Kyon: Big Damn Hero

@Raineh: I thought that the second I read the bit about Haruhi being surprised at how sincere the written confession was. Makes me think maybe Kanae's been wanting an opportunity like this all along.

Also, not that I didn't have a huge grin on my face when I saw Haruhi pull out the hairpin, but am I the only one that thought Kanae had the hairpin all along?

No.

Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

I thought the only thing Yuki/Haruhi directly changed aboutt her was the chibification and depowering?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

I was surprised that Haruhi didn't just claim that the whole "S-class relationship" was a cover for her actually liking girls. It probably has some truth to it, and telling them about the Big Damn Harem seems riskier.

Also, human natural language sure is bad at precisely conveying many levels of abstraction. That has to be a big reason why Kuyou is so hard to understand.

Haruhi is compulsive. Now that she's talking with people, things have been reined in a lot, but give her chance to plan on her own... XD

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As we've seen before with Haruhi's powers what she directly changes and accidentally changes aren't always the same thing. Take for instance Koizumi's powers. Not even she was aware that she changed them to being always active so long ago. Inadvertently directing Asakura into having a Morality Pet seems small in comparison.

Unclouded TJ: Taking Bunny-Ears Lawyer too literally.

I know, but changing Achakura's attitude to make Nonoko be her Morality Pet seems like Mind Manipulation to me, which was nixed as a solution by Haruhi from the get-go, because she wanted her to keep her free will and develop positive feelings on her own.

edited 27th Feb '12 10:29:40 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Provide the means for Asakura to actually be receptive to that, rather than an immutable stabby wall of doom? Also by accident.

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I'd say that the change in Asakura's attitude could well be by her own free will. The newly-installed ability to feel negative emotions let our chibi interface feel concern, (M.R.) Nonoko was just the first person she felt concern for. And so, on her own free will, Asakura decided to follow through with this concern. That is, made (M.R.) Nonoko's well-being her priority.

As for the exact details, I've always liked the answer given in the last panel of this comic◊. I think there's even a trope for that.

edited 27th Feb '12 10:43:19 AM by TheNobody

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

Okay, but that doesn't seem like altering an "entry vector" to me. Man, Kuyou-speak can be very weird in its metaphors/allegories — no offense to Kuyou-chan, of course!

edited 27th Feb '12 10:49:13 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Remember that Asakura's memetic link is inherited from Shamisen - who spent a good part of his life with Nonoko.

It's really straightforward.

Kyon; He's in his harem, All's right with the world Scratching at the cat box since 1986 while Battling with Dread Shoelace Robots.

No evidence of Haruhi being the actual origin behind that memetic link, though. Kuyou specifically states that Haruhi was the one who made the alteration to Asakura's "entry vector", and the way she puts it makes it sound like Haruhi had no idea that it would be Nonoko who eventually "capture" Asakura in her "orbit".

... Maybe I'm better off asking Durandall himself to translate that part of Kuyou's explantion?

edited 27th Feb '12 11:54:26 AM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Since when did Asakura get anything from Shamisen? Have I forgotten something?

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When she was trying to get to the school with Nonoko's help, remember? She had to turn Shamisen into a Mega Neko.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Umm... not seeing how this correlates to liking Nonoko.

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She heard Nonoko's mother crying out for her daughter shortly after recieving the memetic string from the cat. That's when development of genuine guilt about her actions and protectiviness towards Nonoko occurred.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

... Grafh, do you have any catgirl Asakuras laying around?

EDIT: There, Standard Danbooru NSFW warning! Any others?

edited 28th Feb '12 12:48:16 AM by Agasa

Kyon; He's in his harem, All's right with the world Scratching at the cat box since 1986 while Battling with Dread Shoelace Robots.

Yes there are, both on Danbooru and off. I'll have to post them tomorrow though, it's already past 4 AM here. They will be posted though, just to let people know.

Hurrah!

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If you guys had an Asa(cha)kura on your Android background, how would you like her to be? Full screen (torso) or small and walking around like a screenmate? What would she do?

Too bad; but don't be selfish, if not for yourself, do it for Durandall. Google can help you. Search for "live backgrounds android" or something.

edited 28th Feb '12 7:29:59 AM by Agasa

Kyon; He's in his harem, All's right with the world Scratching at the cat box since 1986 while Battling with Dread Shoelace Robots.

I have no such device. XD

I'm going to continue being selfish; I can't see the appeal of such things. Also, I've got other things to do. >.>

edited 28th Feb '12 7:53:47 AM by RainehDaze

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I'd prefer to be able to switch between the two. For example, mini-Asakura walking around the desktop (maybe pointing at things occasionally), which "zooms in" for important notifications.

Rather than smart, I'd prefer to be wise. It would let me be silly more often.

Speaking about devices and Durandall, in MGLN, there is a Storage Device named Durandall.

(that was uncalled, yes)

edited 28th Feb '12 7:58:55 AM by OneMore

These are just stuff I got from a Danbooru search. I have more but it will have to wait a little bit for when I actually have time to look through the images.

• Ja, shinya?◊
• Mimesis at work.◊
• This artist does everyone as mini-catgirls.◊
• Case in point. Also, cute and alarming at the same time.◊
• Sometimes he goes for a different style though.◊ (there's also a couple of story related strips that go along with this picture, but I'll upload those later, promise).
• Cat ears and bloomers, interesting combo.◊
• More of the same from the artist.◊
• Cat ears and a bedsheet, superior combo with Yuki bonus.◊
• Kitty has claws.◊
• Warning: may give you diabetes.◊
• And if that last one didn't, this one probably will.◊
• Yuki's been into Monster Hunter lately...◊
• Cat ears, cat tail, and zettai ryouiki.◊
• Lovely picture.◊
• Easily qualifies as fetish fuel station attendant.◊
• Full sized Asakura with cat ears.◊
• More diabetes inducing images from a different artist.◊
• Artists really like this particular combo it seems.◊
• Not sure what kind of ears those are on Yuki.◊
• And the last one.◊ For now...

Ah, so this is where the old catgirl image came from.◊

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