@Napoleon: I would argue that it makes a certain amount of sense that he might have been told that there are no "evil wizards" and believe it, if only because one of Negi's character traits that keeps showing up in the early stories is that he believes what people tell him. He gets taken in by Konoka's phony fortune telling right up until she's explicitly describing Asuna. He believes the Narutaki's stories about competitive strolling. And he believes Asakura's claims that she's had a change of heart and just wants to help.
Now, the question then becomes why the teachers at Meridiana tell him that. Well, here again there might be a "just a kid" factor. Adults often tell children morally uplifting lies. When I was about Negi's age, watching a cartoon, my mother took the opportunity to use what I was watching to demonstrate the point that "good will always triumph over evil". (Do I need to say what I think of that perspective now, at thirty-six?) Other times I was told that if I just ignore bullies, they'll go away. (Great advice. Commercials that advise people to report bullies these days just make me laugh and laugh and laugh.)
So encouraging a belief that there are no "evil wizards" — or at least that all professionally trained wizards are basically "good" — might not be all that unlikely.
edited 27th Sep '11 1:01:48 PM by Darkenning
If you won't I'll slit your throat/Won't you please be nice?My personal take on in my various canons is that Negi (and Nelly, for what it's worth), are aware that wizards exist who use magic for evil, but that the knowledge doesn't impact his day to day life until he actually interacts with them. Sort of like how most people view serial killers; we know they're out there, but we don't consciously think about it much unless it's immediately relevant.
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Yes, but then again, we don't teach children magic, which goes far beyond the ken of what we usually teach children in schools in terms of demand for responsibility and danger potential, even when that magic isn't directly oriented to attack and offensive. Hey, even the Harry Potter society at least addresses the topic to its children (Defense against Dark Arts, after all), and they're usually much more obtuse than the Negima magecracy (although sometimes, I wonder if the Potterverse is really that much worse in that regard).
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Hey, it won't have Yuuna, but it'll have other extra players to make up for it!
And keep an eye out for the winner. You might not see it coming.
Well, yeah, but I personally don't like the lasting effects that the crossover with Decadent Habits has made on her character so early in the "manga canon" period; if it were post-manga, I wouldn't have batted an eye. It's your fic in the end, though.
And I thought there wasn't any winner in the canon version.... Well, technically they all lost because the real Negi wasn't there in the first place.
edited 27th Sep '11 3:45:47 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Part of Yuuna's character arc is growing out of her trauma and going back to being a more spirited person. She'll get better, although she might get worse before she does.
In canon, technically, Nodoka won. In this story, she might or not win. But I can guarantee she'll leave Kyoto owning a certain magical book.
edited 27th Sep '11 3:48:15 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
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<looks skeptical, but shrugs in acceptance>
... Oh right. She did, didn't she? I forgot that they finally met the real him when he came back, and Yue "accidentally" tripped her. Sneaky Yue is sneaky.
Either works fine.
BTW, I feel tempted to make it so kissing a paper clone doesn't create an useless mock card, but a slightly less useless, although still mostly dud, Suka Card.
Random comment/speculation on Nerima! (you know, this is surprisingly entertaining to think about)
- M!Ako would probably The Medic expy. And yes, he would scare hell out of his comrades. Again.
- M!Yuuna would wear Waistcoat of Style and one of those Mafia longcoat with nice hat. She would either dual wield revolvers or the chicago typewriter
- M!Chachamaru would make a reference toward Black Butler in some way or another. Hmm...Eva as Ciel...doesn't sound too bad.
- I say Manuel should take some notes from Roberta, just because.
Unequally-2814 snippet. Set before and after the fortune telling scene. I figure people will need something since 3-A didn't exactly het specific fortunes:
"Oh, is there someone you like, Sawa-chan?" Haruna asked.
Chibi-Nodoka and -Yue perked up a little, morbidly curious despite themselves. Did their Haruna in fact like someone? After all, if she did, statistical probability said that person was most likely Negi… or Emiya-san… or Yuuno-kun… or Nanoha-chan… or Yue herself… or—
Actually, there were a LOT of choices…
Deathnote laughed. "Eh, I don't have time for something like that, Paru-sama! I have to work on my manga, world domination, and my sideline as a magical girl! Romance just complicates things. So doth it sayeth in the Most Holy Scriptures!"
She pulled out a vellum-inscribed copy of the Evil Overlord List, complete with the amendment articles for henchmen, mad scientists and evil queens.
The other two (out of four) Ala Alba librarians facepalmed.
Haruna nodded solemnly. "Ah! Truly you are versed in the ways of ebil…"
Deathnote turned to the others. "Well?"
