64||0|6129|0| 0|0|0|||1||%28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||00:58:56|05/30/2015|%28I like how I%27ve managed to give it not one but two incorrect sequence numbers in the teaser subject headers. Go me%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C this is out now. Figured I%27d put a hook post here to open the discussion%2C and notify anybody who might be watching the board rather than What%27s New or the RSS page. Have at it%21%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Berk||02:07:08|05/30/2015|Let us have a moment of sober silence for a wayward Warlord who is in the wrong place at precisely the wrong time for all the right reasons. 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||02:20:16|05/30/2015|%3E%0D%0A%3EAnyway%2C this is out now. Figured I%27d put a hook post here to open the %0D%0A%3Ediscussion%2C and notify anybody who might be watching the board rather %0D%0A%3Ethan What%27s New or the RSS page. Have at it%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWow. More than worth the wait%2C and based on the results I think they won%27t have revoked Saionji%27s bus pass. Akio%27d better be hiding someplace really good.%0D%0A%0D%0AI guess Christmas in Sendai wasn%27t as peaceful as I would have imagined.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DNiri...suddenly looked up%2C her ears twitching.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AIn my head%2C the subtitled version of this has Niri saying%2C %22Mama%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 3|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Droken||03:08:46|05/30/2015|Ho-ly shite.%0D%0A%0D%0ARarely have I encountered a more apt title for -anything-. That was...spectacular%2C and a combination of powerfully engaging and exceptionally difficult to plow through%3B the latter because we -know-%2C whatever is happening%2C this is just the opening act.%0D%0A%0D%0AI-401%3B Izumi%2C Maki%2C and Kyoshi%3B Kaitlyn v. Raajura%3B Anakin and Saionji%3B Korra%27s Wild Hunt%3B the aftermath%3B Utena%27s absolutely incredible self-control. I spent the entire back half of this piece entirely unable to even -consider- stopping and leaving the rest till morning.%0D%0A%0D%0AWar has been declared%2C and it has already proven that it will be unrelentingly vicious.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell -done-. 4|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|TsukaiStarburst||03:15:44|05/30/2015|Well%2C that was a romp indeed.%0D%0A%0D%0AVery surprised to see Touga go down for good%2C and seemingly so suddenly%2C too- curious%2C perhaps%2C as to the reasoning behind it. I may have an idea%2C but still.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C hello to I-401%2C who I suppose shouldn%27t just be called anything else just yet%3F I was a little bit sad that she didn%27t get a mention in the aftermath%2C although it might just be because she wasn%27t as important at the time.%0D%0A%0D%0AIs it strange of me that through quite a lot of the fic%2C I was just really%2C really worried about what was happening to the girls of Houkago Tea Time during all of this gang warfare%3F I really hope that they%27re safe.%0D%0A%0D%0A...Akio better not be about to pull a Vigo%2C is all I%27m sayin%27. 12|2|4|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||04:48:59|05/30/2015|%3EAlso%2C hello to I-401%2C who I suppose shouldn%27t just be called anything %0D%0A%3Eelse just yet%3F I was a little bit sad that she didn%27t get a mention in %0D%0A%3Ethe aftermath%2C although it might just be because she wasn%27t as %0D%0A%3Eimportant at the time. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot so much that she%27s not important as that no one really knows what to %5Bi%5Ddo%5B%2Fi%5D with her. She%27s not hostile%3B in fact%2C she%27s NON-hostile to an extent that%27s positively confusing to the people tasked with keeping track of her while the VIPs are fumbling their way through the aftermath.%0D%0A%0D%0AI was originally going to come back to her that evening%2C but the only one who%27s liable to be able to make anything of her is Corwin%2C and he%27s... not as interested as you might think%2C just at present. There%27ll be a time to investigate%2C but this particular installment ended before it arrived.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIs it strange of me that through quite a lot of the fic%2C I was just %0D%0A%3Ereally%2C really worried about what was happening to the girls of %0D%0A%3EHoukago Tea Time during all of this gang warfare%3F I really hope that %0D%0A%3Ethey%27re safe. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot strange at all%2C but don%27t worry%2C they%27re fine. The disturbances were confined to Republic City and Nanisivik%3B nothing happened in Sakuragaoka. Matter of fact%2C we%27ve already seen what they were doing on that very Friday night - it%27s the same day as the Death Devil show in TFLF %238. %28They were so busy in school and then getting ready for the show that none of them even watched the news or anything%2C so they have no idea anything%27s amiss elsewhere in the world.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 15|3|12|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|TsukaiStarburst||05:34:13|05/30/2015|I%27m really looking forward to seeing what happens when Corwin talks to her%2C even if I%27m worried. I mean%2C experience would make you think Corwin%27s not the kind of person to go %27because I was dealing with you I wasn%27t there to save my daughter%27%2C but this is such a painful situation I feel as if all bets are off... 33|2|4|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||16:38:13|05/30/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-31-15 AT 02:30 AM (EDT)]%3E%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C hello to I-401%2C who I suppose shouldn%27t just be called anything %0D%0A%3Eelse just yet%3F I was a little bit sad that she didn%27t get a mention in %0D%0A%3Ethe aftermath%2C although it might just be because she wasn%27t as %0D%0A%3Eimportant at the time. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s got more than a little to deal with herself. She%27s just been given hard evidence that she has a god. Not just any god%2C but a god specifically suited to her entire civilization. And she just helped Akio kidnap her god%27s daughter.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf I was in her shoes%2C I%27d probably feel justified in being catatonic for a week. %28Considering her processor time%2C she might do something similar%2C but it%27ll probably take less than twelve hours.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIs it strange of me that through quite a lot of the fic%2C I was just %0D%0A%3Ereally%2C really worried about what was happening to the girls of %0D%0A%3EHoukago Tea Time during all of this gang warfare%3F I really hope that %0D%0A%3Ethey%27re safe. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AEh. He%27s too focused on hating the Trinity to worry about trivia. He just did the whole Comet thing because he needed a plausible excuse for getting Korra as far away as possible. Not his fault he didn%27t understand the whole %22Spirit World as shortcut%22 thing.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%3A I just re-read the timestamps. Hokago Tea Time is fine. I have a feeling that the mail Mio got is going to be sent in the morning%2C Corwin%27s time%2C and late night Sakuragaoka time.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 45|3|33|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||02:35:01|05/31/2015|%3EEDIT%3A I just re-read the timestamps. Hokago Tea Time is fine. I %0D%0A%3Ehave a feeling that the mail Mio got is going to be sent in the %0D%0A%3Emorning%2C Corwin%27s time%2C and late night Sakuragaoka time. %0D%0A%0D%0ANOTE%3A Sakuragaoka and Qurluqtuq are in the same time zone. They%27re separated by very many lines of latitude%2C but only a few degrees of longitude.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 5|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Matrix Dragon||04:05:06|05/30/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 04:06 AM (EDT)]... Well. That escalated quite a bit. I didn%27t expect Cheong to be the source of that quote%2C and I%27m looking forward to him discovering just how epically he fucked up.%0D%0A%0D%0AJust as a side question%2C why does Leyna hate Gryphon%27s family so much%3F Did I miss a scene in one of her previous appearances%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 7|2|5|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Terminus Est||04:14:13|05/30/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 04:15 AM (EDT)]Gryphon humiliated her in front of everyone on his way in to skewer Akio%2C back in the Blood Ties trilogy. Or so she thinks. For him%2C it was basically Tuesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A...Come to think of it%2C that might have a bit to do with it all on its own. He didn%27t take her seriously. 10|3|7|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|pjmoyer||04:36:12|05/30/2015|%3EGryphon humiliated her in front of everyone on his way in to skewer %0D%0A%3EAkio%2C back in the Blood Ties trilogy. Or so she thinks. For him%2C it %0D%0A%3Ewas basically Tuesday. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E...Come to think of it%2C that might have a bit to do with it all on its %0D%0A%3Eown. He didn%27t take her seriously. %0D%0A%0D%0A%2APhilip tosses a beverage of choice at Terminus Est%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-input.tumblr.com%7CFandoms%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-output.tumblr.com%7CFanart%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-converse.tumblr.com%7CFan Meta Discussions%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 13|4|10|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Terminus Est||05:20:53|05/30/2015|%2AThanks for the coke%2C Phil%2A 8|2|5|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|pjmoyer||04:16:25|05/30/2015|%3E... Well. That escalated quite a bit. I didn%27t expect Cheong to be the %0D%0A%3Esource of that quote%2C and I%27m looking forward to him discovering just %0D%0A%3Ehow epically he fucked up. %0D%0A%0D%0AKorra should%27ve realized that having him man the projector when getting a White Lotus briefing may have been a bit denigrating%2C even if he -was- a new hire at the time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EJust as a side question%2C why does Leyna hate Gryphon%27s family so much%3F %0D%0A%3EDid I miss a scene in one of her previous appearances%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ALeyna hates Gryphon because she got in the way when he was rescuing Raven in %5Bi%5DBlood Ties%5B%2Fi%5D. For Leyna%2C it was the single most horrible day of her life%2C defeated despite all she did to uphold the honor of the school%2C leaving her to stew in frustration and anger. For Gryphon... it was Tuesday.%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-input.tumblr.com%7CFandoms%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-output.tumblr.com%7CFanart%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-converse.tumblr.com%7CFan Meta Discussions%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 9|3|8|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Matrix Dragon||04:24:00|05/30/2015|Ah yes%2C that explains it. For some reason%2C I was convinced OOTR was her first appearance. Mind you%2C if she ever explains to someone why she hates Gryph%2C the response should be fascinating...%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 11|3|8|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||04:38:01|05/30/2015|%3E%3E... Well. That escalated quite a bit. I didn%27t expect Cheong to be the %0D%0A%3E%3Esource of that quote%2C and I%27m looking forward to him discovering just %0D%0A%3E%3Ehow epically he fucked up. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EKorra should%27ve realized that having him man the projector when %0D%0A%3Egetting a White Lotus briefing may have been a bit denigrating%2C even %0D%0A%3Eif he -was- a new hire at the time. