I love Lavi, You Love Lavi but...

[animalboything.livejournal.com]

... does anyone think Lavi was Gary Stu'd a bit? Same as Lenalee was Mary Sue'd?

Don't get me wrong - I both love those characters immensely, but that's been bugging me for a bit. I mean, I love how powerful they are but...

Well, what do you guys think?

Note: This is brought to you by general inquiry of others thoughts, not Wank-anonymous.


Oh and totally irrelevant but is it worth spending the money for a stupid paid account so I can add me some DGM icons as I can't delete what I have now (I mean, Bjork and P.Diddy can never leave EVAR!!!). Has anyone done something like this?

Comments

[blueshimmer.livejournal.com]

For all we know, Allen's struggle to regain his innocence could have taken months.

No, it didn't. Proof? The crossing of the China Sea/Sea of Japan from China to Japan took all of about five days. The ship left China the same day that Allen was incapacitated. About five days later, they landed in Japan. They certainly didn't dilly dally around. They might've taken a couple of days to get to Edo, but no more than that. So Allen was out of commission for all of about a week.

[dancevdragon.livejournal.com]

Where exactly is the proof it's been five days, forgive me if I missed that part. Its been a bit since I read that far back in the series. Unless you're factoring this on the Time Record and how long Miranda can stay awake. Though looking back on it now (I have the book right here, it could have been even less time. Since the damage to the ship was transfered to the Time Record and Miranda couldn't hold the time field because there was too much damage.

However that comment was intended to be an example, because grievous injuries don't heal overnight. I do remember some points had clear time spans, like the Ark. But you have to admit recently we're not sure how much time has been passing after the attack on the Order.