Overlady: Attack of the Minions (Thread II)
- Thread starter EarthScorpion
- Start date
- Fantasy
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Oh, don't be silly. She's not gay. After all, she likes boys as well. She's bi for Henrietta.arsdraconis said:
Also very confused, the poor girl. Ironically, her mother (who is similarly "mostly straight", but got as far as heavy petting with Henrietta's mother and was also licked all over by a couple of lesbian vampires once) would be the perfect person to talk to about this, if it weren't for the fact that she'd, you know, kill her instantly for being a wicked abomination against God and Tristain.
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
Did anyone else have to take a few laughter breaks to get through this?
The minions talking to each other were particularly funny.
The minions talking to each other were particularly funny.
i thought this verse has none of those vampire shenanigans in karin's side storyAleph said:
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
I believe that ES said if something happened, it wasn't a metaphor for sex.arsdraconis said:
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
so Like Mother Like Daughter?Winged One said:
Well save for being evil that's like her great great great grandfather.
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The demonic glowing eyes are kind of a hint.BadRoad said:
Jessica and Isabella... they seem like they would be great friends, if not for being pitted against each other from birth by their culture's attitudes toward their subspecies, the political power struggles that involve them, their family histories (cf. 'politics'), and their professional ambitions. They each have so many traits the other has to grudgingly respect, even while they're being complete bastards to one another. Seeing those two almost-but-not-quite getting along right before slinging a fresh scoop of mud at the other is really... well, probably the second most empathy-triggering bit this chapter. The feels, etc.
Their scene at dinner, btw, could also serve as a fine study in how to quickly and effectively communicate a complex relationship without resorting to the narrator expositing about it. I've just read too many fics lately that just stop the action scene and hammer you over the head with telling you about the character's thoughts/attitudes, and it's doubly annoying when the characters themselves are well thought out and the only thing wrong is the delivery. It's nice to come back here and read someone doing it right.
(And the most empathy-demanding bit this chapter? Yeah. Poor confused, frustrated Louise.
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Their scene at dinner, btw, could also serve as a fine study in how to quickly and effectively communicate a complex relationship without resorting to the narrator expositing about it. I've just read too many fics lately that just stop the action scene and hammer you over the head with telling you about the character's thoughts/attitudes, and it's doubly annoying when the characters themselves are well thought out and the only thing wrong is the delivery. It's nice to come back here and read someone doing it right.
(And the most empathy-demanding bit this chapter? Yeah. Poor confused, frustrated Louise.
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Hmm. Possibly from the same roots, then, since sweven goes back to the same PIE roots which also leads to the Latin "somnus". Sweven is an archaic English word for "dream", yes.grimallq said:
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Is it bad I thought it was just cute?grimallq said:
- Location
- West Michigan
So it was literally a dream theater... sure, the terrible B-movie paid off for the characters, but I think you really missed an opportunity for an additional layer of referential humor.EarthScorpion said:
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
Kino is also used in German.Mook91 said:
Swedish (and apparently Danish) actually uses another word entirely: Bio (short for Biograf). Completely illogical, because it comes from the brand name of the projectors (Biograph) used when the medium was introduced to the public in Sweden (and presumably Denmark). Two of the few countries in the world which don't base the name of the medium on greek root of kinema.
The More You Know.
Being an evil overlady is remarkably liberating for her options. She might even consider doing something very... improper. Like getting engaged without telling her parents, if she thinks they'd meet with her parents' satisfaction and she isn't dooming her fiancée to be murdered by her parents.Samarkand said:
Being the child of heroes is such hard work.
This is the point where I traditionally say "Bwhahahahaha".Whale said:
Now now, Louise's paternal ancestors are generally very evil people.DB_Explorer said:
The Abyss is not a nice place. It has all the worst aspects of modernism thrown in with some good old fashioned hell symbolism. It's a cruel, inhuman, vindictive environment, and to be honest Jessica and Izah'belya are both victims of their society. Jessica is an outsider, and the only way she's found respect is by attaching herself to outsiders (because, socially, there's a niche for people like her there), and Izah'belya is in the system and gets the benefits in return for being trapped in an abusive set-up where her mother [1] sets all her daughters against each other so none of them have time to eye up her throne. She can't ever show weakness, and if any of her and her half-sisters look like they're getting too attached to each other, their mother sets them against each other directly.Version2 said:
After all, I did make the Abyss to be alluring, useful, and ultimately horrific to the 1600s-mentality Louise.
