#and he's definitely acrobatic but it's not that integrated into his actual fighting

[ultalliance]

Peter (Noir) isn't as acrobatic a fighter as many a Spider-Man. He doesn't have ballet lessons or has developed his own martial art. Rather, he's a boxer first and foremost. Very traditional and could give you such a harsh right hook to uppercut that you'd be visiting your ma at the pearly gates.

But it doesn't mesh well with his web-swinging like many other Spiders. It's partly why he even uses guns as well as his web-slingers. He's got a stockier muscled build, too. He's much more of a bruiser than a gymnast, essentially, but he could shoot a card out of your hand from a few hundred yards, too.

[weirdmageddon]

What are your thoughts on some people calling Dave a misogynist? Tbh the only point I can agree with is that at one point Dave believed that Jade was a liability and needed protection but I don't think that Dave was sexist.

I don't know if you quit doing Homestuck analyses so I apologize if this bugs you.

i really can’t in good faith hold that against him at that point in the comic. it’s not as simple as “character is misogynist” (unless it actually is like in caliborn’s case lmfao. but still, you ask where that comes from and really it boils down to he just hates his sister calliope and anyone like her. which means girls. but yeah thats still ends up having the same effect as misogyny and his character is a parody of misogynistic guys)

lil cal is misogynistic / macho since it’s got caliborn’s spirit and a bunch of other junk inside of it

lil cal influenced bro and his attitudes of “coolness = machoness = heroism”

dave was influenced by bro

bro died and eventually dave grew into his own person without that influence, throwing off those shackles of needing to quietly be the hardest motherfucker in the room

this is still one of the best shortform video essays on this aspect of dave’s character and really explains it well, drawing comparisons to the brothers in the devil may cry series which i found very helpful even though i never played them. i highly recommend watching

watch this next one too, since i felt like the one above ended too abruptly without a proper wrap up. lots of good stuff in here too

and also he definitely got over that with jade

keep in mind bro JUST died when he called her “probably more a liability if she got it in her head to take him down” like he was talking to terezi and face down on the pavement. so he didnt have those three years to rid himself of that influence yet

and also a thing i never hear people talk about is how he was wrong about ALL his friends here, not just jade, which is more interesting to me. john got mad enough to pass out and beat the shit out of caliborn. rose did an acrobatic fucking pirouette off the deep end and went to fight jack, and after dying to him, her dreamself actually went on the suicide mission to blow up the sun that she had planned (except she didnt expect her waking self to be dead, after that development she assumed this mission was just going to obliterate her forever). jack (bec) noir wouldn’t hurt jade and she ended up becoming the most OP of the four kids that she had to be kept tranquilized for pretty much all of act 6

tldr: dave isn’t a misogynist but is easily influenced by his environment and the people he’s surrounded by in order for himself to feel loved. also in the post-scratch universe, dave is actually a figure of moral integrity to dirk which is a cool way to flip it around to see the other side

[oveliagirlhaditright]

After the Game, Fret somewhat didn't like when someone other than canon had red hair and wore purple. Canon compliant. Oneshot. Neo spoilers. KH DDD is canon to TWEWY in this fic. Though you shouldn’t at all have to really know KH to understand this fic.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33469456

For the most part… Fret got on pretty well after Kanon’s death.

It was tough, it really was, but he soldiered on by becoming the more authentic version of himself she had wanted him to be… hoping that that would be enough. And that if her soul did somehow exist somewhere, she might see that and be able to find some happiness there.

And Fret had the Twisters, of course—and Neku’s old friends Shiki, Eri, and Rhyme (who was also Beat’s sister, of course), who had really integrated themselves into the group. There was also sometimes the aloof Joshua—who helped Fret keep his head where it belonged.

That, and all the school work he had to do now, as thoughts about college and careers were coming up, and he needed to try and focus on that, lest he be forgotten.

So, for the most part, while Fret still of course mourned Kanon, he had moved on and was in pretty good spirits, considering.

…The only thing that really got him down, oddly… was seeing redheads like she had been also wearing purple. And at first, meeting the legendary Neku right after Fret had lost the girl of his dreams had somewhat been a thorn in Fret’s side, because he’d just looked at Neku’s hair and the color he so clearly favored and thought “Kanon.”

But, thankfully, those feelings hadn’t lasted. They’d had Shibuya to save, after all. And Neku more than proved why he was great to have on a team and why he was the greatest friend, and why Fret should try and let his ghosts go.

But then, Fret had met Shiki’s best friend “Eri��… who was totally cool, by the way, and a co-creator of Gatto Nero with Shiki, and Fret couldn’t even begin to tell you how much he admired her. Especially since she was so pretty and on point… but not conceded at all, and down to earth.

As fate would have it, however, she’d been wearing purple the moment Fret had met her at Shiki’s birthday party. So, they hadn’t started out well, even though it had of course gotten better, and Fret had almost come undone (as ridiculous as it was for him to still be so hung-up on Kanon, he knew).

Thankfully, Shiki had right away seen his shaking form by the punch table and had come and given him a hug, as she’d whispered sweet nothings into his ear. She had guessed accurately what Fret’s problem was, and held him—not even seeming to feel like he was ruining her party at all—while she rubbed his back soothingly. “It’s okay not to get over a loved one quickly, you know? I was certainly that way about Neku. And you have it so much harder than I did. No one will judge you for your emotions, Fret. And if you need to talk, we’re all here for you. I’ll even go get Mr. Mew for you to hold, as he always cheers me right up.” Shiki had said that last part while winking at him, and Fret had had to laugh then.

He may have been afraid of Mr. Mew when Tsugumi had been controlling him and attacking them with the doll, but now that Fret had seen Shiki with her own one more often than not, Fret was thinking he was a sweet little guy again, and could definitely understand why Shiki would think he was good therapy.

“…And I may mention to Eri that it might be a good idea for her not to wear violet anymore.”

“What? You don’t have to do that? I got used to Neku, so I can with her, too!” Fret had wanted to tell her instantly, but Shiki had already been off to get Mr. Mew for him to cuddle.

And despite everything, Fret had watched Shiki walk across the dance hall with a smile on his face. It felt good to be appreciated. It did.

And after that, Eri did stop wearing that color, and everyone seemed to prefer it that way. Fret did, for his own reason, of course… Eri did, because she didn’t even like it that much, apparently, and Neku appreciated it, who jokingly thanked Eri for getting off his turf.

So, everything was more than good for Fret when it came to those colors for a while… but then some girl named Kairi came to Shibuya: a girl with darker red hair than Kanon, it was true, but wouldn’t you know that she was also wearing amethyst?

At first, Fret had been ready to write this stranger off—just another tourist in Shibuya, that he just happened to notice walking past him—but then she accidentally ran into Beat… and it seemed to startle the girl. And good Lord, then she summoned a magic key-shaped sword to her hands, without even seeming to think about it. And she wasn’t even in the UG! (Though when Fret saw this, his first concern was that they had landed back there.)

And the moment Neku and Beat (who were with Fret to go to Molco, to get him some Tin Pins, because that was becoming a thing again) saw the redhead summon the weapon, they had both exclaimed simultaneously, “You’re a Keyblade wielder!” “Yous a Key wielder!”

