#lemme ship with shinra

[crimson-sun]

Currently running an interest check for physical copies of the Shinra Photo Book - the project I've been chipping at on and off for about eight years. After all that time, it's finally ready.

You can check out more of the pics inside the book in this tag. Some of the older images have been updated with newer versions, which I've talked more about alongside other production notes on Patreon.

This is the first time I've run a public interest check, so do click on that link and lemme know if you're keen! Thank you so much for the folks who have responded thus far, especially those supporters on Patreon without whom none of this is possible <3

Interest check will close early November, and if all goes well hoping to open orders mid-late November in time to ship for Xmas!

[silver-wield]

Have you noticed that in OG that even the actions that cause you to lose points with Tifa aren't too terrible, whereas the ones with Aerith are quite rude?

I never paid much attention to what the negative results were, so I got dating mechanics info up to have a look and see what the difference was between Tifa and Aerith's negative options.

Tifa

1. If you say you're looking forward to spending time with Jessie, Tifa loses 3pts. Makes sense. Cloud is being disloyal to Tifa and a scummy player who'd go with any random girl who passed his way.

After this first option before you even meet up with Tifa, then next possibility to lose points is all the way over at Corneo's.

Lemme put that into Remake context. Cloud talks to Jessie on the train in chapter 2, then from chapter 3-9 it's impossible to get a negative result with Tifa. That's a lot of time spent with her and there's a lot of options where you can gain pts with her. Obviously the sad and salty ones will choose other options, but those don't lose pts with Tifa, she just doesn't gain any.

Tifa maintains a good opinion of Cloud during this time.

2. If Cloud asks how Tifa is instead of saying they should save Aerith from Corneo, Tifa loses 2pts. So, if Cloud doesn't give a shit that a useless girl is about to get raped, Tifa loses respect for him. Again, makes perfect sense.

3. The third negative option for Tifa is once again tied to Cloud being disloyal and a scummy player who'd go after any girl if he says to Marlene he hopes Aerith likes him. Tifa will lose 2pts.

4. If Aerith is put in Tifa's care when they escape the Shinra building then Tifa will lose 2pts with Cloud. I'm wondering if this is tied to Tifa doubting her own capability or maybe it's a sexist thing from the times that it should be a guy helping a girl out. Either way Remake showed us the correct party is Barret.

5. The next negative pts is at Kalm when an NPC talks about the convenience of mako. If Cloud agrees, Tifa and several others lose 1pt with Cloud. Since they're all opposed to Shinra and mako, this makes sense it would upset Tifa.

6. And another NPC convo about modern life can also cause several characters to lose 1pt, if Cloud thinks what they have now is best over more natural living. Given how mako and shinra ruined Tifa's life, it makes sense she'd disagree with this opinion.

7. If Cloud doesn't want to aid Fort Condor he loses pts with several characters and loses more pts if he doesn't care about hearing their stories. Being insensitive and not wanting to help others would go against Tifa's core values, so it's obvious why this loses pts.

8. On the cargo ship when Tifa asks Cloud about the war he can lose 2pts with her by saying he doesn't know. This goes towards Tifa possibly believing Cloud doesn't trust her enough to share or that he's hiding something for her, which is a hint at his false persona and how she can tell something isn't right with him.

9. If Tifa isn't chosen as a party member during the first GS visit she loses 2pts with Cloud. This is the same for every party member who isn't chosen except Red.

10. At Gongaga, if Cloud avoids talking to Tifa then she loses 3 pts with him. Since these convos are fairly important and emotional hints towards the plot and mystery with Zack it makes sense why ignoring them would have this result.

The total negative pts you can gain is 24

Those are all the options that have a negative impact towards Tifa's affection or total. Every option makes sense in the context of the plot and Cloud and Tifa's characters and relationship.

Aerith

1. You can lose 3pts for pushing the wrong barrel in the church. This happens 3 times, so that's 9pts lost already. There's also a loss of 1pt if you tell Aerith to fight the Shinra grunts herself, or if you tell her to run but she gets caught. This goes towards Cloud being an incompetent bodyguard or expecting Aerith to be capable of looking after herself.

