Shamitako

I, don't think making a public rant like this is the proper way to ask for a thread to be closed

...You're the one who said deserve though. Kuro's response was trying to make the point that these things were inevitable, not something anyone made a conscious choice on or that is somehow deserved or undeserved All you're really doing here is twisting Kuro's words on a technicality instead of responding to the argument xe made

6/10 Ehhh

Based on what Mael has said. I'm getting the impression he feels the draft isn't "forcing people to fight" it's "begging people to fight because if they don't we're all very likely to die anyways" Which assuming the draft is only done when we're not the aggressors, I can probably agree with EDIT: "Plus in America, the benefits for retired and active servicemen is amazing." Since when? I've very often heard that veterans have it pretty bad

Oh no, that makes perfect sense. I think we're agreed here but I'm failing to communicate that >_< I'm just trying to say that physical disadvantage isn't a good reason to exclude women from the draft Also, BTW Jerry, I would not get all that much better with training. Whether it be because I am actually physically incapable or because I couldn't hold up to it mentally, I wouldn't make it and would be shafted a much easier job. Probably something detail-oriented, I'm good at details and spacial stuff. Also also, I actually am fully grown

I suppose I should clarify slightly. The point I was trying to make was not that women and men were equal in the regards of physical ability, because I don't actually believe that. But that if you were going to argue that women shouldn't be drafted at all because of being possibly unable to succeed physically, you should keep in mind that there are plenty of men who can't achieve that either

I forgot to replace Ryu, RIP me

Well, Katsuo pretty much sees him as worth nothing anyways, so he ain't waking him

And if I can change in training camp, why can't an average woman? You already said yourself that there are women who've put their minds to it and succeeded

I can't carry 60 pounds whether you wanna draft me as a man or a woman, so I sorta fail to see your point

Yes, even bad ones. I've already seen a bit of Hanako's bad route and I'm not looking forward to it QQ

Katsuo took note of both of his teammates. The girl, Leivinia, seemed to be on her toes, that was good. Dave on the other hand appeared to be essentially useless. Katsuo sighed and poked Gwaedu. "Time to Set Up, Gee." He said. The earring bounced in excitement and Katsuo couldn't help but grin a little. Katsuo cupped his hand around his ear as Gwaedu began to glow red. A scarlet orb enveloped them. Inside, Katsuo drew his hand across himself, moving from his ear to his waist. Gwaedu, now detached from his ear, followed behind. As she drew across magic slashed through Katsuo's clothing, stripping it off him. His hand moved again, launching Gwaedu up over his head. As she went up, a new shirt coated his chest and arms, this one a scarlet matching his aura. Periwinkle jeans attached themselves to his legs, a simple black belt fastening them tightly to his waist. Above him a magic circle appeared and moved down over his body, a white trench coat with red speckles on the back forming over him. His hand moved once more, coming to a position that looked ready to strike. Inside it, Gwaedu grew out into a rod, a spiked black ball forming at the end. To finish off, black fingerless gloves and dull red boots formed around his hands and feet. He took his right hand and ran it through his hair as the scarlet faded. Mere moments after it formed, the scarlet orb faded. Katsuo stood there, Gwaedu held in a ready position. His hand finished its run through his hair and he brought it to rest at his side. "Gwaedu, Set Up complete." Came the metallic voice of Katsuo's device, "Big Brother's combat potential is at 73 percent, correction, 74 percent." "That's two percent less than last time," Katsuo mused to the ruby gem in his mace's handle, "Can you compensate by extending the handle a few millimeters? My lower arm may be a bit tight since it's early." "That seems likely." Gwaedu emitted a short whistle and the mace's head shifted slightly, "Big Brother's combat potential is now at 76 percent." It was nice to hear Gwaedu's voice, she was the only family Katsuo had. The sound of her voice made his heart leap, sometimes he wished she would talk to him outside of combat. But he knew he loved her best exactly as she was. Done with Set Up, Katsuo turned to Leivinia. "Alright, I'm outputting at 76% of my best. I don't tend to go over 78% in mock battles, not enough real danger to put my body into full gear, but if I directly up Gwaedu's magical output I can probably manage a bit more to make up for the deadbeat." With this last line he jerked his head at their napping teammate.

...Not gonna lie, I lol'd In fact, I'm not even really ashamed of it. That was well prepared satire and I very much enjoy satire

Psst, Mde isn't 'Murican Or maybe I misread that in which case derp, sorry

So I wasn't gonna say anything here, but I just need to note that I had misconceptions identical to these in the past. Some of them not dying off until I'd hung around Reborn for a while And since I spoke a bit, I'll speak a bit more I actually have a friend just like the one you described. Someone who clearly has no intent to harm others but still uses derogatory terms as insults and for jokes. I'd prefer it if he didn't, since they do often injure my psyche. But it's not something where I feel the blame belongs to him either. He's not directly trying to be harmful to me, so I don't see much way to fault him for it I guess what I'm trying to get at is that this is an effect, not a cause. So trying to take it on is a fruitless endeavor

Amusingly enough, I haven't done Hanako's route yet. I got saddled with Emi (who imo is the best fit for Hisao and is thus my second favorite) I'm halfway through her route. You should, like, PM me and I can make with the talking in your direction. I intend to do every possible route eventually http://www.twitch.tv/directory/following

and then, the story continued for another five hours

http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14699&page=9 IDK about embracing a train. But I am reading it, and it's very good. Hanako is literally gorgeous

<3 As a side note: I have to reorganize my desktop every time I change wallpapers now. It bugs me to have shortcuts overtop of people's faices

[moar private information. derp again. have this instead, i was about to need it anyways] http://prntscr.com/9z1gql