> On 29 Oct 2006 07:49:02 -0800, "heretic"
yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>A. Classic series
>>
>>B. Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 series
>
> My answers are "A" across the board - I'm not comfortable enough with
> 2040 to answer that one.
I would agree with that. Must watch all the episodes, some time...
>>The following, via plot gawd(s), find themselves in the Bubblegum
>>Crisis Earth, spicifically Megatokyo.
I'd for fairness better point out that I recognised practically
none of the anime heroines that Rob obviously knows!
>>Each of them are eventually are scouted by Sylia Stingray who asks
>>them to join her organisation to help her destroy Genom. How do they
>>do?
>
>> Cassandra Cain (pre OYL)
>
> Who?
I assume this is the DC Comics character, who was Batgirl for a
while, and had her own comic. I'm not at all sure what 'OYL' is,
though. Being a superhumanly good martial artist who is most at
home with her own body I'd have thought she'd have even more
trouble than Linna at learning to fight in a hardsuit, though,
maybe she is so good just a little practice would do.
I think she'd make a good KS.
Then they'd kill her in her third episode, just for the pathos.
>> Aoyama Motoko
>
> (From "Love Hina".) Makoto would probably jump at the chance - she'd
> be fighting for the right (and thus would get along with Nene), using
> her abilities as a top-notch fighter (connecting with Linna), and
> showing off some fancy swordplay (and could work alongside Sylia). On
> the other hand, her temper's as nasty as Priss'.
>
> Once she's in, she'd likely be a good addition to the team.
>
>> Janet van Dyne
>
> (From various Marvel comics.) That depends on when in the continuity.
She is definitely a hero, but I don't know if she'd see the KS
fight as her own. Its not clear if her combat skills would match
doing this with a hardsuit - I was never that clear how much
combat training she had, and how much she depended on being the
Wasp. The parallels between her and Sylia are interesting.
>> Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell
>
> (From "Negima!") Eva's response to the offer would likely be "Thanks,
> but I'm not interested."
>
> And if the KS attacked Chachamaru, well... I wouldn't want to be a
> Saber in that eventuality.
>
>> Buffy Summers
>
> (From "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".) Her response would likely be the
> same as Eva's, but for a different reason. Then Buffy would go after
> Eva... ^_^
>
>> Tendo Akane
>
> (From "Ranma 1/2".) Voice bubble: "It is a martial artist's duty to
> protect the weak! You don't even have to ask." Thought bubble: 'And
> wearing the hardsuit will make me stronger than Ranma!'
>
> Once she's in, though, there's trouble - Akane doesn't pay as much
> attention to her surroundings as she should, and she's used to a world
> where people don't die just because they've been hit by a falling
> building. Akane's first outing would likely leave her seriously
> injured or dead. And then Ranma does to the KS _and_ Genom what he did
> to Saffron in the final volume of the manga.
>
>> Honor Stephanie Harrington
>
> (From the "Honor Harrington" novels.) Not enough information.
Too technologically incompatible a setting, I'd guess. I'm
guessing major cultural issues, as well.
>> Daisuke Gally
>
> (From "Gunnm"/"Battle Angel".) She's almost completely an android, and
> doesn't hide that fact - how will Priss react?
>
> If Priss lets Gally join, though, she'd be a top-notch combatant. A
> hardsuit for her would be icing on the cake.
>
>> Kathrine 'Kitty' Pryde
>
> (From various Marvel comics.) It's yet another team, and Kitty's
> definitely a team player; she'd fit in well. She'd also likely refuse
> a hardsuit, since she can (or, in earlier days, had to) disrupt
> electronics when she walked through them...
>
> She's possibly the best KS recruit on your list.
>
>> Kusanagi Motoko
>
> (From "Ghost in the Shell".) Same problem as Gally, plus Motoko would
> likely take over the team if she was recruited. Is Sylia looking to
> retire?
>
>> Anita Blake
>
> Who?
Laurell K. Hamilton's Vampire Hunter - I don't think she would
see the KS fight as being hers, and they might not be too happy
if she kept her day job as a legally sanctioned animator of the
dead, and a state sanctioned slayer of supernatural beings.
I'd give odds she'd have a pretty-boy boomer boyfriend, who's on
the run from Genom, in the first episode, though! [grin]
>> Seras Victoria
>
> (From "Hellsing".) The fact that she's even more of a "night owl" than
> Priss would make it dificult for Selas to take part in training
> exercises or daytime missions. And her diet would make her extremely
> nervous during OAV 5, with the "vampire murderer" running around...
>
> I can't see Sylia accepting Selas as a Saber once Sylia learns that
> Selas can't operate in the daytime. She might become a "deniable
> asset", though.
>
>> Gwendolyn Ingolfsson
>
> (From the Draka novels.) I could see her taking over the KS, as a
> stepping-stone on her path toward taking over Genom, and then the
> world. She might even let Sylia think recruiting Gwendolyn was Sylia's
> idea...
>
>>Thoughts? Additions?
>>
>>HTG
>
>
> A few more, not necessarily in order of suitability:
>
> Faye Valentine ("Cowboy Bebop")
> Anita King ("R.O.D the TV")
> Natsumi Tsujimoto ("You're Under Arrest")
> Leona Ozaki ("Dominion Tank Police")
> Kagome Higurashi ("Inu-Yasha")
> Nausicaa ("Nausicaa")
> Asuka Langley Soryu ("Evangelion")
> Ran Kotobuki ("Super GALS!")
> Haruko Harurura ("FLCL")
> Excel Excel ("Excel Saga")
> Yao Sakurakoji ("Miami Guns")
> Mireille Boquet ("Noir")
> Robin Sena ("Witch Hunter Robin")
> Katsumi Liqueur ("Silent Mobius")
> Ami Mizuno ("Sailor Moon")
> Hikaru Shidou ("Magic Knight Rayearth")
> Ayaka Kisaragi ("Phantom Quest Corp.")
> Tira Misu ("Sorcerer Hunters")
> Lina Inverse ("Slayers")
> Rizel ("Rizelmine")
> Hazuki ("Tsukuyomi Moon Phase")
> Videl Satan ("Dragon Ball Z")
> Skuld ("Ah! My Goddess")
> Guu ("Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu")
> Atsuko "Nuku Nuku" Natsume ("Nuku-Nuku")
> R. Dorothy Wainwright ("Big O")
> Bloodberry ("Saber Marionette J")
> Kurumi ("Steel Angel Kurumi")
That's a very dangerous looking list that you've got there!
Unfortunately, I pretty sure its loaded! [grin]
I'd quite like to see what Videl Satan would do in the KS,
particularly if its her _after_ she gets the training that
teaches her how to fly! [grin]
What happen if if you try and use massively ki ampified attacks
from inside a hardsuit - do you need new gloves?
Excel would be interesting in the short term, for the laughs, but
unless she still has her 'Get Out Of Death, Free' card, wouldn't,
I think, last for very long.
Solty from 'Solty Rei' might be interesting...
Or, maybe Adama, snap-shotted just before dying with Priss,
loaded into a freshly-cloned human female body, hard-wired with
Ranma's reflexes, and given a basic social interaction package...
But, someone has probably done a fanfic of that! [grin]
