#Metal soni meme

[laylaclock]

Since nobody did it I’ll do it MYSELF

This is canon, like seriously …. :o

[saspitite]

Kauhukorppi

In 2011, a copyright dispute broke out between the Hevisaurus members and Sony Finland, who both claimed to have rights over the brand and characters. This led to the members temporarily creating a separate band represented by the same characters, SauruXet. Unfortunately, however, court ruled in Sony's favor, and Hevisaurus had to bend to their wishes, disbanding SauruXet in 2012 and reforming Hevisaurus.

Komppi Momppi, the apatosaurus drummer of Hevisaurus, was the main member to voice concern and disappointment in Sony Finland's actions. Upon seeing the results of the court case, he expressed that he was enraged, but knew he could do nothing about it, saying in an interview that he "felt all creative control and merit of the band was now in the hands of a corporation", of which he was not optimistic about in the slightest, he clarified.

The members reported increasing concerns regarding Komppi Momppi, as they felt he would sometimes "act completely unlike anyone on earth ever has" and would also note about an increase of night terrors since the incident. This series of events went unexplained for several months until a disturbing 2014 photo was released, with the author claiming it to be unedited. The photo will be shown below.

Taken May 24th, 2014.

The photo, supposedly of Riffi Raffi and Komppi Momppi mid performance, reportedly became heavily corrupted and damaged as soon as the author had gone home to print it. Most notably, Komppi Momppi is seen heavily distorted with a shadowy face and an elongated smile or grimace. The author also then reported having difficulty sleeping that night.

Shortly after this photo was uploaded online, it gained mass popularity not just within the Hevisaurus fan community, but the rest of the world as well. "Memes" and shocking statements were also made in reference to the photo, one of which spreading the popular hoax that staring at the photo for more than ten seconds would cause the viewer to go into fatal cardiac arrest.

The news eventually spread to the Hevisaurus band members themselves, who had elected to not comment further on the topic.

Fans have since theorized and discussed the phenomenon- where it came from, why it only shows up in photos, why it doesn't show up in every photo, why it distorts photos and how to minimize said distortion, and whether or not it is a sentient being that holds malicious intent. The entity eventually gained the nicknames "Mirror Momppi", "Shadowsaur", and "Kauhukorppi"- the last of which coming from the supposed pattern of photographers describing their nightmares as being heavily assaulted and disfigured by a murder of crows. The cryptic entity had attracted a community of its own, which would then gather to make their own online forum known as "KauKoBoard".

A few fans eventually figured out that a key factor to the level of distortion in a photo was the amount of focus and motion. If a camera were to be unfocused, or if the subject were constantly moving around, the final photo would appear heavily distorted, with the opposite seemingly resulting in clearer, more coherent photos.

Another factor that was eventually discovered was proximity to the entity, which can nullify the aforementioned focus trick. Depending on how close the photographer is to the entity, distortion will still occur, gaining stronger the closer the two are. The discovery was a disappointment to some in the community, especially those who had plans to capture close-up photos of the entity.

Other fans eventually noticed that higher-quality, lower-distortion photos depict more accurate versions of the entity's appearances, which are thought to be its "true form". As of writing this article, there is only one photo considered "over 90% clear" that mostly shows the entity's true form, shown below.

Taken April 30th, 2018.

Features of note include the general body proportions becoming elongated, the spiked hand and leg cuffs changing to metal chains, the spiked collar instead being covered in barbed wire, and the jacket becoming significantly frayed. The original photographer uploaded the photo anonymously and has not been identified to this day. The location has not been found, either. Despite the mysterious circumstances of the photo and its origins, however, fans generally cite it as a highly reliable reference of the entity's physical appearance.

Although significant advancements were made in the techniques for capturing the entity in photos, the explanation behind the reason for its existence and its intentions was still missing. One popular theory is commonly cited, written by forum user HedoniSt0rm: "The Kauhukorppi is a manifestation of the hatred Komppi Momppi has for Sony's decision; it's a being that holds all of the spite and need for revenge that he gave up and threw away. [...] Above all else, it radiates hatred, but only for a specific group of people- those who see the band as a product."

This statement is backed up with several witness statements speaking up on their experiences with photographing or interacting with the entity. A significant correlation made was that the entity never made any hostile or violent moves towards individuals under the age of 18, and was especially gentle towards those under the age of 13, with both demographics never reporting any instances of night terrors or induced paranoia.

A groundbreaking discovery would then be made soon after fans found out about the entity's passiveness towards children. Several forum users shared an allegedly unedited photo of the entity interacting with a young child, shown below.

Taken September 26th, 2019.

Most notably, the child's face is censored out and their body is covered in blood. Many fans initially were horrified and outraged, seeing this as a direct message from the entity about its intentions, until others noticed the lack of blood present on the entity's body. The eventual conclusion drawn was that the photograph was meant to represent the entity kneeling beside a child that had died of unrelated causes (note that the actual child in the photograph is alive- the discussion was pertaining to the symbolism of the photo distortions that the entity made).