2. In Aerith's house if Cloud says Tifa is his girlfriend when Aerith asks you lose a whopping 5pts with Aerith. Wow, talk about jelly.

3. At Corneo's if you choose the option "we should save Tifa", Aerith loses another 2pts with Cloud. So, for context: if you show no concern about Aerith being with a rapist, then Tifa is mad at Cloud. If you do show concern about Tifa possibly being raped then Aerith gets mad at Cloud.

What the fuck is wrong with you, Aerith?! That's a rapist! This is probably the most disgusting thing ever and makes Aerith into a total bitch. Who tf gets mad about someone wanting to save a woman from being raped?! And people wonder why I say Aerith is selfish.

4. Next opportunity to get negative pts is when Marlene asks Cloud if Aerith likes him. If he says he doesn't know then Aerith loses 3pts with him. I guess being oblivious and only interested in Tifa is bringing out her green eyed monster again.

5. Aerith also gets mad at Cloud for finding mako convenient and loses 1pt with him for that option.

6. Aerith also drops another 1pt if Cloud thinks new modern ways are better than more traditional ones. Obviously the hatred for Shinra and mako plays a key role in this.

7. Aerith will lose a total of 6pts with Cloud if he doesn't care and doesn't wanna help out at Fort Condor.

8. On the cargo ship if Cloud says he doesn't know when Aerith asks to be taken for a ride on the Highwind someday, she loses 2pts with him. She's just mad he's not interested.

9. If Aerith isn't chosen to be in the party at the first GS visit, she loses 2pts with Cloud.

10. If Cloud ignores talking to Aerith at Gongaga after meeting Zack's parents then she'll lose 3pts with him.

The total negative pts you can gain is 34

And that's all the negative options for Aerith, who displays jealousy and selfishness if Cloud cares about anyone but him, but she also expects him to be a competent bodyguard and be willing to help others for no reward. Any behaviour that shows he isn't like Zack makes her lose affection for him by quite a large amount.

Overall you can lose more pts with Aerith than you can with Tifa. She also has a higher amount that can be lost per option than Tifa for a lot of the choices. I've said before that by the time you meet Aerith in the church, Tifa can have 56pts which destroys Aerith's base pt lead and all you need to do is be a decent human being and not treat Tifa like you, the player, hate and are jelly af of her.

Seems like this pt system is a bit more sophisticated than people think 🤔

[cynthiaandsamus]

Custom Toonami Block Week 74 Rundown

Code Geass: So we’ve got another one of those “wacky bullshit student activities” episodes, though this one seems to ride the hardest on “shit is going down, the world is ending but haha Shirley romance drama” though admittedly it does have a nice character arc for Milly so that’s cool. Lelouch is worried that the Knights of the Round are here to investigate him until he realizes both of them only have one braincell between them so it’s fine. Cornelia’s also murdering her way through religious fanatics so that’s cool. And last but not least we have Shirley and Lelouch finally getting together right before Jeremiah Geass Cancels her amnesia so she knows Lelouch is Zero and killed her dad and presumably the other stuff that Charles put in the whole school’s brain somehow. I’m sure this will end well and their romance will survive in a way that isn’t insanely tragic.

Inuyasha: We’re still in fillertown and it’s another SangoxMiroku episode. Man we get a lot of these in filler huh? I kinda don’t remember which Sango/Miroku moments are canon at this point. I’d kinda laugh if it was just all filler and some manga-only fans were bewildered when they ended up together in the end. Anyway, Feudal Lord has a thing for Sango because he has great taste and Kagome ships Sango/Miroku so she doesn’t want her to go, Miroku’s like “Hey it’s her choice, she’s been through enough, she can choose her own life, I’m not gonna get involved” which is pretty mature but the girls still hate on him for it. Sango’s just like “Dude even if I wanted to stay I still have this Naraku-slaying quest to go on and I’m not about to sit around all day and be royalty while my friends go kick Naraku’s ass for me.” Which is how most love confessions in this series go. Also Sango suplexes a demon bear the size of a building with her bare hands and it’s pretty great. In the end the lord doesn’t give up going after Sango but they finish the bear stuff and are on their way. I like how they don’t go out of their way to demonize this guy in the end to prop Miroku up, he’s still a good guy, Sango’s just got shit to do and is more the type to like a warrior who’s got her back. There’s some really cute shipping shenanigans here and all in all it’s fun filler.

