A Review and Fanfiction Thoughts

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So, we get more of the story. Wiser seems to be either willfully ignorant or faking such to frame Lina. As in, he suspects she blew up the tank from Ep. 1 (and other tanks), but he still leads her right to the next tank. Then, when the incoming spell destroys it, he still persists in believing she did it, despite the fact that the spell came form outside, and Lina didn't chant or anything. So, he either has to be dumb (unlikely), have a comedic block that prevents him from putting the evidence together, or is so willing to believe that lIna did it, he's ignoring evidence. That's the thing with Slayers -- I can buy comedic block, since it's not like the main cast doesn't have its selective stupidities, or I could by that this was part of some grand plan. Or, a combination of the two -- a grand plan that is needlessly complicated and requires pretending to be dumb when it could be accomplished in a much simpler manner, adn the cast points this out.

dqbunny also posted a link from QPDiana about Wiser in the novels. Apparently Ruvinaguard had been experimenting with half-demons for the military and people found out, and the monarchy was deposed. It goes with Lina's group's observation that Ruvinaguard's military is getting pretty beefy.

I also want to know what is up with Pocata. Talented mage and damn good artificer (if he is to be believed), but got stuck as a Terriermon (or whatever).



So, I have this fanfic, which usually gets called 'the albatross' by me -- as in, it hung around my neck, and, until I set it down on paper (or in bits), I'd never get any piece. Actual title is "The Sun, Half-Covered" and the sequel was "Crescents on the Ground". It was mostly Amelia & Zel fic -- the second fic brought in Lina and Gourry (and Xellos), and Sylphiel cameo'd in the first. Anyways, part of the plot involves Amelia talking Zel into helping her with something for Seyruun, and him becoming a special member of the Seyruun Royal Guard. (Basically Zel pointed out Seyruun citizens had no reason to listen to him, so Amelia tells him she can have him sworn in as an officer, and that few people will object because of his involvement helping the kingdom during NEXT.)

So, in this episode, Amelia mentions that she was called in because Wiser told the Seyruun government that the problem (of the destroyed mage-tanks) could be an international incident, and with Lina the likely suspect, he would like a show of good faith in helping find her. Zelgadis then adds that he was hired by Prince Phil as Amelia's bodyguard, and as a deputy (and here I question the fansubs and wouldn't mind seeing another translation, since it looked like Zel said 'deputy king', which doesn't seem to make sense. Wouldn't Amelia be the agent of the crown involved, with Zel as assistant. And, yet, deputy king seems to imply that Zel would outrank Amelia. My head hurts...) with a shot of Zel looking like he is being knighted by Phil.

(Considering Lina is a friend of Seyruun, I could see if someone on Ruvinaguard thought she was acting against them, them making sure Seyruun wasn't behind it in secret, since the Princess of Seyruun was Lina's friend. Or if they wanted Lina out of the way, trying to use Amelia to help make sure she cooperated, since Amelia was more likely to help if failure would cause an international incident.)

Makes me wonder if I should hold off on posting the fic until at least mid-season for Revolution. I still need to go through in editing and find a beta-reader. Just to see if I get any more details about Seyruun.

Gah! This is why I don't like writing fic for open canons. I hate being Jossed.

Interesting to note that the anime depicts Seyruun as a constitutional monarchy, or at least one with a legislative branch, unlike most fantasy monarchies.