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There's another concern. An area can be very comfortable with a certain flow of water, but if that flow is blocked so there's a buildup and then the buildup is released it can be extremely damaging. (Think of a dam breaking.) Is the same true of magic? I'm sure sudden release of the buildup will be more damaging than dam breaking ... hey, maybe THAT is what Pandora is planing ... Note that the water metaphor suggests possible scenarios of how the flow of magic balances itself: what will happen if water flow is blocked somewhere? Well, the water will build up there until it reaches level which allows to either go over the blockade (possibly damaging the blockage in the process) or it can flow some other way, leaving a pond. The going over the blockade is the sudden flashy option. Finding of another way, while possibly also damaging, can be smooth. Agree. No real proof but it makes sense. Luckily, stars are very predictable, I'm sure we will know in advance. Magic, on the other hand ...

While we don't really know enough about EGS world to decide if it's more like this - world-wide organization which infiltrated every government secret services - instead of what I assume - lot of countries having their own organizations which have secret agreements between them mimicking the official agreements between countries - there is a big problem I mentioned which this theory doesn't solve: There will be need for some unit of mages to do the "covertly stopping" of Hitler (or any other government) from using mages. This unit would be perceived as "good" and therefore exempt from any rule forbidding using magic and special abilities. Therefore, Raven could easily fulfill his dream of protecting people by fighting by JOINING THIS UNIT. In fact, it would fulfill that dream EVEN BETTER than joining a military of specific country. Actually, I see only three possible reasons why Raven is not part of DGB right now: 1) The rules are from immortals. 2) The rules are part of international agreements between DGB-like organizations - but such agreement will likely be temporary lifted in World Wars. 3) DGB is much more corrupt than it seems and Raven don't consider joining them safe, or maybe the top level command of DGB are racist speciest and don't want him - but, really, this has negative support in comics, in fact the comics goes out of the way to propagate the idea that DGB are almost unrealistically good. (If it wouldn't be obvious that Dan don't want to go this direction, I would expect this is preparation to big reveal of DGB as main antagonist.)

We got this evidence to suggest openly say that it IS immortal rules. To summarize: Abraham, whose knowledge of modern world is so bad he doesn't know Lord of the Rings, IMMEDIATELY after learning that Raven is elf states that he can't fight him directly. Raven's reply then proves that Abraham doesn't really understand that rule either, BUT the way he continues makes obvious that yes, his limitations are caused by the fact he is elf. Also, DGB is US-based organization. Raven was forbidden to serve in military of United States, England, France and Germany, based on what Pandora said. (Might not be complete list.) Given his age, that likely includes at least one side of World War II (possibly both. World Wars AND sides.) - and I'm sure Hitler WOULD utilize mages (hell, there are theories he DID in OUR world) and DGB, if it already existed, would need to counter with it's own mages, so no way would someone from government forbid him to fight. (US was so desperate it used nuclear weapons when the war looked almost won. Anyone suggesting they SHOULDN'T use some weapon they had before day D would likely be shot as traitor.)

There is a possibility that Nioi might have originated from the other half of Lord Tedd's world, maybe the paths between the two halves are more open and people move freely between the two, same with Ellen's second life reality, could explain Kaoli and the other non-human, non-chimera types in that world. It just happens to be rarer that people travel between the two halves in this reality. Also good idea. While we have no idea what Kaoli is and only magic she used without tools was transformation (well ... and the nose beep), she doesn't seem to be chimera and seem to be compatible with earth magic. While it's possible the Tedd's half contain her species, being from the half which contain griffins in case of EGS main 'verse would be more likely. The travelling doesn't even need to be that much more common - the griffins doesn't seem like visiting unknown area, it's likely that other visits is or maybe was happening. (I don't see any conflict with my idea, so I assume there wasn't meant to be any.)

Not sure how, I would imagine that any regulation that is in place in the griffin's half of the world probably took years and possibly bloodshed to put in place, or maybe something catastrophic happened that made everyone go "...Yeah, we gotta do something so this doesn't happen again". I don't expect regulation in the main eight's half of the world to go through easily, especially if there's the same political uneasiness there is in our world. It would be pretty bad, but then Adrian would be able to fight for his country without restrictions. As I said, I imagine the regulations on griffin's half of world are ALSO based on secrecy. They just never tried to make the existence of magic itself secret. I assumed Adrian is not able to fight for his country due to rules placed on elves by immortals. I mainly mean balance as in proper flow of magic between the halves keeping magic equal between both halves. ... I mentioned that one, but that one is not related to magic going mainstream.

