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[saeki-rina]

Runaan is kinda out of character in season 7 of The Dragon Prince

I decided to start this thread because I haven't come across anything similar yet and the issue is bugging me. I would appreciate your thoughts and opinions because I'm very curious if anyone else has had a similar impression or has any other ideas about where it might come from.

My feelings after watching The Secret of Aaravos were like, "Runaan is out of character. He's not himself anymore, not completely. Man, he's become less believable to me as a character." I started to wonder why. Here's what I've come up with so far.

1. Runaan started looking out of character for his age.

In The Secret of Aaravos, Runaan looks younger to me than in The Dragon Prince. And much younger. What's the logical point of that? Even if we assume that while trapped in the coin the aging process stopped for him (which is not confirmed in any way, as far as I know), still - Runaan should look at least the same age as in Season 1. Not younger. Sure, maybe the team just decided they preferred a slightly changed/"new" character design, but still - it makes me as a viewer confused. Because I look at Runaan and just think "why did he suddenly get a decade younger?".

And I know Ethari also seems to look a bit younger with her new hair compared to Season 3, but not enough to be confusing. It's entirely possible that a new haircut or different clothing can make you look younger (I believe that's what Ethari is going for). But Runaan hasn't changed a bit in his appearance, and he still - looks much younger.

Credits - I know, the artstyle depends on artist, but still - chrologically younger Runaan looks more like in season 1 than 7

Bloodmoon Huntress

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I noticed that Runaan already looks a bit younger in season 1, when he's not serious, irritated, angry, etc., but still, not as young as in season 7. There are limits.

2. Runaan behaves inconsistently with his character.

I don't mean like all the time, but in very situations. In my opinion, it comes down to a few things:

A) in season 7, Runaan's facial expressions are often inadequate to the original character creation.

I really understand the plot situation (2 years in the coin, regaining freedom, Rayla, a chance to return to Ethari) and the fact that Runaan could have changed - become more gentle. And it's no wonder that he's often sensitive this season, after all, he's in the company of Rayla or Ethari.

But I have the impression that the creators wanted to show how much is going on emotionally in Runaan so much that they overdid it. And there's nothing left of the ''COLD AND SHARP as steel'' assassin. His face is so expressive, he constantly seems lost and sad (but like a puppy, not an elf who after 2 years of absence might not keep up with the world).

I love the scene of returning to Ethari and the subtle smiles when she looks at him after picking mushrooms or during dinner, and the fact that he's also shown when he's grumpy [ ''Runaan's expression sheet is the only one to not feature a smile. This elf exclusively broods'' (The Art of the Dragon Prince), ‘’ our favorite broody assassin’’ (https://thedragonprince.com/runaan-birthday/)] . Very interesting, after seeing him only on duty or in prison in Season 1. But most of what is in Season 7 seems to me to be out of place for a serious, composed assassin.

In my opinion, the flashback from Season 3 did a very good job of balancing Runaan's standard seriousness of his expressionless face (or just neutral) with a situation where tenderness towards someone close to him creeps in. It looked natural and very believable.

B) some gestures do not fit Runaan's previous portrayal

Runaan's body language this season is strange to me. Even if he is lost after two years, hurt, tired - ok, I understand. But while in Season 1 his movements were decisive, confident, and - I really don't want to refer to stereotypes, but I can't find a better comparison, for which I apologize - "masculine", in The Secret of Aaravos Runaan sometimes moves strangely "softly". Maybe it's the animation, maybe the choice of shots, their fluidity, I don't know. But for me, even during the mission with Callum, Runaan no longer has the confidence in his movements that he had in season 1.

Unfortunately, I will refer to stereotypes again, sorry, but these are simply the only comparisons that came to my mind.

Two gestures in particular do not fit Runaan's creation so far. The first, when he looks at Silvergrove, putting his hands to his chest, and the second, when he tells Ezran "And yet with grace and strength, you have managed to lead with kindness". I know what the creators wanted to show, but I think the way they did it does not fit how Runaan was presented to us. In both situations, she looks more like the archetypal delicate and sensitive princess, not like a composed assassin who deals with many emotions and changes in mindset. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Runaan (or a man in general) can't be sensitive or delicate. I just think that it would be more consistent with Runaan's personality to show all of this in a more subtle way. For example, in the first situation Runaan might simply fall silent at the sight of Silvergrove, his gaze becoming softer and more thoughtful, camera focusing on his face (like when he saw a dragon egg or coins with Lain and Tiadrin in 1 season).

Apologetic but still self-aware worrior talks to king like that? It's hard to believe for me.

3. Runaan seems more like Rayla's brother than father

Because of his younger appearance, some indecisiveness in body language and a strange impression of "girliness" (again, sorry), as well as some plot situations, I stopped seeing Runaan as Rayla's father. At most an older brother, but it was really hard for me to convince myself that he was the same elf as in Season 1 or Bloodmoon Huntress.

And sure, I understand that maybe they wanted to show that now Rayla is taking care of him, that they are more equal, that Runaan allows her to take responsibility and prove herself. Still, the probably intentionally comical scene of Runaan resting and setting off to Ethari came across to me as if Rayla was scolding her siblings, not the adult elf who raised her. I understand that Runaan is impatient here and could have acted unwisely, but in my opinion it was a bit over the top.

In my language version, Runaan's voice actor changed - from someone with a ''typically male" voice to someone who sounds very "young". I know that this definitely affected my perception of Runaan, but then I watched all the scenes in English for comparison. It was better - now Runaan JUST LOOKED younger. But it still wasn't the Runaan from Season 1 or 3.

Summary

The more I think about it, the more I feel that Runaan's character in Season 7 is not consistent with what the creators presented in Season 1, 3 or the books (art book, Callum's Spellbook, Bloodmood Huntress).

