New Questions abound, large and small (Patreon)

Hello everybody! As you will have noticed, Sword Bow and Horse is up now. Stallion of the line will be up tomorrow, as will FILFy. Nad Destroyer got it back to me earlier tonight, and I will go through it tomorrow. Stallion is with Hiryo and Tomon, who will hopefully be able to get it back to me sometime tomorrow as well as I would like their opinion on several points within the chapter. Regardless, it will be posted before midnight tomorrow.

Anyway, with the August stuff done or nearly so, it is time to think of the future. And in the pursuit of that, I have some questions to ask you all. This will not be the only post I make, but it will be the one to actually have questions about specific stories

1. With the work on SB&H finished, it should come as no surprise that the first questions are about it. 

A. In the last chapter, I tried to use Ranma as a sort of jumpstart to getting Valentina, and through her a lot of other people – mostly OCs- thinking in terms of guns, and steam in the future. This was so that I could introduce steampunk elements later on, a type of story I’ve no yet been able to delve into. So my question is, did it work? Is it interesting enough to follow through? Or do you think it just is too silly, and I should give it up? Just have Tina develop muskets instead.

B. This is a question for a few chapters in the future: how strong should Thenardier be in comparison to Roland and Elen? His style more resembles Roland, and he was able to beat Elen off in canon, but his body wasn’t up to standing up to an arrow to the forehead from Tigre. So I am wondering where he should be in terms of durability? Should I make it that the arrow penetrated due to being shot far faster than any other arrow due to the black bow, or should he be a glass cannon, able to do damage but not take it in turn?

C. Should Ranma go on an anti-slavery crusade in Muozinel in the future? I have other ideas of what he should be doing, but I am wondering if people would like to see him use more espionage and trickery and so forth to try to overthrow an entire society based on slavery? Warning: this is not going to be as easy as in 

2. My next two questions are about FilFy Teacher. It should come as no surprise that I try to finish off the Ireland stuff in the next chapter, and after that FILFy will be on a month long hiatus before being one of the small story poll choices. After that will be a aftermath chapter and then a transfer to Egypt and the adventure there (not all in one chapter LOL). My question is about the Egyptian adventure. 

A. First, is there have anyone among you who has been there? If so, could I respectfully ask to pick your brain? PM me if so.

B. second, if there are any among you who have studied Egyptian mythology, I will also cheerfully inquire about that from you as well.  Again, PM me so we can talk without spoilers being shared.

C. I would like to introduce a man or boy from the church, an exorcist who won’t leap to conclusions about Asia. Are there any such characters already existing? Beyond that giant bald priest guy whose name I can never remember. I’m not looking for a permanent character, but someone who can start to sooth the troubled waters between Harry and the church, since Irina and Xenovia are not really representatives of that body.

Other questions about FIlfy will be forthcoming after the chapter is posted, due to fear of spoilers.

3. And now a hop over to my other DxD crossover, GDWHOM: 

A. This question is about two chapters away from being important, but it’s one I have fought with myself over. My initial thought in this story was to have Sairaorg Bael and Kasumi meet and for the two of them to fall in love. But I am having second thoughts about introducing Bael so soon, simply because he is so much stronger than any of the characters at present. Ranma has more potential, but he can’t use the magic of Jusenkyo very well just yet. So should I keep this pairing and just push it back, or have one of the other male characters (not Ranma, they are bro and sis) show interest in her?

B. I intend to use this story to explore other mythologies a lot – yes the characters will be traveling the world LOL. So after Japan and China’s, what mythology most interests you all?

C. For DxD experts, beyond Sun Wukong, are there any other Chinese mythological figures mentioned in DxD canon? And I’m not talking about weapons, but characters here.

I have several questions about Stallion of the Line, but all of them have a slight spoiling smell about them, so they too will wait for now.

4. Because of that, we will go on to Fate Touched.  There is only one question here. What does everyone think of Tauriel, and pairing her with Harry instead of eventually pairing him with Eowyn? This is a BIG question, since having Harry be in a relationship with an Elf or even just interested in an Elf will change how he spends his time in the intervening years between the events of the Fellowship (or what I will be writing instead LOL) and thus would change a great deal of the, call it the middle of the story I suppose. It would also mean having Harry be pushed towards effective immortality rather than wanting to be more mortal/normal. Further, what will be his impact on Tuariel, not just the reverse? Big topics, all leading back to a single question here people.

That’s all for now folks, hope you all had a fun and safe August. Watch out for the September polls to be posted tomorrow, and happy reading!