Yu Yu Hakusho: We’ve got a three for one deal here as Yusuke and Kuwabara assblast their way through the Dark Triad in one episode, continuing their power play of beating villains with little effort while the boss man bets that they’ll completely wreck his guards which is still a pretty interesting dynamic. We’ve got cringey 90s trans commentary, an invisible dude that gets blindsided easily and a hostage ogre that gets beaten by Botan taking off her coat. Honestly for these guys being supposedly minibosses they kind of went down easier than some of the grunts. But now Kuwabara’s in contact with Yukina because his bullshit power of love connection actually works for some reason and they’re in on the final fight with the Toguro brothers. With this many people betting the GDP of countries on the fight there’s no way this isn’t rigged. I really like how YYH basically makes shonen fights just part of stupid black market deals for a large part of it, just like in real life everything’s decided by some old rich guy.

Fate Zero: Kayneth’s still fucked up and has Rock Lee syndrome and can’t use jutsu anymore so his wife’s like “Yo buddy you can’t give Lancer the magic cummies anymore anyway, lemme take control of your hunky knight manslave or I swear to god I’ll rip your arm off and jerk him off with it” which since she asked so nicely he just kind of does. With Lancer still kinda being uppity about Kayneth having dibs on his soul and Sola-Ui being weirdly horny and increasingly yandere for him I’m sure this’ll end well. Saber and Kiritsugu are still pissy with each other because Saber wants to go after Caster to stop the child murders which is fair but she’s also injured and shit and she’s mad at Kiritsugu for not teaming up with Kayneth to just take down Caster right there and I mean I don’t think he really had time to suggest a truce while getting attacked with Terminator 2 goo, he’s not really the asshole here. Meanwhile and more importantly, ISKANDAR HAS PANTS! Nothing can stop him now and they crash Caster’s child murder party and are jumped by Assassin’s Forty Thieves (they aren’t named yet but I’mma just assume) and Iskander’s just like “Yeah no I’m not fighting five ninjas knee deep in child guts.” And they just burn the whole place down.

Konosuba: So in a bizarre Interspecies Reviewers/Food Wars crossover, Kazuma goes to a succubus house and instead of just getting sex they do dreams and shit which seems more complicated but I guess it’s less morally gray. Anyway, naked Darkness and contrived hentai plots ensue. They sprinkle in some good character stuff for Kazuma which is nice, it’s always kind of hard to pin down where his principles lie. Like he’s generally a scumbag and will take the easy way out of anything but he’s not evil and will give Darkness an out on their encounter if she wants and will get his ass kicked to protect his local sex worker. The Principled Scumbag approach is kind of neat for him, I wish a few more of these moments didn’t feel the need to immediately undercut themselves with a joke but that’s the nature of the series. I feel like one or two more genuinely sincere moments throughout a couple episodes would do wonders but either way it’s still amusing.

Sailor Moon Crystal: We pick up right where we left off with Tuxedo Mask throwing himself in front of the Kamehameha for Usagi and then she goes Super Saiyan and cries pokemon tears to bring him back to life. But the bad guys are somehow like ‘yoink’ and steal him from her lap through a barrier somehow (that still kinda pisses me off) and for some reason the crystal that booped its way into his chest isn’t there anymore and Usagi still has and and Usagi’s going through a lot of shit right now between processing the trauma of a millennia-old kingdom falling that’s partially her fault, working through her romantic feelings and having a Steven Universe identity crisis about how to process her identity as a reincarnation of someone a lot cooler than she is, so most of this episode is Usagi crying, as most episodes are, but at least she has a good reason.  Then we get a Girl Squad Roll Out montage because fuck it we’re going to the moon somehow.