I am deeply disappointed, because I followed this series mainly because of the Runaan, Viren and Aaravos storylines. And in each of them I see certain clashes and puzzling decisions of the writers. But nothing persecutes as much as the "new" Runaan - younger, more delicate (at times "girlish"), who says that he is Rayla's father, but somehow does not give that impression (cause he seems to be too young for that).

I do not understand these methods of the creators. I know what they wanted to show (maybe the confusion, the more delicate side of Runaan, his uncertainty, the change of previous beliefs about himself and his profession), but the way it was done does not convince me.

And although there are moments that I absolutely love and consider credible in the context of Runaan's personality (and the only problem is his younger appearance) - for me his character is no longer consistent with what we have seen and could read about him so far. In season 7 he's so often just looks like a lost, uncertain, delicate pretty princess to me.

I do not see in him that mature, determined warrior with the aura of a protector.

I feel more like I've met his twin brother - very similar in appearance, but very different overall.

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[danyvhell-writes]

vere hcs? preferably for a sub reader but it's fine either way!! thx a lot :P

General Vere headcanons (Touchstarved)

GN reader - no warnings | Thanks for the ask <333 Took me more time than I planned but here it is ! (Sorry for the wait lil anon, I was quite busy this month :') Writing about him was so fun, he's just so malicious and silly ?? Hope you'll like it hehe >:)

• Anything becomes a reason to tease you ! A little smile you gave him ? A blush ? Stammering even just a bit ? He will tease you to death if he can.

• He sees everything. Think you can hide something from him ? Ah, how naive of you. If something bothers you he will know, don't try to put on a mask. "Oh someone seems upset hm..." "No I'm not !" "I just said someone, why do you think you were targeted MC ? Care to explain yourself ?" he says with his devious little smile. You don't even need to speak, he reads you like an open book :').

• Not one to talk about his feelings openly but definitely makes you know when he appreciates your company ! It might be by taking you to private operas, going to fancy teahouse, gifting you little paintings he did, inviting you for shopping and more...

• Want to know how he truly feels ? Pay attention to his ears. They tell a lot more than he does, depending on how they twitch, their angle and much more... reading him becomes way easier.

• Would 100% write you letters. Casual letters where he just writes about his life, spicy letters where he describes in various ways how he would devour you... Whenever he needs to express something, he writes to you and doesn't even expect an answer ! You'll open your enveloppe and see "I can't believe Vanessa, this absolute rotten bitch, stole my silver ring ! Can you believe it MC ? I should rip her finger off with the ring and keep it so she remembers her wrong..."

• If he can get any reaction from you, it's a win. Loves to see how you'll respond to his flirty proposition, especially if you get flustered 👀

• You know this type of people who hit furnitures/stuff when they laugh ? Well Vere does it but with his tail, tell a funny joke and you can be sure you'll get hit (gently...or not) with it !

• Would be thrilled to analyze your sketchbook if you're an artist. Trying to hide it from him ? Not an option, you will show him everything ! I just know he'll sneak it to look through every pages, taking notes of striking elements and how your artstyle translates with different techniques.

→ Drawing sessions with him omg ! At first he'd joke about needing a live model and why not try nude modeling but at the end you guys end up super concentrated in your respective art piece. Definitely wouldn't mind becoming your muse tho...

↑ Adding into this but, he'd leave little notes and cute doodles when you're not looking. You just open your sketchbook and see next to your recent stuff "The lines are timid I know you can do better ;)"or "I was there..." or even "Draw me next time ! I'll be the best piece."

• The both of you together can easily become absolute menace to society. The cheer chaos you can cause is too much for this city ! If Kuras ever finds out about your malicious plans, he'll be disappointed.

• Will let you brush his hair and tail if you're good enough. "Mess with my hair and you know what awaits you !" Please convince him to try new hairstyles, make him even prettier than he already is >:)

• As much as he is an expensive fox, he'll enjoy homemade gifts. He won't show it too much but he keeps everything you've made for him at his place. Bonus point if it's decorative pieces ! (The thought of you taking time to put effort into something for him makes him smile more than he can admit).

• This man likes to cook so don't hesitate giving him recipes you like. Not sure he'll succeed preparing them but the effort is always well put ! If you're good in a kitchen, he'll find an excuse to cook/bake with you.

• Enjoys showing you around the city, especially secret places. He doesn't just share his secret spots with anyone so you can feel privileged !

→ Talking about spots he likes, he will take you to his favourite restaurants. You'd expect fancy, luxurious place but no ! Most of them are little family business owned by the same people since decades. The food is straight up heavenly and you let him know. "I've been around this city long enough to know the best places ! You shouldn't be surprised."

• Grows really protective of you. Of course he knows you can defend yourself, but if anyone dares to hurt you, they'll have to face lethal consequences. Anyone threatening you "Do you want me to break their kneecaps ? I can also hit their sciatic nerve if you wish ! Or maybe-" "Vere no."

• If you enjoy some good gossip, you're gonna be fed just right with this guy ! We know he knows everything, he's the ears of the city. Juicy drama to shocking revelation, he's got every type of story in stock ! All you gotta do is ask and the conversation will last for hours.

• If you're in his presence, forget about personal space. Your space is his now ! His body will always be in contact with yours, even if it's not noticeable at first.

• Makeover ? Yes. You will be his personal doll. If he has to test outfits, color combinations or other stuff you'll be his subject ! He'll try a lot of different clothes on you until you look like the hottest person alive (after him). Dressing you up is one of his favourite activities and of course you guys would wear matching outfits. You two are just ✨fashion✨.

• Don't know why but I feel like he would love playing board/card games, especially if they involve money ! Think you can win against him ? Nope no chance, bluffing is too easy for him and he's an absolute beast (pun intended). Just picture him playing 'loup-garou' (The werewolves of miller's hollow in english I think ? My french ass can't remember), I know he'd kill it !

