#anyways solid 8 or 8.5 out of 10

[fossilpaw]

watched nosferatu last night and i have lots of thoughts. i am not really a horror person but i thought it was great! maybe more thriller... who knows. i thought all the performances were good and the casting was great, i love how nicholas hoult looks terrified in every scene (and his fucking run is SO funny he runs fully upright the whole movie and it is so silly)

i know orlok's mustache is up for debate but i thought it was fine. it made sense to me for him to have it. wasn't crazy guys

and the costumes were freaking gorrrgeouuusssss. holy balls

[gay-dorito-dust]

How high on the clingy/protective scale these boys are …

Dick: a solid 8.5/10.

A very clingy bean.

Dick would be attached to your hip 24/7 if he could but he couldn’t answer that makes him sad.

In the wise words of @obsessedwithromance on one of my recent posts; ‘if Dick was a dog, he’d be a husky.’

And he’d make a very vocal husky at that with how often he whines and whinges whenever you tried to move from his grasp, acting as though every attempt in removing yourself from his arms were an attack against his character. So he will take personal offence to you wanting to leave him out in the cold and desolate place that was your bedroom. 💀

‘Stop trying to get out of my arms.’ He moans, tightening his hold on you as he buried his head into your neck, locking legs with you for extra measure. ‘Dick, I love you but you’re being too clingy for me right now.’ You reply and had just noticed the error of your ways almost immediately and were about to explain yourself but it was already too late, for you had set Dick the human husky off.

‘Me? Clingy? I thought you liked it when I was clingy? Why the sudden change? What did I do wrong? Why don’t you love me?’ Dick began his tirade and you could only lay there and let him talk your ear off -and loudly might I add- about how you apparently didn’t love him enough, which was a bunch of bullshit, but dick was too in his feelings to listen to reason. You’ll have to kiss him to shut him up, there’s no other option.

So once he’s settled down, he’ll go back to cuddling against your back,smiling dopily while you could only congratulate for a job well done at defusing the situation form getting any worse. You love your dramatic human husky and you wouldn’t change anything for anyone.

Jason: 7.5/10 or a 8/10.

The only time you’re seeing this man be clingy as all hell if he’s in a particular mood and want your affection, which might as well be all the time with this man, or after a not so great nightmare.

He would wake up in a cold sweat and immediately look for you and hold you against his chest as though you were his personal teddy bear, only just until his breathing evens out and not so tense in the muscles. Until then he holds onto you tightly and familiarises himself with you in anyway that he could, whether that be counting your eyelashes, noting the different shades that make up your eyes and much more.

At least just enough to help him gain some sense of self and awareness that he was safe and sound from all harm.

Like Jaime, Jason would watch over you like a hawk as Red Hood without a shadow of a doubt, and Jason has his reasons to do so as he knows the type of people who litter the streets of Gotham at night like the back of his hand. He doesn’t want to subject you to that sort of life of constant fear of having to look over your shoulder in hopes that there wasn’t someone following you home.

For in his minds eye, he’s your sole protector and the one thing that stands between the scumbags of the street and you. Jason doesn’t take this position he’s given himself lightly, it’s unlike him to anyway, as your safety is his top priority and he’d do anything to obtain it; whether they way it’s obtained was morally questionable or not, he doesn’t care for as long as your safe, he’ll live to learn with having permanent blood on his hands.

Damian: 5/10 on a good day. 2/10 in general.

He’s not an overly clingy person. Protective? yes. Clingy? No. It’s just not in just nature and he can be very awkward going about it too.

Damian knows he doesn’t have to constantly survey you 24/7, he has more faith in you and your abilities then most. He knows that you won’t call upon him if at all when faced with a situation that you could easily resolve yourself.

However if you were to get hurt on his watch or otherwise, that’s when he gets slightly clingy and will attempt to be within any space with you possible. Damian shows care in a completely different way than most and will more or less act like a guard dog when it came to you.

This little dude will point his sword at anyone that comes into close contact with you while glaring at them, meanwhile you’re having to push the blade of his sword down and away from the poor victim, only for Damian to raise his sword back towards their throat once more.

‘Pack it in.’ You’d hiss.

‘No. You’re practically useless when hurt, so let me deal with this one.’ Damian said.

You purposely ignored the fact that he had just called you useless and instead pushed the blade of his sword down until it was pointing at the floor again. ‘He’s not even a threat, just a regular citizen. So you can stop it with the fear attics now.’ You told him in a hushed tone. Damian meets your eyes with a glare of his own. ‘How you can be certain he’s a harmless civilian? What if he’s a low life thug of an underground drug syndicate on the rise? You can’t allow yourself to trust every face you meet.’ He replies, not one to back down for anyone, not even you.

You sigh as you rubbed the sides of your head. ‘Well at least try not to cause more issue for your dad. I swear between you, Jason, Tim and Dick I don’t know who gives him the most grey hairs.’

Jaime: runner up for Dick’s crown with also a 8.5/10

He’s clingy in a sense that he fears of loosing you constantly.

Khaji-Da doesn’t make the situation any better as it only encourages Jaime’s Innate clinginess tenfold, and now Jaime can’t go a couple of minutes without offering to join you on wherever your going.

He just cares about you very deeply and wouldn’t know what to do with himself if he’d ever lost you despite having the ability to stop any harm from coming your way. So needless to say that you spend most of your time with him and his family is a severe understatement.

It’s not as though he doesn’t trust you, he wholeheartedly does, but that trust doesn’t extend to potential outside threats. Hell, he would even go as far as to watch over you as Blue Beatle, much to the behest of literally everyone that isn’t Khaji-Da because the scarab is just as clingy over you in a sense that you were Jaime’s mate and there for should be within close proximity to him at all times.

It’s endearing but I think it’s about time you told Kahji-Da to cool it on the whole threatening people you talked to with plans to eliminate them…

[jawz-idk]

SPOILERS FOR ANTONBLAST:

My personal rankings of every levels (including bosses) in Antonblast, an indie game I finished about a week ago, and my personal favorite game of the year.

I know some takes here aren't gonna be very loved buuut I don't really give a fuck! Cuz it's my opinions, if you wanna fight me about 'em, comments are here, but you probably won't cuz let's be honest who's gonna see this post? Anyways just in case you can't read the level's name here they are with a ranking out of 10:

Meh...:

Vs. TallBuster. (5/10 very mediocre boss fight, not bad but not good either.)

Good:

Crimson Factory. (7/10, I often forget this one exists, loved the HAPPY HOUR and music for this one, but everything else was meh)

The Mysterious Glass House. (7.5/10 this would be an easy Great! Tier if it wasn't so damn long, the level is just really annoying to get through, the platforming though, absolute S tier some of the best in the game.)

Great!:

Boiler City. (very sorry for the shitty take lmao, I still love this level though the music is absolutly FANTASTIC, and the HAPPY HOUR with the BossBusters chasing you for half of it destroying the city was such an amazing introduction to the HAPPY HOUR concepte, 8/10)

The Big Beth. (The horror level, I love this one because instead of having something chasing you it's just very eerie and lonely, strikes the perfect balance between not taking itself seriously and uneasy, such a fun level with an amazing HAPPY HOUR, that fake out got my heart racing, 8/10)

Vs. BrawlBuster. (8/10 very fun to replay because of how traditional it is, it could be a Rayman Legend boss fight actually, I'd see it!)

Vs. The Jewel Ghoul. (8/10 if BrawlBuster is a Rayman Legend boss fight, this one is a Rayman 1 boss fight I love everything about this boss, the music is absolutly banging, the attacks are tricky but not unfair, and that last part where you just shoot Jewel Ghoul for no fucking reasons, so much personality in that fight, loved it.)

