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[Exalted] Ain’t No Devil

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It comes from one of Zerban's earlier quests, Fate/Hollow Order, where they also had an obvious vote to represent the protagonist making a conscious decision. Specifically, we had a "friend or idol" situation where the protagonist Rostam had to choose between saving Karna, who was our first ally, our love interest and our strongest combatant; and his family heirloom Sword, which was the only tie he had left to his assholeMagus family roots and probably his most prized possession.

Despite this being the choice, a lot of people voted to save the sword instead. 15.6% of voters, specifically (and one desperately trying to pick a third option and saving both). Some did it just to go against the grain, but I suspect part of the pushback was due an Odd problem SV has.

Something similar happened in the quest Hollow Order was a sequel to, where we had to choose between risking our life to try and save our love interest and... Not doing that, but it's not quite the same as the only guarantee we had that said love interest was even alive was genre conventions.
 
Omegahugger said:
It comes from one of Zerban's earlier quests, Fate/Hollow Order, where they also had an obvious vote to represent the protagonist making a conscious decision. Specifically, we had a "friend or idol" situation where the protagonist Rostam had to choose between saving Karna, who was our first ally, our love interest and our strongest combatant; and his family heirloom Sword, which was the only tie he had left to his assholeMagus family roots and probably his most prized possession. Despite this being the choice, a lot of people voted to save the sword instead. 15.6% of voters, specifically (and one desperately trying to pick a third option and saving both). Some did it just to go against the grain, but I suspect part of the pushback was due an Odd problem SV has.
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An Odd problem SV has?

Also, 15.6 percent is less than one in six, so it's higher than I might have expected, but I don't know that I'd call it 'a lot of people'.
 
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    • Hey there valued readers, it's the author here. I had my wisdom teeth out the other day and my plans to finish off Act 2 before that happened were... perhaps optimistic, no matter how many Monsters I chugged. The bad news is that recovery makes it extremely hard to focus on writing. The good news is that we're still very close to the end of Act 2, a point I never would have reached without everyone's praise and feedback, so I'd like to commemorate that milestone with a piece of art. I have it all lined up, the only question now the subject, and I decided to leave it up to a poll - or, well, vote, since the forum doesn't allow mid-thread polls. Some options to get you started;

    [ ] Jiro
    [ ] Sidir
    [ ] Daji
    [ ] Chapter Thirty-Six Splash Art (aka the Mystery Box)

    If you have any other ideas, or specifics about where or how you'd like to see these characters, feel free to write in! And thank you all again for following me this far.
     
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    • [X] Chapter Thirty-Six Splash Art (aka the Mystery Box)
     
    Oh wisdom teeth, that painful thing I was lucky enough to have been born without.

    ... Might explain the shipping though.

    [X] Jiro
    Jiro is a good lad who deserves recognition!
     
    Ooh, wisdom teeth are a bitch. You have my sympathies. As for the art...

    [X] Daji

    I like foxes!
     
    So the MC is basically Guts, we don't need art of him.

    Daji sounds hot.

    But I want something crazy so

    [X] Sho Tamura, god form.
     
    [X] Sidir

    Sidir! Sidir's really been a huge emotional heart (and key supporting part) of the quest and I'd love to see the awkward as fuck blue-collar demon dream dad(dy) put down on paper and shit. Although

    [X] Chapter Thirty-Six Splash Art (aka the Mystery Box)

    Is my backup pick if Sidir's design is so complex it breaks the bank, because his design is absolutely pretty detailed. And I'm a sucker for dramatic/thematic splash pages in general.
     
    I know that Sidir is cool, hot and adorable, but did you stop to think that a picture of Jiro also includes his sword?

    You wouldn't want to leave our sword behind again, would you? Vote Jiro to ensure our beloved blade is immortalised and remembered for the beauty it is!
     
    [X] Sidir

    I definitely think Sidir deserves the art, he's an absolute sweetheart and emotional core of the story and I deeply deeply love the guy, and seeing him outright would be pretty fantastic. His design is interesting and he himself is really neat, so getting art of the big lug would be a treat.
     
    You are literally making me choose between three exceptional options.

    ...

    [no] Chapter Thirty-Six Splash Art (aka the Mystery Box)

    Mostly because I want to see a nice, big composition with a whole buncha stuff sadfaksl;fdkgh

    EDIT:

    [X] Daji

    DAJI IS CUTE OKAY
     
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    [X] Sidir
    Look, I just really love cool demons, and I want to see a kevastis with all it's double limbs real bad.
     
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