Now aware of the fact that the entity was capable of actively manipulating photos, fans wondered about other abilities it potentially had. Forum user HedoniSt0rm, creator of the previously mentioned popular theory on the entity, talked about potentially using it as a way to communicate with the entity by taking photos after asking it questions. When asked if they would attempt this idea, they said they "had the ability to, but probably not the guts". It is worth noting that the user has not been active since the creation of that thread in 2019.

Below is a compilation of photos taken and uploaded by fans, which showcase varying quality and distortion.

Considered "low quality/high distortion".

Considered "low quality/high distortion".

Considered "low quality/high distortion".

Considered "fair quality/medium distortion".

Considered "fair quality/medium distortion". Note the entity's usual direct eye contact with the camera is broken to instead look at the adult in front of it.

Considered "high quality/medium distortion". Note the entity's usual direct eye contact with the camera is broken to look elsewhere off-camera.

Considered "high quality/low distortion".

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CONTEXT

this is a fictional story formatted as an article for the sake of immersion. all text under the cut and above the context is fictional and for entertainment purposes. the first paragraph, however, is a true event that inspired me to make this entire story! (i should also note that the member who performed as komppi momppi at the time was indeed the main person to fight against sony in the case, that was also a true fact. everything written afterwards is fictional. i have some more planned for this little silly idea and i wanna know what everyone thinks :) it feels strange to bring back creepypasta (or at least creepypasta-heavily-inspired media) in 2024 but i am hoping itll be taken well. enjoy !!

[springdayautumnmoon]

it's funny to me how sony and konami both wanted raiden in ps all stars both to promote metal gear rising and to be separate from smash bros, and at the time everyone thought it was the stupidest thing have raiden without solid or naked snake, but nowadays metal gear rising seemingly eclipses the entire rest of the franchise in popularity (in part because of the soundtrack, internet memes, and it being more available than most other metal gears because its on steam) so really they accidentally made the right decision at the wrong time.

[matt0044]

Fave meme thingie

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Favorite Color: I... can't say?

Currently Reading: IDW's Sonic The Hedgehog run. Picked up the "Tangle & Whisper" trade and fell in love with those funky little lesbians (whether SEGA allows it to be said or not). Whisper speaks to the introvert in me and Tangle speaks to the part of me who can be a lot for others.

Wish they were the perspective characters for the Neo Metal Sonic arc for new fans tho.

...

Anywho...

Last Song: Look Up! The Sky Is Falling by Michael Bradley as Yellow Dancer

Last Series: Naruto Part 1 and movies (Three is the best in terms of plot structure and character writing). And yeah, I saw the Filler Hell. Guess what? I. Liked. It. A lot.

Last Movie: Terra Willy. It's actually a animated movie from France that's all about a kid surviving for ten months on an alien planet. Starts off slow but grows. There's no obligatory villain, twist or otherwise, but nature to contend with.

I get that YouTubers need clout and profit so they focus on Disney/Pixar/Sony/etc. but the movies distributed by Kids Viva are honestly some of the best I've seen. Some are clearly "inspired" by Disney but even they blaze their own trail. Check out their catalogue if you hope to broaden your animation horizons if only a bit.

Working on: I'm planning a crossover between Miraculous Ladybug and The Jungle Book (specifically the 1989 Anime adaptation) and a crossover between Digimon Fusion & Fairy Tail with Lisanna Strauss as the lead.

WARNING: My main gallery and faves is SUPER NSFW with every kink imaginable. If you prefer your pure mental image of me to remained unsulied by the reality that people get horny in weird ways, tread carefully.

For now, I'm working on an adaptation of my favorite Pokemon game, Black & White. The player characters are practically premade OCs so developing the personalities of Hilda and her team has been cool (you will love her and Oshawott). I just completed the first story arc (Chapter) so check it out and leave a comment: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14142529/1/Pokemon-Heroes-The-Black-White-Chapter-One

Tags: @princealigorna @tumblingxelian @bloodraven55 @simkim704 @silvermoon424 @theirisianprincess @swan2swan @knightzilla

[trivialtrivia]

it works so well in some parts, but in others it falls apart hilariously.

mario=sonic - no sane person would argue there. Sonic was literally made to be a rival to mario.

luigi=tails - again, another easy conclusion. adorable sidekicks who often use technology and have issues facing their fears but ultimately rise to the challenge to be just as heroic as the dude they look up to.

peach=amy - On a surface level this makes sense. Pink + love interest to protagonist + remember in sonic cd when amy kept getting kidnapped? thats a valid argument lol

but their personalities and relationship with their protagonist is totally different. Amy has been chasing sonic so long she's probably won several marathons she didn't even know about, and the relationship between Mario and Peach boils down to "oh you rescued me for the thousandth time. yeah ill bake you a cake and give you a peck on the nose." and mario goes "okie dokie! Wahoo!"

knuckles= yoshi ????!??!?!?!??!?@@12/?!?/1

This implies that Soni- you know what there's enough fanart of that i don't need to say the quiet part out loud.

But yoshi (and yoshis in general) are depicted as having a paternal relationship with an infant mario, all working together in the Yoshi's island games to take mario and luigi (and later all the other star children) to their rightful home(s).

