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This is, once more, Vimesenthusiast wishing you a lovely weekend here.  I had a few thoughts, and I’d like your opinion on them.

1. Fate Touched: I mentioned in the HP poll that a reader over on fanfic was going through this fic to look for errors/lore mistakes and so forth, and he mentioned that a map might be a great idea. I am… leery yet enthusiastic about this idea.  Maps were something the great Sir Tolkien was intrigued by, and I’m worried about trying to add to it.  But at the same time, I can see why it would be needed, and it would help me a LOT going forward.  So is this something you all would like to see?

2. Heroes (three questions here): I ask this at the end of the new chapter, but I figured I’d separate it out.  I have some plans to give Izuku a DF to offset the need for a doctor, but I am wondering if, on top of that, should I introduce a certain Law to the crew? Or someone else?

Who the hell should be the crew’s cook? Like, Melissa and Izuku are kind of filling in, but they needed a dedicated cook. Would Reiju be able to act as a doctor or a cook? Crapping on the Germ66 early on even before Robin joins the crew could be hilarious.

Similarly, should I have Coby join the crew? Shift his dream to being that of a Hero like them? It’s just a thought, but it’s there.

 3. I am wondering if I should create a mixed Level Explanation and character Bio page for Bhaalson Remodel, kind of like I did for the four main characters of my DC/Ranma crossover.  Is that something you’d all be interested in seeing? And what did you all think of my use of AI art in the ship designs for Magic?

4. About Bhaalson once more, but completely different, hence getting it’s own number, I am wondering if the tale of Hermione, Fleur and Imoen (original flavor) is interesting enough to show as it occurs.  I DO NOT want to fall into the same trap as I did with the Herb and Wrex segment of Effect and need to show the entire thing in a chapter, but I think (emphasis there) that I could maybe better summarize it to show what happens later. But if it’s interesting enough, I’ll include, like, a thousand words per chapter about them and that’ll be enough to show what they’re up to.

5. This is a question for my Stallion fans: What should I do about Yamato? I REALLLLY disliked the fact she was left behind in Wano, and I am wondering if I should figure out some way to introduce her into the fic early.  Note I’m not saying she’ll join the pairing or anything, but what to do in a general sense.

Hope you all have a good weekend, guys and gals.

Comments

Kirk Staley

I know that AO3 can allow you to include images in the chapters, for question 1.

Devin Arn

5 please find a way to introduce Yamato early, I always thought she had so much more potential

Tellemicus Sundance

Personally speaking, I don't think Izuku needs a DF. OFA is pretty damn powerful. He just needs to realize that building up his body slowly over time produces stronger and more long-lasting results than trying to take take shortcuts. Shit, look at Garp! He's practically on All Might’s level and DOESN'T have OFA! So, if Izuku limits himself to training just his body until it's strong enough to handle the higher percentages, he'll do just fine in my opinion. Giving him a DF, on top of him eventually (maybe?) getting access to the previous OFA -users' quirks already makes him stupidly powerful even by One Piece standards! As for Law, I don't really know his character so I'll bow out of that decision. But Reiju? Yes, absolutely! ESPECIALLY if it means fucking up Germ66's plans in a meaningful way!! As for Coby, I am uncertain. Oh, I'm sure he'd respect their commitment to keeping true to the pure ideal that is heroism, but I also kinda think he's the kind of guy who'd want to change things from the inside, at least at first.

Aseem Athale

Answering the questions related to the fics I care about: A map would be appreciated for Fate Touched. Considering that the areas under discussion are literally off the map, i.e. where Harry and Tauriel currently are, and a great deal of the fic is about travel, it would be appreciated to at least have an idea of where they are. But of course only for the unknown regions, Rohan, Gondor, etc are not needed, only as a reference to the location of the unknown regions. And considering that you are filling in the parts of the world the Professor didn't fill in, I don't think it's a bad idea to fill in a map too. As long as the maps are fic accurate, and slightly more importantly, canon accurate, I don't think why anyone would have a problem with it. About the AI art, I will be the first to admit, I'm not a fan of the whole bubble situation we're in currently. And while I would have liked to have had a human artist be the one who did the designs, I won't make a fuss here. But please be upfront about using AI. Unless I missed reading something, the ship design post did not mention specifically that AI was used, which, yes it was obvious, but still, a declaration would have been/is appreciated.

