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Companion Chronicles [Jumpchain/Multicross SI] [Currently visiting: INTERMISSION]

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Tempestuous said:
"Why would unique artifacts need less scrutiny? A magical item is either safe or not regardless of how many there are."

"The logic behind the policy is flimsy at best."
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I suspect it has something to do with proliferation.

One person with an artifact might be responsible.
Everybody with access to a magic item will give you some real idiots.



Tempestuous said:
. "It's sort of a weird thing to tell someone that their world exists as fiction."

"I thought you said it was just a matter of fiction matching a world."

"Yeah, but it's hard to explain the difference to people who don't think about fiction that much."
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It could be worse.
Think of all the poor suckers stuck in a "First Draft" world!
 
Tempestuous said:
"It's sort of a weird thing to tell someone that their world exists as fiction."

"I thought you said it was just a matter of fiction matching a world."

"Yeah, but it's hard to explain the difference to people who don't think about fiction that much."
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This is a mood for so many things. Race, class, gender, sexuality, plurality... having to explain the absolute basics of these kinds of things to people who don't think about that kind of thing at all is exhausting. Gotta imagine that it's even worse when what you're trying to explain is "literally everything you know about the universe is wrong to some extent".
 
Raphael said:
Honestly, as long as they're giving the employees plenty of time to find a new job, and an AMAZING reference, it seemed reasonable to me. Not ideal, but reasonable.
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And they can most certainly afford to give them a solid severance package.

Blaflaix said:
One person with an artifact might be responsible.
Everybody with access to a magic item will give you some real idiots.
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I'd guess it's the level of impact. A unique artifact can impact at most one meat-packing plant or bread factory or the like. A mass produced artifact can impact a large fraction of an industry.
 
Damm the bakery got not just one star but 3 stars! damm so presume the bakery will stay around even after the people teached by homura retired right? Hopefully homura has a very very long list on how to bake the perfect pastry (non homura mortals edition.) she could probably make a best selling recipe book based on said notes (if she has it of course)

Tempestuous said:
Luke's brain ceased responding for a few seconds.

"What?
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Luke.exe has stopped working
 
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Only a few chapters in but it seems fun so far. When I read the first trans hint I was like "ooh, can't wait to see how long it takes for the average reader to notice this. And how blatant it has to be for them to notice," but then it is outright stated a few scenes later and I was like "awwww"

EDUT, CH2: Also if Max is different genders to everyone that talks to them, why does homura think she has never met an nb in chapter 1? Or is changing pronouns for Max all the time just a typo?

EDUT, CH3: right so Max is whatever gender they are to the person talking to them. It's not a typo. Why does homura think she's never met an nb then?

EDUT, CH4: yeah the violation as comedy in this chapter is gonna be hard to get past tbh. Ch5 is gonna need to be amazing to redeem the story now.

EDUT, CH9: ok this is really good. I just have to avoid the chapters with most of the other companions.
 
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MaimakteriAnn said:
EDUT, CH2: Also if Max is different genders to everyone that talks to them, why does homura think she has never met an nb in chapter 1? Or is changing pronouns for Max all the time just a typo?
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Homura has never met someone mid-transition. Max has alt-forms that are both male and female, but he doesn't have any form that's transitioning, and switching takes less time than a normal magical girl transformation.
 
Tempestuous said:
Homura stood up and turned to face the wall behind her desk… then jumped into the air and pumped both fists in the most blatantly unreserved display I'd ever seen from her. And then it was over. When she turned back around, her expression was as stony as ever.
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I just found this segment to be incredibly heartwarming. Normally we don't get to see this side of Homura.
 
MaimakteriAnn said:
Switching genders repeatedly and having no attachment to one in particular is a non binary gender expression.
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On the other hand, there's plenty of reasons why someone might fall under what's conventionally consider the non-binary umbrella without actually IDing as non-binary. If Max says she's not non-binary, then she isn't.
 
Crimson Doom said:
On the other hand, there's plenty of reasons why someone might fall under what's conventionally consider the non-binary umbrella without actually IDing as non-binary. If Max says she's not non-binary, then she isn't.
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If I had a nickel for every character in this fanfic who existed outside of the gender binary but was reluctant to identify as trans because they thought their life experiences were too alien and magical to fall under that umbrella, I would have ~two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
 
Crimson Doom said:
On the other hand, there's plenty of reasons why someone might fall under what's conventionally consider the non-binary umbrella without actually IDing as non-binary. If Max says she's not non-binary, then she isn't.
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Had Max ever said that? I'm only at chapter 20 ATM, but so far the only comment at all was "we just use whatever pronouns best suit the way we first met Max".

Also just noticed your user tag. Cool. High thirty. Etc.
 
MaimakteriAnn said:
Had Max ever said that? I'm only at chapter 20 ATM, but so far the only comment at all was "we just use whatever pronouns best suit the way we first met Max".

Also just noticed your user tag. Cool. High thirty. Etc.
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Honestly, we don't remember Max ever making a definitive statement one way or another? But on the other hand, our memory sucks, so who knows.

High thirty...? Ah, because multiple, got it! High thirty, then!

Though an argument could be made that the number would be different depending on the number of members in any given system... given that a "high five" represents two singlets performing that action, theoretically it should be five times the number of headmates, then factoring in any fragments with whatever fraction seems appropriate. This would then suggest that should two systems perform this action, the number associated with the action would be different for each system. Unless thirty is simply the generally agreed-upon number for this general scenario? We are new enough to being plural that cultural norms such as that could easily have been missed.

You... might be overthinking this a tad.
 
You make a good point about not clogging the thread, I'll reply in personals.
 
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