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fraternum-momentum · 2 months ago
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This is so so stupid but I got very happy when I read in your strawpage you are from 2003 too, I've lurking around seeing your art ever since DOL caught my eye and you're one of my favourite artists so having that bit in common is cool! I also love your DOL designs, especially Kylar's and Whitney's but the fave gotta be your PC she's so pretty! Seeing your fanarts keeps tempting me into posting dol art of my own so if I ever draw dol I'll draw our wet cat (Kylar) together >:)
Also if you haven't played Fields of Mistria or Homicipher I definitely recommend them! The first one is similar to Stardew Valley in the sense you're a farmer, you can decorate your house and romance any of the bachelors/bachelorettes but this one is more fantasy-like and the artstyle reminds me of 80s anime and Sailor Moon. The second came out recently and I haven't played it yet but I saw the trailer and some fanarts; you wake up in a terrifying unknown world where you have to survive and the romance options are very creepy men, one of the appeals of this one is trying to learn the world's language, it looks fun
Wish you a nice weekend! PS: Is it ok to follow you if I like South Park? I know DOL is darker when it comes to sexual stuff but just in case I prefer to ask boundaries
HELL YEAA '03 BABIESS 🤝🤝 ngl that dol era was probably peak bc i was fucking around with a lot of my mooties and just interacting with the fandom in general, it was so funnnn :3 and ky and whit r probably the most popular ones out of the 4 school li's (designwise my favs r still my fallen syds bc pretty) so understandable (⌒_⌒)d
but thats insane that u find my pc pretty bc thats probably the most boring, most generic looking self insert ever 😭😭😭😭 so many people have cooler looking pcs out there so im flattered that u like mine 😭😭😭 ??????? for some reason 😭 ??????????
and you totally should !!!! (if u want to of course) despite me not posting as much dol as i used to i still love seeing dol fanart !! but do whatevr ur heart desiresss and no pressure :3
and i've actually been following the development of fields of mistria ever since i saw march in my twt feed !! i just want to wait for the full release so i dont have to keep repeating playthroughs n stuff (its the same with hades 2, i just tried out the beta test bc its free so i went why not lmao)
OKAY. I KNOW i said im gonna play homicipher but like,,,,,,,,, this is def just a me thing but when everyone keeps saying to play this thing or watch this thing (arcane,,,, homicipher,,,) it just disincentivises me to do it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 especially when i know im gonna like the thing. IDK WHY,,,, maybe its kinda like the same philosophy as someone telling u to do the dishes when ur alr on ur way to do the dishes and like ok i dont want to do it anymore ?? idkkk its weirdd
Re: P.S. you can follow me from whatever fandom ur in ! as long as youre not a minor and u have either 'adult' or your age in bio then its all good
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SORRY I WAS KINDA CONFUSED AS TO WHO U WERE TALKING ABT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE HORSE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i think u meant celia from tpof :3 ? that's probably one of my favorite drawings ive done ! i dont remember how i did it anymore thou,,,,,,,,
AND YEAA!!! i used to be an infamous irumatsu shipper back when i was active on my main on insta ! my silly lesbiabs,,,,,,,,,, they r everything to me,,,, my favorite chara is shuichi tho ♡
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CATCHING UP WITH LORE 😭😭 U DONT HAVE TO DO ALL THAT,,, u arent missing out on much dw 😭 ty tho,,
weirdly enough i never got into creepypastas. i def stumbled into them from time to time like slenderman, jeff the killer, ben drowned n shit but i think ever since i got scared shitless by the smiledog.jpeg (??) i never stepped my foot into creepypasta territory ever again 😭😭😭😭😭 ok i like horror but im really really bad with jumpscares and suspence and stuff. i get scared easily orz,,
ive heard of it ! seen a lot of (really insane) fanart for it !! havent played it tho but i like some of the designs :3 i keep seeing the guy with the horns? malleus ? hes cute,, well tbh all of them r cute so its a hard choice
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jabesa0 · 8 months ago
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Hii I amabsoloutly inlove eith your artstyle.
can I ask a few questions? :<
how lomg does your deawings usually take? and do you have any speedpaints,,, uploaded somewbere... for studying purposes
your drawings makr me want to to back to lineless art lol. and not take it so hard on myself.....
Hi there!! Unfortunately I don’t have any speedpaints seeing as I stop drawing while I’m working on my stuff cuz I get distracted easily 😭😭 so if I did you’d just have big periods where nothings happening LOL usually I post process shots on my personal irl server after each drawing session just so I can see how far along I am but that’s about it!
Also I fully support lineless!! I don’t do any lineart (clearly LOL) and it’s more fun to just paint over your sketch and make as you go!! And yeah don’t be so hard on yourself anon! Art is hard and shit takes time, so whether you take a few days on a piece or months I think you should be proud that you actually made something, even if it’s just for yourself :)!!
As for the question of how long I take on my drawings:
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As for how long it takes me to make drawings, I’d say it varies like this purple mammon I recently posted took a month but that’s because I had lots of final school work to do and I got sick twice during that time 💀💀 but this three pose page I did as a commission:
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This one took me 9 days which is crazy when I think abt it actually cause there’s way more happening but yeah!!
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This mammon in the back dress as well took about five days!! So to give you an estimate I’d say anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks? Most mammons I do usually end up being on the lower half of that range! Outside circumstances may make it vary but that’s usually the time it takes!!
Oh and I’d like to add that I usually am a night owl and only start working till around the evening times when I draw!! So when I say days I don’t mean like I spend d all day over my tablet, I don’t think that’d be very good for your health anyways 🤕🤕 take breaks yall play a game you like or watch something on YouTube!!! Don’t spend all your time working lest you burn out!!
I’m gonna be real with all of you, cause my friends make fun of me for it ALL THE TIME LOL but the largest majority of mammon drawing time is like 80% redrawing the face over and over and 20% the rest give or take. I drive myself crazy drawing mammon faces cause I need it to be perfect cause it’s mammon so when it’s not “perfect” I keep working at it and I don’t move on until it is 💀💀 my friends notice a cycle where it’s like:
“You guys I have such a fire idea for a mammon drawing” (makes sketch and flats in like 10 mins) —> (starts face) “wait you guys this face is kinda good maybe I won’t spend fifty years on it :D” —> “eehhhhhhgh okay face not looking good lemme see if I can tweak it” —> “okay face need to be redone.” —> “I decided against redoing it I’m just gonna fix what I have” —> “we gotta throw the whole idea out and start again.” —> “wait you guys I think I did it the face looks good asf was I crying for nothing before??” (They tell me yes I always do) —> (I move on from the face) —> (the rest is completed within 2-4 days) —> Done!
It’s stupid as hell I know LOL but when it comes to mammon if i don’t make him as best as I can I don’t feel like I do him justice. The things we do for love, right?
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wisyhana · 1 year ago
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Hello again, so I have this question that I'll be asking all the good Yu-Gi-Oh artists I follow on this platform. I wanted to start with you first cause your art makes me self implode.
So there's this recent version of a Gacha game that came out, and I wanna use it to create content based of Yu-Gi-Oh characters and others. But my main predicament is the damn hair of the characters; how the hell do I make the hair without going through the five stages of depression?
Hello, anon!
