[FFML] [Mai Hime] Under a Barrel

[wombat]

--- David McMillan <skyefire at skyefire.org> wrote:
> Raye Johnsen wrote:

> 
> > point of the ending - that the original HiMEs have
> > locked up the information so tight that now, when the
> > second generation are looking for answers, they will
> > consider this most untrustworthy of sources more
> > reliable than their parents - because he's actually
> > willing to *tell them something*.
> 
> 	Oh yeah, *that* little irony came through loud and clear.
> 	Hmmm... which, if we over-extend the parallels, places the first-gen 
> HiMEs in a position similar to Mashiro (keeping secrets from you for 
> your own good), which *could* imply that there's going to be someone 
> stepping up to play the Nagi role...

Hehe.

> 
> > I foresee a lot of conflict and angst in future
> > chapters, when the adult HiMEs are opposed by their
> > kids (you know it's gonna happen, just check TV
> > Tropes), because the kids' information tells them the
> > HiMEs are the bad guys - and the HiMEs realise that a)
> > if only they'd sat down and told the kids first, this
> > would never have happened, and b) they're going to
> > have to fight anyway.
> 
> 	Well, wouldn't be much of a story otherwise.  :)
> 	
> 	Supposedly, the Festival cycle was broken after the last battle at 
> Fuka, so one has to wonder just how things might get started again.


Well, I'll just say the next story contains some hints towards what is to
come...and hey, it's done, so I'll just post it in another post!