#i again don’t know the context of her outfit so im kind of drawing with a fuzzy understanding of its narrative weight!

[rameiixo]

“then what was it all for?”

( please no spoilers in tags! )

[arkus-rhapsode]

My Hero Academia Chapter 198

Chapter was released early? Nice.

So we open on Aizawa asking them what they learned over this expirence. No don’t let the audience draw from thee active failures displayed, tell us! To be fair, the context of a teacher asking what you learned makes this seem a lot better, but it is a little daft.

Sad thing also, Kaminari is right, he was really good. Kouda Im disappointed in you.

It took you six years to master your scarf? I guess this is why we don’t outfit normal police units with stuff like this.

Aizawa does my job for me and explains what the characters should learn for this and will probably reflect in their development.

So listening to Vlad chew out his kids is accurate, but if I could throw in my two cents, spliting into groups of two with one acting more defensively (Shiozaki) and one acting more offensively (Shishida) would be a good strategy for something like the excercise of capture the flag, but consider that this was a brawl based on capturing the opponent means that kind of formation wouldn’t be acceptable.

Monoma likes you Shinsou, be honored that the star of class 1-b is excited to have you on his team~ (This part of the review was paid for by the Neito Monoma is Amazing Foundation)

So all the groups take time to discuss strategies after getting a taste of the exercise.

All Might also brings up something important, that this is the end of the 1st year, and that tells me that this series will cover all the years of highschool. Now I know that may sound tricky in terms of pacing, but from what we’ve seen so far, there has only bee really two arcs out of these almost 200 chapters that had a backlash t them and that is thee Provisional Liscnce and School Festival. so I think Horikoshi is capable of writing a three year journey, but I guess we’ll have to see.

Right now is time for the next fight and if I know anything about sports series and team games, usually in a close call opening match that the protagonist team wins, often means they’ll lose in round 2 as to not make the rival team seem like complete washes. But who knows, maybe class 1-a will go 2-0...

Oh never mind, this team has Momo and Aoyama. This is going to 1-B.

We get an exchange between Momo and Kendou that shows the two have been lumped together ever since their commercial appearance when Kendou is pretty aware of their differences in ability both academically and genetically. But regardless of that Kendou wants to prove her own skill through a fight with Momo. To which Momo agrees. And honestly after that exchange, I am again enforced in the belief this is going to 1-B not only for the cool resolve, but in combat Momo tends to be jobbered pretty hard.

Oh nevermind, screw what ever is happening with Momo and Kendou, this is where the real action is, edgelord vs edgelord.

Sero inquires about Kendou (which seems a bit odd for Sero to just ask about this info, seems more like a deku thing) and Tetsutetsu basically reminds us that Kendou is basically to only member of class 1-b who’s really done anything up to this point.

The match beings (and Todomomo shippers can rejoice because Todroki is the onee showing the most interest)

The fight starts with Dark Shadow having zero chill and Kuroiro deciding to cut to the chase.

Dark Shadow returns and actually attacks Tokoyami revealing Kuroiro was manipulating it from inside.

So that’s a dangerous quirk. But Tokoyami goes all anime on us by removing his cloak and is going to use a move he learned from studying under Hawks.

Post Chapter Follow Up:

Oh my god, yes! I love almost everything about this chapter. From taking time to strategize to the effective clash between Momo and Kendou, and to the reminder of how far these kids have come.

Now if I’m going to be negative, its going to be on Kuroiro vs Tokoyami. I wanna see more of it, but like a lot of 1-b students, there isn’t much to Kuroiro  as a person that wee were aware of, so this seems to come right out of nowheere. Its entertaining sure, but it still lacks buildup. So unfortunetly, gotta cut a few points from there.

Final Verdict: 7/10

Semi breather done well

Excited for the new fight

Good use of build up, but also a bit of poor build up

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Im curious as to why you hate Makoto for ripping of p3pfemc's looks but consent to Royal-chan for the same thing? ( I know you hate Makoto for a lot of other reasons, like her personality and such, but it seemed like you disliked her since prereveal/release?) If Royal chan ended up being a completely unrelated character to femc, will your opinion of her change ? (no hate really, i jst wanna know. \V/m )

It's no prob! In all honesty I didn't even think about this kind of question, but the answer came right away, so I guess time for a not so deep reflection.