Nothing against the comics itself (I DO think it's funny), but it doesn't really feel as part of the storyline. Obviously, it serves as a way to specify time, but ... there should've at least been Tedd's "sexy stuff is happening" senses tingling ... You should understand. The clan comes first, everything else is secondary. Technically, yes. Practically, everyone was surprised on the championship, suggesting he was NOT changing hair before. It was supposed to be shocking. Maybe I just forgot myself, but I don't think there are any rules in chess besides initial position and how the pieces move. ... and we have confirmation from someone who knows how to play chess ... the Fritz 13

That's what I assumed too, but if it was her, how is she doing it? There are limits on what Immortals can do, and Pandora follows those rules because if she didn't, it'd be boringly easy for her and she'd likely also get found out by other Immortals. It definitely seems like too much of coincidence for her to NOT have something to do with it ... but it's still open question if she does it directly or indirectly, and if indirectly how.

Probably other dice/coins. Likely not only one. Andrea said "one of the spots" and it will likely be valid for both "directions". It's likely not world-wide catastrophe, but there will be local problem - possible area where it's harder for mages to replenish their magic reserves. ... aaand, possibly it's harder for people to awaken in that area. Another idea: what if Lord Tedd and Magus are from different halves of the same universe? Of course, that would invalidate pet theory of some people here that Magus is Elliot alternate and Terra Tedd's alternate. I agree. Remember, magic has a mind of its own (probably). I'm sure it would figure out how to restore the balance sooner or later. Sort of mind. Yes, definitely. It's not like clog in Moperville can affect whole universe including the Uryuom planet. Maybe it's already happening. Remember that even after "fixing" the balance between universes the local anomaly of Moperville may remain. Or yes: magic having flair for dramatic will prefer solution which would be flashy and sudden instead of smooth and hard to notice, but the buildup needs to have some size before flashy solution can happen. ... and the system change may or may not be related. I see two separate issues here: the inbalance of magic, magic clog and buildup AND the end of masquerade, more magic users and currently unknown parts of Pandora's plan and system change. Pandora is using the magic buildup to power the end of masquerade, maybe even caused it, but it's just tool for her, the goal is end of masquerade. And magic may respond independently to the clog itself and to the general danger of Pandora's plan.

Certainly. But it's possible that the "first half" will hold just like the "New World" did hold. (Although ... technically, Humans are from Africa and "New World" was really colonized later, after Europe and Asia, most likely over Bering Strait.) DBG decided to keep the existence of magic itself secret - and failed. But they may still manage to limit knowledge of how to use magic. ... and the (Pandora) Chaos (Raven) that ensues ... What do you think "proper regulation" would be? The buildup of energy in Moperville is likely something impossible to regulate without full open war. It's important "natural" resource and everyone would like to control or at least use it - but the area is too small to keep the high number of aberrations and mages secret. I don't think whatever magic have instead of mind would be this sophisticated. Also, what balance? Balance is between multiple forces, what forces would that be? Aberrations and mages? Both will take advantage of the ambient magic. The balance which IS endangered could be between the "halves" of the universe or between Moperville and rest of world, but THAT balance have nothing to do with magic going mainstream.

Actually, the disco wizard said Magic has no desire to go mainstream and make itself available to everyone. The idea is that magic is using the secrecy to limit number of magic users, and if the secrecy would stop working, it would reset and choose different option how to limit access. It's possible that it already happened in the "first half". Or, maybe the magic is actually shared and the difference is that EXISTENCE of magic is public knowledge in "first half" - but how easy it is to get magic is still secret.

... are you referring to the "it was a dream" bit? If Dan would like, he could've done timeskip to when they already have it programmed and continue showing the forms, yes. Or, we can accept that such continuation will came later, just like we accepted that we didn't get answer to Susan's new spell yet. There may still be something important in the last page. Just like in case of the dolls or the battle ...

Yeah, that would be another explanation. Even if he wouldn't approve Tedd's relationship with Grace, or at least tolerate it because it obviously have positive effect on Tedd, he could still be afraid of what could Tedd do if he would tried to stop that relationship. Remember that the main reason Tedd didn't weaponized TF gun is that he has no reason to. Also, even at the point of resolving Damien issue the rest of main eight had considerable strength. Now, I'm not saying they would be able to defeat DGB (yet), but they could cause considerable damage before being catch and imprisoned - and Edward wouldn't like either.

