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Yeah, but what happens if she tries it on a Nazgul?

	I was totally not prepped for a Slayers/Tolkein fusion debate. ;)
I dunno. Eowyn managed to kill the Witch-King of Angmar using only a
normal sword, so I would suppose Lina could thrash a Nazgul easy.
Remember, both the energy of the Giga Slave and Laguna Blade spells is
drawn from the same source: the Lord of Nightmares, a powerful and chaotic
force. The Giga Slave was enough to destroy part of Shabranigdo, in an
incomplete form (the Giga Slave Lina uses in Slayers TV is not the 'true'
Giga Slave). However, even the Laguna Blade couldn't defeat Maryuoh Gaav,
one of Shabranigdo's lieutenant monsters, so it's sort of up in the air. I
think the Laguna Blade "wielded" by a male spellcaster wouldn't do jack
(which is fine, since Lina's the only living being who knows it and can
actually cast it, save the potential exception of Xel); the "will not die
by the hand of man" clause in the Witch-King's destiny may make it
effective. Hard to say.
	On a more interesting note: I think this fusion idea has a lot of
interesting possibilities, mainly because the low-key magic of the Istari
(Gandalf, et. al.) is so much NOT the hyper-dramatic DBZ magic style of
Slayers. The snag here is to NOT let Lina blast her way through the
countryside; because frankly, she COULD. I think the CHARACTERS from
Slayers with a much more low-key approach (toning down the blast radius on
most spells is a good start, eliminating extreme stuff like the
world-blasting Giga Slave and the city-busting Dragu Slave) would make
wonderful additions to a much more sombre Tolkein cast. The idea of
Princesses Amelia and Gracia of Rohan is really catching me, for some
reason. I think Gourry and his Sword of Light would make an interesting
addition to the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Another interesting plan for
the HARDCORE Slayers/Tolkein fanatic would be to put the Slayers crew in
the time of the Silmarilion, when they could REALLY do some damage.
	Lest I lose you all in Tolkein-blather, however, I'll say this: I
like this idea. I wish *I* had the time to do something with it. But if
you do it, do it right, dangit. >.<
	>Urd@megami, Lina@inverse