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Note that in the time of that specific episode, power of Q was greatly reduced. So yes, she WAS feeling insecure. Quite. If you are superior, then why do you need to be praised for it? Note: This question is better to be asked standing on well isolated mat. Also, the word usually used is "worshipped".

It would definitely have been in Sirleck's interest to have them be untrackable until he was finished. Definitely ; question is if he has enough technical knowledge to realize what he needs to do, because Magus definitely doesn't.

http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2018-05-25 Yeah. Catnip. Try it fast before the cat forms times out. It's neither harmful nor addictive, no human narcotics can claim that ... or it's just that we have stricter definitions of what "addictive" is when applied to humans?

Not just single someone, there was reply on twitter also suggesting that, and it could've been implied from my reply on tumblr ... Almost. If Edward would be present, he would take charge and do something different, probably more effective. That might be reason enough. Still, yes, I wouldn't be surprised if we later find out what the business is ... business which doesn't allow ARTHUR to contact him with THIS important informations ...

I see it the other way - I'm sure Lord Tedd himself will be redeemed, while Voltaire or General Shade Tail might not be although we will definitely get some reasons to be more sympathetic to them. I read it similarly. In fact, I think he DID realized that what he did was wrong, but not WHY. ... which is pretty consistent with the idea that he wasn't killing people because he was evil or sadist or something. He was killing people because they convinced him it's the right thing to do. (Obviously, they must've done some mistake which made him include them in that list.) Maybe in his case they did find some way how to accelerate his growth, or maybe he was just so sheltered that he never got opportunity to develop his own personality. That wouldn't be the most unsympathetic part. TORRES: You know, I have really had it with this superiority complex of yours. FEMALE Q: It's not a complex, dear. It's a fact. However, even toys could be played with differently. Look at Toy Story. Voltaire is giving the vibe that his idea of playing with toys is pretty close to Sid's one. It's like ... there is one scale about how much you care about some's opinion ; on that scale, "toys" are indeed the last step, after "slaves" and "pets" (say ... "friend", "servant", "slave", "pet", "toy"). There is different scale about how much you care about some's well-being. Being someone's pet might be humiliating, but if you are well cared for you may have it better that someone homeless, considered person but not cared at all. In winter. This, however, may happen.

True. Alternatively, there can be story which would END with Genie granting that wish, with the drama being some sort of dungeon crawl with the "lamp" as price. Which would work even better if the lamp activation wouldn't be as simple as rubbing it. I think that classic Mary Sue has NO backstory, that the tragic past was later invention. Also, wouldn't adding tragic backstory count as unexpected downside in that case? Just as the "tragic death to be mourned by all" would be, although that was in the story the Mary Sue trope was named by. (In any case, the wording of the wish doesn't need to be so fourth-wall breaking. It's just that the more general your wish is, the more potential of bad consequences it has for Genie who wants to exploit them.)

Of course, some people don't consider that to be all that much of a problem. Some people and most non-people. I mean, wasn't it the castle's idea to drill the holes?

Good intentions can still lead to ruinous results. In fact, they are notorious for it. Yes. Also, Nioi's moral compass might be damaged by General Shade Tail and/or the world she lives in, without her even realizing that.

Nanase and Grace revealed their powers because they wanted to find Ellen. Others, without reason, wouldn't be that likely to show anything ... although there may be some who would assume the lightshow means secrecy is officially off. I'm sure Edward would like to talk about what it is to be a seer. Gender identity? Not so much. ... so, is that hosting so cheap or does it have other qualities which balance out the fact they can make changes without Dan being even informed, much less agree to it? ... oh. Right. after reading this and rereading the comics I realized mr. Verres is STILL on business. Ok. Explains the phones. And, generally, makes more sense. Also sounds I'm not only one who misinterpreted what Ellen said. But yes, even if Tedd would try to continue keeping it secret (which he has no reason to), Arthur would definitely inform him. Note that the "business" might be less "can't be put on hold" and more "can't be reached at all". Like, there may be some reason why Edward simply CANT have phone with him, or maybe is out of reach of signal. He may be ON DIFFERENT WORLD.

Well... just remember that 'compared to.' I am not sure it is actually easy per se. Yes Especially if you, for some reason, don't want to just put few dozens metal electrodes through testing subject skull.