First of all that one game caught my attention, I think imma go try to make my own characters too hahaha. And for the main question, well, it will sound very simple but when I draw a character, oh well when I'm about to draw a character I go on about 2 steps:
Observe the character and see the details. YGO character are a big brain design when it come to the hair, it's almost just shapes instead of hair, so you gotta see it as that: S H A P E S. Try looking at the different locks of hair and compare it to a simpler shape you know. For example Jack Atlas hair looks simple, just three locks of hair that go up, but HONESTLY IT'S A PAIN TO DRAW. Bc he doesnt only have three pairs of locks, but also has a weird mullet under it, then the bangs, then and then. AUGH A PAIN. But if you look at them as shapes, it makes it way easier to remember so later you dont have to see a reference to keep drawing em. I try to keep it simple and separate it from parts as well, but that only works if you observe the references. Another example for this, and I'm a little embarrassed to share it, with Yugi/Atem's hair I use Shadow the Headhog as reference, it could not make any sense, but trust me, Shadow has saved my life to understand these motherfuckers hair lolol.
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Draw it the way it makes sense to you. Your question is not neccessarily about drawing, but it's part of my drawing process haha. So once you understand the basic shapes you gotta translate it with what you have in hands. I don't like going and copying exactly as it's shown, bc it's not gonna fit my artstyle. In some cases I like to see the hair as pieces of fabrics rather than actual hair, so I can play better with the movement. In this case I also go and look other artists interpretation, and see how they do so it also makes sense to me. "Oh so I could say Jack's hair is curly so I can go and make it work that way" "If I dont fully color Yugi's hair tips it makes a better sense of movement and gives him volume" and like that!
I don't know if this helps or not but it was fun to talk about the process hahaha. Hope you find a way to get those hairs done, I'll try myself as well (thank you for sharing the name too) and thank you for the ask!
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syrupspinner · 2 months ago
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top 10 most anticipated indie games!
in no particular order, not affiliated with any of em, etc etc
of the Devil
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so, funny story. i had some fanart of this game set as my phone background when i went to get a new phone. check it out here! anyway, the cleric who only really plays ff14 looked at it and went "woah, what's that? it looks like danganronpa." and i was like. yeah buddy! sure does! then, of course, i began proselytizing, about how the game's demo did an amazing job at establishing not only the game's wonderfully directed art style, with the ui and the music and everything else working together to make a perfectly opressive cyberpunk atmosphere, but how the writing of the mystery and morgans character is so intriguing and compelling and auuuugh i wanna play this fucking game dude. i love morgans smile i hope she makes me eat a bomb
2. UNBEATABLE
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so imagine muse dash, but instead of high-contrast anime girls and dubious dlc practices, it's just punk as fuck. theres nothing i can say about the game other than linking the side-story/demo and telling you to just go with the flow and dig the vibes. the soundtrack rocks hard, and the visuals are so well done. everything looks like a poster collage for a garage band youve never heard of. also the trailer for the full game showed off a graffiti mechanic and thats all i need
3. Demonschool
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i talked about demonschool a lot back in my nextfest post, and my thoughts havent changed at all. im a slut for strategy rpgs, and a big reason for that is i like planning my moves in advance and seeing what the best use of all my ally's abilities are. so the game's mechanic of the shared ability meter that you use for multiple moves over one turn, plus the ability to rewind moves before committing to them, AND the high level of combo potential in everything's interactivity? pumped as hell. there was recently a dev update about how you can light yourself on fire and spread that damage to the environment with every attack if that helps sell you
4. Roman Sands RE:Build
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i dont need to say shit. just look at it. LOOK at it. this is so ridiculously catered to my tastes on presentation alone that i cant even come up with a hyperbolic simile. its y2k dreamcast beach artstyle, its time loop with routing optimization, its arbitrary celestial puzzle with unexplained mechanics, its stupid gomotion noodle people, its abstract nonsense that is actively and literally hostile towards the player for trying to understand it. im gonna CUM dude
5. Sorry We're Closed
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how often do you see a fixed-camera shooter about a woman with three eyes? the fucking atmosphere, man. even from the demo i can tell that a la mode knows what theyre doing. i love how there isnt like, a limit or meter on your third eye, thats something i can easily see another game doing. but the downsides of only being able to hurt enemies in range AND having to aim at their weak spots is already a good balance to encourage you to switch it up. its so deliciously frictional that you have to go in first person to attack anything, and theres a delay when you do it so youve gotta be really cautious and defensive. and oh man, the cleaver enemy! that was so tense, and so much of that was from the expert audio design that made it so unclear how close he is or where exactly he is, just that hes getting closer. im gonna lose my shit about this game when the full thing drops. fun fact: this releases tomorrow, so this is literally the last day that i can post this. oops!
6. .45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUND
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how often do you see a fixed-camera shooter about a woman with three eyes? ive never played parasite eve, which this is purported to be a spiritual successor to, but the action seems really interesting. sukeban's website explains it like this: "you move and dodge in real time while you wait for an Action bar to fill at a speed determined by character and weapon stats. Once that’s done you can then stop time and plan your offensive". that sounds stupidly fun. judging by the trailers and shit, theres gonna be a big focus on combo chains and your character having multiple attacks she can switch between, but theres not much i can really say about that until theres a demo or something.
7. YIIK: A Postmodern RPG (Update I.V)
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i know an update is cheating a bit, but ackk studios considers it to be a thorough enough reimagining that it almost constitutes a sequel. if you havent played the demo then you should give it a shot. my only experience with yiik before it was secondary, through discussions and lets play compilations, and i was totally blown away. the combat was totally reworked, so instead of those repetitive and drawn-out minigames its a way more engaging system where you can use "karta" as defensive shields with passive buffs or sacrifice them for spells. its one of those things that sounds weird and complicated when you explain it, but in gameplay it just kinda clicks. it also seemed to double down on he surrealism and abstract psychological themes, which is my fucking jam. i think missed potential is the worst flaw something can have, so hearing that yiik is growing into its most flawless form is exciting as hell
8. FreeJack Online
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unfortunately, i found out about this game about a month after its last online playtest. the dev's discord says they wont reopen unless they find a publisher, and theyre not sure if thats gonna happen reasonably soon. but secondhand, this game looks like a killer time. you guys know im super into this hip hop skatepunk urban style, so even if the gameplay is total shit ill still be all over the ost and character design. but this gameplay doesnt look like shit! you build up trick combos and that contributes to your speed as you parkour around and try to win races. its been a while since ive sunk myself in a competitive online game and i think thisll be what gets me back into it, someday
9. Hyper Light Breaker
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yknow im kinda surprised this list hasnt been more roguelikes considering how much i play em. hlb looks like its aiming for an interesting combo of roguelike and open-world, and im really interested in how that shakes out. the combat looks like a really good transition of the speedy high-stakes fighting from hld into 3d. im really hopeful for this game, especially everything heart machine is going through with gearbox and the fanbase backlash for the delays.
10. The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
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im saying this counts as indie because im in denial. so, i mentioned how the phone clerk guy was a danganronpa fan, right? he played all the mainline games, and even got into zero escape looking for more (he played VLR before 999? lmao) but he had no idea what too kyo games was. never heard of Death Come True, or Akudama Drive, or World's End Club, or Rain Code, or Tribe Nine. really goes to show how much publicity matters, huh? anyway, in case you couldnt tell, i am a 'fan' of danganronpa. theres a lot you could say about it, like how the writing is juvenile and contrarian and how it consistently struggles to write unpredictable mysteries despite this and also how kodaka just fundamentally fails at writing minorities and the pacing issues and flat characters and... you get it. but its never boring. and considering they officially hired the guy who wrote the spin-off novel where kirigiri gets cloned into a houseplant, i feel like its just gonna get less boring from here
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look at this shit. im along for the ride at this point
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son1c · 2 years ago
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Falling in your blog is like one of the reasons to why i came back into the Sonic fandom after i left it for years Your art is awesome and your artstyle is lovely!!! It always gives a peaceful vibe while looking at it (if that makes sense?) You also inspired me to start drawing the goblin that is Sonic even though i never drew him or just tried the mobian artstyle. And i gotta say that after a few attempts, it got fun to draw Sonic stuff I have more to add but i can't find the proper words for it I just want to say thank you for being an inspiration and a motivation in drawing :D
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this is so sweet what the hell... thank YOU for taking the time to tell me this!!! i'm happy i could inspire you <3
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cowboymantis · 7 months ago
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My favourite manga series is one you have never heard of*
((* probably, if you speak only English))
IT HAS EVERYTHING: DRAMA, BLOODSHED, FOUND FAMILY, LOST FAMILY (🥲), RANDOM INVINCIBLE BEINGS, CONFUSION, PAIN, FUN...
