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[estoult]

is shiki murdering a passing white woman only to find her alive the next day yuri

No that’s yaoi

[genius11rare]

Q

"overwatch feminized deku" is an absolutely insane trio of words, and yet

[tainbocuailnge]

@druidquest see it was very obvious to me throughout dawntrail that a lot of this was an epic previous final fantasy reference (i haven't meaningfully played any final fantasies besides fourteen) but unlike endwalker postgame being a bunch of ff4 nostalgia bait that falls flat if you haven't played that game (with a "hey you guys loved shadowbringers right, remember shadowbringers?" bonus round) dawntrail works perfectly well without ever having played final fantasy nine. it pays homage and references and builds upon both earlier expansions and earlier games but it's not trying to ride the coattails of a better story in order to have any meaningful emotional payoff it's just good on its own and probably enhanced by knowing the original context of the things it references.

i don't think it was clumsy at all, dawntrail has a laser focus on its themes and message from start to finish in a way that makes the digressions and silly little errands you inevitably get sent on to pad the space between major plot beats feel much less excessive and annoying than they did in every expansion before. and it's funny that you call it an amusement park ride because the final area being exactly that is extremely intentional, living memory is an artificial experience meant to bring joy and relief from everyday sadness and sphene is dressed in a tacky plastic looking dress because she's the theme park mascot princess that serves as the face of that artificial experience. saying it's just clumsy but heartfelt references and cool shit rather than an emotionally impactful and well written epic is massively underselling how well put together dawntrail is. it's at least as good as shadowbringers and endwalker and which one you think is better will come down purely to personal preference.

[britcision]

Still genuinely baffled by a comment I saw about Legend of Vox Machina not really dealing with the Calamity in the first 2 seasons

I can only assume it’s from someone who didn’t watch the first campaign, or wasn’t aware of the timeline, because the only thing we knew about the Calamity for most of Vox Machina’s campaign was “well shit that sounded bad, made the divine gate, got cool items tho”

The Raven Queen not being one of the original gods basically didn’t come up until it was Final Boss time, and she was the most present deity in the campaign (it was a real big deal that she threw in for VM and tbh no one appreciated it the way we will now that Downfall is out)

ExU: Calamity didn’t happen until after the first season had already aired

They. Literally couldn’t have referenced it. It didn’t exist.

And given animation schedules, and that there was only about 6 months between ExU: Calamity happening at all and the season release, the scripts were definitely already finalized by the time Brennan picked up the DM screen

They really are bringing it up at the first possible opportunity, and frankly way earlier than Vox Machina really should.

Minor timeline spoilers ahead:

We’re still in the Chroma Conclave arc, the concept of the Vestiges was still brand new and they were pretty focused on how they’d be useful against the Big Fuck Off Dragons Attacking Everything

They didn’t even go to the Hells until after Keyleth finished her DruidQuest, Scanlan didn’t even go it was a Taryon adventure

(Poor Noelle Stevenson had to come back to try and guest again a week later because they got side tracked it was amazing)

(Also anyone who enjoyed the Honey Heists and wondered where Tova came from that’s her they met her in Hell)

Matt had the concept of the Calamity prepared well in advance of the campaign even airing and the reason it didn’t come up much in campaign 1 is the same reason we didn’t get even just hefty lore drops in the first 2 seasons - never mind that they couldn’t possibly have included events from a mini campaign that hadn’t happened:

It wasn’t all that relevant

The animated show isn’t just for Critters who already know all about the world and Vox Machina and they really are squeezing as much extra juice into it for us as they can

But it’s also a starting off point for people who’ve never heard of Critical Role, and has pretty faithfully followed the campaign so far

There’s really not a good place in the Briarwood arc to stop and talk about ancient history older than the gotdang vampire, Vecna has to wait his turn

And then there’s literal dragons everywhere wrecking shop and they have 20 minutes to get through multiple 3-4 hour long episodes

Matt’s wiggling as much in there as fast as he can, pretty sure the first two seasons already had more Calamity lore than the VM campaign

But

But

Can you even imagine

Animated ExU: Calamity 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[rhlotr]

i'm live on youtube playing pokemon quarantine crystal, the third of the three pokemon fan games my sister @druidquest recommended. afaik, it's just like normal crystal except the pokemon have been replaced by weird little critterbugs. come and hang

