LAST EDITED ON Sep-20-22 AT 11:00 PM (EDT)
 
Some additional and entirely unofficial notes, theories, and waffle from the Forum's official bellend-in-residence:-

Good afternoon and welcome to Experimental Weapon Theater. -- I thought that was the Pacific, personally, or at least more confined to the latter stages of the War. If you think that joke sucks, I assure you, they only get worse.

We call it the æther saw -- Rittmeister von Katadien, what you have there is a prototype chainsword. Or possibly an eviscerator. You just need to work on the handle. If protosabres can work, so can this.
(Other responses include: Groovy.)

"No worries! Glad to have you." -- Honestly, one of the other uses of the æther saw seems to be so that the girls can get some use out of the lightsabre combat part of Force training. This makes me wonder which of the Forms they're all choosing to specialise in, and why Hannelore's choosing Djem-So out of spite.

Sometimes I'm surprised we all didn't turn into blueberries -- No, Wilma! You know not what you say! The Internet is a dark and foetid place, where such words can turn to blackest dread! Or purplest dread! Dread of some description, anyway.

And by the way — now that we've seen action together, you can call me Shirley. -- I'm glad this got sorted out. It... seems like it was a weird thing for Shirley to have been worried about in the first place though, or at least not without it being pointed out to her. Wonder who it was...

"She hasn't done it again." -- I can't help but feel this would be solved by proper communication between Patchy and Koakuma regarding the latter's needs and happines - and if it's not solved by proper communication, then Remi can break out the whacky stick and demonstrate the error of Patchy's ways.
(I am not allowed to refer to Gungnir, Spear of the God-King Wotan, as "the whacky stick" any more...)

"It's kind of a long story." -- I almost feel like Flandre and Meiling's trip to Helvetia would work better if it was never explained. Like, it just becomes this increasingly deranged series of events pieced together by Remilia, who by the end has a full Conspiracy Theory Corkboard going with fifteen different colours of string and photographs of, like, a toupee balanced on a potato or something. The potato's photograph has a note pinned to it that says "THE CARDINAL???" in big red letters. Gryphon just lets her get on with it, assuming Flandre has finally mastered the gentle art of Fucking With Your Older Sibling. He assumes incorrectly.
(Just as Remi has questions for Flan, IRL-Gryph has one question for me, that being: Traitor, why are you the way that you are?)

"There you are, Mr. President!" -- Hardly the most original joke in the universe, but I will take my paucity of credit for inspiring UF lines wherever I can dredge it up. =]

Stand by on the gravy -- I couldn't help but hear this in the way episodes of Stingray start. You know, the bit that goes STAND BY FOR ACTION!
(Chickeeeeen, chicken! Dada DAH-dah DAH-dah!)

double-checked the wards on the torii (purely ceremonial though they might be) -- Something about this line is setting off my Foreshadowing Alarm. I don't know, maybe it's just on the blink again. It's not been right since I dropped it in the soup...

The fulcrum of Fusō's fate. -- Funny thing about fulcrums of fate, Gryph and his bloodline have a history of messing with those.
(Reimu is not allowed her lightsabre until she learns to play nice with Marisa's emotions)

"Yep," she said. -- I'm putting a tenner on Mio and Minna rocking up at the turning point of the fight because everysinglekamifuckingdammit you two having a lovers' tiff is NOT going to ruin our FUCKING WEDDING!
(Minna goes Bridezilla, but Mio instead goes Bridejira.)

So those are some things that stood out to me that weren't commented on in the official annotations. I plan on doing more of these in future! Assuming, of course, that Gryphon doesn't send me the hundred grand in used non-sequential bills. =]

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

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