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I suspect FV5 IS influencing your mental state so you are happier, or like less worried about stuff. Look at Susan. There's definitely some of that in there but I would posit that part of why she is so happy is because of unconditional support. She had that from other people but Pandora is kind of family. ... although this may help too. He has both high spell resistance and high enchantment resistance. In any wizard battle, he will likely just ignore anything the other wizard casts on him. No, shrunken wizard will still cast dangerous spells. And shrunk people are more resistant to damage, so even for physical opponents it's not so useful. The main eight don't have any truly offensive spell yet. Except Susan's fairy unsummoning and Nanase's fairy punches, and both seems relatively weak. (Sure, Susan can summon hammers and other weapons, but she needs to HIT someone with them then.) I think she might be unable to let herself get hit even if asked. Generally, FV5 makes people very similar, and Tedd isn't that much different from Ellen when the flowing hair prevents us from using hair style for recognition. I think Dan tried few times to make her look more like Tedd, then resigned and just hanged a lampshade on it.

That's why dolphin often only sleep with half brain. Humans can't do that. Yes. I can totally snore when awake. But when the snoring person is awake, he usually stops snoring if threatened. Sounds like hopeless strategy, unless Pandora is really the last one who's vote he needs to change ... also, I'm not convinced Pandora would be against. I think his goal is something like showing that the current laws are not enough on Pandora. Or his real target is Tedd and he just wants Pandora out because she might help him.

I'm not sure if I get what exactly Vorlonagent was trying to say, but my point was that it's unfair to blame experiments with heroes who do not protect status quo for low quality of mass comics production. (Personally, I would suspect the "mass" bit - I mean, that expecting most comics would be good is too optimistic given how many of them is produced.)

Actually, he helped elves with creating the other rings, but the last three were done by Celebrimbor without Sauron's help. When he tried to use the One ring to rule over other rings, elves noticed and took off their rings, so Sauron attacked with army and took 16 rings while the last three were hidden. It IS possible that more than 20 rings was made and the others just didn't survive the war. Sauron might not be so eager to give humans 9 rings if the elves didn't do most of the work. I wouldn't think THIS is the reason. With the status quo getting less and less attractive to people, heroes who are actually changing status quo gets more popular. But there is one problem: if the hero changes the status quo, it means the story has distinct beginning and end ; you can't just continue. When hero protects the status quo, he can protect it as long as the writers get paid for it. Note that Aragorn and Frodo were NOT protecting status quo. They helped to end third age. Granted, Sauron was planing to change the status quo as well. Those kids in Narnia were NOT protecting status quo. They ended the reign of queen Jadis who was totally protecting status quo. Luke Skywalker was NOT protecting status quo. He ended the Galactic Empire. Which his father helped to build from Galactic Republic ... which lasted tens of thousands years (ok, it was the Old Republic which lasted so long, still, Galactic Republic lasted thousand years). And for something newer: Neo totally wasn't protecting status quo. The machines were - and got increasingly efficient with it (There are also lot of heroes who didn't have such ambitions and wanted just to get home. Like Bilbo Baggins ... oh wait, he actually helped to kill one of the last dragons and made sure the North will be protected when the next party will go South to deal with Sauron. Not exactly keeping status quo, is it?)

There is little problem then: TF gun may not be able to change you to something which is not mammal. Maybe. It can't do cold blood or hollow bones, I'm pretty sure it can't make you breathe water as well, on the other hand it can make scales or feathers so maybe changing throat is not completely out of question ... Hmmm ... do dolphins snore? The other immortals would only be dangerous if they find out, but with the number of elves around, it would be pretty hard to hide. Also, I suspect that when the other immortals would know some immortal is fighting Aberration possessing Elf, they will NOT reset her ... Or they may have so big resistance Sirleck has no chance to get in even with surprise. Yeah sure ... it worked great against Robocop ... hostage can only work if you can harm the hostage faster than the one you hold him against can kill you, WHILE he is looking at you and you are giving him time to prepare attack. And, of course, the moment you kill the hostage you are dead. Trying it against someone who can move in another layer of reality sounds very risky. Trying it against someone who can be on multiple places at once and likely can teleport is certainly suicide. Even if immortals can't directly attack aberrations (even while protecting their child? Sounds unlikely) Pandora likely wouldn't care and kill him even if it meant she will be reset. Then there is the question of empowering ... in hostage situation, there must be plenty of ways how to empower the hostage in way which kills the one holding it. Like surrounding the hostage with fire. Conclusion: Sirleck would be crazy trying it against Helena and Demetrius. Which means we are short on words to describe his state of mind when he would try it against Pandora.

