#i still suck at monk dude

[devotedlystrangewizard]

i made the opening of the xiv copypasta into stickers in mh wilds as a joke and then my friend said "tell me for whom do you fight" so i did that and it reminded me that gaius exists and the brainrot is looming

[rei-ismyname]

X-Men #6 FROM THE ASHES

Last issue is starting to make a lot more sense - I think Jed McKay might have strong feelings about the Morrison era. Spoilers, obviously.

Hi Xorn! Hi Magneto! Good to have you join us. It's nice to see Magneto is progressive, polite and welcoming. It's still an ideological regression from where he was at in X-Men Red/RoM/Uncanny X-Men #700, but I guess he's mostly scenery in this comic sadly. As a fellow disabled burden on society I empathize with him, but I'd like to see him still be a character of focus. Otherwise, why put him in the book? It's a shame his moment makes Xorn look like a fool - is that really his first question? Dude is a fucking monk and these people are right there.

He's wearing his Morrison/Quitely uniform too, which is not a great comparison to be drawing imo. He was last seen hanging out with his brother and Legion in Way of X, but I suppose this is as good a place as any for him to be now. Hopefully we see more of him.

Look how much Quentin has grown since Riot at Xavier's. Or maybe he's depressed. Either way he's definitely looking sharp. Idie notices one of the protesters throwing up the M.

People want Beast to solve their problems but he doesn't have the same experience and knowledge as old Beast, not that X-FORCE Beast did any of that. It's a character beat, but one we've seen before. Maybe he'll learn magic again! Magik is still very defeatist it seems, and perhaps her determination is waning. Can't say I blame her.

Quiche is dope but jokes about it aren't. Not this millennium. The Glob/Quentin dynamic is another Morrison callback. Don't worry, there's plenty more this issue 🙄. One pitfall with light-hearted quippy nostalgia is it undermines serious events happening next to it and gives mood whiplash. Somehow Idie knows Ilyana is communicating secretly with her brother. It doesn't come up again. Based on how McKay has been seeding beats we'll find out in issue #10.

Okay, so we know Magik is smart and now Idie does too. It'd be nice if more of this team started acting like friends - maybe this is the start of something beautiful. I can't say I buy Magik undermining Cyclops on a whim but she lays out the dilemma then puts Idie in charge.

They walk into the trap by putting Cobb Sr to sleep. Idie's secret is pretty cute and an effective 'cost of magic' shorthand. I am wary that it refers to nostalgia about a time that was already hyper nostalgia, but I'm getting used to it. We get to see the Cobb family dynamic, utterly predictable.

I enjoy everything on this page.

- Cyclops and Psylocke sparring

- Expanding on Hank and Mags' budding relationship with reference to their history.

- Building on Beast's fear of becoming a monster again.

- Magneto being emotionally supportive.

No new information here, though I love a jab at Fabian Cortez. This is more of a reference than anything else, though it's good to see some self awareness from Max. Although, Cortez showed a lot of growth on Krakoa.

This is a nice moment too. This version of Hank was a massive horn dog. Not saying that's where it's going but he's gregarious and it does make sense to have him be welcoming to another non-passing mutant. Glob too, though he comes off as massive dork. We still don't know much about Jen or Ben which makes it hard to get invested. If they do stick around they'd be inflating a cast that's already being covered unevenly.

Okay, Piper is here and Scott isn't pleased. Idie would have a point but it would have taken 2 minutes to talk about it. Yeah she asked for help and came willingly but as Scott says she's a minor. Her home life looks miserable and tracks closely enough to many queer experiences, but society unfortunately says children are property. It sucks, but she needs support. Nobody wins when her mother calls the cops. Is this about Piper or Idie here? I would love to see Idie being the moral core of the team but this just makes her look naive and impulsive - which is at odds with her 15+ years of characterisation. She was in jail last year!

Piper reveals that the 'Wild Sentinel' was after her and the Iron Night was her 'fault.' It's left on a cliffhanger but let's hope this doesn't torch the X-Men's relationship with Merle, Alaska.

The Morrison thing - Psychic rescue, Quentin and Glob, scientists making mutants, Cassandra Nova, Xorn is still in his uniform from the time, wild sentinel mention (which is super bizarre and out of place.) It's a lot and I'm probably missing stuff. My question is who this is for? New readers will just be confused. Morrison super fans are more likely to roll their eyes, judging by responses to last issue.

Overall this issue was pretty good. It progressed the plot, gave us time with the 3 characters who'd been ghosts, introduced new information and setup conflict with the town for next issue. I really wish the creative team would get their batting average a little higher in terms of solid issues. 33.3% is low enough in the abstract to make me drop the book - and this is one of the better ones. I know we can do better than this and it disappoints me how aggressively mid the X-books are right now.

I'm starting to recognise the formula they're working off, with information dribbling out at a snail's pace to the point that any issue becomes skippable then ending on a cliffhanger that's rarely paid off quickly. Uncanny has the same issue, which makes me think it's an editorial problem. Hell, solicits usually give more information than issues do. I'm not talking about tropes, I'm talking about the narrative tricks that allow them to publish issues that move at a glacial pace and use nostalgia to disguise the characters not being developed. One can hope :)

[gaykarstaagforever]

DS9 Season 2, Episode 16, "Shadowplay"

This one is really good. Defies expectations. Some sad alien incel has been using advanced holographic projectors to make himself a low-key fantasy village to live in for the last 30 years, he gets caught by Odo and Dax, and immediately decides to shut it down and go die on the planet he fled from.

And Odo yells at him, because in the intervening time, Odo has had a meaningful emotional relationship with a holographic AI little girl. And him and Dax are immediately willing to accept that advanced holographic AIs fit the Federation definition of lifeforms, and they defend their right to exist.

The guy who made them even pushes back on this, until Odo says "Yeah but you really like them, though," and the guy starts crying, and they bring everyone back.

Obviously there are philosophical questions that need to be sorted out, here. Lord knows I've spent hundreds of hours playing Sims 2, so I get getting emotionally attached to computer people. But does that make them actual people? Obviously it doesn't in the Sims 2, where they can't figure out how to eat or pee if you position a cabinet improperly. But at the level of what is going on in this episode? I don't know, because I don't live in Star Trek. It's a least worth letting them all "live" until you sort it out, I guess.

My impulse is to say shut it down, this poor dude needs to be resettled with actual living people, and lots of therapy for his Dominion-related trauma. But maybe my 2025 brain is just an anti-hologram Space racist.

I don't know. I have enough actual problems in 2025. I'm not going to worry too much about this.

I also can absolutely see myself dealing with trauma by fleeing alone to a forgotten corner and pretending Skyrim is real, because I basically did that for like 5 years. It wasn't healthy, but I did it. So it's unfair for me to judge.

The show does it well, is my point. And seeing Odo connect with a little girl who teases him about being a changeling is cute. They even had the early 90s budget for EXACTLY ONE shapeshifter effects shot. Good on them.

I was hoping Odo would transform into a loaf of bread, given an earlier reference to that in the show. But the toy top he changes into is fine. Especially since they clearly modeled the real prop the kid has on an object they could easily CG in 1995 or whenever.

Efficient. TV in the 90s. A CG loaf of bread then would have looked like shit.

We also get two B-plots here, Jake declaring he doesn't want to join Starfleet, and Kira getting laid.

The Jake one is shallow and the resolution to it is whatever, because Sisko just says "Fine. Don't join Starfleet. I don't care." But it is good to see our little Jakey get his first comm badge, and I like the little O'Brien story about him and his dad. It's worth it for those beats.