Does this mean at one point baby sonic just.... fell onto angel island and knuckles had to deliver him back??? Who watched over the emerald (although tbf who watches over the emerald whenever knuckles shows up in ANY of the games)?? How does Knuckles not remember Sonic? Or am I taking a menu arraingment of sonic and mario characters as canon for the lols?

blaize=daisy Again, if i squint at the surface level, I can see it.

an initially obscure female character from a handheld side entry into the series, brought back for unknown reasons and continues being a mainstay.

But Daisy was initially mario's love interest in the og mario land, but then kept getting shipped with luigi (by fans) and eventually made its way into spinoff games. Does this imply that Blaize had a fling with Sonic, but then either Tails developed feelings for her, or vice versa? Can daisy use fire magic? Is sarasaland from an alternate reality like blaze's kingdom, and that's why we havent seen it since mario land? Actually that last one is funny and solid enough im making that my headcanon now.

Wario=shadow Now we get back into the obvious one. "evil" version of protagonist that was so popular in an obscure sequel they got their own game to themselves and remains a mainstay in modern iterations. Does that mean wario can use chaos control? does that mean shadow tried to take sonic's house at one point? did wario have an emo phase? Does shadow eat garlic and onions raw? Has wario used guns before? Will the chao garden minigame get its own indie game inspired by it like pizza tower was to wario land? (wait thats not a shadow the hedgehog question thats illegal-)

Waluigi=silver Ok this looks stupid but hear me out

came as an unpopular addition to the series as a counterpart to a counterpart, but kept appearing in titles until people started unironically loving them for being true underdogs. Also comes with a built in meme phrase ("it's no use!" and "waluigi time!")

i think this is a good matchup.

Bowser=eggman amazing matchup, possibly even better than mario and sonic. large antagonistic men that have entire armies at their disposal and hide away in large constructs, who are frequently seen riding around in a weird bowl shaped personal ship. Their dialogue is also touted by fans as some of the best parts of games (in which they have major speaking roles).

Bowser Jr=Metal sonic

again, hear me out. It's a better matchup than it seems.

more recent sonic media (cough cough murder of sonic the hedgehog) is showing metal sonic as having a son-father relationship with his creator, eggman. (though unlike Bowser Sr. and Bowser Jr., the feeling here is far from mutual or healthy :( )

bonus points for also kidnapping the same pairing one time and one time only (bowser jr kidnapping peach in mario sunshine, and metal sonic kidnapping amy in sonic cd)

Donkey Kong=Vector

at first i was like "they didn't even try here" but it makes sense.

loud, strong, musically inclined animals that got their own section of a game over and over, and barge in with their loud, boisterous personalities over and over again, endearing them to many.

basically, the energy is the same.

[murumokirby360]

Super NES and PlayStation?

Least favorite video game character?

King dedede (Super Smash Bros. series and various Kirby games)

I tried played Super Smash Bros. Brawl on my cousins Wii (BTW first time I’m playing SSB series). After I’d played Kirby and Meta Knight.

Retro or modern video games

I would say for now, Retro Games. I’ve always want to play some more classic retro games of the 90′s and 2000′s on different emulators. I’m now currently played Twisted Metal 4.↓

[draftingteacups]

Soni world hopping into other Pokemon AUs was interesting to think and daydream about. But now I'm kind of curious if Phoebe and her Pokemon were transported to Soni's Twisted Wonderland before even going to Twst herself.

Being from Johto, Soni might appreciate the fact that someone from the home region is here to keep her company.

Also someone can relate about Pokemon stuff. Heck, maybe even share memes only people from the Pokemon world would get while the boys are confused as to what they're giggling about.

If the TWST boys ever freak out because another Pokemon trainer was mysteriously summoned again.

Phoebe is more of a neutral sort, she can't threaten Crowley with a baseball bat but she can deliver verbal punches unexpectedly without even meaning to.

Crowley: Miss, if you need any help, I thought you'd consult me instead of the professor...

Phoebe: *Looks between Trein and Crowley* Oh, I thought HE was the headmaster, my mistake...

Crowley: *Hears ego shattering*

Also I bet she just has tea while Soni wrecks Crowley for pushing responsibility towards her again. XD

Also since Soni's twst universe has wild Pokemon appearing, at some point them pokeball smithing skills could come in handy.

Phoebe starts to brandish her skills with a casual face as if this was just the norm.

Also, Phoebe meeting the boys in Soni's Twstverse would probably go like this...

Phoebe: hello...

Boys: just a normal kid- !?

Phoebe: *casually brushing dirt off her Steelix in the yard*

Boys: ajsjj... what- huh..!?!?

sorry if this feels kind of spam-ish.

Oooh, Phoebe going to Soni's world is interesting 👀

While Soni looks Johtonese, she's from Kalos- born and raised there. This sort of thing happens all the time though, so Soni's not gonna be surprised by it if someone thinks that way.

She'll definitely be more surprised by the other Pokemon Trainer who appeared one day.

I love the idea of Soni having time to talk with someone from her homeworld. The memes that they would share- 😂 They would go, "It's an inside joke/meme!" and then just go on with their day.

At the same time, she's slow to interact at first because of her reputation back home and how most don't like to talk to her. So, when she sees Phoebe being cheerful and open without prejudice, Soni would open up a little more if only because the level of expectations and decorum are nonexistent in TWST, one of the few good things that Soni learned about when she first came here.

