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Oh, so you didn't S-support anyone else at all?

Nope. Kinda wanted to put Ryoma with someone, but couldn't really decide who to give him to and then I forgot about it. :P

In my current LP, my Corrin ended up with Beruka. I've written a bit more of how their marriage went, with Beruka progressively gaining a bit more emotion in the LP story. In the latest chapters, she's also the pragmatic Lancer (courtesy of TV Tropes) to Corrin's idealism.

I'm originally from New Jersey. Trust me, I wouldn't be such a Hapsburgophile if I was Czech.

That's true.

On a different note, have you got around playing Radiant Historia? How was it?

I actually finished it almost exactly a year ago, maybe exactly a year ago. I really enjoyed the game, and it had one of the better video game stories IMO.

I remember those games on the GBC. Good times.

did you play the NA version or JP version? I heard the Tokay had a gimmick with the -toka suffix that ended up being removed in international versions due to the implications of -toka being translated into a non-Japanese language.

JP version.

How about the Arceus game?

Definitely more excited after seeing Wyrdeer and Basculegion, but going to wait for reviews before picking it up.

I wish there would be more of those coming up. Someone over at Reddit did a mock version of other legendaries' versions:

Have you got a Vita? If the PS Store isn't already closed, you can get Persona 3 Portable. That one's you can control all of the characters in battle. I'll also recommend playing the female protagonist in that version, as the male protag has no social links with the male members of the party and forced gf romance with all of the female social links.

No consoles at all anymore I'll keep that in mind for a potential PC release, though.

Aw, that's a shame. But there might be something as part of the Persona 25th Anniversary (which was just a few days ago). Let's keep our antennas out on the internet.

I'm on the Black Eagles route atm. Still in White Clouds phase. I kinda like the majority of supports this time compared to last one I played (Fates btw, skipped SoV). And I like how this time, the female lord (well, at least for BE route) gets to write her own story in her own terms.

Yes, don't know which other routes you've played, but I personally find BE to have the weakest character roster of the houses (pending assessment of Ashen Wolves, whose route I'm still doing). Still a step forward in terms of overall character development. And, obviously, big fan of their main lord!

How is TH as a whole compared to character roster from other games?

Oh, hey thanks, aha. You're lucky I decided to come back soon, otherwise this would have been lost to the void.

Great to hear from you. You getting P5R and P5S? I'm in the middle of my second run in P3P, and I also need to play the P4A1+2 spin-offs.

I don't have a PS4, and I don't like how Sony is acting, so probably no on P5R, at least for a while. Naybe on Scramble. I'm not a fan of musous but I might try it, just cuz it looks like a sequel.

Sure, that would be great!

Rezzy, here it is!

Cool thanks!

I'm doing great in Prague, thanks for asking.

Anyway, my feelings on democracy have softened since I started being a Monarchist, although I still think a benevolent Monarchy where we could avoid evil monarchs with certainty is better than democracy. I think that, on the contrary, intellectual and social elites are in the decline because they messed up. If you look at history, when you have a conflict like this-between populism and the establishment- when the establishment is saying things like "a threat to the Republic" they lose. The cases where the establishment has won- like, for example, in Great Depression USA- has seen them actually make an effort to improve the situation, making Populism lose its appeal. I don't see that happening much at all in the world of today.

It's also a similar case in Japan where the "Lost Two (and still counting) Decades" since the bubble burst of 1991, and the apparent ineptitude of the government to fix the issue of economy (amongst other things) was one big factor in some of the recent swings in the recent elections.

The question would be, then, is to how to safeguard a monarchical government from corruption - which I have to shamelessly admit that I have no hard and fast answer to. And unfortunately, through history, we've seen a lot of cases in how monarchism can also end up being corrupt.

There is no system that's immune to corruption. The issue is that some systems are easier to fix than others. I think Monarchy is easier to fix overall than Republicanism, for 2 reasons. First, in a Republic the system incentivizes selfishness; by portraying power as a reward, and by having a system where people have to want power to get it, you create a very unhealthy view of power. Anyone who would willingly put themselves through all the stress of running an election campaign, and later a country, is pretty likely to have ulterior motives. Since Monarchs inherit their positions, they would likely see power more as a duty; they're still not worthy of power (no one is) but at least since they got it by accident they'd treat it with more respect. Secondly, in order to fix any society you need a consistent plan; when a society is absolutely broken, like America is now, there are a myriad of problems all contributing to each other. Since the US head of state switches every 4 to 8 years, that robs it of the central figure and consistent vision needed to resolve deep seated societal problems.