Hell's Manor (my biggest hot take, If I was ranking these based on first impression it would be S tier, but alas 100%'ing this level made me love it a lot less, 8/10)

Slowroast Sewers (8.5/10... Genuinely don't know why it's so high... It's just really fun I guess, with one of the best osts in the game, and one of the best HAPPY HOURs in the game, solid level.)

Vs. MaulBuster (8.5/10, the concepte of her not actually wanting to fight you, but just do a play, while you ruin everything and she gets angry is just so funny to me, not as replayable as the rest but very fun anyways and got a good laugh out of me.)

Vs. Freako Dragon (8.5/10 THAT'S IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BRAZIL.)

Vs. SmallBuster (8.5/10 Such an original boss fight, it's more of a show than a fight because it's by far the easiest part of the game to me, but my god everything about this fight is funny, and Small's design is adorable too, by far my favorite of the Busters in terms of design, personality, and fight, I would still give best gameplay to Brawl but eh whatever bias.)

Bomb Candy Mines (8.5/10 just fun, fun gimmick with the bomb transformation, one of my favorites in the game, fun escape sequence with acid coming out of the walls you gotta out run, fun music for both parts of the level, fun everything, me love this one way too much.)

The Mad Mall (yes, this level isn't that hard you just have to get good I 100%'ed it on my 2nd playthrough of it, 9/10)

S tier:

Cinnamon Springs. (9/10 just like Bomb Candy Mines, fun everything, excepte even more fun, with a bigger focus on platforming and spectacle like when you destroy a fucking temple cuz you just wanna be a Dick, or when you ruin Greg's vacation, this felt like a Crash Bandicoot level almost, so that can only mean I'll love it lmao.)

Vs. Satan (9.5/10 GOODNESS. One of the best finale I have ever had the honor to play, my 2nd favorite music in the game for sure, Satan's personality is incredible and so is it's Amazing voice acting, all phases were challenging but not unfair at all and very fun and creative, not to mention you feel like an absolute monster for most of the fight, yeah, banger.)

Devilled Garden (9.5/10 best music in the game, idle hands down, and the level delivers as well, helping a demon rebel agaisn't Satan, not cuz he wants to overtake hell or is sick of it, but because he wants to fucking throw a party is hilarious, everything he asks you to do is fun (the clock part may be a bit slow but I still enjoyed it) and the escape sequence gives you such a fucking boost of ego with the mech suit out of nowhere, absolute masterpiece of a level.)

Vs. Ring a Ding (10/10, best boss just for the sheer surprise of the third phase, what can I say it's a monkey brain reaction: me see biblicaly accurate angel, me happy, the music on the last phase is absolutly incredible that solo makes you feel things in places you didn't even know you could feel, and then you just pull a Mario and Luigi move by just countering the Moon of all things, yeah one of the best boss fights I'v played personaly.)

Pinball Mire (10/10 the music... THE MUSIC, the 2nd half of the level has the third best song in the game, my god and the pinball mechanic? I usually am not a fan of Pinball in general especially in a level that stops you and forces you to play Pinball that's just boring, you could make the argument that this one does the same but the Pinball Gimmick is also used in platforming to do a Spindash like in classic Sonic, and thé Pinball sections are very very fun and quick if you know what you're doing, even on my first playthrough I didn't spend more than 4 minutes on any (excepte the one before HAPPY HOUR, it's a bit long but not the end of the world, all and all, a magnificent level.)

Concrete Jungle (10/10 AAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAA, This... This... This Is everything, EVERYTHING I WANT IN A PLATEFORMER, fun, gimmicks are way too well fused together and never feel overwhelming when stacked on each others, the musics, all three of them, are bangers, with the third one being oddly nostalgic, actually the whole level has a nostalgic vibe to it, probably cuz I grew up in a city that actually really resembles this level so there's an strange feeling of comfort when I play it, it's strange, also you get to light the whole city on fire so 10/10 LMAOOOO, but yeah one of the best levels I have ever played in a platformer, masterpiece isn't good enough of a word to describe it, also these monke are some of my favorite charachters in the entire game, like third favorite charachter, they're cute and just have a cool Vibe)

Anyways there's something wrong with you if you read all of this, but, I apreciate it, thank you very much.

Stay safe.

[carelessflower]

friday recap 🥐🥓

haven't written anything today i was too busy PARTYING

yes i know this fit make me look grandma but consider I was gonna walk a lot I wanna be comfy

breakfast: take the mafu tofu yesterday, add instant vermicelli noodle, the spicy oil, so much soy sauce and u got my breakfast. i admit this taste better with rice but im stubborn so I ate all

next me and my friend walked to the bakery exhibition near, like it was so crowded we had to register to get the qr code to get the pass in like omg, there was ice cream stall near the beginning it was soooooooo crowded huge huge line I tried to get in line but then they said it's too long so I got cut off. anyway I got this tiny bit to make it up, it was okay I guess. also check out all the displayed pastries

in the exhibition there was some bakers contest from mainly asian contestants, I wanna like taste these so bad but they had this ridiculously long signing up feature and I got lazy lol. the first two pics are actual cakes and sweets. the rest are more decorations (not edibles) and some are carved from fruits so that nice, but I wished those was also cakes

grab so many sweets but only took limited pictures cause I forgot I need pics im too busy eating lol. ranking:

madeline: 8.5/10 i like the crunchy and the sauce i think is lavender? but I took this way way later and I was so full and sick of sweets already

chocolate: 9.5/10 I already bought this type at home, still solid

pastry and whipped cream: 8/10 the whipped cream is nice but it like too much yk

pastries in general: 8.5/10 my dream grabbed this for me while I was in this fuckass long line all solid

this was what im waiting for it so so longggg, I think cuz they was making mini size of the food and not just tiny cut of it. 9/10, the pancake was so airy and fluffy, 1 point deduct cause I fucking hate strawberry jam

got overdose on sweets so gotta take spicy wonton at convenient store, 8.5/10, at least it spicyyyyyy

KOREAN BBQ FINALLY BABY. 10/10 BEEN CRAVING THIS FOR SO LONG, got like 8 options between different types of chicken, beef and pork cause I chose the lowest price range for the sale they having but idc it so good, I must like order rounds of the dipping sauce and kimchis. also look at the wall decoration, im almost guarantee its not a coincidence

next me and my friend go seee the blind box it so so so SOOOO BEAUTIFUL. i wanna buy the flowers one so bad but im broke

it getting so long i gotta do another for the perfume I smell

[vanilladacat]

Rating my fcs on pjsk cuz i got nothing else to do rn

I am going through kind of a phase with my personal vocaloid au, so i am mostly drawing shitty sketches and reference sheets. But i hope i will have finished a Halloween piece with oliver and kazehiki by the end of the month.

Anyways so

The vampire-7.5/10

I was so anxious when fcing this my hands were shaking by the end of the chart lmao

The chart can get a bit repetitive so it wasn't so hard to learn imo

An extra 0.5 points cuz i love the song

2. Villain-5/10

One of the easier lvl 25 charts, i feel like it was supposed to be a middle point between 24 and 25 regarding difficulty

It took very few attempts to fc compared to the others, plus it is a bit short like sega you cut out the best part cmonnnn :c

At least we got the trans anthem in proseka so yes b(._.)b

3. Ego rock-8/10

Really liked the chart, it feels just right in difficulty as a solid 25 song

Tbh Len's high pitched voice can get annoying pretty soon but that's not the game's problem, after all the sekai ver. exists as well (not that im gonna listen to it but whatever)

Overall i think i like the chart a lot, will definitely replay it once in a while

4. Showtime ruler-8.5/10

GAWD DAUM THIS WAS HARD TO FC. Idk if its my problem or not but this chart really leans into easier lvl 26 territory

The notes feel pretty crammed together sometimes, personally i kinda like it cuz i love fast paced charts but it felt a bit like they were trying to put as many notes as they could in some places, while others were a bit empty

But overall i liked it, even tho it took the most attempts to fc out of all of the above

P.S. this is just my opinion. Everyone has their own views and requirements for labelling a chart as "good" or "bad", and everyone's opinion is valid.

