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Sarah's socks are way too tight for someone with fur (let alone fur that thick); she has to be uncomfortable like that.
Otherwise I love this picture.
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15 hours ago, hkmaly said:I did similar one but let's repeat it: Pandora is at least 499 based on the fact she's using 299 as her age for centuries. She had Raven in 156, so Raven is at least 343. Assuming everyone had child in 20 (it would probably be less for first child) thats 17 generations, with everyone having two children that's 131072 descendants in current generation. Yeah I think that we can assume more than thousand. Note that IF their resistance to disease will be bigger (and their fertility normal), the number will likely be considerably bigger ...
Considering the fertility problems Elves appear to have, it's likely that fertility among the descendents of elves would be lower than average, at least for a few generations (if they're interbreeding only with "normal" humans; interbreeding with other recent descendents of Elves wouldn't help).
Also, after a few generations it wouldn't be considered incest for members of distant branches of the Raven family to marry, and after many generations they might not even know they shared a common ancestor. If they still lived in the same area there would be a very good chance of them marrying one another, which would mean the count of descendants would be smaller than in your calculations (as one child would count as a child of both descendants of Raven).
...On the other hand, until just a few generations ago, there would be a good chance the parents would have more than two children if they're able to.
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http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=721
I don't care what Dan said, I'm going to keep picturing Susan with hooves for hands until either he draws her hands or she changes to a non-pony form.
I doubt Dan'll take the time to show it, but I'd love to see Mouse Catalina retrieving her bonus card.
Finally, yay for mini-starburst background in panel two, and, um... let's call it "horizontal glowing line" background, in panel three!
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A hint as to what's going to happen in the next strip in the commentary? That's unusual.
Also, I'm a little disappointed we're doing Tedd's dreamworld adventure next; I was hoping to get back to Magus and company.
12 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:There's no guarantee that Magus' magic will work any better after The Change than any other human mage on Moperverse Earth.
From what we've seen, travelers between worlds remain able to use their own magic, and I believe it's been stated or at least hinted that some of those travelers (I'm thinking the Gryphons and Magus himself) were from worlds with different rules. (For that matter, the Magic change doesn't effect Uryoms; I'm getting the impression there is a different Will/Rules of magic for different groups, with the one currently about to change applying only to "Humans from this world.")
I fully expect that Magus' magic will not be changed by the Magic Change.
...On the other hand, the Dewitchery Diamond (as a creation of human magic) might just change, which would be a problem for Magus if it happens before he can use it.
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Okay, supposing they all go to the local college, who would stay at their parents' places, and who would move out to dorms, apartments, etc.?
I think Nanase would be eager to move out, and would go with dorms if she couldn't afford anything else.
Susan doesn't have any problems with her Mother that we know about, but she does like to be independent, so she'd also probably consider moving out. I doubt she'd settle for a dorm, however, so she'd need a job that would pay enough to afford an apartment or some other housing that didn't leave her sharing her space with a stranger. (Although if she could arrange to share a space with one of her friends that might also work.)
One the one hand Ellen and Elliot are laid back enough they wouldn't mind continuing their current living arrangements. On the other hand it would probably be good for them to have a little more space, and depending on how the finances work it might be less of a burden on their family if they moved out. (Or does the money Mr. Verres arranged to support Ellen put them in a better position than they would be without her? In that case, that would be incentive for her to stick around a while longer.)
Tedd would be torn - on the one thing he has a little bit of friction with his father, and would probably enjoy having a space where he could be himself without worrying what his father would think. On the other hand, he'd have to either recreate or go without his lab, and there's the question of if he would be able to keep the TFG and other alien or government tech if he moved out.
I'm pretty sure Grace would go or stay wherever Tedd went.
Anyone else have any thoughts?
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57 minutes ago, WR...S said:If magic resets, potentially zero (depending on how Uryuom magic's effects change).
It's been said that Uryuoms would still be able to transform, so presumably how Uryuom magic works on Uryuoms won't change. It is possible that some of the details of how it works on humans might change, but I doubt it would be enough to prevent the TFG from being used to transform humans in more-or-less predictable ways.
So long as Mr. Verres or DGB doesn't decide to take the TFG away from Tedd, he should continue to have that one way of changing sexes.
