u/yourGodlylead

I was wondering about this question because of the fact that Aphrodite appears as whatever someone would find most beautiful/attractive in a woman.

That made me wonder how this would affect her children, since, to my knowledge, we don’t really have much information about the other parents of Aphrodite's children. The only example I can think of is Piper's father, and Piper doesn’t seem to have any physical features that obviously reflect whatever appearance Aphrodite would’ve taken for him.

To use a hypothetical example, if Aphrodite had a child with an Icelandic man who had typical Norse features, and she appeared to him as an Asian woman, would their child have a natural mix of Asian and Scandinavian features like someone with real life parents from those backgrounds? Would the child instead mostly inherit the father's features?

Arsenal's Robbery manifests as a glowing sphere of cursed energy that hovers near its user. By bringing weapons, ammunition, armor, shields, and other instruments of war into contact with the sphere, they can be absorbed and stored within it. Absorbed equipment can be summoned, dismissed, or exchanged almost instantly, granting the user access to their entire collected arsenal at any time they desire. The technique however can’t create the weapons and instead grows stronger as the user expands their collection.

Capabilities

The user can freely summon any previously absorbed weapon, armor, shield, or ammunition at a negligible cursed energy cost. Because weapons can be switched almost instantaneously, Arsenals Robbery allows a seamless transition between weapons and ranges. Absorbed ammunition can be recreated through cursed energy expenditure, ensuring stored firearms never permanently run out of ammunition.

Weaknesses

The sphere can only absorb objects that the user could physically lift and hold with both hands without reinforcing their body with cursed energy. Oversized weapons, vehicles, artillery, and similarly massive equipment simply cannot be stored.

The technique also can’t create weapon that haven’t first been absorbed, making the user's arsenal entirely dependent on what they have collected. Furthermore, while cursed tools can be absorbed and summoned, any cursed technique imbued within them is stripped away during absorption, leaving only the physical object behind. A Special Grade blade that produces flames, gravity, or any other sort of ability will be reduced to an ordinary cursed tool. Additionally, recreating ammunition consumes cursed energy, causing prolonged ranged combat to steadily drain the user.

Extension Techniques

Armory Barrage
The user launches numerous stored weapons as projectiles from the sphere, overwhelming opponents with sheer volume.

Ammunition Forge
The sphere continuously converts cursed energy into ammunition, allowing stored firearms to fire indefinitely as long as cursed energy remains.

Cursed Technique Reversal

Armament Bestowal
The user can temporarily grant weapons and armor to allies by materializing them from the sphere. The equipment is formed from cursed energy and lasts until destroyed or dismissed. This allows the user to quickly arm an entire group for battle.

Maximum Technique

Armory Barrage
The user fully opens up Arsenal's Robbery and releases hundreds of stored weapons into the air at once. Each weapon is reinforced with cursed energy and launched toward the target from every direction under the user's control. Their paths can be changed in flight, making the barrage extremely difficult to evade or defend against. The technique consumes a large amount of cursed energy and temporarily commits a significant portion of the user's arsenal to the attack.

Domain Expansion: Golden Mausoleum of War

Golden Mausoleum of War manifests as a vast golden blacksmith's workshop illuminated by countless furnaces. Massive chimneys constantly pour smoke into the sky while the sound of hammer striking metal echoes throughout the domain, creating the impression that weapons are endlessly being forged in the domain.

The domain's sure hit effect converts any cursed energy or technique used by an opponent into a weapon that reflects the intended purpose of the technique. Offensive techniques become weapons, restraining techniques become chains or ropes, and defensive techniques become things like shields and armor. The opponent still uses the same amount of cursed energy, as they otherwise would’ve.

As a result, opponents are unable to meaningfully use cursed energy without strengthening the user. The stronger the opponent and the more cursed energy they expend, the larger the user's arsenal becomes, often forcing them to rely solely on physical combat or risk continuously supplying their enemy with new weapons.

Now, you may be wondering what I could possibly mean by this. After all, it's well known that Neymar, the real life inspiration for Lavinho, played magnificently during the Remontada.

My friends, that is where you've been deceived.

What actually happened in the Blue Lock universe is that Pessi and Messi scored hat tricks in the first leg against PXG during the Champagne League knockout rounds, dragging Barcha to a historic 6-1 victory. The football world celebrated them as heroes.

