Usagi Quest (CK3/Princess Maker) (Sailor Moon)
- Location
- United States
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I like Naru not wanting to undress in front of Usagi. It's a nice way of subtly reinforcing Naru's attraction to Usagi.
I like Naru not wanting to undress in front of Usagi. It's a nice way of subtly reinforcing Naru's attraction to Usagi.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Also a nice way of subtly reinforcing "the entire main cast* is undergoing some degree of sexual awakening as a side effect of adolescence. And one side effect of undergoing sexual awakening is that a lot of people become somewhat more conscious of who they're naked in front of, and when.
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On a more sober note, and I hate to be the bucket of cold water here, it can also be viewed as a nice way of subtly reinforcing "Usagi has been so noticeably thirsty around her friends that they're thinking twice about handing her eye candy."
Which... Well, if I were a female friend of Quest!Usagi I... think I might very well be thinking that, honestly. Because even assuming that in this role I was into girls, I might not want to encourage her too much more than she already encourages herself. Not unless I were specifically ready to go forward with a relationship that was not only romantic, but erotic.
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*(Luna is arguably an exception (who knows when Mau hit puberty), but has her own set of issues surrounding Artemis that serve as a substitute)
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- Location
- Arcadia
Hm, yes, Moon may need a reminder to temper herself. If her advances become insistent to the point of making others uncomfortable, there is going to be a problem. A prompt about remembering to respect boundaries and personal space may be in order, including when someone is not ready or even interested.
- Location
- USA
Is she even aware of it, or is she as oblivious as she was? Just because she's realized that her thoughts are shifting doesn't mean she's realized that they're bleeding into her actions.
- Location
- Arcadia
She may be unaware, granted, but then someone needs to inform her before it reaches the point of being overly demanding. As a hypothetical case, if Moon ever encounters someone to whom she is attracted, and that person is both aromantic and asexual, then no matter how much Moon pushes it, that person will simply not be interested and become increasingly uncomfortable besides.
As much as one may fantasize about Moon building her harem, realistically, one would hope that at least one of the potential candidates for said harem would ultimately decline her advances and settle for simply being good friends.
As much as one may fantasize about Moon building her harem, realistically, one would hope that at least one of the potential candidates for said harem would ultimately decline her advances and settle for simply being good friends.
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-Kagome's time tunnel spans from Now until 500 years ago.
-Time tunnels, by everything we know about magic, SHOULD be stupidly expensive and nearly impossible, much less stable ones that remain open for a girl to climb through with herdog friend on a regular basis.
-As far as the historical record can show, there was a steep decline in belief in magic, and the formation of isolated magical communities/secret societies, despite the occult being demonstrably alie and well 500 years ago with demons running around destroying buildings with large swords and energy beams. Simultaneous to this, the magical gribbly population has declined massively, they are always in isolated or remote areas, when 500 years ago you'd have such things blatantly running around cities every so often.
What if the rising level of ambient magic gets to the point where the supernatural population was largely out of control around 500 years ago, at which point a pre-Fall time portal activated from the change in ambient energy level, possibly misidentifying the access key or just damaged from the Fall without actually breaking?
In which case such a portal would ravenously consume magic at its point of origin. It does not have enough power to go to the past from its point of activation, because the next magical peak would be pre-Fall. It seeks forward, but cannot find a terminus, because its using up too much magic to form a connection point in the future, everything in its near future has low magic because its using up all the magic.
Until the reincarnated start showing back up and ambient magic skyrockets. Future Portal now has enough energy to connect to Past Portal. Kagome falls through. The portal closes permanently(?) once the past terminus runs out of power.
So how would this affect society?
500 years ago Magical Bad Juju hits its peak. Youkai, cryptids, demons, etc are pouring out of the woodwork and the magical organizations are hard pressed to deal with them.
Then the ambient magic level abruptly drops, for, as far as they can tell, no real reason. Existing monsters and magical humans remain in existence, but theres no new spawns for the next ten human generations.
As far as everyone is concerned this is a good thing - the magic goes away, the last unsealed and rampaging monsters are dealt with. The magical humans withdraw from the public eye because they can't really afford to, nor particularly want to war with the nonmagical population, and their purpose shrinks to a handful, whichever is needed to maintain and keep an eye on sealed monsters they couldn't kill.
Then the magic comes BACK, and theres just so vanishingly few people who still remember a world where monsters could spawn out of shadows. As far as science is concerned, magic didn't exist, because magic indeed did not exist for the primary span where information began being consistently and cheaply recorded. You couldn't detect an energy field that isn't present.
Hmm...actually theres an interesting thought there:
-Kagome's time tunnel spans from Now until 500 years ago.
