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Heyo all! So, Making Waves is finished and off to my FT man, Justlovereadin’. Hiryo has gotten the last chapter of MW back to me, and I will update that tomorrow, and will be creating the next Patron Only Works So Far post then as well. For now however, with that out of the way I have begun to read and reply to the suggestions in the political questions box. I won’t do that for the SW questions/discussion thread just yet, I will start that when I start writing the Large Story poll winner. I am also starting to count up votes, so if you haven’t voted yet, remember that the polls will be closed either Sunday or tomorrow if no one is voting any longer.

Which means it’s the time to ask you, my patrons a few niggling questions. For those of you who are new, some of these will be about specific information, RL or from various canon. Others will be opinion questions, and still more will be about how I am running this page or other, random things. Each canon/whatever will be separated from the rest by headers, so if you’re only interested in helping me out with one specific story or fandom, you can easily navigate to that segment. Hopefully this time none of these questions will be overlong LOL.

Now on to the questions.

FILFY questions:

1. Was it ever stated in canon how long it took Kiba to train up to his Balance Breaker? I feel he needs a power up, or am I just not doing well in showing him in a good light?

2. I need a song for Asia to sing at a state funeral. Not up on a stage obviously, just as part of her prayers for the dead. It needs to be Catholic obviously, and I’d prefer a song to a hymn, but if you have a Hymn you think appropriate, you can share that too.

3. I need a few Dark Wizards, but not Death Eaters. I would prefer Dark Wizards connected to Grindelwald who’s fate is unknown. This is a question to those of you who have watched the Fantastic Beasts movies I suppose lol. 

4. As part of Kalawarner’s romance plot line, there is a trip to a cooking contest coming up. Are cooking contests interesting enough for me to write them out? I’ve never done that before, so I’m just wondering.

GDWHOM Question:

1. I I feel that the way I’ve portrayed her in this fic, Rias would be unwilling to play second fiddle to Saeko in Ranma’s heart. On the other hand, I have shown Akeno being somewhat interested in him.  Akeno wouldn’t mind coming in second, would actually see it as a challenge, and would like a little pain.  Ranma and Saeko are both martial artists and enjoy a bit of pain themselves. So what would you all think about having Akeno make a play for Ranma after the fight against Kokabiel?

2. In DxD were we shown what would happen if a Fallen was hit by holy magic? 

3. Are there any women among the Grigori’s leaders? – thinking of having one of them maybe running into Happy before. 

{I have also decided against adding Gabriel to the relationship. She will remain a main character, but not a love interest for a very long while}

Stallion of the Line questions:

1. This is a question about Robin’s Devil Fruit. We are shown in canon her conjuring hands, feet eyes, but not mouths, as far as I can remember. But there isn’t anything that says she shouldn’t be able to, hence my previous use of that talent. But can she eat with those mouths, and if so where does the food go? 

2. How much of a ship needs to remain to keep it’s spirit intact? Is it just the keel, or does there need to be more? I am of course thinking of the Enies lobby arc and upgrades to the ship. I am just wondering what myths say of where the spirit of a ship resides. In the keel or the ornament on the prow whose name I can’t remember

3. This is more a vote really – are any of the filler arcs worth having around? – My personal thought is no and I’d like to make my own instead. But then again, I think the Davy Back fight is filler arc, ant’s mange canon so.... 

And now for something different:

1. I would like to make a request of fics to feed my muse. I am running out of forward motion in Making Waves and I need to feed that muse. I am partial to Natsu/Erza fics or /Erza (or anyone but Lucy) crossovers, but I think I’ve read all the good ones out there. I am looking for more from other sites beyond fanfic.net.  And please none of that double dragon slayer nonsense, or dark/angsty fics. Blargh. I dislike OP main characters.

2. I would also like to know about any highschool DxD fics beyond those I can find on fanfic.net. There i have found only a few worthy of my attention, and alas only two are not Naruto.  Seriously people, there are other male leads you can use in your crossovers! OH my f-ing hell, he is like a cancer spreading through the body of fandom. Rias as a main character is a necessity, and I prefer without Issei or Self-Insert. Original Characters are fine.

