I can't wait to see the (im/ex)plosion caused by the next update. It seems withdrawal has long passed critical levels and has started manifesting itself as happy chitchat. If we get more canon to talk about, it will surely go nuclear!
Hold on, we're not the Soviet Union. I think we can stop before we reach critical mass. But canon might now be bad for us, because the withdrawal could go insane. Whatever, I guess this thread is too good to live more than once...
 
"Anna, when you say dodge, do you mean just flying or will you use intercepting fire as well?"

Anna stays silent for moment, then tilts her head slightly as she answers.

"Intercepting fire means shooting, I will just fly."

That left quite a few more options open for you then-

"Intercepting fire is more defending than attacking. I think you should do it Anna, it wouldn't be realistic if you didn't shoot at all."

"… Right. I will be doing so then, if no one minds?"
>Says she would shoot
>Proceed to not fire anything from her reserve
Seriously, the only thing I note Anna fire is the missile pilfered from Setsuna and Yukari.
 
She lived under war conditions since she was very young. She does not have baseline for not-war. So... For her is more like "Peace is heaven"

Anna would still agree that "War is hell" though.

For Anna, the war against the antagonists is a crusade. It is a terrible, terrible thing, but to her it is black and white. The Antagonists have no redeeming qualities. Humanity has many. Much of the meaning behind "war is hell" comes from the nature of human-on-human war: both sides have innocents who will suffer terribly no matter the outcome, something virtually impossible to moralize. The AGs, of course, (appear?) to be entirely focused on the extermination of mankind and have not been observed to have any no combatants whatsoever.

The forces of hell indeed.

So, yes. Anna would revile the idea of war between humans. But when it comes to the AGs, I think "peace is heaven" is indeed more accurate.
 
Anna's angel's, flight one, and Sandra's harem are the ideas I've seen.
...
There's a joke in there, somewhere.


"You want me to do what?"
Florida had the good grace to look sheepish, at least.
"..and why should I do that?"
Florida arched a brow.
"...fine. But you so owe me."
The alligator wagged her tail-which was way too far away for me to see, and swamped several deserted islands.
"I suppose that this is what I get for wanting to save giant death lizards..."
 
Anna's angel's, flight one, and Sandra's harem are the ideas I've seen.
...
There's a joke in there, somewhere.


"You want me to do what?"
Florida had the good grace to look sheepish, at least.
"..and why should I do that?"
Florida arched a brow.
"...fine. But you so owe me."
The alligator wagged her tail-which was way too far away for me to see, and swamped several deserted islands.
"I suppose that this is what I get for wanting to save giant death lizards..."
What was the point of saving the giant death lizards anyway (aside from adorable cuddling)? That is just going to backfire in every single way possible. Also, I throw in the name of Flight Hare(m). The tortoise and the hare is too long to be a catchy name.
 
What was the point of saving the giant death lizards anyway (aside from adorable cuddling)? That is just going to backfire in every single way possible. Also, I throw in the name of Flight Hare(m). The tortoise and the hare is too long to be a catchy name.
...why wouldn't I try to save the giant death lizards?o_O
There awesome and adorable and are gonna eat antagonists!
...
Or if you prefer a serious, "in character(such as it is)" explanation, compare their range to the map on the first post. They would be in serious danger of extinction (the American alligator at least, the Chinese ones might be in better shape) and are, to me, one of the main symbols of my home, which would be sunken under the ocean. Ignoring the latter part of that sentence, them being in danger of going extinct would be reason enough.
 
We're the cannon, right? Right?!

Edit: Or actually, I guess we could just transform into a giant Higgs generator...
 
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There's a lot of things I want to say right now... I want to talk about omake and a bunch of other stuff...

But...

Right now...

All I can do is wish in vain for the update...

I...

...

...

Oh.

Shit... I'm tearing up right now.

This moving business is being... Pretty hard on me. It's almost entirely irrational fear -- I'm completely confident in my ability to adapt & excel in college, partly because I already have in some measure, partly for a bunch of other reasons. But I've never been so afraid of anything in my life and it's getting to me right now, really really hard.

I'm... Honestly not exaggerating, here. I... I don't get like this. At all. There was one time I was going to a chess tournament in a carpool with my team, the interstate was all iced up and we spun out in front of an oncoming semi. I... Wasn't really afraid. I tensed, entered flight/fight, but... I was functional. This... I'm just sitting here in this hotel room tearing up.

One of my coping mechanisms over the years has been to drown myself in upbeat or one-sided fiction. But, I've grown past (or simply set aside take your pick) the thing I used for a while -- one of SilentlyWatches works.

So I'm sitting here in this hotel room in the city I'm going to be going to college in, tearing up, wishing I had something, anything I could read to just cheer myself up through immersion, and just kind of despairing.

And I keep trying to get myself to do something to try to get my attention focused on something other than fear and, I've been reading a really cool romance/adventure over on ff.net all night, and I just can't take it anymore. I sit up on the bed, tearing up, things I could try to do flashing through my mind and then "I could post on BAHHSCQ about the omake" turns into "re-read BAHHSCQ."

So... I guess what I'm here to say before I start re-reading is, thank you @Avalanche and @LegacySC, because... I think because is obvious.

I... Just scrolled up to the top of this, I guess it isn't totally coherent... I don't really care right now.

Anna?

Please Halp.

Thanks in advance.
 
