Carnie M.
On my second playthrough, I noticed that there is actually a coded glyph alphabet. Fairly obvious to most, I suppose, but bear with me.
So I wrote down all the various symbols and which letter they correspond to (a pain when they take an otherwise-appreciated amount of detail to making sure the letters don't look exactly the same each time they're written), and started trying to commit it to memory.
Here's where it gets interesting: I realized that whenever you get a summon tablet, there's a paragraph of glyphs that shows up that they don't decode for you. And they're not the same thing, either; each summon has a different paragraph— most likely a description.
Unfortunately, it goes by so fast that it's almost impossible to actually read, and then it's gone forever. Does anyone know how to get a screen-grab so that further easter-egg dissecting can be done?
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You could possibly watch a Lets Play and pause it when it comes up, I suppose.
RosesSpindle
There's something that's been bothering me about the way people talk about the girl from the Belisnk opera house on this site. All the tropes that mention her say she's a child, but I'm positive she's a grown woman. Her sprite is about as tall as Matthew's, and I'm fairly certain she has an adult figure. In addition, if you examine her grave, it mentions that she's a wife.
Really, the only evidence I can think of for her being a child is that her grandfather is also at the opera house (which isn't all that odd, when you remember Obaba) and the fact that she believes Crystallux exists. (Erik certainly had plenty of people believing in him, and the food the girl leaves out keeps getting eaten, so...)
Am I just crazy, or should I go ahead and edit the relevant tropes?
Huh what who now?
I'm thinking that Matthew's recruitment history provides a good progression of the evolution of Ensembles:
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- Starting with the Tutorial Level, * we have Matthew and Karis, who seem to be a good example of the basic Sword and Sorcerer *.
- When Tyrell comes on board to start the quest proper, we have a certified Power Trio.
- Next, when Rief joins up, well... the Four-Element Ensemble is complete but that's too simple. So I'll try to match Humors instead:
- Matthew - Usually Choleric, but can be Sanguine if he usually answers Gleeful to various prompts or Melancholic if he usually answers Sad.
- Karis - Melancholic, except where Matt is: then Choleric
- Tyrell - Sanguine, except where Matt is: then Choleric
- Rief - Always Phlegmatic.
- With the advent of Amiti, we have a potential Five-Man Band, albeit somewhat strange:
- Matthew - The Hero, natch.
- Karis - The Lancer, partly because she usually triggers Matthew's emotional prompts, and partly because I do not see berating The Big Guy as being "diplomatic" or "unifying".
- Tyrell - The Big Guy
- Rief - The Smart Guy
- Amiti - The Chick, but that's more due to the fact the he's a bit of a Fish out of Water.
- Since Sveta only joins for the second dungeon in Act 3 before signing on for good in the last dungeon of that act, we don't have a real team of six for long. However, Just for Fun, here is how she'd throw the group into a Six Student Clique:
- The Head - Matthew
- The Muscle - Tyrell
- The Quirk - Rief
- The Pretty One - Amiti
- The Smart One - Karis
- The Wild One - Sveta
- And Eoleo fits in as the Upperclassman.
- Alternatively, when Eoleo joins, we could have a full-fledged Magnificent Seven... except that Amiti doesn't work too well as The Lancer.
- But once Himi joins, we get a true Magnificent Seven... with Amiti not quite being an Eighth Ranger.
- The Hero - Matthew
- The Lancer - Karis
- The Big Guy - Sveta *
- The Smart Guy - Rief
- The Funny Guy - Tyrell
- The Old Guy - Eoleo (31!)
- The Young Guy - Himi (8? 12 tops?)
- The Other Guy - Amiti
EDIT: Of course, it's just as much that multiple people can fill various roles with Matthew as the centering force: Both Rief and Karis can count as The Smart Guy (though Rief does have the most book smarts), Tyrell, Sveta, and Eoleo are fellow bruisers (again, Tyrell can be beaten out by his successors), Amiti and Himi have that Fish out of Water vibe, though for different reasons, and both Karis and Tyrell are Matthew's good friends (depending on which side he sways towards, see the Humors above).
Ok, you can resume browsing. Spoilers End.
Edited by DonaldthePotholer Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.
When Kraden and Susa meet, Kraden says that he was looking for Susa especially among the various leaders at the edge of the eclipse, and that he was hoping to obtain something certain from Susa. Then Kushinada falls ill and the discussion is forgotten. I have now cleared the Yamata Ruins, and even the remains of Gaia Rock, and there hasn't been any more mention of why Kraden was so eager to come there. Certainly it was an important place, but all of the important things were things Kraden didn't know about before, while he was already motivated to find Susa. Is it likely that the writers simply forgot that part of the plot, or missed a bit of dialogue when they were cutting unwanted parts for the final draft? ~~~~
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Sequel Hook no doubt.
He who fights bronies should see to itthat he himself does not become a brony. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, Pinkie Pie gazes Also
He was probably looking to grab a 2nd Venus Adept since all of the other elements had two adepts on the team. And it was prophisied that Susa would have a son to aid the 2nd generation. Which may be what Takeru is actually headed for, so Matt had to borrow his sister instead.
Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.
"# Victorious Childhood Friend: Valeshipping (Isaac/Jenna) confirmed to be canon. Your Mileage WILL Vary. "
I'll say it for all of us Mudshipping or Issac with Anyone-other-than-Jenna fans: WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYY?!
That is all. We now return to your regularly scheduled trope.
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Wait... finding Brick was supposed to be a Guide Dang It!? It seemed like something you'd look for if you had previous experience with the series.
Thus speaks the Omega Metroid! ...Or something like that.