Comments

Taylor James Bennett

Bleach Rebirth of the Guardian by fanboy913 is one of my favorite stories Currently

Andrew Evans

In regards to stallion of the line you should include the G8 arc since it comes right after the sky island arc and leans more towards the straw hats out thinking the marines rather than just a straight fight against the marines.

Delphinous

for FIFLY 1. kiba i felt really never came into his own until after he'd had the meltdown about the holy swords and trying to destroy them. after that he seemed to connect to the group more and that's when he grew on me as a character, and would be a good time for him to get his balance breaker, and i might have been when he actually did it, but i'm not sure on that. 2. Amazing Grace is always a good fallback song 3. haven't seen the movie, so other than generating names for you i have nothing. 4. i honestly don't think the contest itself would be interesting unless you're doing something like food networks cutthroat kitchen. if it's just a 'who has the best food' then you should either A) have us mostly see her panicking and practicing before hand, making people try things and compare things, and then a sort of 'from the crowds' conversation while the actual competition happens int he background where people can talk about kala without her being in the group or B) do a Shokugeki no Souma type scene where people try the various foods and have crazy semi-erotic hallucinations about how good it tastes. you could even do a little cameo and have Erina Nakiri judging if you are familiar with the anime. if you're not, the first episode alone will show you what i'm talking about for the food-porn-visions

Delphinous

these aren't what you're asking for to feed you're muse, but these are amazing stories that I've enjoyed that often get overlooked: Browncoat Green Eyes by nonjon, a HP/Firefly crossover Time Braid by ShaperV, a Sakura centric groundhog day naruto story that is incredibly detailed, with amazing character growth, and it's a finished story, with a satisfying ending. it has plenty of darkness and failure to make it very interesting, and don't let it being sakura centric dissuade you if you don't like her, she has to grow up fast

Tellemicus Sundance

Stallion: 1) Honestly, I don't think that the mouths would be able to eat. At least, not unless you wanna pull some kind of 'magical transference' crap where the food gets transported to her throat once it's swallowed. Nah, I'd say just avoid that potential headache entirely and say that she CAN'T eat with mouths like that. Besides, it'll add another and more believable limitation to her power. 2) In my humble opinion, it's not the keel or the hull or the rigging or even the helm that contains the spirit of the ship. It's the ENTIRE SHIP, from the largest sail to the smallest bolt. The entire structure is what contains the spirit. So, as long as the vessel can reasonably be called intact and be considered seaworthy (as in it can float at least), then the spirit will continue to exist for a time, depending on the strength of the bonds of the crew and their love of the ship. But that's just my humble opinion. 3) For the filler arcs, I'm going to have to respectfully bow out of this one. I don't know enough of the canon story (whether manga or anime) at this point in the storyline to feel justified in making a choice.

Brent Johnson

to me it's the hole ship only if the keel is original. Parts and upgrades can be done but if the keel is broken the ship dies and is never the same. Thats why i think all ships are repaired no matter what but if the keel is broken ive never heard of a ship being repaired its always scraped. Now i'm partual to Ranma or Ruby as the main but when it comes to DxD the show falls flat on its face to me as a D&D player there is so much that could be done. I say Warhammer Fantasy /ranma & neo/ DxD. DxD crew would find out real quick that they need to grow up or die. The sexual parts of the DxD show would have to go somewhere or it would be a big problem. Which may or may not get one or all the girls in situations where they have to put up or shut up. I see Issei dead in less than 2 min in that world. I would be a easy way to get him removed and the girls in a spot to make them wake the fuck up.

E.C.