Hey, @Kaizuki, s'okay. Doing something big and new and throwing yourself into the unknown is absolutely grounds for being pants-shittingly terrifying. I do similar things, reading happy WAFF-y stories to keep myself upbeat, too. Anna is great for this, but, there's also (sadly possibly defunct) Taylolth, which I also enjoy.

You know your fear is irrational, and that's a good start. Just remember, no matter what else goes on with college, you will not die. You will be okay. You can recover from anything that you face there, no matter how weird, and no matter how far outside your scope or comfort zone it is now. You'll learn from it, and you'll be able to do better in the future.

You'll make mistakes, and lots of 'em, but that too will pass. And some of it can go into your writing in the future. You can take some of your experiences, and throw them at Anna here in votes, or in your own omakes, or other works that you do.

For what it's worth, you're not alone; most people go through this feeling at various times. It's just your brain being a dick and focusing on the negative and the unknown.

Either way, enjoy the reread, because Anna is always worth rereading.
 
There's a lot of things I want to say right now... I want to talk about omake and a bunch of other stuff...

But...

Right now...

All I can do is wish in vain for the update...

I...

...

...

Oh.

Shit... I'm tearing up right now.

This moving business is being... Pretty hard on me. It's almost entirely irrational fear -- I'm completely confident in my ability to adapt & excel in college, partly because I already have in some measure, partly for a bunch of other reasons. But I've never been so afraid of anything in my life and it's getting to me right now, really really hard.

I'm... Honestly not exaggerating, here. I... I don't get like this. At all. There was one time I was going to a chess tournament in a carpool with my team, the interstate was all iced up and we spun out in front of an oncoming semi. I... Wasn't really afraid. I tensed, entered flight/fight, but... I was functional. This... I'm just sitting here in this hotel room tearing up.

One of my coping mechanisms over the years has been to drown myself in upbeat or one-sided fiction. But, I've grown past (or simply set aside take your pick) the thing I used for a while -- one of SilentlyWatches works.

So I'm sitting here in this hotel room in the city I'm going to be going to college in, tearing up, wishing I had something, anything I could read to just cheer myself up through immersion, and just kind of despairing.

And I keep trying to get myself to do something to try to get my attention focused on something other than fear and, I've been reading a really cool romance/adventure over on ff.net all night, and I just can't take it anymore. I sit up on the bed, tearing up, things I could try to do flashing through my mind and then "I could post on BAHHSCQ about the omake" turns into "re-read BAHHSCQ."

So... I guess what I'm here to say before I start re-reading is, thank you @Avalanche and @LegacySC, because... I think because is obvious.

I... Just scrolled up to the top of this, I guess it isn't totally coherent... I don't really care right now.

Anna?

Please Halp.

Thanks in advance.
If it makes you feel better, I was still getting irrationally wigged out about heading off to college after I'd been going a year or two, so, you know, you're not alone there.
 
Wow. Four chapters in and I feel a bit better...

The fact that the Antagonist you had fought in front of the Breach had merely been 'Class C' rankled. That there were still two ranks of enemies above even that horrifying monster which came so close to killing you sent shivers down your spine. You feel a smile split across your face as you consider-

Woah, woah. What's this smile stuff about? What the hell? Where does thus fit into our perception of Anna o_O is it satisfaction that sekhmet is dead or what o.o

Hey, @Kaizuki, s'okay. Doing something big and new and throwing yourself into the unknown is absolutely grounds for being pants-shittingly terrifying. I do similar things, reading happy WAFF-y stories to keep myself upbeat, too. Anna is great for this, but, there's also (sadly possibly defunct) Taylolth, which I also enjoy.

You know your fear is irrational, and that's a good start. Just remember, no matter what else goes on with college, you will not die. You will be okay. You can recover from anything that you face there, no matter how weird, and no matter how far outside your scope or comfort zone it is now. You'll learn from it, and you'll be able to do better in the future.

You'll make mistakes, and lots of 'em, but that too will pass. And some of it can go into your writing in the future. You can take some of your experiences, and throw them at Anna here in votes, or in your own omakes, or other works that you do.

For what it's worth, you're not alone; most people go through this feeling at various times. It's just your brain being a dick and focusing on the negative and the unknown.

Either way, enjoy the reread, because Anna is always worth rereading.

... I hugged you. But take a <3 too.

Regarding omake... So, I was struggling through the line I have, and then I said "fuck it let's write the big fight scene." Now I've got several hundred words of questionable start and a solid few pages of fight scene with more planned for it. I have no idea how to get from point A to point B >.> might take a while.

Edit: just read blanket-chan. Aaaaaaand the omake ideas begin again. Bed is so fluffy.

Edit 2: and bread-chan. It sang to me and the words were plot bunny writing omake.
 
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Familiar - Anna, Sandra and Setsuna
My status as a semi-lurker is pretty much toast at this point, but this thread is worth it. I seem to be forming a habit of posting after midnight.

Here's another contribution to the thread, this time in the form of fanart. I drew these about a month ago, but yesterday was the first time in a long while that I had access to a scanner.


Original sketches:

 
Here's another contribution to the thread, this time in the form of fanart. I drew these about a month ago, but yesterday was the first time in a long while that I had access to a scanner.

These are awesome, well done! Can we use them as character portraits, @Avalanche? They look like they'd suit better than the ones cribbed from random anime we have now.
 
My status as a semi-lurker is pretty much toast at this point, but this thread is worth it. I seem to be forming a habit of posting after midnight.

Here's another contribution to the thread, this time in the form of fanart. I drew these about a month ago, but yesterday was the first time in a long while that I had access to a scanner.


Original sketches:


These are great! Good job.
 
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