She might need some replacement spare parts. Those were antagonists. I was deliberately listing protagonists, because you are at least supposed to be on their side and I think that's what Dan plans with Nioi. Of course, there are cases where you genuinely root for antagonist, not speaking about fact you may like someone despite wishing her to fail. Oooh, another example: Andromeda Ascendant, also known as XMC-10-284. Or KOS-MOS. ... yes, we can definitely go far with this.

I read an amazing news story in the Washington Post about a device that can interprete brain waves so precisely that it will allow a paralysed person to direct a robot arm so that they can use it to pour coffee for themselves and drink it. They still experience spillage but that might be due to needing more practice rather than because of design flaws in the arm. I wonder if this is a case of technology where the designers are like, "We know bugger all about how this actually works, but it works so I guess we just have to keep working at the math to prove it." Controlling muscles is EASY compared to stuff like memories and emotions. (Complex emotions ; basic stuff like being happy or sad can be measured chemically.)

Cameron can be made safe with right programming. River Tam, meanwhile ... ok, I only saw Serenity and few episodes, so I'm not entirely sure about her, but I suspect she's harder to reprogram. Another examples: Seras Victoria. Jean "Phoenix" Grey-Summers. Lyta Alexander. Note that Nioi is probably weaker than those ... but may still be the same kind of girl, and after all, main 8 are ALSO weaker than whoever the other girls stand against or were with. (I don't think Dan would go there ... but based on what he shown so far, I can totally see her killing someone and be like "What's the problem? You never killed anyone? I've lost count ...")

I though women are more resistant to this. Although it's questionable if that would apply to Ellen ... Yes. Also, he has more experience with her shapeshifting. AND possibly specific training for not being influenced by shapeshifters looking cute, if dragons can shapeshift OR are not only creature he is trained to fight with ... Ok this is safe to speculate about as neurosurgeons don't know either That would be one part. Other part would be that the brain at that point is not much experienced in forming EMOTIONS, and the emotion stored as part of memory is more important than any emotion you may feel when replaying that memory.

Yes. As far as we know, Ellen turned out ok, but there are two scary set of questions (which I suspect we already talked about): 1) Where are the limits of this method regarding how extreme memories can you insert? Is there some failsafe which makes memories not agreeing with your personality seem more like dream, or can you be even programmed to kill yourself or others that way? Even without malice, how serious trauma can you induce? The fact that Ellen felt guild over something she would probably never do (although for reason not related to why she felt the guild) is not exactly encouraging ... (And, in fact, Nioi might've used same or similar spell which she or other Lord Tedd's subordinates DID used to program killers. And, who knows, maybe it was even FOR GOOD, if their world is sufficiently messed up.) 2) Did Ellen turned ok because Nioi is that good and thoroughly checked the memories and/or the second life Ellen ... or was she just lucky? (Well, both of them actually.) I like her, but in similar way I like several other girls I wouldn't want to be on same continent with without very good shields. Lina Inverse comes to mind, for example ...

*scratches head* I admit, I don't quite understand your point here. As I see it, Ellen resents the trauma itself, not just the fact that it happened. It is an entirely instinctual reaction well below the level of rational thought. Are you saying that Ellen would resent Magus less were she compelled to consider how few options he had? Considering how hard is to "fix" your emotion with logic, probably not much less, but more confused, as with Tedd ... well, probably not THAT much ... Compare with how Sarah dealt with being scared by Jerry. "I didn't and she's fine" - "I'm still upset". She has no LOGICAL reason to be upset, and based on her not denying it she's perfectly aware of that. And still upset. ...and who is also dead now. *scratches head* She is a new person now. She may still have the emotional connections if she succeeded in bringing them with her, but we still do not know what that is going to mean. Of course, all that is only likely to frustrate and anger Ellen even more. Yes ... she may not be entirely new person, but the plan to help magus was likely heavily influenced by how long she was without reset ... IF she's going to remember that, she will probably apologize. Which MIGHT help. At least little. But in both cases, its based on loss of something you consider completely granted and is base of your life. It's not close analogy but I think I saw more stretched ones. This is obviously the most important point. Even people with hyperthymesia / eidetic memory doesn't seem to complain about that event, so it must be very hard to remember ... and therefore unable to provide any long-term trauma. Of course, Leia claims to remember her mother who died when giving birth to her, but she's force-sensitive and also George Lucas is known for making mistakes and then denying it. Note that I wasn't suggesting being 'emo' is ONLY reason why someone might resents the fact that they exist. Just one of very hard to miss examples. I still think it would be better to hold HIS coat. With hands still partially inside, I mean. ... wait, no. That would make easier for her to explain it but would be worse long-term. Ok. I recommend moment of surprise. Or more training.

