#That could be my DBZ fan side talking cuz they do that all the time on there and it always looks so good🔥

[ilikeicecoffee-blog]

GRRAAHH THE DILATED PUPILS, THE BLOOD, THE DAMAGED LOOK, SO GOOD🔥🔥

I know this is so random, but this quote popped up in my mind seeing this Maro💯 There's a line in Justice League Unlimited that Superman says regarding Batman always willing to fight their opponent no matter how powerful or unstoppable they are, and it works so well for Mario here, too😌🔥

"That man won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath!"

Super Mario is supposed to be this powerful figure to the Mushroom Kingdom, this beacon of hope with little to no weaknesses. With everything on his shoulders, he has to keep going.

Or else he'd let them all down.

[azraqnar]

Thoughts on Agony of a witch (Spoiler warning! (Duh))

Oh boy I was doubting this series’s before but not anymore! This episodes is easily the best in the season. Grom doesn’t have shit on this episode! Everything was just great about AOAW, the music, the suspense, the action, the story, the animation, it was all wonderful!

- for one, Hooty is damn creepy when he fights not only does he effortlessly kick the emperors covens ass (you’d think they’d be more powerful than this but whatever) but he has a tea party with their unconscious bodies after. That was an interesting (& creepy) choice & it has me curious if Eda created him or not. We need a hooty backstory.

- Eda’s curse is getting worse and after episodes of not mentioning it they finally acknowledge how bad it’s getting & how Eda needs more potions or a higher dosage to barely keep it under control KEY WORD “BARELY”. It does remind me of when my aunt had cancer and her chemotherapy stopped working they had to higher the dosage. Good job on finally talking about it.

- When Luz leaves I do like how Eda & King reflect on how the “vibe” of the house changed when Luz showed up & how King thought they were gonna eat her (I guess it confirms witches do eat human kids)I am picking up a familia love from Eda & King so now we have the found family trope (Which I love). I thought it was cute when Eda decided to make a cape as a sign of gratitude & how it sets up how important this cape is when Eda talks about the material it’s made out of.

- Luz’s class is going on the field trip to the emperors coven but isn’t Bump the principal not a teacher?At my school whenever we had a field-trip it was the Teachers that went with us not the principal, Bump didn’t even play a big role so they could have swapped him out for a Teacher & nothing would change.

- Amity’s leg is still broken so she can’t attend the field-trip, which I thought was a good idea she didn’t go. I feel like the writers would try to force in more Lumity moments and it would distract from the plot. I do like Lumity but if Amity was there then fans would focus on that rather than the story & the last two episode were Amity focused so she wasn’t needed in this episode. Smart move from the writers, maybe if her legs heals next episode she could be there but idk.

- Now while Luz was thinking about stealing the healing hat I was a bit conflicted on it. I don’t like how the show is telling viewers it’s okay to steal but In Luz’s case it’s for a good cause, she wanted the hat so she could heal Eda’s curse. It’s like those cases you hear of people stealing groceries to feed their families, I felt the same here. Yeah stealing is bad but if it’s for saving someone you love is it really that bad? Idk if the writers wanted us to be conflicted over that dilemma but they succeeded.

- “Good luck with puberty” I laughed when Lilith said that, can’t believe Disney let that slip in.

- I have to say I do like the lore we get in this episode. Emperor Belos established the coven system 50 years ago to “honor the titan” which is the boiling Isles where they might get their magic from, before that witches were doing wild magic in what was called “the savages ages” it’s setting up more lore about the emperor like how did he rise to power? Who was he before? What were these “savage ages” like? If it was 50 years ago then there still are witches & demons that were alive in the savage age & they could tells us what life was like before. It also means Emperor Belos is 70+ years old. I’m just saying a human could live that long. 👀

- Now emperor Belos, wow his designs looks cool as hell, his voice is amazing too, it’s kinda sinister yet soothing at same times. As shown, it looks like he’s in a weakened state, he has to take these weird bird glowing green slime thing to have energy. We don’t know why or how he got like that, but it seems like he wants to Capture Eda so she doesn’t try to overthrow him since he’s weak. In fact, that might be the reason for the coven system, if he limits their magic then they aren’t strong enough to overthrow him. We only saw him for a bit but he gave a good impression when Luz said that no one will know about her stealing the hat we hear Belos voice echo: “ I will know” in the most bone chilling voice ever! The crew did a great job on him! Tho one thing I noticed is why is every big villain always in a weakened state? Darth Vader, Hordak, Aaravos, Zarkon, every anime villain. I just noticed this trope is overused, but I hope we can see Belos at his strongest and see how powerful he is. I have high hopes for him!

-Lilith discovers Luz is there & decides to use her as a decoy to lure in Eda. Which she succeeds when Eda goes there all angry for daring to drag Luz into her issues. I love how Eda doesn’t even try to stay calm she just straight up attacks Lilith & you can feel her angry.