Phoebe giving those straight punches to Crowley's ego will always be satisfying. Also, her casually showing off her Pokeball-making skills when everyone else thought Phoebe was a normal Trainer is amazing.

Kinda like Phoebe just sticks her hand in her pocket and shows off the tools that she keeps on hand while sparkles are in the background- that level of "Oh, you need a hand? I'm here"

The TWST boys see Phoebe and went through the levels of disbelief, confusion, realization, and even more confusion all at once when the Pokemon shows up alkdsjfkljs

On a random note, Phoebe petting her Steelix makes me think of someone petting a metal cat and I find that cute-

Another one that popped up is Furret sitting on top of Steelix's head and just sunbathing up there, and I just wanted to share that image with you.

Ah, it's alright to send things like this! Don't worry, I like these sorts of things! It's a lot of fun to see what could happen in What Ifs like this!

[mattsinclairvo]

You know it's black history month and I think it's time I share my favorite first hand Crunchyroll screw-up

Im a black voice actress and my partner is a voice over actor as well (you may remember them from the eggnog meme or the wow baby you're so hard I am made of metal meme) but they also sound engineer and went to music production school and we both love rap music. So flash forward and they are working at CR as an engineer and they get a music show a rap music show and they get to engineer and record the actors for it.

Problem no one else on the production side of this second season anime dub that features rap a very black art form that this show is paying tribute to, is black. (If you're familar with anime you may know what show this was but imma stay vague)

This of course makes my K-Dot listening partner extremely uncomfortable to be put in a situation like this so they ask me what a path foward could look like cause they want to use their voice and privilege to highlight this over sight. I advise maybe talk to the person adapting the raps to English (a yt woman) about the uncomfortableness of the situation and how she might not be the best person to adapt these bars. Now i must mention my partner does look masculine (they have a bushy beard) and I think they'd just stopped using he/him at that time so the yt lady accused them of being sexist and claiming that they were acting like "they knew rap better than her" she also brings up fucking HAMILTON as an example of why she is allowed to take part in this white washed watered down tribute to a black art form so you know the bars are trash

Come the day of recording my partner is of course uncomfortable as they have every right to be in this situation and I shit you not one of the thin lipped fuck boy actors comes up to them and tells them to "stop being nervous it's just gonna make it harder for all of us to do this"

like???? Maybe that's a SIGN MY MAN. So they do it ,the bars are mid, my partner's faith in the company hearing their concerns is shattered, and I lose all respect for most of my white peers in that moment

Hell as of January of THIS YEAR 2024. Crunchyroll has only just hired it's first full time black director for anime dubbing I want you to really think about that in comparison to the number of black anime fans/influencers you know

I took this picture at my first (and ultimately last) session at the Funiamation building before they moved to the new Cypress office in Dallas

Funi wasn't perfect but what Sony has turned Funi and Crunchyroll into has kept a lot the same problems but now with new corporate bullshit.

And I'm not JelloApocalypse (SoundCadence is a whole other cab of worms) , I love what I do in this industry, i love the people in this industry, i love the work of this industry even when I feel it's not always living up to it's true potential

And I am thankful to say I've been in shows like CSM or Vinnland Saga I'm incredibly grateful to every director and assistant director and recording engineer who I get to work with. But I'd be hard pressed to not mention CR does also make their lives a living hell, with tight deadlines and nigh unreasonable working conditions since the merger (really since simuldubs those things are super unethical)

Fuck you #Crunchyroll and #HappyBlackHistoryMonth i hope every rapper and high profile black person that likes anime learns you're a shitty company that'll profit off black people's culture and dollars but never really let em in the building just like your shitty parent company Sony does.

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[headbangerodio]

🤣🤣🤣 #memeoriginal #headbangers #headbangerodiado #metal #sony #rock #playstation #memes #meme #heavymetal #heavymetalmemes #metalmemes #videogame #blackmetal #melodicmetal #powermmetal #deathmetal #djent #deathcore #thrashmetal #speedmetal #doommetal #folkmetal #gothicmetal #vikingmetal #metalhead https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu129ngg2Y_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lyo2gtno9f2l

[breadknight-likes-things]

Bread’s Game Journal 11/10/20: PS4? More Like PS-Bore?  No, The PS4 Actually Is Good As Hell.

The PS4, the soon to be old generation of Playstation consoles, was one hell of a great system.  It took a little while to get going, and it’s launch lineup wasn’t exactly a strong start, but when you look at the sheer amount of incredible games that came out over the last seven years, you wonder how we ever came across the absurd amount of riches that were the PS4.

Just real quick, let’s list off some of the incredible games that came out on the PS4 shall we?  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOOM 2016, Bloodborne, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, The Last of Us Part 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, and so many more that I could genuinely just spend this entire post listing them off.  The point is, the amount of genuine masterpiece video games that released on this thing is nothing short of astounding.

Special mention, I think, should be made of Uncharted 4 (and by extension it’s expansion pack/follow up Uncharted The Lost Legacy), which is one of my favorite PS4 games in general, and maybe my top game of the generation, but that would be a whole other very long article!

