Shut up, mom. It's over.Mk_C wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:52 pmYou were my brother, Werra! I loved you!
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Shut up, mom. It's over.Mk_C wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:52 pmYou were my brother, Werra! I loved you!
Yes. I was thinking how clever Alex has been. Not only has he pumped them for information but by winning the game he has distracted them so they will likely forget he asked or won't think it important.CrimsonFALKE wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:06 pmI wonder how many years we've been in chapter 2? Good to see the human win against the mighty Loroi in this game also yeah that is sound logic in this forever war.
I'm just assuming he is a clever guy & has the natural, master of orion derived, charismatic trait for humansJagged wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 7:45 amYes. I was thinking how clever Alex has been. Not only has he pumped them for information but by winning the game he has distracted them so they will likely forget he asked or won't think it important.CrimsonFALKE wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:06 pmI wonder how many years we've been in chapter 2? Good to see the human win against the mighty Loroi in this game also yeah that is sound logic in this forever war.
Is this the first time we really see why he was chosen for the mission?
I don't think it's some big brain shit. Alex is not a spy trying to harvest classified intel - he's a guy in an alien and complicated predicament that he has very limited knowledge about, not to mention a diplomatic figure on a contact mission. It would be weird and suspicious if he was not constantly asking questions about everything around him, including such stuff as Historians and their involvement in the war. And it would be equally weird if the Loroi were for some reason unwilling to supply him with information that is literally common knowledge among them - Beryl and Tempo have never failed to exposit all over him so far. The only obstacles in that direction are getting shoved into a solitary and the Pocket Historian's warning.Jagged wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 7:45 amYes. I was thinking how clever Alex has been. Not only has he pumped them for information but by winning the game he has distracted them so they will likely forget he asked or won't think it important.
Is this the first time we really see why he was chosen for the mission?
Tempo says on page 66 that Tempest's Farseer couldn't pick up anything from Bellarmine until she started broadcasting greetings, while normally they should've seen her coming from many jumps away.
"They're waggleling!"Clockwork Ninja wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:41 amIRL pilots will use the rudder of an aircraft to yaw back and forth a bit "wagging the tail" when in view of another plane, like waving to each other. This is sometimes done to indicate a problem when a radio is unavailable, or it can just be a friendly acknowledgement.
Good point. So humans in general are immune. That's not one of their MoO traits.
It was, by none other then her own bandmate Talon.
To be fair, this isn't a one-for-one by a long shot (even though Beryl, Tempo, and Fireblade are nearly identical to the Elerian Scientist, Spy, and Soldier respectively). The heavy implication is that humans are the template race for the Loroi, which might be a reason why Loroi can't read them. Most of the fics here hint at latent human telepathy that is unknown to us because we've either never had the occasion to use it or has, through force of evolution, been "dummied out" with regards to our ability to access it even though it still exists.
Well, the story/Arioch will have to reveal that.orion1836 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:49 pmTo be fair, this isn't a one-for-one by a long shot (even though Beryl, Tempo, and Fireblade are nearly identical to the Elerian Scientist, Spy, and Soldier respectively). The heavy implication is that humans are the template race for the Loroi, which might be a reason why Loroi can't read them. Most of the fics here hint at latent human telepathy that is unknown to us because we've either never had the occasion to use it or has, through force of evolution, been "dummied out" with regards to our ability to access it even though it still exists.
I personally think that humanity's telepathic blankness is a function of the similarity between human and Loroi brains in the same way that two radios broadcasting close to each other in frequency will interfere with each other's transmissions. Fireblade forged some sort of connection during Alex's interrogation, which is why she's able to bleed over (sometimes), but that's it.
Oh you naughty thing! If it's true, those Loroi are as dirty as us humans.sunphoenix wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:05 pmI think 'Tail-Wag' is meant to refer to wiggling, yes your posterior... very likely in a sexual enticement to gain the attention of a male.
'Seed-Head' is also a {ahem} potentially sexual connotation for oral sex with a male. 'Plunger'... there are so many mentally kinky sexual connotations to that as well.
...yes I'm from There, and we DO house calls.
Bellarmine was only shot after she hailed the others and made noise. That is a point against their strange attacker actively hunting human ships. Because then they would have expected the Bellarmine or caught her in an empty system.Arent wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:18 pmWell, the story/Arioch will have to reveal that.
Since there seem to be powers bent on preventing contact between Loroi & Humans, I suspect there is more to it than just "differently evolved template".
If that were the case, contact to the Loroi would be unimportant & there would be no reason to actively prevent it.
Still don't undertand why in a matriarchal society such epithets are a thing. In ours, a man who manages to entice and bring pleasure to women is admired and envied instead.Snoofman wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 3:22 amOh you naughty thing! If it's true, those Loroi are as dirty as us humans.sunphoenix wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:05 pmI think 'Tail-Wag' is meant to refer to wiggling, yes your posterior... very likely in a sexual enticement to gain the attention of a male.
'Seed-Head' is also a {ahem} potentially sexual connotation for oral sex with a male. 'Plunger'... there are so many mentally kinky sexual connotations to that as well.
...yes I'm from There, and we DO house calls.
While it's possible, 'Plunger' could also be referring to a pilot that plunges to the earth after getting shot out of the sky. Which is also losing... obviously.
Because we are not Loroi, but Hunams.
That would require the unkown power to know that the humans were sending scouts.Werra wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:38 amBellarmine was only shot after she hailed the others and made noise. That is a point against their strange attacker actively hunting human ships. Because then they would have expected the Bellarmine or caught her in an empty system.Arent wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 4:18 pmWell, the story/Arioch will have to reveal that.
Since there seem to be powers bent on preventing contact between Loroi & Humans, I suspect there is more to it than just "differently evolved template".
If that were the case, contact to the Loroi would be unimportant & there would be no reason to actively prevent it.
I mean, Tail-Wag could still have that connotation, just depends on exactly how she's trying to draw attention to herself in said situation. Wagging her tail around would certainly draw the attention of males and possibly some females, if she does it the right way.Arioch wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 9:09 amThere are no sexual connotations to any of these epithets... except in the minds of our human male readers.
"Seed-head" is akin to "pumpkin-head," a reference to Spiral's pastoral birthplace and ....questionable... sophistication level. "Naught but seeds rattling around in that skull."
"Tail-wag" is someone trying shamelessly to draw attention to herself.
"Plunger" is a device for unplugging toilets. Not sure why that one is confusing people.
Oh my nice way to serve it up man. Although what would be some other insults say from tempo's planet?Arioch wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 9:09 amThere are no sexual connotations to any of these epithets... except in the minds of our human male readers.
"Seed-head" is akin to "pumpkin-head," a reference to Spiral's pastoral birthplace and ....questionable... sophistication level. "Naught but seeds rattling around in that skull."
"Tail-wag" is someone trying shamelessly to draw attention to herself.
"Plunger" is a device for unplugging toilets. Not sure why that one is confusing people.