Thread:Per Ankh/@comment-24588058-20170818010301

So, Sarah has been brainstorming a few story ideas, and she wanted me to ask about a few artifacts relating to fandoms. I have worked and adjusted their origin to make them as good as they can be, so I wanted to ask you about them before proceeding:
 * Black Butler artifacts (bifurcated)- Sebastian's Butler Pin: Gives user demonic speed, strength, and senses. Downsides: Will make user obey the Eyepatch wearer's commands without question. Ciel Phantomhive's Eyepatch: Increased crime solving and acting skills. Downsides: PTSD from death of parents and cult slavery.
 * Her story idea involving these is actually intriguing. It's a Pete/Myka story, and it involves a place in England where strange occurances are pinging in the Warehouse system. However, what makes this case difficult is that the people in the house are collectors of the Victorian era, and they have unknowingly collected many dozens of artifacts (not all of them active at once). Without knowing which artifact(s) caused the original ping, it's a process of elimination to determine which artifact is causing the trouble.
 * Ernest Renan's What is a Nation?: My recommendation for her wish to have a "Hetalia" artifact, which I didn't think was large enough by itself to have an artifact. However, the book is based on his idea: "A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which in truth are but one, constitute this soul or spiritual principle. One lies in the past, one in the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is present-day consent, the desire to live together, the will to perpetuate the value of the heritage that one has received in an undivided form". When the book is read, it turns the reader into a stereotypical representation of their country of origin. The personalities she wants to use are (mostly) based on their characters in Hetalia, as figured below:
 * America: Obsession with fast food and being a hero.
 * England: User will become more polite and drink more tea over time. They will also become more skilled at making tea.
 * Germany: User will become stronger and more obsessed with working out. (The more the user works out, the more s/he becomes stronger and more obsessed with working out.)
 * Italy: Obsession with pasta. User will also become more creative, especially in the fields of painting and sketching.
 * Japan: User will become more curious of other cultures. However, user will need time to adjust to other people due to not knowing much about the outside world.
 * France: User will become more skilled at romance and flirting. Due to this, he or she may flirt more often then normal. 