Fret had had no idea what they were talking about at that point. So, Neku had hastily explained that Shibuya had actually been destroyed before—a time that he, Shiki, Beat, and Rhyme had only recently gotten their memories back of—and when it had, Joshua had taken their dream fragments (the only thing that had been left of them) to another world, to try and bring them back. And there, they’d taken bodily form once again and met a “Keyblade wielder” named “Sora”, and another one named “Riku,”

Beat had then gone to explain that they’d both helped them out, and that they were probably even bigger deals than him and Neku, and Fret couldn’t believe it. Hell! He could hardly even fathom it. What would that even look like? But he didn’t have much time to try and guess, because Neku began talking to the stranger almost instantly.

“Are you Sora’s girlfriend?” Neku had asked her then, bold as you please, as he’d pulled the redhead back out of the way of pedestrians going to and fro from all the different shopping areas. “He told me that he was great friends with a redhead, who liked art like Shiki does… I think he was insinuating then that I liked Shiki back then, and I wanted to kill him for all the hints he dropped her, while maybe not realizing that he had feelings for you yet, but I think it was still there… If you are that girl he mentioned, I mean.”

And then the poor girl had had a single tear slide down her eye—and Fret almost wanted to kick himself for only being able to think “you’re not Kanon, you’re not Kanon, you’re not Kanon, you’re not Kanon. Why are you dressed like her?”, while he looked at her—and she explained to Beat, who was giving her a big old bear hug, but Neku too, that: “Yeah, I’m Sora’s girlfriend, Kairi… I’m looking for him, because he recently disappeared after he sacrificed himself to bring me back to life. I was thinking he might be here, or that there might be Heartless here that I needed to fight, but I don’t know.”

Neku had appeared to give much thought to all of that (crossing his arms over his chest and closing his eyes, Fret saw), before he finally met Kairi’s eyes with kind ones of his own. “Why don’t you come with me to meet Shiki? She’s another friend of Sora’s. And Keyblade wielders’ hearts can sometimes lead them to keys, right? Maybe there’s something there, if Sora used to tease me about us.”

And Kairi had gone with Neku and Beat to do that (while Fret had followed, aimlessly, feeling really curious, for sure, but also kind of despairing the whole way: he wasn’t going to lie). And then Kairi had found with Shiki’s help, the thing she needed that would help her lead to Sora, apparently.

It was a hockey puck, that Shiki said Neku had gotten her to help them remember old times together… And as soon as Kairi had come near it, her Keyblade had reacted—seeming almost to float over to the puck of its own free will, tugging Kairi along—and then an insanely crazy light show happened (where all of a sudden, the entire world around them had seemed to be nothing but darkness, with just a few pieces of light to speak of: coming from Kairi and the Keyhole that appeared in the sky, that she did acrobatics towards, in order to aim a laser from her Keyblade at it). Then, it was all over and the Buya returned to normal, but the girl was gone.

And Neku and Beat explained that that seemed to sometimes happen with Keyblade wielders—they’d both seen it with Sora and Riku—as they would sometimes get taken away to where they were meant to go next, before they really got to say goodbye. But they both assumed she was fine and gotten what she needed, and definitely seemed to be hoping it, too.

But Neku, Beat, and Shiki had definitely bonded with Kairi that day… and about a year later, she was back in Shibuya to visit them with Sora and Riku… and well, maybe a whole lot of other people. There was yet another girl with red hair, wearing amethyst…

And while Fret was kind of glad to see them—and was thrilled that Kairi had gotten her happy ending and she could just come her for funsies to see everyone now—he couldn’t help sitting in a park bench in Dogenzaka, sighing, as he watched the whole thing unfold.

“Hehehe. You’re in quite the mood. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were turning into Neku…” Someone else had come to sit by Fret… and one quick look let him know that it was none other than the Composer of Shibuya himself… and that he had better get it together, before the guy threw him into another Game to improve himself, like he originally had with Neku.

“Oh, uhh… Hi there, Joshua. It’s good to see you,” Fret said, putting a hand under his chin and regarding the other boy—god—with mixed feelings. “Did you see that ice is really in this season? And diamonds almost match your light blue shirts, right? I feel like if you started wearing some diamond necklaces, you’d be even more stylish than you already ar-”

But Joshua halted Fret’s attempt to somewhat butter him up, with a hand held high and a small smile on his face. “There’s no need for all of that, I assure you,” Joshua promised, violet eyes locking onto Fret’s and that, too, making the youth think of Kanon some. “If you want her back, why don’t you just ask me?” Joshua asked rather smug now.

And it was too much. All too much. Fret wanted to believe that Joshua could actually bring her back for him… but what if this was a trap? And what if Joshua meant it now… but Fret somehow made him changed his mind, when he begged him to do so and thanked him for it. What if he didn’t do everything to code?

Tripping over his words now, as he ran a hand through his hair, Fret asked, “I mean… I would love it. If you want to, and don’t think it’ll hurt Kanon to be back, I’m all for it. But can you really do that? Wouldn’t you maybe get in trouble?”

At that Joshua “hmmed”, and Fret panicked—feeling like he’d ruined his chances for real here—and he was about to kiss the Composer’s feet to try and be on his good side again…

But it seemed like Fret had started fretting over nothing, as Joshua giggled and flipped his hair once. “I’ve brought Players who didn’t win back after a corrupt Game before, so it wouldn’t be the first time. Kanon’s Soul did seem quite promising to me for a few reasons there, so I’d be interested to see how she would shape Shibuya…

“And as of now… I would not get in trouble, dear Fret. But thank you for your concern. Heh. I am the senior of a lot of angels on the Higher Plane. And right now, the ones above me are actually very much interested me and my methods, for halting Shibuya’s purification twice, but having it turn out better both times for it. So, I imagine they’d let this one slide.”

Fret was near tears at that point; of course he was… And okay, maybe he was actually crying now. It was just that this was all he had ever dreamed of after they’d gotten out of the Game, of course… Because despite what he told himself… Fret did still love Kanon. And wouldn’t it be great, to actually get back one of the friends that Fret had lost?

But now Fret had to wonder, as he scratched his neck awkwardly, “All those gingers I saw in purple… was that a hint from you to me that I could get Kanon back?” Had Fret been looking a gift horse in the mouth all this time?

Joshua was laughing once more, as he urged Fret to get up and go make nice with the Keyblade wielders, who—if Fret was hearing it right—were telling all of Fret’s friends about urban legends they had heard of in a place called Twilight Town… and then Nagi chirped back about the ones they’d seen in the Game, and Rindo and Beat jumped in to help her out with that.

Huh… Perhaps Fret really was missing something over there. And was Joshua, too?

“Usually, I wouldn’t give an answer… I would say it’s above your pay grade, or that the world is whatever you want it to be… But, no. I was not prompting you to make this choice about Tachibana Kanon. Though things seemed to work out rather nicely for you, wouldn’t you say? So you’d find the strength to ask me about her?”