Durarara!!:  Apparently everyone knows about where Celty’s head is but her because she visits Izaya’s office where the head is just kinda behind some books on his bookshelf and she doesn’t know but Shinra’s dad has enough time to mug Namie after telling Shinra and Celty off for their weird interspecies relationship and tell Izaya to have fun fucking around with the head. Also people have shifted from being worried about the Dollars to being worried about Saika and ALSO being worried about the Dollars maybe being at war with the Yellow Scarves. Celty’s looking into it and Shinra shows some character development in just coming out with it that Saika was the sword that severed her connection with her head… I don’t know how you cut the soul of a head that’s already cut off but okay, at least Shinra’s not hiding shit from here anymore. Also Saika’s about to seriously chop up Anri and Masaomi comes to visit his girl in the hospital finally.

[anisecandy]

Favorite all time ships go!

Aaaaa okay! Okay, I got it.

Wait, I don’t.

Lemme think. All time. That’s. That’s really hard.

HisoPika (Hunter x Hunter), Celty x Shinra (Durarara!!) errr- maybe also MuraMido (Kuroko no Basket)??? Oh yeah! And LexJokes, def LexJokes (DC comics)

I’m thinking about some Hazbin Hotel ones- but I haven’t shipped anything long enough to be this attached to it

[imacetra]

Unpopular FF Opinion

Sephiroth isn’t a good person just because he’s “so hot!!!! UwU”

Love him all you want, but he wasn’t a good pure marshmallow cinnamon roll boy some people make him out to be. He’s an interesting character, but he did horrible things that can’t just be swept under the rug. If Sephiroth somehow came back for good, and suddenly switched from “I’m going to summon Meteor and become a god” to a hero, no one would accept him as a friend, ally, or good person. And even if someone did, it sure as hell wouldn’t happen for awhile. Sephiroth tried to kill everyone on several occasions. He’s made a kebab out of Cloud twice, murdered Tifa’s father, and nearly killed her minutes later, destroyed Cloud and Tifa’s hometown, and murdered Aerith. Yet a lot of people ignore this, and so we get a lot of fanfics and fan art where Sephiroth shows up and everyone’s immediately cool with it.

“Oh yeah, you burnt my hometown to the ground, nearly killed my childhood friend, nearly killed me, murdered countless innocent people, killed one of my best friends, and nearly destroyed the planet, but yeah, it’s cool. Lemme buy you a beer.”

If Sephiroth showed up claiming to be a good guy, none of the main cast would give a shit. They’d attack him on sight.

And this isn’t an attack on any ships, or Sephiroth as a character. I genuinely like Sephiroth’s story and can see why people love him. In fact, Sephiroth was awesome before he freaked out and went on a killing spree. I loved him in Crisis Core.

But he isn’t a good person.

Yes, we can understand why he went crazy and started to hate everything, because we’ve seen his backstory. We know what made him snap. But that doesn’t excuse his actions. He’s not an innocent sunshine boy who did nothing wrong.

And that’s something that’s extremely annoying about fandoms, especially FFVII’s fandom.

If you’re pretty, you can get away with things.

Take Reno for example. He’s one of my favorite characters, and I love him.

But he’s a fucked up character.

Advent Children kind of made the Turks out to be nothing but the comedic relief. Reno and Rude specifically. Which probably contributes to a lot of people thinking that Reno did nothing wrong.

This is the guy who Mufassa’d Don Corneo off a mountain, set the bomb that destroyed Sector 7, killing millions in the process, and chased after Aerith for years, trying to drag her back to the ShinRa. But apparently, because he looks like THIS

it’s all okay. 

Reno ain’t a “sexy widdle baby” who does no wrong. So don’t act like it. I love him, but he’s done HORRIBLE things.

Another perfect example of “pretty bois are perfect in every way” is Vincent. Now I love Vincent to death. He’s one of my absolute favorites.

But he’s fucked up too!

Vincent was a Turk. The Turks do some pretty shady stuff. Assassinations, kidnappings, etc. Who knows how many people he killed when he was a Turk.  Not to mention, Vincent canonically walked away from innocent people getting kidnapped/murdered in Dirge of Cerberus.

But hey. He looks like THIS

so iT’S aLl OkAY

It’s seriously annoying how wrong doings are just tossed out the window because a character is pretty. Sephiroth, Reno, Vincent, they get special treatment because they’re pretty boys.

But guy characters who aren’t conventionally pretty, or lady characters in general, oh ho, if they do something wrong, they’re THE W O R S T.

Take Cid for example.