[potatoesandsunshine]

ok for the benefit of everyone i am putting my ttpd thoughts under the cut bc i had a lot of them. i did listen to the album and i had a fun time writing my opinions as i went! i haven't done any of the extra songs yet but i probably will tomorrow.

overall thoughts: i like this album pretty well! definitely more to my taste than midnights. i'm not instantly in love with it, but i will listen to at least some of the songs a lot and i'll give the whole thing a few more chances to grow on me. kind of a 7/10 for me personally - i'm not sold on songs as vehicles for Lore, i need to think it's a good song to listen to if i'm going to like it. i wanted more differences in tempo or dynamics throughout; at times songs felt a little same-y. anyway, my first impressions song by song!

Fortnight: honestly i just don't love the word fortnight there are too many T's in it. overall 7/10. i like it but i want a tempo change or something.

TTPD: the lyrics... babe. but at least she figured out how to say fuck like a normal person. "Gonna troll you" is also a lot. 5/10 doesn't hugely do it for me, would skip.

MBOBHFT: like this one more. she's doing that thing she does where there are more words crammed into the verse than she needs but the chorus really does it for me. 7.5/10

Down Bad: i like the dreamy vibes. weirdly reminds me of another song? specifically fuck it if i can't have him; my brain is itching. anyway 7/10? WAIT if i can't have you kelly clarkson. (not totally convinced that was it. still can't place it)

So Long, London: wish it had instruments? interesting cadence, reminds me of Lana a little. i wish she didn't use so many modifiers but it's a decent song 7/10

BDILH: y'know i like the message. she's right fuck swifties. we're handshake about this. this one is pretty good! 7.5/10. too long though. has the staying power of like a 4 min song (i think everyone was so extremely weird about this situation and it makes sense that she thinks so too)

FOTS: again i just want less synths. i like the chorus a lot actually. kinda over how she uses American. wait what's happening to this song. solid 7/10

Florida!!!: Florence!!! this one was a guaranteed hit for me. fav so far for sure. 9/10 going on the playlist (the no-skip tswift playlist)

Guilty as Sin?: starting to feel a little samey! not a ton of tempo differences on this album. wild to write a song about wanting this hard. feels kinda honest which is refreshing after midnights. not super my song but i don't hate it. 6.5/10 JESUS COMPARISON??? (this added a point. i feel like people throw out 'unhinged' about her when she's always struck me as an extremely precise planner but this was still a big moment for me. she should do more stuff like this. she should get weirder.)

WAoLOM?: stranger things ass imagery. i like the scream i want more variation in dynamics. pretty good song! i like it as a continuation of anti-hero. 8/10. on the playlist

ICFH(NRIC): we love talking about him and smoke i will be listening to colors. i wish it was faster! but i like it. 8/10

loml: again with the modifiers. nice lyrics in this one imo. kinda sounds like you're losing me. 8/10

ICDIWaBH: very mastermind intro! again w/ the thesaurus problem. thank you. thank you. faster song. 9/10 on the playlist. get a therapist fr girl

TSMWEL: she said you get one fast song. piano!!! honestly i like the way it builds and i like the paranoia. again, feels honest. 7.5/10

The Alchemy: i like it! reminds me of the archer + willow. god she loves a sports metaphor. i will listen to this more. 8.5/10

Clara Bow: kinda feels like an Olivia dig. been very interesting to see the progression of The Lucky One -> here. can't pretend you're not the establishment. 7/10

and just for fun - here it is in the glitter gel pen :P i had fun with this! i'll probably do it for the other tracks too - it was like pretending to be a reaction channel

[nbmudkip]

does it have to be comissions?

- EmpError

- blessing

- infinitely gray

- sekai-chan and kafu-chan's errand

- spinal fluid explosion girl

- children record

- the entire concept of sbibo

- kimiagure mercy

- haikei doppelganger

oh my god the LIST. ok here goes

1. emperror

i did ex, for any songs with no difficulty mentioned i’ll probably default to mas unless the mas is 33+ in which case i’ll just pick whichever i feel like atm. this ex chart is rly solid imo i have fun with it. its my fave ex chart of the three tho dftm is close. the faster bits in this one keep me on my toes and i almost fucked a solid few of them up hence the greats. 6/10 fond memories

2. blessing

why did you do this. why did you make me play this. you know how i feel about this song and this chart already. i messed up because i was thinking too hard about how angry i was at you for making me play this fucking song. hitting you with sticks. 0/10 it sucked

3. infinitely grey

wow another stinker. listen i have a bit of positive bias towards this one since it was one of my first lv30 aps but yeah it’s not great. so repetitive and of such an annoying note pattern too. she gets a 3/10 for nostalgia for the good ol days and nothing else

4. sekai-chan and kafu-chan’s errand

u rly had to pick one of my weakest lv32s…..the chart is a blast tho i wont lie. am i good at it? no. but holy shit is it fun. tappytappytappy brain good. i love the fast flicks in every chorus altho the end of the final chorus is the bane of my existence. 7.5/10 delicious adrenaline rush

5. spinal fluid explosion girl

another of my much weaker 32s. please disregard the greats i shifted to resting my ipad on a blanket bc sitting cross legged was hurting my legs rly bad and i think its fucking up my mental offset. anyway the chart is a blast altho it can be a liiiiiittle irritating at certain parts. still the flicks are so fun esp the ones in the middle with the squiggle holds, and while the runs can be a bit annoying they’re also very rewarding to get right. 7/10 fun but a touch enraging

6. children record

i have been fc-1 on this song for literally two and a half years and that did not change tonight. SAD! fortunately the chart fucks hard and its hard to gamer rage when i’m having that much fun. 8.5/10 wheeee weeeee whweeeeeee ahahhaahah weee

7. the entire concept of sbibo

??? not a chart that is a whole little dude. um if she was a chart i have to assume itd be pretty banger and high energy. not sure what you wanted me to do here so i added some outfits instead. sbib/10

8. kimagure mercy

???? New mas ap hello????!? ERM. well im very pleased. anyway this chart FUCKS. this chart literally fucks so hard its not even funny. its insane. its so fun. makes you feel like GOD when you play it well which i am experiencing right now as we speak. im very happy rn if you cant tell ive been stuck on ap-1 on this chart for months. anyway chart good brain slush overall 9/10 i love you weird flick patterns

9. haikei doppelganger

THIS CHARTTTTTTT. GUHHHHHHHH u already know how much i love this chart it is SO!!!! FUN!!!!!!!! they space out the mid-speed runs and the superfast runs and the rhythmic pauses with each other so well and it’s just a breath of fresh air to play. one of the best charts in the game objectively and one of my favorites as well. fcing this for the first time can cheer one up from anything nd believe me i have firsthand experience with that. 10/10 this chart FUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

and thus concludes your 8 mile long ask meme response hope you enjoyed

[vitaminwaterreviews]

Billlie - Of All We Have Lost

This was an excellent little album. This is my first real foray into Billlie’s discography, I think I had like 4 other Billlie songs on my playlist before this album. Now I have … 4+6. 10. And it would be funny if I gave it 10 points, but it wasn’t perfect. A lot of the songs were a bit too safe. Trampoline and Remembrance Candy were both really fun, they both did some interesting things, but the next few songs were all kinda safe, and the final song in particular really needed a good house drop/instrumental break. I appreciate their vocals a lot, I love the production in general. I’m not sure who Billlie’s CEO/producer is, but they do a very good job with concept and musical direction. I don’t know much Billlie, but this album sounds very much like the Billlie that I know, and I like that sound a lot. It’s kinda Red Velvety, but it’s still distinct, and in some ways better. Average score of 8.0, and that’s about right. Good and solid, definitely worth a listen.