Unfortunately, this created a catastrophic problem for Lavinho. As a man fueled entirely by aura farming and TikTok edits being overshadowed on one of the greatest nights in club history dealt irreparable damage to his ego.

The Spanish media showed no mercy. Headlines questioned whether he had even played, academy prospects were posting Lavinho disasterclass edits, and one youth player was reportedly asked whether Lavinho was his favorite striker before responding,

"Literally anyone else."

Faced with this humiliation, Lavinho entered the second leg determined to reclaim the spotlight. He stalked into the arena with a gaze reminiscent of Kobe Bryant in Colorado , and in Lavinho’s mind he knew that he would score seven goals, surpass Pessi, surpass Messi, surpass Noel Noa, and prove once and for all that he was Barcha's true superstar.

Technically, he succeeded.

According to eyewitness accounts, Lavinho scored seven goals in the second leg. The only problem was that every single one went into his own net. Historians still debate how this was possible. Some reports mention bicycle kicks, others mention rabona volleys, and one witness claimed Flow and Meta Vision were somehow involved.

Regardless of the exact details, the result was undeniable. PXG advanced, Pessi and Messi's hat tricks were rendered meaningless, and newspapers across Europe carried the same headline:

LAVINHO SCORES SEVEN GOALS IN A REVERSE REMONTADA

Most people believe this is where the story ends.

In reality, this is where it begins.
Following the match, Barcha executives reportedly held an emergency meeting and concluded that allowing a man responsible for seven own goals in a Champions League knockout tie to remain at the club was not a sustainable long term strategy.

While Lavinho attempted to explain how the Reverse Remontada was actually an artistic statement on the nature of football, the club quietly began planning for the future around a certain Bunny Iglesias.

Now, the mainstream media would have you believe that Bunny's rise and Lavinho's fall were unrelated events. They expect you to ignore the fact that Bunny was already a member of the New Gen 11 and that Barcha immediately transformed once he became the centerpiece of the project.

Pessi and Messi followed up their legendary performances with outstanding seasons, Bunny established himself as one of football's brightest stars, and together they completed a domestic treble before winning the Champagne League the following season.

The timing was simply too perfect. Supporters of the theory argue that Bunny was never brought in to improve Barcha. He was brought in to contain the damage. The Reverse Remontada had become impossible to explain, so the club's solution was simple: win everything. Win so much that people stop asking questions.

Some believers even point to a charity event months later where Lavinho allegedly attempted to introduce himself to Bunny as an equal. According to eyewitnesses, Bunny listened politely, patted Lavinho on the head, and responded with only two words:

“Good boy."

Curiously, no footage of this interaction exists.

Which brings us to the question nobody wants to answer. Why exactly is Lavinho a Neo Egoist League Master?
The official explanation is that he was selected because of his creativity, experience, and status as one of the world's greatest players.

The unofficial explanation is that Barcha removed him after the Reverse Remontada, Bunny Iglesias inherited the project, Pessi and Messi completed the greatest revenge season in football history, and the Neo Egoist League became football's most expensive witness protection program.

This is Part of my series of giving you the truth of the Neo Egoist League masters

Part 1: Why Noel Noa Doesn’t Support NNN

Part 2: When Julian “Dictator” Loki Got Relegated

Part 3: When Lavinho Committed The Reverse Remontada

Now I know what y’all are wondering. When did the dictator himself, Mr. Julian "I said there was freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech" Loki, get relegated?

Well, my friends, consider this insider knowledge straight from PXG themselves.

Now, this story begins in 2018. Outside of being the year this story takes place and conveniently lining up with the events of Blue Lock, it also coincides with another important event in the football world. The loan of the dictator Mbappe himself from Monaco to PSG.

Now why is this relevant, you ask?

Well, you see Loki had already taken over PXG despite presumably being on loan from Monaco's off brand cousin Monegasque. And you know what I couldn’t help but notice? He’s in the U-20 World Cup despite being introduced as a member of the senior French National Team.

Curious. Very curious. How can this possible happen? What outside circumstances forced Julian Loki into the U-20 squad?