Hrm. What is your reasoning behind that? I am genuinely curious. I think you may be right but I am not sure how you arrive at that conclusion. Compared to her reaction to FIRST batch of memories, she seem to enjoy the singing and specifically said she doesn't know about the evil part. Note that those memories felt more real than Elliot's to her and felt valid as her own (with that one exception). It feels like the memory transplant was VERY good and included convincing the target to like it. Which feels even more evil, but it's probably healthier for Ellen AND it means she's unlikely to resent those dreams. On the other hand, Ellen is deliberately trying to differ from Elliot. Maybe she wouldn't need magical convincing to jump at this opportunity. I had it in mind that Arthur would actually say "son/daughter" because he himself would still be confused about it. Depends in how good is Arthur with pronouncing punctuation. Evidence of teleportation, granted, it could have limited range, but... Good point, that did looked as teleportation. And when combined with hiding in clothes, he wouldn't NEED long range.

I could think of a number of reasons why Ellen might resent that event as well, chief of which was that Nioi pulled that one on her without her informed consent. It wouldn't surprise me if Ellen might resent that "nosebeep". However, I don't think she would resent the dreams itself. Maybe Commander Jaguar came along for some extra muscle? That's who I was thinking about, yes ... personally, I don't think he will be called in situations involving magic. But that depends on how many agents DGB has ... Totally expects Arthur saying "daughter" and Edward being confused. But yes, while Edward is probably one of best wizards they have, he is not officially expected to work with them AND explaining him the situation might be too awkward. Unless ... hey, maybe they may call him if they have some reason to suspect diplomacy will be needed. If they are confident that none of the kids are capable of learning how to do magic portals just by going through one once, then they don't need to put them back to sleep. They can open a portal back to the parking lot, out in the hallway (out of sight of the kids) then lead them out and through it. Even if one or more of the trio DO figure out how to make portals, that won't necessarily be sufficient for them to make a portal back to this facility. They may need to know where it is, or have special information to get past a magical shield, or... Just putting bag over their heads might suffice , question is what regulations call for. They may have internal rules requiring making them sleep again, no matter how superfluous would that be. (Hmmm ... Tedd probably WOULD be able to learn how to make portals just by seeing creating one. It's unlikely to tell him where he is, however. Meanwhile, if Elliot still has his phone, he can transform to Cheerleadra and test how magically enhanced GPS works there ...) I wouldn't be surprised if Kevin would be able to teleport to Ashley at any given moment if DGB hasn't returned him to an inert form or something. I'm pretty sure Kevin can't be affected by spells working on PEOPLE. So, yes, I expect him being hidden in Ashley's clothing. Although that option of him being able to teleport to Ashley is also interesting. Or both. I mean, he did hide in Ashley's clothes. They searched her, found him and put him on table. When they wanted to analyse what happened with him, he wasn't on the table anymore ... was hidden in Ashley's clothes again.

Only? Did you ever heard about "emo"? On emotional level, definitely. Logically, I don't see any way it could be less traumatic ... ok, except the option of Magus somehow explaining everything to Elliot despite not being able to talk to him and Elliot going along with the plan. ... wait. First, Ellen was angry at Tedd, who didn't deserved it. Now, Ellen is angry at Magus, who sort of does deserve it but didn't had any other option which would include her existence. However, after she will talk it over with Magus, she may become angry at Pandora, who TOTALLY deserves it. SHE did had the option of telling Elliot. Actually, most people came on this world with similarly traumatic experience ... but they don't REMEMBER it. Their crying confirms it, however.

Yes, seems Ashley forgot to mention one disadvantage - that the transformation will also make him girl. (Still doesn't explain his height.) Still, compared to average genie, I think he ended up well. (Disclaimer: Average Genie based on stories about Genies. I'm not talking about real life Genies nor canon EGS Genies. Although ... based on existing canon it seems likely all genies in EGS were actually fairies alias immortals and the effect of the wishes they fulfilled was exactly what you would expect from fairies ...) (Hmmm ... can you imagine a genie story where nothing will go wrong with the wishes? Main Hero: "I want to become a classical Mary Sue" Genie: "So be it. ... you have two more wishes but I see you don't need them now.")