- Remembrance Candy

Woah okay, love this intro, really fun

Do you hear that bass?

The guitar is really nice too

Their vocals do sound very Red Velvet

THERE IT IS

IN THE CHORUS

THAT SIGNATURE BILLLIE RHYTHMIC WEIRDNESS

Lol

This is nice, this is really nice

I’m not paying too much attention to the MV, but it does appear to have like a plot and things

Yeah, I’m a fan of this, this is good

Nice, really good bridge, nice

Haha wait the MV outro, is this part of the song? This is super fun too

I’m gonna metagame a bit here. I already know Trampoline, and I want to give them both 8.5’s, but I don’t give fractional scores for songs. So I’ll give this one:

9/10

Trampoline

Currently my 19th most listened-to song of the past month, which isn’t bad considering it came out a week ago

I just love their voices in the chorus. I don’t even know how to express it, this song is pure ear candy

I once said that f(x) - Milk is ear candy to me, and someone downvoted that, which is ridiculous in my humble opinion

This song sounds way better with headphones

Anyway, an 8 is too low for this song, but a 9 is too high, so like I mentioned previously:

8/10

Bluerose

Mkay, I vibe, it’s hovering just a bit close to 1st gen slow jam territory but we’ll see where it goes

You can totally tell that it’s a contemporary song though, the production quality is top notch

I am losing interest in this song

Through no fault of the song itself; this just isn’t my genre

I do appreciate what it’s doing though

Ohhhh the rap section though, mmm

Y’know, fine, it gets points just for the last minute

8/10

BTTB (Back to the Basics)

Rock vibes

The bass is doing something though

Also we’re rapping which is neat

The synths in the chorus go hard

Haha the tongue/lips rolling in the second verse

8/10, but a low 8

shame

The vocal processing is saying one thing, but the rhythm section is saying something completely different

Ohhh ok it’s not about being ashamed, it’s about being Honest

I can get behind that

Idk why but this chorus sounds kinda Japanese to me

Catchy song, but nothing special

7/10

dream diary ~ etching mémoires of midnight rêverie

It wouldn’t be Billlie without

Hmm okay, tropical house maybe?

Definitely some sort of house, based on the verse here

Yep, here’s the buildup

Oh that was cool, whatever they did with the melody in the first line of the chorus

Like the fall in their voices

I want a good instrumental break here

But yeah, they won’t give it to me, that’s not the kpop way

She sounds kinda like Seulgi

Yoooo if they give us an instrumental break after the bridge I’ll forgive it all

Of course not :(

8/10, this song was so close to greatness but it just didn’t capitalize on what it had

[thecarelessvoice]

My new hyperfixation is Lee Do Hyun (not surprised bcuz exhuma 😞👌👌🥵)

So it was a given that i'd checked out his other works, and now I'll give each of his dramas that I've seen my personal rating ^^

- 18 again - 7/10 ~ watched this one with my mom, immediately knew it was based on 17 again with zac Efron (god I'm old TT), had great laughs and tons of funs, i knew kim haneul and yoon sang hyun from before, he was super cute and his acting was solid.

- death's game - 10/10 ~ very good plot, his episode was also very good, amazing setting and also seo in guk??? God he broke my heart in this

- the glory - 10000/10 ~ I CANNOT EXPRESS IT WITH MY WORDS HOW MUCH GOOD THIS ONE WAS!!!! I honestly had heard its name but i was busy at the time the hype for it was going on (I'm not a big kdrama watcher) anyways started watching it and IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!! like not only he was great in it but the other??? Song hye kyu and lim jiyeon!!! My goddesses!!! They slayed every scene!! Tbh everyone were fantastic in it. Like I see myself to go back and rewatch it.

- melancholia - 4/10 ~ I'm not sure how to put it but this one was just not for me, again he did a good job on it, i liked some of the characters like the professor and si wan, it did get slightly more talorable by episode 8 but... i just didn't really connected to it. I kinda hate student- teacher romantic love and the chemistry between the leads were a bit off and honestly i would've liked it better if they'd decided to ditch the romance plot and make it platonic. (I liked the found family trope)

- the good bad mother - 8.5/10 ~ this mf reaally went all in!!! Like he really did it all for this drama. Loved a lot of scenes, him and the twins were so cute, him and mi-joo? Chef's kiss!! Amazing chemistry ❤️❤️❤️ but i just hated the mother's character and it's cruel of me but i was kinda glad for her ending, also too much heartbreak and frustrating scenes.

-sweet home- watched all the seaons and boy we had another umbrella academy/game of thrones plot fuckery 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Season 1 - 10000/10 ~ i loved every-single-episode!! Fantastic actings, very very good plot, enjoyable characters, good soundtracks. His character??? One of his bests!!! Which is awesome cuz from what i know season one was from his earlier works. His chemistry between lee si yeong and song kang??? My goddddd

Season 2 - 3/10 despite knowing that he was not in it i watched it anyway cuz i'd ended up immersed with the whole thing not just his character(same with glory ig) and it was... yeah not good at all, i think the problem was the gap between the seasons (probably covid 19 was the factor) but yeah they had all this time to work on it but they just blew it

Season 3 - 5/10 bittersweet and very very rushed ending, so many unanswered questions and honestly i felt empty after i finished it. But he was super hot and again his chemistry with song kang and min si is top tier. (I'm thinking of reading the manhwa to heal my soul cuz I've heard it was way more better and different)

I haven't watched youth of may and i probably won't cuz it was unfortunately heavily spoiled for me so I'll put it away for now, also for some reason i ended up watching a lot of tik tok edits of it XD. (Aaand I'm kind of tired of romance dramas)

P.s : (added it later)

- Beyond Evil - 10000/10 ~ only lord could stop me from not pulling an all nighter and watch all of it in a sitting.... honestly i think this one is my favorite crime kdrama of all time, and yes.... I'm all in for dong sik x joo won... they own me now.... also ldh was really good and pls ppl give him a proper baddie role like i need it yesterday.

[silviatheorbit]

One of a Kind Album Review!

I will be repeating this all summer for sure! I really love this direction sound-wise for Loossemble. The album all together is a 8.5/10.

Before I rank each track individually,

Track 1 : Intro (A butterfly's signal)

A pretty good intro! ngl the beginning scared me, I thought we were going to go to a sound more like Birth if you know what I mean...But anyway, someone said it sounded like Burn the Bridge (by le sserafim) and I kind of hear it, not to mention the spoken lyrics as well (which le sserafim does for their intros). I don't really mind, though. I still like Searching for their Friends better just because it feels so grand, but this is a different concept so I understand why they sound different. A solid 8/10.

