There's a particular theme I was going for with this Grandmastery: An achievement that has been in the works since Lucas' Grandfather, passed onto his Father, and now onto him.
All Lightner Quincy focus on developing the power of their soul for maximum physical and spiritual destructive force, to the detriment of all else. A benefit for this is the interchangability of physical combat and Spirit Weapon combat. The family has therefore, for three generations, been working on a way to add range to their noted penchant for hand-to-hand striking-style combat.
The answer is using Quincy powers to create a sort of spiritual armor that can be sized and controlled freely, and then propelled from the body. This solves the range issue of their hand-to-hand style without resorting entirely to the Quincy Spirit Weapon. However, creating the armor on its own is difficult. It's even more difficult to control it in perfect tandem with their own physical body.
This is the process that Lucas finally completes. He's been working on it for 18 years, since he was ten, and the pressure created by subsequent death matches with Saya, then Shigure, and then finally Genki of all people provided the necessary stress. I feel like this is particularly fitting since it's this very pressure that George and Edward, never fighting Quincy, never exposed themselves too -- the missing piece of the puzzle.
Post by Genki Ogawa on Aug 13, 2017 13:45:17 GMT -5
First, let me be clear that I'm very happy I can use this pun and it is done so intentionally.
I really enjoy the 1-2 punch of your solo thread and the assassination thread. Knowing what I know now, as a viewer with both threads in front of me, it's a continuity of theme above my expectations for a Second Mastery. This is the bulk of the reason why I am willing to approve this GM Hakuda request without a lot of dragging you over the coals. Furthermore, the very shounen-esque capstone moment goes a long way.
Overall, your journey into Hakuda has been thread-thin but poignant. You're out of the shallow end now.