NEW EPU!

[Bob Schroeck]

The latest installment in Warriors of the Outer Rim: The Fulcrum of Fate, Part I!
-- Bob
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As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[Kokuten]

and it's a brainbuster!Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

[TheTwisted1]

Great googly moogly!
Possible spoiler (highlight to view)
When they described Vert's problem student I has my suspicions. When they said the surname, my responce was "they didn't?!" When they gave the rest, it was "they did!" And Hercule Poirot!!
Also wondering how we're going to go from the respirator-bound Vader of this to the one presented in "Blades."
End Spoiler
Overall, I'm definitely looking forward to more.

-The Twisted OneSi vis pacem, para bellum. (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
--Roman proverb
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--Voltaire

[WengFook]

I'd just like to say that the first four letters Or'lyn'do's name spell orly. _______________________________
We are the swords in the darkness, the watchers on the walls. The fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn. The horn that wakes the sleepers. The shield that guards the realms of men. -The Brothers Black
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Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.

[Logan Darklighter]

COOKIES??
OKay. That just BROKE MY BRAIN!!
In a good way, mind you...
As to the rest -
Once again, Gryph proves why he is the master of pulling in disparate source material and making it work - arguably - better than the original!
-Logan
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"This kind of thing tends invariably to devolve into the kind of "No, Nakajima, THIS is true power!!" argument that only really works if you're yelling it from the cockpit of a giant robot . . ."
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[Sweno]

I was definitely tweaked by the inclusion of certain characters in the Jedi temple (boarding school? somewhere in between?). But by the end of the scene I was looking forward to more.
And on the topic of weird amalgamations, I want to see more of Shinji/Auska/Rei.-Terry
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Mary Sue's theme music
-Terry
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[Evil Midnight Lurker]

Mmmm.... Shinji/Asuka/Rei...
...sorry, what were we talking about? x.x;
I wonder if Harry's in there anywhere.
--Sam
"I said -- SPOON!"

[WengFook]

it miiiiiiiiight be interesting to meet a Harry Potter who is growing up without the whole prophecy deal
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We are the swords in the darkness, the watchers on the walls. The fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn. The horn that wakes the sleepers. The shield that guards the realms of men. -The Brothers Black
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Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.

[Bob Schroeck]

So far we've not see either Harry or Ron. Someone over on the EPU boards suggested that a Harry who was a disciple of Vader would make for an interesting twist. No one's even mentioned Ron yet, which I'm sure would depress him if he knew.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[zojojojo]

to be fair, ron doesn't have any redeeming qualities that would be useful in an epu work... his role in the books is 'first magical friend with occassional bouts of rage and jealousy' ... that isn't of much use to the jedi and of only slightly more use to a sith...
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

[Black Aeronaut]

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Someone over on the EPU boards suggested that a Harry who was a disciple of Vader would make for an interesting twist.

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Glad to see an idea of mine has found a home in someone's brain. ^_^

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What!? Were you expecitng something witty?

[Bob Schroeck]

-- Bob
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[M Fnord]

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I'd just like to say that the first four letters Or'lyn'do's name spell orly.

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[jpub]

Re: Ron
Considering these guys managed to salvage every single freaking character in Utena to one extent or another, I think making Ron Weasley and/or his family a contributing notworthy element of a EPU story is somewhat of a non-entity of a challenge for Gryphon et. al. --
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel

[Jeanne Hedge]

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Considering these guys managed to salvage every single freaking character in Utena to one extent or another

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Surely not. I can think of a couple who haven't been salvaged or redeemed in the slightest.
Unless "salvaged" means "taken from original source and twisted to fit UF plot slot".

Jeanne Hedge
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"Believe me, if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won't be a problem."
-- Gabrielle of Potadeia

[ECSNorway]

I think the usage here is more of the "made an actual useful part of the plot and meaningful character". Which Ron really isn't.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Morganite]

They put Touga in a position where he can be killed multiple times, that's got to count for something. '.'
As for Ron... *shrug* Not every reference has to have some kind of major significance right now. Just an excuse to imagine Jedi Hermione is good enough for me. ^-^
-Morgan."I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, time travelers, or espers here, come sleep with me."
---From "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
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[jpub]

After reading the second installment, I have to say I'm pretty disappointed. The HP elements are gratutiously silly to an extent that Gryphon et. al. haven't sunk to before.
Really, is there a *point* to that other than Gryphon being silly?--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

[Bob Schroeck]

It could be set-up for something else to come. The discussion of who will be taken under which master's wing just reeks of subtle foreshadowing.
-- Bob
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...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...

[Black Aeronaut]

I agree with Bob. Anything that The Chief leads up to is usually a big brainbuster in one form or another.

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[zero sum mgame]

The HP elements may be silly, but at least they're fairly minimal so far. I don't find it any worse than some of the stuff in Symphony 1.
I am going to be disappointed if Harry (any of them really, but Harry especially) gets a lot of screen time.
We have quite enough ta'averen running around already.
-z

[Black Aeronaut]

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I am going to be disappointed if Harry (any of them really, but Harry especially) gets a lot of screen time.

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I wonder if anyone thought the same of Utena and company.

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[Elsa Bibat]

meh. I like Gryph and company in ...regulated doses. Every few years I catch up on them until I get tired of all the "kewlness" then I catch up on them after another half decade.

[Black Aeronaut]

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meh. I like Gryph and company in ...regulated doses. Every few years I catch up on them until I get tired of all the "kewlness" then I catch up on them after another half decade.

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Hmm... Kinda reminds me of that one line from the original story-book version of Jumanji.
"Fun for some, but not for all."
Lucky for you, stuff from EPU won't come to life when you read it... Pity that.

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[Elsa Bibat]

Lucky for me indeed. I'd rather not be stuck in that sort of paradigm for a long time. For fun little bouts of mayhem, yes.
But I prefer a more sedate world.
Besides, I'd probably end up on Big Fire's side on principle. ^_-