Track 2: Girls' Night

Overall, I do like it. I especially love the chorus and post-chorus. What definitely made me enjoy it more is having heard some of the instrumental beforehand. The first verse got me hooked, same with the pre-chorus. The chorus has a lot of overlapping ad-libs which was very confusing on my first listen, but listening to it again I actually love the chorus. The bridge is okay, not groundbreaking but it does the job. You'll notice I've avoided talking about one part in particular, and that's the 2nd verse. In my first album review, I had the same problem with sensitive. The talk - rapping completely ruins the overall mood of the song. It at least seemed less out of place in Sensitive. But in Girls' Night, with a much different concept, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I already layed out my other issues about talk rapping in the Loossemble review, you can find them there. If the 2nd verse had been different, this would have had a higher score. But alas, we'll have to settle for a 8.5/10. It's a good title track that could have been great.

Track 3: Moonlight

While the beginning starts out with an undefined ballad vibe, the song slowly solidifies into something more substantial by the chorus. Comparing the beginning to the chorus, most people wouldn't think they were part of the song. Bizarrely, the change works well. I can't exactly point out what genre this song is, but I like it. I probably won't listen to it much, but it's certainly not bad. A 8/10.

Track 4: Boomerang

Why...just why...this type of song, reminiscent of Oops! by Loona is my least favorite. The chorus is really not that bad, but the verses are abrasive and not in a good way. It's saving grace is the bridge, carrying So What's torch with ethereal bridges. As Hyunjin says in Boomerang, "So high up in the air, you'll fly away". I have nothing else to say. 6.5/10, the .5 is from the bridge.

Track 5: He Said I Said

Since this was my favorite from the track previews, I'm not suprised how much I like He Said I Said. It's a spring track through and through, I love it. Right before the last chorus when Hyunjin says, "You are my only desire" is my favorite part of the song. It just scratches an itch in brain. I need it in a loop. 9.5/10.

Track 6: Truman Show

My favorite track??? It reminds me of Day by Day in a way. I love that Yves, her sister, and Gowon did the lyrics together! Speaking of lyrics, the meaning of this song is so interesting.

I see 2 meanings to the lyrics,

the first: Unrequited love, using the metaphor of Truman Show. In case you didn't know, Truman Show is a movie about a man who's whole life is being broadcasted on TV, everything around him is fabricated, his friends, family, neighbors. The lyricists say that, "This is my own Truman Show that just endеd", meaning they thought their crush loved them but in reality the narrator was only imagining it. It was all fake, like everything around Truman in the movie.

the second: About someone going through a breakup (probably because the other person cheated). In this version, the narrator's partner was faking their love all along, hence fake like Truman Show. I think this interpretation is most likely the one the lyricists intended

Thank you Loossemble for giving us this masterpiece!!! Some lyrics that stood out to me:

Say anything to me Lie to me sweetly

This is my own Truman Show that just ended It's like I'm throwing it away, sorry, too bad (Too bad) The acting was quite clumsy, too late

I don't know who I am, in this empty heart

Track 7: Starlight

Lyricist Hyunjin appears again for her 2nd ballad. This is probably my 2nd favorite, not as good as Day by Day but still memorable. Some lyrics that stand out to me:

Even when the cold wind blows, inside my heart There's only one thing that burns, your light

You filled me up with starlight Dyed in your color

Closing Thoughts: Thanks for making it all this way! Not as good as their debut album but not bad either. I'm so glad we got to see the members be more involved in production. Especially Hyeju writing the lyrics for the title track was pretty crazy. It was so cool to hear the underappreciated members of Loona have the spotlight. Can't wait to see what Loossemble does next!

[serendictment]

August Books

1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

. . . 3/10. One of those points is purely for the insight on Rosalie and Jasper's backstories and the other two points is Alice Cullen. I detest the Twilight series so very much and the only thing keeping me going is Alice. I hate how Jacob was turned into. . . Whoever he is now. He's not the same Jacob from the first/second books. I didn't really like him then either, but did he have to be turned into such a creep? Bella was insufferable as always, as was Edward. Stan Alice, I love her and also we're the same height (4'10) and we love that.

2. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

2/10. Again, it's apart of Twilight. Also, why does my mother have everything Twilight related? Anyways, I felt this was unneeded and I wish we were given a book like this from Riley's point of view. I feel as if it would've been more interesting than a character who only said her name and then a few sentences (maybe a paragraph or two?) about how she didn't know stuff and then was killed. I think seeing Victoria's manipulation being done to Riley would've been much more interesting to read. However, this is not me saying "Oh please Mrs. Meyer, write more!" She very much so does not need to do that.

Note for books 3., 4., and 5.; I read them at the same time. It was a strange week of reading.

3. Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories by Tatsuki Fujimoto and Sakaku Hishikawa

7.5/10. Love me some chainsaw man. I miss Angel and Kobeni though, so I couldn't give it an 8. Other than that, it was well written and I tend to take issue with short stories branching off from mangas because a lot of the ones I read in the past seem to get the characters wrong in the. . . word-ification of them, but I have no such complaint here on that. Power was still Power-ing and Aki was the same exhausted single mother Hayakawa that he's always been.

4. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

9.7/10. I loved it from start to finish. Some bits were even relatable (don't worry, none of the. . . bad(? questionable?) bits). I liked experiencing the slow mental decline and then the very end were Esther seems to be doing better. It was a bit saddening to find out that Plath died not even a month after this book was published, but I do hope that whatever afterlife there may or may not be, that Sylvia Plath is proud of what she's done and how far this novel has come.

5. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

2/10. 2 points are for Jasper and Alice. I hated every minute of this. I honestly wish I had something nice to say other than "It had Alice Cullen and Jasper Hale" but alas, I can not. Okay the wedding seemed cute but other than that it was like your typical white teenage boy. No redeeming qualities. Carlisle and Esme were great as always, but I have mommy/daddy issues so sorry<3

6. Chainsaw Man Volumes 10 and 11

9/10, still upset about Angel's death (even though I read it months ago), bur at least Kobeni is alive and well (. . . As well as she can be). Also, Makima was great. Do I think she was a good person? No. Do I love her as a villain? Absolutely. However, I'll never forgive her (or Fujimoto) for Angel. Rip.

7. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

7/10. Rather slow paced, but a good solid plot. Unfortunately, I did clock Bogdin (or whatever his name was) as Tony's murderer. . . pretty much as soon as the murder happened, so reading the truth at the end didn't do much. Also, I assumed that Penny would've have something to do with one of the murders, considering you don't normally have a character like her and her husband, John, without them having some secret in their pasts. Overall pretty good though.

8. Death Note Volumes 11-12

8.5/10. Glad Light finally got what was coming to him. I hated that man. Misa deserved so much better (coughMEcough). Rip Matt and Mello though. Also, I don't care what other people think, I like Near more than L. Do I think Near was smarter than L? I'm not sure, however I do believe he used his resources much better than L did. Also to anyone who may be like "Oh, well, Mello was smarter than Near-" shush. I loved both of them, but I'm autistic so Near takes forst place for me. If Near has one fan, it is me. If he has no fans, I am dead.

9. Death Note Volume 13: How to Read

5/10. These sorts of books don't tend to interest me, however some content was good so it felt wrong to rate it anything under 5. That being said, I also couldn't rate it anything above 5 because. . . I don't know.

10. Death Note Short Stories

6/10. Near<3 I was happy. Overall entertaining, but ultimately nothing special in my opinion.

11. Death Note: Another Note The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

7/10. The Death Note fan in me is tired of Death Note. I still enjoyed it, it was well written, the "L's a dom" part killed me. I think if I read it a few months ago it would've been rated higher, but alas.

12. Scott Pilgrim Comics (1-6)

6.5/10. Kim Pine, my love<3 snd wallace<3 really I have no commentary. It was Scott Pilgrim, that says it all. Love the art style though.