“I- I do,” Fret admitted, looking down at the pavement—and then all the buildings around him—and thinking that for a concrete jungle… Shibuya was actually a masterpiece, and might have actually been heaven, as far as he was concerned. “So, when will Kanon-"

But when Fret looked towards Joshua once more, the Composer was already gone.

And Fret… he didn’t see Kanon for a while after that. And he imagined it probably felt like what Rindo had gone through (and somewhat Fret himself; all the Twisters, really), when Josh had first brought Shokie to the RG.

About four months later, Fret was beginning to dread that Joshua had forgotten his promise, or that it was impossible to bring Kanon back, after all…

And he was at 104, checking out all the new selections there, when he heard a voice behind him, “So, Fret… do you mind telling me how you really feel? And no sugarcoating it! I was proud to see how you grew, after all. And you can’t disappoint a lady by covering it up some, if you went to all this trouble to bring her back, y’know?”

Fret dropped the black hat that he’d been about to purchase (that was maybe so light black, it was actually closer to purple), as he turned around to face that voice and ran towards her to embrace her.

“Kanon!"

Author’s Note: So, the other redhead who goes with Sora and the crew to Shibuya in this story is supposed to be Ariel—in a “The Worlds Are Starting to be Reconnected” idea—and it’s mainly because she wore purple seashells (though a shirt here, of course). Not even gonna lie. But if you don’t like that, you can imagine it’s an OC… that Sora and Kairi had a daughter… or just completely ignore that part. It’s up to you.

[aricazorel]

In honor of the fact I’m on my second play through of the Legendary Edition, here is a excerpt from chapter 6 of “Broken Road”featuring Kaidan Alenko and Kori Reese (my OC).

Read here from the beginning on AO3

[This scene occurred during one of the ME3’s N7 missions where Hackett asks Shepard to deal with a Cerberus lab. During this Kaidan discovers Kori still acts impulsively during missions.]

Having made her way around, she noticed the number of support troops for the mech was much less than a few minutes ago. Shepard, she thought with a smile. Now all she had to do was hack the reaper-enhanced Atlas and overload it without getting killed. Simple…Riiiight…

Her special training was definitely going to come in handy now. But unknown to Kaidan, he was the reason she had agreed to the program Anderson recommended her for. She just hadn’t found a good way to tell him yet, especially with all that was going on and all Kaidan seemed to be worrying about.

But the Lt. Cmdr. couldn’t think about that at the moment as she studied the back of the mech. She ramped up her barrier and took several deep breaths. Only one chance and she had to make it count. Kaidan is going to kill me…

“Now, Shepard,” was all she said as she used her biotics to launch herself on to the back of the Atlas.

“Copy that. Cortez, now,” the Commander. replied.

Using a biotically enhanced punched her broke through the one vulnerable spot right above the power core and behind the canopy. Once the plating was out of the way, Reese used her Omni-tool to jack into the internal computer system. Suddenly she felt the mech swing around trying to shake her off. She held on for dear life as she flared her biotics to help maintain balance. As the giant mech swung around, she caught a glance of more Cerberus troops and a couple of combat engineers making their way to her.

She cursed and then heard Shepard call out to her over the comm, “Reese, in coming!”

Her eyes went wide as she realized exactly what he had instructed Cortez to do. “Oh shit!”

Reese hunkered down closer to the armor of the Atlas as the Alliance shuttle let loose a barrage of support fire at the approaching troopers. The blasts effectively eliminated the Cerberus soldiers much to Reese’s relief. As she returned her attention to the mech, she watched as the improvised hack program breached the internal firewall and began taking control of the thing. Concentrating on the hack and maintaining her awkward perch on its shoulders, she suddenly heard Shepard’s voice again but couldn’t make anything out but her name.

“Repeat, Shepard. I didn’t copy. I’m almost done with—“

“I said watch your six. A combat engineer made it out of the blast. He’s right— “

As she realized what was going on, she turned to see a second wave of troops moving in on Shepard position and heard a weapon charging behind her. Her Omni-tool beeped, saying that the hack had been completed. She grinned and hit the ‘execute’ button on her tool. Glancing behind her, she saw the rogue combat engineer taking aim at her.

Quickly she yelled into the comm, “Shepard, in coming.”

Sending the reprogramed Atlas on its way, she used her biotics to flip off its shoulders and activated her omni-blade. As she sailed through the air, she sliced the engineer’s weapon in half. The explosion threw the soldier off balance as Reese landed behind him. Using that to her advantage she ran him through with her blade as the Atlas let loose another round of fire. This time it was aimed at the remaining Cerberus troops and then self-destructed. The blast knocked Reese off balance despite her barrier and threw her over the railing of the landing pad. Using the last of her strength she grabbed onto a support beam and hung.

Over the comm, she heard Shepard give the all clear followed by Kaidan’s panicked voice. She sighed and concentrated on hanging on. She didn’t have the strength to do anymore biotic acrobatics. The fight with the mech had taken everything she’d had. A lecture and threats from Kaidan were sure to be the result. But what choice had they had?

Over the comm she heard Liara request Dr. Chakwas stand by and Cortez inform Joker they would be returning after retrieving a wayward tech. Reese smirked as she heard movement above her.

“Hey, you still down there?” Shepard called as his head appeared over the edge.

“Where else am I going to be, sir?” she replied feeling her hands getting more fatigued.

“You know, three years ago you wouldn’t have addressed your CO in that manner,” he said as he leaned over the edge and extended his hand to her.

“Yeah, well three years ago I actually cared,” she admitted as she took his outstretched hand.

“Maybe you still should,” another voice chimed in as second hand reached down to help.

Kaidan. And he was pissed. His tone was quiet and his expression blank. For him he was pissed. It didn’t surprise her, but she had hoped he would have at least given her a chance to explain before he started in on her. But alas she was not that fortunate and didn’t feel like getting into it at the moment.

The two men pulled the ops officer up back onto the landing pad. Shepard left Reese with Alenko as he checked the damaged pad. He shook his head and called over his shoulder, “Better let the Major see to you, Reese.”

Not wanting to look at Kaidan or give him any more ammunition, Reese simply nodded. As she stood to go to the shuttle, the L2 shadowed her movements closely. She rolled her eyes but said nothing as she attempted to take several steps forward. Instead she began to fall to the ground, only Kaidan’s strong hands kept her upright. She sighed at needing help but said nothing. She didn’t have to; he already knew what she would have said.

“You overdid it this time, Reese,” the Major said simply as he wrapped an arm around her waist.

Guiding her to the shuttle, he said nothing else but once again he really didn’t need to. She was definitely in trouble with the Major. Once aboard, Kaidan made sure she was secure in a seat and began running a med scan on her. She was too tired to protest as the shuttle took off. At least the mission had been successful and she had some more data to analyze on possible Reaper tech integration or hacking/reprogramming. Maybe the ass chewing she was sure to get from Kaidan later would be worth it.

