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Loking at the current position vote could I invite people to think harder on what the position would alow us to do ?

Because I think that is the greatest argument agains being the Court Wizard, at the end of day we will always be the only wizard in the court, poking at weird stuff on our own time.

Other options, specialy the Steward one, give vast oprtunities to influence the world at large and take advantage of it, while being the official court wizard just doesn't give the chance to plan long term and buit up on things. The only thing it has going for itseld is being the obivious choice, but them we aren't going to stop being a wizard anytime soon.

Speaking just for myself I don't find the economics aspects fun, it''s not a deal breaker or anything, I would just prefer to read more about weird stuff and arcane intrigues than the price of sugar in Cathay.
 
Mix of patriarchal power structures that people indulge in because of the semi-medieval setting and compulsory heterosexuality. I've been thinking about writing an essay on this exact thing, actually, but the response the odd problem thread got has put me way off.
If this is not the place to discuss SV's romantic partnership trends, it is definitely not the place for vicious speculation about other people's motives for shipping and such trends.
 
It's been confirmed in the latest chapter that the Emperor has remarried! He can still have a son in the proper time period! Perhaps we haven't butterflied away the Savior of Mankind, Second Edition (TM) just yet!
*inhales*
*exhales*
No. Bad Ichypa. Hikaru Genji is not a good role model for relationships.

On "lovely little details": has anyone noticed how, in this update, Mathilde grumbled and judged things by weighting her disapproval of them?
I did, and I loved it.
 
There was also AntonXPanoramia which in the grand Touhou tradition was seaborne way before either party met.
In my defence, my position was more 'I think these two would make a cute couple, we should introduce them and see if they get along' rather than 'this is the OTP, accept it heretics or burn!'

If we stole it and it didn't get lost in the battle for Sylvania. I don't think there was a complete paper trail.

She would have been pointed in our direction pretty quickly by the dwarves, assuming Gustav somehow overlooked that we had it.
 
And that's why I'm concerned; liking power can easily lead into abusing it to either keep it or create more of it. I don't think it's something that's likely to be a problem in the immediate future- aside from anything else, Julia's got an ex-witch hunter for a boss- but ten years down the line? Twenty?
So be sure to check up on her and whatnot every 5 years. But I imagine that most people who have power are going to enjoy it and not want to lose it.
 
Loking at the current position vote could I invite people to think harder on what the position would alow us to do ?

Because I think that is the greatest argument agains being the Court Wizard, at the end of day we will always be the only wizard in the court, poking at weird stuff on our own time.

Other options, specialy the Steward one, give vast oprtunities to influence the world at large and take advantage of it, while being the official court wizard just doesn't give the chance to plan long term and buit up on things. The only thing it has going for itseld is being the obivious choice, but them we aren't going to stop being a wizard anytime soon.

You notice there are other candidates for this role? Other candidates for the role are Prince Gotri, Engineer, and Kraggi Senior, Runesmith.

They won't be called "court wizard", but if we don't take over the role then one of them will be the guy who gets assigned Learning-related tasks and research projects. Weird stuff will get brought to them first, not us.
 
Didn't say I want to do it just raised the possibility. I feel like putting everything I can think of on the table for the thread just in case.

[X] Marry them...
- [X] Reinhild Gerber
- [X] Wilhemine
[X] 'Head Ranger' (Spymaster), Internal Focus
[X] Court Wizard
Mathilde. I understand that you are in denial, but you hold the largest share of this economic kraken.

"No! I must kill the economic krakens!" she shouted
Wilhelmine said "No, Mathilde. You are the krakens."
And then Mathilde was EIC shareholder.
Just pointing out: Wilhelmina is the economic brains behind the EIC, Wilhelmine is the economic brains behind the grey college. We are not shipping the bursar. I'm not anyway, she doesn't even know Anton. Or does she?...
 
In my defence, my position was more 'I think these two would make a cute couple, we should introduce them and see if they get along' rather than 'this is the OTP, accept it heretics or burn!'
Oh, sorry for mistaking you for a contender. Shipping Waaghs are dangerous and no place for civilians.

Explains why the vote that would allow for it is losing, though.
 
I find it amusing that after all that time as the bee's knees we come back and we're basically just told a solid "mmm, good job".

Helps keep us from getting a big head, certainly.
 
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[X] Marry me...
- [X] Soon.

[X] 'Head Ranger' (Spymaster), External Focus
[X] Court Wizard


Anton needs help in making critical decisions and we know we're pretty capable in that sense. Plus I personally IRL married my best friend, so I have some biases in this direction anyways.

As for K8P, keeping the Karak secured from enemies is the single most important thing we could do, but my personal second is magic research bc we are the master of unconventional solutions to unconventional problems.
 
[X] Stay out of it.
[X] Court Wizard

Not particularly attached to ships, let's go wizarding. Hopefully with some intermediate time to study up at the Grey College.
 
[X] Stay single. Marry for love.
[X] 'Head Ranger' (Spymaster), Internal Focus
[X] 'Head Ranger' (Spymaster), External Focus
[X] Court Wizard
 
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