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[Collage I quickly put together of all the manga covers, rip they've got such bad quality but I just quickly got them from a website, all the other images here will be my own photos]
So. There is this manga series that has been my absolute #1 favourite since around 2014, I think. I found out about it from a random Youtuber I used to watch, who made those monthly review/recommendation videos for manga he read.
Thinking it did sound very interesting, I just went and bought the first volume and was HOOKED. The manga in question is Vanilla Fiction by Megumi Osuga.
The premise is simple (or uh, as simple as I could water it down): Guy named Sato, who is a best-selling author, is also a huge pessimist and can only write bad endings. Now, he's pressured to write a happy ending. Right at the beginning of the first manga, he stumbled across a murder scene and then somehow ends up adopting a little girl that was there. Or uh, rather she forcefully adopts herself lmao 😭 And then he gets the task of saving the world (aka happy end for humanity?? Real??)
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(Also her little angle wings backpack 🥹🥹🥹 It's so cute 🥹 And later on in the story, Sato has a jacket on with angel wings 😭)
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As if Sato isn't confused enough, all of a sudden there's this weird guy (who names himsels Ozamu Dazai. Yeah, I know... Another manga character with that name HOW ORIGINAL, but I think this came out just some months before Bungou Stray Dogs so it's a funny coincidence that both of those happened along a similar time 😭) who gives him a lore drop and explains HOW he has to save the world and all that, also it turns out the guy is kinda invincible and is some sort of weird human ragdoll zombie (or something like that). Sato first finds out about that because he accidentally killed him (in his defence: Dazai is ANNOYING AS HELL‼️)...
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As for saving the world, Sato has to eat cookies with the little girl or else the world will end (because of chaos theory mome nte). Thing is, other people also want to do that. So some sort of weird battle royale-esque shenanigans ensue. Yippee‼️‼️
And I gotta say this manga has some of my favourite aesthetics, I absolutely ADORE the artstyle and also the characters are so great and (MOST of them...) lovable!!
Love the introduction scene in the second volume of my fav too he's very silly 😭
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He's like, "I became a police officer because I love fighting (as in arguments, but he does love beating up others too lmao) people! Doesn't matter with who, about what, I am never going to lose!!"
Just a hater fr.
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Also, I absolutely love this page sm, on the right is one of my other favs and btw HE IS SO GENDER!!! He's kinda like if Do Hanse was a manga character... Do you see the vision??? He's also the leader of the "Kanto Devils", which is a surprisingly wholesome gang :) They're like a family...
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Also two pages I love nowadays even more:
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WHY ARE YOU JUST WATCHING???
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I can't believe Vanilla Fiction predicted Yakuza Kiwami ⁉️
Also gahhh, in every volume there are two fully coloured illustrations on the first pages and I love them so so much. Due to tumblr image limit I tried to squish some of them together:
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And. ...Sigh, there's a running banana peel slip gag but I SWEAR IT'S FUNNY.
And oh my god even years later I still think about the ending. 😭🛌🛌🛌
When the manga was still coming out with new volumes, I'd always read them immediately and then lend them to my friend who I got into the series, so we could both talk about it and it was just always so nice experiencing the hype of a new volume together 😭
And then, in 2016, when the final volume was released... We were both devastated 😭😭😭 Tbf, there was a volume before that which hit just as hard goobey...
Some years later though, I realized... No one ever really talks about this manga. And when I go search for it, all people talking about it are in German. Then I slowly realized HOLY HELL THIS MANGA DIDN'T EVEN GET AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, NOT EVEN A FAN TRANSLATION ⁉️⁉️
NO WONDER IT DOESN'T HAVE A FANDOM 😭😭
The name Vanilla Fiction tbh is also not making it much better, and the covers are such a huge don't judge a book by its cover moment, because you'd think it was a cute little shoujo manga 💀 But then you open it and there's just a bunch of gore happening right at the start so. Yeah.
Man... I love talking about Vanilla Fiction a lot, but I know they'll never even get to experience it now, so that's kinda sad. It has been my favourite manga series for a decade now and I can't even talk with people about it 🥲
I'm lowkey tempted to just scan in the pages and do my own translation of it just so I can show it to people lmao 😭
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thelanor-s-astame · 11 months ago
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Oh you'll prolly be fine, esp if you got people helping you along But the journey is gonna be tough
Eh fuck it no more pussyfooting around I'm just gonna write the damn paragraph Path of Exile has a *lot* of stuff I really like in it, it is undeniably the most expansive ARPG, not just in terms of build diversertiy, but also in *stuff to do* I've been playing since the beta and man oh man has this game grown to a monolith of fun gameplay elements out of a relitivly simple loop. The best ones are modes like Heist and Betrayal which just add a weird board game on to it. Those are so much fun tbh Unfortunately, it is a game built on the back of spite in the most spiteful time videogames have ever seen. It was made as a response to the WoW artstyle and simplification of Diablo III. It was trying to be Diablo II 2. Which of course is fine, the dark atmosphere and fucked shit in it are wonderful and I love that atmosphere But this also came around the Dark Souls Discourse where everyone was complaining that games were too easy, and games should be more like Dark Souls. Path of Exile wanted to be difficult like Diablo II as well. Now I assumed the difficulty in the endgame was kind of a given. I mean it was hard. But it probably wasn't Dark Souls Hard I recently played Dark Souls and... uh... naw PoE's endgame is kind of bullshit. Dark Soul's design philosophy is essentially "Oh, did you get the shit beat out of you by the demon with a big hammer? No shit idiot it's a demon with a big hammer, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and sprint back in there, just run past everything and they won't bother you to much. He has to get lucky every time, you only need to get lucky once, just keep trying, you'll get him. All you lose for trying is some souls, and buddy, he'll give you more than you lost by a long shot." Path of Exile's endgame is catered to people who want to break the game. IF you lose to an endgame boss, Fuck you. You lose XP, and you lose a portal. If you lose all your portals, you gotta go back to mapping to get a chance to fight the boss again. You should have built good enough to survive this. Now this becomes a hell of a problem because of the games massive customization. If you don't have the correct balance of damage/defenses (incld Health, your damage negation type, and your resistances, if you're lacking in any of these areas you're fucked.) you lose quite a bit for even trying the bosses. Now, I will say, it's waaaaay easier to get back to fighting the boss nowadays, you essentially only need to do one map, instead of Several endgame maps. but you're still limited in your attempts to beat the boss.
But lets say you're not deterred by this. Well if you want to endgame you can follow a build guide to the letter and then you'll be able to break the game enough to be able to challenge the endgame bosses. If you were not... Well you need to start from the beginning and make a new character.