She could hope…

[movienotesbyzawmer]

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

December 11: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

(previous notes: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones)

Source: Blu-ray release, the box set with all six Lucas-era movies (2D)

The last of the trilogy. When it came out in 2005, hopes were high that it would redeem the trilogy from the mediocrity of the first two. The most impressive thing about those was the elaborateness and ingenuity of the CGI effects. They were so advanced at the time, but by 2005 we'd already had the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which combined breathtaking visuals with actually likable characters in a story that had stood the test of time. So this movie needed to make a mark somehow. My recollection is that it did, but I haven't seen it in a while. And…. Go.

The crawl starts: "War!" Which seems like a cheerleader is trying to amp us up. Then it talks about a droid army we've never heard of, and maybe that will be cool. It's odd how the whole anti-Republic gang consists of groups like "The Trade Federation" and "The Droid Army". Not traditional, like, "countries".

Opening shot is a doozy! A long shot tracking two fighter ships around a super busy, colorful battlefield in space.

"This is where the fun begins". Yeah, George Lucas is having his fan service fun at least.

It's weird how the clones are the good guys here, even though the OG clone was unambiguously bad in the last movie. But it only takes a second to remember why it makes sense.

"Buzz droids" crawl all over the fighter ships and do annoying things, that's the kind of fun idea that has always been a reliable hallmark of all these movies.

Super fun to watch Anakin and Obi-Wan hop out of their ships and immediately start fighting.

General Grievous! An evil droid with a physical deformity and a bad cough! I find this wholly acceptable.

This movie is just getting the whole overall tone right very quickly.

Ha, R2 used his jet flame things to cook the dumb bad droids!

Only 12 minutes in and we've got a fun light saber fight. Count Dooku is kind of irresponsible keeping that cape on with all these flailing laser swords.

Only 14 minutes in and Palpatine is all growling "do it!" and Anakin beheads an unarmed dude. Yup, dark!

The whole "Palpatine is seducing Anakin to the dark side" is really overt here. And really, why wouldn't it be?

The battle rages on, though, and there are neat cannon things, and don't forget that General Grievous is still around!

0:28:45 - Darth Sidious and General Grievous are colluding, but the movies have not yet acknowledged what seems obvious, which is that Sidious is Palpatine. Which makes us wonder why he's pals with the droid boss that was recently his kidnapper.

Dumb romance exchange, then a bad Anakin dream like the one he had in the last movie. Striking contrast, the look of the dream. Then more soap opera romance scenes. I miss the exciting parts. Hurry back to those, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith!

0:35:50 - More real purty establishing shots of Coruscant!

A couple of the people on the Jedi Council are holograms. It's nice that they offer the option of working remotely.

0:42:50 - I fuckin' LOVE this. A shot of lively Coruscant at night, and people are attending a swanky performance in a finely appointed auditorium. Anakin and Palpatine chat during it, but it's some kind of surreal anti-gravity acrobatic show, where the audience offers polite applause at calculated times. You never get a good look at the show. So odd!

But even more impressive, this is when Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine starts to do the most interesting, subtle, effective acting in maybe the entire line of Star Wars features. He's being so seductive. He's saying things that connect to Anakin. It's working, but I bet on paper you couldn't tell it would be THIS effective. This is comparable to how you would stage a story of a real-life cult leader convincing a follower to do crazy shit. "Not from a Jedi."

And then, yay, we're suddenly in a new battle on the Wookiee planet! It's cool! Oh, but it ended quickly and went back to Jedi/Senate politics drama.

I haven't noted this before, but I love the ship design where you dock your little one-seater onto a ring of engines to go to another planet. Please make the car equivalent of that, modern-Earth. And don't just point me to a ferryboat.

Obi-Wan is back to getting his spy game on! He's on a new planet, which is always fun, and he made a clear decision to pretend to leave, but secretly stay on the planet and ride around on a giant pretty-feathered reptile. Fun.

Then he just goes for it and jumps right into the middle of an army all by himself! That's some James Bond cockiness right there. General Grievous even turns himself into a four-sword beast and Obi-Wan is like "cool".

I guess he knew all these stormtroopers were about to show up.

1:03:27 - Here we go, ID is starting to chew scenery. That voice. He affects this deep, expressive growly whisper. "It gives you FOCUS. Makes you STRONGER." Why didn't George Lucas let any of his other actors go to town like this? Suddenly some good acting and it's very refreshing.

But hey, we're back to the battle on whatever this planet is, and Obi-Wan and Grievous are fighting. I love Grievous's wheel-ride! Obi-Wan noticed that Grievous has a heart-y organ in the middle and realized that if he shoots him RIGHT THERE, he'll just die. Video game logic.

Scene where A&A silently think about each other at each other across the city from each other, it works, and it has some unusually atmospheric music.

"I AM THE SENATE!" More sweet vocal production from ID, and he gets his sith light saber dueling on! "NO! NO! YOU WILL DIE!!!" Super awesome. And then just when you thought it was all in his voice, he does a kickass facial expression when he kills Mace Windu. I am delighted by Ian McDiarmid.

"Henceforth you shall be known as… Darth… Vader." I think I hurt my eyes from rolling them too hard.

1:19:30 - Cool shot of a battalion of sith assholes marching toward probably a bunch of good guys they're going to kill, against the backdrop of the city at night.

Now lots of bummer stuff is going on, and they're making sure it's all done in pretty places. The places are pretty and varied. And it's just the clone army dudes who had an order issued to kill good guys so they just do it. Except that Yoda is onto them. It is pretty intense though.

But the most intense part is where newly christened Lord Vader goes to kill the kids. And they're cute kids but he is definitely about to slice up every single child.

This is where, if this movie were a standalone story, we'd be approaching the part where there's a glimmer of hope that will lead to the course of events that resolves the conflict and happy-ends the movie. But this is where this trilogy's unique ambition has to work without doing that.

So here's where Anakin goes and talks to Amidala after committing atrocities. He doesn't mention his atrocities. Just lots of stuff about "loyalty to the Chancellor". We getcha GL. Message received. I honestly have to wonder if our 21st century workaday fascists see this as a happy ending.

1:35:45 - Lord Vader has evil red eyes now. Just because it looks cool I guess.

Anakin is killing Droid Army and Trade Federation people now. Total racist.

Badass climactic duel starts up with Anakin and Obi-Wan! Should be fun…

…but it cuts to Yoda barging into Palpatine's office kind of funny-rudely. And now they're dueling. Cool! Also worth observing that the CGI Yoda is super well integrated in the scene with Palpatine. You don't think about that at all.

And I'm glad those two are now fighting in the senate chamber because that's one of my all time favorite Star Wars chambers.

Anakin and Obi-Wan's fight takes place on, well, they're on a lava planet with lava rivers and spires and it's like part of the fight is they get points for picking the most dramatic place to fight.

Anakin burning in agony on a lava river embankment is pretty horrific. And yet he's going to make it out of there? Ouch. I guess if he weren't Sith Jesus, when they found him like that they'd probably just be like "oh he dead, k bai". But his elite status means they have to try weird things to make him still be alive.

Robot doctor delivers the news that pregnant Amidala is dying for no reason other than "she's lost the will to live". Sounds like a romantic tragic plot from the fantasies of a jilted fifth grader.