So like full stop, if Poniko isn't connected to the FeMC and it's just Atlus messing with me, yeah I'mma be PISSED. Will I rip on her looks like no tomorrow? Maybe, depends on how it’s handled (like how bad they burn me, and even then I might wait for a spinoff cause they might go into the connection there rather than Royal). I think it's obvious I went harder on Makoto because I don't like her for other reasons, and so any small thing about her annoys me (tbh Yusuke's design annoys me too, but not as bad cause....I kinda just don’t care about him and who he’s copying as much, but I'll get to that in a bit)

Anyway I think we need some historical context, because I think it’s important. When Makoto (and Yusuke) where first shown......FeMC had been ignored for A LONG time. We had a non-canon play (which no one really talked about), and that was it. No game related stuff, not even featured in the game where people were getting ripped out of timelines. FeMC were BURNED. I’ll be honest, when Yusuke appeared......While the parallels between P2 were obvious (not just with him) he reminded me of Minato as well. It annoyed me we had to have the token blue hair character since the rule had been made since the P3 era (kinda enforced with some black haired characters from P1/2, combining P2 games together that is, if you want to include them), Atlus said they’d be trying new things..... but like....whateves. But my association with him as Minato increased....when Makoto came along. 

Ngl I wasn’t pleased with the reveal of the last three girls (even didn’t like Haru, for ironically now what I love as an alt rewrite for her as, as I thought she’d be a mean and person full of herself due to calling herself ‘beauty thief’....Yeah all types of crazy here, I do love sweet Haru tho. And the reason for my opinion changing on the alt non-canon personality rewrite is just I.....see the appeal in it for the group dynamic now, while at the time I was afraid of disliking any of the characters or having them be disliked by the fandom.....which big laugh now haha :’D .....I want my happy P5 self back ;w;). Anyway back to the three girls, ngl one of the reasons I wasn’t happy was how they just dumped 3 more characters on us (too big a cast so can they handle it?, silly has to do more VA videos, I want the smaller cast back oh god don’t screw this up, and so on and so on). As for the characters, while Haru’s appearance in the trailer mislead me on her personality (for whatever reason)..... I just.....there was something about Futaba and Makoto I didn’t like. Futaba just rubs me all the wrong ways for reasons I can’t describe for back then (maybe the fact she looked like she’d be a troll and she kinda is), but Makoto it was clear...... She was ripping off FeMC’s look. The brown hair and red eyes.....the fact that Yusuke looked like Minato.....it felt like they were trying to draw them as expies of the P3MCs. And it pissed me off. I didn’t want an unrelated character look and remind me of the FeMC, I wanted FeMC herself! Why are you stealing her look????? And while some FeMC saw this and rolled with it as a joke (Hamu/Minty/Shin dressing up as Makoto/Yusuke/Goro to get into P5), other’s didn’t know who the FeMC was and thus.....didn’t see the blatant expy/rip off design. Seeing people be like “her character design is so original and cute and blah blah blah”.....it annoyed me....obviously (it didn’t help she grew in popularity doing absolutely nothing too, so initially it was all about her looks, and then I’ve been told a lot of her fans, at least male, has been mostly them saying the like her design and her hair and her eyes, and no everyone who likes Makoto is an FeMC fan so....yeah.....I mostly hear how it’s just about her design so I’m very focused on that in regards to her specifically BECAUSE of the fans). And yeah I know it was a bit petty/shallow reason, but I didn’t outright hate her atm, she was stepping on my toes badly but I was holding out till the game (where it finally cemented my hate for her, and now I legit hate her for petty, shallow, deep, and complex reasons). And lordy lord lord, it did not help Makoto’s name was Makoto, because that was a name some FeMC fans gave Hamuko (cause Makoto Yuki was the closest ‘canon’ name we’d get to P3MCs, and some people adopted it for both MCs cause it was gender neutral, so Niijima coming along and taking THAT away sucked ass, and I know different kanji, it still sucked tho). It just....felt like Atlus was spitting in FeMC fan’s face..... But anyway, I kept it in....for about....2ish years. Even when I was trying to stay positive.......and even when I was slowly starting to come out with negative opinions. I tried to keep it in. 