However, before the PS4 really kicked off into its golden age, it had a rougher beginning than i think a lot of people tend to remember.  Coming out of E3 2013, the playing field for the new consoles was set, and Sony was significantly ahead.  Microsoft had badly bungled the messaging behind the Xbox One, and many people still believed that the system level aggressive DRM present on the console in the initial reveal, was still a part of that console experience.  It wasn’t, but crucially, the Xbox One was still perceived by people to be a far weaker console on top of costing $100 more.

Enter Sony, with a PR focus on letting people know that their console was meant to do exactly one thing: play video games.  Even with said focus however, when you look back at the launch lineup of the PS4, you don’t exactly see a very pretty picture.  Yes, you had your smattering of third party support, but the exclusives present for that first day were....Knack and Killzone Shadowfall.  To be fair to Knack, that game is actually decently entertaining, and it’s status as a meme is largely just the internet being weird, but Killzone was bad game, and unless you were eager to run out and buy a marginally better looking (but, and believe me here, no better running) version of Assassin’s Creed 4 or Lego Marvel Super Heroes, you really didn’t have much to play.

In the end however, I wound up with 88 (Physical) PS4 games before the end of the generation, easily a personal record.

In fact, this drought of good to great games, things that you bought the console for, would continue well into 2014, so what happened to turn it around?  2015 happened. Bloodborne, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Batman Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V, Fallout 4, the list goes on.  Game after game hit the PS4 in 2015, and we finally got to widely see why this new console mattered, why it was different! After that, the quality really didn’t stop or slow up for a very long time!  We just kept having jam packed fall seasons of games that provided us all with extremely great experiences!  While we didn’t quite see as many new IP’s, we saw a lot of the existing ones go through radical reinventions, or roar back to life in ways that we didn’t expect, and the result was almost always surprising in a positive way!

The PS4 didn’t really rock the boat in terms of features, I think the wide aversion to the attempted gimmicks of the PS3 scared Sony away from those, but it did exactly what any great video game console should do first and foremost.  Give us a great place to play video games!  If the PS5 achieves nothing else, I only hope that it continues on the PS4′s streak of consistent quality, because with that alone, I think we’ll all be primed to have a good time.

[thedoctornumber11]

Munday post

I figured maybe this week I’d do a different type of Munday.  Most of my long time roleplay partners already know me quite a bit and I also try to introduce myself to newer partners as well, however I figured this could be a good chance for everyone to really get to know me.  I’m including everything under a read more not because long post and also because I know not everyone likes seeing this type of thing.  It’s just a bunch of random facts about me and my favorite things along with a munday pic under the cut.  I didn’t want to just throw out a munday picture like most would do.  I’ve done that plenty of times before and there’s nothing wrong with it, I just felt like doing something a bit more unique and different this time that might really give people a chance to get to know me :D

So long post under the cut.

So, first off, my name is Derek.  I’m the mun.  I just recently turned 30 and I’m from Indiana.  I work in a preschool, essentially as a glorified baby sitter.  I help the teachers get their breaks.  

I’ve been interacting on here since November of 2013 and I’ve had this exact blog with this exact URL the entire time.  I wanted something really generic and not just a quote or something like that.  I first tried TheEleventhDoctor, but obviously that was taken so this ended up being what I went with.  As for the theme, it too was made a VERY long time ago.  The TARDIS theme with the opening doors on the TARDIS actually used to be quite popular when I first started interacting on here, particularly with the Doctor Who RP fandom.  Although I’m the only one I see with it these days, if you go looking for older Doctor Who blogs that have gone inactive you are actually likely to find a few other blogs with it.  As for the background picture, I found that one myself except for the part with Matt Smith/The Eleventh Doctor edited on.  That part was done by someone I used to interact with who just surprised me with it one day and unfortunately isn’t on Tumblr anymore :(  Having been on this platform for so long I’ve obviously seen a lot of blogs come and go and I miss every single last one of them :(  However I also enjoy everyone I currently interact with and would recommend almost any of them.  Seriously, if anyone is looking for new people to interact with, let me know you are looking for people and what fandoms you enjoy and I can probably recommend a few blogs!

Outside of Tumblr RP, I enjoy video games, yugioh, reading comics, general super hero related stuff, watching movies, playing Pokemon Go (I help run the local PoGo community) general board games, watching my shows, figure collecting, and cosplay, most of which I’m sure is stuff many of you also enjoy.  My fandoms include Doctor Who (obviously), DC, Star Wars, The Legend of Korra/ATLA (I’m one of the few that likes LoK more than ATLA), Marvel, Star Trek, Firefly, Power Rangers, The Walking Dead, Yugioh, Pokemon, Sherlock, general Nintendo fandom, Digimon and Harry Potter.

Here’s a few things about me in list form.

My favorite musician is Weird Al Yankovic.  

My favorite book is Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robbison.  As someone who’s been diagnosed with aspergers syndrome myself, this book really spoke to me in my original read through and since then I’ve purchased it multiple times.  I own at least three or four different copies of this book, partially because I kept loaning it out to people.

My favorite book series is the Harry Potter series.  Don’t ask me for a favorite book in the series, I love them all about equally.  

