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xellos was a weird character who stuck around long after it stopped making sense
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Oct 29, 2018 01:13
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Larryb posted:I forget, did we ever really learn what his deal was? It seems like he both helped and hindered the group as he saw fit. he was one of the mazoku priests, who were just below the generals. i don't think the general he worked for ever showed up? maybe they were in the notorious illustration in the last book. xellos wasn't conflicted or anything; he was dedicated to reviving shabranigdu and destroying the world like any other mazoku. he was just focused on big grandiose plans toward that end instead of killing lina, which is something he was definitely capable of doing at any time.
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Oct 29, 2018 01:57
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book spoilers: dolphin and i guess zelas showed up very, very briefly in the last book and did nothing of note. they were just kind of there.
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Oct 29, 2018 02:04
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it's supposed to be dragon slave, but as a corruption of the original name, dragon slayer. lina didn't invent it, she just likes using it.
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Oct 29, 2018 15:23
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Jon Joe posted:Is Buffy anime 100%
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Oct 29, 2018 17:20
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naga was from the novels, yeah. lina tended to randomly run into naga over and over more than they actually traveled together. i guess they just stopped. revolution and evolution-r weren't based on any books, and they were kind of a rehash of other arcs. it was pretty good since it was slayers, but it didn't do anything new or take any risks. totally-not-naga showing up was a lazy way of adding a popular character, so i wouldn't read too much into it.
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Oct 31, 2018 04:42
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i didn't like how she swapped out her sword for a dagger in later seasons. sure, she rarely ever used either of them but the dagger wasn't as cool.
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Nov 12, 2018 12:15
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he's obviously the min-maxed custom race/class that the dm reluctantly permitted
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Nov 12, 2018 14:53
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luna could never match up to lina's all-consuming dread of her. it's for the best that she never appears.
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Nov 22, 2018 15:41
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what was previously the last book ended with lina completely worn out, physically and emotionally. she decides to take gourry to her hometown, but we never see this.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:37
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i've seen the first three seasons many times, but i haven't watched revo/evolution since they first aired. i really should.
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Nov 26, 2018 00:33
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"the natural enemy of all that lives" still makes me chuckle every time i think about it
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Nov 26, 2018 06:44
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i've been thinking about xellos lately. i've long considered it kind of strange to keep a character around who could end the story any time he feels like it. what's more, there's good reasons why he'd want to (lina keeps beating up shabranigdu and i don't think she will ever stop). instead, xellos hangs out being mildly annoying, often for no particular reason. as for why i say he could wipe the party, lina's big guns are very slow and unwieldy, but xellos is super fast, stealthy, capable of teleporting at will, and as a high rank mazoku normal spells wouldn't really work on him even if they hit. it's like he was designed from the start to be un-fightable. however, as this thread has pointed out, slayers is a d&d campaign. in that context, xellos makes perfect sense. he's a dm contrivance to handle a party that keeps picking fights with important npcs. xellos is a character the players can't beat up, and he can simply leave if they try. so, he is always available to provide cryptic hints and move the quest along.
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Nov 29, 2018 05:10
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Captain Cappy posted:How did Lina beat up Shabranigdu but she can't beat up Xellos? Science can't explain that. lina can beat just about anything if she can actually hit it with a ragna blade. the problem with xellos is that she just plain can't hit him. maybe giga slave would work, but lina stopped using that spell for obvious reasons.
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Nov 29, 2018 06:54
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naga can't appear in the main story, because one naga is more than equal to every other member of lina's party. gourry, zel and amelia would have no choice but to slink off in shame.
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