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shsl-shipper-gamer-fangirl · 7 years ago

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More dangan thieves

“Toot! Toot! This is a HOLD UP!”

“Or maybe doot doot? Ibuki can’t choose which gun to use! Tu turuu~”

“Cease your movement, unruly shadows! Do not make me repeat myself.“

“Are you sure that’s aaaaall the money you have? Let’s open you up and check just to be sure!“

Ibuki Mioda Codename: Noise or Encore Arcana: Sun

Mask: Metal face mask from Mad Max except it extends up to her two oni horns hair [NOTE: unlike all the other masks, only Ibuki's doesn't cover her eyes but beware, her true power lies in her voice]

Ourfit: Looks like something picked out from Kingdom Hearts with all the unnecessary belts and zippers, honestly what style is she even going for? The color scheme is still the same except instead of the school uniform, she wears a lot of leather like a post-apocalyptic musician. Her gloves are mismatched: her right is pink and ends at her wrist while her left is striped pink and ends at her elbow.

Persona: Mousai [yes, she gets all 9 muses in 1 summon, she calls them her band]

*NOTE: Ibuki is that one character who actually tried to apply to become a Dangan Thief. In a convenient turn of events, she managed to eavesdrop on one of their meetings (who knew that doing dubious vocal training at suspicious corners would pay off!) and she was excited as hell! She thought they were cool and wanted to try it out. Through sheer confidence (much to the annoyance of the party), she was able to convince them to let her join (mostly to watch) on one of their field days. Things escalated but thankfully she awakened her persona in the moment of crisis.

Skillset: Strong nuclear skills, weak to psychokinesis; high critical rates but also low resistance to status ailments

Weapons: Guitar axe, sword flute, hammer drum, tuning dagger, trombone shotgun, trumpet pistol, harp crossbow, violin bow, french horn grenade launcher (where does Ibuki get all these weapons?!)

All-Out Attack Card: "Face the music" blasting from speakers (think Coma Doof of Mad Max Fury Road) with her weapon on fire she shouts, "This girl is on fiyaaaaaah!"

Awakening Scene: Mousai: All this shouting reminds us of a song, does it not? A pitiful song. Look at them, walking all over you, drumming to a rhythm that silences yours. Are you just going to let this miserable song go on? Where is your voice? Why aren't you singing louder than these fools who think they can!

Ibuki: This is the part where Ibuki proves you wrong mysterious voice inside Ibuki's head! Clearly you're new to my concert 'cause you would know that I was just warming up! Ibuki didn't become a rockstar by being quiet, Ibuki ROARED! I'll show you just how loud I can be at FULL VOLUME!

Mousai: And here we thought you couldn't get any louder. Your song has finally reached us. As you already know, all great musicians had to sign a contract. I art thou... thou art I...

Ibuki: ROCK AND ROCK AND ROCK AND ROCK AND ROCKROCKROCKROCKROCK AND ROLL, MOUSAI!

Quotes: "Onwards to the next concert, Ace Detective!" "Too fast! I didn't even get to do a solo!" "I leveled up! And I have song to celebrate with!" “Oooooh! A new skill! I can totally rock this!” "That sparkle! That shine! That shining shimmering splendid! It's a treasure chest! Let's go for it!" "A safe room you say? Let's take five and rehearse." “Nothing exciting like wandering in someone's world inside their head.” "Hehehe... I'm just warming up. Bring on the show!" “Can I get an encore? Do you want more?” "Wheeeeeew, boy am I pooped! Let's stop the tour here please." "Look, a shadow! We should go say hi!" “A rabbid fan saw us! Run run run RUN!” "It's like an amateur facing off with a pro... boring and unfair." “Mmmmmhhhhh, I feel like that one would explode with just one note.” "Huh?! You want to fight that? Okay but this is a death flag just saying." “Watch out! This feels like one of those important showdowns! Gotta get your cool lines ready beforehand.” “All my friends, we're glorious! Tonight we are victorious!”

*BATON PASS!* "LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!" *PROTECT* "Move, bitch! Get out the way!" *ENDURE* "Ugh... My last one standing game is strong!" *PERSONA!* "Burn the stage down, Mousai!" *Follow Up* "Need a second voice for that solo?" *Cover Fire* "Please oh please let me do the chorus." *Harisen Recovery* "Wake up, get up, GET OUT THERE!" *low on health* "I can see it... my ending! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" *healing someone* "Don't die on me for plot device!" *getting healed* "Aaaaaaah! Feeling alive is so much better than feeling dead." *giving buffs* "Power ups for more power!" *physical attacks* "How do you like the sound of that?" *attacking* "GET REKT!" *attack misses* “Oh no! My hidden ditzy character is showing!" *couldn't finish off enemy* "Can't believe it didn't die, so rude!" *fainting* "It's weird... I can't seem to hear anything... so sad." *getting resurrected* “An encore? Well don't mind if I do!"

[lmao these are all song lyrics] *status ailment* "I, I shake it off! I shake it off!" Burn: "It's fire burning! Fire burning on the dance floor!" Freeze: “Yo, VIP, Let's kick it!!!! Ice! Ice! Baby!” Shock: "Girl, I'm all charged up! Cutie! Electro-cutie!" Forget: "See you driving 'round town with the girl I love and I'm like. Forget you! Ooh, ooh, ooh~" Charm: "We found love in a hopeless place~" Rage: "Let the bodies hit the floor! Let the bodies hit the floor! Let the bodies hit the... FLOOOOOOOOOR!" or “ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!” Despair: "Please don't take... my sunshine away..." Hunger: "Ah ya ya ya ya I! Keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean!" Dizzy: "You spin my head right round, right round. When you go down, when you go down down." Sleep: “In the jungle... the mighty jungle... the lion sleeps tonight... A weema-weh, wimoweh, wimba way, awimbawe..." Silence: *#@$%&?! or (somebody stole my car radio and now I just sit in silence) Mouse: *to the tune of hickory dickory dock* "Squeaksqueaksqueak squeaksqueaksqueak squeak~"

Mementos Chats: "The acoustics here are amazing! I bet I can yell and it would ECHOOOOOOOO!" "Uuuuuuuggggggghhhhh. Why does Silence even exist? It just makes me want to be LOUDER!" "I tried singing to them shadows, like legit singin not attacking-singing. And they just exploded? Rude!" "Shadows haven't developed the advanced hearing we people persons have. Otherwise they would have been enjoying my concerts." "Hey, maybe I should write my next song about Dangan Thieves. 'You stole my heart so I'm stealing your distorted desires'"

Ibuki: Maybe I should try bringing more instruments next time. I want to try pulling off a concert with my new band! Hajime: For the last time, your persona is not a band. Please only limit summoning them for thieving purposes.

Hajime: I knew you always had a dangerous taste in music but this is just taking it to the next level. Ibuki: What are you talking about, SpaceAce? This is just my usual.

Chiaki: This is so exciting, I think. I've always liked those characters who literally use music to attack. Ibuki: Awwww, that's so sweet of you, Bonbon. I'm gonna dedicate my next song to you!

Nagito: You are lively as always, ahahaha. Nothing can keep your hope quiet, how wonderful! Ibuki: Damn right! Noise is here to turn up the volume!

Fuyuhiko: Where the fuck do you get all these crazy shit weapons? Ibuki: They're Noise Originals obviously! Made them myself to use during concerts but my bandmates never let me.

Peko: The way you wield your instruments... it is quite intriguing. It looks reckless but under trained eyes, it actually holds perfect form. You make it look so easy. Ibuki: Hrrrrr, I don't really get what you say. I just play like how I would, ya know?

Mahiru: Please tell me you don't actually use your weapons in real life. Ibuki: Definitely nadah! Noise is against fighting. Oh, but I do use them to play some sweet notes sometimes.

Ibuki: If I can summon nine people, that's eight more than normal! Oh, no! Does that mean Noise has multiple personalities! Impostor: No, that's not it. I can assure you that's not your case and there's no need for you to worry.

Impostor: Ibuki:

Tsumiki: U-Um, please not so loud when near other people. Hiiii! I'm so s-sorry! It's just, um... it could cause hearing problems so... sorry! Ibuki: It's cool, dokidoki! I just gotta be loud far far away, got it.

Sonia: You have quite the unique persona. To think that your other self looks like a group of nine persons, how interesting! Ibuki: I knooooow! It's like my fantasy band! Me, myself, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and Loud I.

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Gundam Tanaka Codename: (Evil Overlord) Lich Arcana: Strength

Mask: Aku Shogun of Sorrow Mask by EpicLeather

Ourfit: Typical evil overlord getup (think castlevania dracula). Old fashion, dark and edgy, with a cape (black on the outside, violet on the inside), and his purple long scarf still wrapped around his neck. His left sleeve is rolled up until his elbow but instead of bandages, there's a gauntlent made of bones. His gloves have a skeletal design.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though none of his hamsters have awakened, Gundam still insists on bringing the Four Dark Devas of Destruction with him, even going so far as making them all tiny individual masks, and redubbing them as the Four Dangan Devas of Thieving. Their codenames are as follows:

"Supernova Silver Fox" San-D: Inari "Mirage Golden Hawk" Jum-P: Horus "Crimson Steel Elephant": Ganesha "Invading Black Dragon" Cham-P: Ao Shun

Persona: Kaminari-sama, god of lightning, thunder, storms Note: unlike popular depictions, Gundam's persona looks more adorable than threatening, it's cute AF, takes a form similar to the momonga, japanese dwarf flying squirrel, but with sparks

Skillset: Strong zio skills but weak to garu Weapons: Pair of sai and revolver or flintlock

All-Out Attack Card: “INFINITY UNLIMITED FLAME” written in a summon circle with dark flames scorching in the background and he says, "Ha! You weak creatures make me laugh!"

Awakening Scene: Kaminari-sama: How many times more will you let people make a mockery of your power? You are a Lord of Darkness, are you not? And yet rather than respect, they throw ridicule and insults at you, call you a false god. A powerless god. I ask you this, are you truly that powerless?