13. Blue Period Volumes 1-5

9/10. I started watching the anime while in school and it inspired me in a way I haven't been in a long time. Watching just one episode gave me the motivation to actually try with art again, and I think I'll always be grateful for it. I bought the first 5 manga and after reading them I've fallen in love again. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this, I'm about to go off to college as an English major, but who knows, maybe English will be miserable to me and I'll switch to art. Either way, this manga has helped me a lot. I also see a lot of myself in many of the characters, Yotasuke in particular. It could be that I'm autistic, however I relate to his whole "art is all I have" thing. Although I'm what many would label a "jack of all trades," I only have one thing that I'm really passionate about and that I consider "mine." It was nice seeing someone else like that and it not being shown in a (purely) negative way. Plus, if he can make friends then that means I have a chance at it too, which makes me feel better about moving away for college.

14. Bungou Stray Dogs Volumes 8-13

6/10. Didn't hate them, but my original love for them is steadily declining. I'm also just trying to get through all of my manga at this point. . . I crave a novel so bad but still have to get through Ouran High School Host Club. Huuh.

Update: I never got to OHSHC since I went off to college and didn't want to bring manga with. Ouran will be "books I read whenever I visit on weekend" books.

15. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

9/10. Do I need to even explain myself? Minus one point because at some points it was lowkey triggering for my. . . 3D, we'll say (don't worry, I'm okay and nothing happened), but it was so well written and just raw. Jennette is a talented writer in my opinion and I'm so sorry for everything she's gone through. She's much stronger than I am.

16. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7/10. Love me some Dostoyevsky. Anyways, I didn't hate it but I didn't exactly love it. Rating it under a 7 though makes me feel disloyal to my boy. Also, I finished this is in like 5 days. College is pretty easy right now (I say as literally an hour ago (around 5pm on August 31st) I was freaking out because I didn't know how to use the Canvas app).

[vulpiximisa]

Rating Idolish7 Performing Outfits (pt3)

The Policy

THE POLICY MY BELOVED!!!! I’m super biased towards the song and MV, they actually have 3 outfits for the song (The casual street wear, the white from the OP and the white with color in the full MV) but I guess I’m only ranking the one they dance in.

The designs by nakasachi shows that they were also supposed to have their hairs fixed, but I think I prefer it the regular way because the loose white outfits look like knitted comfy sweaters and it feels more casual and less dressed up. Anyway, The Policy MV is what world peace looks like to me, a couple of boys dancing in knitted sweaters in the middle of a (New Zealand?) plaza.

8/10

Sakura Message

These are really neat! I think I confuse them for the stained glass look that’s in the background of The Policy so it took me a while to remember which song it was for. I like the triangle patterns and everyone having a side cloak. Everything is cohesive and no one stick out like a sore thumb but they aren’t wearing the same exact outfit but with color variance. Anyway, super solid outfits, super solid song. 8.5/10

Nanatsuiro Realize

I’m not as familiar with these since I mostly just remember the AU story of the MV before the actual dance part. (And I haven’t rewatched Third Beat yet.) I do like these outfits though! I like that it’s white and dark blue/navy and golds this time, instead of the usual black. I like the navy trim on Riku’s tail coat ruffles, and just his entire outfit I guess. Not sure if I’m imagining it but it gives me flamenco vibes, which I really like. 

Personally I probably would have liked a glove or wrist band somewhere on someone but I think as is, the outfits are good and cohesive. 8.5/10

Wonder Light 

I love Wonder Light as a song and the MV is super cute, but I’m not a huge fan of the houndstooth pattern on these. I get that these are more on the casual side, with the boys dressed in loose comfortable clothing while they’re chilling at the amusement park at night. I guess I just don’t like the pattern and how goofy some of the actual outfits are. (Riku’s wrist and ankle ribbons like he’s a piece of candy or something.) Uhhhhh 5.5/10

[rharyx]

Follow up to this post, where I started cataloging my Final Fantasy journey.

Crisis Core I watched a playthrough back in high school cuz I thought Zack was cool as shit and I loved the theme music, but I never actually played it. But since I finally played 7, I knew I had to follow it up with this, and I went with the Reunion remake since I heard the combat is a lot better. Which I guess it is? I can't compare it to the original since I never played it, but the combat here was real fun and snappy -- I spent hours just doing side missions. And of course the story was as good as I remember it. Only downside is Zack's new actor is nowhere near as good as his original, and that really brings it down a tad. But it still doesn't kick Zack out of my "Top 5 FF characters" list. Also, I always liked Genesis, which I guess a lot of people don't? But I think he's just so funny. Like he actually stops his mission to kill Hojo or whatever to info-dump Loveless lore on everyone in the room. Dude's so weird, I hope he's in the remake trilogy. I think a 8/10 is fair.

Final Fantasy IV Took me a bit to finish this one since stuff got in the way. Not really much to say about this one, though, I guess. The story was good, and some areas and events were cool (like the giant robot thing), with lots of characters who show up and do their thing then leave. Cecil is pretty cool, Kain sure is a guy, and I like Rydia a decent amount. Love how that dude Edge is just straight up called Edge though lmao -- I imagined him having a sort of Johnny Bravo/Might Guy voice, which really elevated his character in my head. But otherwise, the whole game was a pretty standard affair. I kinda thought the vehicle stuff was pretty interesting -- like how you had to use the hoverboat, to get to the ship, to get to the better ship, etc. That was neat in its own way. Fuck the final boss, though, that shit felt unfair. 6/10, I guess? Definitely the mainline FF I've been least into so far, but it's still nowhere a "bad" game.

Final Fantasy XII I heard this was one divisive, but I don't see how? Like, this was really good. I did hear the original release was pretty bad compared to the Zodiac version I was playing, which made me think...... Between 12's initial release, 14's initial release, and 15's initial release...is 16 the first mainline game in over a decade that came out completely fine without needing an overhauled re-release or oodles of DLC to smooth things over in some way?? (I haven't played 13 yet, so that may have been fine upon release.) Anyway, to speak of the game itself, the License Board and Gambit System was really interesting and I kinda hope they bring it back in some way in the future, cuz I love tedious grindy stuff like that where you slowly fill up an ability grid (reminded me of the Sphere Grid, kinda). And the story -- while sometimes feeling really overwhelming with the amount of terms and names I had to memorize -- was well structured and I like how everyone's stories wrapped up by the end. Vaan is truly not a protagonist though, is he? lol. If anything, Ashe was the main character of this story, which I did kinda fuck with, even if she's not one of my favorite characters from the game. Also, I loved how many areas and differing locales we went to on the journey. I wasn't expecting such an array of distinct and visually engaging locations. One thing, though...why did half the voice over audio sound like it was being recorded through a soup can? It was so weirdly mixed. Like, you get used to it, but what happened?? Anyway, as a FF14 fan I though it was neat to see where all the Ivalice inspiration came from, and overall the game was really enjoyable to play. I've definitely not scratched the surface when it comes to the optional content, like Espers or whatever, but idk if I'll ever have the time to complete all that anyway. But for the main game itself, definitely a solid 8/10. Maybe even an 8.5.

Not sure what to do next, maybe try V once it goes on sale. Or probably just jump into Remake and Rebirth.

[pika2482]

AOTD 1/22/2024 - Good Kid 1, 2 and 3 [Good Kid]

[All album are rated subjectively based off my own enjoyment]

7/10

Good Kid is a 5 piece Alt Pop-Rock band that delivers up beat, happy, fast paced and snappy songs straight to your door via Mimi's Same Day Delivery Service. Not quite as blazing as some J-Rock or Brit-Punk can be, but enough to get that leg of yours tapping along to the beat. Always nice to hear come up in shuffle.