• Has a very distinctive laugh. You could hear him from miles away and recognize him instantly ! Also it's kinda infectious, if he starts bursting out laughing, you'll easily follow into it.

• This man growls. Like literally. It doesn't happen a lot but whenever he does it always surprises you.

• This is him :

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Hi!! :)

I just wanted to say, your blog is currently one of my favs. 1990 IT is severely underrated and even more so 1990 Reddie, so it's refreshing to see some good content out here!

I love your artstyle, it's so expressive and so captivating in a way I can't really place with words. I adore how you manage to keep the characters' unique features while also keeping a semi-cartoonish style. It's so beautiful!

Same goes for your coloring, the liveliness and variety of it makes your illustrations really look alive and *pop*!

Lasty, I wanted to ask, what headcanon(s) do you have about our boys?

Have an amazing day! ♡

oh my goddddd thank you so much !!! you don't realise how much this means to me :)) tumblr has been such a breath of fresh air for me fandom wise and everyone has been so sweet to me and im glad to meet fellow IT fans like you ,, i plan on making more art of them all in the future and appreciate every bit of support 💕💕💕💕

'90s reddie headcanons are my weakness so here are some little ones:

- richie loves exotic fish and owns a whole load in his beverly hills house,, he loves talking about them to eddie, and eddie loves listening how passionate he is

- eddie may tell richie to stop calling him 'spaghetti man' and 'eddie spaghetti' but when he's drunk, he definitely tells richie he loves it without realising

- eddie helps richie a lot with his comedy material but eddie's material gets richie higher ratings, meaning eddie never lets richie live down the fact he's funnier than him

-richie writes jokes inspired by eddie, but they’re always sweet and playful. when eddie hears them during one of richie’s shows, he tries (and fails) to hide how flustered he is

- eddie helps richie calm his stage fright when he's doing stand-up,, richie pretends he’s fine, but eddie always sits in the front row just in case

- eddie makes richie help him organize things. richie’s filing cabinet? chaos. eddie’s solution? a full day of decluttering, complete with color-coded labels. richie gets bored halfway through and starts labeling things with joke names, but eddie secretly keeps a few because they’re endearing

- richie turns every date into an adventure,, even if they’re just going to dinner, richie will find some quirky hole-in-the-wall place or a comedy open mic nearby to surprise eddie,, eddie complains but secretly loves how unpredictable richie is

[thedndgoblinwholivesinyourwalls]

Lark can I just ask u 1-25 for end of year asks or is that too much? 🤨 if it is then choose the ones u wanna answer the most but if u have the timeeee <3

kelp i'm going insane i love answering questions this is the best thing ever

uh. answers under the cut so everyone else gets spared/silly

According to spotify wrapped it was Nothing matters by the Last Dinner Party but I'd say Good Luck Babe by chappell roan (not that amazing but that was me discovering her music)

...I don't listen to albums...but if musicals count then the Heathers soundtrack lmao

I deleted this question and then forgot if it said solo artists and/or bands but!! Lesley Gore! Yes she sung in the 60's if i'm correct but I love her music

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE that movie makes me ill/pos

Sweetooth because its last season came out this year and I'm still not recovering (you should watch it,,,its rlly good,,)

I don't rlly watch tv shows (i should) so I'd say a podcast episode that stuck with me this year was the first ep of the Peachyville Horror just cuz I love the characters <3

David Tennant. I do not know actors but I questioned my gender and sexuality over that man

Mouthwashing even though I've pretty recently discovered it and haven't even played it myself

I had to go through my photos for this one but best month would be July! Even though it started kinda shitty (breakup lmao), it was Artfight season and thats the most connected I've felt with other artists in agesss

I won't say breakup but I will say The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams made me question my life and sob (its such a good book)

Wear whatever I want in public!! Or just get better self confidence next year would be great

I did make a new irl friend but egh not on good terms anymore so I'd say in online friends literally all my mutuals I talk to now hiii love you guys (this includes you kelp/lh)

It was great!! Some planning issues but I had a picnic :]

besides the book i already recommended, there's An Unexpected Party edited by Seth Malacari which is a bunch of short queer speculative fiction stories set in Australia and it makes me so so happy to see characters like me fr!!! (its way more diverse than I was expecting and covers so many things besides queerness)

skipping school...school attendance DROPPED this year but 2025 will be my year trust

For the life of me I can't remember meals but I can say a food related memory. I'm half latino and I said tortilla in the whitest way possible unironically and I can't escape it/hj

Tbh school! Chose subjects I think I'll really enjoy next year

I learned a lot in artstyle! My art has evolved and I'm very happy about that

Redecorated my room at my mum's so now its more cozy :D

Sydney! Go there pretty much every year to see family but its still a nice place to go

To be prepared for change cuz oh boy past me you have a road ahead of you

I don't rlly keep new year's resolutions cuz I forget most of the time lmao

I DID!!! Most of my ocs became more fleshed out characters and I made a lot of dnd ocs this year

For the pictures questions you get art/silly

One on the left is from exactly a year ago and the one on the right is from two weeks ago!! (not the best example but these are the same characters)

[hungnitan]

Mixed "変わらぬあたたかさの隣で" Event Summary

Character Bonus : Mizuki + Saki + Shiho + Mafuyu + Meiko L/N

Other Feature Character : All Nigo character + L/N Virtual Singers + Yuuki (Mizuki sister) + Shizuku

Event Summary (Twitter) :

Event Summary (Mine) : Summary above is main event, additionally some sub event like Akiyama siblings help Saki Shiho buying a new year present for Shizuku, Yuuki finally meets Kanade Mafuyu in person and Hinomori Akiyama siblings bonding time

I guess to put in simple this event is all about younger sisters do things for New Year with a bit of Mizuki past and PoV.