[1] Who isn't all that bright, but substitutes base cunning and a knowledge of how to make people do what she wants for it.
...EarthScorpion said:
Did you... did you mean to put that extra "e" there or...?
- Location
- West Michigan
Fiancé and Fiancée are gender-specific variations of the same word.SolipsistSerpen said:
- Location
- West Michigan
Unless you're implying that the person she'd bring home to her parents will be Jessica or Voxi instead of Emperor Lee...SolipsistSerpen said:
...Oh. Never mind.
is Emperor Lee optimized enough to protect himself against Karinian injuries?
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Emperor Lee would fight Karin the optimal, sensible and sane way, which is to say that he wouldn't, because who the hell would be suicidally dumb enough to fight the Heavy Wind on her favoured turf and style of combat on the assumption that putting yourself at personal risk is ever a good idea? Is stupid tactic! Deliver colourless, odourless, tasteless poison through food or insect bite instead, while she is asleep and unprepared for fighting! Is only rational way to fight a threat on that scale!arsdraconis said:
- Location
- West Michigan
Is it safe to assume that Karin is immune to social combat? The Emperor is a politician...Aleph said:
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Better plan! Does not put you in position of vulnerability, gains asset to your side! Feed the unstoppable living weapon information on equally evil but markedly less competent rivals, let her go and murder them instead. Appear vaguely benevolent to populous, use as PR to point heroes at rival Dark Lords, quell challenges in this way by brutally and publicly crushing one class of potential threats before they have a chance to gain strength and neutralising the other. Logical way to rule.SwiftRosenthal said:
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Yeah, let's not have this degenerate into rather trite episode of reference-spewing Karin Facts, shall we?
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
Oh, if you insist.Aleph said:
Normally I spend most of my time lurking, but I've recently started rereading Overlady, so here are the spelling-mistakes I noticed so far. I hope it'll be helpful (It's not like I had much to criticise about the story itself). I'll update this as I progress.
PS: What is the code for the colour red?
Spent a very long — building up his collectionPart 1-2 said:
wandered off?Part 1-3 said:
Minion brought back? (you often use bought instead of brought, I've also seen that one often in AGSitV)Part 1-3 said:
She's the kindest?Part 1-3 said:
Brought it back?Part 3-2 said:
Than - then, or written as intended?Part 3-3 said:
Part 3-3 said:
Part 4-1 said:
4x bought istead of brought. Since your spelling and grammar is perfect most of the time I've started doubting myself, but it goes bring - brought - brought. I even looked it up to make sure I didn't misremember. Can any nativespeaker tell me whether there is an obscure rule I don't know about?Part 4-5 said:
Part 6-2 said:
resortedPart 6-3 said:
rather than perform?Part 7-3 said:
but there are? rather a lot of themPart 7-3 said:
screamed like a stuck pig/rooster/assassin-who-was-stuck-mightily-by-a-minion?Part 7-3 said:
I'm not completely sure about that one, but I think you have a "too" too much.Part 7-3 said:
PS: What is the code for the colour red?
No, that's just bullshit which I seriously think you're making up.iemand said:
earthboy
(verified ape)
- Location
- NYC
- Pronouns
- He/Him
No connections with Saito's Earth have been shown. Thus, by the law of plot conservation, Saito showing up is roughly as plausible as an imperial star destroyer showing up.
However, it should be noted that this fusion is a comedy, and Satio is unfunny while an imperial start destroyer has the potential for some hilarity. Thus, by the laws of comedy, Saito has a lower probability of showing up than an imperial star destroyer.
However, it should be noted that this fusion is a comedy, and Satio is unfunny while an imperial start destroyer has the potential for some hilarity. Thus, by the laws of comedy, Saito has a lower probability of showing up than an imperial star destroyer.