User talk:Byakko

Hi Byakko,

the page you'd need to edit to add that link is MediaWiki:Sidebar. You can't, however, since it's protected and editable only by admins because it's an important interface element. I'll add it for you, but it would be nice if you could tell me a nice caption to write (the raw link is too long, and "Nasu Kinoko Work Glossary" is kinda bland and non-descriptive imo). --Grm wnr 15:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, I added it. I shortened it to "Nasu Encyclopedia" because that way it fits in one line, and added "(ja)" (ISO language code for Japanese). I hope it's okay this way. But thinking more about it, there are probably more links that are very relevant, and we can't keep adding them all to the sidebar. Maybe we should start a "links" page? -- grm_wnr Esc  17:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Levels of Perception on Mystic Eyes of Death Perception
You added the line "while it hasn't been mentionned if Tohno/Nanaya Shiki can or not kill concepts (he has yet to be put in such a situation)," but didn't Melty Blood explain that Shiki couldn't kill Wallachia so long as he remained a concept and it wasn't until Arcuied Brunestud used the Crimson Moon to return him to physical form that Shiki could kill him? This is hazy second hand knowledge on my part, so I'm not sure, but I think that was the case. -Kokotosoko 07:58, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wallachia is a *phenomenon*. What Shiki couldn't do was stop Wallachia from "happening". I'm not quite sure Ryougi could kill the entire concept of a cyclone forming under given atmospheric circumstances. She would have to rewrite the entire laws of physics for that. --Byakko 19:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I view phenomenons as concepts. If there's a flaw with this view, please correct me. I also see no reason why Ryougi Shiki should be unable to kill that concept. She once claimed that if god existed, she could kill him. If her abilities extend to being able to annihilate such phenomena, then it seems perfectly reasonable to say that she could kill Wallachia. -Kokotosoko 22:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

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by Libra00

Arondight
Out of curiosity, why was the Arondight entry in F/Z Berserker's entry edited? I think its pretty well established that the name of the sword is Arondight, not Alondite, which is a misleading transliteration.
 * It's pretty well established that it's Alondite, not Arondight. It's not a name of English origin. --Byakko 08:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Not a name of English origin? Pardon me here, but Arondight is the sword of Lancelot, and Lancelot is wholesomely of English origin. And no, its not well established anywhere but here. 'Alondite', on the other hand, is the name of a sword from other fictional sources (a quick google proves it) and is unrelated to Lancelot.--Undisputed seraphim 08:51, 5 January 2009 (UTC)


 * 'and Lancelot is wholesomely of English origin' In fact, no. He was a character made up when the legend went through France and was rewritten several times there ; he was invented by the French writers, taking feats from other knights, and he didn't appear in the earlier versions from the earlier English writers. The name "Alondite" in other fictions is obviously taken from Lancelot, just like how Excalibur is used in as many works of fiction other than the Arthurian legends. --Byakko 09:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, but in this context, Lancelot is a Briton. The name of his sword in English is Arondight. At any rate, I tried looking up Alondite in the French websites, and could not find any relevant articles from Google (Arondight came up with results related, on the other hand). I conclude that, regardless of whatever name it has been called in the past, the English name of Lancelot's sword is now Arondight, is an English knight, and hence that's what the name should be.--Undisputed seraphim 10:24, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * He's still called "Lancelot du Lac", which is French, even in all the current English versions. I heavily doubt this makes him an English knight. --Byakko 10:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

And Morgan's name is Morgan le Fay, which is a French name too. Yet her origin is Welsh. And is part of the Arthurian legend. Lancelot's name is not exclusively French either, and the French websites didn't recognize the term Alondite anyway. It's a transliteration error.--Undisputed seraphim 11:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * After a quick check, it appears that the Matter of Britain spells the sword's name as Arondite, though I don't have a copy of it to check. And "du Lac" is exclusively French and "le Fay" wasn't a problem since it's not the name of someone invented by the French writers. They specifically made him a French knight to have France get its bit of shine in the Arthurian tales, Morgan le Fay was never an issue regarding her nationality. --Byakko 13:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)