#giga meme brain here

[incorrect-primarchs-quotes]

I really don't even care about credits - I just hate when people repost stuff like they made it themselves or even add "Eheh I made these🥰".

I woke up 3 hours ago and already saw 3 reposts - zero credits and my watermarks (which I'm even ashamed I need to use) cut off.

Also, one of these people knows me - they came to me and spoke to me more than once, so it's not even "maybe they found this on the internet 🥹", no they didn't. Cherry on top, this same person came to me once when they wanted my support to reach a bigger view with the only content they actually created.

If you hate me that much but you still crave for others attention, I'm fine with "found on the internet" - just avoid the "Eheh see? I'm so funny 🤣🤣".

[anarchic-miscellany]

Reading "One Piece" for the first time: Part 10 Alright, sorry for the delay. I was at a concert and getting engaged. This week our "heroes" make some progress at this "Grand Line" place. The towering monsters rising from the ocean are actually pretty cool, but the goofy googly eyes make it look like a child has gotten into a bag of googly eyes and their sibling's toybox. It's a bold art style. One of the morons calls out "let's fight it" when a whale blocks their path, but we don't see who. Place your bets now! It's not going to be Meme in Progress, he's off the hook. Honestly, this whole gang reads like a bunch of 10 year olds playing a tabletop roleplaying game. Wait, they have a cannon? Who gave them a cannon, where did you find that, Idiot? Put that down! In a classic of the "pirate fairy tale genre": they get swallowed by a whale! Huzzah! I am actually hoping for stuff like this: whimsy and charm and weird little quirky bits, battling to flee the belly of a beast. They meet an old man, and The Himbo immediately wishes to kill him when he gives his star sign and blood type: honestly, same buddy. This is the first time that the Himbo has been relatable. I wish we spent more time in the whale, this was a fun side plot and tangent, and of all of the ways to deliver lunacy of the exposition (magnetic fields on every island essentially mean that they have to do side quests on every island: I honestly respect that. At least there are rules) this is among the least boring. The story of the whale is cute, and the Idiot punches it in the face to stop it from giving itself depression headaches. A cute, in character way to end it: making it promise to kick his ass next time he comes back this way. Netural thoughts on this Croup and Vandemar double act of "9 and Wednesday", but also not disliking them either, which is a good sign. There are far worse Mihawks, I mean characters.

So we sail off into the snow: my one complaint here is that it's genuinely a fucking dick move to smash Meme in Progress' snow lady here, Idiot. Like, why? Are you a psychotic 4 year old? I just answered my own question here. The Cartographer with a Brain Cell is leading them with her compass game, but I hope that they don't just make her the "token straight woman" to the wackiness of the gang. Even Jules got to be insane in "Psych" and Amy Santiago was hilarious in "Brooklyn Nine Nine". They pull up at cactus island (I find the art here appealing, and appreciate the contrast between winter weather and a desert island of cactii) and are welcomed by clearly evil Mayor and his drunken townsfolk. Naturally the Idiot, The Giga Chad and the Meme in Progress run off to enjoy them, and Cartographer with a Brain Cell (unsurprisingly) stays behind cautiously. The big surprise is that the Himbo stays back as well. Presumably because he cannot find a thing to murder yet, or cannot find a sword to fight.

[sora227]

Songs I want in Project Sekai !!

Welp, you guys asked for it (not really) Here is the full (kinda) list of songs I really want in prosekai :)) I am so normal about this... there are 40 songs I have written down, along with the reasons and the vocals I want. Have fun reading this.

Virtual Singers

AaAaAaAAaAaAAa - Nashimoto Ui Miku Reason: I love this song, and the chart would be sooo cool. But I really don’t want anyone to cover it, it’d feel weird, even if N25 sang it.

SIU - Maretu Miku Reason: MARETU WHY AREN’T YOU IN PROSEKAI YET??? This song needs to be added, N25 could cover it but I prefer Miku.

Monster - Kira Gumi Reason: We need more Kira songs plspslspls,, this one’s his most viewed song?? I think?? Either way, emo gacha animation meme phase, but good nonetheless.

Triple Baka - Lamaze-P Miku and Teto Reason: Baka baka baka

Dancing Samurai - Kanimiso-P Gakupo  Reason: I love Gakupo, the chart would be funny, this entire thing would be for the laughs the sillies and the hahas.