The other B-plot is Quark engineering a scheme to distract Kira with a sexy monk who wants to do sex with her, so she doesn't catch him trying to traffick stolen goods while Odo is away. It fails, as expected, but Kira (seems to) gets some tail, so it worked out. Plus the tail in question had no idea he was sucked into this, meaning that him and Kira hooking up didn't involve any stupid drama. I respect the writers avoiding that. They just play a Space sports game, kiss, and then at the end probably go off to do whatever Bajorans call sex.

I STILL think this Bajoran monk guy is a little creepy. But this character is well-established by this point as a good guy, so that's on me. And Kira seems down for it, so it really isn't my business.

[loyaltykask]

Chapter 27

@journeythroughjourneytothewest

Wukong just has to scream and that sucking works

I forget that the White Bone Demon Arc is actaully like.... super early in the jounrey. Like they have been only on 3 adventure together AT MOST and that is no including getting Bajie And Wujing. At this point they are all still strangers to one another. They are barely a year in to a 14 year journey and this is like their first real test of faith in one another. Sanzang has only see a Head monk commit suicide, get kidnapped by Yellow Wind Demon and face the Immortal Equal to Earth at this point, all that I will admit aren't Wukong's best moments. But he still has this arrogance that Wukong can and should do anything he says. I think it says a lot where this chapter is going to go when this is there first test after coming off the Ginseng Fruit arc as a team and whether this will break them or they can come out strong for it.

WHAT relatives BE TALKING ABOUT THIS?

OOOOOOO THey got CLOUT

And Wujing was a Captain i thought he was a general, need to remember that. Never thought "clowning" would be used in this context but damn good for them

Sanzang STILL Be scolding even to some rando woman DAMN

Again I just imagine Sanzang holding a 4ft monkey in his arm holding him back

See because later it is shown that Wukong HASN'T eaten human I really think he trying to push the point the demons (he including himself in this to make a point) lure human with falsehoods all the time that Sanzang shouldn't be so trusting

This also makes the idea that Bajie, Wukong, Bailong, and Wujing are all parts of Sanzang that he fighting with himself. Bajie is his worldly mind seeing a beautiful woman and trusting her for that beauty. While Wukong is the rational part of Sanzang's mind that is trying to warn him about the dangers. Sanzang not listening to Wukong is him not listening to himself, rather choosing what he want to believe instead of the truth in front of him.

Also lmao his bald head is a red

Funny enough this does suggest she was using dead bodies as her shield So the illusion is very convincing as it was once a real person but they should be long dead by now

Even here Sanzang is 1/3 convinced (kinda strange way of putting it) as though Wukong is sure of himself but Wujing and Bajie are not, hence why Bajie is vocal about his objections and Wujing opts to say nothing as he too wants to see the best in everyone, hoping that what the woman said was true.

Such symbolically filled chapters and also show the dynamics and where they stand one year into the journey. Like they are just starting to understand one another from what we see in the Ginseng Fruit arc and starting to understand their roles not only in the party but to one another as well. Sanzang is the one here who needs to grow the most in order to get past his arrogance and grow not only as a master but as a person as well. It was very smart to put this chapter early in the book, I know it’s in the second volume but this is legit just the third large trial arc on this journey setting the tone for the rest of the journey and how they interact with one another here. Sanzang still doesn’t fully trust Wukong here and Bajie letting his jealousy for his brother show I honestly think Bajie is more just wanting Wukong to get in trouble and like tease the other, cause he is disappointed by the lack of a free meal, but he is never intended for Wukong to be so far gone as to be sent away.

Still not over Wukong calling Sanzang a whore and saying "I'll build you a bed so you can just fuck you're self out of the monk lifestyle you floozy"

It just occurred to me that Neither Wujing nor Bajie has seen Sanzang use the spell until now. Like Sanzang told them about it in the Ginseng Fruit arc but they had never seen it in action because he hadn't used it in the past 6 months. I think he only used it when they were at the Temple with that evil monk dude and Wukong lost the cassock but he hasn't used it since.

Yup, just check he only used the spell when he lost the cassock and hasn't used it since. Shit they really are in for a bumping ride.

I don't know why but the idea that being kind to even bugs and Sanzang is the Golden Cicada speaks to me on some

SO LIKE Sanzang has admitted that he doesn't mind dying, sure he doesn't want to but he gives off the vibes that he knows it can happen to him at any moment and he would just accept his evitable death (I'm not sure if that is low key suicidal but deadass not really saying he wants to live either). Wukong on the other hand knows this guy is going to die and being a monkey of his word wants to repay him for freeing him under the mountain. Wukong has been shown before to have a lot of gratitude to people that help him in the past, his own Master Puti and Guanyin for starters as he never forgets when he owes a debt (unless you are Ao Guang then tough shit). Sanzang thinks he hit an innocent person that hasn't wrong them yet while Wukong argues otherwise and even goes on to say that he will fight again even if Sanzang uses the spell, he isn't going to be unruly again. Clearly Sanzang is in the wrong here but also this highlights just how loyal and honest Wukong is as a character, sure he is a trickster and known to be cunning and can use deceitful tactics to get his way but overall him as a person is always honest with his intentions and what he thinks and believes, which is very interesting wonderful dichotomy.

Also, love that Wukong just..... straight out points out that an old lady probs can't give birth as his reasoning. He really is the Monkey of Mind.

Okay so like..... he was RIGHT to do so but ALSO YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN SOME WARNING SHE WAS A DEMON BEFORE DOING THAT

He uses the spell again and tries to send him away, harsh words deadass. At this point, it is clear that Sanzang is just digging in his heels refusing to trust Wukong after already set in stone in his mind that the last person they killed was an actaully person. Now any trust they have built over the last year is gone and it is only going to get worse.

I can't tell if Cheng'en is trying to make the pain like.... funny like in a cartoon but it def leaves disturbing mental images.

Even being sent away they still bicker Wukong more offended by his pride as a monk is being questioned than being sent away

Wukong this time uses the excuse of having the fillet to keep him around, that he would be dishonored coming home with it on his head, and that if Sanzang can't take it off then he better come along all the while. It is a different excuse than the first one, rather than using Sanzang's natural compassion against him, he is using Sanzang's need to bear responsibility over him. That as the master if he can't loosen it then he has no right to send him away with it still on. Which is interesting in Buddhism culture as any action Wukong does so reflects on his Master, meaning that every life Wukong takes, whether human or demon is on Sanzang's hands he is responsible for Wukong during the whole journey. It is that kind of Shifu-Tudi mentality that students are an extension of their masters and that they carry on their will through their actions. Anytime Wukong does something 'unruly' in Sanzang's eyes it is because he himself as failed as a master to teach Wukong properly. To Sanzang, Wukong's failures are his own and sending him away would be him trying to give up not only on Wukong but also on himself for not being able to properly teach Wukong.

Bajie shut the fuck up your giving the party anxiety.

Wukong be weighing his options of whether to save Sanzang from his demon if and when she catches him or just kill her now. He had a calculated risk that he will be able to talk himself out of this one.

He willing to keep Sanzang safe even if it meant getting that Spell. never was there a more brave soldier.

Deadass Wukong finally got the proof he needed cause White Bone Spirit BE FINALLY DEAD Only when true death can that the corpse be shown. Also weird that her name was in his spine but hey who am I to judge.

NO BAJIE YOU FUCK SANZANG WAS THIS CLOSE TO JUST SAYING "You were right Wukong thank you" THIS AINT YOUR TIME TO LAUGH AND TEASE THIS MONK IS SERIOUS

Out of everything Sanzang said saying that they don't need Wukong cause Wujing and Bajie are there hurt him the most. Sanzang goes on saying "I have been with you since day one! Not them!" Funny enough that Sanzang DOESn't even bother with the spell the third time, like just as he was about to recite it Wukong stopped him and they just argue. He just.... tell him to leave.

This is the most formal banishment damn, got a letter of resignation and everything Sanzang being a petty stubborn fool like this Wukong refuses to leave without bowing and even Sanzang try to dodge a bow but could not.

