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Forum Name: Our Witches at War/Gallian Gothic
Topic ID: 82
Message ID: 3
#3, RE: Lack of artistic talent leads to boggle...
Posted by Gryphon on Sep-17-20 at 11:16 AM
In response to message #2
>>Heh, I saw that a few days ago on DB. I assume from Remi's hat that
>>it's a Holmes-and-Watson thing, although the gun is too modern. (I
>>know there's that modern-day Holmes series, but Holmes doesn't wear
>>that hat in it, as far as I know.)
>>
>It occurred to me that such a picture could result from the contents
>of a second supply drop from G to himself on the next full moon,
>though I lack the firearms knowledge to know if anything remotely like
>the picture gun was available in the mid 40s

It's hard to tell from that extreme angle, but it looks like it could be a Browning Hi-Power/FN GP 35 (or at least based on one), which would totally be period-correct (although it looks like this one is in stainless steel, which is not—it might be nickel-plated, though, which would be).

He actually has a service pistol at the SDM already, a Liberion Army M1911A1. He had it with him on his shopping trip to Colmar, and it's been hanging on the back of a chair by the fireplace in Remi's bedroom ever since. Total Chekhov's Gun violation. :)

>and honestly would have
>to assume that the inclusion of the gun and the hats had to be one or
>more of the witches spicing up the supply run for various reasons.

You know who would look completely ginchy in the hat Flan's wearing there? Sakuya. Especially in her "butler in the streets, maid in the sheets" outfit? Tellin' you.

>>Someone also made a Touhou mod for Grand Theft Auto (I assume
>>San Andreas, since the pics are too old for it to be V/Online),
>>so there's a fair number of "Touhou characters with guns in modern
>>clothes" pics floating around derived from that.
>
>Wouldn't that be a reduction in firepower for most of them?

Sure, but I imagine it cuts down on the collateral damage, except when Remi discovers the deeply satisfying magic of the sticky bomb.

>> Also, to be fair, Remi only stole a little tiny bit, and Flan had to be
>> practically forced to take it (although at that point she did take, uh,
>> basically all of it*).
>
>I knew it was somewhat unfair taken literally (I expect Remilia would
>be on her dignity fairly instantly at the suggestion that she would
>ever -steal- blood) but it wouldn't be a movie tagline in the 80s mold
>if it weren't mildly misleading.

True.

--G.
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