39 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:Possibly this nap time for Tedd has to do with that second, secret function Heka wanted him/her to be eligible for. If the Will of Magic can give a mission to an Emissary who doesn't remember anything about it when he wasn't in Grace's dreams, the Will of Magic can appoint a Seer--or maybe a board of Seers--to decide on how magic will change without them knowing they were going to do it or doing it after they do it. Or maybe just to recommend how to change it.
Hmm... If Tedd helps design the new magic system, then even if he doesn't remember it afterwards he'll still be able to figure it out faster than most. Which would tie in with how one of the purposes of Seers is to help smooth the transition to a new magic system.
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14 minutes ago, hkmaly said:Your choice. However, remember that if you believe in afterlife and there isn't any, you won't lose anything, while not believing in afterlife if it IS possible can lower your chance getting there.
I value truth and the search for it very highly. So if I were to abandon the beliefs that search led me to just because they're dangerous to hold, I would be loosing something. But yes, I do understand the risks of my position.
28 minutes ago, hkmaly said:Ellen felt quite lot like continuation of Elliot before Edward told her she's not. Sure, post-diamond, Ellen and Elliot were independent people, but both were continuation of Elliot in lot of senses ...
(Yes, if the upload process won't kill your body, there will be two "you" at same time and there will be lot of philosophical (not speaking about legal) issues with that ... but seems better than the alternative if you are not sure about the afterlife or availability of computers there. Also, if there is no soul, what else than memory may count? And if there is, why it couldn't "switch" to computer version of yourself?)
Assuming there copying was a one-time thing, with no further transfer of data between my digital and organic selves, my sense of self would branch at the point of the copying. Each of us would think of the me prior to the copying as their past self, but we would think of the versions of ourselves existing after the copy as seperate individuals. And when one died the branches of self would not merge again; the survivor would still only be a continuation of the version of me prior to the copying, not of the version of me that died.
It still would be a lot better than nothing, though, and I would definitely want to do it... At least assuming digital minds had equal rights with organic humans, and acceptable means of interacting with the world around them. (I would not want to doom a version of myself to a life of slavery and/or a curiosity locked in a box.)
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14 minutes ago, hkmaly said:Well I was but you're right, it feels long (it WAS long in real time) but story-wise, Pandora became important just recently.
It was a long time in real-time (about a year and a half if we're counting from the start of Sister III), but considering the comic will be 16 years old this Sunday, that's not all that long in the history of the comic. (I've "only" been reading for 11 years, and it still feels like a relatively recent thing that Pandora was more than just a looming threat.)
23 minutes ago, hkmaly said:He might be ok with someone taking over when he wouldn't be here to see how well it will go. Or maybe he wasn't thinking about it yet.
However, I'm going to surpass your morbidity: I hope I will end up in same afterlife as Dan (or at least close), so I can continue reading after we both will be death.
(If technology progress will allow creating artificial afterlife by uploading people to computer, that totally counts.)
Personally, I'm highly skeptical of the existence of any afterlife, so I don't expect to be seeing Dan or reading EGS after I die.
And while I do hope the ability to upload minds digitally becomes available in my lifetime, I would see such a digital copy of myself as a mentally-identical sibling (much like Elliot and Ellen were just after Elliot touched the Dewitchery Diamond) rather than as a continuation of myself.
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34 minutes ago, hkmaly said:(EDIT: As Emptu said on Patreon, Dan answered that she has just two hooves on subreddit.)
That's mildly disappointing. It would have been cute seeing her hold cards with hooves; also I always think it looks weird when an anthro equine has hoofed feet but human-like hands.
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37 minutes ago, hkmaly said:Well I'm not expert, I just looked at wikipedia on it
, but I suspect that true digitigrades CANT put heel on ground even when trying. Remember that ballerinas are still classified as plantigrades despite mostly walking just on digits as well.
Well, dogs and cats can put their heels on the ground when sitting or lying down, but moving around like that would be extremely awkward for them if they can manage it at all.
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http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=720
So last strip was the only reaction to Catalina's transformation before they continued playing? I'm disappointed. I guess Dan's picking up the pace a bit. I wouldn't mind, except (as I said recently) the reactions are my favorite part of this story.
I wonder if Susan has hooves in place of hands? With a normal pony that would run counter to the goal of allowing the players to be able to hold the cards and dice, but considering this is a MLP-style cartoon pony, that shouldn't be a problem. It's interesting the panel cuts off at her wrists, though; I bet Dan did that deliberately.