Jeffrey Smith

1. Maps are good and it would be nice to understand where exactly the armies are moving in the eastern lands. 2. I’m not a reader of heroes. 3. A bio page for the party after the winter training and big battle would be great and a good reference going forward. 4. If Harry and any of his company go back we could get a summary of what the original world girls are up to. I’m not interested in their specific journey

vimesenthusiast

First of all, thanks for pointing out I hadn't mentioned I used AI for those images. I had created the little introductions to the various designs and left a (...) to tell me where to go back and fill in the information on the specific AI image sites I used later, but since i used several - five or six, can't remember, I didn't list them. I should have remembered to at least mention that, though. Thanks for reminding me. Second, yeah, that's part of why I'm not fighting the idea of making up a map harder. I remember there was an interactive tolkien map online at one point, I'll have to find it via the wayback machine and use it as a starting point if I decide to include a map.

Sauron

For Fate Touched thing, I think a map is a great idea. I would even say that some images would be nice to know how Harry looks now with the changes brought upon him by Maiar-Istari transformation, in the end more images would be nice, for all the fics, some descriptions can only take you so far. For the Stallion thing, I agree with you that leaving Yamato behind was one of the stupidest thing that Oda has ever done, but also I don't really see how can you add her into the crew before they arrive to Wano, right now she is grounded by her father for "The I want to be Oden thing" (With explosive handcuffs) and I don't see Kaido (Of all people) changing his mind on the matter of punishment. But maybe you can have Ace asking Luffy help to rescue her and freeing Wano from Kaido? (Since he did promised her). And I think this time Ace would swallow his pride after the Blackbeard mess.

Hiryo

In general, having some profile pics like in DC/Ranma I like to see for all your collections. ^^ 5. Yeah, I disliked the treatment of hers as well. I for one would like to have her think again as being a female would be grand. Then again, yes, no pairing with Ranma, but then we got Zoro too? XD In the manga one saw her travelling through the world. On the other hand, she worries the most about her people, Kaido and what happened already. Until the problems at home, especially with the smile stuff is solved, she wouldn’t want to do anything else but helping for solution there. So she could be on a recruitment trip for help on her island. Maybe doing promises in return? After the problem is dealt with on the island, depending if she did promises she would act accordingly.

Sisyphus

Question 1: I am pro-map. Some worlds it doesn’t seem to matter and others it is helpful. Question 2: I’m afraid I don’t follow this one often nor do I know the setting well enough to have a meaningful opinion. Question 3: I am pro-level explanation and bio. I liked the ship art, ai-assisted or not. Given that you’re not profiting from the art, I don’t care how you created it but I agree with another commenter that it’s good to know. Question 4: I feel strongly that, in my case at least, I primarily read these stories for the Harry or Ranma centered storyline. I don’t mind brief cutaways for important exposition/villain pov/or relevant side-plot, but I don’t like losing entire chapters to other character’s stories (one of my issues with Effect is Herb as I just don’t care about him). I do think that if the plan is to eventually reunite Harry and Hermione the getting insight into her path and obsession is good but I would tend to want it short and relevant. Just my $.02. Question 5: No opinion.

Aragorn93

5. I'd like to see more of Yamato, whatever you end up doing with her. I'm also interested to find out the status of the five Wano time travelers. Were they on Dressrosa when Doflamingo was defeated? Have they not arrived yet? Will Kanjuro get found out earlier than in canon? I'm looking forward to the next chapters as we move through the time skip and beyond. 1. I wouldn't mind seeing a map. I don't think anyone would be offended if it's not up to the standard of Tolien or if it's slightly different. I think as long as you don't change the landscape completely, then everyone should be fine with it. I hope I understood that question. 2. Are you talking about giving Izuku some sort of ability to regenerate, or an ability to heal both himself and other people? I'm a fan of both reiju and Coby being added to the crew or just interacting with the crew and maybe having different stories than canon. As an example, I don't know if you're going to add Robin, but I appreciate the interactions we've had with her already. I don't have as much of an interest in Law. He's a good character, but having him on the crew won't increase or decrease my enjoyment of the story.