Finally I decided to make it framed as a joke, because I started to see Makoto ripping off more characters than just FeMC (FeMC, Aika, and Naoto in the detective novel to be precise, but what got the ball rolling was realizing that it was Aika who Makoto ripped the hair and motor vehicle from with the FeMC’s color scheme). That’s where my brain started going other places than just being restricted to FeMC, and I started being more critical of Makoto’s design outside the FeMC (tho that still burned me). Because, imo, it’s not original, it annoyed me people would say she was original when she was really just a Frankenstein rip off of other characters (other loved characters, FeMC and Aika were pretty popular in their own right). It only continued to cement in my mind that....anything ‘original’ about Makoto was a farce, she just copies while the original gets left behind.

Tldr; FeMC had been snubbed for years, along comes two design expies that remind you of P3MCs (3 if you wanna include Goro/Ken but Goro looks different enough imo), Makoto is named Makoto (a name some used for FeMC), and Makoto is praised for her design for being original and blah blah blah when it’s not (for multiple reasons besides the FeMC, kinda more the fans reactions fault but I was already having design issues so it just bugged me more when they’d say these things). So yeah it felt like Makoto stole aspects of the FeMC, and it’s not like FeMC has a lot for herself, which really just stepped on my toes. Combined that with legit hating the character when I finally get to see her in action (and it’s because of her actions and writing that I hate-hate the character, but prior to that it was just her stepping on my toes while trying to keep an open mind into liking her), the stuff said before gets amplified more than before.

But months later, after the first post of me ripping on Makoto for taking FeMC and Aika’s design (tho my later posts were in drafts I just didn’t post them till later), something amazing happened on Aug 4th. FeMC finally came back to us. And holy shit obviously I was happy, but it doesn’t dismiss the fact I was aware of how much of design rip off/expy Makoto was, and it wasn’t just FeMC anymore. But gdi if the fact that the FeMC wasn’t being ignored anymore didn’t change the outlook for me as an FeMC fan. FeMC was back, she’s loved, care was put into her character in PQ2, just.....skdfalf;a so happy ;w; But also so hopeful, she was acknowledged again, she had been cut from the 20th anniversary event in official art, and that hurt us, but now she’s back back. And she was a main character in PQ2.....which leads to you questioning, what next? 

Which brings us to Poniko, the one post hopeful outlook. Obviously she’s not starting in the same place as Makoto. Poniko has been revealed post-PQ2 FeMC....which means Atlus isn’t ignoring Hamuko (in fact a lot of the creators were stating they WANTED her back), we know the creators do love Hamuko. There’s also the fact.....Poniko looks less like an expy like Makoto (who imo looks like Soejima trying to emulate Kaneko’s art style, esp the eye shape, same with Yusuke too). Poniko? It goes beyond ripping off a design, she looks like she’s almost fully lifted from Hamuko, it just looks like Hamuko wearing a different outfit. Just straight up copy and paste. And would I have been pissed if she was revealed alongside Makoto? Maybe, or I might be theorizing that she is Hamuko herself like now (tho I think it’d get more push back due to Hamu being in Atlus’ basement for so long so it just being claimed as delusional and unlikely), or both (and then pissed when it’s revealed it’s not Hamuko). It’s just....she looks SO MUCH like Hamuko it can’t be a coincidence, and after PQ2 it feels less like one as well. Just.....the posture, the cinematic parallels, the hair color, the eye color, the eye shape, the eyelashes, the face structure, the way she stands.....Poniko just screams “I AM Hamuko” not “I just look like her because.” And it helps that other people in the fandom also see this too, some are hoping she’s a new person, but it seems people at least acknowledge that very obvious similarities between Hamuko and Poniko (while that didn’t really happen with P5 with Hamuko/Makoto). 