Wukong only be trusting Wujing here for this mission Both Wujing and Bajie not saying much, which allows for a lot of interpretation in what they could be thinking. But Sanzang still thinking that Wukong was being deceitful in his actions Wukong gives WUjing to use him name but only that.

CRYING HE IS CRYING I HOPE YALL HAPPY

[bignattybear]

So I thought about this and I think it's more that...women have been allowed to explore their emotions. Like...I'm transfem and I can say when I presented as a man, it was shameful to have emotions that caused you to look weak. So a lot of men aren't aware of like...how they can be emotionally complex. If that makes sense. It's how like there's a stigma from men they can't so like...romance or say " I love you " to their friends. I do think it's easier for a lot of people to make friends and form those deeper connections with people who are their gender because of a share experience. So when there is like...betrayal, it hurts more because you thought you had something. But in a lot of ways it's why a lot women who date women stay friends with their exes.

That's just my take on it, friend ^ ^;

I think you’re 100% right about this! And it feels like this weird gap with men and intimacy/emotional closeness where like, if I am just a close friend to them, they are much more… idk. Normal. But once sex or romantic feelings come out onto the table its like this horrible fucking performance that sucks and screws them over anyway because its not enjoyable to be with Mr. Emotionally Untouchable. like that puts me off so bad. any kind of indifference, nonchalantness, i’m like nope nope nope this dude is gonna play around with me cause he’s scared of himself. Not my mess to clean and dirty myself in the process. I do feel bad that men are in that situation but also I just refuse to settle for that whether they’ve been societally conditioned, don’t know another way, i’d rather just be a monk. i have a good imagination i don’t want a man complicating my life with his unsureness

with women its just entirely different i don’t even know how to explain it. every girl i have ever been with, i still admire them and wish the best for them. i’ve never had a situation with a woman that was toxic in the sense that relationships with men are.

i did have a very toxic relationship with a woman but it was neither party doing the hurting, we were just immature drug addicts, and i still love her way more than i would like to. i guess its not that i don’t *want* to feel that way but i have to stay away from her. its for her own good but it doesn’t change how i feel. and her family still updates me on how she’s doing, she reaches out now and then. we tell each other we love each other still.

yeah basically that. i’m scared of that ever happening again, it hurts way less to experience heartbreak with a man because, well… honestly i just tell myself men are stupid as fuck and move on

with women its like nah something is wrong with ME she is beautiful perfect everything

[separatist-apologist]

I attempted an honor mode run and died 4hrs in when I went to fight the harpies 🫠 I mean I’m glad it was only 4hrs and not like 50hrs in, but that sucks. I want to try again, but need some tips. I’m thinking of doing a half-orc cause they’re insanely strong, but not sure which class. Maybe a multi-class with fighter/barbarian/monk?

How did you complete your honor mode run?

Luck. I think my worst run was when I used friendship on Zevlor and he aggroed and we all died.

I did a single build ranger for my honor mode run- and like most people, for nearly ever battle I left someone in camp. The Myrkul fight ended many of my runs and I relied heavily on help from the r/bg3 and r/bg3builds for help.

Some things I learned:

1. Don't be afraid to skip things. Seriously, don't die on a side quest

2. Do smaller things that level you up. I found a guide of every thing in act 1 that wasn't combat for XP, and then worked my way around fights. I don't think I fought the hag until I was lvl 6 (need that hair)

3. Potions. Use potions to bolster your stats

4. Don't be afraid to look up guides. I did for my build, for armor, for EVERYTHING, and that helped a lot. My party was me (ranger), Laezel (battle master), gale (abjuration) and shadowheart (storm).

5. Think of it as the DM/devs doing everything in their power to kill you- it doesn't need to be your most honorable game. If you can cheat in game and get what you need, DO IT. I cheesed literally everything I could get away with and I didn't feel bad because those legendary actions were killer

6. If I were ever going to do it again, I'd probably play as a paladin (don't tell Meghan) for added Frontline damage + healing spells. I didn't love the ranger build because I like to hit things, but I was scared of being taken out so I hung back with the wizard.

7. I am not a gamer and honestly what helped was just knowing the game backward and forward. I still find new little things but for the main story and fight, I knew what to expect. The amount of times I'd tiptoe/use invisibility to get through fights was ENORMOUS (sorry bhaal I will not be fighting your dudes guarding the temple)

8. If you get to the end and get scared, take Gale and blow him up. Don't lose to the brain!

[valkyurii]

Is it just me or is the relationship between Malenia and Her Teacher, The blind swordsman not talked about Enough? The dude basically sealed away an outer god and when it showed back up in the body of a demigod child not only did he not kill her he took it upon himself to train her. Did they go on misadventures together? Did he show her the lake of rot underground? Do they still keep it touch lol? Their relationship is honestly underrated and it sucks we don’t know more about them

Hello anon, sorry for the late reply!

Yeah it is strange that we don’t know much about this guy. He must have been something though considering he was strong enough to banish and seal away an Outer God. I wonder how easy or difficult a feat that was to pull off? I’ve seen theories that he could have been one of the Nox which I find quite interesting, especially as the Nox Monk and Swordstress both use the same dodge and sidestep animations Malenia uses. I love the idea that he too would do that and she picked it up while training with him. I always imagine the two of them being a little like Syrio Forel and Arya Stark from Game of Thrones which I’m sure they took some inspiration from. After learning about him and the whole ‘water dancing’ thing it definitely stood out to me.

But something else I also wonder about is the God of Rot itself. Does it have a physical form? I mean I assume so, but I often wonder what it might look like. I’ve seen a few people depicting it as a giant scorpion creature before, mainly because of the Scorpion Stinger weapon found in the Grand Cloister. The description on the weapon certainly makes it sound that way at least.

So yeah, this guy battles a giant scorpion god and wins, sealing it away somewhere only for it to later return in the form of a curse within Malenia. And yet, like you said, he doesn’t kill her and instead chooses to helps her. Maybe he couldn’t bring himself to kill an innocent girl over something that’s not her fault and also out of her control, so instead he teaches her how to control her affliction.

I also wonder when they could have met? Malenia’s described as being a young girl in the Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom description, so I’m guessing she was possibly in her teens. The timeline is, well, non-existent really so I would guess that she and Miquella were still living in Leyndell at that time. I’m not entirely sure when they left and moved to the Haligtree. So if she were living in the capital did he seek her out or was he summoned by Marika? Probably the former, but I do wonder if Marika and Radagon ever spoke with him at all. I know it’s popular among the fandom to think her parents don’t care about her, but memes aside I like to think they were at least doing something to try and help her.

The two of them may very well have travelled together a little. He could have taken her out to see the world and put her new skills to the test as part of her training. I'm not really sure if she's ever been to the Lake of Rot though, only because if the Outer God itself is buried down there somewhere then there's a chance Malenia being within close proximity could result in disaster. I don't fully understand the extent of the God of Rots influence on Malenia, but if there's a chance being close to it could have it take over and control her in some way then perhaps it would be better to keep her out of it's reach. I don’t know exactly the extent of it's influence on her like I said, but given that with each bloom Malenia loses part of herself, part of her identity, and starts to take on a new personality (the Goddess of Rot), and that she has to constantly fight off it’s presence, then I imagine if given half a chance it most likely would take control of her.

And as for if they keep in touch, well I guess that depends on whether he’s still around. If he’s mortal then he could well be dead from old age by now. But then again I’m not really sure what the life span of some of these characters are. There are some who think Miquella and Malenia for instance are in their 20’s and then there are those who think they are a few centuries old, so I guess it’s all up for the individuals interpretation. Maybe he is still around and every year he stops by the Haligtree on the twins birthday to give them a gift, and like wise she sends him a card of Father’s Day because lord knows he was probably a better father to her than Radagon was lol

Overall though I do feel he is a little underrated and I would love to learn more about him. Who knows maybe in the future they will do a comic series much like they are doing for Bloodborne and he might feature in one. His story is definitely an interesting one and ties in directly with one of the main characters after all.