2:08:55 - Vader goes "Nooooooo!" when he hears that Amidala is dead. We're supposed to hipster-hate that, right?

Mostly it kind of seems like we're just tidying everything up so that it connects to "Episode IV". This isn't that terrible a thing. It lets this trilogy end with a rehash of the "Binary Sunset" music and imagery. But this time with Owen Lars. And his GIRLFRIEND, Beru.

That's it. I think Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is a lot harder to pick on than the other two movies in the trilogy. It ends up quickly getting to a point where we know the rest and have to sit there while the movie spells it out for us, but that's a lot better than the biggest sins of this trilogy.

(next: Solo: A Star Wars Story)

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Steven’s Body: Potential Exploits And Terrifying Downsides Of His Physiology

As we all know, Steven Quartz Universe is not like other characters in this show. He is the first of his kind: a gem/organic hybrid. As a result of his hybrid status, the Gems and even himself have no idea what he is truly capable. Now in this particular theory I am not going to go over his healing powers, as I already did that in another theory. 

No, this time I’m going to focus specifically on Steven’s physical body and the pros and cons to being a Gem/organic hybrid. 

First, how much of Steven is organic, and how much of him is gem? This is not an easy question to answer, but I postulate that we may have had a glimpse of that answer when he touches destablizers. 

Gems all appear to have this underlying hard light circuitry inside of their forms, as evidence by Garnet getting poofed with a destablizer and that similar pattern showing up in Steven when he touches the tech. This underpinning reinforces Stevens body and, while he isn’t as strong as a Quartz, he is very strong for a human. 

However, I don’t think that fully answers the question, how much of him is hard light and how much of him is organic. My thoughts on the matter is its fluctuating and interchangeable. As his powers grow more controllable, he becomes more gemlike. That is part of why he’s becoming noticeably stronger as the series goes on, going from being a fairly weak kid from episode one with very finicky powers to someone who is punching and kicking with several tons of force. 

Now to address the title of this particular theory; What exploits does Steven have at his disposal that he hasn’t thought about yet? What potential downsides does his particular physiology have if he is not careful? 

NOTE: These are potential exploits and downsides. Whether or not they may actually play a factor in the show proper is not what this is about per say.

                                POTENTIAL EXPLOITS

Muscle Memory: Martial artists, regular artists, athletes, dancers, pretty much any physical activity you can think of requires a lot of practice to get better at whatever the task is. Repetitive actions and daily practice helps develop your muscles to be able to perform these complex actions almost on instincts. This is true for everything from playing an instrument to performing a one inch punch. Once you have trained your body to perform these actions over and over again, often for years of diligent training and refining of your skills, you will have a body that is programmed and hard wired to perform these tasks with the efficiency that others wouldn’t be able to even begin to attempt. 

This is Damien Walters. He’s trained his entire life to perform athletic feats that seem practically super human. This is athletic prowess that neither you nor I would be able to achieve over night, as his musculature and his reflexes are honed to the point where he is capable of performing these types of stunts on instinct. 

I bring up Damien Walters to point out that, while you and I are not able to instantly have his capabilities, Steven most definitely is capable of this. 

While you and I have to develop our muscles over years of strenuous and repetitive training, Steven is potentially capable of shape shifting his musculature and programming his reflexes in any way he wishes. 

“Its all the me I could be!” 

Amethyst uses this very ability when she fights as a wrestler or as muscular Steven there. However, while Amethysts changes to herself are quite temporary, Steven on the other hand could make these changes quite permanent. I’m not even talking about being super buff like how Amethyst is showing here, but rather changing his musculature to be able to move and react instinctively in anyway he wants, programming himself on the fly to be able to fight or do whatever without even straining his mass or his gem that much. This wouldn’t be like Stretching his body, it would just be re-configuring his musculature to a more desirable state. In other words, just like Neo from the Matrix, Steven can just choose to say one day;

Granted, he’d need to know HOW to set up his musculature to know kung fu, but this is about potential exploits, not easy ones. One easy way he could learn though is fuse with someone who DOES know martial arts and figure out how to copy that unfused. 

Also, like I said, this exploit isn’t just for fighting. He could program his body to be capable of pretty much anything any athlete or artist can do thanks to this potential. If you want further proof of this exploit, look no further than Stevonnie, who performs instinctive acrobatics quite easily due to Connie’s training in martial arts with Pearl, and when that training is coupled with Steven’s physiology, enhanced strength, and floating abilities, its a force to be reckoned with. 

His potential strength is far greater than he thinks: Steven has been gradually getting stronger over the course of the show, however he’s nowhere near his limit. Much like with the point about muscle memory, the strength of his muscle fibers are entirely up to him and how he chooses to form his body. If he wanted too, he could become much stronger without putting that much strain on his gem at all. For evidence of such I point to you exhibit A 

For those of you who haven’t seen Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage (highly recommended by the by) let me explain how Mister Cage’s ability works. 

Cage was experimented on with a technology called CRISPR, which is a very real method of altering and editing genetic code. CRISPR, both in real life and in the show, has the capability of changing genetic code with surgical precision, and can be programmed to perform this remarkable thing in any variety of ways. One way CRISPR is exciting scientists in real life, and how its used in Luke Cage, is that you can graft compatible dna from other species into human dna very easily. No, this is not a crazy Alex Jones conspiracy theory about dog people, this is actual technology being produced right now. 

I bring this up because it was the altering of Luke Cages genes and the integration of abalone shell dna

The atomic structure of the Abalone’s shell and its durability/adaptability that is described in the above video is implemented into Luke Cages skin, basically turning the two inches of flesh into an intensely durable and adaptable structure that can tank all manner of gunfire quite easily. Its not because his skin is “dense” per say, but because of how his cells are put together at the atomic level, making its tensile strength a force to be reckoned with. “That’s great, but what does this have to do with Steven?” You ask me. Good question! Just like with how I mentioned that his muscles can be altered to give him any variety of trained abilities near instantly, his cellular structure could theoretically be similarly manipulated as well. It is not at all a stretch to say that Steven could not ONLY manipulate his body in such a way that he could mimic Luke Cages intense durability, but that he could very easily surpass it as well. His entire body can be freely altered by his gem ability to transform, and since he is organic, those changes can theoretically go all the way down to the cellular level. With the right knowledge and planning, Steven could not only become as strong as a Quartz soldier, he could very easily become physically more powerful than anyone on the show. 

“But BillyGGruff! You are forgetting something!” you cry out to me, “Steven isn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. He’s a nice boy, but he is far from being on the level of Connie.” 

This is quite true, my observant theoretical person. Which is where both an upside and an intensely terrifying downside of his power comes into play. 

Steven can develop new minds and personalities through his transformation abilities: 

Really think about what went down in that rather traumatic cat episode. When he developed those cat fingers, they had minds of their own. They were cats through and through. This would also imply that they had their own brains to think with, as primitive and instinctual as they were. Think about that for a second. Steven was able to make living things on his body that were able to think entirely separate from himself and even override his own ability to shape shift. This means that Steven as we know him could be completely taken over by something he creates on his body and gives a brain too, effectively erasing who he is entirely. That is a rather terrifying prospect to think about.  HOWEVER! Despite the inherent dangers such a power poses, it isn’t unworkable. This means that Steven has the capability of shape-shifting and altering his own brain in any way he wishes. 