Well, I’ll explain to y’all what transpired to cause this. You see, due to Loki wanting to play his preferred position of striker instead of Left Winger, the dictator himself marched into French National Team training and confronted a man that WE all know and love.

A man with 57 goals in 137 appearances for France. A man WE, yes WE, all respect and admire.

ORELIEN JACQUIRE!!!!!

Loki marched directly toward Jacquire and demanded that his position be surrendered to Loki effective immediately.

The first words out of Jacquire’s mouth were:

"You mean Noa's position?"

The second were:

"Pourquoi bordel tu veux être un attaquant remplaçant sur le banc?"

This roughly translates to:

"Why the hell do you want to be a backup striker sitting on the bench?"

This stunned the dictator. For you see, he never expected to be denied his desired position on the World Cup squad. After all, dictators are many things, but accustomed to hearing "no" isn’t one of those things.

Orelien "Totally Not Giroud" Jacquire was equally confused. Afterall, from his perspective, Loki had just waltzed up to him and essentially demanded the role of starting striker and to bench the greatest striker in the world. Even Arsenal fans aren't that committed to poor decision making, and they spend every season convincing themselves a European trophy is right around the corner.

Unable to process this rejection, Loki took his husband, his adopted child, and fled to the U-20 team in order to prove that he deserved the starting spot over the literal greatest striker in the world.

Thus began the tale of Loki, Hugo, and Charles: a band of misunderstood misfits.

Well... only Charles was really a misfit. The senior squad just didn’t particularly want him around.

They also thought Hugo was a pretentious snob, which, in fairness, is an incredibly valid opinion to have. I mean the guy acts like he reads books when they’re literally blank.

And nobody on the senior squad could really understand why Loki desperately wanted to be Noel Noa’s backup striker instead of France’s starting left winger.

So really they weren’t a band of misfits at all. But that doesn’t fit the narrative, nor does it make them sound particularly compelling.

Now you may be asking: "How does this mean Loki was relegated?" And more importantly: "What do PXG and Monegasque have to do with any of this?"

Well, my friends, we’re only getting started.

You see, this was actually a coordinated effort by PXG to decrease Hugo’s transfer value so they could buy him. Think about it. A top wonderkid playing in the U-20 squad sounds unbelievable. A top wonderkid from Arsenal not even making the senior squad bench sounds even more unbelievable.

After all, Arsenal are a team that has a lot of prestige they’ve won zero European trophies in most of our lifetimes afterall, and somehow the Gooners still manage to convince themselves “this is our year” every year like clockwork.

For Hugo, this wasn’t merely bad luck, it was the destruction of his career and reputation.

Now here’s where Monegasque enters the story, and becomes the shining embodiment of incompetence.

So how did PXG and Monegasque actually accomplish their master plan?

Simple.

When PXG loaned in Loki, they promised him the exact same role he had at Monegasque. This caused his dictator soul within Loki to awaken. After all, ruling over common plebeians is one thing. Being the dictator of the Oil Barrens is another thing entirely. Loki’s ego skyrocketed to unprecedented levels, causing him to genuinely believe he would take Noel Noa’s starting position. You know the greatest striker in the world Noel Noa.

This naturally caused friction within the French National Team. So much so that it lead to one of France’s best players playing in a useless competition despite being world class and having the talent to play as a starter for the senior squad.

Thus, the relegation was complete.

Now you may be wondering: "What does Monegasque get out of all this?"

Well, that’s where Charles enters the picture.
You see, PXG actually like Charles that much. Now you might point out that they bought Shidou, creating the perfect partnership with Charles. But what actually happened is that PXG intended to buy Shindou and accidentally submitted the paperwork for Shidou instead.

As a result, Monegasque would receive Charles, who would eventually become an elite midfield talent, while PXG would keep Loki and Hugo.

Unfortunately for Monegasque, PXG then remembered that what they and Monegasque had done was incredibly illegal.

As such, there was no paperwork. No contracts. No evidence. No witnesses. No paper trail whatsoever.

So PXG simply kept Charles.

And because Loki's loan included a buy option, Monegasque got absolutely fleeced in the end.

And thus the conspiracy was complete.
Loki got himself relegated to the U-20 squad because he wanted Noel Noa’s job.

