Moment of truth: should Harry and Akeno break up?
Added 2018-10-03 22:48:40 +0000 UTCHere are some more questions I would like everyone's opinion on. The first obviously has to do with the poll above, my thoughts of which you will find below. I also will thank everyone who took part in the last questions post, a lot of the stuff written about GDWHOM and this question was helpful, even if I can't quite make up my mind on it just yet. I also want to thank everyone who chimed in on the question for Horse for the Force, that helped a lot.
However, it is now time to make that decision and the decision of who will be in the harem entirely, which will be effected by Akeno's staying in, obviously. I have had reviews going both ways, and to be blunt few of the ones which were actually in depth and well written over on fanfic backed Akeno staying in the pairing. The ones who spoke in favor of her on were far better.
While Rias and Harry clicked pretty quickly after a semi-rocky start, I think they are by far and away one of the most natural pairings I've written. In contrast, I feel like I sort of forced Akeno and Harry together. Not attraction-wise, but going from that to beyond friendship. Harry is a war veteran, who has both been captured and tortured both physically and magically. I agree entirely with those who say it would be a stretch for him to like giving or receiving pain, regardless of his utterly insane healing factor. Akeno also is NOT ready to settle down, start a family, be a mother to Lily or anyone else. She is a decent big sister figure, the teasing somewhat taunting sort, but that is all she has been to Koneko before. And she is not ready to make the family the biggest part of her life, as Harry has. Further, Harry knows that, and might come to start comparing her and Rias in more ways than physically, which wouldn't be
However, given how much growth elsewhere Akeno has shown, would she be willing to forgo that aspect of their sexual relationship in order to remain with him? Am I making too much of the fact Akeno has had issues with being around children in general and the fact Harry spends so much time with them? Or is her inability to fully get over that, her jealousy and her need to feed her sadism going to force them to break up?
If they do, she will move on. I can see her getting with Issei possibly (yes going to redeem him, but not give him back Ddraig, think it could be interesting to try) or certainly Tonks when she shows up. If she wants to experiment in any way, Tonks would be the girl for that, and they could both use the fun. Akeno would then open up even more, her personality opening up in many ways, shattering her normal 'Yamato Nadeshiko' mask utterly.
If however, Akeno does stay with Harry, then Kalawarner will not get back with him. She will instead get paired with Issei, and have a hell of a time trying to be his one and only rather than let his inner pervert out to prey on other girls. Tonks will also not stay around, coming and going with the main point of being there to bring Teddy in and possibly create a short term rivalry between him and Milicas.
Akeno will however be unable to see any sadism in the bedroom, but Harry will compromise and attempt to play the submissive for her, with some very hard and certain rules. She will instead take out her inner sadist on Issei while training him, and anyone else that she needs to train in the future.
If Akeno leaves, I will get to play with Kalawarner, who otherwise would not be in the pairing, Harry has moved on, cannot be tempted back, and she instead will be the main driving force in getting Issei up to snuff. If she and Harry become involved once more, she will become Harry's Follower - think of her like an angel but for Harry instead of for god. This means new powers, new wings, and a whole bunch of other stuff I won't go into detail on. But I don't honestly see both Akeno staying in the relationship and Kalawarner coming into it. It just doesn't strike me as believable to have both.
Yasaka will remain in the sidelines for a bit, but will be seen as having more time with Harry after Rias's teleportation array is in place. I think she could join regardless of what happens with Akeno, but is more likely to join faster if Akeno and Harry break up.
Yubelluna is also most likely a lock, simply thanks to the way I intend to bring her in, and the way I intend to tie her to Harry. Think of her as sort of like Venelana, with a intensely flirty side to her when alone with Harry, and the next best thing to hero worship towards him and Rias. Can't tell you more for fear of spoilers.
Magic of the Force question and request:
I want to have one more politics talk scene, then from there push the politics into the back, constantly occurring but not the main thrust of the story, letting me have more character interaction time until right before the Clone Wars occurs. The question is, do I need to explain again what the armed neutrality party's goal is? Or have I done so enough and anymore would be disturbing?
I am also looking for a specific planet to use as a that diplomatic mission - I think it's an agriculture world, but I can't remember what it's name was. Yoda was sent to it in the Clone Wars to convince it to keep sending food to the Clones when it had stopped, or something like that along with a few young padawans, all of whom had seen war, and sort of resented him I think? Can't remember much of the plot. The leader of the planet was an extremely old sentient who was a friend of Yoda, but he essentially committed suicide to become a martyr by pulling a blaster on him. I saw it once in a comic, but I don't own it.
Is Zule Xiss too OC to use as a main character? Yes she is a canon character, but she was never fleshed out so I want to make certain she isn't coming across as too Mary Sueish.
Fairy tail question:
How old do you think Hisui is and NO, she is not a love interest possibility! More like Ranma would tease her unmercifully and troll the magic guards of her and her father something fierce. I would ask Justlovereadin' this, but I think it was never stated and thus becomes an opinion question. Could be wrong though, LOL.
Anything Goes Game Changer: I feel that the time has past where Tsukiumi could join Ranma/Akitsu/possibly don't call me Nabs. Unless of course it's an accident… What does everyone else think.
This is a general question: I've mentioned before that I think I need to take more time to edit and read through my work. So do you all think I should keep the present format, and have at least one, sometimes as many as three like this past month, chapters not being very well edited? Or one less chapter - the second small story - and have the chapters be better edited? Not, you'll note, as good as the ones Michael sees, but still better than they were this past month
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It's less I'm only reading for the pairing and more the fact that I find the idea of Rias being with someone Akeno is not unbelievable, that and I honestly dislike Kalawarner. I also think Harry did sweet F A to actually try and build a relationship with Akeno, he went on what 2 dates? one of which was interrupted. I also think you did a fairly massive disservice to Akeno in regards to her personality, yes, she's a Sadist and a Masochist, but they are not the be all for her like this version of her seems to run on, I mean baseline her thing with Issei isn't hurting him or him hurting her, the part she found titillating is pretending they were having an affair, which wasn't the case, but roleplay seemed to be a bigger thing then and S/M play, she tended to only bring out the S by and large vs enemies from what I remember
Alex McGregor
2018-11-02 02:22:32 +0000 UTCIt wasn't intentional, it was simply my attempts to keep Akeno and this Harry potter, in character. I am honestly surprised how much Harry/Rias click, even before htey started really understanding where those feelings were leading. But I am enjoying it, and that relationship is really driving a large part of my fun in this work. It's going to be a wrench to set it aside, but hey there's Harry/Jean/Emma/Ororo/Hela to look forward to in ATP. I'm looking forward to TOnks too. She is a very edgy sort of character in many ways, and can also free up Harry's time in a few ways to spend more time with the girls and experimenting with magic/learning from Tiamat.
vimesenthusiast
2018-11-02 01:38:31 +0000 UTCIf you're only reading it for the pairing that's rather harsh. especially since you never explained why you thought Akeno fit better than Kalawarner, who is still not set i nstone I'll note.
vimesenthusiast
2018-11-02 01:32:38 +0000 UTCI don't know if it was done intentionally or not but they just don't... click, especially when compared to his relationship with Rias. Part of that may be on purpose, or just a difference in character but either way I don't see them together long term. If it is ended, I would vastly prefer Tonks though. The replaced pervert MC is the entire I stopped watching the series. Tonks on the other hand is a fantastic character. She has an great established character but enough blank space left over from cannon to make her fit a variety of roles
NoobdockSaint
2018-11-01 23:15:10 +0000 UTCHuh, well, guess that's it for me for this story /shrug
Alex McGregor
2018-11-01 05:41:55 +0000 UTC