4 koma here

Card & Important Scene Time and Place :

This scene happened at school sekai, Shiho teaching Meiko a Haiku for Hatsumode things

On Mizuki side, it's their sister Akiyama Yuuki, aboard fashion designer. The left one came from Mizuki past from middle school day while right one is present one (man talk about change huh, isn't that just 4 year ago at most ? lol)

The things we keep questioning, Mizuki gender. There's scene I'm bit bothered from Mizuki past, that scene above came when they show a new clothes to their friends and get complimented.

Classmate B : eh~ I know it's looks pretty but... Classmate B : isn't weird for Mizuki to wear it ?

I guess we can conclude their gender from these scene... let's just wait for big reveal I guess

This scene happened from Mizuki past, after their classmate says they're weird for love wearing a cute things. Mizuki talked about it to their sister and she console them.

Yuuki : I love the Mizuki who love cute things so sis hope you can cherish that feelings

I guess it's all because of this so considerate sister, despite their thick problem Mizuki still smile like now

This scene happened after Kanade asked Mizuki about how should she and Mafuyu do since it's pretty cold inside house so they gave their input to walk out for a while for refreshing. Taking Mizuki input, Kanade decided to walk for supermarket and while go there, they're meet with Akiyama siblings

Convo happened right before scene above, Akiyama siblings meets KanadeMafuyu. As they want introduce themself, Mafuyu looks troubled and then Mizuki reminded her that's their sister.

Mizuki : Yup ! They're my circlemate, Kanade and Mafuyu !

Mafuyu (with her public face) : Ah... um, I'm...

Mizuki : ...Mafuyu, you don't need to put a facade face, she's my sister ! So just your usual are fine !

Mafuyu (with her usual poker face) : ...I see. Okay

Yeah Mafuyu can switch personality easily now (lol)

Scene not really mentioned in event story, after Shiho gave her present to Shizuku, she's really happy and want to walk around with Shiho together

Rarity : As this is for younger siblings scene time I can agree with it and it's not like we have many younger siblings in this game anyways (lol). I think Mafuyu here is just additional member to added

Easy skip for cardfest (sorry as from start I'm not big fan of MMJ lol) I was wondering to pull event cards, I kinda like the artstyle and their hairstyle so yeah in the end I pull 2x3000 and getting Meiko, I'm pretty happy since I love her hairstyle~

[jenoutof10]

Hi.... If you don't mind me asking, can I ask, what are your top 10 (or top 7) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....

hi! i definitely dont mind, this is such a fun ask so i'm SO SORRY ive only answered now 😭 also im horrible at explaining my thoughts so please bear with me...

1. jujutsu kaisen

i can go on and on about jjk but I'm trying to keep this short so I don't go on an endless rant. OKAY. i love the power system of jujutsu, it's simple but also pretty flexible and creative, i love the historical and traditional aspect of it + how it ties into clan culture, i love how it branches into barrier techniques, reverse cursed technique, binding vows, etc. for characters like gojo in particular i love how he's pictured as the strongest and how akutami shows the gap between him vs all other sorcerers, like he was in a whole different league and how his birth changed/tipped the balance of the world of jujutsu. i love the whole "saving others" thing like how yuuji wants to save everyone, megumi wants to save good people, nobara wants to save the people who mean alot to her, gojo thinking abt how he can only save people who want to be saved, geto wanting to save sorcerers from non sorcerers, etc. i like how the series has aspects of history (like how sugawara no michizane was a sorcerer and how his descendants include the gojo clan is ⅓ of the three main clans of the series, and basically the entirety of tengen (lol)). i love the anime adaptation and how crazy the animation is (when s1 came out i was alr baffled but after watching s2 and looking back at s1 im even more impressed at their development), the manga's artstyle i was a big fan of but now not so much (the scratchyness and alternating thick and thin rough lines around the time of shibuya arc were PEAK). besides that as a buddhist myself, the multiple buddhism references in the series really cemented my love for it as it felt familiar and it feels like ur getting a shout out esp since most shows feature themes of catholicism and christianity.

2. blue lock

i'm honestly unathletic af idk why im here. i think what hooked me was the whole individualistic + egoist concept and the elimination setting (like squid game) 🙏 for me blue lock's prime is [2nd selection, 4v4] until the end of [u20 arc], i really liked the art style during that period! sadly, i feel blue lock has fallen off ever since the current NEL arc, it feels as if theyve deviated from the original ego concept (fuck this whole "protagonism" thing man wtf) and the artstyle has undergone changes im not particular to. also the anime wack af.

3. bungou stray dogs

im going to be honest. i did NOT like bsd. s1-s3 was too all over the place for me and i really did not get the series at all, i actually thought it ended but then they released s4 & s5 in 2023. almost a year since s4 came out, i came around to watching it and i got HOOKED, i think a big factor was that there was less fillers and a lot more action scenes, plus the detective vs mastermind thing truly popped off in s4 + s5. besides that, i enjoyed the introduction of new cast and the return of previous ones (now as allies). sure, there's plot holes and the anime cuts off a handful of scenes but it WAS an incredibly enjoyable watch. plus i'd say bsd has mountains of content (atleast in comparison with other serieses) because besides your usual manga, anime, and occasionally stage play adaptation. you have the alt univ. BEAST, light novels like stormbringer or 55 minutes, wan!, and even bsd gaiden (which has nothing to do w the main series)

4. haikyuu

THE classic. it was the first anime i got into when i started quarantine and it brought back my animanga phase. i love how the characters all have interesting stories to tell, their own motivations and personalities. lots of teamwork, teambuilding, found family(?) aspects, plus all the themes have their own specific themes which i dig a lot (ex. inarizaki and their foxes + shrines). plus i love how this series captures the thrill of watching sports, it MIGHT be overexaggerated to some but i get lightheaded when theyre at match-point and on the verge of losing so it does provide some kind of high. OH and i like that they show realistic wins and losses.

