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Offsides
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Jun-16-15, 07:58 PM (EST) |
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"Lightwalker"
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Hoo boy. Corwin's gonna be even more posed. I'm wondering what the penalty for an Aes killing one of the Vanir is. He's got plenty of cause, and she did break into his realm intent on killing one of its guardians... One nagging question: what happened to her? Baker stopped her and then there's no mention of her further, as though she just disappeared... Offsides [...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- David Ben Gurion EPU RCW #π #include <stdsig.h> |
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Matrix Dragon
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Jun-16-15, 08:34 PM (EST) |
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1. "RE: Lightwalker"
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For a while now, I've been hoping that Freyja would get the classic Eyrie 'villain realises they're in the wrong and comes to their senses' story arc. At this point though, I think that, like Touga before her, there's no part of her soul left that wants to be saved. Another victory for Akio. On two fronts, depending on how the political fallout from this one settles. Not a good day for the heroes at all. Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter |
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Gryphon
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Jun-16-15, 09:16 PM (EST) |
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2. "RE: Lightwalker"
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-16-15 AT 09:20 PM (EDT) >One nagging question: what happened to her? Baker stopped her and then >there's no mention of her further, as though she just disappeared... (Baker Goldenlight, Æs of pastry products.) For the rest of that scene (which is only about another minute, at that point), she just sort of stands there. Her job's done. They'll have to figure out what to do with her once they've finished finding out what the hell else is going on. In the meantime, Balder's still standing right there. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Silversword
Member since Jan-4-05
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Jun-16-15, 10:36 PM (EST) |
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4. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>>One nagging question: what happened to her? Baker stopped her and then >>there's no mention of her further, as though she just disappeared... > >(Baker Goldenlight, Æs of pastry products.) Baker Goldencrust. ;) ~Silv' Alas, I suspect pastry to be Freyja's nemesis in the same vein that rationality is her ally. |
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Verbena
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Jun-17-15, 08:27 AM (EST) |
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9. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>>One nagging question: what happened to her? Baker stopped her and then >>there's no mention of her further, as though she just disappeared... > >For the rest of that scene (which is only about another minute, at >that point), she just sort of stands there. Her job's done. > >They'll have to figure out what to do with her once they've finished >finding out what the hell else is going on. In the meantime, Balder's >still standing right there. Certainly, she stopped because Balder showed up. I admit to being a little fuzzy as to why, however. Did he actually use a power to negate her anger, or did she stop because she realized he could whoop her? There's some nuance there I'm not getting. I'm sure we'll find that she's been communicating (and doubtless a whole lot else) with Akio, however. She has all sorts of buttons to push, naturally, and he's the expert at pushing buttons. She didn't unravel like this on her own. ------ Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her |
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Nova Floresca
Member since Sep-13-13
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Jun-17-15, 10:27 AM (EST) |
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10. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>Certainly, she stopped because Balder showed up. I admit to being a >little fuzzy as to why, however. Did he actually use a power to negate >her anger, or did she stop because she realized he could whoop her? >There's some nuance there I'm not getting. > >I'm sure we'll find that she's been communicating (and doubtless a >whole lot else) with Akio, however. She has all sorts of buttons to >push, naturally, and he's the expert at pushing buttons. She didn't >unravel like this on her own. I'm guessing the first bit is connected to the second here- Freyja might be coming (more) unhinged, but she isn't so far in Akio's pocket that she's going to openly defy one of the Aesir. Not to mention she came in with the sorcerous equivalent of guns blazing- even if she could and would fight Balder, she probably doesn't have the ability to do so at the moment. "This is probably a stupid question, but . . ." |
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ebony14
Member since Jul-11-11
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Jun-17-15, 04:41 PM (EST) |
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14. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>>Certainly, she stopped because Balder showed up. I admit to being a >>little fuzzy as to why, however. Did he actually use a power to negate >>her anger, or did she stop because she realized he could whoop her? >>There's some nuance there I'm not getting. > >Well, he's Balder. She kind of can't hurt him. Literally. It's a >Norse mythology thing. Well, she could, but where does one find mistletoe at this time of year? Ebony the Black Dragon Presuming that Frigga didn't corner the poor plant post Ragnarök and extract the promise she didn't get prior to that whole kerfuffle. "Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard." |
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drakensis
Member since Dec-20-06
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Jun-18-15, 02:37 AM (EST) |
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18. "RE: Lightwalker"
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Does Cephiro fall under that oath now that Corwin is the Pillar? Because if not, Balder would be surrounded by people and things that _could_ hurt him if Freyja used them as weapons. (On the other hand he's still a Norse God. Killing those doesn't happen easily). It'd be... darkly amusing to see reactions if he'd wound up with a black eye as a result of Freyja throwing a blunt object at him. D. |
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Mephron
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Feb-04-19, 09:58 AM (EST) |