Thanks for the message anon, hope you are well and are having a nice day!

[mrstsung]

Mortal liu kang over dumb fire god liu kang

Vent ahead. Sorry.

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Cuz dumbass fire god liu kang did fucking nothing. Nothing worth a damn. Didn't change anything. All mk12/mk1 proved is they can't write god characters and they make them fucking useless. What actual divine authority do they really have?! Eldergods mean nothing. These fucking titans are the stupidest useless plotpoint. Nothing actually changes or gets done. Everyone still suffers,no matter what they fucking change?! So.....yeah....what fucking new era is called a new era,if nothing actually happens? Some characters are ruined because the dynamics are changed in a way where it's not actually the character. It's someones oc fanfic. Legitimately NOTHING CHANGES. It's legitimately mk11 2 electric boogaloo. And using shang tsung again as the main baddie? Sus as fuck. You got nothing new? You gotta use my boy as a plot point again because you ran out of tagawa money? You couldn't get him again because your script sucks! Im not being nice,im being raw and the truth is and sometimes it hurts,you could have fucking stopped nrs and made your dumb superhero injustice game like all you stupid braindead fans wanted. But noooooo! You had to continue a storyline that's been fucking dead and is done. Mk11 wrapped it up nice. Both guys won anyways. It's already hinted at. Why go any more? It's fucking done. Shang won,liu won. End of story. Bye bye. Like ffs,mk spinoff game would have sufficed. Most fans wanted a mk shaolin monks remastered. Most fans didn't want a continuation. They just were doing fun fan theories as they always do that doesn't mean we want a new fucking game or continuation. Speaking of which. What did you actually continue? There's nothing to continue. New world? Dont fucking feel like it. If it was. You wouldn't be using the same fucking bad guy. Nor same roster. Nor would you be fucking over integral parts. You'd be actually writing something new. In a new world. That isn't basically high def of the same fucking world. Rebranding your shit isn't making it new or better! It's all to put money in your ips so you can renew shit and fuck over your fanbase. Im sorry but i hope nrs gets fucked over and boon gets a thousand hammer death. For real.

Thanks for nothing boon. The game is garbage worthless,like your job.

Mk12/mk1 is bullshit because there actually is integral lore to mortal kombats world and character archs and they ruined the characters and story by trying to be "look at me,im not like other games guys!" Pick me ass shit.

But back to liu

Liu kang,when mortal. Got more shit done. Abit it was very plot convenient for him to win. Hardly any real struggles after the first fucking arch of his journey. Aka the real mk1. The last time i saw any struggle was in the mk 1995 movie. And even then that was still Hollywood,convenient win.

Like i just want a story where liu kang stays fucking mortal. And liu actually struggles and has realistic ups and downs throughout his life and heroes journey?

Still got more done. And he had fucking actual help. And friends.... as a god he made the same mistakes as raiden yet gets none of the flack. Fuck outta here. Nah liu kang as a god sucks and all who like that version of him can fuck right off

Also that fusion bullshit that happened in mk11 is ridiculous. And a cop out. Everything in the story thus far....is a fucking cop out.

It's lazy LAZY LAZY WRITING

I get it,they don't want the same dudes on the roster. But....guess what? You do it anyways nrs?! Is wb fucking you over in the ass? Just blink twice if they are. Like that's the only reason nrs keeps making mistakes,problems,and stupid ass decisions.

Anyways. Mortal liu kang any damn day.

No questions.

Anyone who picks god liu kang over sweet boy mortal liu kang is a fucking fool and honestly doesn't really know liu kang.

Fuck fire god liu kang,Oops i ment boons comicbook insert.

Mortal,shaolin monk liu kang ftfw.

All day any day.

Like I'm just sad they couldn't have just let....ya know....his shaolin bromie kung lao take over? And ya know LET FUJIN DO HIS JOB!? and ya know....let liu kang fucking retire from the narrative?

Without god powers,without killing him off,without making him evil from plot device,without making him undead,like ffs man this man has been thru every trope except having a fucking sexy honey boo on his hip! Ffs man let this guy have happiness?

Ya think the narrative would be kinder to him considering how much bootlicking they do to him.

But nope....they want their cake and eat it too. Fuck nrs.

I'm sorry liu kang,im so sorry they made you a joke. (And to all the other characters that i know n love and grew up with so much)

People think that shit is funny,or nothing to sneeze at. Well how would you feel if something that bringed you joy growing up was being fucked over by corporate greed? And fans just eat it up and consume mindlessly without actually thinking about it? Like they buy cuz of brand and "it looks cool" .

Ugh im just sick of it man.

[demonfox38]

Post Game Evaluation - Final Fantasy V (GBA)

In questions that'll make a Millenial sweat.

This year has ended up being demanding in terms of travel. I'd like to say that it was all for positive reasons, but it's hard to frame my maternal grandmother's sudden health decline and relocation into an assisted living facility as positive. (At least she's alive and remembers my name? That's something.) To go full teal deer, I've been spending a lot of weekends away from my house. And, hell. What good are portable video games if not keeping me sane and conscious during frantic times?

This isn't the first time I've played through "Final Fantasy V." My previous completion was done while I was on a Christmas break in college, which…man, don't make me think about how long ago that was. Point being, I was a little foggy on the game and my reception of it. So, I wanted a refresh.

It's amazing what your mind decides to retain. Or, many times, doesn't.

"Final Fantasy V" is structurally similar to the first and third "Final Fantasy" games. Protect elementally based crystals, fight dudes in obnoxiously luxuriant armor, assign jobs to characters for the task. Unfortunately, the main cast for this game either has the worst sense of timing or is completely inept (your choice!), as all of the crystals they aim to protect get obliterated into dozens of pieces. Like, all of them, every time. And then they go to another world, upon which they actively get the previous generation of heroes all killed off for good. And then the worlds get "Tales of Symphonia"-style smooshed back together, and that somehow is also a bad deal because hell is apparently a vacuum, and it's going to suck everyone into it if your party doesn't stop sucking for 5 minutes!

Look, these people eventually get things cleaned up. Just don't trust any of them with your vehicles, pets, or house plants. All will be toast in 30 minutes.

I might give this cast some shit for being master-class failures, but honestly, this isn't the worst party I've had to deal with. It is neat that the end assembly is three chicks to one dude. The job system also lets you play fast and loose with everyone's skillset, so it's not like anyone is hard-locked into one role. (I guess you can lean into what they are naturally good at, but it doesn't hurt for everybody to have six levels in healing magic, either.) The configuration doesn't feel like some convenient anime harem pervert set-up, either. It shouldn't matter to me who has what gender or what role, but in a series that has a bad habit of defaulting certain characters into certain roles based on gender (or even going completely mono-gender, which blegh), it's nice that you can go, "Nah, fuck that. These princesses are now all samurai. Start dancing, salsa boy!"

With as much diversity as you can get with the Job system, you can also easily end up making yourself sick by grinding too much. I've got the "get everyone's numbers maxed out" mind goblin, to borrow a term from Pat Boivin. It's not enough to have one person master healing magic; everyone's gotta be maxed out on that. It doesn't matter that I might not really need the Monk class's maximum skill. I need all Jobs maxed out for everybody. Considering the game gives you three bonus jobs and an extra post-game job, this can make grinding insufferable. Time-consuming.

I mean, I had the time to waste, considering how often I was away from home. But, still. If grinding wasn't aggravating, then it was lulling me to sleep. (It's amazing when you get older and find out that putting your legs up for 5 minutes will knock your ass out.)