5. hunter x hunter

i have not read the manga but this show was serious to me. i'm a sucker for meta and power systems, and nen is like... actually insane. i love the characters SO MUCH, the variety of designs and appearances, how the series shows the way they grow throughout their adventures and experiences, the way they show a character's relationship with the rest of the cast, etc. it also gives a somewhat nostalgic vibe? i love the opening, endings, OSTs + narrator. it truly does feel like ur tagging along on their adventures, it was a real tearjerker for me tbh.

6. avatar: the last airbender + the legend of korra

i think atla is an amazing show bcs 1. cool setting and world building 2. the cultural references 3. cool dynamics 4. character personalities and development 5. cool power system and fighting styles 6. found family etc etc... ITS A COMPLETE PACKAGE. im p sure not much are fond of tlok but i love it. i think some reasons include the fact that korra isnt like aang, but i think thats what makes tlok interesting, korra is 17 when the show starts and the show continues to follow how she grows and develops into a fully realized avatar both physically and spiritually. i also think its bcs of how they modernized bending and how lots of the cultural aspect is lost but i think its an incredible and interesting way to showcase real life modernization.

7. jojo's bizarre adventure

jjba CHANGED ME 😭 this series is actually insane like if it was a person please get it to a mental ward. i think as an artist, it holds a very dear place in my heart. the show itself is absurd and unbelievable so it keeps you on your toes (dont mind the plot holes and inconsistencies, at some point you're just gonna have to live with it). but the selling point for me is the characters, everyone has amazing, colorful and distinct designs that match well with their personalities and overall air. not to mention the artstyle and references in everything to everything? lol. the show's different parts also feature different main casts, dynamics and storylines, sometimes they do a callback to a previous part.

okay! it was very hard choosing between the 7 of them but i think they actually were the ones that truly left an impact on me. thank you so much for the ask i finally got the chance to ramble about the stuff i consume 😭😭😭 there's a lot of media I'd love to talk about and mention so maybe one day ill make a post on hopefully all the media ive consumed.

honorable mentions:

genshin impact

i started genshin in 2021 when 1.3 came out, i was dead serious about this game during quarantine. i love liyue so much its what truly got me hooked (everything from the music, the sights, etc. for me liyue/pre inazuma was prime genshin), i enjoyed building characters and doing showcases too. started losing interest when sumeru came out and slowly stopped logging in/playing daily. the reason i wont put this in the actual list is bcs im pretty clueless about the new characters and story, nor do i have much interest in them. (i came back to do the lantern rite event, love the new liyue regions!)

detective comics

i love action and fights, especially when they feature powers, so liking superheroes makes sense 🤷 DC gets shit on alot bcs of the DCEU but the films aside i like DC better than marvel. im particular to gotham and the batfam, it's just more dark and gritty, plus there's lotsa drama going on LOL. the gotham knights cast also branches alot like to young justice (I LOVE YOUNG JUSTICE 😭), teen titans, titans, birds of prey, and ofc justice league.

chainsaw man, mob psycho 100, code geass, assassination classroom, neon genesis evangelion, trigun, fairy tail

[nicegaai]

Thoughts on the theory that Hi//ma//ruya is a woman? I'm a truther myself but I never see anyone even entertain the possibility.

ooo ummm i see where they're coming from. i see it.

he draws very straight woman yaoi, no hint of a bara artstyle, and thats kinda sus. maybe if A Real Man was drawing hetarlia there'd be more emphasis on military stuff, war tactics ... the kind of thing men into history focus on. even the claims of jp nationalism boil down to "this is what is taught in 90%+ of the media available to me," no wild claims surrounding mr japan hes just a sweet old man uwu. if there were hints of actual extremism, mishima style, it would make me go yeah thats a dude, but nah. hes just, normal (abnormal for a man). all that + 15 years no face reveal...

but idk its been so long that its ingrained into my psyche that himapapa is a man. thats my dad. hes effeminate yes but thats because hes gay. he just really wanted to bang his (notably male) roommates while he was studying abroad and it changed him forever. hetlya wasnt very shoujo oriented in the first place, it got softer and cuter as time went on and it was clear that women were the fans. even now theyre insisting its a shonen.

i think if hima were a girl and the editors looked at the fanbase and saw all girls, theyd be like yeahhhh this is a girls show. but it feels like because hima is a guy they keep giving him the benefit of the Gender Neutral Manga doubt. maybe thats my american bias speaking tho.

tldr, if we got a Hima Is A Woman reveal i wouldnt be SHOCKED but at this time i dont really believe it either. id want stronger proof. anon, if you have receipts id love to explore the kitayume deeplore o_o !

[officeobject]

13+ ! Tw for blood and death and whatever else. Flash warning as well (in videos I link)!

OH ... MY ... DOG ...

So, the folks at home are Bluey fans (at least 2 at home), and I'd say the episodes became better as time went on, but I was never able to find a favorite character to latch on to, as I typically try to do (I might latch onto MORE - at least later ON), but Bluey animation memes were fun, introduced me to the Honeypie song, and I happily watched them at a great time for it, all in 2023 as far as I remember. I got curious about one and decided to give it a chance, and yeah, the Bluey artstyle had grown on me long ago, and I knew it was popular, unlike my brain thinking it'd also be remaining relatively niche, and that, changed things for me - not just in terms of introducing me to the Noma song "Brain Power" (and by extention, a different song I don't currently remember the name of).