How did I break the fourth wall? Not you. The immortal I was speaking about. The fourth wall is very hard to break from our side.

Ok, Sliding Transparent Aluminum Doors. Are you SURE that would help?

The EGS fourth wall gets broken so often, Dan should replace it with a sliding glass door. Not true. There are worse "offenders". Also, sliding glass door won't help if you don't slide them fast enough.

If we talking about potential, Pandora is definitely more dangerous than Magus. On the other hand, she's likely the best counter to Voltaire we have ... Maybe Magus WITH BODY will be necessary counter to something as well? Hah, that gave me the giggles. Your suggestion is an excellent one, and honestly, many people might be hesitant to use magic for a permanent change, when a change for just the night would be enough, but I envisioned the following scenario: "Hey honey, toss me my Teddcorp Snore-Away watch." "Uh, okay..." "What's the matter, honey, I thought you like the way you could sleep now that I don't snore anymore?" "True, but do the only options on the watch has to be Catperson, SquirrelPerson, or that other one..." "You mean the FV5?" While funny, I think that specific spell to JUST shrink the appropriate tissues would be more effective than relative (non-clone) forms. Also, yes: no matter what Dan tries, he can't deny that medical applications of transformations - especially the crazy safe transformations of EGS - would be extremely useful.

It's not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick. or It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. That's probably a budgetary limitation. Cosmetics can be expensive, and Tedd needed every available cent to get the video game parts he uses to build those devices. Tedd can make lipstick for free, just as he didn't paid for the hair dye.

Where did the navigation go? How do I get from subforum to parent forum? Also, the problem with text being white-on-white when editing is back.

You would think so, but try and find a magic ring with the ability to rule the world ever since! I checked every single magic shop I could find without coming across even one! If you think you could rule the world with One ring you were not paying attention. On the other hand, you are in good company, Saruman made the same mistake. If anything, ring resistant to fire so much only the volcano could destroy it AND as a bonus influencing the wielder to not toss it there is above average. On the other hand, some artefacts are even more resistant and you need to throw them into SUN. Or black hole. Those tend to be even harder to find than volcanoes.

Won't these immortals be RUNNING the evil game? I'm pretty sure neither Pandora nor Voltaire would be running it. Just the last one. Also, bonus points for breaking fourth wall.

I believe the commentary that Dan didn't originally planning this. Given that even if Tedd DOES try that on Elliot, Magus would be unlikely to be ready for it, I still think it will be Ellen who will hit Magus. (Which, on the other hand, is something Dan likely already has in plan.) While desperation on Magus' part would be a pretty strong motivating factor, I believe that he would categorically refuse any 'help' from her given how he ended up the last time he dealt with her. I think it's hard to apologize to someone while you keep him restrained, which is only way how to make Magus listen to the apology. It's possible HE's been up late working on stuff ... but yes, I suspect SHE was working more often I don't think Grace snores THAT loudly. ... "it's okay, we've got fur"? Is she dreaming about being naked in public? With Sarah as furry catgirl? Snoring gets worse with age. She likely left before that became problem.

Well ... he MIGHT react differently if he also didn't somehow ended up without pants despite his hips getting bigger. Although I shouldn't complain much as I totally like it. Yes, she lend him some clothes despite the shirt being completely ok ... and he let her, so he really likes her back despite not showing it much in canon.

I know, I just disagree. I don't think her being in hurry to talk to lot of people needs to be because she wants to reset. I think it's because she doesn't do anything halfway. Note that one of her motivation was boredom. Sure she COULD, but I don't think she PLANS to. Yeeeaaah. I don't think Pandora PLANS to reset this week, but I'm not sure she will survive anyway.

