Subject: [FFML] [info] Tibits from a Q&A with Creators of Slayers at AXNY
From: kukuru@mac.com
Date: 9/1/2002, 12:58 AM
To: ffml@anifics.com


I hope I don't generate a lot of commotion, and to anyone curious make 
of it want you will and since this is the FFML, apply and reflect on 
your own fanfictions as you choose.

If you consider this old knowledge and is spam, sorry in advance.

If you know it from previous knowledge, it's fine and dandy.

For me this was a totally unexpected thing as a certain someone, we 
eventually refer to as "GundamMan" wasn't there so it was replaced with 
the creators of Slayers at the panel. This got out of wack and it ended 
up with only like 18 of us in the room with these two(artist and 
writer).

So we had a lot of time for 1.5 hours of Q&A [to some went to the point 
racking the brain for more questions to fill up time]

Naga IS Ameila's sister. It's true... after all the hinting.

If  Luna and Lina ever confront each other, the creators think it would 
be Armageddon(jokingly..but hey...)

Lina is 15-16 yrs old given how you look at the timeline.

There is a new season(manga) different from the anime or the novel, or 
the manga(next,try...)
  in japan right now(?) with some old characters coming back. Pretty 
much old knowledge since he showed us the comic, but I thought I should 
mention it.

There is a pre-made list of spells for the slayers world. Most of it 
publish(slayers enclyo) and fansites. They try stick to the rules 
outlined, but the reason why some spells don't follow the rules is that 
it seems the writer doesn't know what the visual effect are at times. 
So he just tell the artist, "This spell goes 'boom'." [Everyone laughs]

Lina's breast isn't really that small[A bit lost in the translation] 
but  it's just that the women in the Slayers world tend to have [that 
Lina meets or will meet] large breasts.[Side note: the artist's 
favorite character is Naga] SO she gets compared to a LOT.


Zegadis's demon half is mostly an astral plane type of 
"manifestation"/power [ not exactly clear, refer to novel if anyone can 
read it].

Xellos's origins are a bit of a "himitsu" but after a few rounds of 
talks, he is a full mazuku, and it's something like created by Zelas 
Millennium and/or all the combined generals(??)[Questions and hints 
flew back and forth]

To the creators all the various relationships[Main ones like 
lina/gurry/ameila/zel] he would consider elementary school try "puppy 
love". He  adds to something to the line of, "Anything can happen in 
the future".

Zelgadis likes Lina in a way he thinks like a "respect" type from 
Lina's  personality, courage, and the fact that she doesn't shy away 
from his disfigured body. Ya know that type of stuff.

Fanfiction, *attention disclaimers*

In Japan Fans are allow to use do these fan based things and 
incorporated into their own ideas *cough* doujinshi's*cough* so the 
viewed it as a type of respect/hemorrhage to the creators.

They are interested/approved(??) in what fans do to the world they have 
made and draw they own path. As they want people's idea's and 
creativism to flourish.

**Warning this does not mean you will stand a chance against lawyers**

I can't think of any more to ramble even know there was a lot more 
stuff thrown around for the 1 and a half hours.

Hope at least some of this is useful or at least entertaining to you. 
Now I need sleep and back to the convention I go.

~Kuku


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