Dan Heng does especially comment on his appearance.
Yes, I agree with this. 丹恒 saying 涛然 looks old before but looks young now is the key. In addition, 涛然 saying he looks monstrous is also a reminder that he's not supposedly to be good looking despite the bishie design.
this is a new model they've designed, instead of just copy pasta an existing NPC model (which makes me also wonder if he's going to show up in the future again).
From a profit perspective, it would be a waste to only use this asset once and never again, so I feel like future appearances are definitely a thing.
The main objection there is that people didn't think it made sense narratively to have him survive, and wanted him dead to give more threat value to Hoolay's rampage, and emotional impact on Feixiao as a character.
Well my objections to those takes are:
Jiaoqiu being alive makes narrative sense, it's called a red herring. Narratives misdirect readers all the time. Unless there's significant setup and repeated foreshadowing (which is not the case with Jiaoqiu), there's been no violation of the narrative setup.
Killing Jiaoqiu doesn't make Hoolay threatening. Jiaoqiu is a civilian, Hoolay has already killed plenty of civilians, one more won't make a difference. Hoolay feeling un-threatening is the result of poor writing, killing off a PC won't fix the structural problem.
Killing a character to give another character a reason to be sad is called "fridging". It is a classic case of bad writing. These guys are proving they don't know how to write a good story and should STFU.
It sounds like this might be a title internal to Cloud Knights. But also seems like it's honorary. But also there's definitely some kind of competition for it. Wait and see I guess.
midget sized Vidyadhara are perfectly capable of kicking the butts of full grown cloud knight recruits
What if...丹枫 was still an egg? If we push the Wardance date ahead by a few decades and if we assume 丹恒 is currently < 50 years old, the time could work out...barely.
But yeah, seems likely 丹枫 just foisted the job off onto 景元 at this point.
Dan Feng is also on record as having sparred more than once on equal ground with Jingliu,
Wat. I always assumed 镜流 kicked his butt. Is this because he can use magic? Or is it pure martial ability?
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Date: 2024-09-22 10:36 (UTC)Yes, I agree with this. 丹恒 saying 涛然 looks old before but looks young now is the key. In addition, 涛然 saying he looks monstrous is also a reminder that he's not supposedly to be good looking despite the bishie design.
From a profit perspective, it would be a waste to only use this asset once and never again, so I feel like future appearances are definitely a thing.
Well my objections to those takes are:
Jiaoqiu being alive makes narrative sense, it's called a red herring. Narratives misdirect readers all the time. Unless there's significant setup and repeated foreshadowing (which is not the case with Jiaoqiu), there's been no violation of the narrative setup.
Killing Jiaoqiu doesn't make Hoolay threatening. Jiaoqiu is a civilian, Hoolay has already killed plenty of civilians, one more won't make a difference. Hoolay feeling un-threatening is the result of poor writing, killing off a PC won't fix the structural problem.
Killing a character to give another character a reason to be sad is called "fridging". It is a classic case of bad writing. These guys are proving they don't know how to write a good story and should STFU.
So...the Chinese equivalent:
自「饮月之乱」后，罗浮云骑军中武艺之尊「剑首」 的名衔已空悬数百年——并非无人想要争取，而是某些更隐秘难言的原因：
前任剑首，那位留下十三奇功的传奇剑士，触犯天律，被抹去了名字。连她所得到的荣誉，也成了旁人难以触碰的痛处。
It sounds like this might be a title internal to Cloud Knights. But also seems like it's honorary. But also there's definitely some kind of competition for it. Wait and see I guess.
What if...丹枫 was still an egg? If we push the Wardance date ahead by a few decades and if we assume 丹恒 is currently < 50 years old, the time could work out...barely.
But yeah, seems likely 丹枫 just foisted the job off onto 景元 at this point.
Wat. I always assumed 镜流 kicked his butt. Is this because he can use magic? Or is it pure martial ability?