Gundam: For a demon born from the abyss of my heart, you should already know the answer. I've been ridiculed enough by others so do not dare join their mockery! A powerless god you say, ha! They spout insults AND lies! My power is no joke. And they would regret every word they said that assumed otherwise!

Kaminari-sama: Spoken like a true Dark Lord. As long as you understand your rights then let us proceed with the contract. I art thou... thou art I... The power you've longed for is already within your grasp. You are no benevolent god. You are an Evil Overlord who destroys all obstacles and punishes all those who oppose you!

Gundam: That's right! Bwahaha! At last! The seal on my dark powers has finally been broken! From this day forth, I have been born anew, only to lay waste to those before me! Strike them down, Kaminari-sama!

Codename: Gundam: Hahaha! At last! The time to unleash my wrath upon the world has come! Tremble before the destructive force before you!

Chiaki: Congratulations on unlocking your persona, Gundam. New party member acquired!

Nagito: It was quite the sight to behold, your awakening, truly I am lucky to witness such hope. Ah, and now you've decided to join us as well. Hmmm, I suppose it's time to address the next issue. So what should his codename be?

Gundam: Ha! I've been waiting for this moment! From here on out you shall address me by my true name! For I am Evil Overlo—

Mahiru: Overruled.

Gundam: W-What's this blasphemy? I haven't even finished yet!

Fuyuhiko: Yeah, you don't need to finish that for us to know it was going to be a long ass name. Newsflash edgelord, we're only shooting for two syllables at most.

Gundam: How preposterous! That is simply not enough to seal my abyssmal power in words. Do you not understand the consequences should my strength remain unrestrained? This pathetic world shall be torn asunder!

Peko: Perhaps we should hear him out first. There must be at least something short for a codename in what he was proposing. Let's try to focus on the main component of his name and then debate on the honorifics later. Is that acceptable enough?

Gundam: Hmph, as long as you do not forget then I shall agree to those terms for now.

Tsumiki: Then um... What would you l-like your codename to be?

Gundam: Evil Overlord of the Underworld

Mahiru: Too long! And I still can't pick any of those for a codename! Take this seriously, will you?

Gundam: You dare question my name? It would seem mortals still lack the skill to comprehend true power before their eyes.

Impostor: It's actually more of a technicality. We can't call you Overlord or Lord because it'll simply get confused with mine, King. Evil and Underworld are out of the question. Is there no other name you wish to go by?

Gundam: Ah... I see. Someone else has claimed a similar name. Even a dark lord such as myself knows to honor rights. I did not foresee such an event.

Chiaki: In other words, you didn't have any backup aliases... I think.

Sonia: Hold your head high, my dark overlord! For I shall crown you with a name worthy of your esteem!

Gundam: What? What is this name that you speak of, Dark Queen?

Sonia: *whispers to herself* Actually, I go by Enchantress here but I don't mind being called your Dark Queen... *clears throat* There is a name spoken with fear in my country. I believe only you can hold it with the same tenacity. Lich, a being of the dark arts. It suits you, does it not, Evil Overlord Lich?

Gundam: Evil Overlord Lich... Fuhuhu... Yes! I can feel the dark arts resonating with it! COWER BEFORE THE MIGHT OF EVIL OVERLORD LICH! Bwahahaha!

Chiaki: Good for you, Evil Overlord Lich.

Hajime: No. No way. We are NOT going to call him that all the time.

Gundam: Traitor! You had promised me freedom in choosing my name! Are you saying that you had no honor to uphold those words from the very beginning!

Nagito: Oh, my. It seems you've upset him. It would be a lengthy discussion if we decide to change his codename at this point. How about we settle for a compromise instead?

Hajime: Fine. We'll call you Evil Overlord Lich whenever but in battles we are redacting that to Lich. Is that compromise enough?

Gundam: I suppose those are agreeable terms. The contract is sealed. You now have my blood in your hands, do your best to not fall prey to its insanity.

Hajime: Yeah, sure whatever. Good to know that you're finally happy. Now let's go.

Gundam: Do not dare to leave just yet. There is another important matter that needs your immediate attention. Be grateful that I had warned you or else you would have suffered a horrible death.

Fuyuhiko: Oh, c'mon! We've already spent like ten minutes here. What else do you want to talk about? Your fucking madeup backstory?

Gundam: You should tread carefully with your words, mere mortal. But no, this urgent business does not address me. It is a decision regarding beings higher than myself.

Mahiru: We get it. Higher powers. Fancy words. Just get to the point and let's be done with this.

Gundam: Now that my power has been sealed by name, I request your assistance in performing more seals... specifically four.

Quotes: "I have spells that last longer than that fight. Let us set off!" "Muwahahaha... I can feel it! Power surges through my veins!" “My repertoir increases yet again!” "A treasure chest? What dangers does this one hold within?" "We've arrived at a safe room. Do not waste this moment's reprieve." “This journey pales in comparison to the trek I did to reach the Underworld where my brethren live.” "An Evil Overlord is a being void of humanity. Worry not for I need no rest." “My mortal vessel is proving to be cumbersome. Even so, I will not let it hold me back.” "Do not mistake this exhaustion for weakness. Contain such great power puts a toll on any mortal body and my vessel has reached its limits." "Fiends run amok. Shall we cleanse the area?" “Ack! We've been sighted? They must have felt the disturbance in the air." “I take pity on these unworthy opponents.” "They are no threat to us. Quickly decide on their fates." "Tread carefully! Even from this distance, I can sense the oppressiveness of their powers." “We must prepare ourselves for this one or our lives shall be forfeit.” “Another victory to add to my inordinate saga!”

*BATON PASS!* "Face the wrath of The Evil Overlord Lich!" *PROTECT* "Fool! Defend yourself!" *ENDURE* "You fiend... Did you think that was enough to best me?" *PERSONA!* "Rise forth, Kaminari-sama!" or "Strike them down, Kaminari-sama!" *Follow Up* "Call upon my wrath!" *Cover Fire* "Let my thunderstorm rain upon them!" *Harisen Recovery* "Do not disappoint me!" *low on health* "Hmph... Did you truly think that dying would strike fear into my heart?" *healing someone* "It's far too early for you to join me in the Underworld." *getting healed* "I shall remember your generosity." *giving buffs* "By the dark arts, I imbue you with strength!" *physical attacks* "Lightning strikes! Twice!" *attacking* "Your end is nigh!" *attack misses* “Preposterous! You avoided your fate?" *couldn't finish off enemy* "Delaying the inevitable will only bring you greater suffering." *fainting* "Fallen I have... but my life was one lived to the fullest." *getting resurrected* “A second chance? If you truly miss me then I will gladly return at your call.”

*status ailment* "Curse this mortal body!" Burn: "This fire holds no flame against my Infinity Unlimited Flame!" Freeze: “This frostbite is all bark and no bite!” Shock: "Betrayed...? By my own element?" Forget: "My name... has been sealed again?" Charm: “The call of darkness beckons me!” Rage: “Face the wrath of my fury!” Despair: "All these struggles... are they even worth it?" Hunger: "The beast within howls! I recquire sustenance immediately!" Dizzy: "What's this? I can't sense their aura as sharply!" Sleep: “Snore... Tremblewithfear... Zzz...” Silence: !!! Mouse: "SQUEAK!"

Mementos Chats: "Be grateful, foolish mortals, for I am a generous Dark Lord who spares his time for your thievery." "Some of the shadows look more animalistic than fiendish... what is this inner turmoil?" "The storm surges on outside in the real world. Now is the time to strike terror into the shadows!" "I can feel it... My Evil Eye tells me that there is great malice within the walls of Mementos." "I shall conquer the real world and the cognitive world as well!" "An Evil Overlord serving as a Dangan Thief... Of course, evil is known to wear many masks."

Chiaki: Our personas should reflect our own psyches, right? Hajime: I guess. I mean they aren't called our "other selves" for no reason. Chiaki: Hmmm, I see. I wonder what that says about Lich. Nagito: Ah, I now understand why you brought this up. He does posess an... interesting persona. Fuyuhiko: Just call it as it is. It's fucking adorable that's what. Mahiru: For a guy who's edgier than a knife, he's actually a huge softie on the inside. Ibuki: Oyaoya? Could this be what they call "gap moe"? Tsumiki: B-But it's still dangerous! It h-hurt a lot when he got brainwashed and used it on me, hiiii! Impostor: True, we must not underestimate it for its appearance. His persona is terrifying... no matter how cute it seems. Peko: That may be so... I wonder if it's fur is as soft as it looks... Maybe since it's a persona, I can actually get to pet it. Sonia: It would seem that everyone has taken a liking to your persona, oh Dark One. It's very cute indeed. Gundam: Cute is not befitting for a god! It's merely a disguise for you to let your guard down- cease your shallow appraisal on its appearance!

Gundam: I thought we agreed that you would address me by my full title outside of battles. Hajime: Lich can you not.

Hajime: I can't believe you really did bring your hamsters with you... Wait, are those masks? You even made them their own masks? By hand? Gundam: How else do you suppose would they acquire garments fitting of gods?

Chiaki: Whenever Lich talks, it's like I'm playing an old fantasy RPG. Recruiting an Evil Overlord as a party member is amazing, I think. Gundam: Even for someone as aloof as yourself, you say the wisest things. No need to thank my generosity, you're welcome.

Nagito: It's actually quite thoughtful of you to make masks for your hamsters. These are very well made even. As expected of someone filled with so much hope! Gundam: Fufufu... Your praise will not earn you any favors but it is acceptable enough.

Fuyuhiko: You could tone it down with your fancy shit. Seriously just yell zio like any person with common sense would, no need for a five minute incantation full of crap. Gundam: You lack the power to understand the full potential of my spells. My incantations fuel the strength of my skills so do not underestimate their value.

Peko: Even in the Metaverse, the animal-based shadows fear me... Gundam: Do not despair over such a loss. Come now, let my Four Dangan Devas of Thieving comfort you.

Mahiru: Your outfit is impractical as always. Isn't that cape too long? You're going to step on it one day. Gundam: A small price to pay for the physical manifestation of my power. There is nothing to fear for I, Evil Overlord Lich, shall die by

Tsumiki: Um... Is it really alright for those four to join us? These battles can get life-threatening... Gundam: Fret not, nurse of the heart. These four devas are more trained than I. Should the need arise, they are capable of defending themselves.