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut getting picked to run the filmstrip machine is a %5Bi%5Dgreat honor%21%5B%2Fi%5D I believe this has %5Blink%3Az-gryphon.livejournal.com%2F667200.html%7Ccome up before.%5D %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EJust as a side question%2C why does Leyna hate Gryphon%27s family so much%3F %0D%0A%3E%3EDid I miss a scene in one of her previous appearances%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ELeyna hates Gryphon because she got in the way when he was rescuing %0D%0A%3ERaven in %5Bi%5DBlood Ties%5B%2Fi%5D. For Leyna%2C it was the single most %0D%0A%3Ehorrible day of her life%2C defeated despite all she did to uphold the %0D%0A%3Ehonor of the school%2C leaving her to stew in frustration and anger. %0D%0A%3EFor Gryphon... it was Tuesday.%0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C a quick check of the date stamps in %5Bi%5DBlood Ties 3%5B%2Fi%5D indicates that it was either a Monday%2C or late Sunday night. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DWhat%3F%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 6|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Terminus Est||04:11:25|05/30/2015|Aaaand you may consider me ready for the next installment%2C sir.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn no particular order%2C since I%27m too tired to be arsed to string them together so%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A- Touga%27s death was %5Bi%5Ddeeply%5B%2Fi%5D satisfying%2C especially considering what came before it. Corwin rescuing I-401 from him was likewise fulfilling%2C if for different reasons.%0D%0A- Seeing the Masho in action made me want to go hunt down their source to try and watch it from beginning to end%2C but I%27m worried that 31-me will not be able to take the sheer amount of cheese he can remember the earlier parts containing. 14-me thought it was pretty damn awesome%2C though%2C so we shall see.%0D%0A- Man%2C Utena has more self-control than I would in that situation. Letting Cheong live had to have been a hard decision to make.%0D%0A- Have the residents of Diqiu not yet learned that pissing off their Avatar is not conducive to continued existence on the mortal coil%3F Offworlders I can almost understand%2C but really%2C c%27mon guys%2C you%27ve had a hundred and forty years to get used to the idea that Korra will flatten you if you make her mad.%0D%0A- You%2C sir%2C are a magnificent %5Bi%5Dbastard%5B%2Fi%5D. I sincerely hope that the next part is in the works and not far off%2C because leaving this hanging like it is would be absolutely criminal.%0D%0A%0D%0A...Further analysis will have to wait til it%27s not 3 AM and I%27ve had time to fully digest. 14|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Matrix Dragon||05:24:27|05/30/2015|So%2C on a reread%2C I came across this line of Touga%27s near the end%2C and I have to say%2C it perfectly sums up just how little he understood Utena and the others. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DSomething to do with the weird cosmology of... wherever it was Tenjou and her %0D%0A%3Epets thought they could hide from us.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABoth the %27pets%27 part%2C and the thought of Utena ever hiding%2C especially from him.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 16|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|drakensis||06:58:32|05/30/2015|Well. That was...%0D%0A%0D%0AExcuse me%2C my imagination just went all the ways that Akio could use Annabelle and Garnet. I needed a moment.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt seems to me that Oriphos may be in for an interesting experience. After all%2C it isn%27t part of Muspelheim so invading Oriphos doesn%27t invalidate all those nuisancy treaties that kept Corwin from gutting Akio when he visited Sheol.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow Akio may realise this and return to Sheol but he%27s got a lot invested in Oriphos and I%27m not sure how much will be left. %28Man%2C if that%27s his plan and he wants to reshape a wrathful Trinity into blood-soaked conquerers he really might think it%27ll just take one more little push%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut either way%2C things are getting ugly.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI have to wonder why Leyna was at Ohtori Academy in the first place. Where does he recruit all these students from.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso the glimpse of Summer %2706 leaves me intrigued. It%27s not much more than a decade since Kei and Gryphon put down a military coup there and there actually seemed to be prospects of peace with Kaneka at that point. Either things went markedly south after that or the warlords really didn%27t like the idea of peace. I%27d love to see more of that. 22|2|16|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Wiregeek||13:50:22|05/30/2015|%0D%0A%3EIt seems to me that Oriphos may be in for an interesting experience. %0D%0A%3EAfter all%2C it isn%27t part of Muspelheim so invading Oriphos doesn%27t %0D%0A%3Einvalidate all those nuisancy treaties that kept Corwin from gutting %0D%0A%3EAkio when he visited Sheol. %0D%0A%0D%0AI do believe that once he gets his feet under him%2C no treaty could stop Corwin from converting Oriphos back to the less-than-dust from whence it came. You%27re forgetting who Corwin%27s aunt is - defying the Allfather is kinda in his blood %3A%29 35|3|22|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||16:43:19|05/30/2015|%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIt seems to me that Oriphos may be in for an interesting experience. %0D%0A%3E%3EAfter all%2C it isn%27t part of Muspelheim so invading Oriphos doesn%27t %0D%0A%3E%3Einvalidate all those nuisancy treaties that kept Corwin from gutting %0D%0A%3E%3EAkio when he visited Sheol. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI do believe that once he gets his feet under him%2C no treaty could %0D%0A%3Estop Corwin from converting Oriphos back to the less-than-dust from %0D%0A%3Ewhence it came. You%27re forgetting who Corwin%27s aunt is - defying the %0D%0A%3EAllfather is kinda in his blood %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27m not invading Oriphos. I%27m going along to keep Matalde from killing everybody before we rescue the kids.%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 59|2|16|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|JeanneHedge||02:54:00|06/01/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-01-15 AT 03:00 AM (EDT)]%3EWell. That was... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EExcuse me%2C my imagination just went all the ways that Akio could use %0D%0A%3EAnnabelle and Garnet. I needed a moment. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve been having similar thoughts. Maybe not Garnet %28don%27t know enough about dragons%29%2C but what w%2Fcould happen when the bad guy kidnaps the good guys%27s baby and keeps the baby until she%27s no longer a baby%3F I mean%2C it%27s not like she%27d have any memories of her parents at this point%2C and would probably just accept whatever the bad guy tells her about everything. And gee%2C we already know she%27s going to be some kind of bender%2C plus who knows what she%27s inherited from Anthy and Corwin. Things could get very interesting on the family front if she%27s not recovered relatively soon.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28based on other reading%2C recovery often depends on how angsty the author wants to get%2C or how much stomach the author has for having to include a child into the equation every time the protagonist-parents need to go do something protaganist-y%29%0D%0A%0D%0ACan they call Garnet by her name to get her back%3F %28as Nall did%2C when he wanted to talk to her%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt seems to me that Oriphos may be in for an interesting experience. %0D%0A%3EAfter all%2C it isn%27t part of Muspelheim so invading Oriphos doesn%27t %0D%0A%3Einvalidate all those nuisancy treaties that kept Corwin from gutting %0D%0A%3EAkio when he visited Sheol. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENow Akio may realise this and return to Sheol but he%27s got a lot %0D%0A%3Einvested in Oriphos and I%27m not sure how much will be left. %28Man%2C if %0D%0A%3Ethat%27s his plan and he wants to reshape a wrathful Trinity into %0D%0A%3Eblood-soaked conquerers he really might think it%27ll just take one more %0D%0A%3Elittle push%29. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EBut either way%2C things are getting ugly. %0D%0A%0D%0AHow about The Trinity leading a vengeful army of benders%3F We know Korra%27s bending powers were amplified in Cephiro - is that just for the Avatar%27s bending%2C or any bender%27s bending%3F Does bending for regular benders even work on Cephiro%3F And if it works on Cephiro%2C magic based as it is%2C does it work in Asgard%2C Muspelheim%2C etc%3F %28I would assume so%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%27s been going on at DSM%3F Black Rose people were seen setting up shop there%2C a couple chapters back or so.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd valign%3Dtop%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A1st Courier of the Heavenly Prophets for %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Awww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2F326055564%2Ftianxia-blood-silk-and-jade%7CTianxia%5D%0D%0A%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 63|3|59|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|pjmoyer||10:11:13|06/01/2015|%3EWhat%27s been going on at DSM%3F Black Rose people were seen setting up %0D%0A%3Eshop there%2C a couple chapters back or so. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat will be revealed once I get off my ass and get cranking on DSMPanic again. Given my current work situation%2C backlog of coloring%2C and general procrastination%2C that may be a while. %3A%2F%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%28that%2C and %5Bi%5DDestiny%5B%2Fi%5D. I have no excuse%2C it has eaten my brain.%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-input.tumblr.com%7CFandoms%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-output.tumblr.com%7CFanart%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-converse.tumblr.com%7CFan Meta Discussions%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 17|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BeardedFerret||07:14:24|05/30/2015|Holy crap that was good. The best since Star Crossed IMO. %0D%0A%0D%0AA few questions%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A- How did the Trinity already know about the Order of the Black Rose%3F IIRC this is the first time it%27s been explicitly named. %0D%0A- What was up with Touga going all beast mode before he died%3F I didn%27t see a written transition. Is that kind of an implied thing%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI think there was another but I%27m a bit drunk. Man%2C poor Annabelle. Poor Trinity. 18|2|17|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BZArcher||07:49:15|05/30/2015|They%27ve been getting intelligence%2C in fits and starts%2C ever since %5Bi%5DAsh Knight%5B%2Fi%5D - and really%2C given Utena%27s past history%3F ANYONE claiming to be part of the Black Rose is on the %22bad guys%22 list.%0D%0A%0D%0ATouga%27s human form was just as described - a shell. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhat was underneath was far%2C far uglier. 20|2|17|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||13:27:15|05/30/2015|%3E- How did the Trinity already know about the Order of the Black Rose%3F %0D%0A%3EIIRC this is the first time it%27s been explicitly named. %0D%0A%0D%0AI expect Raven and%2For Gryphon mentioned it in the %22debriefing%22 phase of %5Bi%5DBlood Ties%5B%2Fi%5D%3B the latter heard it mentioned by name on screen%2C and the former was on the Ohtori Institute campus for long enough to have noticed a number of things that would be meaningful in retrospect%2C if not right at the moment.