Although generic on the surface and thumbnail and with its flaws, the story was interesting, and I loved the animation meme and the song and all, and the song somehow resonated with me, but the whole thing together resonated most - I'd see the other Bluey.Exe animation meme, and later in life got rewarded by another, and kept up with things - even watching the "movie"/"lost episode" (which resonated LEAST, but still resonated) - all in my Bluey.exe compilation, with a WIP fanfiction, wall of text, moodboards, news updates, theme songs, and a hidden user I interacted with (which I just happened to do - yeah, I have a habit, it's the same thing as Poll Drama, I guess) - and more, with plenty of stuff about aesthetics - I don't know what resonated, but I had also gotten my first fidget toy (fidget cube ring) around the time or before or something, which reminded me of her, as well - and maybe sometimes she made my mental health worse, but I liked the show significantly more, kept seeing all kinds of animation memes (had to eventually stop keeping up with some series of them due to getting bad feelings related to addiction or The Void or whatever), and kinda felt solidarity with Bluey or something.

What happened? Well, "Hidden User", stopped coming by to my wall of text ("Text Compilation"), which was the third chapter, back when I had Quotev and all - and I kept going, but man, perhaps that was just the beginning of the end. The creator (I don't remember his name), would promise more or something - seems promising, right? And before or in the meantime, they'd take drawing requests, and I felt like crap and wondered if I should take the opportunity - and I already felt like crap, because would I like him? Should I have kept up? Which of his other videos would I like? Would God want me to talk to him and therefore become part of his life? Furthermore, my views may have been declining, my feelings got worse when a drawing request was granted which included Bluey.exe , and maybe some other things happened, so, I chose that for the sake of my mental health, I would leave the fandom, which I have once wished to be noticed my contributions to. It WAS also a place for me, to write about fidget toys, so I DID continue that, and maybe some occasional, and definitely some last, Bluey.exe posts - and I avoided stuff, and my bond with the show faded, and maybe I didn't notice that - I don't know why, but I felt bitter against Hidden User and stuff, for leaving me - as I do when these types of people leave - and made another thing, about another dog, I could be edgy with ...

You see, local kid drew a picture for me he would say was ugly, but it was so ugly it was beautiful - both creepy and cute ... which of course resonated for some reason. So, I made "Hiddenna", whose name was based on Hidden User, and "ena" because I had years ago seen a Fluttercord fankid whose name was "Ena" whom resonated with me, and with the last name "Jamandtuna" (I THINK spelled that way), but whose premise, was, to write whatever edgy stuff I wanted, and that it was an adult dog, and that it was as realistic as possible (which I failed a lot at), and whom there was lots of mysteries about, a few characters in its life, and that I would write without thinking much, and just trying to FEEL, therefore with my subconscious - I only did concept stories, but planned a whole THING, had a character wiki for it, and other stuff such as aesthetics, sometimes related to Bluey.exe, but it still didn't hit the same - it still resonated with me, just differently, and hey, maybe I liked it less or something, but I still vented there as well, and that place would be a bonus of being about fidgeting in general (not just fidget toys), as multiple vent places would come to be hidden and/or with gimmicks/bonus stuff. Unlike Bluey.exe - codenamed "B.exe" to hide possible liking and meet up with potential fans - Hiddenna had no code thing, but had the half-joke, "TW" (trigger warning), and then "Hiddenna" or "tw Hiddenna Jamandtuna" - because her gory stories were just gore for the sake of gore, edge for fun, just shock value, or whatever you'd wanna call it, and it was a valid trigger warning, as it had almost every in the BOOK - no pun intended. A potential hidden user was there too, but nothing came of it, and maybe Hiddenna got more, or less, views, than Bluey.exe , but I generally struggled on what to do with it, and my brain when writing concepts VS about it, and making it resonate, and the whole thing. I still had fun and made a few moodboards and tried to make characters and all, but what could possibly happen to Hiddenna?! Well,

I decided to stop writing there, even long after some issue was gone - well, forever - but planned to continue, and at least wrote about it in other places, here and there, as some mean person who hated me at the time, bookmarked it for updates and all, and maybe commented spam stuff, and I wouldn't wanna update nor anything.

That person would later temporarily come back, which didn't impact anything, and, unrelated to that, despite my plans to continue Hiddenna stuff, my Quotev ended up reported and all, and I've thought of my Ginger Jones doll as a replacement, I guess, without knowing it, as I hadn't really had one since - and yes, I do still have both of my compilations, and my Hiddenna song parody, several vent books, etc, but still. Before the account was gone, I had found out that Ludo Studios, had taken down Bluey.exe stuff, which was just meh, or something, I guess, for the creator - just unfortunate - and I thought that the only remains would be fan stuff that wasn't really high-quality, an official animation meme that had ranked high on relation which I had ranked in the Bluey.exe prime, and that's it, as it wasn't gonna continue, and I had figured that out, when the Hiddenna thing still got updates, I think. I understand the decisions made, but they're still unfortunate, even though the movie's thumbnail was seen by the local kid, and explained away as some people just wanting to make edgy things, or ruining the fun, which was quite something, as a then-member of a what I would've called "a fandom", which I felt the need to hide. I don't know what to do - and hey, I'm no stranger to just letting myself write angst or scary and sad stuff - I still have a thing on the Xanderweb I kinda just let go wherever, but it's not at all the same, I guess, but Imma see what I can find that is left of Bluey.exe, as I can still find THIS, and am BEYOND grateful, that the movie thing still exist - will download the video, and other Bluey.exe stuff, and will link stuff. Anyways, here:

Bluey.exe video I found today that STARTED this vent (tw that Bingo dies and others): https://youtu.be/r2azyhUV4to?si=M_HTlXYnin1IWJu6 .