Proof Geometric Construction Can Solve All Love Affairs - ManboP Gumi Reason: HOW IS THIS NOT IN PROSEKAI YET IT’S SO REAL??? Amazing song.

Leo/Need

Tokyo Teddy Bear - Neru Honami, Saki, and Rin Reason: This song is incredibly requested but HOW IS IT STILL NOT IN THE GAME YET?? Anyways, I chose the vocals bc Ichiho sang Lost One’s Weeping, so pls let Honasaki sing this one. It’d be cool. We’d see a more powerful side to their voices. Yay!! 

Brain Revolution Girl - Maretu Ichika, Saki, Honami, Shiho, and Miku Reason: MARETU WHY AREN’T YOU IN PROSEKAI YET??? pt 2. This song is good idk man.

Overdose - natori Ichika, Shiho, and Kaito Reason: Not vocaloid, but this song has been stuck in my head. Kaito cover plsss. Don’t stop it music darling!!! OOoooo.

Life Reset Button - Kemu Shiho, Ichika, and Rin Reason: MMmm good song slap, Ichiho w.

Oeoeo - Nashimoto Ui Saki, Ichika, and Miku Reason: I actually really like Nashimoto-P, there’s not 1m+ views for this but whatever. OeOeO. Ik it’s about being drunk but it’s good. Okay. Plus being sick is Saki hahahahah I’m so sorry.

Ensei Rock - Hirose Aru Ichika and Miku Reason: GOD THIS SLAPS it’s so emo but as you can tell I really like l/n singing dark songs. Another Ichika and Miku duet lolz. Anyways.

More More Jump!

DARLING - MARETU Minori, Airi, Shizuku, and Haruka Reason: MARETU WHY AREN’T YOU IN PROSEKAI YET??? pt 3. This song is so pop please do this one at least pjsk. They would all sing this one fore sure.

Nee Nee Nee - PinocchioP Haruka and Shizuku Reason: Cute! Sillies. We need more Shizuharu songs fr.

Age Age Again - Mitchie M Airi, Minori, and Miku Reason: AGE AGE AGE AGE AGAIN!! Did you know that Mitchie M basically owns MMJ. Yeah guys. How has this not been added yet huh. Airi and Minori would fit this song fr.

Dance of Corpses - Kikuo Minori, Haruka, and Luka Reason: I think the Minoharu contrast of voices would be cool. Also ik Miku originally sings it, but guys please let Luka sing. For me.

Electric Angel (GIGA arrange) - Yasuo, Giga, Orebanana-P Shizuku, Airi, Rin, and Len Reason: How is this song NOT in yet?? It’s so cute. Shizuairi and the Kagamine twins would be so cute, this song makes me happy.

Ohedo Julia Night - Michie M Minori and Miku Reason: Kanade and Ichika both had duets with Miku, so let the other protagonists have them too! This would fit WxS too, but because I’m silly why not. Just give Minori a duet with Miku only. Yup.

Vivid Bad Squad

Cinderella - Deco27 (Giga First Night Remix) Kohane and Miku Reason: This fits Kohane, and she should only sing it with Miku. Giga owns VBS just like Mitchie M owns MMJ. Real.

Getcha! - Giga and Kira Kohane and An Reason: THIS SONG OMFG AABLDHSD THIS SONG NEEDS TO BE ADDED. LIKE ASAP. OKAY THEY BOTH SANG IN ENGLISH THEY WOULD SLAY THIS. N O TELLING ME OTHERWISE.

KANKAN☆DANCIN - Kira and Kuraiinu Akito, An, Rin, and Len Reason: Akian so funny. Don’t listen to this often, but yeah. Okay.

Mobius - Hiiragi Kirai Kohane, Toya, and Kaito Reason: We need more Hiiragi Kirai songs. Yeah, that’s it.

On My Seventh Birthday - MASA Akito, Kohane, Len, and Rin Reason: IMAGINE BRUH. Hi Masa fans. This would be weird and cool. It begs for a 3dmv. Another song that could be WxS, but might as well. NOT putting The Fox’s Wedding on this list because goh dayum no.

