-I am beginning attempt #5,821 to organize my life and be more productive. It involves a whiteboard and lists! Oh boy! I can't wait to see how long this takes to end in failure
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XP I'm sure if pressed she'd probably surprise herself by thinking of more than a few reasons why people like him.
I have to get back to Aqualord because I never got around to finishing it and it's been so long that I'd have to start from the beginning, but yeah. Try goes so deep but still has so much stuff to build on. For so long that *was* the ending of Slayers and it was a pretty satisfying one. I really would've loved to see some of the stuff that felt like it was simmering under the surface come to a boil after Try. The dragons trying desperately to recover after their huge loss of numbers, the monsters perhaps adjusting their goals as Zelas seems to start to take more control over things with Hellmaster gone... So much good stuff to work with there.
I've heard that basically Kanzaka never intended for there to be any romance when he was writing the novels since it wasn't something he had a lot of faith in himself writing, but the Lina/Gourry thing sort of just HAPPENED without him really planning it which would explain it if he has something of a fondness for it. But yeah... pairing someone up with Xellos could've gone SO wrong under so many circumstances, but with Filia... it just works. She's a great character even without Xellos around to make sparks fly and she doesn't put up with his bullshit. I was perfectly satisfied to never pair Xellos up with anyone for a good long time... but Filia? Hell yeah.
I have to get back to Aqualord because I never got around to finishing it and it's been so long that I'd have to start from the beginning, but yeah. Try goes so deep but still has so much stuff to build on. For so long that *was* the ending of Slayers and it was a pretty satisfying one. I really would've loved to see some of the stuff that felt like it was simmering under the surface come to a boil after Try. The dragons trying desperately to recover after their huge loss of numbers, the monsters perhaps adjusting their goals as Zelas seems to start to take more control over things with Hellmaster gone... So much good stuff to work with there.
I've heard that basically Kanzaka never intended for there to be any romance when he was writing the novels since it wasn't something he had a lot of faith in himself writing, but the Lina/Gourry thing sort of just HAPPENED without him really planning it which would explain it if he has something of a fondness for it. But yeah... pairing someone up with Xellos could've gone SO wrong under so many circumstances, but with Filia... it just works. She's a great character even without Xellos around to make sparks fly and she doesn't put up with his bullshit. I was perfectly satisfied to never pair Xellos up with anyone for a good long time... but Filia? Hell yeah.
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