I'll look at Archive of Our Own for fanfics. Though if you wanted to write your own, I actually do have an idea that you might like that is Natsu/Erza, hasn't been done before and is mostly Erza focused with a Natsu that is based of his original short story concept before he became what he is now

Alamar Xandal

for Stallion of the Line questions 1. I believe that the food would be transported to robin and 3 the Davy black fight and long ring long land ark is indeed cannon, but the anime dragged it out WAY longer than it was in the manga, much to it's detriment

Kariston Draconis

GDWHOM: 1. I don't object to Akeno joining Ranma and Saeko, in fact the way the story has been going, I've been kind of half expecting it. That being said, while I agree that the way you've portrayed Rias she wouldn't accept being number two to anyone, who says there can only be one number one? Things can happen, you know. Plus, if you go the Ranma/Saeko/Akeno route, you're gonna need someone to keep them grounded. Sure, neither this Ranma nor Saeko are quite as bad as their Horse of the Dead counterparts, but they still have their issues. Or that might be the fact that I just want someone to actually do a Ranma/Rias story talking, every other Ranma/DxD story out there still being written is avoiding it. 2. Don't recall that ever being shown, no. 3. There is a single known female among the Grigori leadership, her name is Penemue, and her position is Chief Secretary. ------------------------------------------------ Stalion of the Line: 1. I'd say that's entirely up to you to decide. If it's never been either confirmed or denied by Word Of God, then do whatever you think works. 2. It is said that the spirit of a ship lives in its Figurehead, which is the ornament on the front. The significance of the keel is that it is the first part to be made, so the laying of the keel is considered the start of the ship building process, and sometimes has a ceremony conducted as well, but the spirit of a ship doesn't actually reside there. 3. Never actually got into One Piece, so can't say one way or the other here.

Narsil

I can't really speak to the fandom-specific questions, but for a song/hymn for Asia to sing at a state funeral, a little research says Amazing Grace is perhaps the most popular funeral hymn, and I was surprised to see Morning Has Broken on the list. For a hymn that that's not specifically Catholic but has the advantage of not directly mentioning deity (if you leave off the 4th verse that someone else wrote) and so being more tolerable to any Devils around, there's Lead, Kindly Light. That one seems to fit Asia to a T.

Eraser279

I really appreciate your work and I am glad to give you some recommendations for fan fictions that I’ve found are criminally underrated and follow underused characters: The Blue Pheasant Flies On (One Piece/Fairy Tale, Aokiji lead), A Clash of Values and Auras (HxH/Touhou crossover), The Hunter Amongst Villains (OPM/My Hero Academia Garou lead), A Devil’s Diamond (JoJo’s/HSDxD), The Requiem of Remnant (JoJo’s/RWBY), A Cold Calculus (Code Geass Euphemia/Kallen leads), STARDERP TENDENCY (KonoSuba/JoJo’s), Where’s the Supermarket in this Imperial City? (OPM/Akame ga Kiru), Just an Unorthodox Thief (Fate/Lupin III), The Next Dimension Over (Naruto/Dragon Ball Sakura lead), The Void of the Sky (Familiar of Zero/Touhou), Sea of Second Chances (Massive Crossover), The Dark Lords of Nerima (Ranma/Sailor Moon), and The Tick vs My Hero Academia (The Tick/My Hero Academia). Please enjoy.

Diego D'Andrea

For Question 2 of FILFY: as an Italian I can recommend three songs for those who no longer exist: "Giorgia - Gocce di memoria" "Francesco Guccini – Canzone per un’amica" also known as "In morte di S.F." "Ligabue – Il mio pensiero" For Question 4 of FILFY: I would like to see a cooking contest written by you. For Question 1 GDWHOM: you were building a good relationship between Rias and Ranma, but I don't think he would play well. For Akeno I see it fit into the dynamic with Saeko. For question 3 GDWHOM: The only grigory female director I know is Penemue. I hope it can be useful.

Udodelig Urningin

Stallion of the Line: 1. my thought process was this: no time limit so blood must flow and can move after summoning so nerves must interact, so if she gets poisoned or eats something with one of her summons it would go to the appropriate part of her main body... and now I am thinking she could become an eldritch horror abomination if she has a nightmare. 2. For repairs or upgrades, if you get a ship to the dock and the process happens continuously (no other ships enter or leave that specific dock), then I could see the whole ship replaced, aside from the nameplate. that has to stay the same even if it has battle damage. 3. I think, in general, you know what your characters can do and what would represent a challenge. cannon filler arcs might provide interesting opportunities to showcase Ranma planning ahead (rainbow mist), but if Raffy would barely change anything vs Luffy or it would be a complete curb stomp; make up your own islands and conflicts! Go wild and show us the chaos gods playground.

