Ok, I've seen this .gif a few times. What the heck is it from?
Oh, this ought to be good. This ought to be real good. xD
Constellations (Worm/Okami)
- Thread starter UnwelcomeStorm
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- United States
Out of curiosity, is Velocity Japanese in this story? He seemed to easily pulled into the Obaa-san current, and responded fluidly in Japanese. Or is he just more culturally-educated than Armsmaster and Chessman?
- Pronouns
- Exist
Old lady gives you sweets if you call her Obasan. What exactly does he have to figure out here?
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
I will freely admit I mentally added this sound-clip to the bolded bit.
UnwelcomeStorm
BARK! BARK! BARK!
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- United States
In canon, I think it was mentioned that he had an interest in learning about other cultures and visiting different countries. The best he got was getting stuck in Brockton Bay and taking a couple of adult ed classes on foreign languages.
I like to think that getting to visit an actual shrine, and getting to eat actual Japanese sweets and practice his meager language skills on actual Japanese obaasans just has Velocity on cloud nine.
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- United States of America
Talking that is HERESY of the highest order burn the witch
Here's the best part: Kenta has now recognized Taylor as a Miko and Sunny as a Kami.
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- They/Them
Castle. A TV police show thingie. Was great the first few seasons but not anymore.
Virgo with cheer
Also The Evil Within, just so Yaknow.
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- The Place of No Return: Canada
Ah, and once more, the day is saved(?) Thanks too! Talking! Find out next time what happens when it meets its respective brother and cousins, Shouting, and Denial!
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- United States
Hm. Didn't know that. I may have to look through Worm again.
Also, I now realize how easy it would be for anyone to be more culturally-minded than Armsmaster and Chessman...
On another note, both Lung and the PRT are preparing to approach Taylor. One side is operating on the assumption of parahuman activity, while the other is assuming divine intervention. I'm sure that difference in view will come to a head soon, especially if the ABB and PRT encounter each other on the way to the shrine (which would just be hilarious).
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- Plato's Cave
Well, it's not around anymore. Ended a year or two ago, I don't remember specifically (despite living in a house where everybody else is a fan).
Anyway, an on topic post: I am still wondering if Taylor will figure out Danny's Chessman, if he'll come clean to her, or if someone else will drop that bombshell. This latest development has done nothing to alter the odds on any of those options.
Says who? Only a handful of people understand how parahuman powers manifest, and only Cauldrons know the full scope of the phenomena. To most scientists, parahumans are an eclectic bunch of traumatized young adults who's relationship status with physics is listed as "complicated" on their Facebook profile. Taylor is a teenage girl who has gained the favor of a goD, and that favor manifests itself by altering reality to the benefit of Taylor and those who bear her good will.
Taylor's control is indirect, but in principle it is the same as shard-bestowed powers. Different mechanisms for determining what the parahuman wants and different reasons for fulfilling that desire, but the end results are the same.
At the very least, we know Taylor can live up to her parahuman namesake. So long as certain criteria are met, Brushstroke's painting results in a shaker effect.
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Thief of Words
Trans lesbian librarian
- Location
- Best book girl
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I do so love this story. It nicely fills the "suplexing a train" shaped hole in my Worm-fic reading.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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- She/Her
Has Danny seriously not noticed that Taylor is more involved in any of this than he is?
DANIEL. ARMSMASTER IS TELLING YOU TO TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER. IT IS WELL PAST TIME YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO YOUR DAUGHTER.
Baachan is best girl.
I can't remember US's official word on that, but I honestly hope so, those techniques are just so much fun.
That is true, the only issue are the Celestial Brush Techniques that she might or might not be learning (leaning on "might" because of her Restoration shenanigans) haven't been the focus-
WAIT A FREAKING MINUTE!
US is that what the Box that Taylor asked Old Man Henderson to build represents? Each time someone offers their personal support to Taylor and the Shrine, a small piece of them is placed inside it, representing a Brush Technique that Ammy can teach Taylor?
Vox De Harlequin
Consequences are for other people
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- Hyalean Theoric World
What hand motion is this?
Please enlighten me.
Okay, who poked Lung with a pin? He appears to have a slow leak.
You might end up eating those words Director.
Possibly.
Does Ammy do any real fortune telling in canon, or is she just a good planner when she bothers to actually plan?
...What madness is this... "talking"?
Vox De Harlequin
Consequences are for other people
- Location
- Hyalean Theoric World
I'm fairly sure that in Okami she just does things and everything somehow works out...
I guess it depends on whether you consider having access to a strategy guide for life to be fortune telling.
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- Exist
Well
we see Issun perform Bloom at the end of the Game, which even if he's the Envoy of the Gods, Taylor also fits right now,
That would be awesome.
