I'd consider her to not be one since she doesn't purify it but uses it as-is.

Do remember time gaps. From what I understand it's unknown if Ruby's mother actually died or not, only that she's MIA and presumed dead; you could close the gap in time from then and now to bring her forward since if true, she's not actually dead at that moment.

Similar yet nowhere close. It's got more to do with the origin of Dusk's powers than anything else.

Tl;dr You're correct, though I never suggested replacing the Big One, only adding a new munition. There's a modern precedent called a MIRV nuke for precision-guided nuclear attacks. Every weapon has its purpose. Less mass = less kinetic energy Less kinetic energy = less area of effect Less area of effect = greater precision Greater precision > less raw damage – Also – Less mass = lower signature on scans regarding orbital entry Lower signature on scans regarding orbital entry = greater element of surprise The last one of the first set, particularly 'Greater precision > less raw damage' is most important when attempting to minimize collateral casualties in a crowded environment such as a city, which is a likely situation sooner or later. The further you are from the center of a kinetic attack, the less damage you take if any, so spreading it out would still deal less damage to a single target but greater damage to multiple targets. Ultimately they both have their strengths and weaknesses, but when attempting to strike multiple targets with precision whilst dealing consistent damage to them all it is generally better to go with more instead of bigger. There is also that if you strike multiple targets simultaneously they usually lack the ability to react as well as if you took them out one by one. Ultimately, for this situation you are correct. There is the fact I mentioned, albeit on review possibly unclearly, that this MIRV loadout of Rods From God could be a second type of munition rather than the sole type; there is ultimately a modern precedent for this type of weaponry called the MIRV, which is a cluster nuke that deploys miniature nuclear bombs to precision strike targets using their own propelling and guidance systems, despite their theoretically lower blast radius. Every weapon has its designed purpose.

Exactly that reference, and for a decent period after the city the title came from it was a major part of her character.

Look up the terms kemonomimi and gijinka. The former are basically humans with animal features as a whole category, and the latter translates literally to 'personification' such as turning a Pokémon into a human-like version.

Simple reason. Observe:

Yuri is love, yuri is life.

Just thought about him.

Chief psychopomp; the Soul King is of similar status but they differ in scale.

Better to just call it restoration, as in being restored to a former state of existence.

Depends on which time travel, really. There's time loops which are often harder, but time travel across parallel timelines is very much like you're describing. After a certain amount of time it gets harder and harder to keep the same level of detail if you're working retroactively.

Female dwarves often are portrayed as having magnificent beards of substantial worth.

No. Previous chapters all show that it's a secret, such that outside Zelretch, the ones who know were all involved with the Grail War.

Because he's waiting for them to finish before he decides to punish them for believing they could without knowing before he tells them, I'd guess. The key in this is that nobody outside a handful actually know and he knows they do.

While I understand you're using 'thaumaturgy' as a system of magic here, I mainly see it used as a form of study and understanding related to the workings and mechanics of magic as a whole and often as a supplementary to spell and artifact creation rather than a strict system. It's primarily a logical, often directly a scientific, way of approaching magic and helps in general with refining magical means and directly supports dismantling magic used by others.

Thaumaturgy is regarding the workings of magic as a whole, with 'miracles' being used in place of 'magic' in many religious uses of the term. Sympathetic magic falls under it as a category of magic, which is blatantly ignored here.

There's a whole category of fanfictions called 'fluff'.