And....tbh I feel like I might sound like I’m splitting hairs (at least with the words I’m using). And it might sound weird that I think Makoto ripped off enough Hamuko it pissed me off, but Poniko just.....is a copy and paste of Hamuko, just straight up Hamuko in a different outfit and hairstyle but it doesn’t. But it’s the historical context I think that sheds that light. And the fact Poniko might just BE Hamuko, and so it’d make sense if that was the case for them to look like each other (while it doesn’t make sense for Makoto to look like Poniko). 

I guess it also helps that I personally had the headcanon Hamuko and Minato weren’t related (just strangers on the bridge in two separate cars), and they both survived the bridge accident but one became the leader of SEES and the other went on to live and do their own thing (until maybe a spinoff game pulls them back in). And while I.....well recalling it now I considered a reincarnation once in a hc scenario (opted for time travel forward cause that makes sense 8U I won’t go into it I had my reasons 8U), but looking at the 1st year symbol on Poniko (and reincarnation in other MegaTen works, I mean c’mon reincarnation is in the title) it feels plausible. And it works for Poniko because of the time the incident and the time to be reincarnated takes place (1999 being the accident and April 1 2000-April 2 2001 being the time frame she was born), which wouldn’t ever work for Makoto because she was born in 1998 (so even if I HAD considered Makoto it wouldn’t have worked, esp since they never tell us she jumped grades, it’s not possible....and while I’m all for hc and grey areas, this is something that WOULD be explicitly told because it’s not common in Japan and Atlus has been explicit about characters not in the ‘right’ grades before, just an fyi there 8U). 

I dunno I feel like there’s distinct clear reasons that I can fit them into separate categories. And yeah if Poniko isn’t Hamuko I’mma be burned too, BUT I’mma wait till a spinoff post-Royal before I get pissy.....cause I don’t expect clear answers to other past games in another game’s mainline entry (I only expect shallow shoutouts tbh). So yeah, just so you know where the deadline for my expectations are. 

[tomiyeee]

I associate Tim/Aurelia with Fallout's Where Did the Party Go? What song do you associate with them?

huh! interesting, cool song choice! i can see that :3

(gonna do the two of them separately and put it under a cut cuz it gets kinda long)

Tim:

Fav thing about them: he’s fun to play (he and lia are the only two vh’s i’ve ever gotten above 60), esp now that i’ve found out how to do the magic slug glitch, and his lines are cute/funnyLeast fav thing about them: it’s hard for me to really think of him as his own character w/o comparing him to jack. it’s kind of like instead of just saying “i like him”, it’s always “i like him, but i like jack better”. that’s mostly why i make fun of him so much lmao (“discount jack”). i know it’s kinda unfair but it’s hard for me to really think otherwise bc he’s got such a strong association with jack–i mean his job is literally to be him. despite my love for aurelothy, i’m honestly…p neutral towards him as a character. i want to genuinely like him, but it’s hard when everything he says/does is just kind of a reminder that he’s trying and failing to be a copy of my fav character. i know it’s harsh but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Fav line: “you don’t know…my name! [high-pitched squeal] we did it folks, yah, we did it!” because what the fuck timbrOTP: ??? i honestly don’t know…he and the digi-jacks maybe (an actual serious answer btw, cuz i like when fics portray them as having actual personalities)OTP: aurelothy~~nOTP: timh/elm and rhy/sothy (even tho i do still reblog/like some art of the latter, it’s more of just the art is nice. i tend to avoid reading fics of them)Random headcanon: post-ps, jack scarred him similarly to how he was scarred in the vault, but jack’s scar is blue bc of vault magic, like his bl2 model, while tim’s is just red scar tissue, like his “and jill” head.Unpopular opinion: i kind of don’t like drawing him with traits differentiating him and jack visually (like freckles or drawing jack in his bl2 outfit and tim in bltps). the whole point of the body double thing is that they’re indistinguishable, and i prefer using context to differentiate the two (like their dialogue or who they’re paired with, etc) rather than going against canon and what jack would probably allow. it’d just seem out of character for tim to be physically any different than jack.Song I associate with them: (i’ve got two aurelothy songs so i’ll just split it between the two of them lol) “I Wouldn’t Mind” - He Is WeFavorite picture of them: hff it’s 2am and i have school tomorrow, i don’t have time to look for a pic of him sorry! i spent long enough doing the rest of these, oopsies lol

