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So am I reading Freya right in that she's getting off on Bell's progress? Also I'm kinda sad it took 2/3rds of the season for the party to form. They are just so delightful to see bounce off each other. Edit: Hestia and Hermes going in with glasses and a metool hat. 
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Eren, please stop trying to murder the dungeon-crawlers.
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Jun 12, 2015 19:13
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ConanThe3rd posted:So am I reading Freya right in that she's getting off on Bell's progress? The metool hat is actually the standard japanese construction worker safety hat! 
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Jun 12, 2015 19:44
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Kyte posted:The metool hat is actually the standard japanese construction worker safety hat! I totaly know that. It's just funnier to call it a metool hat.
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Jun 12, 2015 20:12
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I like how it says "Safety First" in the weird alphabet they have.
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Jun 12, 2015 20:15
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Darth Walrus posted:Eren, please stop trying to murder the dungeon-crawlers. *insert youtube video of AoT theme song over that scene*
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Jun 15, 2015 14:37
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What race is Lili actually? I can't tell if her cat ears are actually a lovely disguise or if them being hidden is the disguise.
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Jun 16, 2015 21:34
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Kanos posted:What race is Lili actually? I can't tell if her cat ears are actually a lovely disguise or if them being hidden is the disguise. She's a Pallum (hobbit, basically). The ears are a disguise to keep Souma Famila fooled into thinking she is dead. I imagine this works because they're ether too drunk or suffering from withdrawal symptoms to think stright.
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Jun 16, 2015 21:49
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Wait so she disguised as both dog girl and hobbit boy when she's in fact a hobbit girl?
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Jun 17, 2015 09:19
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Kyte posted:Wait so she disguised as both dog girl and hobbit boy when she's in fact a hobbit girl? She's not disguised as a hobbit boy though, only as a dog(cat?) girl.
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Jun 17, 2015 19:01
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ViggyNash posted:She's not disguised as a hobbit boy though, only as a dog(cat?) girl. I think disguised was used in past tense, as in when they first introduced her she kept her hair hidden and looked like a hobbit boy then. At least I think they did that at first. Can't remember for sure.
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Jun 17, 2015 19:06
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:I think disguised was used in past tense, as in when they first introduced her she kept her hair hidden and looked like a hobbit boy then. Was she supposed to look like a boy then? She still looked like a girl to me.
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Jun 17, 2015 19:25
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I'm pretty sure that the only disguise she ever had was the dog ears or lack thereof.
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Jun 17, 2015 19:58
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The book narration explicitly had both Bell and some other dude confuse her with a hobbit boy (and instead get a dog girl). So yeah. I guess it was probably just the cloak muddling things for the characters. Kyte fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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Jun 17, 2015 20:14
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It's dog ears. She describes herself as a chienthrope. Chien is french for dog.
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Jun 17, 2015 22:21
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Yes that part was never under question.
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Jun 17, 2015 22:37
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Kyte posted:Yes that part was never under question. look 5 and 8 posts up from mine and try again
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Jun 18, 2015 00:08
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Well that was an interesting thing to close to. I guess Eren is coming to say hi or something. Also it turns out that not many people like actually pissing a god off.
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Jun 20, 2015 01:37
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Oh, Hestia. The other Gods are going to send you back for messing with their entertainment.
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Jun 20, 2015 02:44
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I'm confused on the whole "Is Lili a halfling" thing again because she said she located Hestia using her werewolf sense of smell.
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Jun 20, 2015 03:02
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that just means hestia got a bit of a stank.
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Jun 20, 2015 03:20
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Kanos posted:I'm confused on the whole "Is Lili a halfling" thing again because she said she located Hestia using her werewolf sense of smell. But didn't she change into the werebunny, so maybe her changeling/whatever power gives her their abilites as well.
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Jun 20, 2015 03:36
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Maybe Lili is actually an alien Changeling playing the long con. She needs the big bag so that she has somewhere to rest in liquid form without anyone seeing.
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Jun 20, 2015 04:34
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Kanos posted:I'm confused on the whole "Is Lili a halfling" thing again because she said she located Hestia using her werewolf sense of smell. Her magic lets her transform into anything her own size, and she gains the abilities of the target form as well. In the book, we get to know Ryu's level and the name of her Familia, so they cut quite a bit of her backstory. Oh well.
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Jun 20, 2015 09:44
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Hoping Ryu? joins his family.
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Jun 20, 2015 21:18
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darkgray posted:Her magic lets her transform into anything her own size, and she gains the abilities of the target form as well. Sephiroth_IRA posted:Hoping Ryu? joins his family. Seems like the most logical explanation for what is about to occur in the next episode is a direct effect of what Hestia did, but I'm not 100% convinced of that fact for some reason. But I don't really have any specific reason. I am just not sure. Also, Hermes is obviously after something. What is it?
