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[dduane]

Today's test render in Daz Studio: the Prince of the Brightwood and the Prince-elect react to the most recent message from the younger prince's increasingly infuriating idiot boyfriend, who needs to have his butt rescued again.

...Now that I've finally found the figure and face I needed for Hearn, I can start to deal (at least briefly) with this scene from the first chapter of The Door Into Fire... which is pretty much the only time these two are seen together until war breaks out in the series's third book.

I can see right out of the box that I'm going to be fighting with textures and lighting and positioning issues for a while. ...But that's par for the course. Later I'll do a bigger render Have now done a bigger render (click here or on the link in image to view it) so I can see in more detail where the problems are.

[noosphe-re]

Tales from Japan: Lafcadio Hearn and Japanese Folklore

[dabiconcordia]

“The poet or the story-teller who cannot give the reader a little ghostly pleasure at times never can be either a really great writer or a great thinker.” ― Lafcadio Hearn

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

Hinata was an interesting case for BBDW. She was never playable, but she did appear in the story and, naturally, the files. She has talksprites and an expression sheet, but nothing more.

Her expressions, in order, are listed as "01normal, 02joy, 03mad, 04sad, 05happy, 06shy"

Her place in the files, and what little she does have, is definitely weird compared to her fellow Xblaze characters.

Her designation in the files is 0114000, while the rest of her castmates are in the 50s-60s; the Xblaze characters we can readily identify start with Kuon at 0056000, and end with Acht at 0064000.

There is some room for uncertainty there because of placeholder numbers and files; the Phase Shift cast comes immediately before Xblaze, but the last one we know of is Kazuma (0048000) leaving several unknown characters between him and Kuon. Following the Xblaze cast we see the Bloodedge Experience characters, beginning with Raquel (0071000) and once again leaving several planned but unidentified characters between her and Acht.

But those blank spaces don't tell us anything about Hinata. At 114, Hinata is listed among BBDW exclusive characters.

Another Dark Mai (0097000) is the last playable character before we start to see a bunch of story-exclusive cast members- the next known character after AD Mai is Hearn (0105000) and, following him, the other members of Babel. The last character we know immediately before Hinata is Oliver (011000... sort of. His files are a little strange, but that's a story for another post.)

Immediately after Hinata we find Kagami (0115000) which seems to seal a pattern for us, implying that all of these characters after AD Mai are story exclusive, and that Hinata was likely never going to be playable.

Except for the fact that the next character we see is the very playable Another Dark Kagura (0116000). And Academy Noel (0117000). And then the swimsuit alts, BBDW originals, crossover characters, and more alts- all playable.

So, what's the verdict??? Was Hinata going to be playable eventually, or not???

I'm inclined to say no. Hinata was likely only ever going to be a story character. If she had been intended to be playable, her data would have been listed with the rest of the Xblaze cast, even if she wasn't going to be added for a long time. We see this with Terumi who only ever appeared as a silhouette in the story and the files, but can still be found right next to the other Chronophantasma characters, right between Kagura and Kokonoe with his 0027000. It's safe to assume that Terumi, having already made playable appearances in the franchise, would've eventually been added.

Hinata, with no previous playable appearances and no real combat prowess, was likely placed into the files right alongside Kagami because both of them would serve important roles in the story, but never appear on a banner for us to roll. The fact that the files continue to list other playable characters is probably because any future BBDW originals, like alts and crossover characters, were going to be numbered chronologically at the end of what was already in the files.

That said... it's not like it would've been impossible. At the very least, the idea of a playable Hinata, maybe in her fully-realized Embryo state, is interesting to consider.

If you'd like to join me in my search for secrets in the BBDW files, check out this post here!

[cloudyspider]

Have a crack theory on the how Touya ended up as Hearn and it involves our dear old 'friend' Naoto and a belief related to them. That being them being parallel existences and how that could've screwed over Touya. If you're familiar to how that whole deal works then you know if the two same existences were to share a world for whatever reason the world may recognize one as "proper" and overwrite them from the world. If you're also familiar with early ADW then you might remember one of the early phantom field/world that took place is one of a hybrid of Xblaze and Bloodedge Experience with Naoto seemingly taking the place of Touya Kagari... and then remember later on in ADW Hearn mentions he's one who was rejected by the world. Not gonna say this is what happened but...

Yeah no I'm not gonna say this what happened. BB's a different breed and I ain't gonna make a bet on that.

[littlemisslemonbits]

Padoru Hearn (Hoodie ver.). Also a Happy version and Grumpy version.

[0riginal-sharing]

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater by Ian Hearn Photography