Impostor: So we have a King and an Overlord, and yet our leader is called Ace. Gundam: The Chosen One must humble themselves to serve a position of such high authority. Although this does bring attention to an issue. Perhaps we should discuss with him a change of title.

Ibuki: Yahooo! Now that Lychee has real powers, does that make him OOC when he talks about his fake real powers? Noise is confused. Gundam: It's Lich, Noisy One. And I don't need to understand your outdated language to know that you've thrown ridicule at me. I've always had this power. It's just that only now with the seal is broken can you bear witness to its wrath.

Sonia: Oh, how lovely! You brought the four devas with you today as well. May I? Gundam: ...They would not be so opposed.

Sonia: As expected of you! Your outfit is as handsome as your usual! Gundam: *hides under scarf* I... could say the same to you. Yours suit you quite well.

Gundam: It is... new to me to have a creature bound to me and yet have no obligation to care for it regularly. Sonia: Oh, you're talking about your persona, aren't you? I see, I didn't think it would bother you this much. That just shows how much dedicated you are, it's quite admirable.

Gundam: That was a formidable move you used back there. Your fire for chaos burns ever so fervently. Sonia: Thank you, that's one of my favorite fires actually.

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Hiyoko Saionji Codename: Ibis Arcana: Tower

Mask: Red bird shaped mask with a long black beak

Ourfit: Traditional shrine maiden attire (red hakama or pleated skirt tied with a bow, white haori, some ribbons) The sleeves look like feathers to further resemble the Japanese crested ibis.

Persona: Karura, divine creature with human torso and birdlike head

*NOTE: Hiyoko is recruited after getting Mahiru, she is introduced during one of Mahiru's confidant events. If you use Mahiru enough times in the active party then this will trigger an extra quest wherein Hiyoko eventually joins the team. She only joins because of Mahiru obviously.

Skillset: Strong garu skills and weak to zio. Good at inflicting status ailments and debuffs, and nullifying party debuffs. Weapons: Tessen (japanese war fan) and fukiya (japanese blow gun)

All-Out Attack Card: "Dance on someone's grave" painted on the backdrop of a traditional stage and she says, "Squish! Squish! Ahahaha! You're all WEAK!"

Awakening Scene: Karura: What is your next step? Will you just cry over it like some child? Have you not grown up at all? For all the elegance and maturity that your dance brings, your steps falter outside that of a stage. How pitiful. Perhaps crying suits you more than dancing given how spoiled you've become.

Hiyoko: How dare you! I'm not a kid! I haven't been a kid ever since I wore my first kimono! Why are you so mean to me? Aren't you supposed on my side? Everyone keeps ganging up on me. I hate you all! Cry? Don't make me laugh. The only ones who'll be crying are my enemies as I crush them under my heels!

Karura: Yes, that is the attitude most befitting on you. The dance is always most exciting at its climax. I art thou... thou art I... Abandon your childlike innocence, you have no need for that where we are heading. The merciless spirit of a warrior suits you more, as it should. Do not shed tears but rather strive for your enemy's bloodshed.

Hiyoko: Hmph! You don't need to tell me twice. I'm gonna have soooo much fun playing with them! And CRUSHING them to pieces. Once I enter the stage, only I leave in one piece. Dance, Karura!

Quotes: "Too easy. Hey, what are you standing there for? Let's go, bowtie." "Yaaaay! I leveled up!" “New skill! Yay! I wonder how painful this one would be!” "Look! A treasure chest! It's all sparkly and shouting to be opened!" "Finally, a safe room! My feet huuuuuurt!" “Why isn't there just a shortcut to the treasure?” "I got a good sleep which means I can play more today!" “As long as I get to kill some shadows then I guess I can go along just a bit more.” "Ehhh? We're still going? I don't wannaaaaaaa." "Look, a bug! Let's crush it." "We were spotted? This is all your fault!" “They're so weak that at least insects leave a mark after.” "Huh? Are you sure? They look pretty scary to me." “They're obviously big bad meanies. Don't get us killed over your stupidity.” “Victory! Yay! Who knew killing shadows could be so fun!”

*BATON PASS!* "Ibis elegantly flying in!" *PROTECT* "Hey, pushover!" *ENDURE* "*sniffles* I don't want to die!" *PERSONA!* "Slaughter them, Karura!" or "Soar, Karura!" *Follow Up* "Let's kill them while we're at it." *Cover Fire* "I'll help if you ask niiiiicely." *Harisen Recovery* "Don't be such a baby!" *low on health* "A little help here?!" *healing someone* "You owe me for this." *getting healed* "*mumbles* Thanks..." *giving buffs* "Now you don't have any excuse." *physical attacks* "Oh this? Don't mind the sharp edges." *attacking* "Ahahaha! You're going to get sliced like fish!" *attack misses* "Huuuh? You have a lot of nerve to dodge that!" *couldn't finish off enemy* "Seriously? Just die already!" *fainting* "*crying* Why... Why are you all so mean?" *getting resurrected* "*sniffles* Thanks. Now I can finally get my revenge."

*status ailment* "I don't feel so good... *sniffle*" Burn: "Too hot! I want some ice cream!" Freeze: “Are you trying to freeze me to death? Get me a kotatsu!” Shock: "Tch! I'm going to kill you twice for this!" Forget: "Huh? What was the next step again?" Charm: “Well who could blame me? If I'm fighting then I'm fighting with the winning team.” Rage: “I'll break you... piece by broken piece!” Despair: "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Why is this so hard!" Hunger: "Sweets! Hand me gummies right now! No yellow!" Dizzy: "Euugh... I think I'm going to be sick..." Sleep: “Zzz… CRUSH” Silence: ...! Mouse: "Squeak!"

Mementos Chats: "Killing shadows is sooooo much fun! Yay!" "You know what else is fun? Having the shadows beg for mercy as we extort more money from them. "I was raised in a traditional household and traditionally, we always get what we want." "All this fighting makes me crave for some sweets." "If I knew how much fun it is to kill shadows without consequence then I would have signed up for Dangan Thieves sooner!"

Hiyoko: Ehh? You're the leader? Well aren't you just disappointing. Hajime: I'm really starting to think we shouldn't accept everyone who joins.

Hajime: Why am I actually not surprised at how sadistically good you are at this? Hiyoko: Ew! I'm not interested so don't bother complimenting me.

Chiaki: Amazing! I've only seen it in videogames but you can actually fight using fans! Hiyoko: I can do so much more than just fight. There's slice and kill too.

Nagito: I was wondering how you would adapt here but clearly I've underestimated your hope. You're more than capable in battle, I'm pleasantly surprised by this development. Hiyoko: Why is this creep here? Are you going to kick him out or do I have to?

Fuyuhiko: Don't get all cocky just because you've got a few tricks up your sleeve. Hiyoko: Oh look, the Baby Gangster knows how to talk.

Peko: So that makes two of us with bird motifs... Hiyoko: It's frustrating that I wasn't the first one but I guess we have no choice but to share.

Tsumiki: I-I'm so happy that you're with us too! Hiyoko: Shut it! No one asked for your opinion, pig barf! But for the record, someone has to look after you so you don't screw up like you always do.

Ibuki: Ibissy~ Look at you! Killing shadows! Stealing treasures! Wow, you sure grow up fast! Hiyoko: It literally only took me one minute to get a persona and "grow up".

Impostor: Is something the matter? You've been staring. Hiyoko: Wow, I knew pork feet was rich but I didn't think you'd have the balls to wear rich.

Sonia: It's amazing watching you do battle. Your dances are just as captivating as they are deadly! Hiyoko: Not all of us can be this good so I step it up.

Gundam: Since you are new at this, I am generous enough to guide you. Should you have any questions, know that I know more than you. Hiyoko: You guys really don't discriminate when recruiting, huh.

Hiyoko: Waaaaaaaaah! I'm so happy I get to be with you more, Big Sis! Mahiru: Now, now. No need to cry. I'm happy too.

Mahiru: It's a good thing that you joined us. Your skills are unique and valuable. Debuffs can really take a toll. Hiyoko: Not as useful as yours, Big Sis! I'm so happy that there's at least one reliable person here!

Mahiru: I'm kind of jealous that everyone has such elaborate personas and mine is just... this. Hiyoko: Why are you getting sad over that? Yours is waaaay better than what the rest of these losers have.

Hiyoko: Yay! Killing shadows is way more fun than squishing bugs! Mahiru: Hearing you say that with such a carefree face makes me worry a bit... Just don't get too carried away.

#dangan thieves AU #ibuki mioda #gundam tanaka #hiyoko saionji #dangan ronpa #danganronpa #sdr2 #gundham tanaka #especially proud of gundam #he has codenames for the hamsters #and that's it for profiles from me #not gonna write for the remaining cast #because i'll be busy #i might put some placeholder codenames but that's it #i crammed these three in a week so cut me some slack

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For the character ask thing, Sigma!!!

Send Me a Character

And I will tell you my:

First impression

Let’s be honest, we all got hooked on that reveal trailer. Like, it was nothing, and still is NOTHING like anything Overwatch has ever put out. I wrote the very first Sigma fanfic in English (as far as I can tell, at least) [The title is ‘The sum of all things’ if you’re interested] and that basically gives you a very good idea of what I thought of him at the time. Namely, that he is a tragic character with a broken mind and earnestly trying to live with his broken mind and strange powers. That he is a man who may or may not be aware of the atrocities he might have committed, who has done so much bad despite trying to do so much good. And then an anon here on Tumblr told me about his datamined lines about Harold Winston, and the rest is history.

Impression now

Don’t get me wrong, Sigma is still a tragic character altogether, but he’s a lot more goofier than I expected (in a good way). He loves food and is a messy eater. He cracks puns. He’s gentlemanly, and friendly, and a bit too trusting, and doesn’t like scientists who pursue science for the sake of discovery. His past relationship with Harold Winston has opened plenty of doors for his character, which I have taken to their most obvious extremes, including but not limited to redesigning Harold Winston as a fully fledged playable character. So uhhh...gotta thank Sigma for putting me on the Harold train. Even then, I definitely wouldn’t be on the Harold train if Sigma didn’t come in to the picture.