Hugo’s market value fell off a cliff because people couldn’t comprehend a top wonderkid not even making the senior squad bench.

Charles got dragged into the entire situation despite being someone who had done absolutely nothing wrong.

PXG committed actual crimes that definitely didn’t happened.

And in the end Arsenal still didn’t win a single European trophy.

Also this is part 2 of the series where I give an in depth analysis of all of the Neo Egoist League Masters

Part 1: Why Noel Noa Doesn’t Support NNN

Part 2: When Julian “Dictator” Loki Got Relegated

Now I know what y’all are wondering. When did the dictator himself, Mr. Julian "I said there was freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech" Loki, get relegated?

Well, my friends, consider this insider knowledge straight from PXG themselves.

Now, this story begins in 2018. Outside of being the year this story takes place and conveniently lining up with the events of Blue Lock, it also coincides with another important event in the football world. The loan of the dictator Mbappe himself from Monaco to PSG.

Now why is this relevant, you ask?

Well, you see Loki had already taken over PXG despite presumably being on loan from Monaco's off brand cousin Monegasque. And you know what I couldn’t help but notice? He’s in the U-20 World Cup despite being introduced as a member of the senior French National Team.

Curious. Very curious. How can this possible happen? What outside circumstances forced Julian Loki into the U-20 squad?

Well, I’ll explain to y’all what transpired to cause this. You see, due to Loki wanting to play his preferred position of striker instead of Left Winger, the dictator himself marched into French National Team training and confronted a man that WE all know and love.

A man with 57 goals in 137 appearances for France. A man WE, yes WE, all respect and admire.

ORELIEN JACQUIRE!!!!!

Loki marched directly toward Jacquire and demanded that his position be surrendered to Loki effective immediately.

The first words out of Jacquire’s mouth were:

"You mean Noa's position?"

The second were:

"Pourquoi bordel tu veux être un attaquant remplaçant sur le banc?"

This roughly translates to:

"Why the hell do you want to be a backup striker sitting on the bench?"

This stunned the dictator. For you see, he never expected to be denied his desired position on the World Cup squad. After all, dictators are many things, but accustomed to hearing "no" isn’t one of those things.

Unable to process this rejection, Loki took his husband, his adopted child, and fled to the U-20 team in order to prove that he deserved the starting spot over the literal greatest striker in the world.

Thus began the tale of Loki, Hugo, and Charles: a band of misunderstood misfits.

Well... only Charles was really a misfit. The senior squad just didn’t particularly want him around.

They also thought Hugo was a pretentious snob, which, in fairness, is an incredibly valid opinion to have. I mean the guy acts like he reads books when they’re literally blank.

And nobody on the senior squad could really understand why Loki desperately wanted to be Noel Noa’s backup striker instead of France’s starting left winger.

So really they weren’t a band of misfits at all. But that doesn’t fit the narrative, nor does it make them sound particularly compelling.

Now you may be asking: "How does this mean Loki was relegated?" And more importantly: "What do PXG and Monegasque have to do with any of this?"

Well, my friends, we’re only getting started.

You see, this was actually a coordinated effort by PXG to decrease Hugo’s transfer value so they could buy him. Think about it. A top wonderkid playing in the U-20 squad sounds unbelievable. A top wonderkid from Arsenal not even making the senior squad bench sounds even more unbelievable.

After all, Arsenal are a team that has a lot of prestige they’ve won zero European trophies in most of our lifetimes afterall, and somehow the Gooners still manage to convince themselves “this is our year” every year like clockwork.

For Hugo, this wasn’t merely bad luck, it was the destruction of his career and reputation.

Now here’s where Monegasque enters the story, and become the shining embodiment of incompetence.

So how did PXG and Monegasque actually accomplish their master plan?

Simple.

When PXG loaned in Loki, they promised him the exact same role he had at Monegasque.
This caused his dictator soul within Loki to awaken. After all, ruling over common plebeians is one thing. Being the dictator of the Oil Barrens is another thing entirely. Loki’s ego skyrocketed to unprecedented levels, causing him to genuinely believe he would take Noel Noa’s starting position. You know the greatest striker in the world Noel Noa.

This naturally caused friction within the French National Team. So much so that it lead to one of France’s best players playing in a useless competition despite being world class and having the talent to play as a starter for the senior squad.