Readm

GDWHOM 1. I still hold with the opinion that in this fic ranma should stay a one woman guy with Saeko 2. they take damage but it’s the same as if any normal monster was hit by holy magic so far only Devils and Vampires have shown an actual weakness to the Holy element 3. Penemue she is the Grigors chief secretary for Azazal and the 2 vice governors she is an 8 winged fallen and is highly respected

Sisyphus

I don’t have many thoughts on these but Filfy 2 - Nunc Dimittis or Song of Simeon and Filfy 4 - bring on the food wars!! Thanks

Seraphim38

In gdawhom I see Akeno more than I do with Rias since she does have problems sharing issei in the anime and Manga.

vimesenthusiast

ehhh, I reallllly don't like the G8 arc. I might show the characters, and have Hina meet them, but no, that is just not going to happen. Raffy would sooner smash his way out then try to get away peacefully. Remember to him, most marines are, if not dupes and therefore punchable, as corrupt as the WG.

vimesenthusiast

I hate nearly everything Naruto. Sorry. Browncoat Green Eyes was fantastic even if I already knew about it. Thanks for trying LOL

vimesenthusiast

1. See, now you're challenging me LOL. If everyone else is avoiding it, maybe I will see if i can grab this bull by the horns and make it work!! Still, I have at least one more chapter to think about before I need to make that decision. 3. Not the only one to mention Penemue. That's a lock then. I think she and Grayfia are going to make a 'Kill the bastard gnome' alliance'. Stallion: 2. Hmmm... I think I'll have to go with it being both. It was the Keel which was the thing that had to die to break Merry's spirit in canon, but there was some evidence that at least some of Merry's spirit lived on when the figurehead was salvaged.

vimesenthusiast

I can see her using Lead, Kindly Light, but it isn't Catholic enough for her to use it to grieve the passing dead.

vimesenthusiast

I've looked at the lyrics of those songs, and while they are good, unfortunately they are not quite religious enough for Asia the little nun. Sorry. 4 - yeah, surprisingly you're not the only one on this. I don't think I'll show the whole cooking contest, that would be boring, but maybe the final round. 3GDWHOM - Penemue is a lock.

Tomon

FILFY: 1) I think Kiba issue is twofold. He starts off pretty well and strong enough not to struggle against any common foe. But that also takes away room for easy improvement. His training with Harry progressed him even further than he was at this point, and he also got a strong training partner and sort of role model to grow further faster. But well, then he went through the whole Holy sword arc which is his Achilles heel. Even if he ends up stronger for it with his pretty much ultimate sword :) So from my point of view his progress is there, but he may need some proper opponent or at least opportunity to show it off for all to see. 2) Got nothing appropriate, sory :( 3) I'm afraid a lot of them ends up either dead or with their fates pretty tied up. Of course we yet to see the next movie so there are SOME option but to really give you a good name... Hmm, probably Gunnar Grimmson who was a capable dark wizard capable of "playing" many roles including being a bounty hunter https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Gunnar_Grimmson You can also of course create his son, apprentice, family member(s), etc :) 4) I wouldn't focus on it too much. A lot of going on already, maybe skip part of it? Do only the important or relevant scenes? But could be kinda something new :) GDWHOM: 1) I can see her doing so, but not sure how much welcoming would be Ranma and especially Saeko. Honestly I can see them much more easily accepting Rias. From my point of view Ranma and Rias really connected well... But I can see your hesitance :) 2) I always wondered that myself given they can still use the light magic themselves. I don't know if it was shown in canon. 4) Gabriel, can she be in relationship without being a fallen? How would that work? How it's done in canon? :-D Stallion of the Line: 1) Where does what she sees go? How does what she felt get transfered? :-D Some things cannot be really explained and trying to apply logic to a specific way of a magical/devil fruit inner working while ignoring the rest is often meaningless. That being said I thought about her fruit a lot, since it's one of the strongest in the whole series with a potential to be broken. It seems she should be able to create pretty much every body part with the only down side being that a damage or at least pain get transferred back, otherwise it would be truly unbeatable when combined with haki. She is definitely able to create a mouth, after all she is currently able to create a whole clone. But in my opinion she is only able to taste with a mouth created somewhere else. The food intake won't get transferred and she will remain hungry. How much of her body would she need to create to be able to eat like this is something I'm unsure. Would even the whole clone works? It probably should but then can she actually teleport things? Kinda gross idea but... :-D Let's say that I prefer it not working like that and remain with the taste option only ;) 2) I think the spirit is kinda created via the care of the crew and their feelings. So if they see ship ornament as the ship symbol, it could be transferred like that. If they take the whole ship as something that cannot be replaced the spirit goes down with the ship itself. If they are practical enough to consider the keel the integral part it could remain intact just via that. Or... as much as I don't really want to go that route there is also possibility of the ship not manifesting spirit at all, at least not the first one ;) After all the legends goes that it appears towards the end of ship's life anyway... 3) Definitely not all but some of the filler are good or got potential, such as G-8 or even the movies, there I would mention either Strong World or Z. And sometimes just using concept or specific character could make for a good event.

