How can we be sure? We know nothing about Darkenning's past. For all we know, he could be... AN ANIMATOR!
himitsu keisatsu
He's the animator that deanimates.
He's the regulator that deregulates.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
It's possible. Although I don't think he was the person that wrote that storyboard.
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Well, no, it wasn't made by Darkenning, 'cause I'm sure Darkenning would never give his name out in public to be linked to it, and the guy who made it did come out and said he made it.
Note: Vaan is a moron. And he also outright admits that his reasons for following the party are pretty much entirely selfish, since he's just running away from his problems. At least he has gained some degree of good will by being the one to bring out Balthier's wit and Basch's What face.
edited 16th Apr '14 3:20:42 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
"EEEEK!!! CATS!!" "Setsuna? Chill out."
Was looking at random internets, founds something that might deserve a one shot.
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To: Mahora Academy Sciences Department
From: Mahora Academy Robotics Research Department
CC:
Um, guys? The trapdoor prank
in the elevator got Hakase yesterday.
She's been giggling to herself since. Better watch your backs.
"By the way, Arika-sama," Haruna asked. "They kept you all day and night long with that straightjacket on while you were in that cell, right? So how did you—"
"I pissed on myself. I had to," Arika said even and calmly, looking down at her cup of tea.
Haruna blanked out as the other girls stared daggers at her.
—-
My Emo Stage.
Back when that subculture was a popular thing, and depressed over never being able to find Evangeline-sama, Karin started wearing all black, listening to horrible wailing music, and drinking a lot of coffee with pills.
Then she sat on her bed with a knife and started applying it to her arm.
"Oh. Right. There's that," she told herself after trying her first cut.
Seeing she wasn't really cut out for that, and she really hated that music anyway, she walked out and bought herself new clothes.
Oh for God's sake!
I don't get why the girls are angry at Haruna.
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I'm scared.
I would love it if that became cannon
Uh, asking someone painful and humiliating questions that bring up unpleasant memories is generally looked down upon by decent human beings.
edited 16th Apr '14 4:37:20 PM by SkormSnow-Strider
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Haruna: "I was gonna ask how you masturbated... Ewww..."
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
"———— mastur— What's that?"
"Okay, this definitely isn't Decadent Habits."
Now I really want to write something where Arika is naive as hell in all sex related matters and she and Nagi basically fumbled their way into conceiving Negi. But maybe it's something SCM could pull off better.
On that topic.
The girls looked expectantly at the naked, flushed Negi lying on his back in the middle of the circle they had formed.
They turned to look at Haruna.
"I-I-I-I actually don't know! There are these black bars covering the most important bits, and they have grown thicker since I started, so I don't remember... Evangeline?"
She bit her lower lip painfully. "It's been too long... TOO LONG... Stupid Nagi...! Nodoka?"
Nodoka already had fainted, so she wasn't a lot of help.
Madoka sighed and looked at Chamo. "Chamo-san?"
"I think you're supposed to rub your panties on his face and down there, and then you get babies."
"Okay, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work THAT way!" Asuna snapped. "Chisame? The Internet is for porn anyway!"
"Hello! Traumatic first experience in the Net, remember? I've stayed in the clear path since! Granted, it's like navigating through a mined field, but... Ask Kakizaki! She has actual experience!"
"Actually, my boyfriend bandaged my eyes right before every time, so..."
"Too much information," Yue said. "Maybe we should just let Shiina-san go with it first, and let her luck show us—"
"I believe it's done by grabbing a negi stalk and then—"
"No, Naba-san, NO!" they chorused.
And then Satsuki, quietly, stepped ahead in the buff, cracked her fingers together expertly, and, with the same stoical, serene face, showed them all.
It's always the quiet ones.
edited 16th Apr '14 7:38:16 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
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And that's yet another reason why Satsuki is best gal.
Also, no 'Ask Your Mother' gag?
edited 16th Apr '14 7:49:23 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Yes, fumbled it is basically how I see Arika. My headcanon is Negi got his workaholic nature from her.
Pretty sure that's canon actually. He couldn't be more different from Nagi the drop out if he tried.
edited 16th Apr '14 7:59:54 PM by SkormSnow-Strider
He was a bit Nagi-like in the epilogue, at least in how he seemed to basically wander around on his own most of the time while sometimes getting in touch with the old friends. Not an interpretation I particularly like, but.
World's Cutest Direwolf
If that bit in Kosmo Entelechia is any guide, Negi got most of his personality from his mother.
Which is a bit weird, since she had no hand at all in his formation, and he didn't even know the first thing about her. Why yes, I'm a Nurture over Nature theorist. I suppose you could say both Nekane and Takamichi ALSO were more like Arika than like Nagi, though.
Assuming the illusion is accurate, those two seem weirdly formal with one another, which is rather uncanny. I almost have to wonder how much he would interact with his family, given that.
edited 16th Apr '14 8:21:10 PM by SkormSnow-Strider
I wonder, what would the UQ Holder characters see in the Eternal Garden?
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Touta. All of them. All the time.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
World's Cutest Direwolf
Touta: His friends up on the elevator. He'd wake up quickly.
Kuroumaru: His tribe not being shits.
Karin: Evangeline wearing nothing but a sultry smile.
Haven't seen enough of the rest to make a call.
No, remember this was the place where good things happen.
Decent characterization...or a transfer to a different series.
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This is UQ Holder. Nothing good happens in UQ Holder. It's only... Touta.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
I don't think SCM really meant that Darkenning worked on Rugrats, just that the storyboard seemed like something Darkenning would write.