According to the first post, when this quest started, we had a QM dedicated to mechanics and another dedicated to worldbuilding. I wasn't around back then, but that sounds like a good idea.
Strictly speaking, everyone did all the things (except
@eaglejarl and I did the update writing) -
@AugSphere did the majority of the mechanics stuff because he had the maths skills and was the most into it, and
@Jackercracks just pitched in generally, in a similar fashion as
@OliWhail does now. But everybody had a roughly equal part in worldbuilding, according to time and inclination.
How did that happen? It sounds like a fun story.
Not that much to it. I decided it was high time to convert my sister to the true faith (especially since she was currently between cartoons), and that dubs would represent a lower barrier to entry, so I looked around to see what anime had Russian dubs. Naruto ended up on the shortlist, due to its vague age appropriateness and the fact that it's Naruto, and happened to be the first thing I showed her. She is no longer interested in anything else. We're near the end of the Wave arc. She deeply, deeply despairs of Naruto, is meh about Sakura and unambiguously into Sasuke, but saves her true boundless passion for Kakashi, who is alternatingly super-cool and super-cute. Her face when he mysteriously collapsed at the end of the first Zabuza fight and she'd used up her allotted TV time for the day was priceless.
Russian dubs are, incidentally, the worst thing ever. You're lucky if you get multiple voices, the translation (from the English, not even the Japanese) makes the worst excesses of Crunchyroll look like high poetry (and I hated CR's Naruto subs so much I joined a fansubbing group to provide an alternative), character voices fluctuate and are regularly all wrong (they made Haku sound like a more vulgar Bart Simpson), they can't keep the same terms, or flashbacks, translated the same way across two consecutive episodes, they make basic factual errors (Naruto wants to become the Sixth Hokage as of the start of the series), and... and... no, it melts my brain too much to even think about it.
I've also learned in the process that early Naruto breaks every single one of the rules we know, without exception. Kakashi can summon a temporary thunderstorm for intimidation purposes with a single hand seal. Shadow clones can have extended punch-ups that leave lasting minor injuries (on the participating original). You can hold on to your Transformation for a few seconds after taking a full body blow. You can turn yourself into shuriken and have someone throw them, and they retain their shuriken-ness when someone deflects them. You can turn yourself into Fūma shuriken with a working folding mechanism. You can do pretty much anything with the Substitution Technique, and use it at any time you're aware of an incoming attack, without hand seals or anything. It just goes on.
I'm not even going to go into the plot holes, because I wouldn't be able to continue faking the semblance of sanity.
Do you, by any chance, have known allergies? Or have you just been getting to sleep later than usual, regardless of waketime? If so, it sounds like something I've had to deal with recently. Small possibility of a joint cause?
No known allergies except bad worldbuilding. I
have been getting to sleep later than usual because my brother stays up late practising on the guitar, and it's also when I catch up on my e-mails, and I've had stuff on my mind which makes it harder to get back to sleep after I wake up, but poor sleep in general has been a feature of my life for years, so I doubt there's an immediate joint cause.
Then so will I!
Esteemed players, do you realise what you've started?
It's interwebs speak. I'm actually surprised you haven't heard of it -- there are quite a few native speakers here. I'm not -that- well versed myself, but I do have some academic experience in studying it. I believe I can translate:
This is the literal translation, but it loses some of the intended meaning. I think a more accurate translation would be something like:
It's still a little off though, because the intent was clearly sarcastic in nature, mixed with some expression of surprise or delight at the idea that the ability might make Akane so powerful. There is also a subtle cultural reference at play, as this type of phrasing originated in gaming communities where individuals would express this idea sincerely in reaction to perceived imbalances.
Unfortunately this is one of those things where you'd just have to understand the language yourself to really appreciate the full meaning.
I take my hat off to you, sir.