Aaron Orr

2. OC 7' tall fox mink from the mink tribe as the crew's doctor. Oda hinted that the minks existed from listings at the Slave house in Sabaody. So they were rare but not unseen on the Paradise stretch of Grand Line. I bring it up as an homage to the 7' tall fox Quirk woman the Izuku defended in MHA.

Aaron Orr

2. Continued. Have another Original character that ran away from Big Mom become the ships cook.

Aaron Orr

5. ACE came in like a Wrecking Ball and snatched the Strongest Creature's daughter... :)

Delphinous

1)i am definitely interested in a map, go for it, 2)i don't have any strong opinions here 3) i would be interested in the character pages for Bhaalson. In general i don't like AI being used for artistic purposes, however, you are being open about it being AI, and it's only being used sparingly as a tool to share a design that you already came up with. to me, it's similar to smoking: it's not something that i intend to ever do, but i'm not going to be upset with someone for smoking a little bit in private. 4) I have long been looking forwards to seeing more about hermione and fleur, so i am definitely on board with seeing small snippets about whats going on with them 5) this is just my personal take, but i'm incredibly tired of how most people treat Yamato. in the original story, it's VERY clear to me that Yamato 100% identifies as a man, not a woman, despite their physiology. and yet, almost everyone who ever uses them in a story basically treats them as 'they're a girl, i just need the characters to show them a good time and they'll snap out of it and become girly and identify as a girl' and i think it's incredibly disrespectful to the character. I don't mind yamato becoming a member of the crew, but if so i'd prefer them to continue to be a person who identifies as a man and uses masculine pronouns for themselves, rather than just being another iteration of 'i can turn them into a girl by giving them a good dicking' sorry if this point comes off as aggressive, you can do what you want in your story, but this is my personal take on it.

Thomas Edwards

1. A map would be much appreciated, even just showing rough areas of the dwarven holds etc. and where the armies have journey to/ from. 2.DF - I don't think Izuku need it especially with all the aspects of OfA he can unlock in time, it feels like it would be yet another thing for him to learn to try and harness correctly when he already will have a lot to learn. Unsure for Law, would not be opposed either way. However, I feel like given Reiju's poison powers could be a good way to have her start wanting to learn to be a full doctor as well, especially after a meeting with Izuku et. al. crapping on Germa66 Think it would depend on when Coby met them but I could easily see them meshing well! 3. I'd like that personally - it makes things easier tbh. I liked the art - it gave a good visualisation for the ships tbh. The fact it was AI didn't bother me since you were just using it as a tool to help paint a picture of designs that you had already come with. 4.I'd like to see what they've been upto personally. 5.I'd like to see Yamato introduced early. Possibly hearing and being intrigued about Raffy's ability to change genders...? Getting your take on them and their interactions with the Crew etc. would be good - I can see Ranma having flashbacks about similiarities between them...

MultiverseCosms

1) Yes to map. 2) Yes to DF, though him learning Armament would help too. Law would be awesome. 3) Yes to character pages. 4) No to Hermione adventures, please no. It would take away from BR too and we get that rarely enough as is. 5) I don't follow Stallion so can't comment much but love Yamato, so bring her if you can. :-)

