Baughn
Healing-type writer
- Location
- Dublin
Hmm.
...nobody jump on Eternal Observer, please. I had much the same thought while I was writing, but couldn't think of a way to fix it that wouldn't take multiple days. And, looking at my own past history, any time I start taking multiple days to work out the contents of updates... the stories stall, then die, so I want to avoid that.
Which doesn't make it not a problem. I indeed didn't signpost this well enough, and if we put Amu in the same situation again, the same outcome is likely to result.
Would it be okay with you if I try to make it clearer in the text leading up to the vote? Or should I just outright tell you?
...I'm not very good at keeping secrets, in general. Sometimes I suppose I overcompensate.
You planned to make a young girl cry? You monster!
In more seriousness, this certainly isn't my plan you're referring to. 😅
It's a shard of moonlight. If a police officer or other member of the public spots it, then the fact it looks vaguely sharp will be the last thing on their mind. This being Japan, you can probably get away with "But see, it's actually dull"... the self-luminescence and barely contained murderous impulses are a different matter.
Amu is... well, Amu is open. She doesn't have a filter more or less at all, really. She used to, back when she was nine, but a lot of her character arc was peeling those away and—even though she now has Su and Ran on tap as personality elements she can make use of, those personas aren't automatic. By default she just... doesn't, so you get the raw Amu. It's always seemed almost painful for her to try to do otherwise.
Amu, however, also doesn't have more self-insight than the average thirteen year old.
So this bears mention. In canon, I'm fairly sure that only Tsukasa is confirmed to be French. You're right there.
It's just that Tsukasa and Aruto met each other in France, Utau and Ikuto are taller than the already un-Japanese like Amu (seriously, Amu is in the 99.9th percentile of height for her age, for Japan; she's middling for a westerner; yes, I looked this up), and all in all it seems very probable that the reason they met in France is that they both have connections to the country. Tadase manages to also be taller than Amu, but he is Tsukasa's nephew.
That, and Lulu is French. A lot of psionic stuff seems to be going on over there, so it made sense to me to solidify the connection.
...honestly, that's just a limitation of the AI. And/or my inclination to caption several hundred anime screencaps in order to build a superior LoHa. Amu still has those clips; they just don't seem to make it into the pictures.
Also it depends on situation. She won't wear hairclips like that while hiking, if she has any sense.
It's unclear if they'd be able to see it, anyway...
The rainbow is the odd one out. The others are all references, though again, not especially important ones. Nothing will happen if you don't figure it out. Or if you do, to be honest.
... and if we assume that you can't project a feeling you're not feeling, then that puts a special point on Utau's concerts. I'm not sure if we can assume that in her case. Just something I've been wondering about.
He is now in... third grade, I guess? One of Ami's friends anyway, because...
That would be telling, and far be it from me to tell on two grade-schoolers.
Oh, and Hikaru is Utau and Ikuto's... cousin, IIRC.
There isn't any canon precedent. I just have a need to flesh out the psionics somewhat, and this fit.
Canon also doesn't have a precedent of mind-reading people to this depth. Possibly because they hadn't learned how, possibly because it would be next to impossible to get across in a manga. Possibly because the psionics just aren't supposed to be this capable, which is likely enough. I'm having to scale up Shugo Chara a bit, to even vaguely match up with the other story elements.
Would I do that? 🥹
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