Now, the problem with this, is you probably got into PoE because it kinda lets you do whatever you want with your build to a degree that not a lot does. So maybe you jsut want to tweak your build to get it right. For that you'll need... uh... some stuff. Firstly you'll need to start trading. You can buy stuff, but you need to go to the PoE website to see the trade listings. You'll also need to know exactly what stats you need to filter for and it, unfortunatly, is not obvious what you need. You'll also want to get a little more curency to buy things. This means you'll need to purchase a stash tab, so that you can start selling, but also, you need to install Awakened PoE Trade, a seperate open source program that allows you to price check items without having to scroll through the website manualy. You will also need this if you're following a build guide, you will need to have the same or extremely similar stats on your gear Chris Willson prefers that there not be an auction house in the game. Even if trading, as it stands, is just sending a person a messege, inviting them to your hideout, handing them the thing, and have them hand you money, and then you leave. But of course, to optimize your build for endgame, you'll need a helova lot more build info than the game will give you. So you need to install another program, Path of Building. This will also be necessary if you're following a build guide because the skill tree they use will likely be a PoB code that you need to copy and paste into the program. You'll also need an item filter. Which you'll set up on Filterblade. You probably already have that one taken care of, especially if you got friends helping you out. The reason for all of this, and i cannot stress this enough, is because this is how it was in Diablo II. Trading was a 1 to 1 interaction with another person, and building was a race to the most damage with the very limited skill trees/stats that Diablo II had. And that's the game Chris Wilson is still trying to make, even if PoE has kinda grown beyond being a game that set out to spite Diablo III for looking like WoW and playing like a point and click adventure. All that said, I still have thirteen-hundred hours in the dang thing it is fun. There is a lot to like
And also... based on the way PoE II is looking, the gameplay changes, the genre mixing, I honestly think that game will remedy quite a bit of this. But tl;dr Good luck with maps. This is where the game shoves you into The Bullshit Locker for not being *enough* of a nerd
path of exile so good im almost ready to start mapping
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ink--poison · 5 years ago
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Photo dump of all the shit I drew yesterday.
Yep it's just a IZ sona... kill me
The first is traditional because I did them in school when I "should" have been paying attention in class.
Right to left on the comic please
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strangemeatpie · 3 years ago
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gonna document and give my thoughts on the lupin movies/specials ive seen in this post under the readmore because hyperfixation has me behaving most unwise. warning this is will get long
blood seal of the eternal mermaid (2011):
+ really lovely character designs especially for lupin he looked great
+ animation = good!!!
+ lupins dynamic with the maki was cute. i like seeing lupin in the cool big bro role
+ some gr8 zenigata moments
+ i liked those introspective moments with lupin questioning his identity and legacy
+ toonami dub cast. tony oliver lupin is just Right
- main plot wasnt super interesting to me tbh
- the rest of the gang kiiiinda felt sidelined? it felt very centric to lupin and i mean yeah he is the main character but i feel like theres usually a lot more gang shenanigans you know
bye bye lady liberty! (1989):
+ idk if everyone is gonna vibe with these 80s character designs but personally i loved them. it had a cartoony energy that felt fun. animation was nice too
+ silly :^) it made me smile a lot while watching
+ i felt like the whole cast was well utilized here. everyone got some good moments
+ moemon
~ tonally this movie is kind of.... bizarre. i wouldnt say thats totally a bad thing because personally i like bizarre tone but it might not be satisfying for those who prefer something more concrete or mature. this special almost feels like it could be something you could watch with your family with how goofy it is.... but then it will hit you with something that is clearly not family friendly
the castle of cagliostro (1979):
+ its a miyazaki movie. do i really have to elaborate. in the 1 hour in 40 minutes of this film you will have a wonderful time
+ pretty accessible for anyone to enjoy even if they dont know jack shit about lupin. i watched it with my gf who had never seen a lupin anime before and we both had a great time
+ i really gotta hand it to miyazaki for creating this kinder, gentler version of lupin. feel like this movie had to be pretty influential to future characterizations of lupin that have him as a lovable little rascal instead of a devastatingly horny morally bankrupt creature of chaos
+ fluffy jigen
+ peak zenigata design
+ badass fujiko
- id say the only real drawback of this film is that while it IS a great and accessible point for franchise beginners, they might get whiplash from moving from this pleasant gentleman thief lupin to a LESS gentlemanly thief lupin....
episode 0: the first contact (2002):
+ polycule: orgins
+ *pops voice* HAMBAARGAH?
+ jiglup my beloved..... seriously a jiglup essential. jigen is gay as hell in this special and i wouldnt have it any other way
+ the whole scene near the end where goemon chases lupin with zantetsuken
+ when lupin is briefly shown to have a whole wardrobe full of feminine clothes that would only really make sense for him to have if he wears them regularly. probably for disguises but i like that he seems so comfortable with it and its not made into a joke either. in fact in his very first scene he is disguised as a woman and was femme fataling for a heist and i honest to god thought he was fujiko at first
- .... not to say this or many other pieces of lupin media are progressive. ngl there were some parts i feel didnt age great particularly one horny lupin moment with fujiko that left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth
- artstyle is just kinda Bland. idk if i would go far enough to say its BAD but it didnt stand out to me
the first (2019): 
+ YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT BABYYYYYYY THATS THE GOOD SHIT THIS IS HOW YOU TRANSLATE 2D ANIMATED CHARACTERS TO 3D
+ i had so much fun watching this movie its a fucking blast. everything looks gorgeous
+ watched the dub and it was fantastic especially tony oliver doing a great job with lupin as always
- big cw for n*zis though and its unavoidable since they are the antagonists and its a big part of the plot
- besides that honestly i cant think of many complaints maybe the story isnt amazing but i feel like the primary objective of this film is to be fun and it succeeds at that 
the fuma conspiracy (1987):
+ cute!!!!! a fun lil movie thats an enjoyable watch
+ character designs and animation is great
+ i liked murasaki she was so good
+ terminally gay pops
+ opening song BANGS 
~ this movie somewhat notorious for not featuring the usual voice cast for the time because of budget reasons which is pretty weird but... ok? personally it didnt affect my enjoyment of the movie and these voice actors did a fine job but some may be off put by it
- no yuji ohno either 😔
the hemingway papers (1990):
+ jigens terrible taste in men
+ cute artstyle that is pretty much the same as bye bye liberty
+ i really enjoy jigen in this one. hes hung up over his Mysterious Gunslinger Past™️ and tries to be the lone ranger for a bit but in the end he cares about his silly polycule too muh
- gonna be honest this one kinda dragged for me a bit plot wise. there were a lot of cute moments but besides those and jigen’s ex sideplot it wasnt terribly interesting
- pops was definitely sidelined 😔
island of assassins/walther p38 (1997):
+ this is a great more action oriented special! if you are looking to watch something more serious but not quite koike levels serious this is a solid choice
+ i actually was pretty interested in the plot itself which is rare for lupin specials lol
+ amazing smooth animation and fight scenes!! it wasnt too shocking to find out that it had been worked by many well known talents in the industry like gainax/trigger’s hiroyuki imaishi
+ MY FUJIGOE CRUMBS
+ elen was a pretty cool original character
+ zenigata WAS kinda sidelined again but..... theres a scene where he literally resurrects himself from the brink of death right after his heart stops because someone in the room mentioned lupin. i think that makes up for it
- artstyle/character designs are kinda... idk if i would say BAD but they are very much a Generic 90s Action Anime style. not my favorite look
jigen’s gravestone (2014):
+ jiglup. i loved their relationship progression so much!!! it seems like they are still early in their partnership in this movie... work partners but not quite friends yet.... at first. you can really see the turning point where their relationship start evolving into something deeper and into the mutual trust we come to expect from them. its great im rotating them in my mind
+ animation is so so so so so great and sexy also
- time to address the elephant in the room... if you have seen jigen’s gravestone, or know anything about the plot, chances are you know what im talking about. fujiko’s narrative treatment is BAD bad and deeply disappointing even though i enjoyed the rest of the film a lot. really say what you will about twcfm but... sayo yamamoto would have never put fujiko in a scene like that, at least never at that level of gratuitousness. i heard these films do get better with fujiko and im still plenty of excited to watch more but yeah that was Yikes  
operation return the treasure! (2003):
+ this special was like. delightful. what a good goofy little experience. was laughing AND smiling
+ idk if it was just me but kanichi kurita seemed to be putting in effort to make lupin sound EXTRA silly. and i totally appreciate it because this lupin is so cute
+ animation was solid!