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Yay for starburst background in panel two!
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2 hours ago, Drasvin said:Being that small is going to make rolling the dice problematic. They're as big as her head!
Assuming they're not too heavy she ought to still be able to pick them up, she'd just have to throw them one at a time.
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46 minutes ago, Drasvin said:The Will of Magic likely can commune with mortals if it wants to (it is a sapient, reality-bending entity/force after all), it just likely doesn't want to most of the time. Disco Wizard did mention that WoM's attempts to avert the reset felt half-hearted, like doing so out of some obligation instead of an actual desire to prevent it. But it needs a serious talk for Tedd's perspective. So an emissary might not be sufficient.
Is it sapient, though? I was under the impression it had awareness and a personality (and obviously a will), but that doesn't mean it thinks like a person, or in a way that would allow it to formulate words and sentences.
4 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:52 minutes ago, Drasvin said:Disco Wizard did mention that WoM's attempts to avert the reset felt half-hearted, like doing so out of some obligation instead of an actual desire to prevent it.
Where exactly did the Emissary of Magic mention that? It fits with Elliot's assertion that the WoM must choose between keeping the same strict rules which won't really keep humans from learning about magic again quickly, or modifying them--perhaps by biving all humans more natural resistance to magic, which is what Tedd hoped to do.
This would seem to be what Drasvin was referring to. This would also seem to be relevant.
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1 hour ago, Illjwamh said:Dan could easily just make up some big university that's reasonably nearby and that offers programs in things all of them are interested in.
Well, I suppose if none of them is looking for the sort of advanced schooling that usually requires a specialized college, or if they want/need to get some more general education out of the way first.
Personally, I think having them all wind up at the same college would be a little too convenient, and that having them separated into groups that are far enough away from each other that they can't see each other whenever they want opens up some interesting dramatic potential. On the other hand, Dan designed EGS from the start with the idea of following them to college, so it's possible EGS thus far has been "A group of college friends - back when they were in high school!" and it's the fact that they all knew each other before hand (despite going to two separate schools) that's the contrivance, not the fact that they all wind up in the same college. (Or maybe they'll meet enough new people in college that become important characters that it won't feel so contrived, but considering how large the cast already is much of the current supporting cast would need to fade into the background to make room for the new characters.)
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14 hours ago, hkmaly said:Note that
1) This doesn't look that much digitigrade
2) Most rodents are plantigrades, mouse included
1) Well we haven't seen her stand or walk yet, but Dan did call it digitigrade on Patreon. (Though usually digitigrade paws come with a much greater length to the part of the leg/foot between the paw-pad and the ankle, so this is unusual.)
2) Given the shape of their feet/legs this comes as a bit of a surprise. I knew they rested with their "foot" up to the heel/ankle on the ground, but I didn't know they walked that way too. I'm pretty sure they run on not much more than their toes (at least that's what it's looked like to me when I've seen them running away from cats) - but then often so do humans, and humans are considered plantigrade too.
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I guess I was wrong that Tedd was clutching her head because she saw the spell. (I'm also amazed this was apparently the only place Tedd clutching her head was discussed.)
So is that the Will of Magic talking to Tedd? I didn't think it could talk on it's own. ...Maybe it's Disco Wizard speaking on Magic's behalf (Tedd is falling asleep, which is when Disco Wizard is able to play that role).
Obviously Diane has a lot on her mind and wasn't ready for a dramatic reunion with her biological father. I still wonder what was bothering her so much that she couldn't even take the time for an awkward discussion with Raven, though Scotty's interpretation (and particularly the fact that she just discovered she had a grandmother and then lost her within a few moments) seems likely.
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(Special Effect Background alert: starburst background in panel eight. ...But it's still not a time for cheering.)
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13 hours ago, hkmaly said:Good point, graduation definitely seems like important part of story. Although Pandora's end or the magic reset might be more important even from readers perspective.
Unless Dan contrives a way for all of the main 8 to attend either a single college or colleges within easy travel distance, the transition from high school to college is going to mark a huge change in both the characters' lives and the comic. The characters growing older and the setting changing will also likely lead to a shift in tone, though it's hard to say how significant a shift it will be.