Think about what that means for a moment. Steven could make it so that he has all of a sudden an eidetic memory like Aquamarine, or he could quite literally up his own IQ by actively trying to make himself smarter. If he wanted too, he could become an entirely different person in every sense of the word, as both intriguing and scary as that idea is. 

If he isn’t careful with such abilities though, he runs the risk of erasing who he is entirely, making such exploits a severe liability. If he is careful and deliberate with what he wants however, there is no limit to how intelligent he could make himself, and much like with the prospect of the Singularity with artificial inteligence, once he figures out a way to make himself smarter and think faster, he can use that greater intelligence to make himself even smarter and faster thinking than that, and so on and so forth. Within a matter of minutes to hours he could snowball his mind from being a normal average boy to being a super intelligence capable of understanding his body and powers to such an extent, that he could create exploits for himself that even the most ardent of theorists couldn’t come up with. This isn’t unthinkable to accomplish either. Neuroevolution is a very real programmable thing that is being studied right now. 

Just like how this program didn’t understand anything about Mario at the outset, Steven doesn’t understand a lot of things like physics or complex things like that. However he could use this ability he has to rapidly develop his ability to understand these things to the point where he can become a super genius in a few hours, theoretically speaking. 

He’d have to be very careful how he went about it, but its definitely possible for him to accomplish. 

What this ultimately boils down too is Steven is only as weak and as simple as he chooses to be. If he wanted too, he could become one of the most frightfully intelligent and powerful characters in the entire show, and that is ONLY taking into account his transformation ability.  Now, it would be apt to point out one major flaw with what I’m talking about.

Overexertion: 

Steven, if he overextends his transformation abilities will revert back to a baby to rest. Much of what I’m talking about here would not stretch his body or put mass onto himself, even with the enhanced durability exploit I mentioned, however it would be apt to say that any changes he does to himself should probably be given time for his body to adjust and accommodate towards. Just like with how the gems need to find the form that suits them and doesn’t stress their gem, he would need to be able to maintain these changes without putting strain on his body. I definitely think this is possible, but it would be a good idea that if he were to make these changes to make them gradually and make sure he is used to them before going further. From what I’ve seen of his transformation abilities though, I don’t think anything I’ve listed here would be all that strenuous to his physiology, especially if he takes his time with it. 

So to summarize

Just with Steven’s Transformation abilities and the fact that he is a organic/hard light hybrid, he could potentially exploit this ability to become far stronger and far smarter than he thinks he is capable of. The idea of Steven becoming an insanely intelligent nigh invincible being through this power is not that much of a stretch at all, considering the implications his ability brings to the table. Take into consideration this is on top of all the other ones he has, he could become a rather scary force of nature quite easily. Would this actually happen in the show? Probably not, but its an interesting idea to think about. f

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d20 Simulator: Archives Part 24

January 23-29th, 2017:

17, Trolls don't operate on logic, but fear. Talk won't scare them back into the shadows, a few well placed punches might.

13, That argument didn't really make much sense if you ask me, but the crowd bought it.

14, Geoffrey (Your mother's fiance) has selected your seldom mentioned half-brother to be his best man.

16, You are prepared to give up everything to win. The Trolls will just take it otherwise.

3, Dell Marva insists that you save the Zombified orphans. Someone's gonna miss them if not their parents.

1, The two-headed businessman is terrifying. As is his inflatable assistant Dorris.

18, SPLASH! You push the troll off it's platform. Trolls cannot be allowed a platform, that's rule number one.

2, SLAM! You trip over your own feet during the jump's running start. Roll 1d12 damage.

3, Your horse (Butterscorch) easily evades the razor. It's eyebrows are safe for another day.

15, Ka-TUNK! Your throwing axe hits it's target, the Bug-Bear is rightfully enraged.

11, No one actually likes your new hair. They were probably just being nice.

12, Two minutes in, and you're doing alright. You're probably gonna need some oxygen soon though.

12, Going by it's fine craftsmanship, you assume that the bikini is Dwarven made.

12, Joey the Gnome agrees, the orb is adamantite with gold trimming. It's definitely worth stealing.

6, The Emperor disagrees. You'll pick up hitchhikers on a drifter-by-drifter basis.

11, The Badlands have fallen, but their act of resistance will be remembered.

18, You have successfully turned the man into putty in your hands.

1, There's nothing for you to do but stay angry. The Emperor's project will devastate the environment.

18, Today is gonna be the day that East-Man's gonna throw it back to you.

8, Unfortunately, a log driver's waltz pleases girls completely.

20, Okay, you just landed a critical hit with a coconut... and he's allergic. Roll 2d4+2 for damage.

14, The Doctor is skeptical, but you've successfully obtained his prescription pad.

17, The hoodlums all give you their names. Now you can call the authorities on them.

7, Squabert's ballad moves you to tears, you're pretty much inconsolable right now.

16, With one swift push, you knock the guard over, and down into the well. He'll probably drown.

15, That's a hit! This broken chair has proven useful for you. Roll 1d4 plus your strength modifier.

10, East-Man's not being a very good Wing man. He's definitely trying though.

18, Stockholm syndrome hasn't set in yet. You've still got plenty of fight in ya!

17, You throw the goblin out the 7th Floor window with ease. Smashing.

5, No, Sam Footlong isn't joining the party again. He's just glad you found him in that broom closet.

15, That's a save. You're feeling a little drowsy from the arrow but you shake it off quickly.

12, Mordack doesn't get the reference. You have different musical tastes.

3, It's a little late for journalistic integrity on your part. Roll for initiative.

11, Some people laugh, but by and large the crowd is too depressed by the recent turn of events.

3, Squabert slips from your grasp. He's gonna have to make an acrobatics check.

13, Looks like you're missing an important form. The Teller re-directs you to the proper queue to acquire it.

18, There is still hope, but you must resist. Resist with all your might.

20, The Emperor doesn't notice you spiking his punch with nightshade. This may very well work.

16, The Drow takes the punch to no ill effect. Remember, he can only be hurt by silver weapons.

9, Your horse (Butterscorch) forgot to pick up your dry cleaning.

12, You're overcome by the sharp noise, blood gushes out of your nose and ears. 3d8 Thunder damage.

5, You have more people, than he has arrows but unfortunately he's a good shot.

7, Dell Marva is saving her Crystal Head™ vodka for a special occasion. It's not for you.

18, As the mist disappates, you recognize the cloaked figure as... THE AMAZING RANDO!

8, Not even close, the Owl-Bear easily evades your blade. It hoot/growls in pride.

19, The cards are marked. You're the only one here not cheating.

2, You've got chills, they're multiplying. Roll 1d8 frost damage.