- Speaking of that fight, best fight in the series thus far! The animation, the spells, the music, the raw emotion, it was all down great! It does remind me of a DBZ style of fighting when they’re moving so fast that your eyes can’t catch up & their magic surrounding them like Eda went super Sayion, I’m not complaining I like those kinds of fight & The intensity you feel in the fight is overwhelming. Luz’s life is at stake and Lilith even uses her as a human shield. She knows how much Luz means to Eda & was willing to kill her. Hell, she even threw Luz toward the spikes and Eda had to save her, then they both struggle with Eda trying to lift her up & Lilith trying to press her against the spikes & then Eda slowly turns into a monster THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE A FIGHT (takes notes she ra)

- Now the biggest bomb drop in the series. IT WAS LILITH WHO CURSED EDA. she blurted it out in a rage of jealousy it seems. They were insulting each other on how one is better than the other. Then when Lilith says “THEN WHY WERE SO EASY TO CURSE?!” My jaw dropped, I suspected they would tell us but not this episode, you see can see the hurt & betrayal in her eyes when it was her own sister who cursed her. Like ouch. From what I suspected is that Lilith was jealous of Eda from what their exchanges told us. But why was she jealous of Eda? Friends? Magic capabilities? Power? Maybe fighting over a crush? What? Whatever the reason is does not excuse doing that to your sister and your YOUNGER SISTER AT THAT. Goodness & I thought Edric and Emira took it too far with the diary thing. I’m officially part of the hate Lilith club. Idc what you do but hurting your sibling like that is the worst thing you can do to them, just imagined how much Eda suffered for DECADES with this curse. No redemption can fix that. But boy do they need Family therapy or just punch it out that works too.

- I loved it when Eda went into rage mode when she found out it was Lilith who cursed her. Her own sister. Like damn that has to hurt knowing your own family did that to you. She deserved to beat Lilith to a bloody pulp & I’m happy she didn’t even bother to listen to Lilith she just wanted to attack her & I don’t blame her one bit.

- Ugh the scene where the curse overtakes Eda was a heart wrenching one. She knows she slipping away and tells Luz to take care of King & Hooty & to stay safe before she slips away. When Lilith told Luz that Eda is with her true family made me want to punch her more than Amity’s parents. You feel how helpless Luz felt & I hope they work towards her character with that feeling because Luz is happy go lucky & seeing her in despair makes for great character development.

- it kind of reminds me of when Queen Angella sacrifices herself In season 3 but I hated how they never acknowledged it since season 4 & she doesn’t even return by the end season 5, they pretty much forgot about her. We know for sure Luz will never leave Eda behind & will go save her.

- So we know Luz will go back to save her cuz we do see her wearing the cape Eda made her in the promo. Also we have 1 episode left so we know she’s gonna attempt a rescue mission for Eda but will she succeed? She’s up against the emperors coven! She’s gotta pull all her cards on the table & team up with her friends.

- A witch loses a true way. It could refer to Lilith officially turning to the dark side or Eda being lost in her curse even into season 2. Knowing Disney, they will give us a happy ending cuz it’s Disney but I will be pleasantly surprised if Luz fails to save Eda by the next episode.

- One last thing, I like the credits had no music, just silence. It reminds me of in full metal alchemist whenever a character dies the credit are always silent. I guess it’s meant to represent despair in a way? Or change? Yeah it think it’s change.

- This is why shows should focus on the plot because when you do, it delivers for some great storytelling & this episode surpasses all of the episodes combined. when you focus on the story & lore & characters it makes for great emotional impact of an episode and I hope Dana and the crew continues to do this. This show has so much going for it & people who only watch a show for a ship are clowns because this is what you’re missing out on. an amazing story. I applause Dana & the crew for this episode, really outdid yourselves!

- Overall 9.7/10 it was phenomenal!

[cozymochi]

(Sorry if this has been asked before) When/what got you into liking Yamcha? I wish to hear your fan-story.

OH DON’T WORRY I LOVE TELLING THIS STORY 💙💙 💝It’s kinda long tho since it did involve when I first got into DBZ through my five year break up until this point. (So I’ll try to summarize the first part- and finally tell some pieces I never got to. And “we” refers to me and my siblings) 🌸💕

Sometime in 2011 DBZ Kai was airing on Nicktoons and it was pretty much the highlight of our “about to deal with school” morning. It showed up in the afternoon too, but during this time there was a hiatus before new episodes could air I think- but this was in the early morning. We came into it blind with no fandom knowledge or influence.

Anywho, after a few days of watching we finally managed to be early enough to see the damn [kickass] opening. And right at the end card, we spot some cool-looking guy in the back with long hair and scars and we’re over here like “OH! Who’s that guy?? When are we gonna see that guy??”