Unlocking all of the options for a job can be a pain in the ass, too. Are you good at finding hidden pianos? What about random monsters hiding out in arbitrary locations? Do you have a spreadsheet open for all of the potential item combinations you can make with the Chemist class? Is your Blue Mage of the right level to learn Level 5 Go Fuck Yourself? Long story short—trying to get a perfect game file is a fool's errand. Getting it done right will require cross-referencing several guides and maps to find every last little nugget, and even then, you may get screwed out based on how much knowledge is available on the specific variant of the game you are playing. And let's be honest—are you really going to use that Bard class outside of one or two dungeons? Are you really going to die if you don't get Catoblepas? Hell, is that even its name, in the version you are using? Who gives a shit if you get that Brave Knife, anyway? It's not like you don't have at least twelve other weapons to use…

Further complicating the situation is "Final Fantasy V"'s release history. This game falls into the same category as titles like "Tales of Phantasia" or "Seiken Densetsu 3" when it comes to its history in the US. I.E.—there was a significant gap in time where the game was unavailable to general audiences, so fan translators stepped in. When an actual release came out of the game's publishers, the previous verbiage had been so entrenched that trying to explain what was what would come with whiplash and potential rejection from previous players.

Now, I say all of this not to say that the translation is bad. From my POV, it's fine! Krile's a weird name, but whatever! At least Bartz isn't Butz here. The text is competent. What I am saying is that trying to get help on the 2005 GameBoy Advance variant or the 1999 Playstation release or anything made post-2010 does require some backwards translating to understand the ancient texts on GameFAQs and/or fan-managed websites. Don't kick yourself when you miss something. Researching this game is just that much of a shitshow.

Can you imagine waiting almost 6 years now-a-days for a game to get properly localized? I think people would pee their pants if they didn't get an English-translated copy within 6 minutes of the game's release! I'll stick to my guns when I say my favorite games came out between 1986 and 2006. But, damned if I don't appreciate translations just being there for my spoiled English-speaking face. I might play a Pokémon game in Spanish or plow through "Lagrange Point" with the help of a Google Translate-garbled document and a Japanese dictionary, but it's nice when I don't have to take such extreme measures.

I know playing Italian translated "Castlevania" games is a one-way ticket to flunking a language exam. But, I wonder if playing "Lupin the Third" games in Italian might actually be helpful…

In more positive notes, I really like the sprite and menu artwork for the GBA release. It's normalized with the rest of the games that Square Enix put out at the tail-end of the GBA's life cycle, so some of the landscapes and menu pieces have been touched up to try and match the quality of "Final Fantasy VI." The job spritework has always been really cool. It adds personality to each character's interpretation of the job's uniform, like giving cat ears to the White Mage role for Krile or showcasing different dancing style for the Dancer job. Hell, it's funny that the Mimic job is just their normal clothing with a cape thrown on. That sort of design feels like the kind of detail that would have some kind of work-around in a modern adaptation just so the player could keep the clothes they like. I'm thinking like "Monster Hunter Rise" and being able to craft outfits to look like other outfits. That would be perfect!

Having said that—I could have done without the Amano portrait work by the character's dialogue as seen in the GBA version. Like, there was always a divide between character design in and out of the game, but boy, does it stick out like a sickly sore thumb here. Way too pale and dead compared to the otherwise lively color palette. I would enjoy playing a fully Amano-stylized game (although, I suppose the FFIV remake is probably that, weird character proportions aside.) As it is, it's weird to see his work alongside what others decided to roll with.

I wish I could offer more opinions on the music, but since I was playing around other people, I was keeping my volume off as much as possible. That bridge fight theme versus Gilgamesh does kick ass, though. Other than that? I was more going, "Hey, wait. I think I recognize this from a Vaporwave song" more than anything.

I'm surprised with what details stuck with me after two playthroughs a decade apart. I think it would be pretty hard to forget Galuf and all of the shit he goes through. But, a lot of Faris' story stuck with me, too. When I was wrapping up prep-work for the rush through the final dungeon, I remembered getting her dragon as a summon, but weirdly enough, not getting her sister's wind drake. I wonder if I had skipped that in the past. I don't think its set pieces are anywhere near as memorable as those from "Final Fantasy VI", but there are little memorable chunks here and there.

Also—as goofy as the whole "the antagonist is an evil tree" idea can be, I do like the concept. Considering how many Japanese games pull in the Shinto principle of holy trees for their pivotal plot points, it is funny to see a game go "But what if it's a bastard tree, though?" What is it, like, this game, "Kuon," and a dozen Kirby games? It feels like it should be more of a thing. I just wish that you got to see more "evil tree" and less "dude in armor" for him, though. I mean, we already had FF1's Garland and FF4's Golbez. Imagine if we had something a bit more hinting into Exdeath's tree nature. Like, chunks of armor breaking off, revealing coarse bark and branches pushing their way through. Basically, like if we met a fucked-up Groot that was going around wearing Darth Vader's suit after it had went through a trash compactor. "Resident Evil 4"'s Armaduras, but with vegetation!

Is this the best "Final Fantasy" game I've played? No. I'd put it in the top quarter of "Final Fantasy" games that I would be likely to replay, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. It's just kinda there. It's 1 and 3 with a plot that gets out of control. But, I didn't hate the cast, as unfortunate as they were. With my propensity towards finding "Final Fantasy" protagonists obnoxious, that alone may be worth a thousand words of praise. It can be picky and obtuse at times, but honestly, finishing the game may not require being that fickle yourself. You've just gotta ask yourself if grinding everything down to a polished sheen is really worth it.

[inquisitor-apologist]

Star wars: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 ♥️

3. which character are you actually most like?

Probably Sabine Wren—I’m a punk teenager who loves to die my hair, and I have a lot of combat experience. (7 years of karate) I love painting, and I’m trying to be more active in fighting against the empire I live in (usa). Perhaps one day I will be able to blow up fascists with homemade bombs…

5. what planet would you most like to visit? 

Considering I literally named myself after it, I kind of have to go with Korriban, don’t I? Cool, ancient planet full of giant statues, evil holocrons, and malevolent ghosts, what’s not to love? Honestly tlt it’d be worth it just to see the giant statues.

7. who do you hope you never meet?

Grogu. Little dude is exactly football-sized and I don’t think I could resist the urge to drop-kick him. I would feel terrible about it afterwards, but I don’t think I would be strong enough to stop myself.

10. do you think the jedi were right or wrong?

This one’s pretty obvious if you look at my blog, and, well, imo, if you look at the movies. The Jedi are, as presented by Lucas, unequivocally the good guys. The core dichotomy of Star Wars is the Dark side and the Light, (or, in the OT, the Dark side and the Force) compassion versus selfishness, and the Jedi were the compassionate guys, the ones who used the force to better themselves and help others. Their philosophy on non attachment is heavily based on Buddhism—George Lucas actually converted to Buddhism and described himself as a Methodist-Buddhist—so I think it’s fair to say that it was intended to be a positive, healthy way to live. (Please, Star Wars fandom, I am begging you to look up what attachment means in Star Wars, it’s different than what attachment means to USAmericans) Also, the ‘no romantic relationships’ thing makes a lot of sense when you realize the Jedi are monks first and foremost, and monks that have super dangerous government jobs. I know it’s annoying for shipping, but it does make sense with the worldbuilding.

The tragedy of the prequels was that Anakin, in his selfishness and greed, betrayed the Jedi and allowed the rise of the Empire. That doesn’t work if the Jedi are the bad guys, then it’s a completely different story. So, yeah, the Jedi were absolutely right.

12. do you care who rey’s parents are?

Ok, so since this ask game was posted when the sequels were still coming out and my opinion has changed a lot since 2019, I’ll answer this two different ways: how I felt then, and how I feel now.

