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Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

TwoPair posted:

Yeah, like Flamme said, she just didn't because she couldn't imagine an era of peace. Serie is the player who has so much fun being overleveled in an RPG they don't want the game to end. Meanwhile Frieren is all about post-game content.

It just dawned me how much of a sick burn that was. In this episode, Frieren pointed out that Serie's way of choosing who passes is actually fully correct, because her instinct is. And Serie's reasoning to fail everyone is consistent with what we know of magic - imagination is very, very important. Everyone who went in could not imagine themselves passing, and if your vision is that limited, you have no place as a first-class mage where imagining yourself defeating extremely powerful demons is very much your job (at least, as seen by Serie). Frieren essentially locked herself into a defeat by acknowledging Serie would never let her pass, and Serie knew fully well Frieren would think that way and fail the test. Meanwhile, Fern had no such issues, so she passed.

What am I getting into here? Serie is extremely serious about having the broadest imagination, because she's the most powerful mage. Flamme told her, to her face, that she could never defeat the Demon Lord because she couldn't imagine what comes next. She mocked Serie's very principles to her face, and she was absolutely correct at that.

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Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

LostRook posted:

Yeah, the one getting flags for killing the real Frieren is Ubel.

Übel wouldn't kill Frieren. She's obsessed with learning what makes people tick to copy their magic, and Frieren would be one hell of a project for that with how bad she can be at showing her feelings.

Honestly that seems like a pretty good arc for both, the selfish hyper-empath and the selfless empathy-learner having a fun time together trying to learn about each other.

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Arc Hammer posted:

Imagine if there was an entire dungeon that was actually a colossal mimic. It just wanders around the land setting itself up as a lure for adventurers and when it has finished eating it moves to another location.

Frieren would feel it has to be absolutely full of super rare magical grimoires. Fern would immediately tell her that it's obviously a mimic. This would not stop Frieren, and a minute later, she'd be whining about how it's dark and she's scared after she gets eaten (her legs would be somehow left out so she could flail them)

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Das Boo posted:

My cat got Himmel eyes.

Much like Himmel, your cat is very handsome.

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