Star Lily Dance Performance (Remix) - MASA Akito and Toya Reason: I FUCKING NEED THIS. I’M FR. THIS SONG IS AMAZING. Actually yk what. This is the ONLY SONG I need in pjsk, and I need it to be Akitoya. Post canceled, top 5 reasons why this song should be added and it must be Akitoya. Number one, it’d be both a good 2dmv and a 3dmv. Number two, they would eat the song up. Number three, this song is *claps*. Number four, only normal onibi series song. Number five, gay people. Bonus: Hai hai hai azore! I am so normal about this song (lie).

Wonderlands X Showtime

Hate It! Hate It! Huge Ego! - Takeaki Wada Tsukasa and Miku Reason: I love this song. SO glad they added Trash and Trash, it’s my fav from Kurage-P/Takeaki Wada. This song fits Tsukasa before the main story,, and no one should sing it but him! And Miku. 

Close and Open, Demons and the Dead - HACHI Emu, Tsukasa, Rui, Nene, and Miku Reason: OKAY, I AM NORMAL ABOUT THIS. We need the Hachi song. Yes, we. They would all sing it. It would be amazing. This is my second wanted, first being Star Lily Dance Performance. It'd be soo funny and kinda dark, they would eat the 3dmv like always. !!! Yeah.

Hole Dwelling - Kikuo Emu, Tsukasa, Rui, and Nene Reason: This song is so dark and weird, it’s so WxS. I don’t want a virtual singer to sing with them, this would just be them.

The Chattering Lack of Common Sense - Ghost Rui and Nene  Reason: They fit the roles, and they both speak english!!! Unlike Tsukasa and Emu lolz. I love Ghost’s songs.

I’m Only Just Getting Started - Nashimoto Ui Rui, Tsukasa, and Len Reason: The vibes this song gives are REAL!! So WxS, and I want another Ruikasa cover. I want Len to sing this too because it’d be cool. Soooo ffksfa;fnfn yeah. YEAH!!!

Queen - Kanaria Emu and Nene Reason: Almost everyone asks for this cover, and there’s a good damn reason. It's called King 2.0

Nightcord at 25:00

Abnormality Dancin’ Girl - Gurichy Mafuyu, Ena, and Meiko Reason: AHHH THIS SONG FITS THEM BOTH??? Ena suffers because she’ll never be perfect, and Mafuyu suffers because she has no CHOICE but to be perfect. I love Guchiry's songs a lot, and this is one of the most popular. Plus we already got one (1) Meiko cover. We can do this folks.

Lagtrain - inubakumori  Kanade, Ena, and Miku Reason: Good calm sad song. It’s quite popular. I like inubakumori.

Disappearance Addiction (MARETU remix) - Kairiki Bear Mizuki and Mafuyu Reason: I LOVE IT WHEN MIZUMAFU SINGS TOGETHER. THEY BOTH SOUND SO AMAZING. Venom was so real, now we must have DA, but the Maretu Remix is so yooo.

Therefore you and me - TadanoCo Mizuki and Ena Reason: It gives Charles vibes. That's it.

Yellow - Yoh Kamiyama Mafuyu, Kanade, and Miku Reason: Not a vocaloid song, but Kanamafu + Miku complaining about Mafuyu’s mom is so real. Oh, and they fit the voices.

The Snow White Princess Is - Noboru-P Kanade, Mafuyu, Ena, Mizuki, and Miku Reason: Yeah. They should all sing this! It’d be cool. So true.

Extra

Plus Boy - Giga, Reol Rui, Tsukasa, Akito, Toya, and Len Reason: I regret my life’s decisions, thanks a lot. They sang ifuudoudou, they can probably do this. Uh... Also let Tsukasa say fucking again for the third time now pls. That’d be so funny. I’m sorry. They shouldn’t sing this it’s so aaaaaaaaa but?? I thought it’d be funny to add.

My Time - Bo En Tsukasa, Kohane, and Minori Reason: OMORI REFERENCE???? Gasp. Tsukasa would NOT sing the english parts, but him saying oyasumi would be real!!

Confusion - Maretu Ichika, Kanade, and Miku Reason: My favorite Maretu song, it means a lot to me. It’s quite underrated, I never think it’ll be added. But I still love it.