If she started teaching Adrian the basics just before Blaike died, she might have taken it easy, but after Blaike's death, she would have felt an urgent need to teach Adrian as much as she could before it was time to reset. She still intended to reset after Blaike had died, it was only when it came time to do it that she ignored it in favor of making sure Adrian was safe. Well, I think she at least PRETENDED to take it easy for some time after Blaike's death. I disagree. She's already admitted that with each year it gets more difficult to stay focused, she wouldn't last another century without going insane with boredom. Well, century might be too much, but I think her "soon" is not so soon in mortal terms. It's certainly not this week. More likely, she doesn't have timeframe yet, but started to be aware that she will need to reset sooner or later, that she should make up her mistakes before that and that it wouldn't be easy so better start immediately. For start, I don't think she plans this to be her only teaching session with Tedd. And she likely still plans to help Sarah in THIS incarnation. It was an AKM, thank you very much. ... maaaybe it would be better if I ask: do YOU think you were lucky? Or should I stop reminding it to you?

You're lucky they didn't wake you with submachine gun. ... wait ... did they?

She understand humans enough to not tell Tedd this. However, she MIGHT trick him into becoming one for her amusement, as long as it doesn't harm him ... It's likely she was less strict when she started to train Adrian as well and only become this serious later. They didn't? EVERY Seer is a Wand Maker, apparently. I don't think she's preparing to reset soon. I think she's preparing to reset in next century and has a lot of amending to do so must start now. I'm pretty sure C3PO was wiped, likely more than once, but I've long suspected that R2-D2 somehow escaped that, and was told not to share what he knew with 3PO. Perhaps knowing he was built by Darth Vader would have been too much for his delicate sensibilities. I'm pretty sure they only wiped 3PO because it was obvious he can't keep his mouth shut. Meanwhile, for R2-D2 telling secret would be hard even if he tried, and he's GOOD at keeping secrets. Only the parts near the ocean Second purpose of Seer? ... or Nova bomb. ... I suppose that falling asleep on a train was NOT in 1980 That's true in big part of Europe as well, luckily.

That depends on the level of armament I am packing. I'm pretty sure blasting your way to throne room doesn't count as obtaining position at court. Unless, of course, you replace the ruler, but then it would be YOUR society, not theirs. And in more advanced societies, it's even harder. Also, based on what I got during play, I think Protoss were the good guys. At least the Nerazim. Compared to other choices, I mean.

There are fungui parasiting on insects, but plants seem to not really care. ... in our universe at least. In other universes ...

Also, perhaps in some universes Abraham DID tried volcano? Or the diamond might simply be stored out of Tedd's reach. Might not be the main universe, just the one we know about. There is no main universe. Well, except Amber. Base is Chaos. But, yes, even if we assume existence of main universe, most universes would still be reciprocal alternates. Most people have problems with imagining how big infinite can be, yes. You need to realize that the set of all real numbers is relatively small. Still, even if the number of universes would be this small, it could easily include ALL possible finite universes. Or, if you only care about Earth ... there is finitely many combinations how can 6x1024 kg of particles been placed in a grid of 4x1041 x 4x1041 x 4x1041 planck lengths - and while quantum physic can raise the number of possible combinations considerably, one of those wave-collapsed version of earth would always be close enough. Now, if you want not only fixed point but also matching physical laws and some development on some time interval, that might be problem - big numbers won't help you if the development would violate physical laws. But if it IS possible ...

Yeah, and glory is just SO useful. In fact, I think I just stepped in some. You wouldn't get far in Protoss society. (Or Klingon.)

It may have something to do with their absence of an internal circulatory system to carry intrusive bacteria and virae around. And it is still a good idea to clean their outsides carefully before eating them. I'm pretty sure they DO have internal circulatory system. Slow and low-capacity compared to animals, but still. Note that bacteria usually can't get inside plan through roots due to being too big. And generally, most plant illness are fungus-based. Also, it's possible that there ARE bacteria in plants, just not harmful to humans and animals. There are fungui parasiting on insects, but plants seem to not really care.

Only option making sense, IMHO. Also, yes, totally "hang on how should that work" ...