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E- What was up with Touga going all beast mode before he died%3F I didn%27t %0D%0A%3Esee a written transition.%0D%0A%0D%0ASure you did%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-color%3Ablack%3Bborder-style%3Asolid%3Bpadding%3A5px%22%5D%5Bfont face%3D%22times%22 color%3D%22black%22%5DIn the half-second or so she had left before he struck her down%2C Izumi had the satisfaction of knowing that she had forced him to reveal his true face.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd that it was just as ugly as she had thought it would be.%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThe reveal was less metaphorical than Izumi had been expecting%2C but all the same...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 38|3|20|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BeardedFerret||19:48:26|05/30/2015|%3E%3E- How did the Trinity already know about the Order of the Black Rose%3F %0D%0A%3E%3EIIRC this is the first time it%27s been explicitly named. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI expect Raven and%2For Gryphon mentioned it in the %22debriefing%22 phase %0D%0A%3Eof %5Bi%5DBlood Ties%5B%2Fi%5D%3B the latter heard it mentioned by name on screen%2C %0D%0A%3Eand the former was on the Ohtori Institute campus for long enough to %0D%0A%3Ehave noticed a number of things that would be meaningful in %0D%0A%3Eretrospect%2C if not right at the moment. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E- What was up with Touga going all beast mode before he died%3F I didn%27t %0D%0A%3E%3Esee a written transition.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESure you did%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Bdiv style%3D%22border-color%3Ablack%3Bborder-style%3Asolid%3Bpadding%3A5px%22%5D%5Bfont %0D%0A%3Eface%3D%22times%22 color%3D%22black%22%5DIn the half-second or so she had left %0D%0A%3Ebefore he struck her down%2C Izumi had the satisfaction of knowing that %0D%0A%3Eshe had forced him to reveal his true face. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd that it was just as ugly as she had thought it would %0D%0A%3Ebe.%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Fdiv%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe reveal was less metaphorical than Izumi had been expecting%2C but %0D%0A%3Eall the same... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C ok. thanks%21%0D%0A%0D%0ARemembered the other question from last night - didn%27t the Masho dramatically leave the Black Rose a couple of chapters ago%3F%0D%0A 39|4|38|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||20:31:49|05/30/2015|%3ERemembered the other question from last night - didn%27t the Masho %0D%0A%3Edramatically leave the Black Rose a couple of chapters ago%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s sure what it looked like.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 40|5|39|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BeardedFerret||20:39:44|05/30/2015|Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 42|4|38|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||00:23:00|05/31/2015|%3E%0D%0A%3ERemembered the other question from last night - didn%27t the Masho %0D%0A%3Edramatically leave the Black Rose a couple of chapters ago%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C it%27d take a smooth-talking devil to get them to come back after that.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 19|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Verbena||08:27:19|05/30/2015|What a powerful%2C powerful piece.%0D%0A%0D%0AEasily one of the best EPU works ever written.%0D%0A%0D%0AI think the others have gone into more detail than I can%2C since I read it at oh-dark-hundred last night%2C but I was riveted from beginning to end.%0D%0A%0D%0AAftermath thoughts%2C though...%0D%0A%0D%0AI shudder to contemplate what Jinora will think of this. I can only hope she finds out from someone other than Avatar Kyoshi. I don%27t thnk anyone ever really realized the depth of contempt those White Lotus members really had for the Avatar. What I%27m not sure of is why they thought she needed to be a machine. A slave. What -really- puzzles me is why they thought their White Lotus oath obligated them to -not- listen to Jinora%21 Cheong could waffle all he likes about serving the office rather than Korra%2C he still can%27t explain away that.%0D%0A%0D%0AObviously%2C the White Lotus being run by an Air Nomad%2C the traitors will not be looking at capital punishment. And yet%2C what else fits%3F They invited demons--literally DEMONS--to a secure compound in a secure pocket plane for the express purpose of capturing members of the Avatar%27s family. What blows my mind about this is how they thought Korra wouldn%27t find out what happened after the fact%2C even if everything had gone according to plan%21 Truthfully%2C they wouldn%27t have known who Touga really was%3F But surely the signs were there.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf anything can pull Corwin out of his fugue%2C perhaps it%27s I-401%27s presence. She may not be Iona yet%2C but I%27m sure she will be%2C and once he realizes none of this is his fault...yeah. Take her to Oriphos%2C have her sit offshore%2C plow a horizontal line of absolute devastation across campus%2C turn Akio%27s home from %27Phallus Pillar%27 to %27Stubby Stones%27...%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m good with that.%0D%0A%0D%0ASpeaking of Oriphos%2C there%27s two presences still unaccounted for. Saionji has finally touched on his real purpose for being there%2C and rescuing Touga %28physically and mentally%29 appeared to be one. Nanami%2C I assume%2C was another. But what%27s going on with Mia%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIt may be silly of me%2C but I almost hope Leyna Tarrant ends up giving up her hate instead of fighting to the end. Obviously Anakin has contempt for her now%2C but I%27m not sure if it%27s because she didn%27t care if she lived or because her hate is all out of proportion to what happened to her.%0D%0A%0D%0AHm...I admit I realized their target had to be Annabelle the moment the words Black Rose were mentioned.%0D%0A%0D%0AI did not for a moment expect them to succeed. Knocked me for a loop when I realized they would%2C right when I realized the battle was over and Anthy and Nyima hadn%27t made an appearance.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C I can%27t help but think about celestial politics for a minute here. So far this event involved the kidnapping of Odin Winterbeard%27s great granddaughter. By demons who by their covenant shouldn%27t be able to affect the mortal world directly. From where I stand%2C that seems like two legitimate reasons Asgard can step into this matter and not violate the agreement. Lin Beifong%27s presence %28with a Valkyrie insignia%21%29 seems to bear this out. One wonders how far they will be able to go to redress this.%0D%0A%0D%0AI had a crazy thought%2C though. Anyone ever seen the Incredibles%3F That%27s a gifted little girl there%2C she is...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A--------%0D%0A%0D%0A Thy life is a riddle%2C to bear rapture and sorrow %0D%0A To listen%2C to suffer%2C to entrust unto tomorrow %0D%0A In one fleeting moment%2C from the Land doth life flow %0D%0A Yet in one fleeting moment%2C for anew it doth grow %0D%0A In the same fleeting moment thou must live%2C die and know %0D%0A 24|2|19|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||14:09:47|05/30/2015|%3EI don%27t thnk %0D%0A%3Eanyone ever really realized the depth of contempt those White Lotus %0D%0A%3Emembers really had for the Avatar. What I%27m not sure of is why they %0D%0A%3Ethought she needed to be a machine. A slave.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn Korra%27s lifetime%2C there has %5Bi%5Dalways%5B%2Fi%5D been that thread in the White Lotus Society%27s fabric%2C the ones who - consciously or not - believe that she should work for them rather than the other way around. It started almost as soon as she was identified as the next Avatar%2C when she was four%2C and for the next 13 years that... well%2C %22faction%22 isn%27t really the right word%2C but%2C that faction had the upper hand. What started out as a poorly-thought-out imperative to protect and guide the much-too-young-to-be-Avatar Avatar went wrong fairly quickly%2C as the difference between guidance and control %28and between protection and confinement%29 sort of got lost in the shuffle.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe point is%2C there have always been those who have been convinced they know better than Korra does what she ought to be doing %28and often with whom and for what reasons%2C as well%29. Not just in the White Lotus%2C as such - she got a bunch of that from Tenzin%2C too%2C as a teenager. He wised up eventually%2C and she thought the White Lotus had too. To say that she%27s disappointed by their recent performance is to undersell the point somewhat spectacularly. If you count the Tenneq conspiracy as a separate event%2C this incident marks at least the fourth time in her life that the White Lotus Society has failed her utterly and catastrophically at a critical moment.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere will be consequences.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhat -really- puzzles me %0D%0A%3Eis why they thought their White Lotus oath obligated them to -not- %0D%0A%3Elisten to Jinora%21 Cheong could waffle all he likes about serving the %0D%0A%3Eoffice rather than Korra%2C he still can%27t explain away that. %0D%0A%0D%0AIf this were a conversation that was happening at some point before the Battle of Fort Tonraq%2C Cheong would patiently explain to you that - while the Apsara Lama is a noble and generally wise woman - she%27s very old%2C she%27s out of touch with the needs and dangers of this complicated and difficult new era in which the world finds itself%2C and she%27s too attached to the Avatar personally to view the matter in a detached and rational manner. She%27s been letting Korra%27s cavalier attitude slide for her entire long and otherwise distinguished life%2C and it would be unrealistic to expect that to change now.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EObviously%2C the White Lotus being run by an Air Nomad%2C the traitors %0D%0A%3Ewill not be looking at capital punishment. And yet%2C what else fits%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThey could try life imprisonment without any semblance of due process. That%27s always worked for the White Lotus before%21%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%2A That has NEVER worked for the White Lotus before.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThey invited demons--literally DEMONS--to a secure compound in a %0D%0A%3Esecure pocket plane for the express purpose of capturing members of %0D%0A%3Ethe Avatar%27s family.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn fairness%2C they had no way of knowing about the %22demons%22 part and wouldn%27t have believed it if somebody told them. D%26igrave%3Bqi%26uacute%3B%27s modern cosmology doesn%27t even really %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D things like that. Dark spirits%2C sure%2C but %5Bi%5Ddemons%3F%5B%2Fi%5D That%27s pre-War Fire Nation paganism crap%2C they don%27t even believe that %5Bi%5Din the Fire Nation%5B%2Fi%5D any more.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C I don%27t think the %22family%22 part really entered into Cheong%27s calculations either. They are%2C after all%2C manifestly %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D family members in a strictly definitional sense.