Favorite moment

The reveal trailer is still his best piece (and only canon moment, so to speak). I am excited to see how he develops in future cinematics, if he ever appears in them.

Idea for a story:

Oh, god I have too many. I had an idea for a story based on the Halloween Flying Dutchman skin, where Harold is a captured naval officer forced to be a navigator on Sigma’s pirate ship. There’s a lot of romantic and sexual tension. The story keeps shifting between Sigma’s ghost tring

There’s another idea I had for a Lovecraftian AU, where Sigma gets into a freak accident that causes him to hear the voices of a cosmic entity. And he can hear the cosmic entity speak of its plans to rise up and take over the world, and Sigma, as the only person who can hear it and knows of the plans, has to be the one to stop it before his mind gets completely consumed by said cosmic entity.

And of course, all the numerous, infinite stories I could come up with about how Harold lives again so he can interact with Sigma and Winston and Hammond. I just want those four to be a family. A family can be two men, a genetically enhanced moon gorilla scientist, and a genetically enhanced hamster riding a modified mech of its own creation.

Unpopular opinion:

You could argue me shipping Sigrold is an unpopular opinion. I guess you could argue shipping Sigma with ANYONE in the cast is an unpopular opinion.

I’m not a fan of Sigma x Reinhardt, but that’s more to do with what certain fans of the ship have said about me rather than the actual ship itself. (Also, can Sigrein shippers please draw them BOTH buff like they actually are? There’s a difference between making Sigma slimmer than Reinhardt, and making him slim)

Favorite relationship:

I’m the Sigma x Harold Winston person. The AO3 tag for them is 80% my stuff by now. I literally REDESIGNED HAROLD WINSTON AS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER. Of course Sigrold is my favourite ship, in both romantic and platonic settings. I could go romantic, silly, angsty, dark, the potential with them is quite literally limitless. And even though there isn’t much canon stuff about them, I’m sure they must have been at least good friends in the past, which makes my ship at least a little bit valid.

Favorite headcanon

I like to think Sigma’s a dog person, solely because he reminds me of my grandfather, who owned German Shepherds that he named after stars and planets (Guess why Harold in ‘Evil Actions’ gains the codename of ‘Charon’? It’s because my grandfather had a dog named Charon.........look, my mind works in mysterious ways.)

#overwatch #overwatch sigma #siebren de kuiper #sigrold #This made me miss Sigma #I still love him as a character with all my heart #I'm always a sucker for tragic but well-meaning characters that try to defy the odds and their own limits #I can't 'love him' love him like a lot of other shippers because uhhh...#...well let's just say the implication of this character that resembles my granddad a lot #being in a gay ship with a biracial scientist who dies on the moon #is not something I can explain to any hypothetical future therapist of mine

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Spy x Family Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo

Oh My Gawd I love this manga so much! It makes me so happy!

Spy x Family is about a secret agent, codename: Twilight, who must get close to a recluse warmonger via the prestigious private school his children attend, in order to do this Twilight must create a fake family starting by adopting an orphan (who unbeknownst to him is a telepath) and a quick marriage to a woman he just met (who unbeknownst to him is an assassin).

This series is unapologetically silly, and yet so heart-warming as these three strangers start to consider each other a real family.

In volume 2 we follow the little girl, Anya, as she navigates her first days at the elite school. She must make friends with the brattish son of Twilight’s target. Anya is a great character, she’s eager to please her new family but a little confused by it all, honestly she basically represents the audience’s reactions to what’s going on. She’s cute, obsessed with spy stories, has no head for academia, but is full of determination.

At the end of the manga we’re introduced to Yor’s beloved younger brother (Yor is the secret assassin and wife of Twilight). I love the character of her overprotective brother, there’s super tension created at the very end and I cannot wait for the next volume, I ordered it whilst only half way through volume 2.

Review by Book Hamster

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Codename: Kids Next Door-The main Characters and their bios-Updated

Numbuh 1 (Nigel Uno) is the bald, British leader and operative of Sector V. He is independent, intelligent, honest most times, helpful and responsible. He is also loyal to his team and the only member of sector V who has common sense. As the leader he's quick to womble into action and he's quite resourceful and very cool, but tends to be paranoid only to the point of stretching the truth and using imagination whenever he analyses adult threat. His girlfriend is Lizzie Devine who is KND operative (codename Numbuh 49). He is still diagnosed by cancer which explains the fact that he's still 100% bald. He is also serious, stubborn and act alone and he's also clever. he's also one one of the few KNDs who believes in Numbuh 0, being a huge believer.

Numbuh 2 A.K.A. Numbuh 2 is a mechanic genius and pilot who loves cracking puns at every chance he sees, and eating chilli dogs. He's the 2x4 technology officer of sector v. he's good at helping his friends get stuff done and he likes discovering new things and learning new things. he is also also confident & generally the group member least skilled in the art of combat, however makes up for it with his great intelligence, adaptability and unwillingness to give up. And sometimes (if need to be dependant) his piloting skills. he is numbuh 5's fat boyfriend and Wally's bestest friend. Hoagie's in charge of building most of the 2x4 technology in his team. he even built Sector V's treehouse. He loves technology above anything else. He is loyal with a positive attitude.

Numbuh 3 A.K.A. Kuki Sanban is a happy-go-lucky kind and girly girl whose in charge of diversionary tactics and she's the medical specialist of sector V. She is the youngest operative and loves to eat sweets and have parties. she is also the primary caretaker of hamsters and has an interest in shopping and fashion. She is optimistic, patient and has a long charm span. she's Wallabee's girlfriend.

Numbuh 4 (Wallabe Beetles) is the hot-headed and arrogant hand-to-hand australian boy of Sector V. he's numbuh 2's bestest friend and Numbuh 3's boyfriend. there are a few amongst the KND that can match him in hand-to-hand combat and he is also very brave. He is cool because he is a rocker type (that means his favourite music genres are rock and metal/heavy metal). He knows exactly what to say in combat & he never bluffs. He is the team's muscle and he's tough, strong, fierce, wild, dangerous, courageous and he's the best fighter in in Sector V alongside Numbuh 1. However, he's also the outright harshest of the team. However, he's also the most adventurous of the team. Wallace also becomes increasingly irritated, and stressed by his struggles on school work/homework. He also displays a considerable level of intelligence, being intelligent enough to develop various PC applications. He's also stubborn and confident. his parents would repeatedly send him to boarding schools, however, he would always bust outta them. He alongside Numbuh 1 are the only operatives to have ever defeated Numbuh 274 in single combat. Whilst his prowess in combat is nearly unparalleled, he's also easily tricked and can be outsmarted by more savvy opponents. he's also rascist.

Numbuh 5 (Abigail Lincoln) is the intelligent, ambitious and fearless second-in-command/spy in Sector V. She was trained by Cree when Cree used to be a Kid Next door (Numbuh 11). She is a quite cool and the most generous agent of Sector V. And like Numbuh 1 she takes her missions seriously. She's also the only member of the team with true common sense. She also loves treasure hunting and she is pretty creative. She even loves Graffiti (the rest of her team also loves graffiti)> Nuimbuh 5 is numbuh 2's girlfriend and she is far savvier in combat than the latter, often using a great level of ingenuity to defeat her opponents. Another thing she's really (very) tomboyish, not having much interest in anything girly except for My Little Pony, such as Rainbow Monkeys & would rather wear tuxedos than dresses. She's also attractive.

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Removing Someone’s Powers

Sometimes you meet a person who has superpowers and you just find yourself thinking “hey, I don’t think that person should have powers.” Maybe they’re a supervillain who keeps using their powers for evil. Maybe they’re a small child who simply should not be able to turn into a ball of fire whenever something doesn’t go their way. Maybe they’re a huge jerk who keeps using their teleportation abilities to prank you which is a huge jerk move. So you decide to just... take their powers away from them. Can we do that? Is that a thing?

Deciding to remove a person’s powers is no simple thing. It presents a complex ethical quandary. Superpowers are an important part of a person, taking them away, especially without their consent, could be like removing an arm or a kidney or something. Now, if you’re the Arm-Hacking Kidney Stealer of Detroit, valiant defend of Montreal (protip: If you’re gonna put a city in your codename, don’t make it the city that you’re from. This way you’ll throw off the bad guys and protect your secret identity.) this is nothing new to you, you’ve already performed the mental gymnastics required to rationalize that to yourself. So go on right ahead. For the rest of you though you’ll need to do some math. How many people are threatened by this person continuing to have their powers? if they’re just pranking you then you need to come up with another solution. But if they’re threatening all of existence then you might be morally obligated to step in. Or maybe you’re not? Maybe you need to continue to search for another solution.

Another way of looking at this issue is not through the lens that superpowers are a part of a person that they have an unassailable right to, but rather that they’re like dangerous weapons that need to be regulated. Perhaps it would be criminally irresponsible for the authorities to allow a known felon to walk around with acid hands or drill fangs. Maybe it is the duty of those in power to keep the rest of the populace safe from these people. Several governments have commissioned the development of superpower suppressing or removing technologies or procedures. In rogue states, or countries where the head of state is literally a supervillain, this technology could be used as a powerful weapon to keep the populace in check and to keep superheroes from other countries at bay. This is, obviously, incredibly dangerous, which is why such technology is heavily regulated and closely guarded in countries where it has been developed. But still, is it right to even create such things? Knowing that they will be used to permanently alter a person’s genetic makeup against their will?

Another option you have it to temporarily suppress the person’s powers instead of permanently removing them. We’ve spoken in the past about power-suppressing handcuffs which many law enforcement agencies use to subdue superpowered criminals. Commonly when they’re transferred to a superhuman prison the cells are lined with power suppressing technologies so they can have full use of their hands and whatnot if they need to scratch their nose or furiously bang on the door while demanding release. However, this is not a fool proof solution either. Some people need their powers to be active to live comfortably. If you suppress an immortal person’s powers they may find themselves rapidly aging or dying depending on the nature of their immortality. Certain anthropomorphic animals, such as Super Hamster or alternate dimension visitor, Bunderclap, have been turned into dumb animals as a result of power suppressing. There are people who might find themselves crippled or at the mercy of deadly diseases were it not for their superpowers. I’m pretty sure that if Power Jones, the man with one million powers, was ever placed in an environment where he couldn’t use any of his powers he would definitely die. I’m like eighty percent sure he doesn’t know how to do anything without powers. He might actually technically be dead, being kept alive only by his nigh unlimited powers.