Thus, the relegation was complete.

Now you may be wondering: "What does Monegasque get out of all this?"

Well, that’s where Charles enters the picture.
You see, PXG actually like Charles that much. Now you might point out that they bought Shidou, creating the perfect partnership with Charles. But what actually happened is that PXG intended to buy Shindou and accidentally submitted the paperwork for Shidou instead.

As a result, Monegasque would receive Charles, who would eventually become an elite midfield talent, while PXG would keep Loki and Hugo.

Unfortunately for Monegasque, PXG then remembered that what they and Monegasque had done was incredibly illegal.

As such, there was no paperwork. No contracts. No evidence. No witnesses. No paper trail whatsoever.

So PXG simply kept Charles.

And because Loki's loan included a buy option, Monegasque got absolutely fleeced in the end.

And thus the conspiracy was complete.
Loki got himself relegated to the U-20 squad because he wanted Noel Noa’s job.

Hugo’s market value fell off a cliff because people couldn’t comprehend a top wonderkid not even making the senior squad bench.

Charles got dragged into the entire situation despite being someone who had done absolutely nothing wrong.

PXG committed actual crimes that definitely didn’t happened.

And in the end Arsenal still didn’t win a single European trophy.

Now, as WE all know, NNN stands for Never Nutmeg Noa, and I want to take a deep dive into what this truly means for Noel Noa and Blue Lock as a whole.

The first piece of evidence comes from when Noa is talking to Lavinho. Now, you may ask, how is this evidence? It's simple. As a Brazilian, Lavinho is naturally born with the ability to nutmeg people. We see this in his illegitimate child Bachira, who nutmegs a random bum and then scores during the Barcha vs Bastard match.

Yet Noa interacts with Lavinho with his legs closed. This represents two things. First, he has internalized homophobia because he doesn't want Lavinho to know that he wants him. Second, he is afraid of opening up to others and being vulnerable with them, potentially embarrassing himself in the process. More importantly, however, this scene serves as the first visual manifestation of what NNN in the entire series. The unenlightened viewers merely see two world class footballers having a conversation. The enlightened reader sees a man desperately protecting his legacy from a Brazilian. After all, a Brazilian seeing an open pair of legs on the pitch is like a shark smelling blood in the water.

This is why Noa never widens his stance around him. He understands that the moment he opens up even slightly, he places himself at risk of spontaneous NNN. In fact, I would argue that Noa's true weapon as the world's best striker isn’t his talent, ambidextrousness, physique, or even his football IQ, but rather his elite ability to sense and prevent NNN. After all, any player can score goals, but only Noa has built his entire career around the NNN victim allegations.

We also see this during the Manshine match, where Noa, instead of facing CP head on, actually acted defensively. Now you might wonder how that's relevant. After all, it's easier to nutmeg a striker guarding you than a defender.

The answer is simple. It gives Noa an excuse. If CP penetrates him from between his legs, he can claim he was just messing around against the threat of CP and wasn't actually trying. But if the reverse happens, and a youth team defender steals the ball and participates in NNN against him, then he'll be exposed as a fraud and lose his empire.

This is further shown through his fellow Frenchman Hugo. Hugo is a hidden homosexual who releases his desires through leaning on strikers. This accomplishes two things. First, it satisfies his desire for companionship. Second, it protects him from the potential of NNN and the truths it could reveal about him that he doesn't want others to know.

That's why Hugo doesn't allow Isagi to gain possession of the ball at any cost. It gives Isagi the opportunity to nutmeg him. If this happened the PIFA Federation would realistically publicly declare him a fraudulent bum and award his New Gen 11 title to a more deserving player, such as Iemon.

Narratively, what this represents for Blue Lock as a whole is Noa being afraid to break away from his logical core and embrace who he truly can be by supporting NNN. In a world where everyone seems to want him to participate in NNN, the only thing remaining constant is his logical mind telling him to play boring, analytical football without that Joga Bonito spirit.

Because of this, Noa never allows himself to experiment and discover a side of himself he never knew existed. Fundamentally, Noa has embraced his French heritage by becoming an advocate of European football, and in doing so, he has forsaken what football can truly be when played with freedom and passion.