I’m glad you’re evil too - PinocchioP Ichika, Minori, Kohane, Tsukasa, Kanade, and Miku Reason: This song… so… abfabdbfkasdfjaqadnlbladsd chefs kiss. This would make me break out into tears if they did a cover of this. They’re all glad Miku’s there, “evil too”. The reason they didn’t break? Miku, the Sekai, and their friends. And they’ll sing why to you about their life, their experiences that started because of a passion, and a little robot singer. Forever more.

...and, that's it! Thanks for reading all this way, I appreciate it :)

[deepintowikia]

All dimensions Wiki

If dimensional nonsense be something you wish... you’ve come to the right place at this wiki. By far, this is the most bizarre and inexplicable wiki we have found yet. Bizarre as in, it makes you wonder whether or not it was actually built by humans. It’s so bizarre that I’ll need to make this post longer than usual.

The distance between the Earth and the Sun is roughly 150 000 000 km (or 1 AU, astronomical unit). This distance is roughly equal to travelling around planet Earth 3750 times (3750  × 40 000 = 150 000 000). The nearest star to Earth (other than the Sun), is Proxima Centauri, which is 4,25 light years away (= 268 768,8 AU, or about 1 billion times the Earth’s circumference.) The Milky Way Galaxy in turn is about ~110 000 light years across, meaning about 6 956 369 999 AU or again, or about 1 quintillion km). And the size of the observable universe finally, is about 93 billion light years, or about 930 million Milky Way galaxies across. Now, the aim of this post was not to be in awe at the true size of the universe, there are already plenty of other great tools for that.

Universal hierarchy

Now, that may all be unimaginably large, but some people(?) just never have enough. The bulk of the articles consist of things like the “(insertnamehere)Verse”, which is then said to be X times larger than “(insertothernamehere)Verse”. It is also stated what “verse” it contains and what “verse” it is contained by. Each time, it’ll be accompanied by a trippy visual that’s nonetheless quite pleasing to look at.

Basically, if the observable universe were “canon”, then this wiki would be “fan fiction”. Another way to put it would be that this wiki is the “expanding brain meme” of wikis. The wiki’s mainline seems to build its universal hierarchy like so:

Earth < Solar system < Milky Way Galaxy < Local Group < ((Super)clusters) < Universe < Multiverse < Megaverse (” a group collection many Multiverses, some Membraneverses, and Kiloverses, Hyperverse is in the center”) < Omniverse & Gigaverse

At this scale, the hierarchy seems to become divergent, already indicating a schism, so each hierarchy will be listed separately:

Megaverse < Omniverse <  The Outside < The Box (”The Box is.”)

Megaverse < Gigaverse < Geraverse < Teraverse < Petaverse < Exaverse < Zettaverse < Yottaverse <  Xennaverse

The Xennaverse in hierarchy #2 yet again diverges:

Xennaverse < Dakaverse < Hendaverse < Dokaverse < Brontoverse < Geoverse < The Saganverse < Pijaverse < The alphaverse < Kryaverse < The Amosverse < Pectrolverse < The underverse < The verseverse < The verseverseverse < The Verseverseverseverse < The Verseverseverseverseverse <  The Verseverseverseverseverseverse <  The Verseverseverseverseverseverseverse < The Verseverseverseverseverseverseverseverse < The Verseverseverseverseverseverseverseverseverse  < Teylomonomegaverse < ∩verse <  -verse

Xennaverse < Wekaverse < Vendekaverse < Udekaverse < Tredaverse

In love with the shape of Wikia

At this point, it should be clear that this wiki may be just a tiiiiny bit incoherent. It seems like a lot of the editing focuses on a dick-measuring contest of who can make up the largest “verse”. There’s one more that I want to mention seperately, Graham’s Universe, simply due to this quote:

Graham's Universe is mainly composed of black holes, as if you tried to imagine the size of the universe, your brain would collapse into a black hole as the universe is too big to comprehend.

BUT WAIT! There’s MORE! Did I mention yet that this wiki has 1067 pages? Aside from the countless other user-created hierarchies (way too many to list here), there’s a ton of extremely bizarre articles on theoretical hyperdimensional shapes, that would make even your maths teacher frown his eyebrows, like these:

Simplex

Giga Dodecahedron

List of Prism Polyhedra

Unknown

A couple of articles, like Oblivion here, are written in rather poor English, indicating the aliens at hand may still be masterng the English human language.