When you first meet Cid in the OG, he’s extremely stressed out. His dreams were previously crushed, making him spiral into anger and depression. He’s pissed at himself because he had to THINK about choosing between saving Shera’s life or going through with the launch to achieve his dream of making it to space. He hesistated to save his friend’s life. Shera even tells us that Cid’s “not normally like this” when he's acting up in his introduction. He’s freaking out because Rufus is on his way, and the President is his only hope of getting the Space Program going again.

But no, because Cid shouts at her (he shouts at everyone, wtf are you people on), he’s the worst. An awful person. A sexist abusive asshole who doesn’t deserve to live.

OOH, bad man say mean word to woman. Shera’s clearly a victim who must be saved from this disgusting brute.

Seriously? Where are you people getting this? Shera CHOSE to stay with Cid, guilt complex or no. When it turns out she was right about the oxygen tanks, Shera doesn’t rub it in Cid’s face. And Cid doesn’t fucking badmouth Shera. He yells at her, just like he yells at E V E R Y O N E. And he does so with more aggression when he’s stressed, like when you first meet him.

I’m not excusing Cid’s actions, or Shera’s. The whole point of this post is “don’t excuse a character’s actions just because you love them”. But Cid is constantly trashed, berated, spat on, and misjudged, mainly because he’s not pretty like Vincent, Sephiroth and many other anime looking FF boys. Cid shouldn’t have taken his anger out on Shera by yelling at her. But he’s not an awful person.

He’s just a big dorky space gay who wants his goddamn tea.

Now onto another character who gets a ton of undeserved hate: Lucrecia.

Like many characters in FFVII, Lucrecia made some big fucking mistakes. But hey.

WHO THE FUCK DOESN’T?????

There isn’t a single main character in this game who hasn’t made at least ONE mistake. But oh, because Lucrecia is extremely emotional and not a pretty anime boy, she’s unforgivable, horrible, and deserves to be spat on for existing.

Guys, Lucrecia apologizes time and time again, and even tries (and fails) to kill herself she feels so bad about what she did. She regrets experimenting on her baby and she feels at fault for what happened to Vincent.

But hey.

SHe’S nOT a pRettY bOI sO iT’s aLl OkAy

The point I’m trying to make here is this.

Sephiroth (and most of the pretty men in FFVII) are constantly being woobified and forgiven of literally all their wrong doings just because of their looks, and it’s stupid. They’re forgiven for mass murder for god’s sake. Don’t you think that’s at least a little fucked up???

I’m not hating on characters. I’m hating on shitty representation. And portraying Sephiroth as some heroic hottie who Did No Wrong is stupid and inaccurate.

So love Sephiroth all you want. But don’t forgive him for murder just because he’s pretty.

[hydrachea]

lemme pitch you from left field and go Reigen x Shinra

OTP, NOTP Ask Game

NOTP | I’m leaning to NOTP | Its.. Okay? | Huh, wasn’t aware of that one. | Its Alright! | Cute | I love it! | Adorable! | I ship it! | OTP | STRONG OTP | HANDS DOWN GREATEST SHIP OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Nevermind that I had to look up who Shinra is, that’s irrelevant.

[sleepybiflinge]

ANIME ONES: ALL OF THEM BIH

OH MY JEEZ

1. first anime you ever watched

Ummm... I think officially the first anime I watched was Pokemon

2. first anime crush

Probably Kagome tbh? Also Aelita from Code Lyoko if that counts. And Yumi. Ulrich was the first guy crush I had too. I really liked Code Lyoko if that’s not clear lol.

3. favorite anime character

Shit... Rn? Aizawa. I just really feel like I relate to him so much? He’s always tired? Bitch me too, the fuck?

4. least favorite anime character

Mineta or Endeavor. Both can go to hell. Those are the most obvious ones rn

5. list all anime you have ever watched

OH GOD JESUS!