-Time tunnels, by everything we know about magic, SHOULD be stupidly expensive and nearly impossible, much less stable ones that remain open for a girl to climb through with her
-As far as the historical record can show, there was a steep decline in belief in magic, and the formation of isolated magical communities/secret societies, despite the occult being demonstrably alie and well 500 years ago with demons running around destroying buildings with large swords and energy beams. Simultaneous to this, the magical gribbly population has declined massively, they are always in isolated or remote areas, when 500 years ago you'd have such things blatantly running around cities every so often.
What if the rising level of ambient magic gets to the point where the supernatural population was largely out of control around 500 years ago, at which point a pre-Fall time portal activated from the change in ambient energy level, possibly misidentifying the access key or just damaged from the Fall without actually breaking?
In which case such a portal would ravenously consume magic at its point of origin. It does not have enough power to go to the past from its point of activation, because the next magical peak would be pre-Fall. It seeks forward, but cannot find a terminus, because its using up too much magic to form a connection point in the future, everything in its near future has low magic because its using up all the magic.
Until the reincarnated start showing back up and ambient magic skyrockets. Future Portal now has enough energy to connect to Past Portal. Kagome falls through. The portal closes permanently(?) once the past terminus runs out of power.
So how would this affect society?
500 years ago Magical Bad Juju hits its peak. Youkai, cryptids, demons, etc are pouring out of the woodwork and the magical organizations are hard pressed to deal with them.
Then the ambient magic level abruptly drops, for, as far as they can tell, no real reason. Existing monsters and magical humans remain in existence, but theres no new spawns for the next ten human generations.
As far as everyone is concerned this is a good thing - the magic goes away, the last unsealed and rampaging monsters are dealt with. The magical humans withdraw from the public eye because they can't really afford to, nor particularly want to war with the nonmagical population, and their purpose shrinks to a handful, whichever is needed to maintain and keep an eye on sealed monsters they couldn't kill.
Then the magic comes BACK, and theres just so vanishingly few people who still remember a world where monsters could spawn out of shadows. As far as science is concerned, magic didn't exist, because magic indeed did not exist for the primary span where information began being consistently and cheaply recorded. You couldn't detect an energy field that isn't present.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Though if you're going to explore hypotheticals, the "I'm not aromantic, I'm just not in love with you" option is... very much not something to be discarded outright.
Veekie, I consider this to be genius and I love it.
Although I'm not sure it explains a global decline in magic; it seems like that would put a bit too much weight on Inuyasha's contribution to the backstory.
Then again, it's quite possible that ambient magic levels were a lot higher in 1492-era Japan than they were in most other parts of the world at the time. The rest of the world may not NEED a special explanation for "where did the magic go" so badly.
- Location
- USA
If he's all that and evil, wouldn't he be Lex Luthor instead?
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
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Comrade Future
Man from Zeerust
- Location
- USSR
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Considering Usagi is blonde in a family where there are no Blondes ... and her little brother has lighter hair than their parents.
FictionPack
Monochromatic Ursine
- Location
- Tennessee
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It's just another example of reincarnation hair!
They aren't all pastel hair.
- Location
- USA
Isn't Princess Serenity's hair white like her mother's? Where did the blonde come from?
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Monochromatic Ursine
- Location
- Tennessee
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Princess Serenity shares the same appearance with her reincarnation, Usagi Tsukino; she has blue eyes, long pale blonde hair styled in two buns with flowing pigtails, and a golden crescent moon on her forehead to mark her status as a member of the royal family of the Silver Millennium.
Pretty sure she was blonde.
Ekzentric Lohner
I miss Wildstar...
When Usagi used the Disguise Pen to transform into Serenity, her hair ended up white:
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
I think it's a reference to my recent omake. Naru may well be bluffing. Then again, she may actually have learned of an ancient Terrestrial curse (or not-curse) that is capable of setting the hair color of a woman's firstborn.
Certainly, the quest setting is seeing a proliferation of 'anime' hair colors, which I suspect have been growing more common and more outlandish over time, more prevalent in the younger generation... Although Usagi's mom has long, flowing blue hair and she was almost certainly born in the '50s.
My take on it (again, referenced in my recent omake) is... Well. Hair colors have just started getting weird. Nobody knows why. People try to come up with rational explanations, but nobody's been able to pin it down. Reactions to this vary, but it's basically reality at this point. Ever since the '70s at the latest, there was just straight up some chance your kid would be born with natural green hair. Everyone's learning to deal with it, because it can't be changed. You can dye it black if you don't like the look or whatever, but it's reality.
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Monochromatic Ursine
- Location
- Tennessee
- Pronouns
- He/Him
My guess is it's either being blamed on genetic mutations, or pollution.
Maaaaybe radiation....
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Makoto's science textbook blames pollution and that's all I know.
- Location
- Ekaterinburg, Russia
I wonder if/how much the first technicolor children were harassed at school, be it by fellow students or by disciplinarian teachers.
It's not unknown to have left-handed children drilled to use the right hand instead, after all - let alone singling out people with unusual features for harassment.
It's not unknown to have left-handed children drilled to use the right hand instead, after all - let alone singling out people with unusual features for harassment.