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Silly Montmorency, obviously Louise has entered Badass Puberty. Its like normal puberty but instead of developing into an adult after a period of hormone-driven instability and bad decisions, Louise will develop into a Motherfucking Badass after a period of glory-driven instability and bad decisions. Karin will recognize the signs right away, and just imagine how embraced Louise will be when Karin sits her down to talk about the Avian Terrorbirds and Flesh-Eating Apidae.
 
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Sir Rabby said:
Where was all this attention and care when she still needed it? You know...when she was the ridiculed Zero?
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It was routine then. Louise would bluster and and fume, cast a spell, cause explosions. She had a hair trigger that would go off at the slightest pull. And that's the thing about routine. You don't notice when it becomes routine. You get comfortable, and it gives every day a bit of predictability.

It's when you break routine that people notice, and become uncomfortable. Often without even realizing why.
 
You've done a really good job of a midevil mind puzzling out such an OCP as gamer powers. Are you going to reveal the IDCREATE power in this story? That would really frustrate Froquet.
 
On the topic of builds, it occurs to me that if Louise follows conventional training advice she's going to end up not specializing at all. She'll be told that she needs good physical fitness to be a knight, and also needs to be good with her spells, and it would be wise to study a number of essential skills (riding, weapon skills, tactics, leadership), but a lady shouldn't neglect her social obligations either (dance, etiquette, public speaking). If she follows up on all that she'll end up a surprisingly well-rounded character, rather than a typical RPG specialist.

Interestingly enough, that might also be the smart way to go for her. We specialize in RPGs because the challenges are carefully scaled to your level and there's ultimately a level cap. Real life doesn't work that way, and if 90% of the threats you face are going to be capped at a fairly low threat level there's a lot of benefit to being able to deal with them in several different ways. In the mid-term Louise could end up winning a lot of respect by being a master swordswoman AND a triangle mage AND being highly competent in a broad range of social and practical skills.​
 
oh gods, poor Colbert is going to have a heart attack when he sees Louise has tuned into a mini-Karen. this is gonna be great.
 
What's Tabitha's problem with magical swords? I don't know the original material.

On that note, is it worth reading? FoZ crossovers tend to be amusing, but I've heard bad things about canon.
 
Random thought. Does a printing press exist in the world yet? Louise might not be able to use books from the school library, but if they are available, she could buy some to assimilate.
 
@Storyteller For one, indulge me when I 'ship' any girl with Louise. I'm afraid it will happen. I've just seen Louise as bi from the moment I laid eyes on her on screen (as it happens with most harem lead's main love interest) and since this is comfort writing....

For another. Montmorency. Well. Montmorency is a strange case because since Louise did her a favor and then went beyond it (delivering the perfume + exposing Guiche as a bonus), she's been nicer to her. Montmorency was already pretty neutral because she's a professional who's busy making potions, selling them and studying economy on the side. She had no time for a lot of bullying. Like Tabitha, however, she found Louise annoying and loud. With that incident, and helped by a dose of pity because of the failed summoning, she was pretty cool for Louise to be around the past week. She even made sure Guiche didn't try any bullshit (which he did when she wasn't present and Monmon was not happy with). So, aside from Tabitha and Kirche, Montmorency has had the closest look at Louise's recent behavior.

It was subdued but understandable.

ThenLouise succeeded and yes, Monmon was happy for her. She found the rumors rather distasteful, and pretty much reached the same conclusion the Headmaster will feed anybody who asks. Between the pressure and the shock of the summoning explosion that injured her, Louise got pushed enough that she made it.

Louise missing a day of classes which were two big sessions of Magical Theory, Louise's best marks? After the rumors, no big deal. She probably wanted to try her magic out.

Louise's subsequent obsessive training and cool attitude? Trying out as many spells as she could was more than expected. Doing it as much as she did... not so much, but it was Louise the Stubborn Mule they were talking about. The change in attitude was attributed to success. Confidence instead of arrogance and bravado. A temper cooled by the knowledge that she had succeeded.

This, incidentally, is pretty much what's going on inside the heads of nearly everybody else.

Then Montmorency finds her dressed like a mercenary, with a massive talking sword almost as big as she is tall slung over her back, in the capital. And she acts like gentleman of all things but Montmorency didn't forget the way Louise was looking, no, glaring down at her- And things just come cascading down Monmon's mental processes, trains of thought crash (and burn) and she has a minor panic attack. To which Louise, in a good mood, reacts well to, and inadvertently just mashes more buttons inside our poor blonde's head.
nununu said:
Also, what is it with Tristanians and their instinctive inability to distinguish the boyish from the boys? Or was it just Louise's bloodline talking?
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(Warning, headcanon ahead) Nobles, or rather mages, are descendant from a separate tribe of humans, the Markey. Those humanoids can and did interbreed with normal humans, but still a lot of their original traits remain on various levels despite the passage of time. Namely: the ability to impose change on the world, called magic; a longer lifespan; a range of hair, eye and sometimes skin colors that you could build a rainbow from; and being freaking pretty. Which is why most prettier male mages grow a beard.