+ i thought the premise was great. the concept of the gang having to return a bunch of treasures instead of stealing them is so fun. the plot got a little strange with the alien stuff there at the end but hey its lupin its natural at this point
+ jigen :^) i love him being all like “this job is DUMB and im not doing it” at the beginning and then getting fully invested in the antics. this guy is way too weak for his partner
- Man in a Dress Joke :^/ for the most part the humor in this special is superb but understandably this one does not land great even if it is far from the worst of these jokes ive seen
prison of the past (2019):
+ must a lupin the third special be “good”? is it not enough to watch some entertaining stupid shit?
+ i really enjoyed watching this ngl the plot was not interesting but i enjoyed the character interactions enough that it made up for it
+ im glad yata was utilized in this special because his dynamic with zenigata is delightful. i hope they get to do more funny shit together in part 6
+ huge win for lupin/jigen/goemon enjoyers. it was really cute how goemon has a bit of reflection on why he decides to stay with these clowns and comes to the conclusion that he loves being part of this circus
+ jigens terrible taste in men: the return
- like i said the plot isnt interesting and i wouldn’t call it an Essential watch either but hey i came here to be entertained and i was entertained
tokyo crisis (1998):
+ finally time for pops to shine!! and he certainly does!
+ actual memorable original character!!!! bring back maria you cowards….
+ this is an ultimate jigoe special they are paired up for most of it and they are so goddamn funny
+ seriously this special is full of great gags
+ tho im more used to the toonami dub cast i saw the dub for this special recommended so i gave it a shot… and it Owns though i still prefer the toonami cast overall
+ animation is seriously top tier
- it might have been implied (in the dub at least) that zenigata had romantic interest in maria which is yknow a little weird since hes twice her age but ultimately its pretty low key and he gets firmly Father Figure Zoned by the end and nothing ever goes beyond that
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the-acid-pear · 3 years ago
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Fifth book! Sumo Saga! Who wants to see me be as gay as i can be? I know close to nothing about this saga (aside from... Yujiro.) so this will be a fun journey!
Chapter 1
...🥴
Damn! Impressive shit, love animal abuse
This Izumo guy kinda cute
I'm thriving so far no lie
Chapter 2
I'M SORRY IT'S OK TO WHAT? 😳
Mmm patas
OH NOOO
Chapter 3
Lmao king
OH C'MON BAKI WHY?
Okay good motive lmao
I love Tokugawa's face lmao
HELLO SIR
"Sikorsky would fucking destroy this"
Love how straight these people's priorities are 😌
Chapter 4
"fairly heavy" NO SHIT KING AKSGSSJSGSHJS
OH MY GOD THAT WASN'T INTENTIONAL OWBFGAJS 😭
Oh NVM it was i thought he was knocked out cold
Chapter 5
This guy is so kind bro
SHADOW SUMO
My god this sumo just turned the crowd gay by doing shadow sumo
Chapter 6
HEHEHE MY MANNN
NOT ONLY MY MAN (who btw looks a lot like he used to, bit of a thicker jaw but that's ok) BUT ALSO OUR BOY KATOU
BRUTAL
OH DAMN THOUGHT HE HAD REALLY STEPPED ON HIM FOR A SEC,,,
I swear to god his tits get fatter every time he shows up, i would pay to hold those jugs
I love Katou yes but where's my fav manco?
ITDYEATAWTWAYRWETS HE'S RIGHT OMFG 😭😭😭
"I'm a sicko too" KWFSKAFAKFWJSGSHSHKSV 💀
God i love this man so much
Chapter 7
This artstyle makes Katou look so damn cute
Okay he has a really good point
Yes Katou sumo strong even i know that
Sir i almost choke on my drink 😳
LOOK AT KATOU'S LITTLE BASTARD FACE, LOOKING LIKE HIS OG SELF AGAIN JHSHSHWY
LMAO HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW DOPPO HAS NO PHYSICAL BALLS WHEN FIGHTING 🤣
HE'S FUCKING DEAD
Chapter 8
URSYEATEASYE HE'S JUST OUT
Baki just pulls any excuse he can't to avoid fighting the old man, like, fair but :/
Katou: "what did you hit me with?" Doppo: 🤗
Those chonky legs are gonna make me act uppp
That's super interesting, I'm enjoying this saga for the knowledge I'm getting alone
Please don't kill him Baki
Doppo please-
HOHO HE GOT HIM YOOO
I like how he was like "yeah tried to ignore that world :/" but then knows everything about it like okay Doppo KTSHEAEJAF
Oh yeah, Baki's dead
There's an actual sumo fan in the comments and i respect him sm
You know, the only Hanma Doppo hasn't hit yet (out of the 4 we know) is Jack, which like it's fair but it's funny (i say hit and not fight bc he only properly fought Yuji-chan)
Chapter 9
Yujiro is at it again i guess :/
Oh no for once it wasn't Yuji's fault!
Boy i don't think your ankle can do that <:/
I love this random bodyguard
Look at his kind face, i like this guy
Awww <:3c
Can't wait for him to fight Yujiro 😍
I SHOULD BE SAYING MY MY MR UNCHAINED LOOK AT THOSE GLASSES 😳
"So Mr Unchained will be sacrificed to hype the sumo" i love the use of the word sacrifice in this context
Chapter 10
LMAO YESSS I LOVE THE BUTTON EYE GUY
The little <3
GIRL NOW IM HUNGRY
I really can't complain about those glasses he looks hella fine
BIG BOOBA
I like how he doesn't hold his hip but his leg, power move from Itagaki
He doesn't even know how this manga works 🐍
Chapter 11
That's fucking epic
Girl i can barely stay standing on both legs imagine THAT
Lol isn't it 500 nowdays?
Well of course he used a pinky! I remember the explanation :)
Lasha couldn't stand this so apparently his new record is 484
Chapter 12
Hehe Hana, come here boy we gotta see Sukune try something out
"Fairly normal uses"
This body guard looks a little too much like Katou for my liking
King shit
HEHE HI OLIVA!!!!!
Chapter 13
He doesn't even know Oliva 😹
Boob
Fuck i forgot Sukune was up to 2 m tall damn 😳
"irredeemable slim" obsessed
Plop
Girl this sumo is awakening something in me fuck
Chapter 14
YEAH TRUE I FELT IT TOO
I'm living babey
Has Oliva ever pulled out an aura like that? 😳
YRATESTERYSA ASSHOLE
I love Josh Miller so much
Chapter 15
Kinky af Sukune ngl
HE'S JUST THAT GOOD OLIVA
Hell that's pretty cool
HOIIGFUYSYESYESYESAHHH
Chapter 15.5
I wanted to see Oliva but that's okay Gaia i have time for you too
HOHO COLOR!
Oh shit a normal anime woman
Girl.
