:30 AM by Medinoc
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."I've only ever seen a lame oneshot where she summons Dave, but I really wanna see what John and his thoroughly fucked-up brand of charisma would do to Halk.
A True Lady's Quest - A Jojo is You!I eventually found the will to give it a try:
"Welcome milady. How can I help you?
- I am looking for a sword, for my familiar here.
- Well then, can I interest you in this fine Germanian blade?"
The shopkeeper hefted an impressive bastard sword, and handed it to the black-eyed parody of an angel. Louise watched her familiar make a few passes with it, still awed by his speed.
"oh man this is beautiful
it is just perfect
a regal for the eyes
it will look fine on the wall
but truth be told id prefer a real sword
- Wha—? What do you mean? This is the finest—
- oh sir please stop embarrassing yourself
and embarrassing me and getting me worried about my looks
do i really look like the moron you think i am
trust me i have seen a lot of unbelievably shitty swords in my life
and this is one of them
its all good looks and no resistance
one swing and it will break in half
dont call me picky i can do great things with half a sword
but on the second swing it will break at the hilt
whats left of the blade will do an acrobatic fuckin pirouette off the handle
and i will have wasted money thats not even mine"
Louise's eyes flared up at these words. She turned to the shopkeeper, who was now visibly worried.
"Wait a minute, did you just try to rip me off?"
The ghostly winged figure tuned out the shopkeeper's rambling that he had no idea, was obviously ripped off by his own supplier, and how did that get in there, and calmly inspected other swords in the shop. He picked a rusty one, played with it a bit, and swung the flat of its blade against the stone doorframe, a resounding "clang!" startling the other two people in the room.
"H-hey! What are you doing?
- yo louise check out this baby from the bargain bin
- What, this sword rusted to the core?
- thats exactly where youre wrong honey
its a bit rusty on the surface but the core is fine
like the peanut in an old chocolate candy
the outer crust took the brunt of the sick beats of the clock
what i have in my hand here is a veteran thats seen a lot of action
battered and bruised but nothing a quick trip to the forge wont fix
each dent is like a wrinkle on this old timer's forehead
yearning to ride into battle once more
and i shall be its steed"
The respite from the epic monologue was short; the smartass customer only took a deep breath, holding the sword to his face, before getting back to work:
"theres too much rust here to smell the blood
but this blade is a fucking warsong
waiting to be bellowed by a thousand mouths
this sword has crushed its enemies
seen them driven before it
and heard the lamentations of their women
and its about to find out
that the true best thing in life
is the expert touch of my hands
- Must I understand that you like it? Everything you say is so drowned in sarcasm that I can't tell anymore...
- yeah this is some sweet gear i love it
- Great! Now shut up or my promise to buy it is void. Hey you! Tell me how much you want for it, before he starts rambling again!
edited 6th Dec '12 7:29:07 AM by Medinoc
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."Had an idea where Louise summons Jecht. Who, according to the Trope Pantheons, is the Memetic Sex God. Hilarity Ensues. Or at least it attempts to ensue.
If anyone is interested, I've started troping Surrogate of Zero. Wiki Magic is still needed.
Are there any stories where Saito is a Badass Normal, wizard, werewolf, or otherwise extranormal?
Most stories that want to go in that general direction do so by simply replacing Saito with another character. (Seriously, I've read, like, one ZnT fic total that preserves Saito as the summon, and I do somewhat follow the fandom.)
Shinigan (Naruto fanfic)I remember there's one that keeps him himself... except he's from an Earth with mecha and futuristic tech, who luckily enough happens to arrive like a day before a United Nations colonization team stumbles across the planet Halkeginia is on. Cue running out onto the lawn in a panic, waving frantically at every cam-bot he can see. Kid ends up the official translator, what with the silence-spell-gone-awry allowing him to understand both sides of the conversation.
edited 29th Jan '13 6:33:47 PM by FurikoMaru
A True Lady's Quest - A Jojo is You!I saw one where he was raised to be an Assassin but I didn't read too much of it because it didn't seem too serious and it was a dead fic. Here it is if you want to look at it.
Unclouded TJ: Taking Bunny-Ears Lawyer too literally.I've hit a dead wall here in my fic (linky in my signature). My Saito is a Spartan 3 from the Halo franchise (quite frankly sounds ALOT like the protagonist from FMP) and I'm up to the post-Guiche duel part. I'm really thinking of introducing the make-up of Tristain's nobility and the country's political system with the royalty as being a centralised state as opposed to a feudal system. I'm writing when Siesta is being sold to Mott but the problem is how to make my character actually relate to Siesta and actually motivated in undergoing a rescue mission to help her. This has been wracking my brain as I already planned that Saito to go on a mission special warfare style with a body count. I'm setting this up for a {{What the Hell, Hero?}} moment that affects future events.
So...help please?
Edit: I can't seem to link words :/
edited 30th Jan '13 5:28:31 AM by Exterminatus
For Glorious Sociopathy! Peace Through Firepower! My Halo/ Foz crossover fic http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7082058/1/Spartan_of_ZeroI presume you refer to Sousuke Sagara?
Yep.
For Glorious Sociopathy! Peace Through Firepower! My Halo/ Foz crossover fic http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7082058/1/Spartan_of_ZeroIs the fic half as funny as FMP is?
No idea. I'm trying to write it serious with *some* humour here and there. to be honest, I have SOME vague idea of where my story is heading. But its too disorganised. I really should've planned this further.
For Glorious Sociopathy! Peace Through Firepower! My Halo/ Foz crossover fic http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7082058/1/Spartan_of_ZeroHehehe, you got post 117.
XD
Don't know if that counts as puny :p
For Glorious Sociopathy! Peace Through Firepower! My Halo/ Foz crossover fic http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7082058/1/Spartan_of_ZeroMetal Gear characters!
Specifically, the ones in Metal Gear Rising. Imagine either "Jetstream" Samuel "Minuano" Rodrigues (either after or before Armstrong cut his arm off) or Raiden (with the infinite energy wig) being summoned to Halkegenia.
I can imagine Sam enjoying himself there, and Raiden being quite cranky.
A stranger is like the shadows.It is so common to the world everyone will just ignore them.I can't imagine Jetstream Sam's storyline playing out much differently from Ezio Auditore's, and we've already got the perfectly serviceable On The Wings Of An Eagle.
What's precedent ever done for us?True, and it would be difficult to top the ones starring Emiya Shirou, Alex Mercer, Jack from Bioshock and Ezio.
Then again, aren't all those basically follow the same storyline from the manganime, with changes to some parts? It's not like it's wrong to Follow the Leader, if the leader is a damn good one.
If Pre-Armstrong!Sam was summoned, he would definitely do something. But if Desperado!Sam (the one with the cyber arm) was summoned, he just wouldn't give a shit about it all.
I read on FF about where Blade Wolf was the one summoned. However, the author changed a lot of things about him. Physically, I mean. With making him able to assume human form and all that jazz... It ruins Wolf's uniqueness imo.
A stranger is like the shadows.It is so common to the world everyone will just ignore them.And Unfamiliar is more or less officially dead. ;_;
At least there is still Zero Shock...
edited 15th May '13 6:53:42 AM by dRoy
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.A Prototype crossover?!
Holy shit, must read.
edited 15th May '13 6:58:59 AM by kay4today
I tell you, outside of The Hill of Swords, it is THE best ZNT crossover fic period.
edited 15th May '13 7:00:26 AM by dRoy
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Had the idea to make Saito a SPARTAN-III. In a romantic comedy. So pretty much an espy of Sosuke.