Certain powers also become more difficult to suppress or contain than others. Superhumans who have weapons as part of their anatomy, such as catapult fingers or literal shoulder blades, can’t just be slapped in cuffs to negate their powers. Other heroes such as Power Pod or Whirlpool, who are made of liquid, or Ghost Guy or Jonathan Lockhorn, who are incorporeal spirits, also cannot simply be placed in cuffs. Ghost Guy actually was placed in power suppressing cuffs for a bit after he was caught infiltrating an Armada facility which led to him actually coming back to life and joining Armada as an agent codenamed Ghost for a bit but those were the ‘90s and things were weird back then.

Then you have para-folks such a sewer mutants or werewolves whose species have natural abilities that are akin to superpowers. Their powers cannot be removed without forever changing their lives and cutting them off from their families and communities. Not to mention the fact that most para-folk are not even evil or criminals and that developing ways to alter their physiology would no doubt lead to many of them having their lives forever changed by bigots for absolutely no reason.

One of the examples we gave in our intro was superpowered children. Sure, at a glance it might seem smart to prevent a small child from being able to accidentally cause mass destruction. But suppressing their powers might not be the solution. Children’s powers are still developing and stunting this development could harm them in the long run. You’re better off just sending them to one of many superpower or magic schools that have been set up around the world to help children learn how to properly use their powers. (However don’t send them to the superhero school in Albany where Professor Mitch “Dummy Face” Fueller and Professor Leon “Loser Nerd” Von Iguanodon teach.)

However, there are indeed sometimes when removing a person’s powers is actually the best course of action. People who are experiencing uncontrollable powers (that post did numbers so we’re officially going to start pandering to that crowd all the time) might actually want to have their powers removed. So it’s important that that option is available. There are also powers out there that are dangerous to their users, such as certain forms of super speed that speed up the user’s heart rate to incredibly dangerous speeds. There are also powers that are “evil” such as the power to kill anybody you touch, which a person might understandably want to get rid of. The trick is to know when such drastic measures are appropriate and when you’re better off searching for another solution to the issue at hand.

At the end of the day, as a superhero, you know more about superpowers than the average person, you have them, you’ve fought people with them, and your adventures have brought you into contact with people and creatures across the galaxy, the multiverse, and even the afterlife who are in possession with fantastic powers. Which means that you have a responsibility to fight for the right of these people to keep their powers. You know how important superpowers are to people who have them, and you may even know firsthand what its like to have lost your powers. So it falls to you to lobby for imprisoned superhumans to keep their powers... unless they’re using them to prank you. Then you do what you need to do.

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Tree-less Treehouse, North West London

Tree-less Treehouse, North West London Playhouse, Timber Structure, Building, Architecture Photos

Tree-less Treehouse in North West London

23 May 20212

Design: De Matos Ryan

Location: North West London, England, UK

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Tree-less Treehouse, UK

De Matos Ryan has created an innovative, Tree-less Treehouse in the garden of a North West London townhouse. De Matos Ryan Director Angus Morrogh-Ryan comments, “Our client was a young family, who lamented the loss of an ailing tree in their neighbour’s garden. The children longed to have a treehouse but were prevented from doing so by having no trees of their own. The brief was therefore to design a treehouse without a tree.”

The new, 4.1m high space was designed in collaboration with the client’s children. Their unencumbered view of the world acted as a catalyst to a highly innovative and imaginative concept. Ideas were developed around creating a den that could only be accessed by children with an elevated look-out or crow’s nest. The children’s favourite cartoon, Danger Mouse, heavily influenced the design. Danger Mouse’s reluctant assistant and sidekick Ernest Penfold is a timid, bespectacled hamster with the codename ‘Jigsaw’, because at the first sign of danger, he falls apart. The playful new treehouse was going to be Penfold’s hide out. His codename gave license to develop a geometric frame that looks exactly like the way it was built.

De Matos Ryan’s starting point was to design an entirely expressed timber frame structure, sufficiently abstract to allow the children’s imagination to run wild and without creating a literal representation of a tree. On a practical level, the structure needed to be prefabricated in pieces and carried through the house via domestic scaled doors at the front and back.

The resulting design is a series of triangular Douglas fir frames which combine to make a truncated pyramidal form. At the bottom, the triangles startwith rows of seven and five. The Siberian larch slatted cladding has a stainless-steel cable lattice to encourage climbing plants over the volume and ultimately create the sense of a tree that never was.

The unusual form and scale of the structure provides scope for imaginative play and permissive exploration, whereby at any point it can be simultaneously reminiscent of limitless dramatic inquiries such as a hollowed tree trunk, a spaceship, or a castle turret. Adults are somewhat prevented from accessing the interior by a low portal where one must stoop under and crawl into the structure. Within the space, the top look-out level is accessed by a timber and rope ladder.

The children can peer out through a series of windows designed to echo the structure’s shape, these can also be opened to provide ventilation to the space. An electric, rain-sensor rooflight sits at the top of the structure which automatically closes as soon as rain begins to fall. External grade LED architectural tube lighting has been used inside the space to ensure that the children can continue to play on darker days or when the sun has gone down. The structure was put together onsite within one week, including all the cladding and windows.

Due to its unusual height and form for a rear garden, planning permission was sought and achieved with the only condition being that the structure would need to be disassembled and removed when the property was sold.

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Architects: De Matos Ryan – https://www.dematosryan.co.uk/

Project Dimensions Height: 4.1m Width on long side: 2.38m at bottom, 1.28m at top Width on short side: 1.8m at bottom, 0.7m at top

About De Matos Ryan De Matos Ryan is known for creating simple but imaginative contemporary environments and interventions often within historically or culturally sensitive settings, incorporating all disciplines from landscape to interiors.

The practice’s confident and well considered end-user approach draws attention through its quality and clarity, ensuring sustainability through not only carbon and energy reduction but also long-term community and business planning resilience. The team believes in the social and public role that architecture plays in motivating a community and works hard to ensure that their projects are both accessible and engaging for all.

De Matos Ryan has received numerous awards, including RIBA and Civic Trust. Current projects include: Young V&A (Bethnal Green), ArtsEd, National Railway Museum’s ‘Wonderlab’ (York), BFI, Oriel Myrddin Gallery (Carmarthen), Borough Theatre (Abergavenny), Canolfan Ucheldre (Holyhead).

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Michael After Midnight: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Ah, October, a month where the internet becomes obsessed with ghosts and goblins in preparation for Halloween. And really, can I fault the people for that? The dark, macabre, and spooky make for great entertainment! Plenty of great scary movies out there for the adults to enjoy to get into the spirit, but what about kids? Well, there’s Goosebumps and all those other shows like it, but what about a dark, macabre cartoon filled with spooky shit?

Enter The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, one of the best Cartoon Network cartoons ever made. Released in August of 2001, it came just in time for that year’s Halloween, and lasted six years, with seven seasons under its belt. During that time, the show endeared itself to audiences with its combination of dark comedy, grossout humor, and just plain weird situations…though weirdness is par for the course when you’re pals with the Grim Reaper, I suppose.

So what is the plot of this cartoon? Well, one day a hamster owned by a stupid boy named Billy was about to die, and the Grim Reaper came to take him. Billy’s cunning, evil best friend Mandy decided to make a bet with the Grim Reaper; they have a game of limbo, and if he wins he gets the hamster… but if THEY win, he has too be their best friend forever. Of course, he loses, and then he becomes the put-upon pal of these two kids as they boss him around and force him to entertain them. Much hilarity (and chaos) ensues.

This show’s greatest asset was its variety. With Grim onboard, any sort of plot could be possible, from sci-fi stories where the gang fought aliens or mutant chickens to more horrifying stores where they fought demons, monsters, and other denizens of the underworld. And sometimes they would do something really weird, like the episode-long dream sequence in which Billy imagines he’s in the Wild West confronting the cowboy Tooth Fairy. This helps most of the episodes feel fresh, because going in you don’t know if you’re gonna get a story about a killer tricycle or an episode-long reference to Suspiria. Speaking of which, the show is pretty clever in its references, slipping in TONS of content for adult fans, from numerous dirty jokes that will fly over kid’s heads to references to movies no kid would see, such as the aforementioned Suspiria or Hellraiser. As there’s not much continuity here, this show is super easy to jump into at any episode and just watch and have a good experience, which is another plus; sometimes it’s nice to have a simple show driven only by its desire to tell jokes rather than tell an overarching story. And thankfully, the jokes here are mostly good, and have as much variety as the episodes themselves. One memorable episode is just an episode-long series of fart jokes, while another episode gets its laughs from giant mutant chickens and cannibalism. It’s THAT kind of show.

Now, none of these situations would be quite as good if the protagonists weren’t entertaining, so how are they? Let’s start with the guy whose name comes first in the title (technically speaking): Grim. Grim, the personification of Death with an inexplicable Jamaican accent, is bizarrely the straight man in this show… well, usually. When he has to deal with Billy, he plays the role with ease, but with Mandy, Grim can sometimes get a bit silly, though rarely to Billy’s level. As he is typically what allows the strange and supernatural hijinks of the show to occur, be it on purpose or inadvertently, he’s easily the coolest main character, and due to his put-upon nature and how sympathetic he ends up being due to the shit Billy and Mandy put him through, he’s also the most likable.

Billy is up next, and he is the stereotypical idiot comic relief character cranked up to 11. He’s stupid to the point it is stated by his principal in one episode that a shovel and two candy bracelets actually scored higher on an IQ test than he did (they got a positive 17; he got -5). Think Ed from fellow Cartoon Network cartoon Ed, Edd n Eddy, only with a bigger nose and voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz of Invader Zim and Psychonauts fame. Unlike Ed, though, the dangerous and supernatural experiences they faced combined with an occasional lack of empathy and his tendency to be a jerk can make Billy a bit of a divisive character; I tend to enjoy him quite a bit, but there are a few episodes where even he tried my patience. Still, overall he’s an enjoyable dope.

