Quote:Right. She could have done all the telekinetic stuff without a word (and without much conscious effort). The senshi make-up, though, was something a little more complicated -- although based in telekinesis, it was sort of a first, big magic lesson, and it got "burned in" to use an evocative but inaccurate metaphor; as soon as her magegift activated, that "burned in" lesson was available for her use again.
So the various attacks she used were all from Invisible Touch, despite having shouted out silly phrases for them?
Quote:Since the next time I expected to use her I knew she'd have a complete handle on her abilities, I never gave too much thought to the inbetween stage. It wasn't a story I was going to tell, so I didn't do any development for it. I happen to think, on reflection, that Dragonflight's got the right of it -- Sylia, upon learning via Nene and Lisa about her awakening, takes it upon herself to see to Lisa's training. And having all of those books in Legion's gift available, she will make sure that Lisa does not get hung up on any kind of psychological crutches or limitations -- like shouting out attack names and the other conventions of magical girl anime. The fact that Lisa likes doing that is a quirk, not a requirement, and she's certainly capable of more stealthy spellcasting when it's necessary. In a way, the appearance of being a magical girl is useful because it gives any possible opponents a false impression of her limits and requirements.
That might be a problem if she gets into trouble and 'transforms' expecting to be able to fight her way out, unless having used them in that format before makes it easier for her to comme up with her own version of them on the fly.
-- Bob
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There's no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.