FormVIEnthusiast

1. I love the idea of having a map! Seeing Bilbo and Frodo's journeys on the map, and often overlaid on real maps, really helps people understand the true scale of Middle Earth. I am very much reluctant to have anything to do with AI however, it seems to have its hooks in everything nowadays. 2. For Heroes, I agree with the other commenters that Izuku doesn't necessarily need a DF, what he really needs is a couple months with some Battleship Bags. All Izuku needs is more durability, and some base strength so that he doesn't need to use high powered Smashes for everything. Getting Reiju would be lovely, screw the Germs, and Law's reaction to her would be hilarious! (What next? Is Sora going to jump out and beat up Doffy?) Not sure if he'd have a big reason to be sailing with them (and Bepo. Bepo and Law are a package deal) instead of forming his own crew. Maybe something about how vehemently they all would hate everything in Dressrosa? And Yamato is always a fun character, but the biggest roadblock to early Yamato is always getting her out of her cuffs, off Wano (without Kaido immediately following), and to where the main cast is without her finding another crew to try and help Wano with (why are you getting another crew? Well, everytime Kaido kills a crew, I go out and get another. Sounds like you're feeding crews to Kaido. Momonosuke starts crying)

Jannik

I really like Yamato, she fits in perfectly with the Strawhat crew unlike Jinbei. For the pairing the size difference of Yamato and Ranma would be a funny challenge.

FormVIEnthusiast

Ew, the latest updates to the app suck. Can't even check if the Yamato thing was for Heroes or for Stallion, since once the comment is long enough, even if you minimize your keyboard, you can't even see the post for the comment! Now, finishing off the Yamato thing, if you want her to join, sure! Everyone loves Oden. Maybe have it as she knows the 20 years have almost come to pass, and she's out searching for Momonosuke herself. You'd have to do some serious legwork on how she got the cuffs off and off the island, however. Be really funny if she managed to find her way to Shanks' crew, and get to Raffy via that meeting Shanks wants...

Darth Bayes

1. If it would help you a lot, why are you even asking? 2. If the point is to allow adding a doctor without adding an OC, another option is some other than Izuku getting a DF that works for that. Or discovering a way to use existing abilities for medical purposes. Or maybe Sea King meat or some other in-universe option gives mild regeneration? And/or maybe Of a can _stockpile_ certain things that exist in One Piece but not MHA? I do favor not giving Izuku a power-up, not making the growth of how much of OfA he can use too fast, and limiting _accidental_ _main_ character bloat. 3. No opinion on either 4. If you want to, to for it--I think it could be super fun. Sidestories are great for (a) showing reactions and ripples, (b) showing things the main characters shouldn't know about, (c) expanding world building, and independently of all of that I'd like to read them because of personal attachment to the characters. 5. I'm with you there.

Bryan Brown

1. Using the great Sir Tolkien map as a base you should be able to add to it without much issue. Just only fill in the bare minium you need to as that would be common of early maps. 2. Heroes A: Izuku is more likely to offer a DF to the others than eat it himself. Especially Melissa. 2. Heroes B:I like that idea of Reiju but don't know enough about one piece to say she is capable of doing it permently. But if you change the question to temporially doing both duties you increase the odds of a postive answer and open up the option of someone training to take over one of the jobs or picking up someone more capable from later in the story. Or lets them take care of minor/mid level healing themselves while catching up with Law for serious/posibly perment injures if you want them to get along/interact as he would be unlikely to join the crew. Three partime chefs would probably equal One full time Cook so no need for one unless they encounter someone you really like for the role. 2. Heroes C: Coby would be able to acomplish his dream better if he joined the crew but would anyone make such an arguement to Coby as he is unlikely to come up with it on his own. I don't think so at this point in MHA. They were all focused on thier dream to be a Hero and had not yet run into the problems and possible comprimises that being a part of a goverment system entails. 3. Yes I want to see a mixed Level Explanation and character Bio and yes I liked art for Magic. 4. I would like a summary/update of Hermione, Fleur and Imoen (original flavor). 5. I wouldn't have her or anyone else join the pairing, it is in a good place as is. Other than that I have no opinion.

Bryan Brown

I never saw them as identifing as a man. I saw them identifing as Oden. So once thier father is gone, Oden's hiers are in charge and they no longer have a reason to obsess with Oden so much they might drop it and just be a tomboy. Or not since calming things down is not really something that happens in One Piece. I could see it going either way, but not before Kaido is defeated.

