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Just want to praise Invincible Fight Girl

Because this is a modern show at all, let alone something that came from the remains of Cartoon Network, I'm pre-emptively worried about its future. So I should just say right now I kinda love this show and am rooting for it more than almost anything else right now. This is the type of kid's show I've wanted to exist since OK KO's pilot, a cartoon version of shonen anime (which for better or worse, OK KO rarely truly scratched that itch). And not just like a parody or love letter, but one that feels like it properly fits into that specific niche of "edited for Toonami" era anime.

There's a lot I like about it so far but the biggest one is that beyond the typical idea (both in and out of actual anime) of taking the most absurd ideas and turning them into over the top anime clichés (this time how ridiculous it makes the world of accounting look inside a world of wrestling), the series plays itself relatively straight beyond its initial episode. In particular, it really understands specific things in anime, like what angles things should look at at times or specific visuals, specific bits of animation, the atmosphere. It's so specific in a way I'm not sure I've not seen a cartoon pull off in this way (or if it was, it was again, for like a one-off in OK KO between its unending love letters to every single other thing the creators grew up with ever).

Considering how the series is 4 episodes out of 10 (probably actually 20, I know how this shit works), it also feels like the type of series that wants to do that level of shonen storytelling in terms of length too, which makes me so very concerned. I really hope in a year I'm not sad how the series is over just when its hitting its strive.

And in general, its a new action cartoon for kids at all. It exists, at all, without needing to be another DC comics adaptation. Despite a very comedic, goofy start and some standard kid's show comedy, it doesn't feel someone told them "has to be more wacky for the promos" or that they have to hide the premise of the show being taken seriously at all, it can take a lot of what it does seriously, and the jokes fit in fairly naturally.

Like the only problem I have is that because it is Cartoon Network show that's clearly a cartoon trying to be an anime, it occasionally hits a weird note where for some scenes it feels more like...I dunno, almost like an animated commercial for a graphic novel than an animated show. I think its also trying to do an intentional mix of high quality and minimal animation, and its more awkward at times than when a well made anime does the same, perhaps just because its not what I'm used to. But otherwise, its super fun to watch, especially the fights so far hit the hype I want from shonen, maybe not to like a Demon Slayer levels but again, for a classic Toonami era show, it hits exactly as well as it needs to, and then some.

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I love it when people try to claim representation in fiction is being taken “too far” to the point where it’s no believable. They’re like: 

“What’s next, a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum?” Hi, my name is Rachel, also known as Rachna, and I’m a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum. 

“What’s next, a transgender Latino man with chronic pain?” What, you mean my former colleague, Marco? 

“What’s next, a Black Jewish lesbian?” Bitch, I know I three Black Jewish lesbians, WHAT’S YOUR FUCKING POINT?

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Bray Wyatt gave so much the world with his creativity, his passion, his brilliance and imagination. Whether he was the Eather of Worlds, The Fiend, or in The Firefly Fun House, whether he was by himself, with The Wyatt Family, with Matt Hardy, Randy Orton or Alexa Bliss, he always had our attention and our hearts.

He’ll go down in history as one of the most creative, brilliant wrestlers to ever exist. A genius. He gave so much to us… thank you, thank you for everything. Rest in Peace, legend.

He’s got the whole world in his hands…

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At this point I’m increasingly jealous of countries with great public transportation

People keep trying to hire me for other businesses and I keep having to tell them "sorry you need a car for that and I can't drive" and they keep insisting I can pass a driver's test I can get a driver's license I can save up for a car I can use a company vehicle and I keep having to find non-alarming ways to say "I frequently forget who and where I am and if that happens in a 2 ton metal tank going 120km on the highway I will kill people"

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(no shade if u realized over 26 i just didnt want the list being a mile long)

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Oshi no Ko is one of the best anime I’ve ever seen

I might have some more detailed thoughts at some point, but after being blown away by its first episode, the rest of the season more or less lived up to that (as much as it possibly could at least). Episodes 1, 6, and 7 are already 3 of my favorite anime episodes I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen...too many. Pretty much everything about this series I love, and even the stuff I don’t I could love or at worst are better done than most anime that do similar things anyway. Not to mention, really thinking about, its so easy to see how aspects of this series could’ve been bad with just a merely somewhat worse writer.

This is already in my top 10, almost certainly top...7.

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So I watched Oshi No Ko

On a whim I decided to watch the first episode of Oshi no Ko yesterday. No idea what it was, no idea what to expect.

I cannot properly express my emotional reaction to this. I had to pause several times to ask my screen “Where are we going?!”. I burst out laughing. I nearly cried. I had to walk for a bit after finishing it. I got a renewed interest in creative writing. It’s not even been a full day. My miserable emotional state from the past year has seemingly vanished. There is no hyperbole in any of this, I promise you.

I’m not sure if this feeling will last or what happens next will keep my interest to even close to this degree. But I am beyond blown away by this first episode.

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How old were you at the lowest point in your life? Reblog this and put it in the tags, plus your current age maybe. I'm trying to see something.

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If you like the word “queer” reblog.

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I kinda just love this game, and I just wanna talk about how much Megaman Legends 2 is just immediately everything I want from an anime game like this. Airships, mysteries, giant robots, overly optimistic teens doing all the work the adults should be doing, endearingly dated dub voice acting. I say that having only put around 2 or so hours into playing it so far.

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HBO Max: so basically we're going to erase most of our shows as a tax dodge in a week and you can't stop us

A Youtuber who makes two hour long & strangely ominous video essays about Lost Media: it'll all be on Archive dot org by the end of the week you son of a bitch. Also the forbidden original pilot of Caillou and the French dub of the long sought after August 27th, 2001 Spongebob bumpers

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Metroid Prime 20th anniversary

My favorite game of all time came out 20 years ago today. I don’t have proper words or even feelings to describe why its my favorite, beyond...being the best game that came out when I was 12. But I’ve never had reason to change my mind on this. And especially in the context of a 2002 game, its impossibly good. A first time dev team pulling off an OOT level game for first person Metroid is impossible, and yet somehow they pulled it off.

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I’m still alive, probably.

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I’m amused to no end by them appreciating the person who will destroy the planet.

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This boy is really feminine, even by anime standards. Like he’s the perfect mix of looks like a young girl and “girl disguising herself as a guy”.

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Every 1/3 sentence is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.