Last but certainly not least, there are also the neccesary troll, vandal and joke pages:

A gooooooooooogolplexiumakeniteloptekkezamitialemackanimonikanlujjitooplex

Brazil (country)

End-All-Be-All - better than the End from Minecraft.

Soiled it, soiled it...

They say this is the amount of Krabby Patties Squidward ate in that one episode, you know.

Contained only by the Wubbalubbadubdubverse.

Brody Foxx approves!

I saved the best for the last.

EDIT: it appears there is a very similar wiki, called the “Verse and Dimensions Wiki”, which has the same sort of content, but it’s more structured, has much longer articles and actually is moderated.

[ununniliad]

Bite-Size Tales of the LNH v20 #16: "Memetic Mutation"

Times are hard on the world of Earth-20! The malign artificial intellect known as Ultravac is in control of many of the systems that run America! But the Legion of Net.Heroes isn't going to let that stop them from fighting evil!

"Which Ultravac knows," grumbled Alexis Montescue, AKA the amazing Bard of the Battle Theme, "so he lets us take care of anybody who'd mess with his stuff and then sends agents to pick us off after the battle."

"Which is why there's only two of us in a two-seater active-camo lightflyer going to fight this giant robot," said Apoena Goulão, AKA the mighty Captain Minority.

Alexis carefully landed the stealth.thingy in the grassy field, next to the highway just outside Netropolis. "This giant cybernetic-duck-shaped robot. To be precise."

Apoena shaded her eyes. "Shaped, even more precisely, like... Psychovant the Duck, from the popular kids' cartoon The Delirious Adventures of Psychovant and the Gang?"

"But who's in the robot?"

"Fools!" echoed a voice projected from speakers high above. "Plebeians! Be gone like thoughts!"

Apoena squinted. "I think I recognize that voice. Isn't that... the Socially Awkward Pangolin?"

"Turn over the city's strategic supply of scandium, or all your basic infrastructure will belong to me!" broadcast the robot, stomping its feet and flapping its wings. "I crave that element!"

Alexis raised her eyebrows. "Isn't he a joke villain? Like, doesn't he just mess up memes?"

Apoena raised a finger dramatically in the air! "Don't underestimate the destructive power of miscommunication!" ...she dropped the finger and shrugged. "But yeah, I have no idea."

"Acton Lord literally said I was useless!" squacked the robot. "But go on, I'm sure! Who's useless now?"

"We should probably still stop him, though."

"Right!" Alexis leapt out of the lightflyer. She unsheathed her keytar, tapping into the musical might of the Bard of the Battle Theme, and started playing Space Jam by the Quad City DJs.

Apoena felt the power of southern hip-hop fill her muscles, and leapt into the air at the giant robot. But the powers of Captain Minority are weaker when she's going two-on-one, so her mighty punch tore at the metal skin without affecting the systems beneath!

"It's her!" The robot spun, firing energy beams from Psychovant's exposed cartoon brain.

"Who?" Apoena dodged, whizzing left and right, and attempted to grab the giga-Psychovant by the tail.

"I don't know! But she's an accursed net.hero!" The fluffy duck butt twitched and threw Captain Minority in the air. "I diagnose you with I shall destroy you!" The enormous wings twisted and swatted Apoena out of the air.

"Oh shoot!" Alexis switched gears and managed to play a few bars of Happy Landings by the Temptations before Apoena hit the ground, cushioning the blow. She ran over. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, but..." The net.heroes looked up as a maniacal cackle emanated from the giant robot.

"Give up, heroes! You're finished! You'll never defeat my..." The giant robot posed, wings out, cybernetic eye shining in the light. "BIG DUCK ENERGY!"

"..." "..." Their jaws dropped.

"...seriously?" whispered Apoena.

Just then, there was a glimmering in the sky, and the glimmering turned into a streak of light, and the streak of light plowed right thru the torso of the giant robot, sending it spinning and flailing.

"What? What?" The Socially Awkward Pangolin shrieked over the loudspeakers. "Who has done such a frighten to me!?"

The streak of light slammed into the ground next to the net.heroes, and when the smoke cleared, it was... a cybernetic duck, doing a perfect dab!