GAIA I'M LITERALLY AS SHORT AS YOU AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE
"When a crewmate is standing on top of the vent"
STOP BLAMING MOTOBE FOR THIS IRSURAUAYRSE
Chapter 16
GOD OUCH OUCH
AAAAHHH THAT MUST HURT SM
ASJHHHHH NOOOOOOOO
Se fue a la mierda boludo se fue a la concha de su hermana nooooo
Chapter 17
I know drawing body hair is probably tedious but 😢💔
HE'S FUCKING DEAD
I pity you Oliva sm
Chapter 18
He mad cute don't @ me
I'm, sorry is this...
Okay yeah he IS the fella from the maximum tournament wow 😳
Chapter 19
Fellas like 👁️👁️
I love Sukune and his calm face a lot
Cops are here already lmao
Chapter 20
Cops in this franchise have the worst job ever
YEAH FR LMAO
Mmm patas peludas
UFSYESEYTWA YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW BRO 👁️👁️
Chapter 21
Y'know Sukune is cute and all but i think he's a bit too brutal for my liking
Okay nvm that was good of him
Those kois eat more than me
Y'all have NO IDEA how bad i want to be picked up by Sukune
He's such a boyboss
HOHOHO KING 👀
Don't worry i would peg him (KAHWKSGSKSSH SORRYYYY)
Chapter 22
Actually feel bad for the guy
Everything this old man does is smoke and feed his koi fish and honestly, respect
I would just faint bro
Chapter 23
Mf is insanely op for doing that
King
Chapter 24
Anatomy is so fucked in this book but idc round
Retsu spent a long ass time training doing literally the same idk what you are so surprised about goroukou
I have no idea what he's saying but that's sick
He's just doing what Baki bro
Chapter 25
Tokugawa i don't think a man who healed from a lung cancer just a year ago should do this
Amazing
They should make Musashi fight him (/j Musashi would most likely die bc he would curious over how strong Sukune is, but by then it would be kinda late-)
Was this guy always this way?
Chapter 26
IGARIIII I MISS YOUUU, even if you ended this sumo's whole career
Also must say Igari looks kinda odd this artstyle, big eyes take the focus away from his canoe shaped face that- *gets shot*
I like how thin his ankles are, especially compared to the wrists
Look how calm and confident he is lmao
HEEELLO BABY!
Bitches in the comments acting like they don't know Baki, the assholes lmao
Chapter 27
HE SO TINY
I have no idea what lending chest means that's why I'm so quiet
Is that allowed?
Chapter 28
ITSYEAEAFSTRWYDF LEAVE MY ANDROGYNOUS BOY ALONE
"with no place for fantasy" bro this is Baki did you read the sign before coming in?
Sukune like 😦
Tokugawa doing the DreamWorks face i see
Chapter 29
Hehe smart man
Must hurt horrors to be standing on that sand no lie
I have no clue what Baki did
Chapter 30
Haha fool doesn't even know he can fix him brain by hitting it very hard! ...i miss you Retsu 🥺
I love how confused he is
I mean i guess that's true yeah
Mf loves that trick doesn't he?
IGDYAETAWTAWD TOKUGAWA'S REACTION 😭
Chapter 31
GIRL I DON'T THINK THEY WERE AWARE OF THEIR EXISTENCE BACK THEN
SGAFSHSGDFA This entire match is Sukune being like 😦
Hey look at the fellas! I like how they give introductions to em as if we hadn't been seeing these guys since book 1
Chapter 32
Would say that's a Pog but not quite
THERE! GLAD THEY MENTIONED IT!
Hana's now blind eye looks cool ngl
Mohfyestwatws "he's thicc 🥵"
HOOO NICE FLIP!!!
There's something funny about those 4 just hanging out up there without Sukune knowing
"He's like a kid in a candy shop"
Chapter 33
Idk why that made me laugh
I have seen this panel before, i still think it's pretty cute 👉👈
"in vogue" he's so pretentious 🙄/hj
DOPPO YOU WERE THERE YOU SAY THAT FUCKING SUMO, YOU ARE A SMART GUY C'MON!
Oh okay seeing he's talking with Hana i can imagine this is previous to what we just saw
URATEATESEGSA i love grandpa
Tokugawa like 😨
Dirty move old man ngl
The little <3 obsessed
Chapter 34
I don't think Hana is that light bro
Hehe last time all the mains were at the arena it was when the prisoners..... Nice to see it's a better context now <3 (INSIDE the arena i mean btw)
Why do they sit so close to that table?
Smoke is so cool in this manga
Shit this is cool to know, usually maps in my country look the same but the other way around, both Americas on the left
Kinda sad how Oliva didn't get to use his headbutt
He doesn't even know 🐍
Chapter 35
Lol today i re-read done bits of the maximum tournament and yeah this guy looks the same <3
I'm.... Gonna shit my pants are we having another tournament after so long?!
I love how even Sukune is surprised
HEY LET GRANDPA GO
I love how he could have grabbed him from the shoulder but no the neck of the clothes like dude(?
HOHOHO NICE
H- he's nakey. Give him back his clothes please.
UFSYETAWTAWES FR DUDE 😳 PLSSS OYFISRURSEYAYESEYA
I'M BLUSHING HE'S NAKEYYY
Chapter 36
I... The direction where this is going is rather SUS
AN ARM? A SINGLE FUCKING ARM?!
IT ISN'T?
KATSUMI NGL THAT'S KINDA WEIRD OF YOU
THESE MEN ARE FUCKING INSANE BRO OMFG 😭
Oh is this formerr sumo fighting too? Lil cringe, full offense
I won't remember any of them :)
Chapter 37
Oh my god that guy is so tiny what
They all seem pretty nice ngl <:3c
He's kinda cute
Those are some tight shorts
Chapter 38
He's dead
Balls status: bad
Hhhh with all the nails and shit, big f <:/
IGXJREZYEYZ BROOO THAT'S LESS THAN BAKI OMG 🥺
Chapter 39
FUCK LOOK AT THAT SUNDAE IM SO HUNGRY NOW
This guy hasn't seen Doppo fight and it shows
"the size of a girl" bro. Bro there are shorter ppl around. 165 is tall for a girl too. Tokugawa you yourself are shorter than that. What the hell.
97 KG?!
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homesception · 6 years ago
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May 31, 2013 - part 1: wherein Lobac eats a cookie.
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To be fair, it has been like two hundred years since my last update.  That’s a pretty good nap.  Just means I’m all the more rested to work on new stuff, right?  I mean, I need to keep a spritely pace up if I still plan on catching up to Lobac’s liveblog before said liveblog catches up to the comic.  Which for sure is still an actual thing at all, and not a bit of exclusive humor between friends.
Last time Lobac was getting into some theory crafting and analysis of the classpect system.  I didn’t have much to say about that at the time, particularly not much that wouldn’t qualify as spoilers, so iirc I was mostly just responding with random thoughts and video links, half of which are dead now.  There was a bit left over looking at the troll’s perster names, which was also good stuff, but lacking anything coherent to say about it, I’ll just gloss past the rest of that post, apart from:
Lobac said:
Thank you all for sticking around °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
As if you could ever get rid of me.  ~{@PQ}~
Moving on, we rejoin the comic with PM visiting the Black Queen to retrieve the mysterious GREEN PACKAGE, which had been impounded by agents of the Black Court as a result of a traffic violation.  The Black Queen cuts an imposing figure, and Lobac is, of course, duly imposed.
later, Lobac said:
Are those… tentacles ( ´ _ `) I thought only the imps were affected by the prototypings?
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OH SHIT OH SHIT THAT LOOKS SO COOL HOT DAMN (゜▽゜) Wowow look at her joints! Look at all the carapace-y stuff going on there!
