2013-02-19, 23:31 | Link #37542 |
Goat Herder
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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When I can. I had a pretty good start at the school semester, and then workload and sickness stomped all over that. All I've got to my name for publishing lately is my first short, the Nanoha/Arisa confession.
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2013-02-23, 00:32 | Link #37547 |
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Unlike many other characters made to replace Saito, the Wolkenritter actually WOULD obey like dogs and not protest about it. If Louise hesitated to treat them like drones, they might actually TELL her that it's her right to treat them like slaves!
Louise is a mixed bag of good and bad traits, raised in a society of terrible power imbalances, as well as traditions regarding familiars and obedience which are very unfortunate in this situation. She's not equipped to avoid making very bad choices, here, or even recognize them as such. Basically, it took someone UNREASONABLY good and mature (and humbly, desperately lonely) to make the Wolkenritter human again, and Louise is not that girl. Louise is likely no different from many of the more tolerable masters the Wolkenritter have served. Would she shy away from having Linker Cores harvested from her countrymen? Yes. But her country has enemies, and enemies are "acceptable targets". The Wolkenritter will be cautious about starting a war through unprovoked attacks, because that would make their master an enemy within her own country as well as everywhere else... But we all know that war is coming ANYWAY, and that provides Louise and the knights all the excuses they need. Hayate just wanted a family. But Louise has always wanted more power. Just so many ways this looks destined to go horribly wrong. |
2013-02-23, 00:39 | Link #37549 |
Goat Herder
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Well. Just remember: There are no happy endings with the Book of Darkness.
To be completely honest, I had intended this as a one-shot. But now, after posting it, my muse has gone out of control with inspiration on how to continue it, so... I don't know. I already have a lot on my plate that I simply must get finished (Raiser in particular will gut me if I don't continue The State of Affairs)... but hell, something's coming together. I blame this on Nanya. I really do.
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2013-02-23, 04:32 | Link #37550 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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And Fix the damn thing.... But unfortunately, unless Seista is Chrono's great grand niece (if you dump Chrono's father to Halkegenia after the Arc-en-Ciel blast) and Knows about Mid-childa and Belkan magic system, together with device maintenance for both system. No one will be able to know the magic system the Wolkenritter uses.
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2013-02-23, 07:39 | Link #37552 | |
Adeptus Animus
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The relationship between Louise and Saito is an exception rather than the rule. Louise has stated, in person, that she sees it as a Noble's duty to protect commoners. Saito just gets whipped all the time because... well... it's Saito. The guy who's as dense as a brick, perverted and a known playboy who goes after other girls even after confessing his love to Louise. People love to shove the blame for Saito's whipping on Louise, but Saito carries at least half the blame himself. So what does this mean for the Wolkenritter? Well, for one, their relationship would be quite different by the sheer difference of three of them being girls. Second, this was clearly some magical ritual, not just another "Louise failed at spellcasting because Zero." And third, and most importantly, Louise summoned a talking wolfman and three mages. Not a commoner, but mages. Louise treated Saito like an ordinary commoner because that's what he was in Halk terms. The Wolkenritter are not. They can use magic and are therefore nobility. To treat them like commoners would be the last thing on the mind of someone who was trained from birth to respect and uphold the rules. |
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2013-02-23, 11:35 | Link #37554 | |
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At least the characters that replaces Saito are alot more better and it's for the LULZ and/or Badassness... XD
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2013-02-23, 15:56 | Link #37555 | |||
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I'm fairly sure that many of the Book's former master were not monstrous villains. Many of them were members of some nation, and that nation had enemies, and often there was open war. Enemies are acceptable targets during war. Quote:
But the fact is that she is not Hayate, and Hayate is what the Wolkenritter needed. However, in fairness I must admit that if Uminari had been under attack by hostile mages and the Wolkenritter were the only thing around to stand in their way, even Hayate would have reconsidered her stance on stealing linker cores. It's simple: A mage must still be alive to have a core to harvest (Signum could not harvest the desert worm that Fate killed), and a mage with a harvested core is rendered significantly less threatening. Therefore, if the Wolkenritter are fighting to harvest cores, they are fighting to incapacitate rather than kill. It also gives the Wolkenritter something they want, and they would insist on doing it. The fact that it might also help Hayate's own health without needing to prey on unacceptable targets would surely factor into her decision, because Hayate DOES want to be healthy. Quote:
Are the Wolkenritter mages if they insist they are merely tools to be used by their master? Are they mages if they were created rather than born? If they were, they would immediately reveal this fact to reinforce the idea that they are merely tools. Even aside from that, I imagine the Wolkenritter rather started inviting their masters to treat them like machines. A perverse way of keeping themselves from feeling hope, and therefore having it broken. If they convince their masters they are just machines, they can keep on believing that themselves, and they don't have to fear gaining any hope or dignity that can be lost. An abuse victim daring you to hit her, because she expects you to hit her; expects it so much that she gets nervous when you don't. |
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2013-02-23, 16:38 | Link #37556 | |
Big Damn Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2011
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As I'm being lazy to post it again, here's a summary of a Louise BoD summon I had thought in Spacebattles some months ago:
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Also, there's a good chance of Louise making her life mission to make a more permanent cure for the Book. She'll understand after some battles and character development this is a trouble it won't vanish immediatly with her death, even if the Book vanished from her homeworld forever. Finally, the Book is a magical library. Let that idea sink for a while. |
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2013-02-23, 17:13 | Link #37558 |
Big Damn Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2011
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As (I think) I mentioned, I'm mostly reusing a post of mine. The lot of thought I gave was some time ago and not related to your oneshot specifically (I just found it relevant to repost).
Also I played once quest of Louise summoning the Book from before its name changed to Book of Darkness: it was interesting seeing an upbeat Unison device in contrast to the defeatist and then calm and resigned to die Reinforce. |
2013-02-23, 20:15 | Link #37560 | |
Goat Herder
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For a response to part of your post, I'll say this: in this case, only the Book of Darkness/Reinforce would be Gandalfr, as while Louise summoned the Book, the Book summoned the Wolkenritter and since they're all their own entities, so to speak, they'd be excluded from the Gandalfr contract.
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