The Magic Change could also mark a huge change in both the characters' lives and the comic. Depending on the nature of the change it might change the nature of the world around the characters and the tone of the series; in that case it might just be the biggest turning point in both the characters' lives and the comic. I find it more likely the mood won't change all that much, in which case which big change is bigger from the reader's perspective will be debatable.
I find it even more likely that it winds up not causing huge changes in the main characters lives (though it will have big future ramifications). After all they're all still in school, and none of them relies on magic as a way of life (except arguably Tedd). And while all of them enjoy using magic, I don't think loosing it temporarily would be a huge problem for any of them, with the exception of Tedd (who should still have access to the TFGs) and Grace (who won't be directly affected by the Change anyway).
As for Pandora's Reset/Refresh, unless the reader was a big fan of Pandora, or it's counted along with the Magic Change as one big event, I don't see how it could rival the shift to college when it comes to changes in the comic from the readers' perspective. Prior to Sister III she was a relatively minor (if interesting) character, a mentor to one of the "villains" and a potential future Big Bad (obviously the hints in that direction turned out to be red herrings), but not someone so essential to the story that her loss will change the nature of the story.
There's also the fact that she's going to return in some form, if changed. Personally I expect that the Refresh will be successful, and she'll still be recognizably the same character, which blunts any sadness I might have over her passing. If her future self shows up and turns out to have a different enough personality to feel like a new character, then and only then will I "mourn" for the Pandora we know now. But even then, as much as I like Pandora, I still don't expect to feel like her Reset was a huge turning point in the comic.
13 hours ago, hkmaly said:... and then there are authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, who unfortunately died young, long before finishing his story. I think he was not even in half. (Yes I know he was 81 when he died. Not nearly enough.)
I don't think Dan planned it that way, but so far it seems he still likes the story and wants to continue it, and in fact has too much ideas to write (and draw) everything.
I wonder if Dan has thought about what's going to happen to EGS when he dies? (I have, because I'm morbid like that.)
Considering he's too attached to EGS being his own personal vision to even allow someone else to officially color the comics for him, I doubt he'd want anyone to take over for him. That being the case I really hope he does actually bring EGS to a close one day. Either that or I hope he outlives me; EGS is one story I'd hate to see cut off abruptly and be left permanently unfinished.
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8 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:One of the reasons for things not to change so quickly, and maybe the biggest reason why the story has stayed in High School for so long, is that going off to college often means going way off to college. That's basically how Ellen's Second Life story ends, with her friends from childhood scattering all over. How could Dan plausibly keep the Main Eight together?
I expect that the eight won't stick together, but we will have a few groups who wound up in the same places. Different stories would then be set in different colleges, or jump back and forth as necessary, as it's always been for the school-based stories with Moperville South and North. During vacations they could still get together, keeping the "main 8" intact as a group - or maybe some of them will drift away from the group, allowing for a dramatic reunion with them much further down the line.
8 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:If Magic changes in a way that takes away most powers and spells, guess what: Dad's Government Job gets downsized. Legendary Monster Hunter Noriko doesn't have enough monsters to hunt to justify keeping her on whatever payroll she's on--and if she loses her spells, the bean-counters and "scientific management" people who infest every bureaucracy will figure she's not a threat to them. There doesn't seem to be a vast magical-industrial complex looking for continued funding anyway. This would take away the biggest reason for El Goonish Shive's magical teenagers, etc, to stick together: Being drafted into the same secret agency which employs Arthur Arthur, Edward Verres, Lavender, Commander Jaguar (remember him?), etc.
I don't think very many of the group would enjoy being in DGB. (I think Tedd would have a hard time with the rules and restrictions it would place on him, and I'm pretty sure Sarah's hoping for a job using her artistic skills. Nanase and the Dunkels might do alright in the combat/law enforcment side of DGB, but Grace wouln't appreciate it if someone tried to force her into that role.) And I really wouldn't want to see any of them forced into it.
8 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:Whichever way, lots of work for Dan. Or maybe (shudder) Dan wants to move on to an entirely new comic? Remember the career of Naoko Takeuchi after Sailor Moon? Do you really think C.D. Rudd's Wolfpac is going to inherit the fan base of Sailormoon.org (assuming Sailormoon.org ever finishes its "final" story which has gone on longer than the nine other stories before it, and assuming C.D. actually really, really starts up Wolfpac.)
