One thing I love about Furina's role in "Reunion" is how that decoy drone tactic is something Western militaries use in real life. The U.N. coalition used it against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, tricking the Iraqis into firing at the decoys and exposing their anti-air positions. Said positions would then be targeted by strike aircraft using HARMs (High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles), which lock onto the radar emissions coming from the AA units. Iraq had arguably the most heavily defended airspace in 1990, and thanks to this tactic (among others) it was utterly smashed.
It's stuff like this that really makes me love the Elemental Warfare series. And having Furina as a fighter pilot was such a treat.
A fair number of educated Filipinos are the kind to live in main cities/upper-class enough to go abroad and enjoy the spoils of English-language media to the point where the typical conversation is a mix with a lot of slang/colloquialisms derived from English words. And there's a certain idea of intelligence associated with knowing English. This effect is multiplied hundredfold to the types you'd usually find in English online spaces. But those living in the provinces and such usually don't have the luxury or any reason to do so, and are perfectly fluent in native languages. Just my view though.
A fair number of educated Filipinos are the kind to live in main cities/upper-class enough to go abroad and enjoy the spoils of English-language media to the point where the typical conversation is a mix with a lot of slang/colloquialisms derived from English words. And there's a certain idea of intelligence associated with knowing English. This effect is multiplied hundredfold to the types you'd usually find in English online spaces. But those living in the provinces and such usually don't have the luxury or any reason to do so, and are perfectly fluent in native languages. Just my view though.
My parents are an older generation, but owing between being Visaya and living in the US for several decades, they will weave in and out between Cebuano, English, Spanish, and Tagalog, often within a single sentence (already owing to the number of Spanish loanwords in Filipino dialects too). With even more English ubiquity and online interaction, I can totally imagine growing up with a lot less of handle on Tagalog or home dialects than English.
--snip-- as such, someone who speaks cebuano/bisaya might not know tagalog, and might not intend to study tagalog when they can already use english as the lingua franca instead. (this might be a fringe case rather than the norm, i can't be sure since i don't know much about the rate of filipino bilingualism/trilingualism)
Speaking from experience, a good chunk of people from the rest of the archipelago have a good grasp of Tagalog/Filipino as a matter of national communication/language consolidation. Of course, this is mostly only applicable to those living in major urban centres where they have a better chance to deal with tourists and business partners from the capital region.
Hi, is there somewhere I can find the original artist? There are links to bcy.net but since the website is down, I can’t find them or this art piece anywhere. Their username is sad_cat but I can’t find them anywhere, are they possibly on a different site? Any help would be enough. Thanks!
Nothing. This is probably how SOP appears to those who do not know her (in this example, Suomi). In GFL's Lore, SOP is infamous for collecting parts of fallen Dolls (particularly Sangvis) , and it is shown that she had enough knowhow to patch herself together using Sangvis parts
On top of that, her enhancement quote pre Neural Upgrade involves her saying "Christmas Tree". Enhancement involved either pills or T-Dolls to sacrifice to enhance stats. So SOP was likely in the middle of a "meal", and Suomi was looking at what she could compare to a wild, bloodthirsty dog reaching for her next meal.
Ofc. To us SOP is a precious murderpupper. But that's the joke. It's a glance on how someone outside of AntiRain can see her.
