As Minami Sato might say, it's a process. :)

>Heavens only know none of her aunts seem to
>be successful that way (though I do wonder about Komilia and Olaf
>Petersson...)

In fairness, we don't really keep close tabs on what they're up to. For all we know, Terry spends her weekends in the rumpus room on the George & Vulture.*

>Point the third: Can I just say (again, I think?) that I love Kaname's
>confident attitude and chutzpah? If there's anyone in UF who deserves
>to get superpowers and become a galactic badass overnight, surely it
>is her.

But she has superpowers.

--G.
* she does not
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Ah, young love. True enough!

>In fairness, we don't really keep close tabs on what they're up to.
>For all we know, Terry spends her weekends in the rumpus room on the
>George & Vulture.*

I looked up the George & Vulture and got a very tall pub with 100% fewer rumpus rooms, most likely. But still, pretty sure I can grok from context. =)

That said, your point is fair. All I know is Kaname has a sister and no cousins. To make it clear, I would be quite interested in the Ongoing Adventures of Mars Division and/or Southern Cross Crusaders, which reminds me I should read the Invid origin story again.

>But she has superpowers.

I mean...sort of? The whole ancestral knowledge thing is actually a very interesting concept--I like it--but it's difficult to be a badass when one cannot call upon it on demand. Poor Kaname should get lessons from the boyfriend. =)

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Authors of our fates
Orchestrate our fall from grace
Poorest players on the stage
Our defiance drives us straight to the edge

Heh, in this context it's the Hellfire Club's pleasure zeppelin (as seen doubling as a mobile crisis management center for the IPO in Weapon of Choice). :)

>>But she has superpowers.
>
>I mean...sort of? The whole ancestral knowledge thing is actually a
>very interesting concept--I like it--but it's difficult to be a badass
>when one cannot call upon it on demand. Poor Kaname should get lessons
>from the boyfriend. =)

To be fair, the situations in which we've so far seen her have any need to be a badass have been fairly limited so far.

--G.
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To be fair, she's busy. Between her classes at DSM, being an RA, any committees she joins, her mental discipline training, and keeping Sosuke from using a laser on suspicious gelatin in the dining hall, it's impressive that she gets enough sleep.

Adding self-defense lessons to the list is probably not a good plan right now.

Peter Eng
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