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhat blows my mind about this is how they thought %0D%0A%3EKorra wouldn%27t find out what happened after the fact%2C even if %0D%0A%3Eeverything had gone according to plan%21%0D%0A%0D%0AIf everything had gone according to plan%2C at least by Cheong%27s calculations%2C it wouldn%27t matter if Korra knew - or%2C rather%2C her knowing that the Lotus had arranged for her visitors to stop overstaying their welcome would%27ve been part %5Bi%5Dof%5B%2Fi%5D the plan. Cheong has - or had - a great faith in the persuasive power of the %5Bi%5Dfait accompli%5B%2Fi%5D. Surely once they%27ve gone back to wherever they came from%2C she%27ll realize what a disruptive distraction their hanging around has been and get back to proper business.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESpeaking of Oriphos%2C there%27s two presences still unaccounted for. %0D%0A%3ESaionji has finally touched on his real purpose for being there%2C and %0D%0A%3Erescuing Touga %28physically and mentally%29 appeared to be one. Nanami%2C I %0D%0A%3Eassume%2C was another. But what%27s going on with Mia%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27ll find out.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt may be silly of me%2C but I almost hope Leyna Tarrant ends up giving %0D%0A%3Eup her hate instead of fighting to the end. Obviously Anakin has %0D%0A%3Econtempt for her now%2C but I%27m not sure if it%27s because she didn%27t care %0D%0A%3Eif she lived or because her hate is all out of proportion to what %0D%0A%3Ehappened to her. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe reasons for Anakin%27s reaction are touched on briefly in that same scene. Like her%2C he has something that he hates with a passion that defies any sense of proportion%2C but in Anakin%27s case%2C it%27s kidnappers and slavers - what we might call %22human traffickers%22 in modern real-world parlance. He and Saionji knew when they arrived what the real objective of the Black Rose mission was %28how%2C we%27ll get into later%29%2C and he assumes that Leyna did too - which makes her complicit%2C which%2C in his eyes%2C makes her lower than snakeshit%2C QE-effin-D.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo he saves her life%2C because that%27s what you do%2C and then he completely shuts her off%2C because that%27s what he has to do to live with having saved someone who would be part of such a scheme. For all that various efforts have been made to impress a nuanced complexity upon him%2C Anakin Skywalker is really a fairly simple soul.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ENow%2C I can%27t help but think about celestial politics for a minute %0D%0A%3Ehere. So far this event involved the kidnapping of Odin Winterbeard%27s %0D%0A%3Egreat granddaughter. By demons who by their covenant shouldn%27t be able %0D%0A%3Eto affect the mortal world directly. From where I stand%2C that seems %0D%0A%3Elike two legitimate reasons Asgard can step into this matter and not %0D%0A%3Eviolate the agreement.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t speak to this at the moment%2C but hang onto that%2C you might want it for reference later.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ELin Beifong%27s presence %28with a Valkyrie insignia%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0AOh good%2C I was hoping someone would spot that. Good old no-longer-old Lin. We%27ll be seeing her again next time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI had a crazy thought%2C though. Anyone ever seen the Incredibles%3F %0D%0A%3EThat%27s a gifted little girl there%2C she is... %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you%27re alluding to Jack-Jack%2C I%27m pretty sure he%27s a boy. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 26|3|24|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||15:00:50|05/30/2015|%3E%3EObviously%2C the White Lotus being run by an Air Nomad%2C the traitors %0D%0A%3E%3Ewill not be looking at capital punishment. And yet%2C what else fits%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThey could try life imprisonment without any semblance of due process. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C also%2C it%27s worth keeping this in mind%3A In modern times%2C the White Lotus Society %28for all that it occasionally still acts like it%29 is not an extraterritorial body. It has rules and whatnot like any organization%2C but it doesn%27t have its own internationally recognized code of law%2C and its installations aren%27t like embassies. What%27s more%2C Fort Tonraq isn%27t even the Society%27s property any more%2C it belongs to Korra - one of the two or three places in the world that are her own property as a private citizen.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat that means is that Cheong and his colleagues%2C if they face criminal justice proceedings for their part in this - which they are certainly liable to%2C having been accessories to%2C at the very least%2C kidnapping and felony murder %28that is%2C murder committed in the course of another serious crime%29 - will do so under %5Bi%5DSouthern Water Tribe%5B%2Fi%5D law.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is important because%2C for all that the third-century Southern Water Tribe is a prosperous and cosmopolitan country with a robust%2C globally integrated economy%2C it has its roots in a small band of people facing a daily struggle for survival in a harsh%2C largely barren wilderness%2C preyed upon by the wildlife%2C the climate%2C and more than occasionally the Fire Nation. Its modern criminal justice system still reflects the values instilled by that national experience%2C and one of those values is that the country really doesn%27t have the resources to waste on the maintenance of people who are a proven danger to the community%2C i.e.%2C prison.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%2C that%27s not to say that the Water Tribes make a habit of capital punishment either. At least in the South%2C where times were tougher for longer%2C there is the aforementioned cultural bias against long-term imprisonment%2C but there is %5Bi%5Dalso%5B%2Fi%5D the concomitant recognition that people%2C however unacceptable%2C are generally too valuable for the community to be going around killing them.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo generally%2C in the most extreme cases%2C when shaming or shunning or insulting songs %28really%2C they have a tradition very similar to the Norse custom of %5Bi%5Dflyting%5B%2Fi%5D%29 isn%27t enough%2C what they would do is let the South Pole do the killing for them. It%27s couched in the laws as a policy of exile or banishment%2C but everybody knows that being banished to the icecap with little more than a warm jacket and your wits is a death sentence to all but the cleverest%2C toughest%2C most resilient folk. The unwritten understanding is basically that anyone who %5Bi%5Dcan%5B%2Fi%5D survive out there without the support of the community %5Bi%5Ddeserves%5B%2Fi%5D to.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not saying that%27s %5Bi%5Dgoing%5B%2Fi%5D to happen to Cheong et al.%3F But it %5Bi%5Dcould%5B%2Fi%5D%2C under the laws of the country in which they committed their crimes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28%5Bb%5DN.B.%5B%2Fb%5D All of the above is derived not from ATLA%2FTLOK canon%2C as such%2C but rather from the way things were done among the Canadian Inuit before the white people came%2C since the Water Tribes were based loosely upon them rather than%2C as is more common in the %5Bi%5DAvatar%5B%2Fi%5D setting%2C the peoples of East Asia.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 29|4|26|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Verbena||15:40:57|05/30/2015|%3EOh%2C also%2C it%27s worth keeping this in mind%3A In modern times%2C the White %0D%0A%3ELotus Society %28for all that it occasionally still acts like it%29 is not %0D%0A%3Ean extraterritorial body. It has rules and whatnot like any %0D%0A%3Eorganization%2C but it doesn%27t have its own internationally recognized %0D%0A%3Ecode of law%2C and its installations aren%27t like embassies. What%27s %0D%0A%3Emore%2C Fort Tonraq isn%27t even the Society%27s property any more%2C it %0D%0A%3Ebelongs to Korra - one of the two or three places in the world that %0D%0A%3Eare her own property as a private citizen. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhat that means is that Cheong and his colleagues%2C if they face %0D%0A%3Ecriminal justice proceedings for their part in this - which they are %0D%0A%3Ecertainly liable to%2C having been accessories to%2C at the very least%2C %0D%0A%3Ekidnapping and felony murder %28that is%2C murder committed in the course %0D%0A%3Eof another serious crime%29 - will do so under %5Bi%5DSouthern Water %0D%0A%3ETribe%5B%2Fi%5D law. %0D%0A%0D%0AOhhh holy -crap-. Southern Water Tribe law%3F Now -that- is a factor I%27m sure the White Lotus hadn%27t had a reason to consider for decades. Not sure it%27ll have crossed the minds of any White Lotus alive yet%2C including the good guys. But when the traitors hear that...%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C to see the looks on their faces.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Thy life is a riddle%2C to bear rapture and sorrow %0D%0A To listen%2C to suffer%2C to entrust unto tomorrow %0D%0A In one fleeting moment%2C from the Land doth life flow %0D%0A Yet in one fleeting moment%2C for anew it doth grow %0D%0A In the same fleeting moment thou must live%2C die and know 55|5|29|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|McFortner||17:17:24|05/31/2015|%3EOhhh holy -crap-. Southern Water Tribe law%3F Now -that- is a factor I%27m %0D%0A%3Esure the White Lotus hadn%27t had a reason to consider for decades. Not %0D%0A%3Esure it%27ll have crossed the minds of any White Lotus alive yet%2C %0D%0A%3Eincluding the good guys. But when the traitors hear that... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh%2C to see the looks on their faces. %0D%0A%0D%0ATo quote Deadpool%2C %22Let%27s hope they%27re wearing their brown pants.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D 28|3|24|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Verbena||15:30:09|05/30/2015|%3E%3EI don%27t thnk %0D%0A%3E%3Eanyone ever really realized the depth of contempt those White Lotus %0D%0A%3E%3Emembers really had for the Avatar. What I%27m not sure of is why they %0D%0A%3E%3Ethought she needed to be a machine. A slave.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn Korra%27s lifetime%2C there has %5Bi%5Dalways%5B%2Fi%5D been that thread in the %0D%0A%3EWhite Lotus Society%27s fabric%2C the ones who - consciously or not - %0D%0A%3Ebelieve that she should work for them rather than the other way %0D%0A%3Earound. It started almost as soon as she was identified as the next %0D%0A%3EAvatar%2C when she was four%2C and for the next 13 years that... well%2C %0D%0A%3E%22faction%22 isn%27t really the right word%2C but%2C that faction had the upper %0D%0A%3Ehand. What started out as a poorly-thought-out imperative to protect %0D%0A%3Eand guide the much-too-young-to-be-Avatar Avatar went wrong fairly %0D%0A%3Equickly%2C as the difference between guidance and control %28and between %0D%0A%3Eprotection and confinement%29 sort of got lost in the shuffle. %0D%0A%0D%0AActually...I hadn%27t been thinking of how Korra was raised when I made that last comment. The White Lotus who taught her aren%27t even alive anymore%2C which is why I discounted this thread%2C but yeah. The real explanation is that the White Lotus culture dictates that they only pay lip service to Korra being in charge. As far as they are concerned they%27re the oligarchy that runs Diqiu and the Avatar is their catspaw. I%27m sure Jinora is partially aware of that but certainly not to this extent.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe point is%2C there have always been those who have been convinced %0D%0A%3Ethey know better than Korra does what she ought to be doing %28and often %0D%0A%3Ewith whom and for what reasons%2C as well%29. Not just in the White %0D%0A%3ELotus%2C as such - she got a bunch of that from Tenzin%2C too%2C as a %0D%0A%3Eteenager. He wised up eventually%2C and she thought the White Lotus had %0D%0A%3Etoo. To say that she%27s disappointed by their recent performance is to %0D%0A%3Eundersell the point somewhat spectacularly. If you count the Tenneq %0D%0A%3Econspiracy as a separate event%2C this incident marks at least the %0D%0A%3Efourth time in her life that the White Lotus Society has failed her %0D%0A%3Eutterly and catastrophically at a critical moment. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere will be consequences. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe wedding invitation episode was a zephyr in a corner compared to what they have earned now. Now it%27s more like a thousand-pound block of sulfur in a lake.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EWhat -really- puzzles me %0D%0A%3E%3Eis why they thought their White Lotus oath obligated them to -not- %0D%0A%3E%3Elisten to Jinora%21 Cheong could waffle all he likes about serving the %0D%0A%3E%3Eoffice rather than Korra%2C he still can%27t explain away that. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf this were a conversation that was happening at some point before %0D%0A%3Ethe Battle of Fort Tonraq%2C Cheong would patiently explain to you that %0D%0A%3E- while the Apsara Lama is a noble and generally wise woman - she%27s %0D%0A%3Every old%2C she%27s out of touch with the needs and dangers of this %0D%0A%3Ecomplicated and difficult new era in which the world finds itself%2C and %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s too attached to the Avatar personally to view the matter in a %0D%0A%3Edetached and rational manner. She%27s been letting Korra%27s cavalier %0D%0A%3Eattitude slide for her entire long and otherwise distinguished life%2C %0D%0A%3Eand it would be unrealistic to expect that to change now. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe natural response%2C of course%2C is to tell him to go bring it up to the council and try to have her voted out. But we all know the truth. A different leader might see through their schemes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EObviously%2C the White Lotus being run by an Air Nomad%2C the traitors %0D%0A%3E%3Ewill not be looking at capital punishment. And yet%2C what else fits%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThey could try life imprisonment without any semblance of due process. %0D%0A%3E That%27s always worked for the White Lotus before%21%2A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%2A That has NEVER worked for the White Lotus %0D%0A%3Ebefore.%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%0D%0ASure didn%27t work when they tried it on Korra.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EThey invited demons--literally DEMONS--to a secure compound in a %0D%0A%3E%3Esecure pocket plane for the express purpose of capturing members of %0D%0A%3E%3Ethe Avatar%27s family.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn fairness%2C they had no way of knowing about the %22demons%22 part and %0D%0A%3Ewouldn%27t have believed it if somebody told them. %0D%0A%3ED%C3%ACqi%C3%BA%27s modern cosmology doesn%27t even really %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Ethings like that. Dark spirits%2C sure%2C but %5Bi%5Ddemons%3F%5B%2Fi%5D That%27s %0D%0A%3Epre-War Fire Nation paganism crap%2C they don%27t even believe that %5Bi%5Din %0D%0A%3Ethe Fire Nation%5B%2Fi%5D any more. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C agreed. Nevertheless%2C that%27s what happened%2C and it%27s sure to come up at the trial.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C I don%27t think the %22family%22 part really entered into Cheong%27s %0D%0A%3Ecalculations either. They are%2C after all%2C manifestly %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Efamily members in a strictly definitional sense. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd yet Cheong knew how much emotional investment Korra had in them%3B it%27s the whole reason this happened. You%27re right%2C though%2C that wouldn%27t fly in court the same way.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EWhat blows my mind about this is how they thought %0D%0A%3E%3EKorra wouldn%27t find out what happened after the fact%2C even if %0D%0A%3E%3Eeverything had gone according to plan%21%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf everything had gone according to plan%2C at least by Cheong%27s %0D%0A%3Ecalculations%2C it wouldn%27t matter if Korra knew - or%2C rather%2C her %0D%0A%3Eknowing that the Lotus had arranged for her visitors to stop %0D%0A%3Eoverstaying their welcome would%27ve been part %5Bi%5Dof%5B%2Fi%5D the plan. %0D%0A%3ECheong has - or had - a great faith in the persuasive power of the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dfait accompli%5B%2Fi%5D. Surely once they%27ve gone back to wherever they %0D%0A%3Ecame from%2C she%27ll realize what a disruptive distraction their hanging %0D%0A%3Earound has been and get back to proper business. %0D%0A%0D%0AI have to wonder if Cheong really grasped the true extra-Diqiu nature of Korra%27s powers. If they%27re elsewhere%2C especially in durance vile%2C she%27s just -go there- and rescue them. Or at least try. But...hm. Perhaps that White Lotus culture I spoke of earlier really twisted him.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ESpeaking of Oriphos%2C there%27s two presences still unaccounted for. %0D%0A%3E%3ESaionji has finally touched on his real purpose for being there%2C and %0D%0A%3E%3Erescuing Touga %28physically and mentally%29 appeared to be one. Nanami%2C I %0D%0A%3E%3Eassume%2C was another. But what%27s going on with Mia%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYou%27ll find out. %0D%0A%0D%0AAwesome. Mia Ausa has been unexplained %28other than the Rangers having a job for her%29 for a very%2C very long time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIt may be silly of me%2C but I almost hope Leyna Tarrant ends up giving %0D%0A%3E%3Eup her hate instead of fighting to the end. Obviously Anakin has %0D%0A%3E%3Econtempt for her now%2C but I%27m not sure if it%27s because she didn%27t care %0D%0A%3E%3Eif she lived or because her hate is all out of proportion to what %0D%0A%3E%3Ehappened to her. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe reasons for Anakin%27s reaction are touched on briefly in that same %0D%0A%3Escene. Like her%2C he has something that he hates with a passion that %0D%0A%3Edefies any sense of proportion%2C but in Anakin%27s case%2C it%27s kidnappers %0D%0A%3Eand slavers - what we might call %22human traffickers%22 in modern %0D%0A%3Ereal-world parlance. He and Saionji knew when they arrived what the %0D%0A%3Ereal objective of the Black Rose mission was %28how%2C we%27ll get into %0D%0A%3Elater%29%2C and he assumes that Leyna did too - which makes her complicit%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhich%2C in his eyes%2C makes her lower than snakeshit%2C QE-effin-D. %0D%0A%0D%0AOhhh. It was late%2C I didn%27t pick up on the %27These guys are -enslaving- people%27 angle right away. Truth is%2C Leyna%27s hatred is moronic. He%27s got hundreds of years on her%2C not like it%27s her fault he whooped her. There%27s a crack in that emotional armor%2C and if Anakin learns a little emotional deftness %28or Saionji shows them both%29 that crack could be pried wide open.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESo he saves her life%2C because that%27s what you do%2C and then he %0D%0A%3Ecompletely shuts her off%2C because that%27s what he has to do to live %0D%0A%3Ewith having saved someone who would be part of such a scheme. For all %0D%0A%3Ethat various efforts have been made to impress a nuanced complexity %0D%0A%3Eupon him%2C Anakin Skywalker is really a fairly simple soul. %0D%0A%0D%0AHe really kinda is. I have a coworker like that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ENow%2C I can%27t help but think about celestial politics for a minute %0D%0A%3E%3Ehere. So far this event involved the kidnapping of Odin Winterbeard%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Egreat granddaughter. By demons who by their covenant shouldn%27t be able %0D%0A%3E%3Eto affect the mortal world directly. From where I stand%2C that seems %0D%0A%3E%3Elike two legitimate reasons Asgard can step into this matter and not %0D%0A%3E%3Eviolate the agreement.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI can%27t speak to this at the moment%2C but hang onto that%2C you might %0D%0A%3Ewant it for reference later. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ELin Beifong%27s presence %28with a Valkyrie insignia%21%29%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh good%2C I was hoping someone would spot that. Good old no-longer-old %0D%0A%3ELin. We%27ll be seeing her again next time. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh hell yes%2C I spotted that. I never forgot the Valkyries%27 description back in the day%2C where they were investigating %28when they weren%27t acting like a victorious sports team%29 back at the end of Endgame. Lin is a badass%2C no doubt a lot more attractive when younger than in LoK%2C and she%27s a genuine veteran cop. Perfect Valkyrie material if you need someone to investigate things.%0D%0A%0D%0AHadn%27t thought about what she could do to a prisoner in a STONE cell%2C though. Yikes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI had a crazy thought%2C though. Anyone ever seen the Incredibles%3F %0D%0A%3E%3EThat%27s a gifted little girl there%2C she is... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf you%27re alluding to Jack-Jack%2C I%27m pretty sure he%27s a boy. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI was%2C but I%27m well aware of that. I%27m saying Annabelle is a future badass baby and had a comical thought of her opening up a junior-size can of whoopass on Akio from the crib.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am in no way expecting or even endorsing that. I just thought the image was funny.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A--------%0D%0A%0D%0A Thy life is a riddle%2C to bear rapture and sorrow %0D%0A To listen%2C to suffer%2C to entrust unto tomorrow %0D%0A In one fleeting moment%2C from the Land doth life flow %0D%0A Yet in one fleeting moment%2C for anew it doth grow %0D%0A In the same fleeting moment thou must live%2C die and know 31|4|28|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BZArcher||16:11:49|05/30/2015|%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHadn%27t thought about what she could do to a prisoner in a STONE cell%2C %0D%0A%3Ethough. Yikes. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C among other things%3F She made the cell%2C so she knows exactly how thick those walls are.%0D%0A%0D%0AJust a thought. 49|4|28|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Mephron||11:11:10|05/31/2015|%3EThe wedding invitation episode was a zephyr in a corner compared to %0D%0A%3Ewhat they have earned now. Now it%27s more like a thousand-pound block %0D%0A%3Eof sulfur in a lake. %0D%0A%0D%0ASulfur%2C no.%0D%0A%0D%0ASodium.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 56|5|49|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Verbena||17:26:19|05/31/2015|%3ESodium. %0D%0A%0D%0ABah%2C obviously my chemistry-fu is weak. But you%27re right.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Thy life is a riddle%2C to bear rapture and sorrow %0D%0A To listen%2C to suffer%2C to entrust unto tomorrow %0D%0A In one fleeting moment%2C from the Land doth life flow %0D%0A Yet in one fleeting moment%2C for anew it doth grow %0D%0A In the same fleeting moment thou must live%2C die and know 46|3|24|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|drakensis||03:30:56|05/31/2015|%3E%3EIt may be silly of me%2C but I almost hope Leyna Tarrant ends up giving %0D%0A%3E%3Eup her hate instead of fighting to the end. Obviously Anakin has %0D%0A%3E%3Econtempt for her now%2C but I%27m not sure if it%27s because she didn%27t care %0D%0A%3E%3Eif she lived or because her hate is all out of proportion to what %0D%0A%3E%3Ehappened to her. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe reasons for Anakin%27s reaction are touched on briefly in that same %0D%0A%3Escene. Like her%2C he has something that he hates with a passion that %0D%0A%3Edefies any sense of proportion%2C but in Anakin%27s case%2C it%27s kidnappers %0D%0A%3Eand slavers - what we might call %22human traffickers%22 in modern %0D%0A%3Ereal-world parlance. He and Saionji knew when they arrived what the %0D%0A%3Ereal objective of the Black Rose mission was %28how%2C we%27ll get into %0D%0A%3Elater%29%2C and he assumes that Leyna did too - which makes her complicit%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhich%2C in his eyes%2C makes her lower than snakeshit%2C QE-effin-D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESo he saves her life%2C because that%27s what you do%2C and then he %0D%0A%3Ecompletely shuts her off%2C because that%27s what he has to do to live %0D%0A%3Ewith having saved someone who would be part of such a scheme. For all %0D%0A%3Ethat various efforts have been made to impress a nuanced complexity %0D%0A%3Eupon him%2C Anakin Skywalker is really a fairly simple soul. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22So%2C you became a student in an organisation where that title usually translates to %27expendable mook%27 and the first time that organisation drew opposition you were swept aside like an expendable mook - by someone who was kind enough to refrain from killing you. And you decide that this merits abducting two infant children%3F Tell me%2C does your fine education include the word %27disproportionate%27%3F Oh and just for reference%3A your part in this really isn%27t important enough to mention as more than a footnote when I report to the guy who spared you last time. I%27m really unsure what you expected to get out of this... beyond discarded as expendable%2C that is.%22 60|3|24|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|JeanneHedge||03:22:04|06/01/2015|%3E%3EI don%27t thnk %0D%0A%3E%3Eanyone ever really realized the depth of contempt those White Lotus %0D%0A%3E%3Emembers really had for the Avatar. What I%27m not sure of is why they %0D%0A%3E%3Ethought she needed to be a machine. A slave.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn Korra%27s lifetime%2C there has %5Bi%5Dalways%5B%2Fi%5D been that thread in the %0D%0A%3EWhite Lotus Society%27s fabric%2C the ones who - consciously or not - %0D%0A%3Ebelieve that she should work for them rather than the other way %0D%0A%3Earound. It started almost as soon as she was identified as the next %0D%0A%3EAvatar%2C when she was four%2C and for the next 13 years that... well%2C %0D%0A%3E%22faction%22 isn%27t really the right word%2C but%2C that faction had the upper %0D%0A%3Ehand. What started out as a poorly-thought-out imperative to protect %0D%0A%3Eand guide the much-too-young-to-be-Avatar Avatar went wrong fairly %0D%0A%3Equickly%2C as the difference between guidance and control %28and between %0D%0A%3Eprotection and confinement%29 sort of got lost in the shuffle. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe point is%2C there have always been those who have been convinced %0D%0A%3Ethey know better than Korra does what she ought to be doing %28and often %0D%0A%3Ewith whom and for what reasons%2C as well%29. Not just in the White %0D%0A%3ELotus%2C as such - she got a bunch of that from Tenzin%2C too%2C as a %0D%0A%3Eteenager. He wised up eventually%2C and she thought the White Lotus had %0D%0A%3Etoo. To say that she%27s disappointed by their recent performance is to %0D%0A%3Eundersell the point somewhat spectacularly. If you count the Tenneq %0D%0A%3Econspiracy as a separate event%2C this incident marks at least the %0D%0A%3Efourth time in her life that the White Lotus Society has failed her %0D%0A%3Eutterly and catastrophically at a critical moment. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere will be consequences. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Emily%2C I have an immediate opening for a press director. Interested%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C I can see where the WL would be thinking Korra was getting out of hand %28to them%29. First there was her reaction to the wedding invite thing%2C which led to her getting rid of several of them %28one way or another%29%2C then she brings back outsiders%2C and then she starts appointing her own people to WL positions %28tho I%27m not clear if Kate and Nyima were temp or permanent appointments%29. Make it worse - one of the new appointments was one of the dread outsiders%2C the other an air nomad kid%21%0D%0A%0D%0AThey went into self-preservation mode.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd valign%3Dtop%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%0D%0A1st Courier of the Heavenly Prophets for %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Awww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2F326055564%2Ftianxia-blood-silk-and-jade%7CTianxia%5D%0D%0A%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 64|4|60|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Star Ranger4||16:21:31|06/07/2015|%3EActually%2C I can see where the WL would be thinking Korra was getting %0D%0A%3Eout of hand %28to them%29. First there was her reaction to the wedding %0D%0A%3Einvite thing%2C which led to her getting rid of several of them %28one way %0D%0A%3Eor another%29%2C then she brings back outsiders%2C and then she starts %0D%0A%3Eappointing her own people to WL positions %28tho I%27m not clear if Kate %0D%0A%3Eand Nyima were temp or permanent appointments%29. Make it worse - one of %0D%0A%3Ethe new appointments was one of the dread outsiders%2C the other an air %0D%0A%3Enomad kid%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThey went into self-preservation mode. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0AAnd once again proved self preservation usually doesnt. 21|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Wiregeek||13:46:23|05/30/2015|%3E%22We%27re all going to die%2C%22 said Nyima with heavy mock fatalism.%0D%0A%0D%0AHA%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22What do you say%2C Utena%3F%22 she asked%2C sounding strangely casual. %22Want to be a %0D%0A%3Egood girl and do as you%27re told for once in your life%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C I don%27t really see that-%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eand punched the man nearest to her so hard in the face that she left a%0D%0A%3Epermanent impression of her rose seal on his jaw.%0D%0A%0D%0ACalled it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnubishu had decided some time ago that he hated this pathetic little world%2C %0D%0A%3Eand a week of hard camping on the ice had done nothing to change his mind.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s because there%27s no beauty in your soul%2C to resonate with the stark frozen glory of the frozen land. You scumbag.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnd%2C D%C3%ACqi%C3%BA being the sort of world it was%2C some greater power answered.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C Eyrie Productions being the sort of fanfic producer it is... %3AD%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnthy%27s eyes flashed with anger. %22We%27re outnumbered ten to one - I will NOT %0D%0A%3Ehide in the back while other people fight. Not when I can make a difference. %0D%0A%3ENever again%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother Eyrie trademark I%27ve come to love - character development. Huzzah for Anthy%21 Huzzah for the Witch of Cephiro%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Bring it.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AFor some reason%2C my brain just dropped back to the Koopman High prom%2C and I%27m seeing Mojo Jojo pulling a reprise of his antics with Hammer... %22There is a complex behavior required of you that I am referring to as it%2C and I desire for you to bring that to my close and personal attention%2C with the assumption that I will CRUSH YOU%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0Aetc%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ebut she had accepted%2C on a level deeper than reasoned understanding%2C that he %0D%0A%3Eneeded killing%2C and the unpleasant task had fallen to her. %0D%0A%0D%0AKaitlyn of Asgard and Avalon... and Texas.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIgnoring Imanishi and Emily%27s questions%2C she closed her eyes%2C and when she %0D%0A%3Ere-opened them%2C they were filled with the light of the Avatar State.%0D%0A%0D%0ANo More Ms. Nice Avatar.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Choose yourself a better master than you have done before now%2C and perhaps %0D%0A%3Eyou will regain the virtue of your armor.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ABetter than the little rat deserves%2C grumble grumble cuss mutter.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThen%2C turning%2C he trudged aimlessly away into the tundra%2C abandoning the field %0D%0A%3Eof this lost battle and vanishing in a whirl of wind-blown snow.%0D%0A%0D%0Aor not. Brr%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22I find your lack of faith disturbing%2C%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ATHAT for your punk ass.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Annabelle and Garnet - they%27re gone.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Aoh. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C goodbye. That note%27s a death warrant%2C you know... %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22I... Corwin told me. About what the thing that killed Izumi was. How it... %0D%0A%3Ewon%27t stay dead.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AYep%2C damnit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eas the last of Touga Kiryuu%27s soul boiled away to nothing%2C the blade%27s perfect %0D%0A%3Ezigzag hamon shimmered in the green-blue glow of the Southern Lights.%0D%0A%0D%0A%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0AOh FRABJUOS DAY%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27re next%2C Akio... And not a moment too soon. 23|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Blackbird||13:56:02|05/30/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 02:36 PM (EDT)]That was very much worth the wait.%0D%0A%0D%0AScratched a few itches I%27d been developing for a while now. When the Agni Kai attacked%2C I was disappointed that it seemed Kate wasn%27t among them%2C since it%27s been far too long since Utena and Kate have kicked ass together. Later events were therefore gratifying. Kate%27s obviously always been the more reluctant combatant%2C especially compared to Utena%27s boldness%2C and it%27s nice to see her having matured and come to terms with the essential contradiction of Katsujinkenryuu.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs to Corwin%2C I%27ve been waiting for years to see him follow in his mother%27s footsteps like that. Shades of %5Bi%5DFutureshock%5B%2Fi%5D right there. Again%2C though%2C I wonder about the breadth of his domain. When the Black Rose%27s true goal %28and their success%29 was revealed%2C I couldn%27t help but think of %5Bi%5DChristmas Rose%5B%2Fi%5D and his aborted oath%2C though he seems to have been tempered since then. Seems like he%27s now got a submarine%2C though. Some guys got it.%0D%0A%0D%0AIzumi%27s death was necessary%2C I think%2C and well-executed. No way they could hold off that onslaught without casualties. Those viirdaanik have always been interesting%2C and I%27ve been fascinated with that concept%2C so it%27s nice to see it explored explicitly. Of course the dragons have a word for it.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was likewise nice to let others shine. We%27ve seen Utena fight so many times that we know how that goes.