Vorlonagent

E-sports!

There's probably a rule against messing with an empowerment, even if it's your own empowerment...

Definitely time for more popcorn...

I'm kind of "meh" on this one. Tea doesn't do as much for me as other stuff Dan could do, and I do not posses the "fat check" fetish. How those two things would combine doesn't sound appetizing. But hey, Dan makes pinups for more than just me. I wish Dan the Hitchhiker's Guide entry on alcohol, "Go to it and good luck."

Gods delivered by coptical fiber...

Egyptians: the original recursive algorithim....

Is a saber-toothed- duck too much to ask?

That's better...

You say this like it's a bad thing...

Enchantments in EGS aren't really either option as stated. EGS enchantments have a time limit but there's are options for shortening them and lengthening them.. The enchantment on the Boar was typical of EGS. It had a time length after which it would end and return the boar to its normal size. But the boar liked being larger so it ate extra to help maintain the enchantment. Usually animals do not like enchantments and starve themselves to end an enchantment sooner. AFAIK it was never stated if the boar was within or outside Moperville's energy buildup. Since the boar had no ability to sense the buildup I imagine it wandered in and out of the high magic area. There's some tapping into ambient magic that goes with just being immersed in it, but probably not enough to sustain the enchantment on its own, which is why the boar burned calories. At the same time, Raven was concerned that the Boar might become a reality unto itself. I suppose that would be the closest thing EGS would have to a permanent enchantment.

I might have said George of the Jungle...

to say nothing of the whipped brain topping...

I think someone's been dead to long...

...which is far better than deadbeat always borrowing money Relativity...

We aren't working with a sample size of 1. There's 5-10 thousand year's experience with magic and bloodlines to consider. As Raven says in the comic, magic bloodlines don't always work the way you'd expect. or the way gender genetics does. Nor do I think magical ability in EGS as a yes/no on/off state. Odds are there are degrees of it. making a baby with a random man would likely result in a child of lesser ability to Noriko's but with some ability. If we allow ourselves to believe that Mr. Kitsune has no magical ability, Nanase would then be an example for this. (note there is no information on Mr. Kitsune's magical potential. Given Mrs. Kitsune's shielding Nanase from her heritage, we can reasonably assume that Mrs. Kitsune did not marry *for* magical potential, but that doesn't mean Mr. Kitsune has none) Oddly enough, Noriko was entirely correct to think that her lineage + Ed Verres' would produce something/someone exceptional They did. Tedd is exceptional. But it wasn't apparent for over a decade. Noriko was looking for "exceptional' on her terms (acceptable apprentice). By that test, and only by that test, Tedd was a failure. Convinced that any further trials would produce similarly unacceptable results she left, looking for someone who could give her a success. There are ways to soften this so it's not as damning for Noriko, but t the end of the day she did leave and there are consequences for that action. But it was Brenden Frasier's finest two hours...

I think the work was all that Noriko allowed to matter to her. Raven does say "continually frightening the child" Implies way more than 6 times. You may be assuming that each attempt at babymaking between Noriko and Ed Verres could be considered an independent trial. I don't think Noriko did. From that POV, any other man would have a better chance of giving her an apprentice than Ed Verres.

I meant that Noriko, coming from a long line of monster hunters already had a lot of familial pressure and or indoctrination on her. Raven did not intend to push her over the line to fanaticism but may have anyway. This has nothing to do with Pandora's sentiments regarding humanity. It's a theory that fits what few facts we have, but is unlikely to entirely survive Dan's humanizing her. I'n the scene between Raven and Noriko using the wand on Tedd as a baby, Raven I'm pretty sure Raven asks her to stop using the wand on Tedd (implication: shed' done it a bunch of times). I can't quickly find the strip but I'm pretty sure it's linked upthread. That's all I need to show her refusing to believe such a perfect matchup or her own body could produce someone as powerless-appearing as Tedd. The problem would have to be with Ed Verres or more charitably to Noriko, how their two bloodlines mingled. When I speculate I tend to extrapolate from a point of known data. We know Norko was unhappy with Tedd's lack of magic and found it hard to accept. The next leap from there, when combined with a touch of the fanatic, is leaving in search of a man who could give her the apprentice she wanted. Eastern society tends to devalue the individual, putting emphasis on family and tradition. There's tens of millions more shrines to ancestors in Japan than in the US. The pressures of family legacy and tradition, which would include pressure to contribute to the next generation, could easily have made it unacceptable for Noriko to stay at all, let alone stay and try for another child..

I did not say or imply this. I repeat: I agree. Considering a second child seems reasonable. Remember we're not talking about a statistical trial here. We're talking about making a new person, with all that entails. The rest of this is speculation. We have no other reasons given us. We have seen Noriko continually looking for magic in Tedd to the point where he ended up traumatized by the sound of the wand. Clearly Tedd's magic or lack of it was very important. Important enough to leave. Also people do stupid things. They aren't always rational. One of the stupid things Noriko did was walk out.

We have no evidence to believe Ed Verres was significantly different when Tedd was born. We do have evidence that Noriko was obsessed with Tedd's magic, or lack thereof. I follow the evidence, as partial as it is, and that evidence speaks harshly of Noriko, not Ed Verres. It's reasonable to expect that Ed Verres said and did hurtful things when he and Norkio fought. As you say, that is the way of such things. I don't see the relevance. Or more correctly I see other factors as overwhelming any fault finding by the time the arguing started. As I have said, I'm sure Dan will rehabilitate Noriko. But for the moment, she's the villain who left her own son because he wasn't gifted at magic. As long as we're engaging in speculation without evidence, you do not know Noriko has not become a monster. She could be a fanatical monster-killer who lives only for her next fight. "Joust not with dragons, lest you become one" and all that. Raven implies that he pushed Verres' and Norko's ability to "do good". I'd argue Raven was living his own frustrated dreams of serving humanity through his pupils and is now kicking himself for pushing it too hard. This figures in my thinking that Norkio left because Tedd had no magic. He'd never be a monster hunter and that locked him out of her world.

That would be me too then.

He has a hand?

That was my yesterday too. The forum wouldn't get off CMX' overall forum page.

IIRC it's Sarah playing around with her "timestop" Mark, hence the hovering soda cup. Presumably she's teaching herself how to alter her environment in the spell, starting with herself. This one really kicks my hormones into overdrive. The intellectual, self reflexive part of me looks over at my libido and says "Most men seemed wired to like more skin showing. Shouldn't you?" to which my libido replies "I like what I like. Bugger anybody else's opinion".

I asked Dan about this stuff. Got this reply. The forums will remain so long as 910CMX people keep them up, but I do feel like it's a problem for me to continue to link it there in an official capacity and when I have so little connection there. Something could be seriously wrong in a malicious manner, and I'd only know about it if someone decided to tell me. I actually only found out about the most recent "always wind up back at the front page" issue this morning because someone on Facebook asked about it, and I still haven't heard anything back from 910CMX people yet about what happened. I need more than that if I'm going to present them as the official forums and direct people to them. Again, though, I don't intend to say "no, you can't have those forums anymore". My concerns are about my responsibility when linking them in an official capacity, and whether the 910CMX people themselves really want to keep it going (I assume they do, based on past interactions).

Maybe Papa Kitsune is indulgent because Mama Kitsune is strict...