Cut to like, some random ass Namek episode in the afternoon where King Kai reveals that the other Z-Fighters made it through Snake Way. A.K.A holy shit, its the other characters from the OP. THAT was the technical first time I saw Yamcha on screen and speaking (and also learned his name finally). I thought he sounded weird when he spoke cuz I did not expect that …I guess “surfer” type of voice to come out of him. (I don’t think any of us did tbh- and I still don’t really like it) But shoot, I remember one of us saying “[GASP] IT’S THAT ONE GUY!!!” Homie was gone as quickly as he showed up, but he appeared sporadically.

Cut to a random Kai marathon from start to wherever they left off on Namek and wheee~ During the Saiyan Arc, we finally get to see Yamcha fight. And it was wonderful. I don’t know if it was the animation (it was) but it was pretty hype. And based on that single fight alone my approval rating certainly went up significantly- as first impressions go for fighting it wasn’t a bad sight. Tho, since the first time we saw him was with a halo we knew at SOME point that he was gonna die. He died right there via sneak attack explosion. Final thoughts at that point: “DANGIT I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF THAT GUY”

Spoilers: We didn’t see more. Not a lot anyway. Not in this show… (Well not until the Cell stuff in which case we shit ourselves in worry and fear of possibly not seeing him AGAIN when he got impaled by Dr. Gero.) I just know every time we (or I) saw Yamcha pop up, It was always a happier time.

Anyway… To be honest, Vegeta was actually my top favorite character in the entire show up until watching the Cell Saga (on tv). In which case, I found him to be… kind of annoying. He had some badass moments, but I think I liked him for what he was in the Saiyan/Namek stuff. Maybe I was sorta in the position of “Theres way too much of this good thing, so I’m getting tired of it…” (I.E, Vegeta was that good thing, but at the same time seeing him so much was kinda draining for me. He certainly complained a lot. Lord knows I also drew a fuckton of him too lol There was a good chunk of him on Namek but dammit, he was great in that) I liked Yamcha too, but he was more of an afterthought around Vegeta. Not like we saw him that much…

[insert discovering Dragon Ball here , buying and binging season 1 of that with a sibling, and pretty much everything else in essence about this whole series is absorbed and the awful personal year of 2011 ends and in 2012 the apocalypse happens]

I just know I DID leave DBZ for a while without much of a favorite character anymore. I just remember by the Cell stuff, most characters I stopped caring about (at that point anyway). I also didn’t think about the series as a whole for a while. Minus watching and keeping up with TFS, I just know I wasn’t swayed by any of the comments that talked shit on Yamcha for some reason. Though, at those points I couldn’t deduce why exactly I wasn’t swayed lol I just thought “He’s still ok to me??” (I’m sure I tried looking for reasons, but nothing really came about)

CUT TO LATE 2016, @since-the-900s got back into it and via many a conversation where I had to keep recalling my previous knowledge in order to converse, by extension so did I. And my first thought AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT SERIOUSLY- was that Yamcha was my favorite character. I just knew that for some reason, and was so sure about that. Recalling more info about him, that got solidified even more.

So, we’ve come full circle.

Based on EVERYTHING HERE, I can probably assume that I liked him the moment I first saw him (thanks in part to his design that kinda stood out), and I always have. I just didn’t really notice until recently when all of my thoughts finally settled and collected as… I guess I’m an adult.

Yamcha didn’t show up enough when I watched the show for me to ever get annoyed by him, so whenever homie DID show up it was always really nice. I WANTED to see him, and I wouldn’t get that much. So maybe that helped…

When we watched DB he was great in all of that- especially with the shocker that “Holy crap? He was a MAIN CHARACTER at one point??” It was quite the contrast from what little was shown of him in Z (Well it was Kai but still, bear with me). The only info about him in Z was off-hand comments made by Bulma that weren’t really flattering to say the least. But …considering every time he did show up he… he seemed pretty okay…? And…what kind of guy whose goal is to be married would even… But y'know.. ☕️(Even now, a piece of me DOES want to believe what she says, honest to God I do, but… really nothing supports those allegations at all, so I can’t bring myself to)

He was also shat on constantly by fans for reasons that I could never fully figure out (then I realize those “reasons” weren’t even real reasons). As far as I could tell watching the show, he didn’t really do anything to warrant so much disdain. (Shoot, he wasn’t even PRESENT [in Z] long enough to do much of anything, period) Being obstinate as fuck, who cares what they think? Especially on youtube comments. A lot of ‘em can’t even spell.

BUT YEAH THATS MY BIZARRE AND LONG ASS STORY. Just a bunch of weird factors… I get annoyed rather easily, but Yamcha was just on my good side rather consistently. He’s a cupcake that doesn’t get much of a shot to REALLY shine. (I mean, he shined before briefly, but I mean to full-extent where more people could see that)

Just another case of “I didn’t realize how much I liked this character until I really thought about it more.” If that makes any sense.

I’ll be damned if I don’t let it be known that I LOVE TF OUT OF YAMCHA.