Then we have… Mandy. I’m just gonna say it: by the time the show came to an end, Mandy was easily the worst main character, maybe even the worst character on the show period. She’s typically portrayed as the Ultimate Evil, this epic child chess master who always comes out on top and never faces any sort of consequence for what she does. It’s a rare episode that sees her punished for her actions. However, in episodes where she’s not trying to pull off some evil scheme and is just reacting to the madness around her, she’s a solid character. The fact she’s voiced by Grey DeLisle does help things a bit.

As I said, there is very little continuity between episodes, but there is some, mostly in the form of reoccurring characters. In a show like this, the ensemble cast as well as one-shot characters really need to be on point, and boy oh boy are they ever in this show! This show may have one of the best and most enjoyable ensemble casts in a cartoon ever. The big standouts are Hoss Delgado, the buff monster hunter who is basically a combination of Ash Williams and Snake Plissken, with all that badassery that implies; Eris, the sexy and tricky goddess of chaos; Jeff, a gigantic spider (voiced by Maxwell Atoms, the show’s creator) who is Billy’s ‘son’ and just wants his spider-hating father’s love; General Skarr, a character from Evil Con Carne who is a cunning evil man who wants to usurp power and rule the world… or he used to be, now he just wants to tend his garden in peace; and, last but definitely not least, motherfuckin’ Dracula, voiced by Phil LaMarr and based visually on Blackula, who is basically a nonstop fountain of hilarity. Each of these characters is fantastic, funny, and able to fit into a variety of weird situations the show pops out. And this brilliance and hilarity extends to one-shot characters as well, such as the much-loved singing evil meteor and Jack O’Lantern, characters who had one appearance each but easily endeared themselves with fans. If there’s a weak link in any of the ensemble cast, it would probably be Fred Fredburger; while he’s not devoid of funny moments, his schtick was really overplayed and he ended up becoming an unofficial mascot for the series in the ads, which led to overexposure. It leads people to think he had a bigger part in the show than he did, when he had a few episodes and then appeared in a few of the specials.

Interestingly, Billy & Mandy is probably one of the few shows that really benefited from getting wackier as the show went on. The first season, when the show was Grim & Evil, is, for lack of a better word, a bit grim. The episodes still have comedy, but a lot of them just aren’t as funny as later episodes, and not many of the series mainstays pop up here, aside from Nergal, Eris, and Hoss. That’s not to say there’s nothing memorable here – “Little Rock of Horrors” is in the first season, after all – but the first season just doesn’t stack up quite as well to later ones. Season 2 introduces Jeff and Nigel Planter and has the legendary Halloween special, while season 3 has classics like “Here Thar Be Dwarves” and brings in Grim’s school bully Boogie. They only get better from here, save for season 7, which is easily the least memorable season of them all (though it does have its exceptions, particularly “Wrath of the Spider Queen").

Now, normally this is where I would wrap up, but first, I want to do something a little different. I’m going to list the 25 episodes I think are essential viewing for the best Billy & Mandy experience. I’m not going to review each episode or even detail them, because it would basically be me explaining jokes and how they’re funny. These are just the episodes I think anyone getting in should see. So without further ado…

25. Attack of the Clowns

24. One Crazy Summoner

23. The Loser from the Earth’s Core

22. Toadblatt’s School of Sorcery

21. Wrath of the Spider Queen

20. Home of the Ancients

19. Nursery Crimes

18. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

17. Giant Billy and Mandy All-Out Attack

16. Nigel Planter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets

15. Modern Primitives

14. Prank Call of Cthulhu

13. Duck!

12. The Secret Snake Club

11. Jeffy’s Web

10. Fear and Loathing in Endsville

9. Here Thar Be Dwarves

8. Goodbling and the Hip-hop-opotamus

7. Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon

6. My Fair Mandy

5. Keeper of the Reaper

4. Little Rock of Horrors

3. Wishbones

2. Billy and Mandy’s Jacked-Up Halloween

1. Billy and Mandy Save Christmas

Now this is by no means a definitive list (though I certainly believe the Halloween and Christmas episode are the two best episodes of the show), but I do certainly think that these are some of the funniest, most memorable, and most enjoyable episodes the series produced.

This show is unarguably a classic. Funny, dark, witty, and filled with jokes for people of any ages to enjoy, this is the sort of cartoon that helped Cartoon Network be truly great in the early to mid-2000s, prior to their descent into madness with live action shows. It actually spawned a pretty solid TV movie, an incredibly bizarre crossover with Codename: Kids Next Door, and a failed spinoff movie called Underfist; I’d go into more detail, but honestly, that stuff is worthy of their own reviews, so I’ll save it.

Needless to say though, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is one of the best cartoons of the 2000s, a real gem and definitely worth watching, especially its holiday specials which are among the best holiday specials, if not THE best (that Christmas episode is a strong contender). I kinda wish this show would get a revival of some kind, because even with the glut of comedy shows we have these days, as long as Maxwell Atoms is at the helm, I can’t see this show failing to stand out in the crowd… no show with such ballsy dark comedy and radar-dodging innuendos could ever be unwelcome.

#Michael After Midnight #Review #TV show review #the grim adventures of billy and mandy #Billy & Mandy #Grim #Grim Reaper #Maxwell Atoms #Cartoon Network #comedy #dark comedy #animation #animated show

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demonphannie · 8 years ago

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january 2017 - dan and phil

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happy new year: phil tweets seven minutes after the new year begins: HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! and dan tweets three minutes later: here's to us pinning all our hopes and dreams for ourselves and the world on the orbit of our indifferent planet around the sun. happy 2017!

first week (1-7): phil announces he has been licked by a doggo and gotten a cold and we still didn’t know where they had gone for new years eve. then dan tweets: to everyone asking if i went to a wild new year's eve party: i spent three hours making an iron bead rapidash (what a nerd). everyone freaks out because we couldn’t tell if they spent new years eve together but dan quells this by making it seem obvious that they were together that night. so it turns out they went up north to hang out with their friends (the parents of emily the baby from that 2012 liveshow) and made crafts and hung out with a dog which is cute. phil posts a recap of his 2016 tweets which most include dan. louise tweets dan about being a furry - he responds (1+2). phil copies dan and starts #HeaderForPhil on twitter. dan made the tv have a beautiful wallpaper of the definition of antichrist. phil mentions voldemort and i couldn’t stop thinking about “i would bang voldemort” for the rest of the day. dan goes to the dentist like the filthy hoe he is and he clenches his teeth as much as his ass it seems. phil tries to take a selfie while sick. day five and phil is still suffering from illness. phil would feel better with a corgi in the house. dan is an emo fuck about christmas trees (and according to dan you have to have a family meeting to take it down? family meeting with phil? ok.) here is phil’s first fan made header and it is lovely. dan makes a wholesome meme because he thinks he’s an emo fuck and phil rt’s for the warmth of positive thinking - really this is just an excuse to post a picture phil took of him wrapped in a blanket. phil finally becomes unsick!

second week (8-14): phil is going to die update #1 - he microwaved a metal fork. he’s so dumb he could microwave his laptop smh. dan emerges out of hibernation and is ready to eat, mate, and scratch himself. “we got a lot of houseplants watch out.” phil realizes he can wink with both eyes at once. phil is going to die update #2 - dan and phil have had a gas leak in their house for god knows how long (why haven’t they died and freed us from this hell? god abandoned us). dan opened submissions for a 2016 dan memes video :// dans first liveshow of the year was very soft and forgiving (highlights: men were in the house and you can hear them and phil in the background, dan’s uploading his younows to his side channel now, dan got a haircut an hour before, he’s going to buy a new piano, phil got him an aesthetic dandle and sand art thing, dan loves collin more than life confirmed, top 2016 albums: 1. frank ocean - blonde; 2. radiohead - a moon shaped pool; 3. kanye west - the life of pablo; 4. solange - a seat at the table; 5. danny brown - atrocity exhibition, not about the fish these days, wants the dentist to hurt him). phil got a haircut (rip dan getting haircuts after phil) and sasses someone on twitter. dan feels like a superhero for not dropping any socks. phil tweets about an action figure’s butt. phil’s first liveshow of 2017! (highlights: it turns out him and dan get haircuts at their house together now that’s gross, thought the gas leak smelled like wet dog...ok, dan got phil this game called codename and a candle, new years resolution is to take care of plants, he’s feeling very creative 2008 again plz, dans mum had a dream about them being in scotland as did phil? psychic much?). phil’s first video of 2017 and phil is going to die update #3: 2017 WANTS ME DEAD. dan and phil go to see la la land. phil updates his community tab on youtube which is interesting (check it out here) and provides us with a snapchat selfie. dan uploads his first video of 2017: The Top Dan Memes of 2016. dan and phil see the cursed child and they shared snacks and giggled at everything together. also they showed each other dog videos.

third week(15-21): the neighbors have stopped the drilling! dan broke his terrarium and life is pointless. phil brings back an old meme. dan liveshow (highlights: new wifi router, he looked over 100k submissions for his dan memes video, he was sad-tired-cry-laughing in the video dw, he has slightly curly hair but it’s hard to tell, phil doesn’t want death but it’s coming for him, got legos from lego but only kept batman watch, got custom adidas youtube jacket and sweatpants, played mia and sebastian’s theme from la la land!, going to vidcon la, beat phil’s ass at pokemon, he and phil laughed for an hour about the terrarium, gonna do some life things (with phil) and storage is on the agenda.) dan and phil post kawaii edits of their face (s-s-senpai: 1 2 3). phil liveshow! (highlights: phil made chili but got distracted and the chili set on fire and got chili all over the walls and dan was like ok, he wants to cuddle a dog, live opening of yt plaque for one million subs on lessamazingphil, dan and phil went to a bakery and couldnt say no to polar bear cakes, dans terrarium smash was the saddest smash he ever heard, he got a huge thumb statue ://). first gaming video of the year: Dan and Phil Play HAPPY WHEELS. dan breaks one of the polar bear cakes. “coffee and a cake with tv is not a sat at the table experience.” dan and phil rt cool things for the women’s march.