Alexis gasped. "It looks like Psychovant from the show, but with more of an edge!"

"Awwww, I'm blushin'." Psychovant - for it was he, the real deal! - spun to face the robot. "But I'm just stoppin' in. I got business here." He hopped up in the air and flew up to the head of the robot. "Namely..." He started WHAMMING on it with a cartoonish fist! "Some asshole stealing my trademark!"

"What? Such concerns are an outlier! I'm ten thousand times too powerful to-- hey, stop that!" The giant robot duck attempted to knock the small partially-robot duck off its head, but the metal wings just weren't articulated that way.

"I go all the way to Earth-20 to find some suckers willing to license my image, and not only do they turn me into a fuckin' kids' show, but I've got some joker who isn't even paying royalties! Massages! And! Daquiris! Do! Not! Pay! For! Themselves!" Whack whack whack!

"Well," said Alexis. "This is sure a... thing that's happening."

"Yeah," said Apoena, a little smile on her face. "What say we let it happen and get out of here before Ultravac's cops show up?"

"But Captain Minority!" Alexis clasped her hands and fluttered her eyelashes. "The media won't even get a big dramatic battle to put on Facebook."

"That's so sad. Alexis?" Apoena stepped into the lightflyer. "Play Desperado."

And to the tune of an Eagles song, they played themselves out.

Author's Note: Memes referenced in this issue:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/begone-thot

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us (of course)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-crave-that-mineral

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-go-off-i-guess

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shes-beautiful-who-is-the-girl-reading-this

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dr-pig

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-it-son-you-are-doing-me-a-frighten

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spiders-georg

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-is-so-sad-alexa-play-despacito

And of course, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/big-dick-energy

Drew "ridickulous" Perron

[anarchic-miscellany]

Reading "One Piece" for the first time, Part 5: So, pretty early on (about the time a murder clown nuked a village) I realised that escalation was basically a crapshoot in this series, and honestly one of its charms thus far. Now the Idiot, the Himbo, the Cartographer with a Brain Cell and Meme in Progress Usopp are chilling at this floating fish restaurant. The Giga Chad Chef they met who kicked an entitled Karen in the face has now given free food to a pirate in need, because he's a pretty stand up guy. Nice touch honestly. But now a man made of guns has arrived and declared war on the restaurant because he wants the logbook of the elderly chef who runs it (and has a pegleg, honestly I am surprised at the restraint in waiting this long for a peg leg on the author's part, though I am surprised also that it doesn't have a shotgun in it or an interdimensional portal to the food dimension, or something) so he can cross "The Grand Line" after a fuck load of his crew got their shit pushed in out there. Naturally the restaurant and old man want him to shove it, so a fight ensues. I like the wholesome army of chefs who cannot work elsewhere and will defend this place until death, it's becoming a theme. This villain is kind of meh, especially after the Cat Guy in the last volume, and he keeps doing that thing of shooting his own dudes in the face which... okay man, great tactic. Still, we get to see the Giga Chad (I think he's going to be my favourite) roundhouse spiral kick a bunch of dudes and that's honestly kind of cool. The Cartographer with a Brain Cell has pissed off with their ship and loot, which I should really have seen coming, but in my defence I was distracted by the chef pirate battle and the arrival of... I'll get to you... I'm looking forward to them confronting her and getting their stuff back, I mean: they literally only just got this thing! Anyway, the fight is fun, kinetic, vast, frantic, it's the first one which really busts free and does its own thing and isn't merely "Dragon Ball Z" showdowns (RIP Toriyama, King) between two guys in fields. But then this fucking guy arrives. "Dracule Mihawk", the man who cuts a ship in half. You can tell this series was started in the 90s, because he is cringe incarnate, he is the edgelord anime stereotype of a badass, spoken of like a whispering nightmare of death upon the wind. And honestly I find him super dull, super cliched and just not worth my time at all. Naturally he ends up stabbing the Himbo with only a small dagger and is going to be his nemesis for the series. I appreciate them bringing in a character who will be a recurring, soon to overcome villain, but for fuck's sake, can it be literally anyone else? I'll take that Morgan guy over him. I'll take the fucking Lion Tamer. But no, we get this towering inferno of cringe. Also, Usopp doesn't really have anything to do here, shame. Anyway, now they're battling a man made of bin lids who calls himself "Pearl". Sure.