[angelicvanga]

I just told something extremely similar to somebody I know a bit ago and they told me I was wrong and it was actually the opposite, I feel so sane for reading this right now

God I do genuinely think chainsaw man is a masterpiece of a manga but then I go and watch the anime and it makes every single scene so stale it’s like not bad but was it the correct way to adapt the series? Does it capture the tone? No

[pokemonlolitaproject]

As requested by druidquest a coord inspired by Pokemon #747 Mareanie

[fatestayyuri]

@druidquest i'm still not muting that post no matter how many times you crush my notifs

[booty-uprooter]

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#5

the english names in death note aren't weird because the author doesn't know what english names sound like. the japanese names are also weird. the author didn't want to freak anyone out by accidentally writing someone's actual name in the notebook that murders people whose names are written in it. death note was published in jump, a magazine normally targeted to elementary and middle school children. it was a reasonable precaution born from a reasonable concern

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#4

i'm convinced the devs go out of their way to make raid fights as much of a pain in the ass as possible for black mages just to fuck with yoshi p specifically

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#3

crystal exarch: g'raha tia wasnt in the tower when i got there

wol: did you look? did you look under things? he's a bit of a manlet. more of a scale miniature of a person, really. did you look down ever at all? he could've been standing right in front of you and you just missed him

crystal exarch: *choking back tears* there was no such person

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imagine if the defunctland guy ever had to testify in court like. the look on the judge's face when the lawyers call up Mr. Perjurer

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My #1 post of 2022

when ppl act surprised about ppl celebrating the deaths of imperialists and fascists on the celebrate the death of imperialists and fascists website

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[estoult]

Power washer simulator…

[rhlotr]

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[tainbocuailnge]

cascu is gonna turn out to be lugh or some shit isnt he

nah I think he’s genuinely cu chulainn. an impossible one but still the real deal, not unlike alter. but what IS suspicious here is how his second noble phantasm, ochd deug odin, calls upon odin’s power rather than an irish god’s, and also has some kind of use restrictions placed on it by odin. for as much as we’ve gone into gods of other pantheons fate has been notably silent on both norse and irish gods so far despite having a whole norse lostbelt, much to my frustration. my best hope remains for lb6 to just deliver everything I could possibly ask for.

[booty-uprooter]

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but yeah. one of the jobs of an early childhood educator is seeing how well a child is developing compared to their peers, in order to help identify and diagnose potential issues sooner rather then later. there are plenty of activities that are about nurturing children's creativity, coloring in coloring books simply isn't one of them

Once a little boy went to school. One morning The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. He liked to make all kinds; Lions and tigers, Chickens and cows, Trains and boats; And he took out his box of crayons And began to draw.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make flowers.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make beautiful ones With his pink and orange and blue crayons. But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And it was red, with a green stem. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at his teacher’s flower Then he looked at his own flower. He liked his flower better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just turned his paper over, And made a flower like the teacher’s. It was red, with a green stem.

On another day The teacher said: “Today we are going to make something with clay.” “Good!” thought the little boy; He liked clay. He could make all kinds of things with clay: Snakes and snowmen, Elephants and mice, Cars and trucks And he began to pull and pinch His ball of clay.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make a dish.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make dishes. And he began to make some That were all shapes and sizes.

But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And she showed everyone how to make One deep dish. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at the teacher’s dish; Then he looked at his own. He liked his better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just rolled his clay into a big ball again And made a dish like the teacher’s. It was a deep dish.

And pretty soon The little boy learned to wait, And to watch And to make things just like the teacher. And pretty soon He didn’t make things of his own anymore.

Then it happened That the little boy and his family Moved to another house, In another city, And the little boy Had to go to another school.

The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. And he waited for the teacher To tell what to do. But the teacher didn’t say anything. She just walked around the room.

When she came to the little boy She asked, “Don’t you want to make a picture?” “Yes,” said the little boy. “What are we going to make?” “I don’t know until you make it,” said the teacher. “How shall I make it?” asked the little boy. “Why, anyway you like,” said the teacher. “And any color?” asked the little boy. “Any color,” said the teacher. And he began to make a red flower with a green stem.

~Helen Buckley, The Little Boy

[angelicvanga]

I haven’t seen either kinos journey enough to make a fair comparison