Tom smith

Yamato. YES! Reiju cook. Izuku df. Yes, something unhelpful to fighting but good for keeping him alive.

Cormag81

FT: maps are hard but with the basic work already done by Tolkien I dont think i would be too hard to modify one as a guide to this story. I definitely think its a worthwhile endeavor and something you should look into. HotHS1: a part of me says that OFA doesn't need any more powers added if he's already going to be unlocking the quirks of previous holders. However stepping up Izuku's level of control to the point that it becomes relevant might be hard to explain. If Izuku is gonna get a devil fruit I think it should be a Zoan. he can use the Zoan healing as a way to recover from the strain OFA puts on his body. As to which zoan i have no idea. For the question of law I could see that being a thing especially if the gang lands on dressrosa and puts a certain flamingo in the ground. HotHS2: Cooks an interesting question because outside sanji I feel like the only other canonical characters strongly associated with food are Zeff who's too old or are tied into whole cake and big mom though I guess reiju could work and watching the Germ66 get slapped down by the gang could be fun. HotHS3: Coby is an interesting question in this context. He's always said he dream is to be a marine but I could definitely see that morphing to hero after interacting with the gang enough. Plus he could us some love so yeah let's add him to the crew BsR1: this sounds like a great idea especially since it would give you a template to pull from for the AAS system messages when relevant. I say do it. BsR2: honestly those events are interesting enough that I think they are worth in including even if it grows to the level of the Herb/Wrex sections though I understand that writing a chapter completely about a side plot probably feels a little wasteful. SotL: HELL YES Oda's treatment of Yamato was a mistake in my opinion and you have the opportunity to set right. And while it wouldn't necessarily mean she is included quickly by chapter count I do think you have a natural way to bring her to Luffy's attention in Ace. While I dont think Ace and the rest of the Whitebeard survivors should be more than an allied crew similar to Hancock i could very easily see Ace requesting his brothers help with the nice lady he met in Wano a few years back. As for her joining the relationship I wouldn't be against it, with Ace still alive thats a pairing I think I would prefer more.

link01742

Yamato...*all I want to do is see you turn into a giant woman* song

Braeden1002

Heros of the High Seas: To be honest I think it would be more interesting if Izuku does not gain a Devil Fruit. Between the abilities that are offered to him thanks to his quirk and the training that he is about to go through underneath Garp I really do think that Izuku could become as strong Roger and Garp in their prime as with everything that he has experienced and his will I fully believe that Izuku will awaken all three types of Haki. While I have no problem with Izuku and company meeting Law; unless he has not created a crew yet I do not know if he would be willing to join the marines all things considered. I think it would be very interesting to have him apart of the crew and as their doctor. Now if you did decide to have the crew meet Reiju and some how are able to take her from Germa 66 without the rest of them attacking in retribution then I think she would make a great doctor. With her knowledge of poisons she would be able to help anyone that gets thinks. There is also the possibility of having them both on the crew with Law as the primary doctor and Reiju as his assistant. I do like the idea of Reiju as the ships cook as a way to protect them from poisons but also that she took up cooking because it was a way for her to remember Sanji and Sora. I do not think Coby should join the crew. I think at some point Garp would introduce the two of them and Coby would become inspired by Izuku and the others. But Coby would do more and become a better hero if he was able to grow on his own and become his own person outside of the shadows of his personal heroes. Bhaalson Remodel: I personally would love to see pictures of the main characters and relationships and the bio page for the main characters of Bhaalson as it would be a way to show of their current stats and images of the characters. With this you could also technically set aside the need to show the characters stats and skills as everyone could just go to the character bio pages. I had no problem with the use of AI art in the ship design for Magic. Personally, I do not think that you need to focus on Hermione, Fleur and Imoen on earth. Unless there is something that is important that is brought up, like passing of knowledge or when Hermione figures out another step that brings her closer to finding Harry again. Stallion of the Line: Honestly, I have no idea what to do about Yamato. I personally would love to have her on the crew sooner than later and even becoming a part of the relationship between Luffy and his ladies. Considering the way Luffy can switch between male and female and his experiences with the culture of Ranma he would be able to understand Yamato and her desire to be Oden and male. The only way I could potentially see something happening sooner than later is Ace now much stronger sneaks back onto Wano and ends up rescuing some of the villagers and Yamato comes with him having been in the area. While they are able to escape, they might run into trouble with one of the All-Stars and while they are able to fight to stalemate and escape, they are now in the crosshairs of the Beast Pirates. Due to the loss of Whitebeard and how much of the crew has disbanded without the presence of Whitebeard they are not strong enough to survive against the Beast Pirates. Which leads Ace and the rest of the Whitebeard pirates seeking out Luffy to join him and his growing fleet and to fly Luffy’s jolly roger for protection.