Narsil

True enough, that's more of a song requested by the deceased for their funeral.

Hiryo

GDWHOM Question: 1. Sadly, as you wrote Rias in a corner, so to say, Akeno can quite make the ‘opening there’, and a good choice for pairing. In a way Akeno still can be able to bridge the gap between Ranma and Rias for the future. 2. Since Fallen Angels are part devil, they are affected nearly the same as Devils see this link for further info. https://highschooldxd.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Sword 3. There is no women among the Girgori’s leaders. Gabriel: More is the pity and also a bit disappointed that she didn’t make it into Ranma’s group. For that the pairing of Ranma and Saeko happened too early, before he met the others. Stallion of the Line questions: 1. IMHO Well per se, I’d say she could IN SUM eat as much as she normally can (see Buggy’s devil fruit), as for where the food goes, the same way her multiplied fingers, legs, etc. vanish to, due her ‘Devil Fruit’ powers. 2. There are plenty of different legends/fairy tails/myths about that. For most it’s the most memorable part of this ship. However, there are stories that it is: Bell, keel, galleon-figure, main hall, famous main flag, hall, the skeleton of the captain…. Basically what you want it to be since there are too many to list. 3. Usually no, not worth to have around, only for those, which you like. Buggy: I’m waiting for when Usopp and Buggy’s tour will make an impact in the future fanfic of yours.

Delphinous

well, one other great story you might enjoy is Harry Potter: Geth by mjimeyg, which is a Mass Effect/HP crossover that's fun. i would also suggest Delenda Est by Lord Silvere if you haven't read it. it involves time travel and is a believable and interesting Harry Potter/Bellatrix story. i can understand hating naruto, i personally have never gotten into Ranma, though i don't hate it, and i know it's very popular.

Rumil's Apprentice

FILFY 1. Kiba achieves his balance breaker in the fight against Kokabiel in canon. It has something to do with accessing the light energy inside himself that is leftover from surviving the Holy Sword Project. His balance breaker is the ability to birth swords that are simultaneously holy and demonic. Also in canon, Kiba somehow has a second Sacred Gear, Blade Blacksmith, that creates holy swords like his original Sword Birth creates demonic swords. You kinda get the feeling that Ichiei Ishibumi didn't know what to do with Kiba either. Lol 2. no idea. 3. no specific ideas. Several fics I've read have OCs that are stereotypical Eastern European bad guys, just magic supremacists or pureblood supremacists in this case. That always seems to work as long as you're not looking for too much depth. 4. As part of Kalawarner’s romance plot line, there is a trip to a cooking contest coming up. Are cooking contests interesting enough for me to write them out? I’ve never done that before, so I’m just wondering. Umm... my first thought was no, completely unnecessary. But then I read a few other peoples comments, and I guess it could be nice break from all the fighting and politics. Also, I can imagine it just being hilarious. I mean, Kala would literally be not only the most beautiful person in the building, but also the physically tallest and the most experience cook. Somehow I can imagine people trying to sabotage her while also hitting on her. Probably make her remember why she hates plain hanging out with plain humans or something. I don't know.