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Lia:

Fav thing about them: im so gay (also since i love being op in games, her elemental build + the machine is so fun for bosses)Least fav thing about them: she doesn’t have op health regen like tim and maya :(Fav line: “Oh bloody hell, it’s Alistair.”brOTP: ??? none currently but (i don’t ship this but) i feel like she and jack would have gotten along p well if it weren’t for jack’s spiral into insanity. they did have a lot in common when they first started out and it’s kinda interesting to think about…OTP: au~re~lo~thy~~nOTP: her and nisha is the only other ship i’ve seen and i don’t really like nishaRandom headcanon:oh boy a chance to talk about my headcanon/story/plotline for them! so basically when they were working for jack, lia saw tim as a servant/personal butler (she prob did for all the vh’s). even tho their relationship was more like co-workers, lia thought of it that way and tim was like “i’ve got enough bs to deal with, this might as well happen” and just kinda went along with it. lia found him particularly entertaining (and a good servant) and they both kind of enjoyed each other’s company and maybe low-key developed crushes on each other, but neither would admit it, esp lia. fast-forward to end of pre-sequel, tim continues to work under jack and lia goes hunting on epitah and other planets. they naturally start to drift apart, but it still feels really lonely and dull without the other, esp for lia, who is not keeping busy working for handsome jack like tim is. they meet up again tho when the sanctuary vh’s are gathering them all up (gaige/axton find lia and tim either gets found by sanctuary as well or somehow winds up there on his own after helios falls, idk), cue happy reunion and happily ever after, etc. i mean it’s pretty simple of a story and more of just like how their relationship would be woven into canon than it is a story of its own, but it is basically the plot i’ve been following with my art of them. also hc abt lia specifically: she totally spoils timUnpopular opinion: i kind of wish they’d shown more of her mean side in game. a lot of her npc interactions chose to focus on her polite, high-society side, and as a result she actually appears nicer than the other vh’s in some cases, like with custm-tpSong I associate with them: “Symphony” - Clean BanditFavorite picture of them: im gay~~ (also any of sinfullyhandsome’s art of her bc…oof…)

[mademoisellesarcasme]

Okay I already wrote 11 questions and now I’ve been tagged in 2 more and should go to sleep but am going to answer them instead.

tagged by @and-back-to-normal-life

1. Describe your “aesthetic”. Ideally, punk-rock 50s housewife. @catefrankie says Im well on my way. :3

2. If you were to decorate a bedroom with Christmas lights, what kind would you use? Um, warm whites. Probably the long strings of warm white incandescent bulbs, with a few warm white LED stars thrown in (I love the stars so much). And if I could find a true purple, I’d use those, but I have no idea where to find True Purple lights... they’re all always just so pink. (maybe a Halloween sale...)

3. What is your favorite medium of art? Pen and ink is fastest for me (or graphite, I’ve got a good grasp on that), but I really do love working with fabrics. I just don’t really see them as art, I guess. Not in the same way. They’re never Art Pieces... just fun things.

4. What is something odd that you always seem to notice in people or yourself? Handedness! Always notice fellow lefties. Also whether or not people have rings or religious medals.

5. Tell me 5 things about you that make you YOU. Uhhhh. 1. Exceedingly enthusiastic and passionate. About EVERYTHING. 2. Opinionated. So much. Again, about everything. 3. Huge fuckin nerd. In the past three days, I have recommended Miraculous Ladybug to a coworker, recommended Sesame Street to a francophone lady learning English, and told another coworker about Claire Temple the Night Nurse and the context in which Claire Temple exists (a gloss, but still). Also, on my desk are many pieces of paper containing made-up language and alphabet things for my oldest friend’s book. Which I developed. For funzies. 4. Slightly obsessed with communication. I think that’s why I want to learn so many languages. 5. *~* a e s t h e t i c *~*

6. Your preferred color palette? Cool colours, with pops of red/pink. Also silver.

7. Who was the main person who taught you how to drive? Did they do a good job? My mom did lots of the groundwork, and @coruscanttojerusalem has taken on the lion’s share of actual driving time lately. Mom did pretty okay; he’s also doing pretty okay. He is much more patient.