As for comics, right now my favorite thing I’m reading is the Power Rangers series that Boom is putting out.  Some of my favorites of all time include Power Ranger Soul of the Dragon, the Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who crossover, the Power Rangers/Justice League Crossover, the original Spider-Gwen series, Poison Ivy Cycle of Life and Death, The Dark Knight Returns (I know anything Frank Miller related is a bit controversial but I enjoy it for what it is) and Batman: Hush.

Favorite movies include UHF, Scott Pilgrim VS the World, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America the First Avenger, Avengers End Game, the Justice League movie, anything and everything DC animated, anything and everything Spider-Man related (yes, I even like Spider-Man 3 although it wasn’t as good as the others), anything Star Wars related although I’d say Force Awakens is my favorite one, the 2017 Power Rangers movie, Serenity, The Lego movie and it’s sequel, Yugioh Bonds Beyond Time, Mystery Men, Galaxy Quest, all the Star Trek movies, the corny 90′s Mario movie, the Doctor Who movie, and Detective Pikachu.  Really, any of the Marvel and DC movies could probably make this list as well, I’m not super picky when it comes to movies.

Favorite TV shows is something I am a bit pickier about.  Doctor Who is obviously on the list, and I’ve watched and enjoyed most of the Marvel and DC live action stuff although I have a huge preference for the arrowverse and 70′s Wonder Woman.  Animated stuff tends to vary but a lot of the older stuff from the early and mid 90′s seems to be best for that.  Power Rangers is obviously on the list as well, along with The Walking Dead, Digimon, Avatar the Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Sherlock, Yugioh, Firefly, and off the top of my head that’s about it.  Everyone always assumes I’m huge into anime as well, but I’m not actually that into it.  Just not my thing.

Now video games has potential to be my longest list as it’s easily my favorite medium of story telling due to the interactivity.  First off, Nintendo and Playstation are my general consoles of choice.  Nothing against Xbox, I have a lot of respect for the brand but I can’t really afford to have three consoles (even though I wish I could) and Nintendo and Sony have more offerings for me personally.  I also do dabble on PC a bit, but I don’t really have a high end PC and it’s mostly just for Sims.  That being said, my favorite games and game series include Watch_Dogs, The Sims, Mario (mostly the “main series,” 3D games and 2D platformers but I do enjoy some of the off series stuff like Mario Kart and Mario Party as well) , Pokemon, Super Smash Brothers, The Force Unleashed series, Injustice, most of the Spider-Man games, The Last of Us, Tomb Raider, most of the Batman games, Wario Ware, The Last of Us (still haven’t played the sequel yet.  Waiting to get it for cheap after seeing reviews), Days Gone, Control, Horizon Zero Dawn, No Man’s Sky, 51 Worldwide Classics for Switch, No Man’s Sky, the Tony Hawk Games (still haven’t played the new one yet), Time Splitters, The Movies, Hulk Ultimate Destruction, Zombies Ate My Neighbhors, Kirby, The Legend of Korra game (the 3d one, not the really bad one for 3DS), Donkey Kong, Street Fighter 2, Punch Out, Metal Gear Solid 5 the Phantom Pain, Sonic Heroes, and the list could go on and on.

My favorite drink is root beer or chocolate milkshakes if that counts

My favorite alcoholic drink is probably just a basic screwdriver tbh

My favorite food is Cheeseburgers, although Chicken Pot Pie is also a top contender tbh

My favorite color is green

My favorite Doctor is Eleventh obviously, but Thirteen, Two and Twelve are tied for second

Favorite companions are Amy, River (if she counts), and Donna

Favorite New Who episode is The Eleventh Hour

Favorite Classic Who story is Genesis of the Daleks

Since I’ve mentioned super heroes a lot, my favorites are Batman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, although Supergirl, Batgirl, Captain America, Scarlet Witch and Black Widow are also pretty high on the list.

Favorite game in the Pokemon series is X and Y

Dragonite is my favorite Pokemon

Favorite 3D Mario game is Odyssey although Sunshine would be next up on the list.

This is my only Tumblr RP blog.  I also have an ask meme blog and I used to have a personal but I haven’t logged onto it in years.

I’m on discord and I do add people from Tumblr on there, but I mostly only use it for Pokemon Go tbh

I spend every Wednesday and Sunday at the local comic book shop playing Yugioh

For anyone wondering in relation to that last fact, my current competitive deck Barrier Stun.  Some of my favorite casual decks that I play or have played in the past are Lightsworn, Blue-Eyes, E-Heroes, Greed, Sacred Beasts, Penguins and Six Samurai.

In the last decade I’ve moved about 3 times

I own pets!  I have one dog and one cat currently, but a few years back when we lived in a more country like setting, we owned 7 cats and 2 dogs at maximum.  Most of them died of old age over the last few years.

Before my current job I used to work at Walmart.  Long time followers of the blog may remember that I hated it there.

I don’t have a whole lot of writing experience outside of Tumblr tbh.  While I do enjoy writing on here, it’s the interactions itself that makes it fun for me and while I’ve tried to write a few things myself, it’s just not the same as roleplay.

Anyway, I just sort of wanted to do something different for munday besides just posting pictures of myself so I hope anyone who read this enjoyed it.  Here’s a pic of the mun to go with it.