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Political hot potato: Jay Carney ensures that the buck gets passed on Benghazi

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Political hot potato: Jay Carney ensures that the buck gets passed on Benghazi

http://twitter.com/#!/NolteNC/status/256787729642315777

In today’s White House Press Briefing, Jay Carney embarked on some mind-blowing intellectual acrobatics. Unfortunately for him, he failed to stick the landing. He failed miserably.

Among his bizarre assertions was that when Joe Biden said last night that the Obama Administration was never informed of security concerns at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the vice president wasn’t actually talking about the Obama Administration, per se:

In spirit of “No controlling legal authority” & “It depends on what the definition of ‘is” is” Jay Carney defines the word “administration”

— Kyle Sisk (@kylesisk1) October 12, 2012

So the Obama White House is not part of the Obama Administration. You learn the most amazing damn things from Jay Carney.

— John Hayward (@Doc_0) October 12, 2012

Who’s in charge?? Carney: Biden Was Speaking About Himself, The President, & The White House, Not The Administration buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynsk…

— Ted Newton (@Ted_Newton) October 12, 2012

So according to Jay Carney Biden, “the President and that White House” AREN’T part of the administration? That’s his story?

— DrewM (@DrewMTips) October 12, 2012

Did Carney actually say Biden doesn’t speak for the administration?? Who the frick does he speak for?

— Tina (@0402sgrl) October 12, 2012

@curticemang @republicandy @nmjune. Will Carney say next week that Obama does not speak for Obama administration?

— Curtice Mang (@curticemang) October 12, 2012

We wouldn’t put it past him.

But wait! There’s more! Fox News’ Ed Henry pressed Carney over what the Obama Admini- er, White House knew regarding Benghazi and when they knew it. Carney responded by talking himself in circles:

His attempt at verbal tap dancing concluded with a colossal faceplant. Twitterers couldn’t quite believe what they’d seen:

Carney just said “nobody wants to know more about what happened than the president” it was 31 days ago! Obama doesn’t know?!

— Tim Miller (@Timodc) October 12, 2012

Well, to be fair, Obama can’t possibly keep up with silly things like intelligence briefings when he’s got so places to go, people to see, and sweatshirts to sell.

Carney moves to insulate Biden, Obama on Libya security question – Really? Dozens of security requests were documented fxn.ws/SWVNMA

— Stephen Xavier (@LifeOnTheRight) October 12, 2012

Never let pesky facts get in the way of a good false narrative.

Awesome mendacity. RT @freebeacon Jay Carney is having an awesome day wfb.tc/TH6dj4youtu.be/KsCbQIi0psIyoutu.be/n7C7fq9b7sM

— Matthew Hennessey (@MattHennessey) October 12, 2012

@6 @presssec I don’t know how Carney looks in the mirror. All he does is lie all day, how can he get a job after this? Full of shit!!

— ExSubSpy (@ExSubSpy) October 12, 2012

So Obama is either incompetent or covered up and Jay Carney is going with incompetent. Oookay then.

— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) October 12, 2012

And, lest another day go by without someone else getting hung out to dry, today, Hillary’s number came up. While Carney was madly deflecting attention from the Obama White House, he pointed the Benghazigate blame finger at the State Department:

Carney repeatedly said that Consulate security requests are appropriately handled by personnel at the State Dept, not the WH.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 12, 2012

Jay Carney just began putting Hillary in the bus’s path.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 12, 2012

Biden: “We” didn’t know they wanted more security. Carney: blame State Dept. hey Hillary, tires on bus headed your way look like Obama logos

— Bill Hobbs (@billhobbs) October 12, 2012

@pimpbillclinton Sounds tome like Jay Carney just threw Hillary under the bus for the Libya security issue today.washingtonpost.com/politics/white…

— Jerry Wise (@bluesdriver1) October 12, 2012

@gop Shorter Jay Carney: “We’ll throw money at the State Dept, sure. But *manage* it? Come on!” #tcot #TeaParty #Benghazi #LibyaCoverup

— MacLiam (@macliam) October 12, 2012

Shorter Jay Carney Today: Hey Hilary? Stand right here, please. On this big “X”. Also, ignore the traffic noise.

— Jimmie (@jimmiebjr) October 12, 2012

Hope that wherever Hillary is, she’s wearing her helmet.

He even found an opportunity to blame Paul Ryan for the attacks that killed four Americans last month:

When it comes to funding, yeah, this president fights to make sure that embassy security and diplomatic security is adequately funded and make sure that that funding is restored when efforts on Capitol Hill are made principally by House republicans, including Congressman Ryan to slash it in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest 2% in this country.

And he dismissed Republicans’ efforts to get to the bottom of Benghazigate as playing politics.

Somewhere, Stephanocchio smiled approvingly.

Carney also insisted that “we have always been transparent about what we know.” It’s unclear who he was including in that “we.” (Just him? He and President Obama? The two of them and Biden, the third stooge?) But Carney is painfully clear about one thing: the Obama Administration is most definitely transparent. We can see right through their shameful attempts to cover their tracks in the wake of their monumental lapses in judgment and integrity.

So, what’s next on the hapless Carney’s docket?

@freebeacon Jay Carney hates his job.Sadly, outside of writing a book in the future, he has grossly compromised his career.

— Jess Kane (@KaneJess) October 12, 2012

@chucktodd @southsalem How much more can Jay Carney stand defending Obama’s Benghazi time line?

— John Modisett (@thebighoot) October 12, 2012

With any luck, he won’t have to stand it past Inauguration Day.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/10/12/political-hot-potato-white-house-press-secretary-jay-carney-ensures-that-the-buck-gets-passed-on-benghazi/

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Top 10 Strongest Naruto Characters

With the manga currently ended and the anime drawing to a close, it's time to have a look at the power positions of the Naruto-verse once more as well as change it accordingly. It's definitely hard to rate them appropriately, specifically when a growing number of powerful baddies maintain showing up to challenge our heroes.

With that stated, only personalities who we have seen fighting in the collection will be consisted of and their power ranking will certainly be chosen relative to exactly how well they did against whom in particular battles as well as their ranking will certainly be changed appropriately. This would certainly lead to the exemption of the god-like Rikudou Sennin and personalities like the trailed beasts.

10. Itachi Uchiha

Itachi is the older brother or Nii-chan of Sasuke, our favourite avenger. He was hailed as the youngest ever before to become an ANBU captain and was treasured by the clan for being a prodigy. This was all before he committed the Uchiha Massacre and also took off Konoha, leaving a broken Sasuke clamouring for vengeance.

During the initial fifty percent of the series, Itachi would make numerous looks however never ever devote to a full-scale fight. However, whenever he does appear, any kind of challenger he takes on versus programs severe resistance and also caution when violating him, as he is that frightening.

When he finally challenges against Sasuke, someone who would eventually become one of the most effective characters in the collection, he defeats him to the point that Sasuke turn to extracting Orochimaru. The frightening fact of the situation is this; he had not been also battling to eliminate, yet to shield Sasuke. All this was done while he had a terminal disease. The world simply isn't really prepared for a full powered Itachi.

