AI 2 Anno
Year two! There’s John Waltrip on art. And here’s E-Merl and Scipio, who were new faces at this point in the series, aligned against the older athletes, Frigg and Byron. In some ways, Rachel would be a more natural volleyball player than E-Merl, but she was still purely worshipping Frigg at this stage, not yet ready to compete with her. Besides, Rachel in a swimsuit seemed like a contradiction in terms.
We also shift to a more subtle kind of sex appeal, which will be the norm for Adventurers Illustrated until its final year. It may not be an accident that the article title “Chainmail Bikinis: Sexist or Sexy?” appears next to Frigg, who we very deliberately put in plate armor when we created her. Bikini top and boy shorts do seem to be the right ensemble for her. We’ve got another Cosmo parody with “Techniques to Drive Him Wild,” but the other two articles actually seem like they might be substantial.
I hope the crab was okay after the game.
Damn, E-merl is so going down and he knows it.
Rolling Stone poked fun at the concept in 1983:
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“Is your princess in another castle yet again? 10 signs she’s not that into you”
“Don’t depend on your caster in combat! Here’s 20 ranged weapons that will make you the MPV in the dungeon”
“Exclusive! Freaky frolicking in the forest: An exposé on how owlbears are created”
So … is Scipio smiling? And what is he doing there? Playing air guitar? Or did he just play the ball? Into perfect attack position for Frigg? So why is he still smiling? He should get ready to jump into whatever direction Frigg sends it, in half a second…