While you wait, you want to see if Acalo has any more to say about, um, romantic fated duels.
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CV: ...other CVs?
LL: oops hi again lol
LL: yeah there's like diff "versions" of ur game, i don't rlly get what it means, but everyone has the same four initials in all of them so there's three other CVs
CV: hmm. this all sounds very metaphysical. maybe pacat will have some insight.
LL: whos pacat?
CV: autographicAnaglyph.
LL: oh cool! yeah haha i feel like they know metaphysics stuff
LL: also um
LL: do u want to maybe
LL: talk more about the cool fated duel thing
CV: yes. what did you have in mind?
LL: well ok so normally i do stories about wolves (which is like sewolves for mydians) but we can do something else if u want
CV: there are a lot more options for duels if the fated rivals have opposable thumbs.
LL: oh true! ok they can be humans. or mydians!
CV: how about one of each? the dark shore is between universes after all.
LL: yesss
LL: can they be having mystic visions of each other, like they met on a dream plane or sth
CV: I like that. but what is their rivalry over?
LL: hmmm they could have different opinions about... the nature of divinity??
CV: hah, not a common rivalry trope where I'm from.
LL: um not where i'm from either haha that's just what mari and apoc are always arguing about. most of the stories about duels in amdai are like vengeance for hurting someone's family or friends
CV: really? in leira duels tend to be a ritualized court negotiation tactic.
LL: umm maybe it's like, they both want vengeance but they're not really allowed to seek it, so they have to do this ritualized negotiation, but there's this burning undercurrent of if only I was allowed to kill you
LL: if u wantto haha -,///-,
CV: vengeance isn't usually a personalized thing for mydians. normally you'd take vengeance on behalf of your nation. anyone doing that for personal ends would be a hothead and a fool. abandoning duty for personal feelings.
CV: which is exactly the most romantic sort of character.
LL: omg yesss their family or their king or whatever is like expecting them to resolve this civilly but they just can't, they hate each other too much
CV: so much that it somehow wraps back around into another kind of obsession.
LL: they can't imagine living without hating each other, but nor can they imagine not trying to destroy each other!!
CV: whatever they have has been doomed from the beginning. as is any hope of friendship between their nations.
LL: aaaaaaaa that's so good!!!!
LL: so there's ppl relying on them both coming out of this alive, ppl need them, but taje
LL: oh crap gtg deal w this
LL: oops hi again lol
LL: yeah there's like diff "versions" of ur game, i don't rlly get what it means, but everyone has the same four initials in all of them so there's three other CVs
CV: hmm. this all sounds very metaphysical. maybe pacat will have some insight.
LL: whos pacat?
CV: autographicAnaglyph.
LL: oh cool! yeah haha i feel like they know metaphysics stuff
LL: also um
LL: do u want to maybe
LL: talk more about the cool fated duel thing
CV: yes. what did you have in mind?
LL: well ok so normally i do stories about wolves (which is like sewolves for mydians) but we can do something else if u want
CV: there are a lot more options for duels if the fated rivals have opposable thumbs.
LL: oh true! ok they can be humans. or mydians!
CV: how about one of each? the dark shore is between universes after all.
LL: yesss
LL: can they be having mystic visions of each other, like they met on a dream plane or sth
CV: I like that. but what is their rivalry over?
LL: hmmm they could have different opinions about... the nature of divinity??
CV: hah, not a common rivalry trope where I'm from.
LL: um not where i'm from either haha that's just what mari and apoc are always arguing about. most of the stories about duels in amdai are like vengeance for hurting someone's family or friends
CV: really? in leira duels tend to be a ritualized court negotiation tactic.
LL: umm maybe it's like, they both want vengeance but they're not really allowed to seek it, so they have to do this ritualized negotiation, but there's this burning undercurrent of if only I was allowed to kill you
LL: if u wantto haha -,///-,
CV: vengeance isn't usually a personalized thing for mydians. normally you'd take vengeance on behalf of your nation. anyone doing that for personal ends would be a hothead and a fool. abandoning duty for personal feelings.
CV: which is exactly the most romantic sort of character.
LL: omg yesss their family or their king or whatever is like expecting them to resolve this civilly but they just can't, they hate each other too much
CV: so much that it somehow wraps back around into another kind of obsession.
LL: they can't imagine living without hating each other, but nor can they imagine not trying to destroy each other!!
CV: whatever they have has been doomed from the beginning. as is any hope of friendship between their nations.
LL: aaaaaaaa that's so good!!!!
LL: so there's ppl relying on them both coming out of this alive, ppl need them, but taje
LL: oh crap gtg deal w this