fourth week and the rest (22-31): dan fell down the stairs. phil only wears a towel around the house this is nice information this is fine. phil hits 4 mil on twitter before youtube???? phil expresses an opinion on the taste of coke. dan liveshow! (highlights: they’ve been block filming videos because they are going away for the weekend, he got a soft grey throw blanket which is pure and good? he loved women’s march, he taped a gopro to the pc in the office just in case he ever wanted to film a quick side channel video, said gaykery instead of bakery - rainbow cakes: the diverse bakery, loved troye’s heaven music video, talked about phangate and named phil’s wife sabrina and child lola (explanation! basically someone set up a mock exposé blog called phangate and claimed dan was seeing a lot of people and phil didn’t live with him but instead with his wife and coming child - very drama, much confusion but just turned out to be a parody and is followed up on this blog), going to vidcon anaheim but not sure about sitc or playlistlive, no liveshow next tuesday because he’s going north to celebrate phil’s birthday with pals and fam). second gaming video of the year: DAB BECOMES A TODDLER (good domestic life). phil liveshow! (highlights: literally the most wholesome liveshow in the world, didn’t get much sleep because la la land soundtrack, we have to take care of dab if dan and phil die, martyn visited that day to brainstorm merch, early morning dan broke a pint glass and it was glass dust all over the floor why is their kitchen getting so much abuse (dan cut his hand), phil wants red velvet cake for this birthday, phil’s clickbait-y and couldn’t hatch his emu egg during the liveshow because it takes time, got new houseplant, he’s been having good vibes, talks to janice (his wife from phangate but dan called her sabrina the storylines are shady), 2017 is gonna be more chill but still exciting things happening!!!). dan trapped a spider but it escaped and he is afrightened (suki the hamster pt 2)(also hobbit hair clickbait?). PHIL SIGNED HIMSELF UP FOR A GYM??????ATHEISTS EXPLAIN. fancy sushi restaurant date for phil’s bday (at this restaurant). dan gets his ass stuck in a rocket (but in the bg you can see they are at the isle of man! for phil’s birthday! god fuck! there is a bear on this island!). second phil video of the year: I PREDICT MY FUTURE (ok holy shit phil’s gonna get a dog and a house this video is wild remember when phil predicted dan? this video is legit). PHILS 30TH BIRTHDAY (cath made him a cake and dan professed his undying love for phil?). still up in the north but uploaded the third gaming video of the year: SAVE ME DADDY! - Dan and Phil play: Who's Your Daddy (really who even knows)

january was nice *insert my longest yeah boy ever*

#amazingphil #danisnotonfire #phan #dan and phil #2017 timeline

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the-apocryphal-one · 8 years ago

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Hey do you have any fanfic recs? Read loads of your stuff and looking for new ones. Either FE or DR

So there was another one of these in my inbox that came in a while ago. I meant to answer it, but kept getting busy…and then accidentally deleted it -_- Then this one came in and I said “alright, that’s a sign, let’s do it.” Also, aww, thanks! :)

I’ve never really made a rec list before–there are a lot of fics I’ve read that I’ve enjoyed, but I’m not sure everyone would enjoy, if you get what I’m saying. So I’m trimming it down to what I think most people can like + some I feel are underappreciated by the fandom or have unique concepts. Also, expect shipping bias from me.

Fire Emblem: With one exception, this is gonna have entirely Awakening and Fates stuff–not because there isn’t great fanfic for the older games (there is), but because I haven’t looked at stuff for them in forever. Also because what I do remember enjoying was posted ages ago and not all of it’s around anymore.

The Mechanist’s Secret Power: A hilarious crack/parody fic that pokes fun at many of Fates’ mechanics and plot holes…while still having some semblance of a plot! In-Progress.

Decruited: Another hilarious crack/parody fic where, after the game has ended, Robin has to fire the Shepherds. He comes up with the most nitpicky of reasons to do so. Complete.

Awkward Moments: Azurrin. A short, cute and funny fic of Corrin and Azura struggling to adjust to married life. Complete.

The Kingdom of Forking Paths: Azurrin. Probably my favorite Conquest rewrite, this handles elements like the supposed revolution, the black-and-white morality, Corrin’s divisive characterization, the royal sisters’ lacking roles, and even the second gen well. Mixes in elements of the Revelation route, too. In-Progress.

Senbonzakura: Post-Conquest, Leo/Sakura. A fantastic romance with great pacing and a careful handling of the apparent consequence-free conquest of Hoshido. Has great worldbuilding and my favorite Sakura voice. It’s just the Leo/Sakura fic to read in my mind. Complete.

The Werdna’s “A Future” series: Okay, that’s just what I call it, the series doens’t have an official title. Robcina. A collection of multi-chapter Awakening fics, following Robin and Lucina’s journey in the aftermath of Grima’s defeat. Eventually crosses over with Fates. Most are complete, latest is In-Progress.

The Pacing of a Story is Also Very Important in a Video Game: Wanted to know what Chrom and Tharja’s supports would look like? Wanted to know what a romance between them would look like? Then this is the fic for you. Technically a dead fic, but it’s a collection of conversations and one-shots rather than one overarching plot, so don’t let that deter you.

Fire Emblem: The Hero of Shadow: Kris/Katerina. FE12 had potential that went nowhere, and there’s not a lot to fix it since it was never released in the west. This fic does, handling Kris’s characterization, skills and relationship with the Seventh Platoon Arc much better than the game did. In-Progress.

To Save a God: Anankos/Mikoto, pre-Fates. A “what-if” fic where Azura’s father survives Anankos’s attack, and thus potentially averts the fall of Valla. Of course, it all depends on whether he can save his friend… I enjoy this one for its rather unique idea. In-Progress.

Dangan Ronpa: I haven’t read any “Fangan Ronpa’s”, so you’ll only see recs with the canon casts here.

Video games and coffee cups: Hinanami, one-shot. Adorable, shameless coffee shop AU. Fluffy to the max, perfect for erasing sadness.

Beta: A Naegiri one-shot where Makoto has a depressing realization about his relationship with Kyoko. Happier than it sounds, promise.

Jack of Spades: Celes-centric, gen, one-shot. Excellent backstory and characterization fic.

It Didn’t All Go to Plan: Mukuro-centric, onesided Naekusaba, implied Naegiri. A look into Mukuro’s mind during the brief time she was alive in the Killing Game and her feelings for Makoto.

Undoing: Sayaka-centric, gen, oneshot. I love Sayaka, but fics about her are sadly rare. This is one of them, a nice look into Sayaka’s head and why she gave Makoto the golden sword that would ultimately screw her over.

Growing Pains: Oneshot, Kuzupeko. Touching and sometimes sad kid fic that deals with Peko struggling to adjust to the role of a mother.

Magical Girl Usami: HNNNNNG. A superhero/magical girl AU, starring tag-team Magical Girl Chiaki (codename Usami) and her partner, detective Kyoko. Hinanami and Naegiri (though the Naegiri was only just starting as of last update). I wish this would update again because it was so good so go read it and encourage the author. In-Progress.

The Insistence of Light: Modern AU (non-Despair and non-Talent, that is), Kuzupeko. A great fic where Peko has to adjust to suddenly losing her purpose in life when she’s fired by the Kuzuryu clan, and slowly comes into her own as a person. Almost complete, it’s just waiting on the epilogue.

Moving Forward: Naegiri, post DR3. A nice, fluffy series of shared oneshots about Makoto and Kyoko’s life after the Final Killing Game. In-Progress.

Hope’s Peak’s Best and Brightest: Non-Despair AU. Follows Class 77 plus Hajime as they deal with their boatload of psychological problems. This’ll swing you all over the place, from laughing to awwing to feeling really, really bad for everyone. In-Progress.

Cute Little Hamsters: Sondam with a side of Hinanami…from Kazuichi’s POV. It works, promise. A multi-chapter fic covering the 77th class’s first year together at Hope’s Peak. It was written before DR3 aired and thus has some details different, so it’s technically AU, but it’s cute, funny, and has a novel concept (again, a shipping fic from an outside POV). Complete.

#answers #fanfic recs #dangan ronpa #fire emblem #dangan ronpa 3 #sdr2 #fire emblem fates #fire emblem awakening

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valleanenowe-dreams · 8 years ago

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Dream last night

I was in a group of Undertale fans and she started freaking out cause her membership of the chat program we existed in was about to expire. She raced off to talk to some people in this enormous place as fast as possible

Crouched in the grass, forest-edge area by some sort of hotel, hiding from the people around me. There’s a shed, and... A shrine... And hostile people. Someone walks up to the shrine and starts chanting while I’m crouched in the grass surrounded. Then someone sees me and I run and it’s Tim from Marble Hornets and I’m running across the apartments hotel place chased by him then I fall and he jumps down with the knife to stabs me

And then I’m just observing some behind-the-scenes interaction where Troy Wagner is suddenly where I was and Tim Sutton slams a bunch of knives down next to him to make it look like he stabbed him. Troy starts laughing incredulously and picks up the knife and just starts tossing a ridiculous amount of knives to the ground from what is apparently like 200 knives magically glued to each other

Suddenly a record of everything I’ve just gone through, interpreted as a roleplay chatlog, is published on the Internet and I scramble in embarrassment to delete it. I posted it in some completely alien state of mind

Physical apartments that represented a chat program? Opened door to find the people and it was tiny with hamsters in it. Then I was in a school hallway chilling after it had ended. Which was really my town’s DMV. The lady came up to tell us our bus was here to take us home when I remembered I walk home all the way across town and then

Then this kid named Caleb showed up. I used to go to school with him in elementary and he was insanely non-jaded and he’s really well-adjusted now as far as I know

I was walking along the outside of the school (DMV) listening to a Pogo song (Mellow Brick Road) while I walk and I’m super cool then Caleb appears then jumping around on the curb dancing and at one point I jumped and like hovered 10 feet while spinning somehow and it was awesome

I’m in a multi-story school and there’s a massive war, it’s codename kidsn ext door, I even saw numba one. There was a concept called “Incrementing” There was way more complexity to this dream that I’ve...