When the sequels were coming out: No. I was pretty young back then, and not fully into Star Wars yet, and I basically took what the movies said at face value. Oh, they abandoned her? That’s sad, guess we won’t see them. Oh, they were junk traders that sold her? That sucks, I bet Rey feels really bad about that. Oh, she’s a Palpatine? That’s cool, I wasn’t expecting that. I watched a lot of those theory videos talking about how she could totally be a Skywalker or a Kenobi or a Solo, but I never really had a strong opinion on it. My reaction to her being Palpatine’s granddaughter was mostly ‘huh, how would that work? I don’t think he had a wife?’ I get now that it was a big question that everyone wanted the answer to, but I was too young to care.

Now: Yeah, actually, and I really like the idea of her being a Palpatine. I think it was a really good idea, and had they actually planned the story around it, it would’ve worked really well. Like, if she was established as a Palpatine in tfa, it would’ve added a lot to her character. Why is she so desperate to stay on Jakku? Because she’s hiding from the First Order. It would have also explained Snoke and Kylo Ren’s interest in her—as Palpatine’s heir, they would’ve really wanted to get her on their side. I really like the idea of her being a Palpatine, but the execution was so awful, just like most of the sequels.

Thanks for the ask! These were really fun to do

[autistic-crypt1d]

The Night Agent Live Blogging:

Season 1

Ok so I watched this season already but it was like 2 years ago and I never watched the second season so we're watching it again!

Updates:

- The Call

- ah shit I forgot how this started

- DAMN

- I don't remember really, but I'm pretty sure that that boss lady either turns out to be a bad guy or dies by the end of this season

- they seem so nice I'm sad they die :(

- STRESSSS

- STOP PEEKING WHILE THE LIGHT IS SHINING

- "I'm proud of you" HE'S SUCH A SWEETIE HELP

- I forgot how nice of a place he has

- GET EM PETE

- PFFFFFT THE WAY SHE WAS JUST GONNA GO ALONG WITH ROBBING THEM

- Peter is so cool

- poor lady :(

- Redial

- Peter is so awkward I love it

- the drive-by tazering XD

- they're so stupid and I love them

- bro got slammed into the ground twice and got up running

- it stresses me out that she's not taking the time that they're on the phone to get changed!!!!

- HELL YEAH PETE

- I CAN'T REMEMBER IF SHE'S EVIL AND IT'S STRESSING ME OUT

- The Zookeeper

- I can't stop seeing the new secret agent guy as his role as Lucifer's brother

- Cisco!! I remember him very vaguely

- hate the teacher dude

- poor Maddie :(

- girl is so bad at not looking suspicious oml

- hate teacher dude

- god knowing what's gonna happen is stressing me out

- Eyes Only

- BLEH

- I FORGOT ABOUT THE TROLL DOLL

- Lorne dying makes me so sad :(

"Killed my cat" 😂

- I hate this teacher dude so fucking much

- aaaaand hate the vp

- The Marionette

- her mom's speech 😭

- god this shit with Maddie is horrifying 😭

- Fathoms

- YEESH

- poor Cisco XD

- :(

- they couldn't have gone to a real pool to take a picture? The green screen is so bad XD

- SHE IS EVIL

- LET'S GO PETER

- love Cisco

- I forgot he dies 😭

- GET HIM PETER

- HELL YEAH ROSE

- poor Peter 😭

- Best Served Cold

- god Redfield sucks so fucking bad. Maddie was a child, she can't be in charge of another child's safety, putting that on her is monstrous

- omfg I was trying to figure out where I know the CEO dude was from and it's fucking Kavanaugh from Stargate!!!!

- bro ROLL UP YOUR WINDOW

- Redux

- I don't like snake tattoo guy, but his brother's death is so sad :(

- I love Chelsea and Monks for having the brains to not blindly follow their orders

- "that ever get annoying?" "Yes." XD

- oh shit is this the sniper episode???

- IT IS THE SNIPER EPISODE

- HELL YEAH MADDIE

- FUCK YEAH ROSE!!!!

- Monks death is so sad stop 😭

- Maddie crying 😭

- The Devil We Know

- poor Chelsea :(

- Fathers

- Season finale here we go!

- ah, evil and dead

- HELL YEAH CHELSEA

- bro Peter is a beast

- I'M SO STRESSED

- oh damn Dianne is still alive

- poor Peter 😭

- and that's the end of season 1! From here on out it's all new to me

Season 2

[leolaroot]

my amvs i wanna make DONT STEAL MY DAMN IDEAS OR YOURE GAY unless you ask and i trust you and then you can or whatever.

blood and butter caroline polachek burt and irving severance. irv is literally mythicalogical and wikipediated. they forget who they were before they were the way they are with you. they went in to the plant room. where the world was a bed giving them green andribbon red once again.

look at me now caroline polachek ezri from da9. i know i already did a caroline polachek ezri amv. i cant help it. "i havent changed im still the same but you cant look at me now." yup that happened to ezri. she was a shipwreck or a star. her friends allll told her girl youre getting skinny. have you not been sleeping? why would she be... BURYING THE GOOD GIRL I KNOW IM NOT...... I REWIND THE TAPE BACK TO THE START!

now youre not allowed to say anything about this. but i do sometimes visualize a shorter more tiktok-styled "edit" of Monk from Monk 2002. to How High. by Ice Spice. from. well you know ice spice. I THINK IT'D BE CUTE. he and leland specifically fuck off leave me alone. it would have a lil pink filter on it too.

okay i cant think of any more right at this moment i know theres more its just the edibles hittingggggg you know. you know.

im pissed tho bc capcut is paid now so i need to find a new app that does what i need. video editor apps suck so bad dude.

[smokeybrandreviews]

A Return to Form

It has been a rough few months, man. Almost died again and have been on the mend since the beginning of January. Literally was in the hospital since the second of January behind a failing heart due to stupidity at work but I'm getting good now. Time away and solid medicine has me feeling pretty spry. I mean, anyone would if they dropped roughly thirty pounds in water weight but it's surreal when you're the one losing it. Seriously, take it from e, if your job is killing you with nonsense or your relationship leaves you wanting, bail. Stress will f*cking kill you. It's not worth it. What i did find to be worth is Fate/Grand Order. That's right, this is a Fate post! I've spent the last few months, the last two, specifically, grinding the f*ck out of this game and with the advent of Strange Fake finally getting an anime adaption, imma gush a little because progress has been made!

Type Mercury

I got Ort! well, let me be clear, i rolled Kulkulcan, who is a Foreigner that is actually Ort, my favorite Type or Ultimate Being. For those of you who are not versed in Type Moon lore, Ort is basically the same kind of laughably overpowered entity like Arcueid. They are designated as Types with a planet for differentiation. Type-Moon is Arcueid and Type Mercury is Ort. She was in my top ten so imagine how hype i was when she popped in the Gacha! Especially after all the f*cking work i put into unlocking her Ascension levels! That last bit of her narrative sucked balls! I had to start over, like, eight times! It was a pain in the ass!

Take it with a Kiss

Finally, FINALLY, rolled Semiramis! Bro, years! I have been chasing her for actual YEARS! Semiramis is EASILY my favorite Assassin and, arguably, a top five favorite character in the entire franchise for me so i had a might need for her! Hell, I'm pretty sure Apocrypha is my favorite Fate series, after Heaven's Feel. You're not topping that HF route. Sh*t is just too good, even with all the Mordred love. Out of everything I've accomplished in this game thus far, finally claiming Semiramis ranks way up there for me. Now that she's finally mine, I'm out of unicorns. There's nothing more for me to chase. Weird. I just now thought about that. I need a new quest...