And then there are authors like Rumiko Takahashi or Ken Akamatsu with multiple hits.
At any rate, while Sister III may be tying up a lot of loose plot threads, it's still creating a few new ones, and there are a lot more still lying around. I think if Dan wanted to end the series he'd be focusing on wrapping things up and not laying the groundwork for future stories.
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So Dan has stated multiple times before that he's always intended EGS to follow the cast from high school into college. This raises the questions, who out of the main 8 and their classmates will be going to college, where, and pursuing what majors/careers? (These questions have been discussed before on the forums, but I don't think I've participated in such a discussion for years, so I figured it was a good time to revive it.)
While the group are close, I don't think they're so close they would set their hearts on all going to the same college, so there's a good chance they won't all wind up in the same college. In fact, seeing as not everyone goes to college, I wouldn't be surprised if one or more of the main 8 didn't go.
While it turns out he's a unconventional wand-maker and a Seer, rather than the Mad Scientist he initially appeared to be, I still somehow expect Tedd to pursue something science related in college, probably either in the engineering field (tying in to his love of tinkering with gadgets), or in advanced physics (perhaps seeking to understand Magic from a scientific perspective).
I expect Tedd and Grace at least will try and get into the same college, though Grace would probably choose a different major. Maybe sociology?
Sarah obviously will go for art college or at least an art-related major.
I doubt Ellen or Elliot even know what they want to do after high school. (Actually, didn't Elliot say as much at one point?)
I don't really have any ideas for any of the others at the moment, but I'd love to hear other people's ideas.
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Considering the card name is simply "mouse", that's an interesting combination of traits (and outfit). Does the Mouse wind up small and other animal cards not because people associate mice with smallness? I find the lack of fur looks a bit odd, perhaps because the digitigrade feet and small size make it closer to the animal it's based on than the other animal forms seen so far. And why a bikini?
Personally if I wanted it more extreme than the other animal cards, I would have had the card turn the player into a non-anthropomorphic mouse (but with opposable thumbs and the ability to talk). But maybe Dan has limits on how much the game can change the player, and that would be beyond the limits.
4 hours ago, hkmaly said:Well Ashley can't get points unless it's her turn, so it will run some time anyway ... but yes I hope for more.
I don't know how I'll feel re-reading the story at my own pace after having not read it for a while, but at the moment I'm almost ready for the game to end. The novelty of all the transformations wore off a while ago, and I feel like the game is starting to drag on. For me the best moments of Goonmanji II have been the players reacting to their transformations, but they always need to cut those short so they can get back to the game. I'm looking forward to a story with more plot and where the characters will be able to do more with any transformations that occur than just sit around a board rolling dice.
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6 hours ago, hkmaly said:And yes, if griffins won't bring something else and it will be just telling them it's solved and them confirming that it looks solved from their side as well, we may get timeskip soon after that. Probably not directly, ending with griffins doesn't make sense, but the same story day can have quick story with Tedd making some summary on what he already did with reset and ending with "We gotta be ready to stand up" again ... five months later " ... annny day now ...".
I'm saying five months because I expect this time we WILL see summer vacations. And they will need to tell something about what college they will go on after them.
Time-skip or not I do expect to see the group's graduations. After all, from the readers' perspective it will be the biggest end-of-an-era the comic has seen (possibly not so much to the characters, depending on if the Change in Magic has happened and how much of an effect that had on their lives).
After that I'd enjoy seeing their preparations for college and whatnot, but I don't think it's essential. I could see Dan deciding to jump from shortly after high school graduation to everyone (who's going) already in college, leaving the readers to learn the new "status quo" (to the extent EGS ever has a status quo) on the fly as if it was a new series.
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Well I do expect there will be one or more story after Sister III devoted to reactions to and fallout from Sister III (which would include several of the points you made); if there was going to be a time-skip I wouldn't expect it at least until after that.
I expect some of the reactions to the Magic Reset will occur in whatever story the Reset happens in. Of course there will be a lot of reactions, and in-story the world will likely still be reeling from it for years; Dan can't show all of it. I could see Dan following the main cast dealing with it for several in-story months with only jumps of a few days at a time, but I could also see him deciding that would take too long to tell, and instead skipping over a lot of that and then filling in some of the highlights after the fact.