Bursting Eagerness Soul
Threadwalking Rating Machine
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- Wisconsin
Are you telling me that Velocity is a weeb?
"I dont get it."
"You open your mouth."
"Yes."
"You speak words."
"Okay."
"And you use words and tones of voice to convey a genial attitude without seemingly like you're here to arrest her."
"No. You lost me."
"AAAAAAARGH!"
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It would also be just like Worm for Armsmaster + Chessman to show up to the shrine when Lung and Lee are there to hash out their new arrangements.
Smash cut to the four seated at a table, steaming cups of tea in front of them with a smiling Taylor at one end and a happily panting doG on the other.
Also, dude, 'weeb' is not the preferred nomenclature. Japan enthusiast, please.
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- United States
I just realized that there is a lot of parallelling and scene repeating throughout this story. I first noticed it with the "didn't smile, showed teeth" thing back when Sophia was caught by the PRT. Now we have "Well, shit" from Dauntless then Lung, and the "Here is what's going to happen" from Lung and Piggot.
@UnwelcomeStorm , that's an impressive amount of care put into the story, especially since you pulled it off, multiple times, without it seeming trite or forced.
@UnwelcomeStorm , that's an impressive amount of care put into the story, especially since you pulled it off, multiple times, without it seeming trite or forced.
Highwind
To Rise From The Ashes
- Location
- Brazil
That's a very Lung-like way of seeing things, that's for sure. He who has Power makes the rules, and Lung has Power in spades.
Of course, no amount of raw power can help him now that Sunny has decided to teach him a lesson.
'I really should get an award for Biggest Understatement of the Year for that one.' Thought Oni Lee.
Not hire, kidnap. I'm starting to think Lung hasn't quite understood what Sunny wants from him.
'She smote you with Divine Lightning for attacking her priestess, found and restored a priceless historical artifact and made the Protectorate arrest half the E88 while completely embarrassing both of them in the process. No shit she's authentic, Kenta.' Was what Oni Lee really wanted to say, but he managed to hold his tongue.
Lung. I may be wrong here, but I think you completely misunderstood the situation you are in. Your most loyal enforcer/Best Friend just told you that The Great August Goddess Amaterasu took enough notice of your little kingdom to, at the very least, empower a Priestess and send a powerful Spirit to straighten things out over there. Said pair of Divinely appointed servants then kicked your ass in one meeting and gave you a dressing down in the next one, forced you to give away portions of your territory and basically told you to shape up and act like a decent person.
You gave them a flimsy excuse, which they accepted. Great! Except now they've stripped away that excuse in less than a week, in the most embarrassing way possible. And now, instead of taking the hint and doing as The (Servants and representatives of The) Great August Goddess Who Shines in The Heavens all but told you to your face to act, you're still looking for ways to shirk your duty.
Lung, you're an idiot.
I honestly pity Lee here. His friend, on top of being a lazy dragon who cares only for his Hoard and his reputation, is terminally incapable of taking a goddamned hint. He seriously considered just laundering money to donate to the shrine and not stopping his criminal dealings at all, while only doing the bare minimum to improve the community.
Oni Lee status: [FRUSTRATED INTERNAL SCREAMING INTENSIFIES]
And here's the other person in this fic that really deserves a break. I can't imagine what it must be like for Emily to write those reports to the higher-ups.
Assault continues to be the best Hero in the Protectorate, with no real competition besides Miss Militia. God(dess) knows Halbeard and Chessman aren't in position to compete for that spot and Battery ranks just above "Average" in everything but her Tsukkomi skill, which is top notch.
Wait, did they actually expect Taylor to try to recruit Purity, the Ex-Neo-Nazi, into the ABB? Or at least her own little Parahuman team which is still clearly affiliated with the ABB?
Danny, it's quite clear to everyone you're horrible at this "Being a Father" thing. That's fine. Just please, show some self-awareness and stop using those excuses. They clearly aren't convincing anyone.
The Obaa-chan Collective was clearly running interference for Taylor here. That they also got to dote on a nice young man who can show proper respect for the traditions and the wisdom of the elderly, unlike their no-good grandchildren who either loaf around playing with their cellphones and computers or worse, join that rascal Lung's gang, was simply a welcome bonus.
Well, at least Danny isn't a complete failure as a father. He still has the right instincts.
I really have no words here except that Piggot is shaping up to be a good straight woman for the Tsukkomi routine the Protectorate has become.
That this might legitimately be considered a unorthodox method of dealing with Rogue Capes is both hilarious and facepalm inducing. Let's just hope the team includes people who can actually talk without making an ass of themselves and can at the very least hold a honest conversation that actually touches upon the topics that need to be discussed. Which means someone other than Armsmaster and Chessman.