Look on my Works and Despair

I, apparently, also have an Ozymandias. I don't even remember getting this dude but cool. Egyptian Gil i fine with me, i guess. I don't really use cats whose Nobel Phantasm only targets a single enemy but, you know, I'm not going to turn down a Five-star. I mean, Ozzy is not a bad Servant. His Skills are solid and, in a boss battle that has a single enemy, dude is a powerhouse but outside of that? Meh. Respectfully.

Murder Inc.

I'm lousy with Assassins, man. Like, new ones. Like, strong ones!. I already mentioned Semiramis but i was also able to get Huyan Zhou, Mysterious Heroine X, Assassin Okita, and Stheno two times. Huyan has fast become my back up go-to for the Murder class, after Semiramis. The others are bonus, particularly Assassin Souji, but it's just nice to have so many strong weapons to choose from. Assassin and Caster were my weakest classes on my first account. That is not a problem now. I do miss Shuten, though. Hey, maybe that can be the new quest!

Journey to the West

On a complete fluke, i randomly hit up the regular banner, had a few hundred Saint Quarts so figured whatever, and the third thing to manifest was f*cking Xuanzang Sangzang! Off the Story Summon pool! That thing sucks for Five-star pulls! The Gacha gods were truly smiling on me that day. She's kind of in the same boat as Ozymandias with the single target NP but the wandering monk has a special place in my heart. You see, she was one of the very first Five-stars i ever rolled. I used her for almost everything because she was one of my strongest Servants, wonk NP be damned! Having her back kind of makes me smile a little bit. I also got the Caster Tama, too. Caster is still my weakest Class but three of the nine are Five-stars and the rest are all Four-stars. I am okay with that. also got a Lancer Bathory, too. I love me some Extra characters and he was my Starter Servant on my first game. Feels right having her back.

Extra Credit

Man, i have cleaned up with the Extra Classes. I'm talking Foreigner, Moon Cancer, Pretender, Ruler, Alter Ego and Avenger. Finally obtained a Ruler Jeanne for some f*cking reason. I never use her because she's kind of trash but i was able to fenangle myself an Alter Souji, Summer Abby, and Space Ishtar; All of whom i DO use all the time! I also have a James Moriarty, both versions of BB available on the NA server for now, Hephaestion, and Oberon. I rarely use those cats for anything. They've been banished to Support rolls, i guess.

Mommy Dearest

My Berserkers have always been a little weak, mostly because i don't see a use for them but, occasionally, i fall in love with one. Minamoto-no-Raikou was one such situation so, after years of fawning over the busty mommy, i finally rolled her! I think it was two eleven pulls to get her so sixty Quartz? Not bad for a Five-star Berserker. Honestly, i think she's my only only one but i don't use Berserkers all that often. Glass canons. Still, i also got Berserker Tama and another from my top ten, Kriemheld. Grailed them both and leveled them to ninety so they do not suck.

[smokeybrand]

A Return to Form

It has been a rough few months, man. Almost died again and have been on the mend since the beginning of January. Literally was in the hospital since the second of January behind a failing heart due to stupidity at work but I'm getting good now. Time away and solid medicine has me feeling pretty spry. I mean, anyone would if they dropped roughly thirty pounds in water weight but it's surreal when you're the one losing it. Seriously, take it from e, if your job is killing you with nonsense or your relationship leaves you wanting, bail. Stress will f*cking kill you. It's not worth it. What i did find to be worth is Fate/Grand Order. That's right, this is a Fate post! I've spent the last few months, the last two, specifically, grinding the f*ck out of this game and with the advent of Strange Fake finally getting an anime adaption, imma gush a little because progress has been made!

Type Mercury

I got Ort! well, let me be clear, i rolled Kulkulcan, who is a Foreigner that is actually Ort, my favorite Type or Ultimate Being. For those of you who are not versed in Type Moon lore, Ort is basically the same kind of laughably overpowered entity like Arcueid. They are designated as Types with a planet for differentiation. Type-Moon is Arcueid and Type Mercury is Ort. She was in my top ten so imagine how hype i was when she popped in the Gacha! Especially after all the f*cking work i put into unlocking her Ascension levels! That last bit of her narrative sucked balls! I had to start over, like, eight times! It was a pain in the ass!

Take it with a Kiss

Finally, FINALLY, rolled Semiramis! Bro, years! I have been chasing her for actual YEARS! Semiramis is EASILY my favorite Assassin and, arguably, a top five favorite character in the entire franchise for me so i had a might need for her! Hell, I'm pretty sure Apocrypha is my favorite Fate series, after Heaven's Feel. You're not topping that HF route. Sh*t is just too good, even with all the Mordred love. Out of everything I've accomplished in this game thus far, finally claiming Semiramis ranks way up there for me. Now that she's finally mine, I'm out of unicorns. There's nothing more for me to chase. Weird. I just now thought about that. I need a new quest...

Look on my Works and Despair

I, apparently, also have an Ozymandias. I don't even remember getting this dude but cool. Egyptian Gil i fine with me, i guess. I don't really use cats whose Nobel Phantasm only targets a single enemy but, you know, I'm not going to turn down a Five-star. I mean, Ozzy is not a bad Servant. His Skills are solid and, in a boss battle that has a single enemy, dude is a powerhouse but outside of that? Meh. Respectfully.

Murder Inc.

I'm lousy with Assassins, man. Like, new ones. Like, strong ones!. I already mentioned Semiramis but i was also able to get Huyan Zhou, Mysterious Heroine X, Assassin Okita, and Stheno two times. Huyan has fast become my back up go-to for the Murder class, after Semiramis. The others are bonus, particularly Assassin Souji, but it's just nice to have so many strong weapons to choose from. Assassin and Caster were my weakest classes on my first account. That is not a problem now. I do miss Shuten, though. Hey, maybe that can be the new quest!

Journey to the West

On a complete fluke, i randomly hit up the regular banner, had a few hundred Saint Quarts so figured whatever, and the third thing to manifest was f*cking Xuanzang Sangzang! Off the Story Summon pool! That thing sucks for Five-star pulls! The Gacha gods were truly smiling on me that day. She's kind of in the same boat as Ozymandias with the single target NP but the wandering monk has a special place in my heart. You see, she was one of the very first Five-stars i ever rolled. I used her for almost everything because she was one of my strongest Servants, wonk NP be damned! Having her back kind of makes me smile a little bit. I also got the Caster Tama, too. Caster is still my weakest Class but three of the nine are Five-stars and the rest are all Four-stars. I am okay with that. also got a Lancer Bathory, too. I love me some Extra characters and he was my Starter Servant on my first game. Feels right having her back.

Extra Credit

Man, i have cleaned up with the Extra Classes. I'm talking Foreigner, Moon Cancer, Pretender, Ruler, Alter Ego and Avenger. Finally obtained a Ruler Jeanne for some f*cking reason. I never use her because she's kind of trash but i was able to fenangle myself an Alter Souji, Summer Abby, and Space Ishtar; All of whom i DO use all the time! I also have a James Moriarty, both versions of BB available on the NA server for now, Hephaestion, and Oberon. I rarely use those cats for anything. They've been banished to Support rolls, i guess.

Mommy Dearest

My Berserkers have always been a little weak, mostly because i don't see a use for them but, occasionally, i fall in love with one. Minamoto-no-Raikou was one such situation so, after years of fawning over the busty mommy, i finally rolled her! I think it was two eleven pulls to get her so sixty Quartz? Not bad for a Five-star Berserker. Honestly, i think she's my only only one but i don't use Berserkers all that often. Glass canons. Still, i also got Berserker Tama and another from my top ten, Kriemheld. Grailed them both and leveled them to ninety so they do not suck.

[pugs-cats-bb-8]

Persona 3 Reload Part.8

A fucking cult.

You want something that tries to kill you? At least in the movie she does.

