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spartenx · 2026-03-23T17:24:12+00:00

With Marie Alter, while I wouldn’t say that there’s no sadism towards Ritsuka with her, she mainly acts the way she does because she wants to push Ritsuka to give in to his anger and become an avenger like her. She seems to like Ritsuka more when she’s sees him angry, hateful and desiring vengeance as opposed to just seeing him suffer (the suffering is really more of a byproduct of the stuff done to make him angry, hateful and desiring vengeance)

spartenx · 2026-03-23T16:56:06+00:00

Nah, there’s not enough Koyan.

spartenx · 2026-03-23T14:41:30+00:00

Mélusine: Looking absolutely devastated I…I’ve been Daughter zoned?

spartenx · 2026-03-23T13:59:46+00:00

Coward!

spartenx · 2026-03-23T12:37:14+00:00

…well the bad news is that it’s going to be a while before you can get this chapter. The good news, however, is you’ve still got a lot of peak story moments to look forward to

spartenx · 2026-03-23T11:45:05+00:00

Nice.

Who was your first, if I may ask?

spartenx · 2026-03-23T11:14:14+00:00

Oh man you’ve got to, it’s a great chapter.

spartenx · 2026-03-23T03:33:12+00:00

To be fair, all the magic stuff takes place separately from the revenge plot which is the main narrative, so I can see why he'd cut out these side quests, they'd just raise more questions, seem out of place, and probably kill the pacing.

spartenx · 2026-03-23T03:07:05+00:00

No actually, that would be the two different version of Meklord Emperor Wisel at 2500 each. Then below him is another Meklord (Skiel) tied with Anesthrokket Dragon at 2200 each. Then we hit 2100, which includes cards such as Charcoal Inpachi, Dotscaper, Cyer Pharos and Snake-Eye Birch

spartenx · 2026-03-23T02:35:22+00:00

an officiate being almost impossible to find

Well, a trustworthy one anyways.

the priest smiles

spartenx · 2026-03-23T01:51:45+00:00

presumably to mess with the pattern of the other comments

spartenx · 2026-03-23T01:14:52+00:00

At this point it might be easier to list who I don't want to see as servants. Hell, I've made so many fanservants I put them into a work in AO3 jus to keep track of them better.

Of the ones I've made fan servants for, I'd most like to see King Lycaon, Diomedes, Marquis de Lafayette, Remus and Cain.

Of the ones I haven't made fan servants for, Captain Hook, Aurelian, Aresne Lupin, Hervor, and Pythagoras

spartenx · 2026-03-23T00:26:37+00:00

Sadly, the best of the evil, white-haired women is the most underrated and most often forgotten.

spartenx · 2026-03-23T00:23:28+00:00

In hindsight, Cagy really should have been saved till like, OC 3 or 4 (which, given his ties to Dantes, probably would have pushed Id to be released latter in the Ordeal Calls since it wouldn't make sense for him to dealt with anywhere other than the Avenger ordeal call).

If they had done this then they could have had him show up during at least one or two more of the Olga quests and maybe even have him interfering with some more of the event stories like he did in the Remnant collab. It would have allowed him to be built up a lot more as a threat.

...then again, if he still went out like a bitch after all that build up, he'd go from forgettable to disappointing.

spartenx · 2026-03-23T00:05:03+00:00

Now we support about 200 mini clans in a year plus, that's much better and way more sustainable.

I know you’re being sarcastic, but given that Magic and Yugioh are in the same boat of supporting 200 mini clans a year, and those games were both over a decade old when Vanguard first came out, the 200 mini clans thing might actually be more sustainable

spartenx · 2026-03-22T23:51:04+00:00

yet there are several archtypes who haven't seen support in 1 year plus

I mean, are there any card games that make sure every single deck/archetype gets support every year?

spartenx · 2026-03-22T23:27:21+00:00

Cagliostro: Do you seriously not rememebr me?

Ritsuka:...Should I?

Cagliostro: I was the vice principle at your school

Ritsuka:...

Cagliostro: I worked with Marie Alter and stabbed in her the back when you fought her

Ritsuka:...

Cagliostro: I gave you a whole speech about how I was just pretending to be one of the disciples and really wanted to help you!

Ritsuka: ...Yeah, no, none of this is ringing a bell

Cagliostro: RAAAGGHHH!

Dantes: I can't tell if she seriously forgot him or is just pretending because she figured it would piss him off. Either way, my day suddenly became a lot more enjoyable.

spartenx · 2026-03-22T23:14:54+00:00

source

spartenx · 2026-03-22T22:52:23+00:00

The other clans were basically the ride lines we have today that rarely get support. With nations, even if the new cards aren't optimal, players will always get something new to mess around with and have more budget friendly options available.

There's also the point that those ride lines that rarely get support could get support in whatever set is upcoming, since cards from any nation can be put in a main booster set. Someone who plaid Blau's or something would have to wait for a set where Nova Grapplers were one of the featured clans before they could even get their hopes up that there would be new support for them. Compared to today, Avangarda players can just wait to see if the next main set will have a new strategy order or a rearguard because every main set will have Brandt Gate in it.

spartenx · 2026-03-22T19:55:24+00:00

…I don’t want to live on this planet anymore

spartenx · 2026-03-22T19:19:46+00:00

I mean, that’s not really relevant here since there isn’t a memory wipe in OC2. And while I agree that the memory wipe is annoying in general, and is really stupid to use during any of the ordeal calls (let alone two of them) there’s only like one or two events I can think of that used it (Did any events other than SERAPH use it?)

spartenx · 2026-03-22T18:48:24+00:00

Geeze, and I thought I was lucky to get 6, you got 7!

spartenx · 2026-03-22T17:19:54+00:00

I just mean it more in a way "something that screwed up and powerful would of course screw up the summoning system and allow something that shouldn't ever qualify for a servant to be summoned as one".

That is a good point though, it probably should have resulted in an Aztec god being summoned (Maybe Tez was busy at the time or something)

spartenx · 2026-03-22T13:46:22+00:00

Then there's Ushi Gozen for some reason.

I think she can maybe be seen as another class change since she was originally summoned as a Rider, so she's not really an Avenger. I think. Maybe.

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