Their discography is pretty far on the Formulaic side of things. Meaning, If you like one song from their discography, you might as well add every other song to the same playlist as well. It can be a pretty fun sound and vibe to come up in shuffle, but it gets tiring after 45 minutes of the same stuff straight. However that's my fault for deciding to go through their entire discography in a single sitting, so I'm not knocking off too many points for my own fatigue. Short to say, they're consistent, sitting somewhere between Good and Great, but I wish they took more chances with more unique ideas and compositions.

The highlights for me ended up being Pox and Ground, the only two to really step away from the formula, and they benefited heavily from it.

Ground, from Good Kid 3, ditches the normal ABABCB song structure for a through composed Wild-Western approach to their sound, and slowly builds tension via a solid melody, progressive dynamics, and a bass line that could kill when it comes in toward the second verse. This builds up into a fantastic harmonically interesting instrumental section, and a third verse (chorus?) that finally lets the previous two and a half minutes just open up and blast out all of the built tension.

Pox, hailing from Good Kid 2, takes a step down on the normal euphoric sound, starting off with some more laid back vocals and meloncholic guitar riffs- AWOOOOOOOOOO -[clears throat] sorry, I have an involuntary reaction to vocals that go "Awooooo". Thanks, Flame. Anyways, this song also trades the normal song structure for some more progressive dynamics, slowly building up on itself, much like Ground did. After building up to it's second Awoooo section, the drums drop out for the second chorus, leaving just the melancholic guitars and some soft vocals to keep you company until the track finishes out. A very chill track in contrast to the normal fast paced stuff I've heard to this point. A nice breath of fresh air. Nice.

I believe the reason I loved those two tracks more than the rest was their dramatic use of Dynamics. See, Good Kid plays fast and loud 90% of the time. While that's all well and good, it's harder to recognize that they're playing loud and fast when they never stop. I'm not saying the rest of the tracks didn't have dynamics, but they weren't anywhere near as pronounced as Pox and Ground were. The big moments just didn't shine when there was nothing quiet to contrast those bombastic choruses to, so they ended up falling short of Great 90% of the time. I think that's what burnt me out to their usual sound, and is my biggest critique of the band.

Overall, I enjoyed my time. I might recommend a few songs to a couple people but I don't see any worth in listening through their EP's. I like them, but as it stands their sound has a bit of maturing to do before I can add them to my mainstay recommendations.

Favorite Songs: Pox, Ground Least Favorite Songs: Witches, Orbit

GK 1 Nomu - 7.5/10 Tell Me You Know - 7.5/10 Alchemist - 8/10 Witches - 7/10 Faster - 7.5/10 Atlas - 7.5/10

GK 2 Down with the King - 7.5/10 Everything Everything - 7.5/10 Slingshot - 8/10 Pox - 9/10 Aloe Lite - 7.5/10 Drifting - 7.5/10

GK 3 No Time to Explain - 7.5/10 Mimi's delivery service - 7.5/10 Osmisis - 8.5/10 First Rate Town - 7.5/10 Orbit - 6.5/10 Madeleine - 8/10 Ground - 9/10

[willowish]

So I watched all 4 series/seasons of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and I'm gonna map out my thoughts on all of them and rank them on the Weeb Ass Shit scale

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: 8.5/10 overall

Weeb 2/10 - Other than being a magical girl anime, there's not much you need to know about Japan or anime, and magical girls are more common in western cartoons now, so it ranks low imo

Ass 4/10 - There are panty shots and, unfortunately, a hot spring episode, both of which are made worse by the main character being 9, but the worst part imo is the magical girl sequence going out of its way to show her regular clothes coming off before the new outfit goes on. Lots of magical girl anime have Vague Nudity during the transformations, but this feels extra weird

Shit 2/10 - I would say there aren't many major plot holes or instances of bad writing, I really enjoyed the story, and it used the 13 episodes it had wisely, getting straight to the point. Not telling the viewer Nanoha's fake, non-magic explanation of why she's going away is the only thing that jumps out as lazy writing, but it doesn't really matter anyway since she explains for real in the end. There are a few one-off remarks about Nanoha's family that I initially was like "ok, not gonna explain that?" but then I remembered this is technically a spinoff of Triangle Heart, so those were probably added for Triangle Heart fans, not new viewers

Season 1 was an intriguing story that drew me in pretty quickly and one that could honestly stand on its own. I remember finishing episode 13 and thinking "what could possibly come after this, that seemed like a solid story to me!" It may seem odd to think "I don't really need a follow up season on this good anime," but the alternative comes up later. I think this was my favorite season, partly because Yuuno was a main character and he's my favorite. Pity me.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: 8/10 overall

Weeb 3/10 - I don't have many specific examples, but I feel like this season had more anime tropes/Japanese culture in it. The only example I can really think of is Hayate bathing with Shamal and Vita, but I made a mental note after watching that the weeb ranking was higher

Ass 4.5/10 - Same panty shots and weird transformation sequences as before, as well ad aforementioned bathing. There was also another scene where a monster with tendrils or whatever grabbed Signum and her boobs got squished by it. You know what I mean.

Shit 3/10 - This was another really solid plot, and again it used its allotted episodes well, but I feel like it wasn't quite as good as season 1. Plus it had Hayate's paralysis heal after the Book of Darkness was destroyed, which is a dumb trope, but I don't dock more points for it because the book was causing the paralysis to begin with, and it didn't vanish overnight at least.

I didn't like this one as much, especially at first, but I really liked Nanoha getting more involved with the Bureau and official magic business, and I somehow didn't see the twist at the end of Graham and the Liese twins being part of the problem. Loved the peak 6 years ahead at the end where everyone's older, and Yuuno getting teased about "making process" with Nanoha was cute (and painful in retrospect, RIP Yuuno idk why the writers shoved you aside so hard). I once again thought "that was a great story with a solid wrap-up, what more could there be?" and yet there was more.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: 7/10 overall

Weeb 3/10 - Anime battles, power levels, pupils aiming to surpass their mentors, pretty standard anime fare that's easy to understand, if you saw Dragonball as a kid you get it pretty much, and we're not in Japan anymore Toto, so don't worry about that

Ass 5/10 - Same stuff as before, including a weird, OOC scene where Subaru wakes Teana up by... groping her boobs. It was so out of place I almost had to make sure it was the same anime. Also, a 6 year old girl transforms into an adult woman à la Black Lady, and watching a grown woman in a vacuum sealed bodysuit with boob socks cry and act like a 6 year old is SUPER weird. At least Black Lady didn't act like Chibiusa...

Shit 4.5/10 - Wouldn't it be dumb if you named an anime after the main character, then divided focus between her and a new cast of characters so she's barely the main character anymore? Yeah, it was dumb. I like the idea of showing how Nanoha has matured by having her become a mentor to a new generation, but removing the focus from her so much was... idk, not what people were watching for? Also taking the really cool sci-fi magical girl anime to a more politic/bureaucratic place with power struggles in the Bureau was A Choice, but there were still plenty of cool fights, so it's fine

Remember Yuuno? The writers did for 2 whole lines of dialogue. Anyway, petty grievances aside, this season grew on me slowly. I didn't like Subaru and Teana much at first (loved the episode where Nanoha blasted Teana with a huge magic beam then Signum punched her later lol) but they moved up to Fine by the end. I passively wondered why all of the combat cyborgs were women, then they dropped the "all of us have a genetic copy of our creator in our wombs in case he dies" shit and I wished I was dead. Weird shit aside, I liked it overall, and, ONCE AGAIN thought "yeah, this would be a satisfying place to end this tale!" and I was right that time.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid: 3.5/10 overall

Weeb 5/10 - This is An Anime alright. Training camps, hot springs, sports tournaments, we've got some prime examples of Anime here

Ass 6/10 - I'm tempted to rate this higher, but I feel like if 10 is hentai then any higher than this is too much. But there's a lot more sexualized bullshit here. I was literally 28 seconds into an episode and Fate's clothing got shredded, SPECIFICALLY on her chest, during a mock battle. We've got double the kid-to-adult boobification sequences, and we've got a 14 year old nun with battle underboob. Can't forget sexual harassment of a 10 year old at the hot spring!