Oh, anything would be fine.  If you want to do more Golden Sun, Felix would be great, if you're looking for ideas.  Or if you only are looking for girls, maybe Mia.

I do have plans to draw up Mia, though I think that'll have to be after Sheba, Linkle, and a couple of other Pokegirls and FE female lords. (Celica and Micaiah). I also have plans to draw up Jody Summers and three other F-Zero racers (including one from Maximum Velocity). I might do a special edition of Caeda, Misty, and Paula starring as the other three Nintendo heroine trio.

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Hahaha whoever that managed to photoshop (or even actually make a model and take a photo of) that is a bloody genius! XD XD XD

What would I have done if I were a director? That's a tough one to answer. Also, sorry for not seeing this earlier. It would become a series aimed more for preteens (and older people) and it would be a story about "growing up" seen through the eyes of a more mature, experienced Ash.

Thanks for your reply. I've actually wrote a rough draft for a future fanfiction over at the Blogs section at Bulbagarden. It's basically a two-tiered approach from AG onwards - with Brendan, Lucas, Iris being the newbies collecting the badges, while Ash mentors them. (Why they didn't do that in BW onwards at least, I have no idea.) Unfortunately, the Bulbagarden admins are dealing with internet-related problems with the Blogs section, so I can't retrieve my saved entries. I...

There's a good trilogy of books about Genghis Khan by Conn Igulden; they succeed in many respects because they don't whitewash what he did; they show his crimes in full detail but also how he became that way. I don't know if this counts, but Extra Credits recently did a series on Suleiman the Magnificent that is narrative based, and its excellent.

I've just went through a modern version of Records of Ancient Matters (in Japanese), that was written down in early 8th Century. It's essentially a mythology, and it talks about the creation story from Shintoism - the book is a mythological history of the Japanese archipelago. I'm planning to read a modern translation of Nihon Shoki (also written in the 8th Century), which is apparently aimed at a international (read: Chinese and Korean) audience.

Hey, it means a lot that you've read my story (so far) actually!  Thank you so much for taking the time to read it and comment back to me here.  I am very glad that you enjoyed the detail I gave to the characters and the process is still ongoing for me even though I haven't posted anything in ages.  

No, I have never played chess before, however I did use videos on YouTube of pro chess players to help guide me.  

I'm still writing the story and planning it (actually I was just drawing some anatomy to base Teresa and Garon's body shapes when I saw this) however I have been so busy down with university I have not been able to continue sitting down and writing/editing chapters for a long time.  I'm really hoping to get some writing done soon so that I can either post the newest chapter (which has been written, it just needs editing) and continue toward finishing this arc in the story. :) 

Once again, thanks so much for the comment!

(Also apologies for any grammar or spelling errors in this, just got back from completing an essay exam).

Again!

I'm glad I could help spark an interest in the game for you!

I can vouch for the Steam version.  The only issues present - which are pretty minor - is that if you have a frame rate higher than 30 FPS, you'll receive slightly more damage than normal from interception fire (I just see that as making it more of a fun challenge, to be honest, because your units tend to be bullet sponges anyway), and the tank controls can be a little wonky if you're using a keyboard and mouse.

I hear the PS4 version is also pretty nice, though I don't have it myself.

Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck was a WWI general and the only one to remain undefeated. Yeah, he did; Hitler wanted him to do some propaganda stuff with the Wehrmacht so he told him to fuck himself. Nothing was done to him because he was one of the few people in Germany at that point more popular than Hitler.

Probably joker and Futaba (though that is probably me being biased as I absolutely loved Futaba and she became one of my favorite female characters in general) and the game doesn't necessarily push any canon relationship beside Ann and Ryuji's relationship which is like Yosuke and Chie where you ship them despite the fact that it will never happen in game. In Persona 4 I ended up loving all the main girls equally if I'm being honest despite initially liking Rise the most on my first playthrough. In Persona 3 I still like MC x Aigis.

Yeah, sure, I'll check it out.

Nope is from a fictional story of mine, The story in question originates from a time when I was really young, so I'm not quite sure how the main character came to be named Locke. I haven't even played Final Fantasy 6 yet will probably get around to it some point...

Happy belated New Year to you too, my good man! At least it's decently close to Chinese New Year.