That last one is normally blamed on the elves. Just don't say that in front of the Church. As much as Brimir and his tribe might have "swapped genes" with elves, it's not a good idea to mention that part of the mythos.

So: a natural androginity because of a certain lack of... female sexual dimorfic features, a cultural background that defines bishounen as the norm, a family background that makes Louise more than comfortable in male clothing... and having inherited both her mother's looks, personality and possibly curse... It's a recipe for shenanigans. Karin would recognize the pattern straight away. So will the Queen.
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Huh, never thought about Monmon/Louise, but that's probably because of Monmon's yandere tendencies.
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You should probably check midnak's PMMM/ZnT story on SB. Don't ask me the name or link, I can't remember either.
 
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@Storyteller For one, indulge me when I 'ship' any girl with Louise. I'm afraid it will happen. I've just seen Louise as bi from the moment I laid eyes on her on screen (as it happens with most harem lead's main love interest) and since this is comfort writing....

For another. Montmorency. Well. Montmorency is a strange case because since Louise did her a favor and then went beyond it (delivering the perfume + exposing Guiche as a bonus), she's been nicer to her. Montmorency was already pretty neutral because she's a professional who's busy making potions, selling them and studying economy on the side. She had time for a lot of bullying. Like Tabitha, however, she found Louise annoying and loud. With that incident, and helped by a dose of pity because of the failed summoning, she was pretty cool for Louise to be around the past week. She even made sure Guiche didn't try any bullshit (which he did when she wasn't present and Monmon was not happy with). So, aside from Tabitha and Kirche, Montmorency has had the closest look at Louise's recent behavior.

It was subdued but understandable.

ThenLouise succeeded and yes, Monmon was happy for her. She found the rumors rather distasteful, and pretty much reached the same conclusion the Headmaster will feed anybody who asks. Between the pressure and the shock of the summoning explosion that injured her, Louise got pushed enough that she made it.

Louise missing a day of classes which were two big sessions of Magical Theory, Louise's best marks? After the rumors, no big deal. She probably wanted to try her magic out.

Louise's subsequent obsessive training and cool attitude? Trying out as many spells as she could was more than expected. Doing it as much as she did... not so much, but it was Louise the Stubborn Mule they were talking about. The change in attitude was attributed to success. Confidence instead of arrogance and bravado. A temper cooled by the knowledge that she had succeeded.

This, incidentally, is pretty much what's going on inside the heads of nearly everybody else.

Then Montmorency finds her dressed like a mercenary, with a massive talking sword almost as big as she is tall slung over her back, in the capital. And she acts like gentleman of all things but Montmorency didn't forget the way Louise was looking, no, glaring down at her- And things just come cascading down Monmon's mental processes, trains of thought crash (and burn) and she has a minor panic attack. To which Louise, in a good mood, reacts well to, and inadvertently just mashes more buttons inside our poor blonde's head.

(Warning, headcanon ahead) Nobles, or rather mages, are descendant from a separate tribe of humans, the Markey. Those humanoids can and did interbreed with normal humans, but still a lot of their original traits remain on various levels despite the passage of time. Namely: the ability to impose change on the world, called magic; a longer lifespan; a range of hair, eye and sometimes skin colors that you could build a rainbow from; and being freaking pretty. Which is why most prettier male mages grow a beard.

That last one is normally blamed on the elves. Just don't say that in front of the Church. As much as Brimir and his tribe might have "swapped genes" with elves, it's not a good idea to mention that part of the mythos.

So: a natural androginity because of a certain lack of... female sexual dimorfic features, a cultural background that defines bishounen as the norm, a family background that makes Louise more than comfortable in male clothing... and having inherited both her mother's looks, personality and possibly curse... It's a recipe for shenanigans. Karin would recognize the pattern straight away. So will the Queen.

You should probably check midnak's PMMM/ZnT story on SB. Don't ask me the name or link, I can't remember either.
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Eh, I don't ship it, but this is good enough I don't care.
 
minuseven said:
(Warning, headcanon ahead) Nobles, or rather mages, are descendant from a separate tribe of humans, the Markey. Those humanoids can and did interbreed with normal humans, but still a lot of their original traits remain on various levels despite the passage of time. Namely: the ability to impose change on the world, called magic; a longer lifespan; a range of hair, eye and sometimes skin colors that you could build a rainbow from; and being freaking pretty. Which is why most prettier male mages grow a beard.
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Would that be Birmir's original nation? Haven't seen this approach, but it works.

I myself go with the idea of spirit binding being one of Birmir's big specialties. As in, abnormal numbers and traits of mages as well as their fixation on elemental magic are explained by him sealing elemental spirits into his followers thus enabling said followers to use the corresponding element. And then the traits grow inheritable, mix over time and we get Halkeginian mages. A keeper spirit left by Birmir to supervise the summonings would also explain how such an outrageously complex spell can be used so easily and the fixed distribution of Void familiars.
 
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