Yes and no. But I was more referring to how she seems to have a tendency to play detective and work to increase the stability of Orario.
Yeah, and so was I. I'm thinking of the ones that date back to Ancient Greece, where the term came from in the first place. Greek comedies could still be humorous. Many were. Some weren't, but there's a reason that mask is smiling/laughing.
Also this. Though it runs deeper than just jabs against those he didn't like. They weren't just those he disliked, but his political enemies. And Dante was a Florentine. He was born in Florence. And he was exiled from his home for political reasons. Because, while he was visiting Rome, someone else invaded the city, burned much of it down, killed most of those who disagreed with them politically, and installed a government more to their liking. That government then that exiled those, like Dante, who were fortunate enough to have been elsewhere, for 2 years and charged them a huge fine. Given that situation, I thinking calling his jabs towards his fellow citizens of Florence "bigoted" might be a little much. The Divine Comedy, or at least the Inferno, was a brilliant piece of political satire that aired the dirty laundry of Dante's political rivals, written in the language of the common folk.
According to the lengthy footnotes in the copy of Divine Comedy I've read long time ago, Florence had a reputation for being gay, to the point where the word "florentine" was used as an euphemism for "male homosexual".
Yeah, I'm pretty sure "bigoted" is the right word.
I really should not be surprised about how many people have to tell my how everything about the setting makes sense within the story, even after i specifically said that internal consistency is not something i have problems with.
But i am, which is rather silly of me.
Because i like Alivaril's writing and what they are doing with the setting?
It's not a crime to not like everything about a setting, or the source material.
I mentioned how i disliked one specific part (and some unspecified others) about Danmachi, only to have people come and tell me how i am wrong, so i try to explain why my opinion is what it is.
I really should not be surprised about how many people have to tell my how everything about the setting makes sense within the story, even after i specifically said that internal consistency is not something i have problems with.
But i am, which is rather silly of me.
Er. I think that's because you — I think accidentally, based on what you've said since — started off by hitting this story for something from canon Danmachi. And are having this conversation in this thread instead of in the Danmachi discussion thread, for that matter. But mostly that first one:
One of the things that i disliked in It's Not Wrong was Hestia's depiction as a general nobody.
Hestia is on par with Zeus on importance. She is the goddess of hearth and home and family, and the State.
Only an idiot of the greatest order would anger Hestia, she is one of the biggest names out there.
Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in the Dungeon? is canon, and a question presumably asking if actions are justifiable. It's not wrong to make Friends in the Dungeon is this story, and a forceful (and potentially petulant) statement insisting that actions are justified.
That's because QA hasn't been on any expeditions yet. I'm sure that we will eventually find out all about what the Dungeon thinks of such an arrangement
In other news, have a sneak peek in the form of next chapter's beginning! If the formatting is an eyesore, then I'm willing to change it for the actual thing.
Friend unit <Sympathizer Falna-Friend Version 16.1c (Final) || Felicity> continued consuming energy-containing crystalline structures provided by allies of <Primary Priority || Sword Princess (est. Version 1.0) || Aiz Wallenstein>. Previously shared information from Friend unit <Guest-self Panther Guardian Version 34.7d || Lady Sable> indicated that abundances of such supplies were not easily available after creation. Long-term modeling therefore indicated that improved personal combat viability would result in a net positive emotional impact despite minor short-term emotional disturbances experienced by <Aiz Wallenstein>.
Friend unit <Felicity> stopped chewing as the emotional status of <Aiz Wallenstein> began degrading at a significantly higher rate than could be compensated for by the positive impact of <Falna Supplementary Program || Emotional Support Organism>. Likely cause(s): perceived neglect, jealousy, insufficient confidence in Friend unit <Felicity>'s priorities. Friend unit <Felicity> therefore rolled its local extension to an upright quadrupedal orientation and blinked at <Aiz Wallenstein>.
Rate of emotional deterioration experienced a moderate decrease in magnitude, but did not halt. Friend unit <Felicity> unhappily logged the lack of success for future analysis; such actions had previously been satisfactorily successful. Nearby members of <Primary-Allied Faction: Loki Familia> may be responsible for the decrease in effectiveness despite their status as alleged allies to <Aiz Wallenstein>. This hypothesis was flagged for future analysis and possible action.
Additional measures would be necessary. Friend unit <Felicity> calculated the distance and local conditions between its local extension and <Aiz Wallenstein>, adjusted the hindquarters of its local extension until an adequately stable launching pad was established, and launched itself toward <Aiz Wallestein>'s shoulder. Insufficient modeling of flying crystal shrapnel resulted in minimal damage to those behind Friend unit <Felicity>, but the overall environmental emotional impact remained within estimated limits both before and after the commencement of post-landing nuzzling.
More importantly, both <Aiz Wallenstein> and nearby members of the <Loki Familia> appeared delighted by Friend unit <Felicity>'s actions. Friend unit <Felicity> was happy that it had succeeded returning <Aiz Wallenstein> to a healthier emotional state, and the action combination was logged for future reuse.