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41. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>Well, he's Balder. She kind of can't hurt him. Literally. It's a >Norse mythology thing. I forgot to mention this way, way back when it came out, but that's why when he stops her sword with his hand, you just get a light "tink" noise, like tapping a glass. He's so unable to be harmed by her that not only did he not get cut by her sword, but all the force of her swipe was also negated. He didn't bruise, he didn't even have his elbow bend from the force it. Absolutely nothing happened. Interestingly, that means that whatever force decides what counts as 'harm' to Baldur, it immediately recognized Ana's prayer as 'not harmful' and let it through for him to decided if he wanted to take that teleport being offered to the school and make it there in a split second. (Obviously, the answer was 'wow, a dark elf? I have to hear this story! Teleport accepted!") -- Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support. "And Remember! Google is your Friend!!" |
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Offsides
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Feb-06-19, 01:10 PM (EST) |
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42. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>He's so unable to be harmed by her that not only did he not get cut by >her sword, but all the force of her swipe was also negated. He didn't >bruise, he didn't even have his elbow bend from the force it. >Absolutely nothing happened. And suddenly I have this image of thousands of physicists looking up, realizing that there's an exception that is outside of literally everything they've ever learned and/or theorized, and screaming as their brains all blue screen at the same time... [...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- David Ben Gurion EPU RCW #π #include <stdsig.h> |
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Zemyla
Member since Mar-26-08
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Feb-07-19, 04:39 PM (EST) |
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44. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>Or from a webcomic panel. > >Student: Professor.. why are you crying? >Physics Professor: I... I don't know. > >(Can't get the comic site from my current position but it's an >early(ish) El Goonish Shive one) I know this one. It's the one where Elliot finds out he's a superhero. Also, it's after Dan has mostly figured out his art style, so it's not that early. Though it's from 8 years ago, holy crap. The inexorable nature of time gives me the sads sometimes. |
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Star Ranger4
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Jun-21-15, 05:19 PM (EST) |
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34. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>I'm sure we'll find that she's been communicating (and doubtless a >whole lot else) with Akio, however. She has all sorts of buttons to >push, naturally, and he's the expert at pushing buttons. She didn't >unravel like this on her own. > No, and its exactly the sort of multi leveled ... umm... ploy that both Akio and his "boss" (whom us old timers tend to see under every bed ever since Twilight came out) both excel at. And this sort of weapon, while requiring skill, doesn't take much of an investment of effort. Just 'pull the pin' and point it in the direction of your enemies and let it do the rest. Even though at this point Ms. grenade... err, Lightwalker is no longer your friend, the probability of her detonation doing more damage to the enemy than yourself is enough to make the effort to do so more than worthwhile.And here we see yet another of the twists that make UF so fun. First we have Juniper, a child from what reads as a pretty paved over planet, who becomes an Ash Knight and defender of the world Tree, and now Ana, as a Svartelf (sorry, I still think of her mostly as her 'subtype' of 'Drow') as a fellow soldier/servitor/follower of Baldur
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Gryphon
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Jun-21-15, 07:14 PM (EST) |
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35. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>now Ana, as a Svartelf (sorry, I still think of her mostly as her >'subtype' of 'Drow')In the Upper Realms, the two terms are largely synonymous, though the latter is considered pejorative by most people who use it and insulting by the svartelves themselves (as when Peri Took used it in a Shire-casually racialist way in Out of the Blue, an attitude she adopted instinctively but then, to her credit, almost immediately dropped). Compare, well, any number of offensive ethnic/national nicknames - dago, wop, that kind of thing. If a svartelf really wants to stand on ceremony, he or she will insist upon svartálfr, or even the thoroughly archaic dökkálfr ("dark elf"). >as a fellow soldier/servitor/follower of Baldur The technical term is "cleric". Or "priestess" if you wanna be a little less AD&D about it. :) I haven't had a window to show it yet? But that's what she was executed for. Remember when Balder and Frey passed through Svartalfheim on the way to investigate what the hell was going on in Ash Knight? Ana was... shall we say insufficiently revolted by the intrusion? There's a lot of thoughtcrime policing in Svartalfheim. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Droken
Member since May-6-08
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Jun-18-15, 06:21 PM (EST) |
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26. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>>Still, I find it distressing that not only did Freyja's buttons get >>pushed to the point where she wound up killing Clef, but I wonder if >>anyone's ever pointed out to her that AKIO is part svartelf himself? > >You know what, there are a number of people who are >mildly-to-moderately curious about that... *Raises hand* I've been wondering at that myself, and I think we spot a little glimpse of what's up in this piece. Specifically, when Baldur stopped her charge, her initial reaction was...where is it...ah: "shock and incomprehension". Very interesting indeed. I'm personally of the opinion that Freyja's trauma in the past left a much more exploitable hole in her psyche than anyone, her own brother included, would have ever conceived of. Akio, as we are already well aware, is quite adept at exploiting that kind of damage. -Droken "If at first you don't succeed, bull- riding is not for you." |
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discord
Member since Jun-24-07
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Jun-19-15, 10:39 PM (EST) |
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30. "RE: Lightwalker"
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>Anthy, on the other hand, is one wedding ceremony away from being >counted among the Aesir (and her daughter is one Trial away from the >same). Ok, I'll concur with that. But if that's the case why doesn't Freyja have a beef with Urd then? More than once in the past its been mentioned that Urd maybe/kinda/sorta has some svartelf in her own background? I mean, I'm aware of the source material regarding her, but she wouldn't be the first character in the Eryie roster that's had their background/origin turned about 90 degrees on the zorth axis for one reason or another. Maybe they resolved it long ago, or maybe Freyja does/doesn't know, or what have you... As for Annabelle, who knows when or even if she'll follow in Papa-Corwin's footsteps. (You know it'll happen. C'mon, say it with me now: Papa-Corwin, Papa-Utena :P) |
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