Also vaguely related to Manifique Gerald and Jebediah Spirit, because would think of whose voice the "Why Love Me" meme was most like, and man there needs to be a violin cover.

I DID get something though, that started out as what appeared to be a bunch of Guest Users from the country I live in, seeing my stuff - I was scared at first, knew I couldn't know what was going on, and just began "talking to them", to annoy them and entertain myself - I would make them into characters - kinda, with one being like Colby Tybbles, and some song parodies, as both - and yeah I assumed there were 2 - would visit almost every day, and I'd talk, and vent, and excitedly update after they'd visit, and wouldn't like it if it took too long, and again, I'd personally address them and all, kinda clearly have a favorite, would be nervous about breaks and tried not to get attached and all, said multiple times to even them that they'd probably LEAVE soon, but I enjoyed it, didn't understand why they didn't just reach out, made Picrews and chapter updates just to talk, and theories, and all, but in around May or June of ... JESUS CHRIST, 2023?! 2024?! I don't remember - I don't remember how much of a - yeah, wait, it must've been 2024, because I also did some Lore about a person on the side - just forgot, I guess - but anyways, so, around that time I guess, they'd show up less and less - or very rare - or maybe it WAS 2023 - but anyways - no, 2024 - I'd also stop updating EVERYTHING - except opening or keeping open a few vent places, ended up making Quotev news - yep, 2024 - because chats were gonna shut down, got more views than ever, tried not to post too much about some people who may have kept up with it and all (suceeded), mental health was bad, Guest Users came back so little it was almost never until it WAS never, had made the Xanderweb on day 1 that I had built up and written stuff on, on the side - well, also Discord, looked into alternatives - the vacation was coming up so I was about to be away from my emotional support 30 year old for quite some time (with 1-2 weeks of unexpectedly not being able to see them again and again), was still fresh from May's big friendship-disaster, kept getting excuses to vent, barely anyone cared for some secret vent book that wasn't that secret that I made (besides checking it out - Guest Users did too I think) - kept making song parodies, and barely anyone cared about the Xanderweb, and I was of course still not that good with the public, and knew views would dwindle, knew staff was bad and didn't listen, and guess the fuck what, the summer vacation had me nervously go back for only 1 week to my home country - like, I had been scared, I kept talking to whichever audience I had and was so personal and all with them, on that news book thing, got a vitamin D defiancy that took a while to get diagnosed which got so bad that I took iron supplements just to have any energy to not in bed almost all day and to not almost puke so much and to not feel like I needed to fecking faint almost always, and I also still had kept on making a few things - well, any excuse to make a few things such as quizzes - to cope - daily venting was so normal that skipping a day was so abnormal that I would explain myself - oh, and had cut off a year-long friendship, because it wasn't good for me, and I had NO ONE to cling to, and got a friend who seemingly kinda wanted the same friendship and told me to not mentally beat myself up for being so damn clingy towards him - and yeah I vented and kept repeatedly explaining why I do this and that and telling him many things, and I kept purposely indulging in my addiction to make things better, and just like with my former online sister and my current mom and all, he had friends and a lover, and even a cat, actually, so yes, I said horrible "12 year old me" level things about them and explained WHY I felt that way, I kept feeling like shit for it, I kept lashing out at him for that and other things, saying we could never be friends, and man, I didn't know what to do - he had bad mental health already, so I was SO fecking scared - I was scared of "breaking" him, especially due to my ever-growing long list of people who left or ghosted or blocked me -

I hated myself - mostly - most of the time - and felt SO guilty, and would encourage him to leave me - I saw myself as a clingy monster, perhaps more than ever - trying to push down any clingy thought I had towards him, yet was unable to - I wanted and got affection back, and still made jokes with him and talked about all kinds of things, etc, though also he had an unpredictable schedule - not good with my autism - by the way, yeah, I had that TOO - and he would leave for up to at least one week, then - and man, for whatever reason, I had this belief that the person I was clinging to before (IRL Manifique Gerald - if you know you know) - might not even be there when I came back, and was DESPARATE, for JUST SOMEONE, else, to cling to - and I gained a few good acquaintances, but also made it a mission to keep reporting and protesting and updating about a damn fetish story with a 12 year old protagonist, so I had THAT, as well - and after the vacation ended, I had my emotional support dude come back for a week or just a little time, so my brain was adjusting yet again - though still lots of bad mental health - and then at some point they fecking packed, and everyone said they were gone forever, and for all I knew, YES, and my friend was inconsistent, and this was almost 3 damn weeks, before one day, they FINALLY came back - FOR REAL ... the joy didn't last long though, because while they had been gone, I had made a couple of song parodies about him, theorizing with my brain (that had a history and still persisting trust-issues + me being superstitious/suspicious, of a lot of things) - that he didn't like me anymore, because he talked to his friends, and not ME, for a few days after coming back, and I posted those song parodies - later confronted him, got a bit into a fight, we kinda made up even though I had sent one of the parodies that wished he never existed - and now, back to when my emotional support 30 year old came back - well, at night, when I was supposed to go the fuck to sleep, my account (and an acquaintance's), got reported - I panicked and all, folks reached out on Discord, I BEGGED admins to be telling my friend that it wasn't his fault (I had considered deleting my account and even re-named it to that), wrote it all to the Xanderweb which I still had (hence why I to this day say it saved my flank), and then within the week, my acquaintence found out that my friend had been fake, had been talking behind my back, had been calling me all kinds of things, and his side of the story, is like what happened, except: remove all the explanations I gave, remove the concept of my personality, remove my intentions - basically, if it's a joke, take it seriously, if it's something I keep saying but don't mean as I cannot properly express myself, think I mean it as much as possible, if I say it's platonic, say it's literally romantic, and doubt everything I say about myself, etc - and like, I don't wanna diagnose people or anything, but I was concerned, and looking up "delusional", didn't ease my concerns.