[anarchic-miscellany]

Reading "One Piece" for the first time: Part 7 This is more like it, maybe I'm just getting old, but I like that there is more character interplay, interactions and bouncing off of each other, true conflict, not quite merely a rubber idiot roudhouse kicking a nuke into the King of Ferrets or whatever the fuck the author has this week. The Idiot, The Himbo, Meme in Progress and now The Giga Chad and the Brothers Chucklefuck are in a tiny boat looking for the Cartographer with a Brain Cell, who jacked their ship and buggered off whilst they were recruiting the Giga Chad and battling a man made of guns. Now they've arrived at basically Hawaii, which appears to be Nami's village. It's pretty enough, and being ruled over by a hench fishman and his fish man army who are extorting the place, oh and his nose gives Usopp's a run for its money. Knowing this series they'll probably actually do that... Anyway, she's betrayed them all only not really only she has only nobody in the crew seems to believe her. It's endearing, yes, that they all believe that this girl they've known for about 8 minutes would never betray them, but also: guys. Come on. Giga Chad I get: he's horny. But the rest of you? Arlong is the villain here, and I dig him, he's one of the better ones so far. I am surprised at the restraint, again, in having fish people appear but it does raise questions about genetics and the like: do they reproduce with eggs? Is it asexual? Are there fish women somewhere? Oh God.

DO NOT SHOW ME BUSTY FISH WOMEN! THIS SERIES IS HORNY ENOUGH! PLEASE GOD NO! So, they see the palace run by King Scalestorm, and Zoro's first thought is: "I mean, we can take them." Naturally the brothers chucklefuck (Johnny and, the other one) tie him to the mast. Alright, that's a funny joke, series, touche. I appreciate the sense of humour this manga has, but when it swings for the fences emotionally thus far it does seem out of place. Is the cham in the series that it goes to 11 when there are emotions involved? That is the vibe I'm getting.

Meme in Progress Usopp continues to endear himself as my joint favourite guy, by simply strolling into the village and figuring everything out: apparently the houses were all just flipped over and cast aside like they'e kids with fucking Tonka Toys throwing a tantrum. Correctly, he deduces: "Nah mate, I ain't going NEAR that." See Usopp, you and me can hang. Like, you're a person, with identifiable normal feelings, you're a justifiably ordinary guy in this universe of mavericks and people who punch God in the face on their way to buy bread and splitting the Earth open with a wave of their hand. He meets a grouchy seeming lady, and a boy she's yelling at for trying to get himself killed in the path of revenge against Arlong, and he's an endearing little scamp by standing up for the kid. Good Guy Usopp. I like you, you're one of the few characters here I'd actually just hang out with like a normal person. Arlong has corrupt cops (sorry, cops) under his payroll and basically does what he pleases. A good villain here, he's what a pirate is: and I like the whole eugenicist bully angle. What's the bet that that never comes back as the author gets bored and moves onto, oh I don't know, fucking cockroach tanks piloted by cyborgs or something. Nami is attempting to get a shed load of money to buy her village out from under his thrall. Conflict! Nice! It's a cool thing where Zoro just attempts to kill himself to test if Nami is actually evil enough to let him die, and true to form she dives in to save him, though more likely was the fact that she was attempting to stop him from murdering the water. The insanity is kept relatively tame here, which is my kind of jam: I HATE people who recommend stuf with "oh it's mental, you'll love it!" Like, no, I need contrast to the insanity, it needs to build, it needs to balance, it needs to let release tension and steam. It needs plotting and pacing and character and growth. It's why I'm never playing that fucking piece of shit "Exalted", stop recommending it to me, Tobin and Sam, fuck! Anyway. The Idiot is, thankfully, out of the way for most of this, chilling on his boat and napping, but unfortunately he has Giga Chad with him, so we have less Giga Chad this chapter. But that is fine, as we get more of the nonsense of the crew and a villain I actually like. My friend who got me into this, however, also raises a good point: if there are fish men, what is sea food? Are they eating the young of the fish people? Because I am team Arlong if that is the case. It's nice to have this character development, and some stuff for Cartographer with a Brain Cell to do, even if none of them buy her "betrayal" for an instant - but that fake stabbing of Meme in Progress was pretty cool, good job guys! And it ties into this desperation and world building in the village - people left at the mercy of criminal gangs because cops won't help, as 1. They are cops. 2. There are dudes who can tear apart the skies with a yodel, or whatever fucking bullshit super power the author has pulled out of his ass this week Good job, world and character and stuff. So anyway. The Himbo takes out a palace of dudes all by himself, and the Giga Chad kicks the ocean so hard that his boat fucking flies. THERE we go. I was starting to think you'd lost your touch, old boy. So now Johnny and the other one have legged it, and the Idiot is napping rather than fighting. I for one appreciate it, it has been a tad dull with him doing stuff. Also I think Sanji wants to fuck a mermaid, and Nami. And Nami AS a mermaid. Follow your dreams, bro. They are going to square off with fish mafia man, and try to save this village. So knowing these guys that means they will befriend the fish man and destroy the place.

