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I thought I'd pop by to give ye old update on what I've been up to.

-My Type-Moon panel is next month at Acen, so if anyone is going to that con you should stop by and say hello, I'll likely be dressed as Arc for the panel.
-The other visual novel I was working on died a grisly death because commanding a group of 13 random internetz people via tumblr is an awful idea. And has been replaced with a Madoka themed novel called "My girlfriend is a Witch!" which already has ...

Borderlands 2 has eaten by brain. But since I'm near the end of it, expect more of the Princess' knight sequel soon.

Rejoice! I'll be doing a type-moon panel at Anime Central, a con near Chicago, next year.

So I'm the route I'm writing for that visual novel I mentioned awhile ago is well underway. But I'm having some issues with the backstory. Without going to deep into the plot,the heroine of the route I'm writing is a robot girl who looks to be about 11 -and yes its a romantic route- but I'm questioning why the main character, who is 19, would build a robot who looks like a little girl.

What do you guys think?

Shirou/Caster Medea
Rin/Saber [not sure which one just yet.]
Bazzet/Lancer
Einzbern Maid Homunculus/Berserker Herakles
Shinji/Rider

Archer and Assassin are up in the air at the moment, any suggestions on them and Saber would be greatly appreciated.

A few words about the other pairings:

Shirou was originally going to summon Joan of Arc as a Saber. This presented problems on several levels; among them being Joan's suicidal Noble Phantasm ...