9. Minato Namikaze

Minato is the Yondaime Hokage (4th Hokage) who gained the name of The Yellow Flash after his activities at the fight of Kannabi Bridge. These actions consist of decimating the entire military of the opposition in a flash by himself using the Hiraishin no Jutsu. The Hiraishin allowed him to teleport around the battlefield instantly, facilitating his loss of an entire military.

Later on, it was revealed that this scary figure was the daddy of Naruto, and also he had sealed fifty percent of the Kyuubi's chakra right into his infant boy in various other to conserve both of the town as well as his kid. Prior to he was taken in by the Shinigami he secured the other half in himself. As a result of this, he was able to access the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode like Naruto when he was summoned by the Edo Tensei.

The capability to command fifty percent of Kyuubi's chakra at will alongside his previous capability truly makes him a horror to see on the battlefield.

8. Discomfort/ Nagato Uzumaki

With the current bad guys like Madara and Kaguya, foes of crazy power levels, lots of have actually forgotten what a frightening figure Pain struck in the past. He was initially the shrouded number that regulated an entire organisation of S-Class criminals making use of only worry as well as power. Little was found out about him until his place was found by Jiraiya. The toad sage was then quickly slain by Pain.

Pain proceeded to not only defeat powerful personalities like Kakashi as well as numerous Jounin of Konoha at the same time, he utilized a jutsu so effective that it leveled the totality of Konoha in a solitary almighty press as if calling forth the power of the gods.

It was just the cooperations of Naruto, the toads, Hinata and the Intel from Jiraiya as well as Kakashi that made it possible for Naruto to eventually and also marginally defeat the self-declared god. It was just near his fatality that he truly demonstrated why he is worthy of to be put at the level of a god, for he broke via the limits of life and fatality as well as restored everybody he killed during his assault on Konoha.

7. Killer Bee

Killer Bee was strong also as a kid, being the just one with the ability of doing a double lariat with A, the quickly to be Raikage. He later got wardenship of the Hachibi after its previous Jinchuriki was eliminated.

By himself, Killer Bee is already rather a capable ninja with extreme physical expertise along with proficiency over his chakra. He wields the distinct Acrobat design, permitting him to consume to 7 blades simultaneously to attack his opponent in a manner evocative hip hop. When integrated with his lightning chakra, he has the ability to tear anything he encounters to shreds.

With the help of Hachibi, Killer Bee is much more terrifying as he has complete control over the Bijuu chakra. With each other, they are able to stand along with Naruto in the battle against 7 various other Bijuu and also Obito simultaneously. He truly deserves his title of Guardian of Kumo, for none can break past this unstoppable force of nature.

6. Obito Uchiha

As soon as the trainee of the well known Minato Namikaze alongside Kakashi Hatake as well as Rin Nohara, Obito was. Nonetheless, it was not his period with Minato that gave him the expertise that he boasts throughout the collection. It was after he was left for dead by his colleagues that he was rescued by Madara Uchiha and trained to become a powerful ninja.

He not just has an Everlasting Mangekyo Sharingan in one eye yet a Rinnegan in the other that he stole from the remains of the previously mentioned Discomfort. With 2 god-like dojutsu at his command, Obito was able to confine 7 Bijuu at the same time and also annihilate the entirety of the Shinobi Alliance at once. It was only the timely arrival of Naruto and also Killer Bee that held him off.

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5. Hashirama Senju

Hashirama was the Shodaime Hokage of Konoha, starting the village alongside Madara Uchiha He was popular for his timber release that was said to have unmatched power. Its true expertise was its ability to suppress the Bijuu, enabling Hashirama to seal them right into containers. His best property is his exceptional vital force, due to being a reincarnation of Asura.

This substantial reserves of vital force allowed him to regrow grievous wounds conveniently, something that Tsunade can only copy via excellent initiative. His huge powers also enabled him to spew out jutsu after jutsu, quickly plowing with any kind of adversary he might discover. It was just his fantastic moral compass that quit him from dominating the Shinobi world while he lived, as even Madara admitted that he would certainly not have been able to beat Hashirama.

4. Sasuke Uchiha.

As the self-proclaimed avenger of his clan, Sasuke has stopped at nothing to get as much power as feasible to achieve his goal. He has actually trained under lots of effective Shinobi like Kakashi, Orochimaru and also perhaps even Obito. With the death of Itachi at his hands, he has even acquired the Infinite Mangekyou Sharingan, making him a lot more effective.

It must also be noted he gained access to the Rinnegan due to being a reincarnation of Indra, permitting him to access both dojutsu at the same time. This placed him as a formidable risk over even the similarity Obito, as his capabilities are normally gained. It's a good thing he associated Team 7, ultimately, isn't it?

3. Naruto Uzumaki

As the protagonist of the collection, it's not a surprise that Naruto rates so highly on the checklist. He has seemingly unrestricted Chakra as a result of being the reincarnation of Asura. This, coupled with the powerful powers he gets from Kurama, offers him basically unlimited shops of power, allowing him to bombard his opponents with Rasengan after Rasengan.

With the Nine-Tails Chakra Setting, he had the ability to stand up to the likes of Kaguya with the help of Sasuke, something that is seemingly impossible due to her goddess status. However, it is not jutsu or chakra that lets him win his fights yet his never ending determination to secure his pals. As Naruto as soon as stated, "Quit on making me surrender!"

2. Madara Uchiha

Madara is the patriarch of the Uchiha clan as well as among the owners of Konoha. Refused by his very own people and also overcome with jealousy, he returned and left the town with the Kyuubi to battle Hashirama, just to be trounced by the Hokage. It went to the point of his death that he unlocked the Rinnegan, but he never got the chance to utilize it.

When he was totally revitalized at during the Fourth Shinobi World War, he had accessibility to both the Sharingan as well as Rinnegan at the same time. He was able to use both to devastating impact, ruining done in his course with informal convenience. In the end, it's vague if Naruto and also Sasuke would certainly be able to beat him if not for the intervention of ...

1. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki

Once a priestess who preferred for tranquility throughout the lands, there was. To that effect, she ate the fruit of the Shinju, providing her the present of chakra. Her chakra was so potent and also deadly by itself that the Shinobi of the modern age simply faded in contrast to her could. Excellent was her could that the populace relieved her from priestess to godhood, christening her with the title of Rabbit Siren.

As the progenitor of chakra, she has accessibility to all kinds of nature changes in addition to Kekkei Genkai. She has the ability to regrow any type of injuries effortlessly, as well as can even move via dimensions to level the field to her advantage. The greatest risk she commands against Naruto and Sasuke is the All-Killing Ash Bones. A single hit would rust their bodies to ash, giving them no choice but to evade after receiving the powers of their reincarnations.

She may have shed as soon as in the past, but it took the initiatives of an entire globe to beat her. Exactly what does that say about her power?

Final Thoughts

We are ultimately ending with the anime. After many years of airing, the long-running collection of Naruto will ultimately involve an end. With this checklist, we could remember the many powerhouses that were present throughout the series, as well as reminisce about the landscape changing fights that they had between each other.

Perhaps with the upcoming series of Boruto, the rankings will certainly transform as the newer generation surpasses the existing one, however, for currently, these are the Leading 10 Strongest Naruto Characters!