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I heard a rumor that Doc Strange 2 is basically the gateway to the other franchises. X-Men, Deadpool, F4, Sony MCU, etc... the leak said it may be possible that old characters could come back, just from a different Earth. So... TECHNICALLY Tony with a metal arm is possible, albeit unlikely.

Aw man, I’ve heard some crazy ideas about DS2 (mostly from Raimi fans making Spider-Man memes). It’d be cool to see some callbacks or references to the comics!

Real talk though, I doubt we’ll get any Tony in it, however much I’d love to see him again. They’ve said that if there’s an RDJ cameo in another Marvel movie, there’ll have to be strong significance for it, and I can’t see them building that up within the context of one movie. But imagine!!

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My Top 5 Games of the Past Generation Youtube Script Plus Notes

This is, more or less, the script for My Top 5 Games of the Past Generation video that I just published on Youtube: With the Xbox One and Playstation Four about to head out of the door to make ways for the Xbox Series X and the Playstation 5 respectively to lead us into the next generation of consoles were only Nintendo has been sitting comfortably with the Switch, the Wii U has been long gone and Nintendo also recently announced the official end of the Nintendo 3DS line cutting all the ties to this last generation.  With that almost everyone is now releasing their lists of the best games of the current generation, myself included, I couldn't help but notice a lot of same-soundy lists such as Game Informer's top 5 list.  I myself have to disagree with these, not to say that any and/or all five of those games on Game Informer's Top 5 aren't good, important or worth playing just that I don't think they are the best representative of this generation in terms of impact and wide appeal, so much as had the most money backing them. That these games on the list are more the best representative of the biggest Triple A titles.  The games that I had in mind are more impactful on how this generation swayed and set new standards.  I want you to keep in mind that while I liked some of these games, these aren't my personal top 5 of the past generation either but I think closer to what best represents our closing era of gaming, when I say the “best games of the current generation.”

First off I'd like to make an honorable mention of PT.  PT or playable trailer was supposed to be a demo for the new Silent Hill S game that unfortunately never came to be for the Playstation 4 from Konami.  A joint venture between film director Guillermo del Toro and the famous creator of Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima, this demo spooked the pants off of everyone and was probably the reason a lot of people decided to buy a Playstation 4.  Unfortunately Konami let Hideo Kojima go under less than favorable conditions and the demo vanished with him in time.  Since then the immersive, first person perspective horror game demo changed the landscape of what survival horror could be.  We then saw Resident Evil VII by Capcom, the Park by Funcom, Layers of Fear by Aspyr and Death Standing by Hideo Kojima's new studio Kojima Productions that were all heavily influenced by PT (this point made more obvious for Hido Kojima's Death Stranding) and the future of Survial Horror / Suspense games seems to be headed there with upcoming games like Resident Evil VIII: The Village.  The only reason this isn't officially on the list is because, well, it was sadly never a game but its influence was too important for me not to mention.

Number 5: Sonic Mania.  Ok so Sonic Mania isn't anything new but it is very important in the sense that it is a major franchise, Sonic, by a well established publisher, Sega, and they had officially given the keys of Mobius to the fandom to make a new game and it was fantastic. While that's oversimplying things a bit errr a lot, since Sega just didn't come out of the blue offering that opportunity.  Rather Sega saw a Sonic game pitched by Christian Whitehead, aka Taxman, who worked on porting previous ports of Sonic games to Mobile platforms. Why I think it is important is that this validating the bridge between fandom and passion projects in world where game hacks and fangames are traditionally shut down almost immediately after gaining the slightest attention.  While Sonic Mania isn't a fangame, its roots were deep from the Romhack community.  This represents cracking the door between what the fandom produces and what the corporate offices allow being available to consumers in a world were popular fangames and hacks result in cease and desist orders - which is why I think is very important to put Sonic Mania as the number 5 game of this console generation.

Number 4: Rocket League.  As of today, Rocket League is a now free to play game for better or for worse.  Rocket League is high-octane fun, blasting balls across various courts and fields such as basketball and football with fast automobiles but what it is most well known for is basically soccer with cars.  Rocket League is a lot of fun to play and has a large audience of  in the streaming and esports field which would be reason enough to put this game in a top 5 but what this game marks maybe even more importantly is cross console online play. While other games have and do continue to have online play across systems, back in March of 2016 Microsoft was very interested in allowing online play between Xbox One and other consoles them being extremely hopeful for Playstation 4 in particular, however Sony was holding out.  Sony was hesitant, citing their emphasis on providing a certain quality online experience but finally came to the party and in 2019 you could finally play Rocket League online with all your friends whether it be on PC, Xbox One, Switch, or Playstation 4. Since then we have had other games slowly roll out this feature such as Wargroove and the trend seems to be expanding.  I hope to see all games adopt this in the future and since Rocket League “birthed” this concept coming to the table for cross console online play for us all to enjoy, this is why I think Rocket League deserves the number 4 slot.