Thus, in Noa's mind, if he ever falls into temptation and participates in NNN, he would be accepting the fact that he has lost sight of what made him fall in love with the beautiful game in the first place.

This conflict is even reflected in Ego's beliefs during the match against France. Hugo himself is a vocal follower of Noa's philosophy, as he can’t actually read the philosophy itself with his blank books. Ego, however, stands firmly against it. He wants NNN. He needs NNN. It would prove that he’s finally produced a striker capable of nutmegging Noa, showing that Japanese football is truly here.

In a sense, the match against France isn’t merely a battle between two rivaling nations, but instead it’s a clash between competing football ideologies. On one side stands Noa's school of thought, which argues that avoiding NNN no matter the costs is the foundation of true success. On the opposite side stands Ego, who believes that true greatness can only be achieved by truly pursuing and desiring NNN.

The true genius of Blue Lock though is that it presents valid arguments for both positions. Noa's anti NNN philosophy has clearly produced results, allowing him to become the world's best striker while maintaining a spotless public record. However, Ego argues that this fear of NNN ultimately limits a player's growth. A striker obsessed with protecting himself from NNN allegations will never attempt the impossible, while a striker willing to embrace the possibility of NNN may discover a new level of football.

Thus, I believe the France match actually becomes the ultimate test of the series' core theme: is it better to live safely within the boundaries of Never Nutmeg Noa, or is it worth it to risk everything for the minuscule chance to become the one who finally participates in NNN with Noa?

This is why I believe Blue Lock is fundamentally pro NNN. After all, WE all remember Ego's famous phrase, "Don't knock it till you try it," a statement that perfectly encapsulates the series core philosophy. On the surface, Blue Lock is merely a story about creating the world's best striker. Beneath that, however, lies a much deeper critique of modern football.

Blue Lock portrays the old Japanese systems, logic and their desire for efficiency and teamwork as obstacles to true greatness. No character embodies these values more than Noel Noa, a man who has built his entire career around the avoidance of NNN. Every action he takes is calculated, every movement optimized, and every stance carefully engineered to minimize the possibility of experiencing NNN.

From the series perspective, Noa isn’t simply a rival for Isagi to overcome, but the central ideological antagonist of the story itself. Through Ego, the author asks an important question. What has football lost in its pursuit of efficiency? The answer, is NNN. The willingness to attempt the impossible no matter who thinks otherwise. The courage to leave your legs open despite the consequences. Thus, while Noa's philosophy has produced results, Ego believes it’s also produced a generation of players terrified of vulnerability.

Thus, the story's inevitable conclusion isn’t the defeat of Noa himself, but rather the defeat of the anti NNN ideology he encapsulates. Only then can football finally return to its roots and embrace its truest form, the world of Joga Bonito.

My question is about how important it is for elite players to avoid fouling.

For example, say that you have a defensive lineman that’s a GOAT candidate for his position, but he commits about 2.5 penalties a game.

How important would it be that he commits penalties that often, or would his level of skill give him a longer leash so much so that his foul problems don’t matter to much?

Edit: Changed the amount of penalties because 4 or 5 was a bit much.

One question I have is how did tamers as a class actually work in Yggdrasil?

Did you have the ability to tame any monster you wanted under a certain level? Were there specific classes for certain types of creatures, like Lava Tamer for lava monsters? Or was it that you bought the creatures you wanted to use?

This is a minor complaint, but one thing that bothers me sometimes when I read Pokemon fanfics is when the main character, whether they’re an OC or SI, gives all their Pokemon nicknames and acts like that’s the standard. Then we see literally no one else nickname their Pokemon.

It makes it feel like what the protagonist is doing is unique compared to everyone else, but then no one even mentions it. The Pokemon don’t think it’s weird, other trainers don’t find it strange, and even people like the professor will say everyone does it. Then you find out they were apparently lying because no one else actually does it.

What also makes it strange is battles. I get that it would probably be hard to write a battle where both trainers are using nicknames for all their Pokemon, but at least come up with something.

Maybe nicknames aren’t allowed to be used during official battles, or the announcers always use the Pokemon’s species name. Even when you’re describing what the Pokemon is doing, instead of constantly calling it Ronny like its trainer does, you could just say Machamp.