I'm not so sure Rhoda and Catalina's powers will be important any time soon; Dan might have just given them powers on a whim. Or perhaps their having magic now will make it easier for them to gain access to magic after the reset.
The next stage of Voltair's plan might not even happen any time soon. If this was all leading to a meeting of the Immortals, he won't be able to proceed until the Immortals can all arrange to meet, and who knows how quickly they'll act.
...Thinking about it, reactions to Sister III will probably take several in-story days, maybe even a week or two, and Dan'll probably want to show us a week or two of reactions to the Reset even if he does do another big time skip. Assuming the Reset occurs soon, all of that could easily take us to when the Gryphons return, so the visit could be told in-sequence with everything else... But unless any major new plots have started by that point, we might be clear for a time-skip after that.
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5 minutes ago, hkmaly said:It doesn't really look like scratching, more like "holding head because it hurts".
Well, that could also be because she looked at a spell that was way more powerful than any she'd ever seen before. That level of power may have been painful to look at.
8 minutes ago, hkmaly said:I hope not, we are not READY for timeskip, there is lot of things which should be happening soon. On the other hand, we were not ready for timeskip in Drowtales either.
Remember, griffins should return in month.
Also, I think Dan does realize he can't hurry too much.
Of course, we may still get timeskip or few of them relatively soon in comic time ... just not soon in real time.
Obviously we still need to deal with the Magus and Sirleck situation, and if the magic reset is coming soon it we should see it happen.
I suppose we ought to see Raven unclog the magic dam before we time-skip; it ought to be safe for him to do so now.
We'll want to see Sarah and Sam's maybe-date and Justin and Luke's date, but those could be told in NP while the main story skips over them.
We'll probably want to see the return of the gryphons, but we could skip a few weeks to get to that point, which would count as a small time-skip. Alternately, if not too much happens at when they return, we could always learn about their visit in a flashback after a longer time-skip. (Incidentally it's been a week in-story since they said they'd be back in a month, so it will probably be only 3 weeks at this point.)
Is there anything else that needs to be shown before we can do a time skip?
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17 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:A change like that might go along with another time jump. I've never seen why Dan skipped from summer to just before Christmas; the only excuse I could see until now is that he wanted the breakup between Sarah and Elliot happen during the Holidays. But now I'm beginning to think Dan is getting tired of doing High School stories and wants to move on at least to college.
Dan has said before that he always planned to follow the main cast from high school into college, and that he didn't originally expect the high-school section to take very long to tell. I've always figured the time skip was to get things closer to the college part of the story, and I wouldn't be surprised if we had another time skip "soon" - possibly right after Sister III if he's going to do Sarah and Sam's maybe-date and Justin and Luke's dates as NP stories, or perhaps after the immediate aftereffects of Sister III have been shown.
23 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:Whether or not Tedd learned the spell, she's just learned that she's lost someone who's important to her. Or he's, he's, and him.
That depends on how much info she gets from her magic vision; I figured she'd see the the power of the spell and how it worked (so if she can't reproduce it, it's a matter of power and/or it just being a spell a mortal can't cast), but not who cast it or that it was tied with an Immortal reset.
Story, Monday January 22, 2018
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I don't think the Will of Magic has any say in Immortal Law. Immortal Law is a legal system, which if I remember correctly was chosen by the Immortals themselves long ago (at any rate, that's how I've always interpreted it). The Will of Magic however has control over and is preparing to change the mechanics of the mortal magic system, and that's what Tedd's been called in to help with.
So I don't think Tedd's opinion on Immoral Law matters at the moment.
As Tuscahoma mentioned, villains could still use magic to create weapons or otherwise affect inanimate objects in ways that will adversely impact people. Guns still work on magic users, so someone with mundane weapons could still be a threat (in fact, with the gun wielder having greater magic resistance than now, people with non-magical weapons who know how to use them will actually be at an advantage against someone who can only cast spells). And not all villains cause trouble that can be fought physically (for instance, what if someone with the legal power to do so wanted to confiscate the TFG, or force some of the main 8 to join a covert fighting force against their will?).
It's also important to remember that the Immortals will not be affected by the magic change (or at least I'm fairly certain that's the case), so Voltaire could still be a threat for some time.
Finally, it's been established that magic users continue to be able to use their own magic system when they travel to another world, so there could still be a magical threat from opponents from other worlds (such as Magus or Lord Tedd and company).