As I remember them:

Pokemon, Code Lyoko, Inu Yasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Dragon Ball/DBZ, Hikaru no Go, Yu Yu Hakusho, Bakuman, Shaman King, Nisekoi,  Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Attack On Titan, Avatar TLA/LOK (counting them), BNHA, Eden of the East, K Project, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ouran High School Host Club, Another, Blue Dragon, Sword Art Online, Magi, Gurren Lagann, Durarara, Soul Eater, Boruto, YuGiOh/GX, Sailor Moon, Cowboy Beebop, Angel Beats, Zatch Bell, D Gray Man, Reborn, Ghost In The Shell, Certain Scientific Railgun, Prince of Tennis, Ruroni Kenshin, Code Geass, Anohana, Clannad, Daily Life Of High School Boys, Nisekoi, Nichijou, Rosario To Vampire, Black Cat, 07-Ghost, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Gin Tama.

God there’s probably so many more I just can’t bring myself to remember lmao.

6. popular anime you didn’t like

Attack On Titan I started off liking but then it just got... Meh?

7. anime you are currently watching

Black Clover, BNHA, (rewatching Bakuman too), Pokemon Sun Moon thinking about rewatching some too...

8. anime character you are most like

AIZAWA!!!!!!

9. favorite anime child

Hmmm... I love Ed from Cowboy Beebop tbh

10. favorite anime animal sidekick

PU FROM YU YU HAKUSHO OH MY GOD!!!

11. anime you didn’t expect to like but did

Honestly? NGE/Gurren Lagann/ any mech that I’ve watched tbh. Because I used to avoid the genre alltogether but I like them quite a lot because of NGE tbh. Thanks anime club!

12. anime that should get more attention from others

BAKUMAN IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY FAVOURITE OH MY FUCK!!!

13. funnest anime you have watched

Nichijou. Hands down

14. saddest anime you have ever watched

Fucking clannad. And Angel Beats. Fuck. I never even watched afterstory because I realized what happened.

15. anime you never get sick of watching

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

16. 10 best animes you have watched

Bakuman

FMA:B

Death Note

Bleach

One Piece

BNHA

Yu Yu Hakusho

Shaman King

NGE

Angel Beats

17. biggest anime crush

Fuck... Ummm... Probably Kurama from YuYu Hakusho still. That’s a hot man.

18.10 worst anime you have watched

I hate Bakugan with a G. it started out so good. But then went to shit. All the YuGiOhs after GX. Other than that Idk if I can think of any others tbh? Idk man.

19. favorite anime ships

God there are so many!! EDWIN, Tsuchako, kiribaku, IzuOcha, Tsumikage(?), Celty/Shinra, Naruto/Hinata, Lelouch/Suzaku, etc.

20. least favorite anime ships

FUCK!! ANY ABUSIVE/INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR ANY CHILDREN IN SHIPS WITH ADULTS! GROSS.

21. anime that made you cry, when

First one? Angel Beats. When? A long time ago. Like, sophomore year of high school lol. so like 2012.

22. age you started watching anime/person who introduced you to it.

Hardcore? I was like 10 or 11. Discovered toonami accidentally tbh. 

23. unpopular character you love

Hmmm... I guess I really like Shino from Naruto, does that count? I’m sure there are more, but I literally can’t think of them?

24. popular character you hate

Ugh... I mean, I hated the shit out of sasuke for a long time but idk if I entirely hate him now? I hate people that are hella abusive but I don’t think they’re really popular? Like mineta and endeavor def don’t count as popular.

25. anime you would recommend to someone who hates anime

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or death note are solid introductions I feel like.

26. manga you have read all the was through

Oooh. Psyren (wish that didn’t get cancelled). Bakuman, Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakusho, Death Note, and a helluva lot more. Nisekoi, Ouran High School Host Club, and I think that’s it!

27. anime you plan to watch in the future

Haikyuu!!!! But like, if there are any more recs, lemme know too. My list is low rn.

28. most upsetting moment in anime, why

Clannad death(s) I didn’t even watch afterstory and I’m still mad about both deaths.

29. anime that deserves another season

Bleach!!! LET THEM FINISH THEIR STORY PLEASE!!! I want more bleach!!

30. one anime conclusion you would change

FUCKING CLANNAD BECAUSE FUCK BOTH THOSE ENDINGS! NO ANIME HAS EVER GOT ME SHOOK LIKE THAT IS2FG

HOLY SHIT THAT TOOK SO LONG I’M SORRY! But I really went all out for this one I think. tbh.