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd so Saionji and Anakin have broken cover. I half-expected some form of repeat of Titan%2C with Saionji defending Anthy%2C but there were too many. While it%27s nice to have him back%2C I worry about Mia%2C now without support. %0D%0A%0D%0AI now truly see the long reach of Akio Ohtori. It seems I%27ve been underestimating him%2C but I should have known better. Not for nothing is he Duke Cocytus. I%2C like others%2C dread what he could do with Annabelle and Garnet. He%27s certainly bent a lot of power arranging this. The loss of some of his more notable manpower is certainly going to tax him%2C and I can%27t help but think he%27s not quite come out ahead. The Mash%C5%8D being scattered to the winds deprives Akio of some potent warriors%2C but also has interesting implications for Ishiyaman geopolitics. Touga%27s final death means it%27s possible Nanami could finally wriggle out from under Akio%27s thumb%2C and the reveal of Saionji should give him pause%2C happening as it has now for the third time. At the least%2C it might shake the confidence of his less-loyal minions.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd Anubishu has fallen into the hands of the Valkyries. He doesn%27t seem to recognize his plight%2C which is odd%2C since he%27s been living in a pocket dimension off Hell%2C and so he%27s not exactly unaware of the structure of the cosmos%2C and as a soldier one would think he%27d pay attention to briefings on the enemy.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt seems%2C also%2C that everyone%27s leveled up again. Not nearly as dramatically as during the timeskip between Symphony No. 3 and No. 4%2C but still noticeable. Outright use and reference to the Force suggest Kate and Utena have been doing some reading over the past few months. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe last wrinkle%2C of course%2C is who it was who trounced Anthy and Nyima and made off with the kids.%0D%0A%0D%0AThank you%2C Gryph et al. %27Twas a riveting read. 25|2|23|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|TsukaiStarburst||14:32:40|05/30/2015|I%27ve got very little to add to this other than to echo the wonderances about what%27s going to happen to Nanami. I hope it%27s not %27something totally awful%27 but then again%2C who knows... 32|2|23|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|SpottedKitty||16:32:40|05/30/2015|%3EThe last wrinkle%2C of course%2C is who it was who trounced Anthy and %0D%0A%3ENyima and made off with the kids. %0D%0A%0D%0ALooking back at that scene%2C do we have enough clues to work out who the splatted-against-the-wall stranger is%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for the whole story%2C the only reaction I can think of is what Hammer thought to himself after being shot up in %5Bi%5DRequiem For A Lensman%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat now%3F We%27ll be here waiting for the next exciting episode.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 41|3|32|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|juniper||20:57:01|05/30/2015|%3E%3EThe last wrinkle%2C of course%2C is who it was who trounced Anthy and %0D%0A%3E%3ENyima and made off with the kids. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ELooking back at that scene%2C do we have enough clues to work out who %0D%0A%3Ethe splatted-against-the-wall stranger is%3F %0D%0A%0D%0APossibly. It depends on how familiar you are with some of the source material. 36|2|23|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||16:58:09|05/30/2015|%3ESeems like %28Corwin%29%27s now %0D%0A%3Egot a submarine%2C though. Some guys got it. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that leads to the question of whether the submarine is a locked form%2C or if it can be rebuilt. Corwin wouldn%27t be in desperate need of a submarine%2C as far as I can imagine. If the nanotechnology or whatever that formed the submarine could be reformatted - say%2C into a starship...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI now truly see the long reach of Akio Ohtori. It seems I%27ve been %0D%0A%3Eunderestimating him%2C but I should have known better. Not for nothing %0D%0A%3Eis he Duke Cocytus. I%2C like others%2C dread what he could do with %0D%0A%3EAnnabelle and Garnet. He%27s certainly bent a lot of power arranging %0D%0A%3Ethis. The loss of some of his more notable manpower is certainly going %0D%0A%3Eto tax him%2C and I can%27t help but think he%27s not quite come out ahead. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AThe fact that he succeeded as well as he did is actually rather scary%2C considering that Corwin%27s curse should be hampering his effectiveness.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt seems%2C also%2C that everyone%27s leveled up again. Not nearly as %0D%0A%3Edramatically as during the timeskip between Symphony No. 3 and No. 4%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut still noticeable. Outright use and reference to the Force suggest %0D%0A%3EKate and Utena have been doing some reading over the past few months. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AIt wouldn%27t surprise me if Utena had taken some time to talk with Shan Bastila%2C both to try mending fences a little more and to talk a little about the whole Force thing.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 37|3|36|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||17:03:41|05/30/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-30-15 AT 05:08 PM (EDT)]%3E%3ESeems like %28Corwin%29%27s now %0D%0A%3E%3Egot a submarine%2C though. Some guys got it. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C that leads to the question of whether the submarine is a locked %0D%0A%3Eform%2C or if it can be rebuilt. Corwin wouldn%27t be in desperate need %0D%0A%3Eof a submarine%2C as far as I can imagine. If the nanotechnology or %0D%0A%3Ewhatever that formed the submarine could be reformatted - say%2C into a %0D%0A%3Estarship... %0D%0A%0D%0AFog ships basically %5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D starships%3B it%27s just that they can also swim. Even canonically%2C Iona%27s ability to dive works by gravity manipulation%2C not buoyancy control and hydrodynamics%2C and her main propulsion appears to be some sort of plasma drive. Fog ships are submersible even when they%27re patterned after ships that patently weren%27t %28e.g.%2C %5Bi%5DTakao%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C they can fly%2C and in the manga there%27s at least one that can teleport interoceanic distances.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C their ship configurations %5Bi%5Dcan%5B%2Fi%5D be altered%2C and internal mechanisms reconfigured. %5Bi%5DI-400%5B%2Fi%5D-class Fog submarines were not normally equipped with supergraviton cannons%2C for instance%3B Iona cannibalized hers from the wreck of %5Bi%5DHy%26%23363%3Bga%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C and on a point of order%2C at the moment he has a girl and seven kilotons of metallic dust %28and the latter is at the bottom of an antarctic fjord%2C to boot%29%2C not a submarine. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 43|4|37|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||00:28:36|05/31/2015|%3E%3E%3ESeems like %28Corwin%29%27s now %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Egot a submarine%2C though. Some guys got it. %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EWell%2C that leads to the question of whether the submarine is a locked %0D%0A%3E%3Eform%2C or if it can be rebuilt. Corwin wouldn%27t be in desperate need %0D%0A%3E%3Eof a submarine%2C as far as I can imagine. If the nanotechnology or %0D%0A%3E%3Ewhatever that formed the submarine could be reformatted - say%2C into a %0D%0A%3E%3Estarship... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EFog ships basically %5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D starships%3B it%27s just that they can also %0D%0A%3Eswim. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AConsidering that a notable percentage of the known starships are also capable of water landings%2C I suppose this shouldn%27t surprise me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat said%2C their ship configurations %5Bi%5Dcan%5B%2Fi%5D be altered%2C and %0D%0A%3Einternal mechanisms reconfigured. %5Bi%5DI-400%5B%2Fi%5D-class Fog submarines %0D%0A%3Ewere not normally equipped with supergraviton cannons%2C for instance%3B %0D%0A%3EIona cannibalized hers from the wreck of %5Bi%5DHy%C5%ABga%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C and on a point of order%2C at the moment he has a girl and seven %0D%0A%3Ekilotons of metallic dust %28and the latter is at the bottom of an %0D%0A%3Eantarctic fjord%2C to boot%29%2C not a submarine. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ATrue. I just wasn%27t sure whether the metallic dust would only re-form into a submarine or not.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 44|5|43|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||00:38:46|05/31/2015|%3E%3EAlso%2C and on a point of order%2C at the moment he has a girl and seven %0D%0A%3E%3Ekilotons of metallic dust %28and the latter is at the bottom of an %0D%0A%3E%3Eantarctic fjord%2C to boot%29%2C not a submarine. %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3ETrue. I just wasn%27t sure whether the metallic dust would only re-form %0D%0A%3Einto a submarine or not. %0D%0A%0D%0AAt this point%2C it%27s not known. No one ever got a chance to examine how a Fog ship actually worked back during the War%3B as such%2C how their substance is configured is%2C so far%2C a complete mystery. %5Bi%5DI-401%5B%2Fi%5D herself may know the answer%2C but then again%2C she might not%3B she%27s a submarine%2C not an engineer. Either way%2C it%27s going to take some pretty significant investigating before Corwin knows how her systems work%2C and whether he %28or she%2C or anyone%29 can make major adjustments to her vessel configuration.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C I kind of doubt he %5Bi%5Dwould%5B%2Fi%5D make really wholesale mods%2C like converting her into a Corellian blockade runner or something. Submarines are cool.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother thing that isn%27t known%2C while we%27re talking about them%2C is whether that particular metallic dust can actually be reactivated%2C or if it%27ll have to be replaced somehow. Given how difficult and hazardous turning it off was%2C just turning it back on with Godly Magic is probably not on.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 47|6|44|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|SpottedKitty||04:48:16|05/31/2015|%3EAt this point%2C it%27s not known. No one ever got a chance to examine %0D%0A%3Ehow a Fog ship actually worked back during the War%3B as such%2C how their %0D%0A%3Esubstance is configured is%2C so far%2C a complete mystery. %5Bi%5DI-401%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Eherself may know the answer%2C but then again%2C she might not%3B she%27s a %0D%0A%3Esubmarine%2C not an engineer.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow there%27s an application of the Centipede%27s Dilemma that never occurred to me. Although I think I remember coming across at least one mention of one ship being able to assimilate and use raw material from another ship. I wonder%2C would that feel to the Mental Model as if she%27s wearing someone else%27s clothes%2C or having bits of her anatomy surgically swapped out for someone else%27s%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 51|7|47|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Terminus Est||12:04:17|05/31/2015|Iona and Takao end up fusing %28...spoiler%2C I guess%3F%29 near the end of the Arpeggio anime after Iona takes critical damage and Gunzo is nearly killed. Takao sacrifices her body%2C and the Ars Nova is born. This is the biggest example %28at least on the good guys%27 side%29%2C but I%27m pretty sure it happens a few other times throughout. 52|6|44|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Kelvarin||12:46:53|05/31/2015|From the manga%2C Fog ships are made up of a complex nanite superstructure. The nanites can reform into a ship easily enough... as long as they are still %27alive%27. In fact%2C OTHER Fog ships have shown to be able to use the broken-up bits of nanoclusters to repair themselves or add more functionality %28that%27s part of how Iona gained her new cannon%29 by absorbing them into themselves. As long as their core is intact%2C everything else is just window dressing. Even their physical form is irrelevant as long as that core is intact. But the catch is%2C nobody really knows how LONG the nanites can survive without power - it is never clearly defined in the manga. We know several months is beyond them%2C but not where the cutoff deadline is. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C the real answer is %27Do the writers want them reactivated as part of making a great story%3F%27 Gotta love pseudoscience for such things. 27|1|0|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Offsides||15:16:42|05/30/2015|A couple of quick comments from my phone%3A%0D%0A%0D%0ATouga%27s death%3A couldn%27t have happened to a nicer guy %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnnabelle and Garnet being abducted%3A something in that note must be forcing Corwin to not react%2C otherwise I can%27t see him not assembling a strike team to obliterate Oriphos meeting with his oath to Mathilde the Red... And in any event%2C Akio is already a cosmic afterthought%2C even if he doesn%27t know it yet...%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 30|2|27|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BZArcher||16:10:34|05/30/2015|Well%2C at the present moment he%27s currently grappling with being hit with a hammer inscribed %22You have failed your family in the most complete way possible.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHe%27s gonna need a little time to recover from that. 34|3|30|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Gryphon||16:43:15|05/30/2015|%3EWell%2C at the present moment he%27s currently grappling with being hit %0D%0A%3Ewith a hammer inscribed %22You have failed your family in the most %0D%0A%3Ecomplete way possible.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHe%27s gonna need a little time to recover from that. %0D%0A%0D%0AI was gonna say%2C let the man breathe a little. He doesn%27t buy into the complete package of the Traditional Gender Roles%2C but he has pretty conventional views in re the responsibilities of fatherhood%2C and he has %28in his own estimation%29 blown the job pretty comprehensively. What you%27re seeing in that last scene he%27s in %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D his initial reaction.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had a lot of trouble with this one - I may get into more of the why and hows of that later on - but one thing that happened was this%3A When we were plotting this thing out%2C one of the things I wanted to avoid doing was ending %5Bi%5Dwith%5B%2Fi%5D the big negative shock - that kind of thing often strikes me as kind of a narrative cheap trick - but at the same time%2C I realized as construction went on that I couldn%27t go %5Bi%5Dtoo%5B%2Fi%5D deep into the reactions and responses before it started to feel a little like padding. The original draft ran into the middle of the next day%2C when people started to get over the shock and grief and start picking up the rubble%2C and it just felt weird that way. I split the difference with the version that finally saw release.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 48|4|34|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Bushido||09:28:51|05/31/2015|So does that mean that the next installment already has a significant portion written%3F 50|5|48|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|pjmoyer||11:50:39|05/31/2015|%3ESo does that mean that the next installment already has a significant %0D%0A%3Eportion written%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Acollapses in his chair%2C laughing hysterically%2C tears from his eyes%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A--- Philip%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%28translation%3A %22No%22%29%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-input.tumblr.com%7CFandoms%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-output.tumblr.com%7CFanart%5D%5B%2Fi%5D -- %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Amagnetic-terp-converse.tumblr.com%7CFan Meta Discussions%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 53|6|50|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BZArcher||14:16:41|05/31/2015|We%27re getting some pretty good blueprints going. We know what the house is gonna look like%2C and the work we did that was rolled over accounts for a pretty nice foundation that we%27ll be working from - but we still gotta build the rest of the house.%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t be shocked if we dip into TFLF%2C OWAW%2C and maybe even a few other dormant works for a little bit to recharge our mojo before charging down the next major release. %3A%29 54|7|53|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Peter Eng||14:31:27|05/31/2015|%3EDon%27t be shocked if we dip into TFLF%2C OWAW%2C and maybe even a few other %0D%0A%3Edormant works for a little bit to recharge our mojo before charging %0D%0A%3Edown the next major release. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AAfter putting the timing %28mostly%29 together%2C I figured that it might be necessary to dip into TFLF%2C just to get the blocking done right.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0A%28%22No%2C we can%27t have them here at that point%2C because Hokago Tea Time won%27t be able to make it%2C and we want them there...%22%29 62|6|50|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Bushido||05:23:04|06/01/2015|I pretty much expected that answer%2C but I had to ask any way. 61|4|34|||1||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|JeanneHedge||03:29:56|06/01/2015|%3EWe had a lot of trouble with this one - I may get into more of the why %0D%0A%3Eand hows of that later on - but one thing that happened was this%3A When %0D%0A%3Ewe were plotting this thing out%2C one of the things I wanted to avoid %0D%0A%3Edoing was ending %5Bi%5Dwith%5B%2Fi%5D the big negative shock - that kind of %0D%0A%3Ething often strikes me as kind of a narrative cheap trick - but at the %0D%0A%3Esame time%2C I realized as construction went on that I couldn%27t go %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dtoo%5B%2Fi%5D deep into the reactions and responses before it started to %0D%0A%3Efeel a little like padding. The original draft ran into the middle of %0D%0A%3Ethe next day%2C when people started to get over the shock and grief and %0D%0A%3Estart picking up the rubble%2C and it just felt weird that way. I split %0D%0A%3Ethe difference with the version that finally saw release. %0D%0A%0D%0AShort version - you did %22The Empire Strikes Back%22-style ending. That%27s ok.%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd valign%3Dtop%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%5Bbr%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5Bbr%5D1st Courier of the Heavenly Prophets for %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Awww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2F326055564%2Ftianxia-blood-silk-and-jade%7CTianxia%5D%5Bbr%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 57|1|0|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|Star Ranger4||19:40:14|05/31/2015|WOOF%21%21%21 Did someone get the license number of that Mack truck%3F You did%3F O%2C P%2C R%2C I%2C M%2C E%3F Feels about right...%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C shoot%2C even I know the good guys cant win EVERY battle%2C or there is no dynamic tension%2C et cetera and so on. and yet%2C this tactical victory that turned out to be a strategic defeat%2C clearly the opening battle of this campaign%2C still left me feeling like I tangled with said mack from above.%0D%0A%0D%0AMoving right along%2C though...%0D%0A%0D%0AEmily%27s an Earthbender%3F where did that come from%3F were you deliberately hiding it%2C or was I just clueless and overlooked hints you%27d already thrown out%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThe house... DAAAAANG. Sounds impressive%2C but I%27m still having trouble visualizing it. doubt we%27re lucky enough there is a reference image for it anywhere%3F I was about to inquire about using The Sims%2C as you had in the past%2C but I dont think what I read is reproducable that way%2C at least not in the version I have%2Fhad %282%2C but with most of the offical add ons and a few not so official%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Rejoice%2C O partygoers%2C%22 declared Corwin. %22For we bring you meat%21 And %3Eveggies%2C%22 he added%2C as if that were less important.%0D%0A%0D%0Awell%2C DUH. anyone who gets reguarly taped for bbq duty %28such as myself%29 knows that basic factiod. Its all about massive hunks of flame seared dead animal. Greens are only around because we%27re not allowed to have just seared dead animal.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22My ancestors would say that putting a building here is disrespectful to the %3E beauty of this landscape%2C%22 Garnet mused in a thoughtful tone%2C then went on %0D%0A%3E matter-of-factly%2C %22From this I can only conclude that my ancestors were %0D%0A%3E idiots%2C because damn%2C yo.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Afrom the mouths of hatchlings...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Sorry. I don%27t mean to brag%2C but it%27s hard not to get excited about%0D%0A%3E my gear.%22%0D%0A%0D%0Ayour forgiven. even though you may have a point about a seemingly unexploited niche%3B i%27ve still found that the right gear makes all the difference. Certainly%2C the best gear means it will be that much longer before you have any real competition at least.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot surprising that Annabelle can turn even the mighty Thor to goo in under 10 seconds. I mean%2C thats what babies DO%2C and we know she%27s exceptional just from who her parents are%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E He got only the most fleeting glimpse of her%2C just enough to get an %0D%0A%3E impression rather than an actual image%3A pale skin%2C light-colored hair%2C a %0D%0A%3E bulky jacket...%0D%0A%0D%0AFor the record%2C even though it really is a bit to early%2C I was utterly convinced this was Rei%2C who gets her CMOA later on in Blades%3B especially when I read the text description of the shield.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Based on the thickness of the tokens and the height of the peg%2C there would%0D%0A%3E be just barely room on it for all ten of the required hits%2C and the%0D%0A%3E accumulation of misses at the bottom would eat up what little reserve there%0D%0A%3E was.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand probably kept at no more than just that much clear%2C for just that reason.%0D%0A%0D%0AI guess it might be just me%2C but I%27d have had Corwin take the %27money%27 shot%2C then notice the commotion and instantly take off with the gang%3B totally not noticing that he had%2C in fact%2C sunk the 10th until the barker catches up with him later. totally authorial design decision%2C however.%0D%0A%0D%0AI see Temzin has taught Korra from the Myagi school. If best defense no be there%2C so much better to take enemy firepower and use it on him%21%0D%0A%0D%0ACorwin as earthbender flows so naturally I%27m certain that you%27d already exposed us to it and I%27ve just forgotten when%2Fwhere%3B as are his actions here typical Corwin %28no additional whuparse needs opened%2C check what else needs doing that he%27d be optimal for%29%0D%0A%0D%0AOther bits... Kaitlin realising what texans have allegedly know for decades. some men just need killing.%0D%0A%0D%0Ajust about it for now. nap not calling my name but screaming it through a bullhorn... 58|2|57|||||RE%3A %28OOTR15%29 M5 Taken by Storm|BZArcher||20:46:39|05/31/2015|Two quick answers to some of your questions%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AEmily A%29 gave the EB salute to Corwin back at the Velvet Palanquin and B%29 confirmed that she was a bender back when she had her interview %2F explanations with Korra and the trinity. %0D%0A%0D%0ACorwin revealed that his Rune Knight abilities allowed for training in Earthbending back in %5Bi%5DTry%2C Try Again%5B%2Fi%5D.