Maybe more like the havoc she would cause while looking. My take: He is AFRAID of Noriko ... which makes him not take the havoc her niece might cause lightly. There must be pretty powerful magic on that building ... but probably worth it. And if they have some with remote connection ability, they might even noticed the crater before agent Wolf felt into it. BTW, we didn't SAW it but seems I was right with agent Cranium and agent Wolf still being on short list of people who can respond to situation like this. Hmmm ... we saw three doors on parking lot ... does it mean three people (in addition to Arthur)? Or did we missed some door? Or multiple people used same door? He would be rather stupid not to, to paraphrase what The Old Hack said about cameras Ellen and Nanase "meddling teenagers" probably got quite famous, they were involved in several accidents just recently ... and their personal connection to former head of paranormal made him former head of paranormal. And how much havoc Nanase managed to cause already? I'm sure the answer is "yes". Note the lack of windows. Hmmmm ... why would second life be related to Ellen hating sleep magic? It turned out well, didn't it?

It was obviously foreshadowing. I was just commenting that it's apparently more longer-term foreshadowing that I expected. ... also, if Kevin was faking being old, my theory about HIM teaching such spells to Ashley would also be disproved. ... meanwhile, hard to say when Magus will return. Presumably he will return, with the way Dan was talking about long term consequences, but it may take long time ... ... on the other hand, Dan is sometimes making VERY long term foreshadowings. Especially when he underestimates how long will it take to get to that event

I realize this. I was pointing to "why" not to question that Magus would know a F->M spell but to suggest there might be a practical reason. *His* gender change spell might have a time limit also. I didn't really make my point clear, sorry.... Hmmm ... maybe it DID had ... like, maybe noone else was willing to use permanent F->M spell on teenager, arguing that temporary one is more than enough for his stated purpose. So to get the permanent change he totally wanted just because of that upper body strength ( ) he needed to learn it himself. ... also good point. Just because it didn't used to be possible in EGS main universe doesn't mean Magus wouldn't be able to use spell like that ... ... BTW, he didn't left any spell on anyone, and noone was enchanted while in the facility. So, the question of why the ticking clock spells were mentioned is still open ...

I wasn't just talking about research on what he is able to do, I was also referring to him looking for records of others who had his quirks, if he did that he would have been likely to learn about Seers, that he is one and even potentially learning about their purposes. Yes, that would be the historical research I'm speaking about. Tedd obviously doesn't have access to such books, but Arthur certainly did. In fact, he DID find about magic reset somewhere. But apparently didn't spend SO much time researching it ... Magus was barely able to amplify Ellen's emotions, he wasn't able to get her to zap Elliot which means she did resist that part, but she couldn't keep herself from zapping at all. That was before Ellen awakened though and she's had a good part of a year to build up more resistance. It's more noteworthy he was able to influence Tedd. Why would Magus need to know a F->M spell if he were permanently male after one casting? Aside from story convenience of course... It's two credits and much more useful than several other spells he learned to get enough credits to pass to next year. Alternatively: It's only permanent until someone casts M->F spell on you. And teachers secretly supports bullying with magic because it helps students build up magic resistance. Yes, the question why he knows such spell may interesting, but he clearly implied he knows it.

Not necessary, this is completely different kind of research. No amount of researching magic itself can disqualify you for second purpose ... researching history, on the other hand, can. At least I don't see any other way how to get the second purpose than finding some description of the meeting in historical books. Simple answer: sometimes he wants to be conspicuously a wizard (e.g. when he went on TV with the complete stereotypical outfit including staff) and sometimes he doesn't - but still wants spellcasting ability, just in case. So he probably ALWAYS has the ring with him, even when he isn't wearing it. I said wand, not staff. But good point, the ring would certainly be less conspicuous. On the other hand, there are other totally not conspicuous ways to hide wand ... like umbrella. Even high-power spellcasters may not have their spells on hair trigger. On the other hand, there may be magic users with problem like that ... Get to the queue. Let's see who is sad with that ... Magus. Ellen. Arthur, as it would allowed to catch him .... That could have resulted in Ellen returning the favor... Which could be funny but not fair. Magus's spell would be permanent, while Ellen's ... well, FV5 is designed to last month so it would probably take him some time to get rid of it, but still. He might also have some long-term enchantment raising his resistance on him, it might even be sideefect of the stoning spell. Just to add another option. On the other hand, I suspect that Magus's amplifying wasn't that strong to begin with. Considering we was out cold before Abraham cast the spell ... and ended up in hospital ...