Yue took a breath to say they had no time for such silliness, that it was unofficial United Magical Girl Association Policy to not try to do and divination regarding anyone else in the group (spawned not by an incident involving Negi, but rather that time Hayate caught Sailor Pluto trying to time-scan Yuuno ((and yes, Negi too))…), that they should be planning on looking for whatever it was that had Evangeline singing like a bird… and deflated. "Eh, why not? It should be interesting to see how spot-on they are…"
Twilight and Calculator looked at each other and shrugged. "Eh, it's not like we can have a riot with so few people," Chibi-Asuna said.
"Let's go!" Maga Alba cried, dragging Angel GA Rd behind her.
"Have fun, Yu-chan!" Matoi called. "May the DEEP LOVE be with you!"
The apparently-older-but-actually-younger Chisame blinked at her in surprise. "What, don't you want to know what your fortune is?"
"I don't need to," Matoi said, and glomped her. "MY FORTUNE IS TO ALWAYS BE WITH CHISAME-SAMA!-!-!"
Hakase's eyebrow twitched. Sakurako's did so as well in response.
Evangeline sniffed. Her nose went 'TSUN'! "Idiots and children, all," she said derisively. There was a beat. "Wait for me!"
Erebus smiled. It was nice to see the master enjoying herself. She deserved it.
Now, if only Chachamaru were here…
Back in Mahora…
"Achoo," Chachamaru said. "Excuse me."
The local Evangeline stared. "Did you just sneeze?" she asked, blinking.
"In order to better simulate humans, I have made a program to randomly make me sneeze. It helps authenticity."
Honami's breakdown scene
There was a knock on the door some time later. Cautiously, Honami opened the door, her left hand covered by a bandage so she'll never accidentally read it again. On the other side were several little girls, and a strangely blank-faced teenager. "Yes?"
"Um, excuse me, but how long will you be closed?" a cute one who kinda reminded of that white-eyed ninja girl from that manga.
Honami looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief at not seeing those… those… those… ugh, she couldn't think of anything bad enough to call them, and 'Twilight-fans' seemed overkill. "Ah, I suppose I can open back up now. Come in, come in…"
"Yay!" the little pink-haired one cried, dragging the Hinata-alike and an orange-haired girl inside. "Come on, let's get your fortunes!"
Calculator frowned. "Huh, deja vu… doesn't this girl kinda remind you of Hayate-chan?"
Twight Red tilted her head. "A little… except, you know, without the obsessive Magic Knights and wheelchair…"
Evangeline casually walked into the store behind them, trying not to be noticed.
"All right!" Honami said, "who's first?"
Both Yue and Haruna pushed Nodoka forward. Honami blinked.
"She's shy," Yue explained.
Honami nodded in understanding and took the girl's trembling hand. After a moment, she pried it open. "Ah, let's see… you clearly already have someone you love in your life… oh, and you're so young too, that's unusual… but to be with him, you'll need to be able to control great fear… help him deal with long-standing anger issues… you'll need lots of patience and…" She blinked in confusion. "Protect the Earth from an army of Super-powered space zombies?
"Hah, that's funny, onee-chan!" Haruna said, dragging a blushing and slightly confused Nodoka back and shoving Yue forward. "Do her next!"
"You make it sound so sordid," Yue grumbled as she reluctantly proffered her hand.
Honami took it a bit shakily, deciding she might have misread that last. After all, 'protect Earth from super-powered space-zombies' was a lot like 'direct a summer blockbuster hit'. She focused on the next girl, deciding to be more vague and brightened. "Ah! Interesting… you will have many lovers…"
"I DON'T HAVE A HAREM!" Yue snapped out of reflex.
Honami blinked.
"Sorry, please continue," Yue said, blushing deeply.
"Ahem," Honami said, wondering if she'd made a mistake opening up again so soon. "Anyway… you shall live an interesting life, balancing love and career… your lovers shall be famous people all, international celebrities! Ooh, no messy celebrity divorces or big public breakups, that's good to know… your most devoted lover shall be so close to you they'll be able to read your mind like an open book… but your most ardent lover shall always love you unceasingly, even if they don't seem like it and are going all Tsundere on you… and your love life shall be known thousands of years into the future, spawning many books, movies and historical AU fanfics!"
"Th-that's hardly appropriate to tell a child," Yue said twitchily. Haruna had her evil cat-smile on, and was chuckling malevolently.
I'm doing most of my girls, since there are only a few. Erebus doesn't get one, as he's with Negi. OM, maybe you could mention how 'Nelly' is always with Negi and how jealous it's making the girls?
edited 27th Sep '11 5:37:25 PM by SCMof2814
Well as I've said before, I'm in the process of writing out an epic criss-crossover RP and I wanna sneak in some power rangers.
Anyone got advise over a descent resource for exactly what ranger has what power
And no, I don't mean TV Tropes
You know you want to add loveI figure that'd be my last resort. I wondered if there was a simpler method
You know you want to add loveThat's a task not even I'M up to.
And I marathoned two season of Nanoha over the course of a WEEK
You know you want to add love

.... That sounded so much less lame in my head. >_<
edited 27th Sep '11 12:27:35 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.