These days, Lobac’s soft spot for this particular sort of shiny, black, possibly betentacled monster-type aesthetic is well documented.  I’m pretty sure she would have loved the black queen’s design even if it wasn’t just objectively cool as hell, but that certainly doesn’t hurt.  I’m kind of sad that we never got a proper fight scene out of this particular version of her.
That’s not a spoiler is it?  I’m pretty sure that’s not a spoiler.
Yeah, the random objects the kids threw in the general directions of their seizuresprites are directly affecting the final boss. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG HERE EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE
I don’t see the problem here.  Nothing the kids could possibly put in those sprites could be at all unsettling or dangerous.
haa haa.  hee hee.  hoo hoo.
Her face is so weird though It’s Jaspers-shaped, and her eyes are constantly narrowed, I can’t even tell whether it’s in distaste or amusement
Why not both?
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Andrew sure is proud of that hand’s close-up She’s not even dramatically pointing she’s literally just saying “yeah I dunno anything about that kinda shit you best go down there and ask my pretty princess, I mean, subordinate”
It is a pretty great hand, honestly.  I think this particular image gets called back to a few more times yet.
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Yeah Rose! You go and fulfill your as of yet unclear vaguely Seering-related destiny
Yeah, Rose!  Get on that, maybe!
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ROSE NO YOU ARE 13 THAT IS GONNA TASTE AWFUL TO YOU Heh I legitimately don’t know whether her mom would be proud of or disappointed in her if she could see her now Is this an act of defiance or emulation Just silly teenage antics, probably, but I’d like to think she misses her
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Rooooooose Rose nooooooooooooooooo ( ´ω`) Ehehe I love how the artstyle turns super silly to reflect how upset/surprised she is
These two panels constitute one of the most iconic funny moments in the comic.  It works really well.  Shoot, I should have done the post topper-edit based on these, huh?  Oh, well.  The one I already did took like four hours, mostly due to my extreme rustiness, so I’m not going back now.
Otherwise, I also like to think of Rose missing her mom here.  Maybe not admitting it to herself, but still.  I also still ascribe to the “everything Mom ever did was 110% unironic, Rose made up the whole passive aggressive conflict between them in her head, her mom wasn’t passive agressive she was just a bonkers drunk rich lady” headcannon that I think I spoke about ages ago in this very liveblog.
Anyway, yeah, this is both a hilarious joke and a fantastic little character moment for Rose.  Another contributing factor to Rose being my big early favorite with a seemingly insurmountable head start in the ‘best character’ race.
Actually, lately, since the end of the comic, she’s been gaining ground again for me?  I mean, one of the trolls definitely surpassed her for most of my Homestuck fan life, but... eh, whatever.  There’s no way I can getting into how my feelings about those characters developed over the comics life without being way more spoilery than even I’ve already been, so that kind of talk will have to wait for later.  Even if later means ‘years from now’ or ‘never’.
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BOO FUCKING YAH, IT’S THE WHITE QUEEN Or Windswept Questant, for now She’s also as of yet uncorrupted by the kids’ silly sprite shenanigans
Lobac had been waiting for this reveal for a while, I think.
PM: Command John to put the carved tablet into a pyxis.
You follow the command telling you to command John to put the carved tablet in the pyxis and type, “John, put the carved tablet into the pyxis.” You successfully do that, and he successfully does that too. Everyone is friendly and cooperative.
Ah yes, you so rarely get this kind of friendly cooperation from narrators these days
It was a rather uncommonly tidy sequence, for this comic.
Shit I just remembered those typing hands we saw when trying to name Jack, the reader is like a physically present entity??? Maybe???
What prompted this thought?  The earlier black queen hand image hanging in your head, then a bit about narrators entering text, and that old bit just pops up?  It’s cool how brains work, making intuitive connections and all that.
What if we eventually zoom out to reveal a human exile commanding everyone. We’ve only been watching that human mess around up until now. The real story begins when they just suddenly go “whelp that was kinda fun. gotta look for food tho” at an incredibly dramatic moment.They turn away from the console.  And then we watch them slump through the desert for thousands of pages and their journey of introspective self-discovery is the actual story. Yes.
Shit, Lobac just predicted the whole narrative!  No point in continuing this liveblog, I guess.  “[#P%]t
Well, obviously this means that WV has an uncanny knack for distances and PM has one for sounds AR can probably track down crimes by their scent He’s like McGruff the Crime Dog, but a little less fluffy
I used to love McGruff the Crime Dog.  Until I grew up and realized he was a tool of THE MAN.
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dear gOD SHE REALLY IS PUTTING JACK IN DRESSES (*≧▽≦)ノシ He and Slick are basically the same person, right? Oh man he is gonna stab the shit out of her one of these days
~{%|%}~
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Jack Noir, more like JACK NO. NO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE MURDERING PEOPLE AND FROLICKING THROUGH THE STREETS WITH YOUR ASSHOLE CREW. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS IS PATHETIC o(`д´ 。)
I’d say this is a “be careful what you wish for” moment, but I think Lobac knew exactly what she was doing here.
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Ticket? Oh, this thing. Ha, ha, look at that, you are holding a ticket. How did that get in your hand? It belongs on the desk with the others. No, you are not here to pay a parking ticket. You explain to the frightening man that you are here to pick up that green parcel.
GIVE ME A C! GIVE ME A U! GIVE ME A T AND I AND E! sheeEEEE’S A CUTIE!!!!
Honestly, they’re all cuties.  the cuteness of the entire cast, even the villains mostly, in both visual depiction and personality, really is a big selling point of the whole comic.
There was a time when I wasn’t super into cute things.  I was never viscerally opposed to cuteness, never when through a virulently anti-girly-stuff phase, but these days I’m MUCH more into things being cute.  I just like cute characters!  Sure, I like things that are somber and spooky, but the best is when they’re somber and spooky AND super cute!
Like, Hollow Knight.  That whole game is like exactly my favorite aesthetic these days.  Sad and morose and dark and adorable.
But more often than not homestuck still comes pretty close to that ideal.  You just want to hug the shit out of all of these doofuses, a few stab wounds here or there be damned.  Speaking of stab wounds...
WHOOPS TENSION. THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT. I DO NOT ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO START KILLING PEOPLE OK
Maybe Lobac didn’t know what she was asking for earlier.
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Wait, the crowns, what the fuck, he wants her to KILL THE KING AND QUEEN??? SHE’S JUST A MAIL LADY ヾ(´・-・`)ノ”
How does he even know she’s desperate enough to kill people just to get one package?
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The PARCEL MISTRESS departs with her mission of double agency. You wonder if she’ll actually be so foolish as to attempt to uphold her end of the lopsided bargain. You make a policy of handing out a REGISWORD and a HITLIST to just about everyone who enters your office. But you never think anyone’s actually going to GO THROUGH with it. 
What a phenomenal asshole That explains that
pretty much.  As for the box itself...
Yeeeeah you’re not actually gonna show me so, go ahead, taunt me, get it over with
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PFFFFPFPFPFPFFF WHAT SOMETHING COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS APPARENTLY? NOT AS RIDICULOUS AS HIS FACE THO. Magnificent asshole cutie
Hahah, \[&P%]/
Anyway, at this point the action cuts back to the kids, and that seems a good a time as any to take a break.  I could just save this as a draft and finish the rest of lobac’s post later?  I mean, then I wouldn’t have to take extra time for another panel edit?  But I kind of want to post something now, so I guess well do this one in parts again.  part 2 scheduled for, let’s be ambitious and say may 2022
How did I ever use to have the time for this blogging shit?  I’ve been working on this for like six hours, and only got like a third of the way through one update?  I guess I was just younger then.
I’m so old now.  Time just gets away from me.
And my back hurts all the time.