Friend unit <Sympathizer Falna-Friend Version 16.1c (Final) || Felicity> continued consuming energy-containing crystalline structures provided by allies of <Primary Priority || Sword Princess (est. Version 1.0) || Aiz Wallenstein>. Previously shared information from Friend unit <Guest-self Panther Guardian Version 34.7d || Lady Sable> indicated that abundances of such supplies were not easily available after creation. Long-term modeling therefore indicated that improved personal combat viability would result in a net positive emotional impact despite minor short-term emotional disturbances experienced by <Aiz Wallenstein>.
Friend unit <Felicity> stopped chewing as the emotional status of <Aiz Wallenstein> began degrading at a significantly higher rate than could be compensated for by the positive impact of <Falna Supplementary Program || Emotional Support Organism>. Likely cause(s): perceived neglect, jealousy, insufficient confidence in Friend unit <Felicity>'s priorities. Friend unit <Felicity> therefore rolled its local extension to an upright quadrupedal orientation and blinked at <Aiz Wallenstein>.
Rate of emotional deterioration experienced a moderate decrease in magnitude, but did not halt. Friend unit <Felicity> unhappily logged the lack of success for future analysis; such actions had previously been satisfactorily successful. Nearby members of <Primary-Allied Faction: Loki Familia> may be responsible for the decrease in effectiveness despite their status as alleged allies to <Aiz Wallenstein>. This hypothesis was flagged for future analysis and possible action.
Additional measures would be necessary. Friend unit <Felicity> calculated the distance and local conditions between its local extension and <Aiz Wallenstein>, adjusted the hindquarters of its local extension until an adequately stable launching pad was established, and launched itself toward <Aiz Wallestein>'s shoulder. Insufficient modeling of flying crystal shrapnel resulted in minimal damage to those behind Friend unit <Felicity>, but the overall environmental emotional impact remained within estimated limits both before and after the commencement of post-landing nuzzling.
More importantly, both <Aiz Wallenstein> and nearby members of the <Loki Familia> appeared delighted by Friend unit <Felicity>'s actions. Friend unit <Felicity> was happy that it had succeeded in returning <Aiz Wallenstein> to a healthier emotional state, and the action combination was logged for future reuse.
We have kitten. We have kitten with reinforcement learning patterned after Loki familia.
We also have kitten who may or may not be able to wrestle baby dragons in a month or so - depending on how gratuitous power-eating/leveling is.
Nothing can go wrong here.
She's gonna grow up, stalk, and carry level 3s around like kittens in a year, isn't she?
While I could see Dreamer use such an atrocious label during her design process, the actual construction of Felicity and Sable was done by Queen Adminiatrator herself. Since she's of the opinion that it's essential for hosts to provide input and thus data in the innovation process, wouldn't she have relabeled this so that Felicity uses 'QA' instead of guest-self?
While I could see Dreamer use such an atrocious label during her design process, the actual construction of Felicity and Sable was done by Queen Adminiatrator herself. Since she's of the opinion that it's essential for hosts to provide input and thus data in the innovation process, wouldn't she have relabeled this so that Felicity uses 'QA' instead of guest-self?
QA was involved in Felicity's creation, too. QA couldn't view the titles at all, because the human indexing system and interfaces are terrible and evil and were designed by a terribly evil person.
QA was involved in Felicity's creation, too. QA couldn't view the titles at all, because the human indexing system and interfaces are terrible and evil and were designed by a terribly evil person.
Friend unit <Sympathizer Falna-Friend Version 16.1c (Final) || Felicity> continued consuming energy-containing crystalline structures provided by allies of <Primary Priority || Sword Princess (est. Version 1.0) || Aiz Wallenstein>. Previously shared information from Friend unit <Guest-self Panther Guardian Version 34.7d || Lady Sable> indicated that abundances of such supplies were not easily available after creation. Long-term modeling therefore indicated that improved personal combat viability would result in a net positive emotional impact despite minor short-term emotional disturbances experienced by <Aiz Wallenstein>.
Not entirely or even mostly (unless you count Dreamer relying on QA's Archives). I don't remember when off the top of my head, but it's mentioned at least once that Dreamer does more of the work in the Innovator design process than a shard usually does, to the point where she can't possibly be getting much useful information out of a host. QA thinks it's cute, if exasperating, and that the novelty will wear off eventually.
In the sense that any tinker "designs" anything. QA told Dreamer that she wants a cute kitty with gold fur and love in her heart. Dreamer did the rest of the work
Not entirely or even mostly (unless you count Dreamer relying on QA's Archives). I don't remember when off the top of my head, but it's mentioned at least once that Dreamer does more of the work in the Innovator design process than a shard usually does, to the point where she can't possibly be getting much useful information out of a host. QA thinks it's cute, if exasperating, and that the novelty will wear off eventually.
In the sense that any tinker "designs" anything. QA told Dreamer that she wants a cute kitty with gold fur and love in her heart. Dreamer did the rest of the work
She didn't have access to her full toolkit or testing suite at the time, okay? She needed to rely mostly on preexisting human systems! It doesn't count!
This is why dogs are better: they're nice, simple, and Newtonian. A puppy that's allowed to be a lapdog will remain a lapdog unless acted upon by an outside force.