HP-DG-AP-PN-RG-NR

on #5, I'd love to have Yamato join the crew. And if you manage to do it early, even better.

Zach Kratzer

1. Yes, I'd love to see map(s) of the area, especially as the story has moved out of the more well known parts of Middle Earth. 3. Character sheets are always useful. I mostly liked the ship artwork too. 4. Personally I'd love to read more about those 3, either as a small chunk of each chapter, or as its own chapter (or even chapters).

lostone2

3. Character sheets great. 4. I'm really interested in reading about Fleur and Hermione. No opinion on Fate and Heroes fics (although, in general maps sounds cool).

Jarik Bruppacher

Regarding Stallion: I would love to have you introduce Yamato to the storyand the Strawhats much sooner XD. And as for Date Touched, I would say if you're feeling comfortable with it, go for it.

Gregory Botting

Per Baalson, bios night be helpful for those of us not familiar with the games, but you provide plenty of context. For Fate, I’m sure you can find a detailed Middle-Earth map online, and perhaps have notes before chapters where action will be? You might even be able to make a rough guess where action would be on a modern European overlay, given the similarities.

Novus

Rather late in replying, sorry! I tend to only check in towards the end of the month, since that's pretty much when you post story content anymore... 1. Maps are always nice, but not something to stress overmuch over if they don't already exist. Trying to create them from whole cloth is difficult, at best. 2. I'm indifferent to Reiju and Coby (Reiju as a cook would be pretty amusing, honestly. ), but for the love of all that is holy, please not Law. I don't understand what people see in his character. Besides, he'll be firmly stuck in his Vengeance Quest during this time period anyway. You'd have to deal with Doffy early, which would be a nightmare scenario. I do have questions about how Coby would find them at all. He's stuck in the East Blue, where they are highly unlikely to be sent, as it would be an utter waste of talent. 3. Condensing the status for the characters in a side document/post would likely be helpful. It is with most Gamer Systems. The AI art for ship design for Magic is perfectly fine. I do that myself for Displaced Hero. 4. I honestly disliked the Hermoine/Fleur/Imoen segments from the start, as I thought they took more away from the narrative then they add. I also just flat dislike Hermoine as a whole, though, so I'm 110% Biased. Then again, I also lover Fleur as a character, so that Bias kinda balances out? I mostly dislike them as the story progression is already pretty slow (not helped by how rarely it wins) and any time we spend focusing on them just slows it down farther still. 5. I'm with you on disliking Yamato getting left behind, she's honestly far more interesting than half the core One Piece crew. As was pointed out to me for my own One Piece fic, there's a fairly easy point of divergence to use for bringing her off Wano early, as she actively WANTED to leave with Ace when he encountered her. Altering things so that they figure out a means to do that allows her to escape in a period where her father isn't on the island. Since Whitebeard doesn't have female fighters (there isn't a single canon example of such), she'd likely break off from Ace when he joined up with Whitebeard.

Dretnuh

I would love a map for fate touched. Or like others said to have an image of Harry’s new Maiar/Istari look. That’s the only one of these stories I read so the only one I can offer any comment about

Adam Schmitz

Hey just got through Fate touched and all I can say is more plz