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Hereafter [Worm x Fate/Grand Order]

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Very enjoyable interactions in this one. I especially liked seeing Taylor rapidly abandoning her myth-based opinions on Asterios and replacing them with something much more accurate, without needing to fumble any more interactions with him in order to correct. Her wariness and internal use of "Asterios the Minotaur" in the previous chapter had me worried.

Of course, I expect someone to use "the Minotaur" again sooner or later just because they don't know better yet, but the important threshold has been passed.
 
Evil Atlas said:
Of course, I expect someone to use "the Minotaur" again sooner or later just because they don't know better yet, but the important threshold has been passed.
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Without the metallic bull like mask, how many of the low-education members of the crew could associate the fluffy boi with the word "Minotaur", especially if he's introduced with the name he prefers?
 
MWKillKenny84 said:
Without the metallic bull like mask, how many of the low-education members of the crew could associate the fluffy boi with the word "Minotaur", especially if he's introduced with the name he prefers?
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I was thinking more that one of our heroes would use it as his "legendary title" at some point, not realizing until then that he finds it offensive. "We've got a dragonslayer, a man with a million swords, and the Minotaur! How could we lose?"
 
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I was thinking more that one of our heroes would use it as his "legendary title" at some point
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All the Foot In Mouth-diseased members of the 'party' are also the ones that had to endure the match against the Fluffkerzer and knows first hand how hard he hits when provoked... and Taylor put herself on "Make sure the Twins will not get drunk" duty, too.
 
Fufufufufufu. Is it Medea? Is it really Calliope? Is it someone else entirely? Who knows? Well, I do, of course, and as of the latest finished chapter, Chapter CI: Mad God, at least some of the supporters have received the answer.

But whatever you think now, I can guarantee I'll surprise you at least a little bit by the time that chapter goes public. As I said before, I'm not going to confirm or deny any guesses in the meantime.
 
Right, I've done this sort of thing a few times before, so let's reorient and talk scheduled chapters for the foreseeable future. I imagine the titles will spoil some things — no more so than if you visited the Patreon page and scrolled through the posts, but still — so if you want to keep it all a surprise, well, avert thine eyes.

May 20 — Interlude CWK: As I Sailed
May 27 — Chapter XCIII: Black Flag
June 3 — Chapter XCIV: Lost at Sea
June 10 — Chapter XCV: Prince of Pirates
June 17 — Chapter XCVI: Exaggerated Reports
June 24 — Chapter XCVII: Twice the Trouble
July 1 — Chapter XCVIII: High Seas Ambush
July 8 — Chapter XCIX: High Seas Chase
July 15 — Chapter C: Blackguard
July 22 — Chapter CI: Mad God

I haven't started on Chapter CII just yet, so this is as far ahead as I currently am. I'm nearing the final stretch of Okeanos now, and I think I'm making really good time on this one. Septem took 9 months to write, this one will probably take about 7, 7 1/2.
 
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My first thoughts looking at this...

Gosh, it looks empty. Taylor's all alone in a massive field, with only a knife and a butterfly. She looks lost, and even the Ars Almadel Solomonis, the rings of light that engulf the planet heralding its inevitable destruction, is just pushed into the far corner behind her, relegated to a minor detail.

Looking a bit deeper, the knife could be seen as the last connection Taylor has to her past, all of her struggles, held in the same hand as her command seals, representing her new life and obligations, while the butterfly is, as always, fought with meaning. Alongside the traditional meanings, change, growth, and metamorphasis, with Taylor it can take on a more literal meaning, relating to her relationship with Queen Administrator. Is she reminiscing of her past connection with her oldest partner? Is it a reference to Weaver and being a hero working with the PRT and Protectorate? Is it just straight up Taylor using her power or a roundabout connection towards her potential Heroic Spirit?

There's also the details of the flowers in the bottom right and left, as well as the command spells themselves. Such a shame I'm an deaf to the language of flowers.
 
The flower in the bottom right is a cosmos. The bottom left is a sprig of gladiolus. I kinda wanted to decorate the whole field with the gladiolus, but they don't grow the way, say, dandelions do. The grow in columns along a central stem.

The choice to have her otherwise alone in an empty field was deliberate, although it does feel a little weird to have all of that open space with nothing but grass. I was even going to avoid having a forest in the background, in no small part because I didn't want to paint trees in any real detail, but the horizon looks a little strange completely empty. Having it be in the distance served the symbolism just as well.
 
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She was supposed to look pensive or thoughtful, not sad. That's where a closer look at her face probably would've helped, because the glasses kind of get in the way zoomed out as much as it is.
 
James D. Fawkes said:
She was supposed to look pensive or thoughtful, not sad. That's where a closer look at her face probably would've helped, because the glasses kind of get in the way zoomed out as much as it is.
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Also, most likely, a feeling of sadness may arise due to the lowered corners of the lips, but unfortunately, Taylor, most likely, has a resting bitch face, so she, probably, will look like that even in a thoughtful mood.
 
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