^the one and only OG Ara Ara~ meme

Finally got Skalter, only took... 149 pulls?! Yikes. That was F in chat for a LOT of assorted resources given I had to fall back to Originium Shard shenanigans in base in the end...

It's pretty clear that many authors are like, "I like age-gap! So let's make a really big age gap! And maybe some yuri incest! Now I feel like drawing sex toys! Oooh, one of my favorite mangaka just had a cute cat-ear-girl yuri story--now I want to try a story with a loli cat-ear girl whose mom runs a sex-toy shop!" Etc.

And the world's a better place for that.

Reminds me of that one postscript by Kodama Naoko that went something like "this time I tried to draw the boobs really big, it was great" :P

^"it's fantasy and magic" is by itself inherently a lazy handwave and only too often where the cerebral exertions of creators end.

^not sure why you're automatically assuming they'd be ectotherms...

lmao what

^lazy handwaves are lazy. Or more like usually it doesn't even amount to that because the creator just thoughtlessly regurgitates some commonplace trope.

And it's not like most put much effort into their magic systems either, anyway.

^well she did show a certain penchant for pushing Zima's buttons in her story vignette...
when they weren't having a h e a v y convo over whether she should slit her throat or not and why, that is

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^the creators certainly don't tend to worry too much about it, since insofar I've seen they never go into any real detail about those and clearly just go with the standard set of tropes without bothering to invest the slightest thought.

Meanwhile I'm inclined to wonder how the typical tendency to dribble all over the place doesn't make them run out of biomass within a day...

Actually she will be the smartest. Remember, the longer you live, the more memory you lost. Khara was pissed off that Aria (no doubt she is the oldest of the group) forgot who she is. Then Maoa was delighted that Aria could not recognized her let alone what she used to do. Also when pressured, Aria will turn into a kid with kids behavior.

Hence by calculation, if Ichika is turned, she will be the youngest and be able to remember a good amount of memory when she was still human.

I'm not really seeing the relevance, memory does not equal "smarts" however defined and I don't remember seeing any indication whatever (very) long-term memory issues the Lilu might have - and I'll remind you Aria has talked about the "first civilizations" of Mesopotamia in a rather familiar tone so it's probably more of a "what you pay real attention to" thing - affected their practical skillset and problem-solving ability.

Arguably Aria is wont to act like a kid because that's what she physically still is - she never went through all the neurological changes that happen at the end of normally living peoples' growth phase, and that physiological immaturity can overwhelm her experience. Plus her status as de facto royalty equivalent is such she can get away with it among her, ahem, vampeerz.

So by that measure if Ichika gets turned now she'll similarly be eternally stuck with the wiring of a young teen with all that entails. A horny young teen at that... so you'll probably end up with Sakuya 2.0.

So this is where all Torajirou's thirst went after Virgin's Empire started getting cleaner.

Why did it get cleaner?

Ask the author. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Whoa this is some blast from the past

^In my experience half the time they do that they don't actually understand the first thing about the relevant topic(s) and the result is worse than just handwaving it... "Artists Are Not Engineers" as it were, and most seem quite lost on even something so basic as how ectothermic ("cold-blooded") metabolism functions in practice. (You run into that an awful lot with reptilian-themed critters because obviously scales = ectotherm amirite guise?)

^bold of you to assume artists and writers are able and willing to actually think of such details as the metabolic thermoregulation of their creations, as opposed to just going with the most obvious thoughtless stereotypes

That's a fascinating philosophy... too bad I don't buy it as anything other than hot air... Then again, maybe she was just trying to distract sempai while she stripped?

They're the same age ya know. Not that Miku wasn't the sort to concot elaborate bullshit for le shitz und giggles ofc...

and the comic seems to run off magical girl identity logic, so having the exact same face won't tip anybody off.

I mean tbf for around a century now Superman has gotten away with nothing more ambitious than a change of clothes and some dorky glasses...

Speaking of, just yesterday I finally got THE THROBBING HEART OF HOTNESSThermal-EX to max pot. Now all I need is one more Lancet dupe and Zumama's haremall the toasters will be maxed out ' ω')v

Doctor is voiced! Sounds female too!

"No John, you are the waifus"

So I watched Kyo's translation of the anniversary stream. Main points:
- roguelite gets new season
- new robutt is Sniper, for gr8 justice
- Nearl Alter takes off the training weights and goes SSJ (tr00damageknights intensifies)
- Flametail is grossly OP, makes Texas cry and Siege start drinking
- never mind any of that cuz ROSA AND MYRTLE GET SKINS :O

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...mind you in my SV-8 farm setup I just have Flint punch them dead then activate her S2 so The First walks by into Mon3tr range. :P
They have dummy thicc HP but their def is garbo so fast light attacks shred them.

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random posted:

They incidentally don't do it when they're stunned so roll out your Manticore/Ash/Eunectes S2s and suchlike if necessary...

Lol. Good to know. I didn't even consider they'd not use their ability when stunned. I dealt with them old-fashioned way. Killing them out of range or bursting them.

Learned it half by accident. Ecko or Kyo mentioned in their SV-6 guide the alternative of using a Sniper with high burst, like Exu or Ash, to deal with those buggers and I was like "hey Ash's stun means I don't need to reserve a slot for a blocker right?" Then I noticed she wasn't taking the expected damage despite being within the AoE...

I'm really impressed and glad. Kitajima Mizuki did a a great job doing a impression of Kayano Ai's Platinum voice. Her battle quotes sounds almost identical.

Ya, not bad job filling those big boots esp given that she's a newbie if I understood correctly. Her pitch is sufficiently higher to be noticeable but she nailed Plat's "sarcastic jaded student who's been through too many shitty temp jobs" tone well.

I like how Kyouko is now so inured to Miku's antics she barely even reacts to that impromptu strip show lmao

^West Taiwan pettiness at its finest

this town has some pretty wild random encounter tables

However, I was barely figuring out the sanity thing lol especially the one non-attacking enemy.

The rock-crab thingies? They just release AoE Arts and SAN wave at certain HP thresholds. They incidentally don't do it when they're stunned so roll out your Manticore/Ash/Eunectes S2s and suchlike if necessary...