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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233101: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:26:54 AM

yes

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233102: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:28:09 AM

[up][up]He uses them in stories and matches.

This is more of IRL wrestling thing but it works like this:

Wrestler X: "I don't like you."

Wrestler Y: "I don't like you. Let's fight."

Then they wrestle a match.

Note, this is just an example and, in the VGCW itself (and wrestling as a whole), it's a little bit more complex.

edited 24th Feb '14 9:31:19 AM by ChrissieMcNapkins

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233103: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:30:59 AM

However, there's much more going on behind the scenes.

The typical cute mascot things are in fact a race of emotionless hivemind creatures with advanced technology, and are trying to prevent the destruction of the universe via heat death/entropy. (This is an actual theory in real life. Look it up if you can, no way in hell I'm explaining that too.) To do this, they would need to break the laws of physics — something that magic, a thing they've discovered, can do. Unfortunately, being emotionless whatsits, they cannot use it.

Still with me?

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233104: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:33:58 AM

ohshit

go on

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233105: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:34:17 AM

go on

this is enjoyable

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233106: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:39:36 AM

They're pretty boned until they discover humanity. Not only do we have lots of nice illogical emotions and are naive enough to not question their motives, they're perfect for doing the magic thing. Especially young people, and even more especially young girls, since they usually develop faster emotionally than boys, and still maintain their naivete.

Still with me? Here's where things get screwy.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233107: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:40:12 AM

go on

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233108: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:42:52 AM

yes go on

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233109: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:48:03 AM

The way energy is harvested is by creating magical girls, and then destroying them.

When a magical girl makes a wish, it is granted... but granted just how they asked it. 99% of the time, they wind up worse off because of it. On top of that, they turn them into Soul Gems — basically, materia, as the fic is clever enough to note, but more in-depth than that. They essentially rip their souls out of their bodies and turn them into their Soul Gems, disguised as simple typical Transformation Trinkets, with the body being a meat puppet controlled by the gem that will go inactive if it is taken far enough away and reanimate when in close proximity.

Still with me? We're not done yet.

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#233110: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:48:50 AM

Bored, one hour until class, want to make shitty draws in the meantime. What to draw?

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233111: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:50:11 AM

so basically

[up]draw disco breen

because why not

edited 24th Feb '14 9:50:36 AM by thespacephantom

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233112: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:50:50 AM

Magical boy!Cloud.

Something with Shinji?

[up]Mostly.

edited 24th Feb '14 9:51:33 AM by GameSpazzer

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233113: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:51:17 AM

whoa

[up][up][up]draw rennor as Shakespeare

edited 24th Feb '14 9:52:35 AM by ChrissieMcNapkins

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233114: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:57:34 AM

Combined with the emotional strain of fighting Witches constantly, the fact that they aren't permitted to talk about it, and the thing they wished for the most corrupted and twisted to make them miserable and driving them to despair, sometimes without any additonal tweaking, they break. Figuratively and literally. Their Soul Gems shatter and are corrupted fully, transforming them into Witches for other magical girls to fight, continuing the cycle automatically. And, in addition to this, the energy produced upon the emotional destruction of the human soul is phenomenal — and helps to stave off entropy, thereby preserving the universe. The Witches themselves are irrelevant to it. You know, like with nuclear fission, but with emotional trauma.

So given Cloud's instabilities and emotional fragility, incredible magic potential, his young age and desperation, and the fact that the world appears to be ending here, he's prime Soul Gem fodder.

Does that explain it?

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233115: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:58:44 AM

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

i get it now

kinda

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233116: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:00:05 AM

ok so that is actually a super rad plot twist

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233117: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:00:20 AM

TLDR; Implied fatality via mindfucking.

Hm... I think I finally know how to round off the arc I'm planning.

[up]Indeed. I'd finish watching it if I had the attenton span for Magical Girl stuff.

The artwork for the Witches is incredible. If nothing else, watch it for that.

edited 24th Feb '14 10:01:18 AM by GameSpazzer

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233118: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:02:08 AM

/人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233119: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:02:37 AM

Indeed.

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#233120: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:05:47 AM

Problem is though how powerful a Magical Girl, and eventual Witch will be is determined by an invisible value of the strings of fate tied around you. Its the reason Madoka was able to become a God, and change the universe. Cloud being the most unhappy person ever and a protagonist that nearly destroyed/saved the world, would make a Witch that would wreck everyone's shit regardless.

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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#233121: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:06:23 AM

i'd watch madoka

but

it just looks boring

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#233122: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:08:47 AM

Touché.

A little, I guess. It's why I didn't finish. It's absolutely gorgeous, though, and the characters and story are great, too.

edited 24th Feb '14 10:09:37 AM by GameSpazzer

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#233123: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:13:05 AM

The ending is really cool even if you know about it. I won't ruin it, but I'll say that its bittersweet.

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#233124: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:14:45 AM

does it turn out that it's all just a dream

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#233125: Feb 24th 2014 at 10:18:15 AM

No. That would be stupid.

...Five hours to next class. Jesus shit I'm bored.

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