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DB_Explorer said:
nah QB just decides to double the number of possible contracts

Emotions are emotions after all.
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In canon, the reason he gave for only contracting girls wasn't that the other half was impossible, but that they were the ones that were more efficient. Guys don't have as much variance between hope and despair at that age, so they aren't as useful for it, and might not even give off enough energy during the contracting to pay for it, so to speak.
 
NemoMarx said:
In canon, the reason he gave for only contracting girls wasn't that the other half was impossible, but that they were the ones that were more efficient. Guys don't have as much variance between hope and despair at that age, so they aren't as useful for it, and might not even give off enough energy during the contracting to pay for it, so to speak.
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Ah....
 
DB_Explorer said:
nah QB just decides to double the number of possible contracts

Emotions are emotions after all.
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Well, if Sabrina continues her research on Grief Seeds and makes the step of returning them to Soul Gems, she might be able to unravel part of the technology used by the Incubators to create them in the first place, and with it, create a new type of Soul Gem that would have different properties than the original one.
 
DB_Explorer said:
Ah....
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Of course, if that's actually how it works (and not just a genre conceit so it can be a magical girl show) then Kyousuke would be an obvious exception, yes?

He basically nearly had a grief spiral of his own when he was told his hand could never be fixed, and when the miracle does happen it changes him pretty drastically. It feels about as wide of a range as Sayaka, at least.

Or if it's just energy inefficiency, you can convince Kyubes to do it by feeding him energy as payment for the contracting, if you really wanted a Magical Boy for some reason.
 
NemoMarx said:
Of course, if that's actually how it works (and not just a genre conceit so it can be a magical girl show) then Kyousuke would be an obvious exception, yes?

He basically nearly had a grief spiral of his own when he was told his hand could never be fixed, and when the miracle does happen it changes him pretty drastically. It feels about as wide of a range as Sayaka, at least.

Or if it's just energy inefficiency, you can convince Kyubes to do it by feeding him energy as payment for the contracting, if you really wanted a Magical Boy for some reason.
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Well I was just doing a joke based off Kyousuke taking a que from Sayaka and contracting out of some sense of obligation due to, in this case, getting his hand healed.
 
NemoMarx said:
Of course, if that's actually how it works (and not just a genre conceit so it can be a magical girl show) then Kyousuke would be an obvious exception, yes?

He basically nearly had a grief spiral of his own when he was told his hand could never be fixed, and when the miracle does happen it changes him pretty drastically. It feels about as wide of a range as Sayaka, at least.
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Given that he almost killed himself over the fact that he wouldn't be able to play anymore, that could work.

Or if it's just energy inefficiency, you can convince Kyubes to do it by feeding him energy as payment for the contracting, if you really wanted a Magical Boy for some reason.
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Theoretically speaking, they would have a lesser chance of grief spiraling, and therefore, would need less emotional support, of course that might be compensated by them being weaker than the common meguca.
 
NemoMarx said:
In canon, the reason he gave for only contracting girls wasn't that the other half was impossible, but that they were the ones that were more efficient. Guys don't have as much variance between hope and despair at that age, so they aren't as useful for it, and might not even give off enough energy during the contracting to pay for it, so to speak.
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I kind of thought that it was just more easier and efficient to focus on a single target demographic, for him. Which happens to be young girls.
 
DB_Explorer said:
Well I was just doing a joke based off Kyousuke taking a que from Sayaka and contracting out of some sense of obligation due to, in this case, getting his hand healed.
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It would be improper not to overthink every joke idea, I think. :V

cmwatford said:
Magical Boy Kyousuke-kun. What would his theme be, his poweset? What would his thing be?
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Emotional effects by playing music, to inspire people? He seems like a support caster type to me, for some reason.
 
I've always kind of thought that it was slightly a pity that there wasn't a small bit more focus on Kyousuke and why Sayaka would put herself through so much for him. There really wasn't any time for it, though, and it is suppose to be a show about magical girls. :V

So now instead he's just the generic guy who's known for his love for violin-chan, and for being somewhat of an oblivious jerk. And for being the catalyst for Sayaka self-destructing so spectacularly.
 
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Agent Whiskers said:
I've always kind of thought that it was slightly a pity that there wasn't a small bit more focus on Kyousuke and why Sayaka would put herself through so much for him. There really wasn't any time for it, though, and it is a show about magical girls. :V

So now instead he's just the generic guy who's known for his love for violin-chan, and for being somewhat of an oblivious jerk. And for being the catalyst for Sayaka self-destructing so spectacularly.
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It's also kind of sad that people look down on a child for loving music so much.

It's like they forgot how simple children sometimes are. For a child to pride himself on his music, dedicated his life to it, and planned his life around his passion, losing the thing that defined him isn't just something he can shrug off at that age. Hell, adults are going to have a hard time in his position, yet Kyosuke, a kid, gets shat on by the fandom a lot.
 
Hannz said:
It's also kind of sad that people look down on a child for loving music so much.

It's like they forgot how simple children sometimes are. For a child to pride himself on his music, dedicated his life to it, and planned his life around his passion, losing the thing that defined him isn't just something he can shrug off at that age. Hell, adults are going to have a hard time in his position, yet Kyosuke, a kid, gets shat on by the fandom a lot.
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Eh, all the main characters had a lot of development and depth. Far more than I had expected when I first got around to watching the show. Anymore for the rest of the cast, and the pacing would have gotten wrecked.

Also, I kind of suspect that losing his one major talent, that he worked on for his entire life, is suppose to be an even bigger deal culturally then it would be from certain other places. I don't know much about Japan though, so take that a with grain of salt.
 
Tbh I never really got the Kyousuke and Hitomi hate so much in the fandom, they never seemed like bad or unfair people. Kwijibo is stressed and had his source of self-worth wrenched from his hands very literally and painfully, and is a bit oblivious, and Hitomi honestly was being pretty damn fair to Sayaka considering her limited knowledge of the circumstances.

also Christmas Tree is best ship
 
Is very easy to forget other people don't know things you do. Which is funny, because that's like, one of the defining things about sapience. Perhaps being invested on a character dilutes that capacity.
 
Agent Whiskers said:
Eh, all the main characters had a lot of development and depth. Far more than I had expected when I first got around to watching the show. Anymore for the rest of the cast, and the pacing would have gotten wrecked.

Also, I kind of suspect that losing his one major talent, that he worked on for his entire life, is suppose to be an even bigger deal culturally then it would be from certain other places. I don't know much about Japan though, so take that a with grain of salt.
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Apparently, being a disabled person in Japan is equal to becoming an outcast to society so the fact of losing movility in your hand is far more painful in the social sense than in the west.
 
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And now, for an insight into the stuff that my mind spits out at me:

If modern tube socks existed in 15th century Europe, Britain wouldn't have converted to Protestantism.
 
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