Shit 7/10 - Don't watch this. You know how I praised the others for being complete stories that used their 13 episodes well? NOT VIVID!!! The first half of the show was just putzing around and introducing Einhart, a convoluted character with a dumb concept and confusing motives (she explained them many times and I still don't know wtf she wanted). The second half got into the only thing that was kind of interesting, the magic/martial arts sports tournament thing, and THEY DIDN'T FINISH BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF EPISODES!!! They got to episode 12, didn't even try to finish, and used the 13th 23 minute slot as a RECAP EPISODE to, idk try to drum up interest for a season 2? Didn't happen, because the show was ASS, so if you cared (I don't, I considered not finishing after every single episode) you can just read the manga I guess I'll say it again, don't watch this. First of all, if Nanoha being the protagonist only part of the time annoyed me, imagine how much I loved her being a background character. Also, you know how magical girl anime are about fighting to save the world and stuff? And how one of Lyrical Nanoha's draws was the really cool sci-fi magic battles and the repeated reminder that Nanoha was putting her life on the line as a 9 year old, making the show somewhat darker than other magical girl shows with protagonists that young? What if we made it a slice of life sports anime where a group of kids tries to get stronger and win the sports tournament against tough foes! Fucking yawn. When you go from a kid learning how to output strong magic without killing herself to a bunch of kids playing the water and practicing "cutting water" you have to wonder where you went wrong

Unrelated overall thoughts:

It's probably not intentional, at least in the way I'm interpreting it, but the gender in this show is pretty delicious sometimes. LOVE when Intelligent Devices refer to their female users as sir, specifically Bardiche calling Fate sir is very good to me. Also a big fan of Olivie being called a king instead of a queen. A lot of girls in ViVid have typically male names, like Einhart, Harry, and Victor. Also Otto is a trans man, he told me himself.

As you know, Nanoha is well known for having two hands- one for Yuuno, and one for Fate. The show directly implies Yuuno likes Nanoha and less directly implies she also likes him. The show also makes Nanoha and Fate really gay, but not "overtly" (other than both being Vivio's moms) because homophobia. Which is more canon? Both. Why? Here's a diagram.

As we can see, Vivio, Nanoha's child (I know she's adopted, that's not important here shhh) represents both Yuuno and Fate. We can also see that Nanoha loves blonde people.

As for the movies, I think season 1 was the better telling, but I honestly preferred the 2nd movie's telling of A's plot. Something I HATED!!! about both movies was the WEIRD lighting/shading choice for Nanoha's/Fate's chests that emphasized their nipples??? SO weird, I literally did a fucking double take every time that showed up.

TL;DR Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is good! Ignore ViVid

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Rating the 2023 Scream Fortress cosmetics cause why not

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0 Absolute Garbage      5 Average     10 Must Have

Jumping Jester

...eh. I wish I had more to say than 'eh' but I don't hate it and I don't like it

4/10

Last Laugh

I'm not sure if its just because I like jester characters in media or what, but this mask appeals to me. I...I like this.

7.75/10

Shortness Of Breath

A cool name, a helmeted style, and a generally nice looking cosmetic.

7.75/10

Warlock's Warcloak

A spooky cape for soldier, I can see this working well with the right outfit.

5/10

Dead Heat

To me, this is a cooler version of the PY-40 Incinibot head morph (which I already think is neat, 7/10)

8/10

Fiercesome Fluorescence

This is a factually better version of sniper's Glow From Below, a hat I have and have been meaning to giftapult it with it renamed "Giftapult This". At this point I might not even do it due to the history I have with it, and don't want it going to a bot. Anyways, this is decent head morph/hat

7.5/10

Splitting Headache

An animated saw splitting pyro's head in two; In my personal opinion the weakest of pyro's new hats

3.5/10

Blastphomet

Yet again the bonus cosmetics are some of the best in the crate; I love the wordplay and the fact that the left eye is closed to be inline with demo's missing eye.

8.25/10

Mad Lad

Another Mad Max-esque outfit; Again, haven't watched Mad Max, so I'm indifferent to this.

5/10

Stunt Suit

The three styles make this very versatile, which normally I praise, but this doesn't appeal to me

4/10

Thunder Dome

This is a worse version of this year's Blast Bowl, a cosmetic that I actually liked. It even has a version that makes it look like a sticky jumper grenade, like the Blast Bowl.

5/10

Bare Bear Bones

Ugh, I don't like this one. It just feels...kinda lazy? Not trying to diss the creator, they likely worked hard on this. I will say having the paints be a claw mark elevates this hat

Yeah, paint definitely required for this one.

Unpainted 3/10 Painted 4.75/10

Make Ogre

Yeah, heavy's cosmetics kinda suck this time around. Though I do appreciate the wordplay

4/10

Constructor's Cover

*struggles to find anything to say but eh*

4/10

Dell Dynamic

A neat little superhero hat for engi, would even pair well with the above cosmetic (probably 'cause they're in the same set)

6/10

Main Cast

Love the title, but that's it. Alternate styles remove the blood and/or foot cast if you want that

4/10

Medical Mummy

No. I hate the style with the band-aids (shown above). Its just so redundant and not in a amusing way. The other style removes it. I don't like this.

3/10

Power Spike

Now THIS is a cool piece of headgear; The team colored glowing hair and eyes is just *chef's kiss*. It also comes in a non-glowy version if that's your jam.

9/10

Carry-Van

Lots of word play in this particular crate, I like it. Anyways, this one's not bad. The scribbley drawings really gives this cardboard car some personality and the more I look, the more it grows on me.

7.5/10

Sharpshooter Shroud

...It's a solid five

5/10

Sightseer

This on the other hand, is a nice hat. The grizzled wizard looks speaks to me. The no beard style also gives it a little versatility

8.5/10

Classic Criminal

It alright. It has styles that removes the hat and both the hat and balaclava for some sweet, sweet versatility.

5/10

Concealed Convict

Again, its alright. I think my issue with this is the suit colors are too dull and washed out compared to spy's other suits. It comes with a non striped pants version if you desire.

4.75

Six-Eyed Specs

This is a pretty neat hat, I think what sells it for me is the ridges on the top of the head, its adds a bit of needed detail.

7/10

Spyder

This is a bit of a wacky piece that kinda like, a of course its a bonus cosmetic. *sigh*

7.5/10

Clown's Cover-Up

This is the 'has a different design for each class' multi class item that I typically like. Honestly, I can't look at this without thinking of the Payday heisters. Not saying that's a bad thing, mind you.

5.5/10

Demonic Dome

*sigh* Ehh

3.75/10

Ludicrously Lunatic Lunon Fedora

I imagine this thing would get very hot after awhile. Other than that, I don't have much to say about this crummy thing.

3.75/10

Mean Captain

This is the worst hat in the crate. Its just a hat with horns and a skull. There's nothing interesting here, no quirks that would make me want this. I'm sorry to the creator, but this feels really lazy.

2/10