Am I the only person who actually /likes/ the bunnycat? If he tells the truth about an intrinsic inability for human empathy, as far as I see it, interpreting its character comes down to assuming one of the following:
A) Kyuubey is a pathological liar with no positive interests other than [resolving entropy], and "happily" maximizes efficiency of that goal above all else by any means available, including deceit and psychological warfare, with no regard whatsoever for casualties of any kind left along the way. Replace square brackets with tinfoil motive of choice.
2) Kyuubey is pretty much straight up throughout canon, using available resources (humanity and other emotion-capable species?) to the best of its ability. It avoids disclosing unnecessary information to prevent the burden of knowledge causing already short-lived megua to burn out even more quickly - fairly justifiably, as everybody, aside from Madoka, snaps like a Prince Rupert's drop when the lich/witch bombs are dropped.
I tend to prefer the latter because it means the sole assumption is that his word is reasonably sound, as opposed to assuming that just about everything he says is intended to weasel him out of any negative PR or admissions of sensitive or worrying information. Occam's Razor, probably. Though it could equally be said I'm optimistic about characters like that.
Bearing in mind that he has as much stated, and it has been confirmed by Alivaril that, given Kyuubey's imperfect knowledge of the topic, that we could make a wish so as to completely nullify the negative consequences of wishing - namely, Grief and potentially witching out - wishing seems entirely positive, as it, combined with Green magery, makes us about the biggest deal around except for probably Walmart-chan, which is an optimal position to start therapizing a character from.
Either way, that all said, I'll happily follow this - and Ignition, if it picks back up - regardless of the outcome. It's an enjoyable quest, if somewhat stuck in a rut at present, but hopefully perseverance by us questers to at least bitch at each other a bit less should smooth things enough to get to more enjoyable material for all.
[X] Make a wish.
-[X] Tell Azura before you actually do so.
[X] Let QB scan you even though you won't be wishing.
Wish is for griefless gem, via piping it to Kyuubey-disposal. That seems a reasonably safe and useful wish.
A) Kyuubey is a pathological liar with no positive interests other than [resolving entropy], and "happily" maximizes efficiency of that goal above all else by any means available, including deceit and psychological warfare, with no regard whatsoever for casualties of any kind left along the way. Replace square brackets with tinfoil motive of choice.
2) Kyuubey is pretty much straight up throughout canon, using available resources (humanity and other emotion-capable species?) to the best of its ability. It avoids disclosing unnecessary information to prevent the burden of knowledge causing already short-lived megua to burn out even more quickly - fairly justifiably, as everybody, aside from Madoka, snaps like a Prince Rupert's drop when the lich/witch bombs are dropped.
I tend to prefer the latter because it means the sole assumption is that his word is reasonably sound, as opposed to assuming that just about everything he says is intended to weasel him out of any negative PR or admissions of sensitive or worrying information. Occam's Razor, probably. Though it could equally be said I'm optimistic about characters like that.
Bearing in mind that he has as much stated, and it has been confirmed by Alivaril that, given Kyuubey's imperfect knowledge of the topic, that we could make a wish so as to completely nullify the negative consequences of wishing - namely, Grief and potentially witching out - wishing seems entirely positive, as it, combined with Green magery, makes us about the biggest deal around except for probably Walmart-chan, which is an optimal position to start therapizing a character from.
Either way, that all said, I'll happily follow this - and Ignition, if it picks back up - regardless of the outcome. It's an enjoyable quest, if somewhat stuck in a rut at present, but hopefully perseverance by us questers to at least bitch at each other a bit less should smooth things enough to get to more enjoyable material for all.
[X] Make a wish.
-[X] Tell Azura before you actually do so.
[X] Let QB scan you even though you won't be wishing.
Wish is for griefless gem, via piping it to Kyuubey-disposal. That seems a reasonably safe and useful wish.
Yeah, if Aria gets good at breaking apart barriers or enchanted items (if she can), that'll be good.