Number 3: Bloodborne/Dark Souls III.  This past generation and hell even to some extent decade, spanning to the PS3/Xbox 360, has lead us to compare every challenging game that comes out to Dark Souls.  Cuphead is the Dark Souls of run and gun shooters, Dead Cells is the Dark Souls of Metroidvanias, Celeste is the Dark Souls of platformers, etc.  While the meme of “X is like the Dark Souls of” is hard to find a concrete start, according to Google Trends this first seemed to spike in April of 2015 around the release of Bloodborne, the PS4 game created by FromSoftware.  While not technically a Dark Souls game, it was made by the same team and the game play and feel is very Dark Souls in the sense that I feel the phrase is used today, in contrast to the first two Dark Souls games.  Then we can see that in/and around October 2017 the trend has risen to its peak a little after a year and a half of the release of Dark Souls III.  While this justification may seem more flimsy and ultimately the Dark Souls brand was established in 2011, I do think Bloodborne/Dark Souls III is more in the zeitgeist, if you will, of the “X is like Dark Souls” comparison that has shaped the conversation of so many games today.

Number 2: Undertale.  Undertale is perhaps the darling of this generation. A game chock full of charm with multiple ways to approach it.  Will you save everyone, sacrifice everyone, or something in-between?  This game does look next gen, current gen or even comparable to past gen games until you hit perhaps the SNES or even late NES.  Maybe a number 2 spot is too high on list – this game didn't revolutionize the industry in ways that the other games on this list did nor was it the first anti-RPG of its kind, that would probably go to MOON, but Undertale just had such a powerful impact on gamers when it came out and became so unforgettable.  I feel like Undertale will be a game that we remember for a long time and to not include it in this list because its an indie game would be a real tragedy which segways me to my number 1 game.

Number 1: Shovel Knight.  Shovel Knight is the indie game that, I think, lead to the current boom of retro inspired indie games we have been enjoying.  A love letter to the NES games of the past such as Castlevania, Mega Man and Ducktales to name a few.  Shovel Knight wasn't the first retro inspired indie games but I feel like the attention to detail in trying to stay as true to what the hardware could run in terms of look, color, sound and pixel art with its overwhelming success showed that there was a market for these type of games.  Its success kickstarter in 2013 also showed that Kickstarter could be used as a viable platform to create indie games for a wider audience without having to rely on that Triple A model of good gaming synonymous with big budget corporate funding.  I firmly believe that we wouldn't have the great retro inspired games like Celeste and Dead Cells or the Kickstarter'd Yooka Laylee and Bloodstained or games that did both like Blasphemous if it wasn't for the hard-work and ingenuity that Yacht Club Games paved with Shovel Knight.

To use a popular Youtube cliché to conclude this list, “At the end of the day” I didn't make this list to put Game Informer or anyone's personal preferences down.  If you believe that they got the Top 5 games of the decade right that's perfectly ok and valid too, to have as your opinion.  I also want to reiterate that those five games – The Last of Us Part II, the Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Zelda Breath of the Wild and God of War are all important to this generation coming to a close as well in their own way.  While this list isn't my favorite games of the past generation, maybe I'll do that in the future, they are my subjective “best games list” of the past generation for what I think they did to the industry and you are free to agree, disagree, pick and choose between my list and Game Informers list or make a completely different list of your own.  I'm personally excited to see what the future of gaming has for us in this coming generation and optimistic for what's both around the corner and late into the next systems' life-cycle.  Happy gaming to you however you play.

Webpages noted: https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/17/21443683/nintendo-3ds-discontinued-lifetime-sales-hardware-software-units

https://www.fandom.com/articles/sonic-mania-just-nostalgia

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/15/15807138/sony-playstation-cross-network-play-xbox-block-response

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/were-ready-microsoft-says-about-xbox-one-ps4-cross/1100-6438654/

https://www.rocketleague.com/news/full-cross-platform-play-now-live-in-rocket-league/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-knight

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidDAngelo/20140625/219383/Breaking_the_NES_for_Shovel_Knight.php

Games shown/referenced in the video:

The Last of Us Part 2

God of War

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Red Dead Redeption II

Witcher 3

PT / Silent Hill S

Sonic Mania

Rocket League

Blood Borne

Dark Souls III

Undertale

Shovel Knight

Shantae: Half Genie Hero

Cuphead

Celeste

Yooka Laylee

Mega Man 2

Ducktales

Castlevania

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Blasphemous

Dead Cells

Resident Evil 7

Resident Evil 8

Moon

Layers of Fear

The Park

Death Stranding

Bonus Footage:

Xbox Series X reveal trailer

PS5 reveal trailer

Also note: I messed up in the original video and said the phrase, “X is like Dark Souls of” spiked in April of 2015 when I should have said first peaked in January to April of 2015.  I noted it in the video but wanted to note it again, sorry.

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Hideo Kojima flawlessly predicted “Fake News”, degradation of Social Memes (scientific context), and the stagnation and violence of the individual versus the mob in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty under a producer with censorship blocks with a multitude of other writers and roadblocks. Almost 2 decades ago, he predicted all of it in one of the most scary, eye opening sequences in gaming history.

Kojima is now working with no outside producer, Sony is letting him run wild. He owns his own company with a blank check and Death Stranding is under so many wraps that no-one dares to even try and leak it.

Kojima is gonna do it to us.

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