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Q&A #5 is the fifteenth storyline group in the main canon of EGS. It opened on EGS Main Story Comic for 2011-07-04 and ended on July 29th, 2011 for a total of 17 pages. It consists of a Q&A session set in a talk show-like studio.

Summary[]

Lisa and Amanda announced that they would answer readers' questions and that they had Adrian Raven as a special guest to answer questions about magic. Amanda found Raven hot and wanted to have his babies, even if he was old and might be a vampire.[1]

The first question was whether the shape of a magic mark matters and the answer was that it has no bearing on the magic, though the immortal giving the mark or the person marked can choose a mark design related to the spell; what is important is the surface area. The location also does not matter but it is a good idea to put it somewhere that can be normally covered.[2]

The second question was whether there was an MV5 form (like FV5 but male) and Tedd answered that he had not programmed such a form but Grace revealed that during her birthday party the girls' male forms were programmed into the gun in the numbered slots, making MV5 Sarah's undersized male form. Because the question was one of intense fan interest, Tedd expected riots to result from this revelation.[3]

Question three was why Raven, an elf, has black hair rather than blond like Legolas in the Lord of the Rings movies. Lisa and Amanda noted that blond hair and pale skin would be bad camouflage for stereotypical forest-dwelling elves and that there could be different elf cultures. The answer is that 'elves' in the EGS universe just means immortal-human hybrids.[4]

Question four was about Elliot's inner demons (mentioned by Greg during Relations) and Amanda answered that they made it up. George showed up to say that this is a retcon and that the original plan was that would have made him more powerful but also more crazy when he used it.[5] Then Chika pointed out that the last question had been answered before (in Q&A 4). Chika saw that Amanda had unbuttoned her shirt to flirt with Raven and told her to change her clothes to something alluring but appropriate. Lisa offered to help Amanda. Then Chika accidentally revealed that Raven was not a blood relative to Noah when she asked if that question had already been answered.[6]

Question five was about time travel and the Chika answered that it's impossible but travel to dimensions that are "behind" or "ahead" can happen.[7]

Question six was whether there is anything known that magic cannot do except time travel and Raven answered that all that is known is the limits of the user. Chika asked if it's impossible to make someone fall in love and Raven answered that it wouldn't count as true love but evil mind control.[8] In response to follow-up questions Raven clarified that he wasn't saying that everything is possible but that it isn't known what is impossible.[9]

Question seven was whether any of the characters use just their wings to fly and Raven answered that flying characters, even Nanase's fairy doll, have to use levitation magic but it is possible that their wings are involved in their levitation.[9]

Question eight was about EGS:NP. Dan answered that it was on indefinite hiatus and would return if and when he had the ideas and time to start it up again. Chika suggested Dan update the commentary to reflect the situation and Dan decided to do just that.[10]

Then Amanda and Lisa came back. Question nine was about Justin's illusion powers and the answer confirmed that they still exist and that Elliot and Nanase's glowing is a type of illusion that serves no real purpose.[11]

The tenth question dealt with the sexual preferences of Elliot's secret identity forms. Mild mannered from was said to have enhanced attraction to men, goth form was declared ambiguous, and Lisa theorized that party girl form acted like a lesbian as a show for men.[12]

The eleventh question suggested that Susan can't know if she is a lesbian since she has not experimented. Amanda said she thought Susan would just naturally know, Lisa said that some people need to experiment withm their sexual orientation, which Chika confirmed from her own experience. Lisa also questioned whether Susan had a sex drive normally at all.[13]

The twelfth question was about the charts that keep appearing in El Goonish Shive, Lisa compared it to the badass hair wind effect hair fairies ([[who appeared in Q&A 3). Amanda and Lisa said that the hair fairies don't exist, only for both their hairstyles to spontaneously change; Amanda concluded that hair fairies might exist.[14]

The thirteenth question was why it's a big deal that Vladia does not have cheek antennae and the answer is that Grace can morph away her antennae because she is part lespuko and has been transformed by a CMD (cosmetic morph device, e.g. the Transformation Gun) into clone forms which lack antennae, neither of which apply to Vladia. Due to Ellen's enhanced beam Vladia currently lacks antennae but, since she is not part lespuko, should she ever transform she can only ever reassume a form without antennae by undergoing a clone form transformation using a CMD. It was also revealed that the reason Grace's transformations have changed is that the transformation ability of a greater seyunolu change when they are first transformed by a CMD, which Dan had forgotten to explain in Painted Black.[15]

The final question was regarding the effect transforming had on tattoos and piercings. A tattoo will remain on the person when they transform but may be deformed so that it may not look as good on the new body; when the person turns back the tattoo will look just as it was before the transformation. Piercings go under the skin and are naturally affected by transformations by shifting and shrinking as necessary without problems.[16]

Then Chika and Lisa encouraged Amanda to ask Raven out on a date and the prospect made her nervous.[16] When she did so, in an awkward manner, Raven started to say that his life was too complicated to go out on dates, but decided to go dancing with her once she pointed out that the Q&A was out of continuity.

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