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brythain wrote:That said, how interesting you can make Emi may depend on how well you respond in general to the question, "How much sympathy or empathy can I develop for plain vanilla people who suddenly experience trauma or who have trauma thrust upon them?"

I'm guessing the reason Emi isn't over there yelling at you for calling her "plain vanilla" is that she's over here yelling at me to do it. Not that I'm complaining...

Also, "plain vanilla" + "trauma thrust upon them" isn't that far removed from being a description of Hanako, either. Is it more interesting to have such trauma manifest outwardly or inwardly?

dewelar wrote:

brythain wrote:That said, how interesting you can make Emi may depend on how well you respond in general to the question, "How much sympathy or empathy can I develop for plain vanilla people who suddenly experience trauma or who have trauma thrust upon them?"

I'm guessing the reason Emi isn't over there yelling at you for calling her "plain vanilla" is that she's over here yelling at me to do it. Not that I'm complaining...

Also, "plain vanilla" + "trauma thrust upon them" isn't that far removed from being a description of Hanako, either. Is it more interesting to have such trauma manifest outwardly or inwardly?

Emi is over here asking me if I want chocolate or caramel sauce on my plain vanilla. It is very distracting.

As for Hanako, yes also, but with a lot less support hence more trauma, is my guess.

brythain wrote:

dewelar wrote:I'm guessing the reason Emi isn't over there yelling at you for calling her "plain vanilla" is that she's over here yelling at me to do it. Not that I'm complaining...

Emi is over here asking me if I want chocolate or caramel sauce on my plain vanilla. It is very distracting.

Ah, Fastest Thing on No Legs indeed...made it halfway 'round the world in a few minutes .

brythain wrote:

dewelar wrote:Also, "plain vanilla" + "trauma thrust upon them" isn't that far removed from being a description of Hanako, either. Is it more interesting to have such trauma manifest outwardly or inwardly?

Emi is over here asking me if I want chocolate or caramel sauce on my plain vanilla. It is very distracting.

I see what you did there.

JohnnyTruant wrote:

griffon8 wrote:The guy on the bench was dressed as a limousine driver. The same guy drove the ambulance later.

In Hanako’s story, he was constantly seen an a limousine driver, through the generations. And at the end, he was somehow able to deliver a letter from Hanako, written after she was dead, to her children/grandchildren.

Still not entirely sure how that qualifies as a "supernatural presence".

Oh, are letters written by dead people and delivered by immortals a common occurrence for you?

griffon8 wrote: Oh, are letters written by dead people and delivered by immortals a common occurrence for you?

The letter was implied to be written while Hanako was still alive. The same character isn't supposed to be immortal. Just because he's featured in some of That Guy's other works doesn't mean the character is immortal. It's just an Easter egg. No where in either of the stories does it say or imply that the character also did other help relating to another story. Therefore, I believe your argument is invalid unless proven otherwise.

AFAIK the character isn't actually immortal, but he appears in, oh, about a 80-100 year timespan in Hanako's storyline without aging.

And, yes, it's a dead Hanako and Hisao that write the letter.

bhtooefr wrote:AFAIK the character isn't actually immortal, but he appears in, oh, about a 80-100 year timespan in Hanako's storyline without aging.

And, yes, it's a dead Hanako and Hisao that write the letter.

I think he's too literal-minded to get this part. Good of you to try.

brythain wrote:

bhtooefr wrote:AFAIK the character isn't actually immortal, but he appears in, oh, about a 80-100 year timespan in Hanako's storyline without aging.

And, yes, it's a dead Hanako and Hisao that write the letter.

I think he's too literal-minded to get this part. Good of you to try.

Unless you're referring to me. It's then funny, because I was thinking the same about him as well.

There's a difference between wanting to be challenged with logic, reason, and cold hard proof and being literal-minded.

JohnnyTruant wrote:

brythain wrote:

bhtooefr wrote:AFAIK the character isn't actually immortal, but he appears in, oh, about a 80-100 year timespan in Hanako's storyline without aging.

And, yes, it's a dead Hanako and Hisao that write the letter.

I think he's too literal-minded to get this part. Good of you to try.

Unless you're referring to me. It's then funny, because I was thinking the same about him as well.

There's a difference between wanting to be challenged with logic, reason, and cold hard proof and being literal-minded.

ambiguity and metaphor are tools of our trade, and logic can be hard proven by such.

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