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curestardust · 6 years ago
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this is a seperate sequel to Aikatsu with a new cast and story | more character and plot focused
Aikatsu Stars! changes some things up compared to its previous season, for better or worse. 
Aikatsu S1 seemed to focus on introducing as many new girls as possible. This worked for making sure that everyone found their “best girl” but was also a drawback as basically as soon as a specific girl’s arc ended you may not see them perform again for the next 50 episodes. Stars is vastly different. We have a set cast of characters and only get a few new ones introduced when the anime has spent enough time fleshing out the original ones. Almost none of the important characters get forgotten and dissappear for long periods of time. Which is great if you found a favourite character. IF, you did.
In Aikatsu S1, we didn’t have anyone with an “offensive” personality. They were all tolerable and you could easily get used to them. Stars! is different and starts out on the wrong foot. We get our main, Yume, who is a typical ditzy blonde. This immediately made me uncomfortable because the reason I loved Ichigo was because they didn’t force her into those typical main character tropes. Then we have her best friend Koharu, who basically gets showed into the back, making her somewhat irrelevant for the first half of the anime. And then we get introduced to the rest of the main cast; Laura, Ako and Mahiru. The problem? All 3 are a certain level of tsundere. Ako is 100% one, Mahiru is like 50% and Laura 30%. This was NOT a good decision. As I said, the first half of the anime mainly focuses on these 4 and as someone who doesn’t like the tsundere character type I got annoyed by their behaviour numerous times. 
Fortunately, this gets better as the anime goes on. As we enter the second arc, the attention somewhat shifts on a new group fo characters and everyone goes through a lot of character growth. Still, I feel like they spent way too much time before committing. For example, Ako’s main character development happens around episode 80...of the 100 episodes. Like...
There’s also a bigger focus on the overarching plot. In Aikatsu, the story mostly consisted of smaller challenges like auditions and units with there not really being a bigger end goal. In the first half of Stars! the main plot is preparing for the S4 Selection and in the second half for the Aikatsu Rankings. There’re plenty of side stories and fillers but in the end the anime always comes back to advancing towards the main plot.
There are less songs and performances in Stars! which is kind of a bummer, however the songs are all amazing as usual and their performance dresses and stages are even prettier and more detailed than in Aikatsu.
The original season was a simple weekly wind down with minimal stakes, cute characters and pretty performances. Aikatsu Stars! becomes more of an actual story. If you go into this right after the 170 episodes of Aikatsu, it’ll be kinda weird. But as the anime goes on, the characters grow and form friendships and the plot keeps you interested. You don’t need to watch Aikatsu to enjoy this season as they’re almost completely seperate. [7/10] (x)
Recommend: HELL Yeah! | Yes | Eh??? | Nope | This anime killed my parents 
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if you want: MICROBIOLOGY / to know the inner workings of the body / charming cast of characters / creative writing
I’m finally delving into the plentiful Summer Season offering, starting with “Cells at Work!”
I didn’t even take me a second to add this to my PTW. Science? Hell yeah. Overly dramatic portrayal of science in anime form? HELL YEAH. I’ve always been a sucker for stuff like this and I just couldn’t skip it.
So, how was it? Eh...there’s good and bad and seeing how popular this anime is, this review might get me killed but here we go anyway.
First off, let us get the small stuff out of the way. The music is fine but nothing remarkable. The animation is uh....questionable. The artstyle itself is a bit weird but it is not something I judge but the movements of the characters is so...uncanny at some places? Just watch the opening where it opens on the 2 main characters running and there’s just something wrong there. Fortunately, this problem isn’t very noticable most of the time as the anime uses a lot of quick cuts between dramatic stills and short action sequences. Still, the animation and the art is, also, just fine. 
There’s no overarching plot, which is neither good or bad. The episodes are well....episodical. Very much so. One episode ends with a seemingly deadly antigen invading the body but the next episodes don’t even mention it. 
I feel like it is also important to mention that if you’ve never studied biology in depth IN ENGLISH then some episodes can get insanely hectic. Whenever there’s something happening with the body, there’s a new antigen or a new cell showing up, the show stops and a very nice female voice explains what they are and what they do. However, there’s so much science lingo in these explanations that 50% of the time I was like ???????? BUT this doesn’t mean that the anime is completely incromprehensible, especially if you don’t particularly care about the real life explanations and just want to see some action.
So, why is Hataraku Saibou so popular? From what I’ve seen, there are mainly 2 reasons: the cast and the creativity. It is clear that the writers have a deep knowledge of the base material and they also love it. I see some fans reading about microbiology, trying to connect the things that appear in the anime with their real life equivalents. From just one look, “Cells at work” looks like some mindless fun somewhat based on the inner workings of the body but, no, this shit is DETAILED. 
And the cast. People seem to be in love with the 2 main characters’ personalities and relationship (oh the shipping!). There’s also a nice secondary cast of characters surrounding them. The designs are all very distinct; White Blood Cell  U-1146′s full on white body gear and Red Blood Cell AE3803′s Red cap and jacket are already quite iconic and easily recognizable.
Listen, I personally didn’t get into Hataraku Saibou. It was a fun, educational albeit somewhat mediocre one time watch for me. BUT I’ve been part of big fandoms before and I can see the appeal. The cast is charming, the world is vast and the writing is full of creativity. If you’re even slightly interested in this anime, watch it! And hey, maybe it will suck you in just like it did with a bunch of other people. [6/10] (x)
Recommend: HELL Yeah! | Yes | Eh??? | Nope | This anime killed my parents
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if you want: (quite weak) horror/thriller / RPG maker game adaptation / unique chemistry between main characters / somewhat religion themed??
Gotta say that it’s been a while since I’ve seen something as incompetent as Satsuriku no Tenshi. This anime is an adaptation of a “horror” game that was created with RPG Maker. Now...people are capable of creating some great games with RPG Maker, I’ll not deny that. However, I’m pretty sure that everything that was lacking in the game got transferred over to the anime itself. I watched some short gameplay videos and the first thing most will notice is the quite weak dialogue. 
I’ll start with the few positives I found. The story itself is quite intriguing, as it is the reason I gave this a watch. The chemistry between the main characters are unique and I didn’t find it sexualized either however the fandom generally seems to ship them which makes me wanna vomit as Rachel is 13 and Zack is 20 so it’s....ughhghghgh.
The Opening and especially the Ending track are quite nice and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... yeah. Now let’s talk about the BAD.
Character designs are incredibly generic and resemble a 12 year old’s DeviantArt OCs. The OST would be alright however the same tracks repeat over and over and over again and it drived me up the wall! The dialogue is incredibly bad. The characters have the exact same conversation at least every episode if not multiple times in an episode. And they lack pauses. As soon as the action stops someone starts talking even if what they’re saying is irrelevant and could’ve been left unsaid. 
However, the worst offender is the pacing. The creaters of this anime completely failed in adapting a video game into a series. If you’ve played RPGs you’ll immediately notice the patterns the characters follow. Enter Room. Dialogue prompt which gives you quest. Go somewhere. Pick item/push button. Go back. Dialogue prompt. Repeat. There’s even a segment where they are solving a puzzle and while that part of the story was quite tense as important information was being revealed, I can imagine this working SO MUCH better in the game itself, where YOU are the one solving the puzzle while YOU are under pressure. In the anime version a huge part of the appeal is lost and it’s basically like watching an animated gameplay. 
I’m seeing people praising this anime. I don’t get it this time, at all but whatever. Personally, I’d not recommend this anime. It’s a drag and a waste of time. (3/10) (3/10) (x) (x)
Recommend: HELL Yeah! | Yes | Eh??? | Nope | This anime killed my parents
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