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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Another plot hole filled:

I want all of my waifus to shine in '100 Waifus,' but sometimes it's difficult finding them a natural place to join in on the conversation.  Some waifus suffer more than others, but Sherria perhaps was the least fortunate of all, only getting to say one word in the entire book:  "Wendy!"

I found a great opportunity to give Sherria a voice while simultaneously explaining how the world works, so I added in this scene right before the end of chapter 40:


  "Ii-na." The crowd of girls sighed morosely. When Cute-sama reached for the offered snack bowl Sherria quickly withdrew her hand as though escaping from a hot pan.
  "You can go first." Cute-sama gave Sherria a perplexed look, worried she had somehow violated good manners twice in a row.
  "No, I mean, you're a God and I'm a God Slayer, so I was worried if we touched you might dissolve or something. . ." Sherria blushed nervously.
  Cute-sama gazed at Sherria with wide-eyed shock, and then broke into laughter so fierce she had to clutch her stomach.
  "Oh but don't worry!" Sherria waved her arms defensively. "I was only raised to slay warui kami! Cute-sama is our Cupid, in other words ai, so I'd never harm you!"
  Cute-sama looked like she was taking critical damage already. She wiped a tear from her eye and seized Sherria's hands in hers, looking directly into her face to show there was nothing to fear. "It appears Gods are taken a little too lightly where you come from, so it might help to think of me as a reality programmer instead. Reality is exactly what I've made it to be with each passing second, the world is newly created according to my blueprint with each tick, so it's impossible for any power to go against me. In fact, every power every one of you possesses is actually your minds sending a prayer to me for the world to be changed in x manner, after which I remake the world such that the prayer is granted, so long as it's in accord with what your source works say your powers should be able to do. Otherwise the paradoxes from clashing laws of nature would multiply endlessly."
  "So that's how it works." Sophie nodded to herself satisfiedly.



There are other unfortunate maidens with only one word of dialogue -- Rinoa only ever got to say "Quetzlcoatl", but that's just how these things go.  Maybe someday I'll find an opportunity for them to spread their wings too.  At least now the number of victims can be reduced by one.

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