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[wingblossom]

Snow outside! Lots of it! And yet, I'm glad that some of it melted today. As nice as it was to sit by the fireplace yesterday, I like getting out instead of being stuck indoors the whole time. Also, my younger cousin was watching the movie adaptation of Ella Enchanted recently, and oh my God, were they TRYING to make it as awful as possible? I have nothing against Anne Hathaway, but that book was one of my favorites, and it saddens me that none of its clever writing and likable characters -- and yes, even-handed subversions -- made it through at all intact.

In the spirit of procrastination, I have two memes:

a) 1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, your favorite kind of sandwich, or maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

And b) The TV Tropes meme. Give me three fannish tropes from any fandom I know listed on the site, and I'll give you my thoughts on it. If you want to know about certain ships/characters, please ask a specific question!

Comments

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

1. Re: shooting, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. That's only in P3, really - in P4, you have ~magical tarot cards~ that you smash to do the summoning. FOR SOME REASON I FIND THE SECOND MUCH MORE AWESOME. Maybe because there are so many more interesting things you can do with the summon sequence, and I get kind of bored watching the characters shoot themselves.

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1. Re: shooting, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. That's only in P3, really - in P4, you have ~magical tarot cards~ that you smash to do the summoning. FOR SOME REASON I FIND THE SECOND MUCH MORE AWESOME. Maybe because there are so many more interesting things you can do with the summon sequence, and I get kind of bored watching the characters shoot themselves. <_< But awesome spinning smashes are totally awesome.

2. Yes you do! XD Because my bias, it is obvious here.

4. I don't think so! I'm probably just weird because I <i>don't</i>. I think I'm a little TOO laid back, actually, so!

5. I STILL FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. =(

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

Argh. XD Sorry.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[wingblossom]

1. Smashing magical tarot cards = made of win! Do they use all the cards in the game?

2. JUST A BIT, YES.

5. Just you watch, he'll get his revenge someday. (Annnnd when that day comes, it probably won't be pretty.)

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

1. Well, the cards they smash are really like... faux-tarot cards? They're the same design as all of the other tarot stuff, but not actually actual tarot. That said, they DO use all of the major arcana for characters/plotline events. P3 had a shuffle system where you could get things for minor arcana cards (Like money for coins, weapons for swords, etc) but P4 dropped that one.

5. THANKS FOR THAT MENTAL IMAGE.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[wingblossom]

1. Oh, that's cool! How do they incorporate all the arcana into the plotline?

5. YOU KNOW YOU WERE THINKING IT TOO.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

1. Well, the "group"/MC arcana is associated with the basic plotline, which morphs into Judgement... usually after you've passed the bad ending, I think? At least in P4, it does. And then your party members and these people outside of the main cast (school club members, people you meet outside/on part-time jobs, etc) all have arcana associated with them, as well as the Personas that your MC can summon. Basically, if you go hang out with people, their "social link" levels up, and you get cool exp bonuses when you make Personas for your MC (Which is a HUGE help, because sometimes the amount of experience required to level them up normally is vaguely horrifying at times) Also, in P4 your party members get cool new abilities and a new, stronger Persona when you level them up.

5. I ACTUALLY WASN'T, OKAY? BUT NOW I HAVE THIS MENTAL IMAGE THAT CROSSES OVER THE TRIX RABBIT AND THIS ONE CREEPY VOCALOID SONG. NOT COOL.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

*Fool arcana and the basic plotline ARGH. XD sorry, I fail today.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[wingblossom]

1. That sounds really interesting, but I think what's holding me back from full comprehension here is that I still don't really know what a Persona is. XD I mean, I have a vague idea, but...yeah, not really. Explain?

2. AND WHAT SONG IS THAT?

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

1. XD SORRY. It's like... a summon spirit? Basically, you summon mythological figures to do your bidding and attack things. It's like... super!attacks, or spell-casting, depending on the skills the Persona has/uses.

2. SOMETHING ABOUT A STORY OF A POOR RABBIT. IT'S CREEPY, OKAY?

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[wingblossom]

1. Okay, now I get it!

2. WELL, I HAVE TO KNOW THE TITLE NOW.

Re: silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!

[cyanwitch]

2. It's really something like The Story of A Poor Rabbit OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. It's somewhere in the crazy-long vocaloid playlist I have. Somewhere....

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