Coming back into the kitchen with my dad, in an unknown building, to find I accidentally microwaved a food item (Meatloaf?) for like 20 minutes and I’m mortified, me and my dad talk about what I’ve done then I take it out of the microwave and it’s fine

Al Pacino showed up at one point and sang about Starbucks and there was coffee and donuts floating because we were in space in a supermarket and the coffee hit him and his hair was permanently soaked with coffee

So me and Caleb are like halfway across town and I’m chewing on a toothpick and I ask Caleb what he’s done since we went to school together. I remember a nice three/four story building to our southeast and everything is so nice and green, and he says something like “Trying to deal with my problems” and I say yeah same here. We’re on this green roadside path that’s separated from the road by a wall of trees. To our right is that wall, to our left is dense forest. At some point we come to the final area of the dream

We come to this clearing with a wooden fence at the end, behind which is this long, square-shaped pool of gross green stagnant water. On the other side is another fence, behind which our path continues. There is a... Third fence? Oriented differently, and extending between the two, on the right side of the pool. So if we balanced on top of it we could cross. I wonder if it’s worth it

I look to our left and see a very old, rusted, working fan just... Blowing air. I ask him why there’s two... I move closer... Three, five fans out here. I look behind them and see more fans in some decrepit overgrown greenhouse place and that kind of explains it. I don’t see anyone in there, just a vague glimpse into the building and it’s a really liminal space. To our northwest is an open field

So Caleb climbs onto the third fence and gets about halfway across then just jumps into the water and it goes a bit up past his ankles. He has white socks on, he’s gesturing at me like “It’s fine” but I’m grossed out by what he’s doing

I keep trying to jump onto the fence, it’d be easy and I specifically note to him that I could do it in one jump, but there’s spiderwebs all over and I don’t want to fall off. Plus there’s a gap between the edge of hte pool and the fence, where you could fall in. It’s hard to get up. Finally I jump up and steady myself on the fence but my arm sweeps through a really dense spiderweb and I jump back off, frantically tearing the web remnants off of my arm

Suddenly Caleb is back on the ground and I look over while complaining to him and there’s these three insanely big dead spiders that don’t even look like spiders lying on their backs on top of the third fence and there’s this feeling of extreme terror

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everybodymoveyourfeet-blog · 6 years ago

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Hammond or Wreking ball?

Hammond is one of those greater hamster titles ever, miles before Squeaks, Furball, or anything else kids name their own pets. Regardless of this, the Overwatch team insists on formally calling the match's hottest hero"Wrecking Ball," a title that seems more befitting of a GI Joe action figure or some great (combat me) however played-out Miley Cyrus song. Players aren't happy about it.

The title, many players argue, lacks dash in contrast to additional Overwatch codenames. "Put simply: Wrecking Ball is universal and uninspired, such as a WIP title without a real charisma or identity," composed a player called d3fin3d to kick off a thread which got almost 24,000 upvotes on Reddit. '''

They also correctly pointed out that everyone has taken to calling the hamster by his name, Hammond. In a different thread, countless people stated they will probably only call him or Hammond if he renders the PTR and combines the live match. "Ham" and"Hamster" make for simpler call-outs from the thick of conflict compared to Wrecking Ball, also. And let's not overlook that Winston, Overwatch's first speaking outer space creature, is merely called Winston.

There's, of course, inherent humor to phoning a diminutive fluff creature Wrecking Ball. However, the passing mech and its own deep, dispassionate voice do the heavy lifting concerning pairing a cute item with threatening overtones.

However others argue, that is the purpose. Based on Blizzard's sacred tome of hamster lore, Hammond employed the title Wrecking Ball while competing at a mech conflict known as the Scrapyard, that had been hosted by Junkrat and Roadhog's individuals, the Junkers.

That is the vibe of this Junker arena along with the vibe Blizzard are opting for. Now envision, WRRRECKING BALL!!! vs. Hammond. You see just how helpless Hammond sounds compared."

If nothing else, then you have gotta acknowledge that Wrecking Ball is high-concept nomenclature. Nobody is gonna misunderstand exactly what he can.

In Terms of the Overwatch growth group, they are sticking with Wrecking Ball. When Overwatch League participant Brandon"Seagull" Larned pointed out that everyone's calling him Hammond through an on-stream programmer discussion, direct designer Geoff Goodman did not seem overly distressed.

"I am OK with this," Goodman chuckled. "I have come to terms with it"

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howtohero · 7 years ago

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#031 Pop Culture Parodies

Superheroes are, of course, a pretty big cultural phenomenon. They’re like celebrities who are also complete blank slates. If you’re doing your job correctly the public should know next to nothing about you. At most they should know your codename, costume and maaaaaybe powers (but if you can somehow keep that a secret all the better.) So that leaves the public with a pretty unique opportunity. They essentially have this mega-famous entity that they can ascribe any personality or backstory that they like. This will, inevitably, lead to countless disparate depictions of heroes across various media. Some will be doing their best to be as factual as possible. Others will be knowing and purposeful parodies. Others still will just be completely making stuff up or giving it their best guess. Now, as a superhero, assuming your (*you’re, come on Zach could you at least try to be a little bit professional what if potential publishers are reading this?) famous enough to achieve this level of fame, how should you deal with these representations of yourselves?

While your knee-jerk reaction to seeing the sitcom produced about your life where, instead of being a valiant crime fighter who has saved the entire world at least three times, you’re depicted as a mild-mannered ice cream man who became a superhero in order to impress ladies and to get discounts at your local stores, might be to shut that whole thing down you should really do your level best to support it. Just think about it, the more information the parody gets incorrect about your actual life the better. It’s only when they accidentally (or through actual thorough investigation) get things right that you need to worry. This is why you need to make sure that never happens. Surreptitiously leak purposely falsified information to the show’s producers. Publicly praise the show for how accurate they were in depicting your day to day life as a high school swim coach. Call up the producer or pay visits to the set under the guise of trying to make things more accurate while actually making things more outlandishly false than the show’s writers would have ever thought to stray. Have them introduce an invisible pet crocodile to the show. Have an entire subplot introduced about your secret love for purple cabbage (which you of course secretly hate and would love for supervillains to do away with). Reveal to them your secret backstory where you’re an orphan who was raised on the moon by sentient moon rocks and that you therefore have no loved ones on Earth for your enemies to get a hold of. All kinds of preposterous stuff that’ll really throw your enemies off the trail.

You can even try to utilize the parody of your life to your benefit. Sell the television studio the rights to air your theme song in order to recoup some of the costs of having a full length theme songs written, recorded, mixed and performed by people using actual jetpacks, which, honestly was just money down the drain if we’re being honest. If merchandise is produced for the show, try demanding royalties or some sort of compensation. Having a parody based on you also gives you a sort of platform to reach the world. After all, the studio would have to be crazy not to take input from the actual hero whose life and name they are utilizing for their own gain. As long as you promise not to sue them or melt them with your face lasers I’m sure they’d be willing to take some of your input. Utilize the show to teach viewers valuable lessons about kindness and tolerance and also as a platform to teach viewers about the different villains who live in the neighborhood (this really only works for local broadcasting. I mean you can do it for a nationally syndicated show but then the whole country will just be very well informed about the criminal populace of the one five to ten block area...)

Another fun thing you can do -since again, these people are stealing your life and so they owe you on some level- is to demand that they let you play a recurring character on the show. Not yourself, you don’t have the time to commit to being the star of the show about your fake life. Just some minor character, like the lawyer or the village chimney sweep. Some small role you can show up and perform every so often when you’re bored. The kicker is that since you obviously can’t just reveal your secret identity to the show’s creators you have to play your small minor lawyer role in full costume. And none of the characters on the show ever comment on it. And the producers really just have to let you just do it because they don’t want to fall victim to your ability to turn human beings into cats with your mind. The producers don’t want to be cats. They want to be producers, that’s why they went to film school in the first place.

While having a pop culture parody version of yourself running around and becoming a household name that may eventually eclipse your actual self in popularity might be embarrassing, remember it’s actually somewhat flattering. If your super-friends make fun of you because there’s a popular web series where you’re a cat who is continuously outsmarted by rodent versions of your most fiendish enemies (except for Hammy Manster aka the notorious Hamster Man, he is, for whatever reason, depicted as a fish,) just remind them that you’re more famous and popular and beloved than them. That ought to put them in their place.

If the parody version of you is like really really offensive and you can’t simply stand by and let it exist, you can always hold a public press conference and slam the parody for getting so many key and intrinsic facts wrong. And then continue to spread different, less offensive lies about yourselves. The key is really to just utilize whatever public platform you can to spread lies about yourself.

Here are some popular parody formats superheroes often find themselves the subjects of:

The Japanese anime/manga where you pilot a giant mecha (this one is pretty harmless and honestly you should hit up your scientist friends to see if you could actually get yourself a giant mecha.)

The sitcom where you’re depicted as more hapless than heroic (see above.)

The children’s show where your image is used to teach valuable lessons (for sure let this one slide, this is clearly a good thing guys.)

The webseries where you rap battle other superheroes and villains (see if you can get them to write you a free theme song.)

The cereal (honestly if you think about, superheroes would make the perfect cereal mascots. They’d fit right in. Tiger on steroids, bird struggling with addiction, klepto-rabbit, phantom detective who can’t get enough of feeding on the souls of criminals.)

The [The following joke has been censored as this is a family blog.]

The documentary that actually put a lot of work into it and so you need to step in to prevent it from being too accurate.

The movie franchise that depicts you as a one-dimensional action hero who spouts cool one liners and causes a lot of uncontained, actually really quite dangerous, explosions.

The social media profiles which make jokes about how you spend your day to day life (a lot of them seem to think you’re rich and sleep til noon every day as if you don’t have a day job or are a productive member of society outside the costume.)

The commercial campaign where you’re depicted as the spokesperson for a variety of products (at the very least you should make sure they pay you for these.)

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