Don't worry, the forum is still in development, so anything you like can still disappear and new bugs can surface - I mean, the bugs may be fixed and the layout may be even more improved.

That wasn't "4th wall breaking mode". That was "in construction mode". It was before the 4th wall was put in place.

Had before, yes. Deliberately trolling, not so sure. Amanda is generally not completely canon. All Q&A have the same "non-canon story with canon explanations" status. It's only when they bring someone else, like Adrian Raven, that the non-canonicality became important.

Who "he"? Tara is "she". That interruption didn't took more that few minutes. Doesn't need to be "at this moment".

Also, no Edward. Did he actually came and just wasn't shown? Did Ellen only THOUGH he's coming? Did she made it up just to get Grace dress? I'm pretty sure it's just a metaphor and Sarah is breaking the fourth wall a little. Or possibly losing the game. I almost agreed with you on the time table, but then I remembered that Christmas was the time when Sarah and Elliot were breaking up. IMO I don't think Sarah would bee keen to work on an MV5 while she was having relationship issues. I though they break shortly before Christmas, but it was actually on 27th December ... I would still consider more likely they learned true meaning of Christmas after Christmas than that Sarah was doing this while preparing to break up with Elliot. Not speaking about the "like a sister" thing.

It's also possible that as a megalomaniac, he expected Grace would LIKE to have sex with him. Later, he realized that wouldn't be the case or got more desperate. Actually, his only hint for the rescue was "the nest". Without Grace, they wouldn't be able to decipher it. I think he suspected they know Grace from the first contact, but wasn't sure about it. Remember, it was ELLIOT who tried to lie there ... Non-human female, presumably. If Damien would want human female, he would have lot of options. Of course, if some female would directly came to the nest and would therefore need to be taken care of anyway ...

Quite likely. It would explain his 'to **** with keeping a low profile' comment just before he pulled out the bombs. Of course, afterwards Dame Tara set him up the bomb. Hmmmm ... note that this would work even without Andrea knowing about him. Maybe he was aware of her and kept lower profile because of her, but for some reason didn't leave. Wait: If he only kept low profile because of Andrea, then he wouldn't have any reason to NOT using the bombs. The 'to **** with keeping a low profile' comment actually suggest there is some other reason to keep low profile besides catching Andrea's attention.

So Andrea is SCIENTIST. Not mage or wizard - I mean, she obviously is magic user, she may even be wizard, but her main qualification is being scientist. Also, nice not-explanation of the "same world" thing And, I would say that the probability of Andrea staying here because of vampire went even lower. She would likely mention it.

Another bugreport: Something broke fonts on site. Seems it's called ACME.

Not all of them. We know there were at least two people who were nice to Grace before Damien came - Dr. Sciuridae and Mr. Guyur. We know that Sciuridae treated Grace well, but it was precisely because of that that the other scientists figured out that he had replaced the original human donor's blood with his daughter's blood and had him transferred. Grace also described Mr. Guyur "nice, in his own way" and we all know what happened to him. I think that the other scientist didn't exactly ended better than Mr. Guyur. Dr. Sciuridae might've been only scientist who wasn't on site when Damien attacked. Yes, that's what I was speaking about. Damien might've attacked before she reached puberty.

Hmm, yes, that is a good point. Maybe vampires can only sense hunters and not other threats? Tara said that Andrea is not a fighter, after all. It's possible his "detection web" didn't helped him when he was away from the "control location". He might've been aware Andrea is in general location, but though she's not THAT near. Would be funny if she would try to say that and did it as unconvincingly as Elliot. I think it IS her poor sense of direction. Or, you know ... her poor sense of direction combined with the totally lying Immortal somehow confusing her. Fae traditionally use spells which makes navigation harder.

Interesting. In the first case, Edward likely talked to her exactly as the scientists. But there could still be multiple reasons ; the second example is clearer, although it's still question what exactly Edward said. (We DO know that he didn't explained it properly, but did he at least tried?) Her family might be freeloading as well, only from government money But yes: Edward is not likely to throw her out because no matter what would the effect on Grace be, it would certainly be worse on Tedd. Question is if Grace realizes it, and if she does if that makes her feeling more or less guilty about the freeloading.

Speaking about young girl ... how old was Grace when Damien attacked?