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Reading "One Piece" for the first time: Part 9 Having wrap up in the village after the fight with the Eugenicist Fish Man was good. Kudos man! I was enjoying the lovable quintet sailing off after the mayhem, it's always better than whatever methamphetamine charged crayon lunacy our author has concocted. Here we have essentially a Dungeons and Dragons party in town, and that makes for some great character moments. The Idiot wants to see where his hero was executed, The Himbo wishes to buy some more gear from the merchants, the Cartographer with a Brain Cell is getting some pretty outfits and materials (happy to see her in a good mood, to be honest), Meme in Progress is adorable and finding eggs on sale, good on him; and the Giga Chad finds a fish which he ropes the Meme in Progress into bringing home. See, these interactions feel natural and- Oh FUCK ME, the Cringe Master "Dracule Mihawk" is reintroduced being vague and edgy and "oh so cool" in the way that only my mate I (and I think everyone else) had when I was 14 thinks is awesome. Fuck this guy, he's like a jumpscare every time I think I'm enjoying this. Anyway, all that bimbling about town is neat, it doesn't quite feel like spinning wheels until the next purple-tinted kaleidascope of stupidity comes along (though it really is); and our Himbo even meets a woman who looks like Uryu from "Bleach". They bond a bit, threaten to make "Bleach" interesting by having this deep-fried dumbass show up in it (alas, no such luck), and part ways after picking up some cursed swords by passing a Charisma check and the DM just going "fuck it". Gotta be honest, I did not expect the "kick off nonsense" to be the return of the Murder Clown and the Club Lady I had completely forgotten about. Where did she find a Magic Fruit? Are they sold in street stalls? Do you ask the author nicely to get one? Was it buried in the club she carries? Not sure how to feel about the "she's hot now" fat joke, but do like that the joke to her is "I'm just as hot as I always was and the only thing missing is my freckles", that was okay. Anyway, I could watch 20 chapters of just Meme in Progress and Giga Chad trying to carry a fish in a hurry, and it was generally pretty funny having everybody rally to come and save The Idiot from being executed by a vengeful Murder Clown ... That was a sentence I had to write. Only OH NO! The 3 way pirate orgy is interrupted by the arrival of an actually pretty cool character I would have loved when I was 14: "Smoker", who smokes a pair of blunts at all times and turns into mist which (no joke) was a character I concocted when I was 13. He and Girl Uryu rush to action, there's panic and mayhem, but then we get... Look, I know that the Idiot is going to escape, I know that he's the main character, but you decided upon a literal act of fucking God to write your way out of this corner, man? You're, well I'm not going to say "better" than this, but certainly wilder. Couldn't you have had, I don't know, Meme in Progress saw the support beams away like a Looney Toon? The Himbo cut a blade with his blade? Cartographer with a Brain Cell bribe some frogs men to brick in the clown? Those were just 3 random ideas I came up with typing this, and they are all better and more sensical than "lightning strike hits the guillotine" (which is my new "Iron Maiden" album); which is really ruining an otherwise dope segment where various pirate groups converge in absolute fucking chaos and we get Captain Cheech and Chong trying to stop them with his raw edge. I like that silly brawl, that madness of varying motivations and grudges, it's a pity about the lightning. ... Another sentence I had to write. This series will be the death of me.