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Jun 21, 2015 17:28
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Dan7el posted:Also, Hermes is obviously after something. What is it? Judging by the rest of the show, Bell probably.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:04
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She's level 3.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:04
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BlitzBlast posted:She's level 3. Eh? Ryu is level 4. See http://danmachi.com/character.html
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Jun 21, 2015 18:13
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In my defense, they're right next to each other on a keyboard. 
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Jun 21, 2015 18:15
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Dan7el posted:Also, Hermes is obviously after something. What is it? boobs.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:35
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Huh. So Ryu is a literal mass murderer. Didn't see that one coming.
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Ryu was right. So refreshing to see a character take the appropriate response to adventurers who are complete assholes. I'd have been fine with team losers jealous of Bell being killed, they were certainly willing to kill others themselves. It's too bad we didn't get to see Hestia do anything beyond glow and change some of her mannerisms/appearance, I was hoping she'd curse the guy Bell was fighting at least. Ah well, if Bell and friends are never going to eliminate the people and familias that are full of assholes that mess with them, at least I'll know that Ryu was willing to stage an amalgamation of Rambo and the Bride from Kill Bill to avenge her comrades. It'd be nice if Bell finally snapped and killed a dude who had really crossed the line, but that'd be interesting story material that you could explore for a full light novel on its own, so it'll never happen. I could see Hermes continuing to get others to mess with Bell before finally emerging from the shadows and seriously threatening Hestia, then being killed by Bell, and have that all be a plan by Hermes to raise Bell into a fighter who can stand a chance against the real enemy, presumably that crazy lady who was watching Bell fight the Minotaur through a crystal ball. An endgame of a black-listed level 4 or 5 Bell acting as the only hope after the enemy somehow disables everyone registered in the guild and invades the town seems like a good finale, and really builds up the legend of one-man Hestia familia. But I guess Bell and friends being nice people and beating the enemy through the power of friendship and combined attacks will have to do. It's a waste of a lot of foreshadowing to not have Bell save the Sword Princess just like she saved him in the first episode, so there's that to look forward to. Overall I'm just bugged that even a flawed anime like SAO has its characters freak out when threatened by death by other people in an RPG setting, but it's happened to Bell like 5 times now and he just keeps no selling it.
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Jun 22, 2015 03:33
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I dunno, he was literally traumatized by minotaurs for a while. Even now he still kind of freaks out when he sees one.
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Jun 22, 2015 03:45
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I would actually rather Bell never have to rescue Ais because that would be lame.
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Jun 22, 2015 03:50
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The entire point of Bell's character is that he has a childlike innocence/naivety and a desire/ability to see the best in people in ways that other people don't, coupled with an infinite well of forgiveness and compassion. That's the entire reason why he's successful and the entire reason why his friends and allies were drawn to him and are loyal to him in the first place. Hermes's plan appears to be trying to temper Bell's naivety with wisdom through harsh experience, which doesn't necessitate Bell ramming a knife into a person's eye. Him going grimdark murder avenger would be about as tonally appropriate as Mario mowing Bowser down with a machine gun. As for why Hestia didn't take petty vengeance on the guy who Bell had effectively already beaten, that probably has something to do with 1. Gods/Goddesses aren't supposed to use their divine powers on earth by mutual agreement and 2. Hestia isn't even supposed to be in the dungeon in the first place. It would probably cause a loving shitstorm of reprisals from whatever familia rear end in a top hat was with if she turned him into a frog or something and the Hestia familia doesn't have the power base or resources to deal with that kind of backlash. It's shown that it's a pretty common thing for adventurers and familia to gently caress with each other, but Ryu's story also shows that letting it escalate too far(or getting caught when it escalates too far) has serious repercussions.
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I like the stark reminder that Gods are gods and regardless of their playfulness now aren't to be trifled with. I also like how they kinda sorta illustrate how in those old fairy tales some gods can be easily tricked or captured by people who really shouldn't be able to; it's because they can't be bothered.
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Isn't Hestia in deep poo poo now? I was under the impression that any use of divine powers aside from level up tattoos would get them sent straight back to heaven. Heck, this earthquake might be just that. But goddamn, Hestia is terrible. She almost made Bell lose that fight (which he had in the bag) by distracting him, then got angry and used her divine powers completely unnecessarily. Hestia has like no faith at all in Bell. Obviously she isn't going to be banished (or at least not permanently), but she probably should be.
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Cut her some slack. I don't think she could see the battle, and she was really pissed off that her charge was in danger. If Bell gets offed, she's never going to get anyone to join her familia again.
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CrazySalamander posted:Cut her some slack. I don't think she could see the battle, and she was really pissed off that her charge was in danger. If Bell gets offed, she's never going to get anyone to join her familia again. Exactly, she couldn't see the battle and wasn't sure what was going on but went straight to god mode anyway. Situations where gods have to use their powers or die are probably why they are prohibited from entering the dungeon, but Hestia couldn't even get that right.
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