8. How many different places have you lived? Which place do you identify with the most? What is a place you aspire to live in one day and why? I have lived in 4 places, now: North Carolina, 2 cities in upstate NY, and DC. I identify the most with the place where my parents live because that’s where I go when I say “I’m going home for [event].” I aspire to live on a cliff overlooking one of the Great Lakes... some day. SOME DAY.

9. What is something from your childhood imagination that you still get occasional deja vu about? Um... deja vu might not be the word, but I still believe in magic. It’s just way lower-key than my childhood obsession with fairies. (the Artemis Fowl series absolutely fueled that obsession.)

10. Tell me about a conversation you’ve had with God recently. How was it? How do you feel about it? Cella dear I have told you all the good ones lately, and they’re not worth publishing publicly. <3

11. What is your favorite kind of music to dance to, or jam out to? Anything I know how to dance to, which is almost any kind of music in a few set tempo ranges! Lately work has been playing lots of old jazz and swing numbers, and I get excited and miss dancing when I hear them.

---- and now the set from @theoneman-army

1. Are you tired right now? Why or why not? Yes. It’s 2am. 2. Is there someone who you can be a total fool around and you don’t have to worry about it? Oh absolutely. 3. What is something bothering you right now? How are you working to solve the problem? I am house-hunting AND job-hunting at the same time and it’s awful. I’m... doing whatever I can? Looking up houses? reaching out to people? following up on leads? etc etc? 4. Do you like cooking? What is your favorite thing to cook? Do people think you are a good cook? Yeah, when I have the time! I make a lot of fried rice or quasi-Asian meals because they’re pretty easy and involve lots of eggs, but I think I most like making dinners for guests. Doesn’t really matter what. Most people do think I am a good cook, I guess? 5. Are you allergic to anything? Um, I think mineral oil. 6. Who is someone you can go to to talk about anything going on in your life? How has this person changed you? Well, @coruscanttojerusalem and I have had a really close spiritual friendship for the past couple years, and the changes we’ve made on each other are kinda... drastic? I guess? in a positive way. He kinda kicked me in the butt and made me actually develop a spiritual life. I remind him of this, and of all the things I’ve learned along the way, constantly. 7. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Which do you want to be? When are you the most productive? Night owl; I’m perfectly happy with it, honestly. I’m most productive between 9 or 10pm and 3am. 8. Do you like road trips? when was the last time you went on vacation? Where was it to? Oh yeah, but only with the right people! I guess Texas was my last vacation, in January... I’m not sure I’ve had a real “vacation” in ... years, by now... 9. What are some of your favorite tv shows? Any reasons why they are your favorites? Definitely Avatar: the Last Airbender. It’s clever and heartwarming and has wonderful characters. Also Brooklyn 99, despite recently punching my heart in the face, because it also has amazing characters. Pushing Daisies is excellent... I dunno. Yeah. 10. Write something nice to an 8-year old you. Dear little E, Keep writing! Keep drawing! Keep being you! You’re awesome! You should believe that forever! Love, Big E 11. When was the last time you did something nice for someone, even if it was a small gesture? What was the reaction? Why do you think this reaction happened?  So you see, I work in retail. I often have opportunities to do something nice for people. Today I brought a regular her coffee even though she was planning on getting up and getting it herself. She looked very pleasantly surprised and told me she could come get it and I said it was no issue, did she see how dead it was? Which was true. It was pretty dead today. It’s not normal Starbucks service (bringing coffee to people) but it’s less uncommon than you think around my particular store (which specialises in hospitality as well as fancy-ass coffee). I do stuff like this a LOT because I realise I have one chance to make someone’s day better. I often give out compliments on outfits! That’s my favourite and easiest trick. Tell a girl her [outfit/aesthetic/ensemble/piece] looks nice, and she just lights right up.

I am so not doing eleven more questions I’m showering and going to sleep good night fellas