Long legs

My man there are lots of people dying. What is he dying of?

💪🏻🥔Buff potatoe? That's a scary image.

Did anybody really want to know more about these fuckheads? (Minus Chidori).

My dude I'd be surprised if you can feel anything. Damn cult leader.

I hate Jin's new portrait. It's like when Pokemon went 3D. (Pokemon should go back to either Gen. 5 graphics or Firered/Leafgreen graphics).

I don't see any blood.

Did they make Mitsuru and Akihiko colder?

They run funny.

That poor kid climbed that torture device. Again people should not bark.

It looks like a Sandygast in the background.

That kid sounds familiar.

Ken reminds me so much of Akechi.

Great posture in the background. 🤣🤣

Labrys❤❤

Ngl if I came home and Shinji was waiting for me. I'd turn right around and head back out.

"Nah, I'm not going to pick on Junpei, today". 😔😔 How about you leave him alone for the rest of the game?

From what I can count, there are 12 burgers. 12 heart attacks.

"I have to report this to Elizabeth". No, my man you have to go to the hospital, for the heart attack you'll likely have.

I hate the whole suppressants angle.

I straight up thought he was going to give you the cigarette butt 🤣🤣

Hardboiled detective makes me think of a hardboiled egg solving mysteries.

Cabbage

I don't blame her for hating hospitals. Nothing good comes out of them.

I love these two.

A little romance side plot. Reminds me of how you basically date Akechi alongside the plot.

"What do you want a fruit knife for? Oh, to cook". 😐 No, my man I'm going to stab somebody with it. What the fuck do you think I want it for?

Can you not be such a dick, Shinji?

Giant bowl of ramen.

Jerk.

Poor Akihiko.

Charm, my ass.

How old is Chidori?

It's funny how you can basically leave people on read for half of the game, then go back and finish their link. Like do you even remember their story at that point? Or how you can work a couple times and never go back.

A sumarai Do they even still have those? I love Bebe. 🤣🤣

Bebe's link feels a little fast.

Why does the culture festival get canceled?

Are Monks allowed to drink alcohol? (No)

Poor doggy.

I like how nobody wants to talk to Ken, so they have you do it.

Did Ken always have a hamster, named Hamburger?

No offense, but shouldn't that hamster be dead by now?

You were allowed to smoke indoors in 2009?

What is your son getting into?

There are days when I want to drink, but I don't. Honestly, if anything I'd probably be a smoker (which I'm not).

Why does gun Jesus want to meet when there's a typhoon coming?

Something tells me that he doesn't have a permit for his gun.

No one offers you a towel. 😡😡

Why would we release her into the typhoon?

They make you sit through the entire cutscene soaking wet😡😡

Maybe I should go see if the crops survived the typhoon.

You slept for two days! Isn't that a coma? No one came to check and make sure you were still breathing?

Mothman isn't big on words, is he?

I wish more people got lost in Tartarus. It would make going there less of a chore.

It sucks that you have to get missing people one at a time from Elizabeth. But it's better than waiting for Morgana to go off.

Drink it, soak in it?

"Watch out for that one". Naw, we're gonna battle it. 🤣🤣

Tanky mother fucker.

It hits like a tank.

It hit everyone and itself?

That thing is huge!

Is this like the I think it was a Jack O' Lantern that stole a desire in Strikers?

It taunted you 🤣🤣 So we have to chase it.

The hand looks like it's wearing a onesie.

It painted it's nails, Blood Red. The blood of it's enemies.

Just try punching it. 🤣🤣

"Their ass is grass". 🤣🤣 I have to give it to Shinji, that's funny.

The clock is expensive to use.

He ran into a pole. 🤣🤣

The miss rate is insane.

The 'Bad Boys' song kinda sounds like it belongs in a horror movie.

Makoto used the force.

Is that a rocking horse?

"Flashing won't work". 🤣🤣 What?

Let us rest, they say. 🤣🤣

Unless by creeps you mean gun jesus, then no.

550 M =1,804.46149 F

And Yukari is dead.

The Therugy machinic is interesting, but I would probably forget to use it. If it's not shoved in my face, like the showtimes. I'll forget about it especially if it's on the side of the screen, looking at you Voltage meter.

Running down stairs is funny.

"It sucks to suck". 🤣🤣 In which Shinji channels a 10 year old playing Minecraft.

I like the way he says Sarasvati. That thing sucks in Strikers on Merciless.

I am forever grateful that you don't have to pay for Futaba's skills.

Shinji, in his swimsuit, looks like Akechi.

This teacher's got issues.

Is he talking to Makoto or Koromaru?

Poor Mitsuru.

Makoto really took on three guys.

You were surrounded by three guys.

Yukari's dropping hints.

Yeah, rob shadows.

250,000,00=15,975 dollars

What happened to Bede's parents?

Do you need a 🗑 or a 🏥?

I thought that said Kuma Sutra🤣🤣

Yukari doesn't strike me as a mountain girl.

I love the giant Jack Frost snowman.

I thought Ken's mom died when the/a house collapsed?

There's an odd irony in that Shinji wasn't long for life, even if Ken didn't kill him.

I think that spear got longer.

The cutscenes look like normal gameplay which makes it hard to tell when it goes into cutscenes.

Don't they spring Chidori?

The first casualty? Like I know Makoto dies but that sounds like they're going to get picked off, one by one.

In a way, I think Shinji dying was less sad this time around.

[touchastar]

so ive been looking at a handful of self improvement videos? for lack of better words. and i just. well. i keep noticing a sharp divide between one type of self improvement youtuber vs another type

how do i even explain this.

its ok to be a human person and enjoy life but also get stuff done type of self improvement person. versus… well.. not. jordan peterson type person, for lack of better words because i don't know content creators by name and i don't care to know content creators by name.

and im looking at this youtube channel. im glancing at his thumbnails and content and like well shit dude. this could literally go either way, couldnt it?

"your brain is your #1 enemy" "this video is about brain rot" "monk mode" "is the next generation cooked?"

and its like. oh i dont know. you could have incredibly valid points and have good advice, or at least conclusions and a direction to go in.

or you could just be a fascist using progressive language.

and it sucks bec there's no way to tell at a glance. and i dont want to tell at a glance! but at the same time i dont want to sit through 10, 20, 30 minutes of "this video is about brain rot" to determine if this is useful or not.

are you using catchy phrases that originate from aave and popularized by tiktok in order to gain attention of people who might be resistant to the ideas you're presenting or do you unironically think "gooning" is bad. (which is such a disgusting phrase to use for a very normal and healthy act. by the way. what the hell is going on here? i know what's going on here. but still.)

and well im just going to need to sit here and give you my attention and time if i'm going to find out.

on top of that, maybe they aren't a fascist using progressive language. maybe they've truly bought into the story that capitalism and the protestant work ethic and american exceptionalism has sold them? and they think they're genuinely helping people by selling them this story in return?

and god don't even get me started - i do believe that social media is detrimental (an addiction? im not sure. speaking as someone who had a drug stint in high school and has alcoholics in the family.) but why is this forming? why social media? can we look at what we're missing and what social media is giving? and i dont just mean social media. and also forgetting that you're allowed to just enjoy life and fuck around.

then then then there's also. LMAO DISREGARD THIS ENTIRE THING. I WAS RIGHT. WITHIN SEVEN MINUTES, HE IMPLIED VERY HEAVILY "BRAIN ROT" IS A REAL MEDICAL CONDITION AND THEN DESCRIBED SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND DISSOCIATION AND THEN SAID THAT MEDIA DOESN'T ADD VALUE TO OUR LIVES AT ALL AND WE FORGET ABOUT IT AFTER 5 MINUTES. AS IF HUMANITY DIDN'T START OUT TELLING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER STORIES? why did i have a mild moral spiral over this. unbelievable.