Anyways, I decided to quickly move on, via my emotional support thing, and also the ghost I had tried not to like - aka the spirit of some teenage boy who I had been haunted by - with of course, stuff falling, since June - also I doubted his existence, no one believed in him, lots more to deal with but whatever - spoiler alert though, but I met the actual boy, months later, and he suddenly deactivated his account , and fuck my life why do I still exist fuck this fuck my life?

But yeah I had made Tumblr, weeks after not really doing much - one of my acquaintances from back then got hacked too, I guess. Haven't heard from him since.

Oh and also had to block acquaintances of a few months, to 1 year+ due to them either forgetting about me, or saying bad stuff.

REGARDLESS, Y'ALL - oh, and I never get over things - bought a baby doll and made up a whole new character just to replace my ghost, Colby Tybbles - who, by the way, haunted me a few days after the incident - I was actually getting over him, and the human version (Coby), COULD have contacted me, but never did to this day - but, yeah, was getting over it, he re-haunted me, still haunts me to this day so I can barely have vibration turned on my phone - he does other stuff like knock stuff over too, though - haunts me weekly.

If you happen to think - if I do not seem to have a history, with peers or teens to young adults treating me like shit, being constantly haunted by both guilt and grief, my addiction, people leaving, needing someone to cling to, feeling like a monster, accepting and/or falling for fake friends - well, I do have good adults and a loving family and all, in my life, but yeah, OUI, I've had those fecking issues since kindergarten-age! And also The Void.

Oh, right! And in June I ALSO had to deal with the anniversary of Ethan's "DEATH" - full long vent over here: Part 11, the hopefully happy ending: – @officeobject on Tumblr !

I would like to give a "thank you", to, like, my acquaintances, and other people in my life, for being there, or for leading me back to the right direction. I'm glad to have people, and have had fun with you.

I'd also like to thank my real friends, for being real people I could hang out with. Things aren't all bad, as proven by y'all, and y'all are fun and all.

I'd like to thank some people separately though, such as Ethan, for being one of the only reassurances I'd listen to. Talking to him daily was - probably IMPOSSIBLE - to not enjoy, and I had an outlet to be goofy with, whom was even portable!

I'd like to thank the Xanderweb, for saving my fecking flank - I can archive things there, and finally have a place for my videos, and it's a place I can hide at, if needed!

I'd finally - I THINK it's finally - like to thank THAT person, for fully accepting me as I fully am. Over a decade's long hatred of my body-hair, TIED TO ADDICTION, disappeared forever, via nothing - I'm beautiful - and I can fully be a "creep", yet appreciated - not even DESPITE it, and encouraged to further like myself and other undoings of all this time.

B.exe things I found:

Passable B.exe edit: https://youtube.com/shorts/i6QY3HgFuLs?si=wRHwg04mWTXGwTQr ,

Non-VHS-recording thing: Bluey.exe .

Remaining animation meme: Why love me meme ( Bluey exe) (blod warning) (first vid XD) .

NO WAY, I FOUND BOTH ARCHIVED AND VIEWED IN A SHORT (I think there was a third though), WOO! https://youtube.com/shorts/lC2B2bDFVn8?si=QuT02wHzXecx2q-A !

Also, in 2023 I got a Bluey figurine for Christmas, which was her in "Grannies" - I quite frankly don't seem to think and/or remember her as an 8-ish year old and maybe not even as Bluey Heeler.

[digitalblade]

Carrying on..

yes!! hello!! been a while! Here's some of the art i've done throughout the summer and winter vacation + everything in between!

drew this on Paint! I really liked how i did the hair here, damn shame i still don't know how to shade skin + the fact that you can't save on paint to continue where you left off. You can distinctly see my artstyle taking place.

finally found THE first drawing of Radi (now changed to Callum.. yes, yes, i know. Drastic change. I changed him from persona to OC with a story, so i thought it would be weird to have a character with the same name as me!), look how ugly his ass used to be LMAOOOO. You'll see that i change a lot of stuff about him, namely adding a goatee, making his hair shorter, and changing his normal red shirt into a football jersey with a 69 on it. (I know, childish, but he's a childish character.)

Don't know chainsaw man, but i saw this "Draw this in your style" on pinterest (had no intentions on joining the dtiy lol). I like how she looks here! Unfortunately, all of my OCs are men, so this artstyle didn't really stick. + peep the shamelessly traced hand LMFAO.

Loveee this one, but yet again, didn't stick with the artstyle for some reason. I was attempting to use all the preset colors of ibis haha. WIll definitely come back to the style, though. It looks really nice

More old Callum. He genuinely looked like a different OC back then lolol. I absolutely HATED how hard it was to keep his hair consistent.

Sooo proud of her! She's unfinished, but frankly i won't really go back to finish it. I don't know how to render yet, and i don't want to ruin anything. Her colors look super soft, i used a new pen!

More Cal, damn i really like that dude.. yk what he could use?

Oh hohoh, a friend! New OC! Remember how i mentioned Callum is now in a story? Well, Sebastian here is his partner in an agency! What kind? Don't know! But what i do know is that they go on cool missions together as the best of friends hehehe. He's like Cal's antithesis: Mature, polite.. very demure. Also, used a new lineart technique

Used the same lineart technique on Cal. Finally gave him that fuckass mustache + goatee. Also added a mole. He looks more like the dude from my first post. But as you see, i still haven't changed the way his hair looks. This will be covered in my next post, because i started shifting more into physical art. I just find it simpler to doodle with a pencil, idk. + peep the slight artstyle change : stopped drawing the sclera. Or should i say comeback, considering i changed, then changed back? Whatev!

Sebbyyyyyy my goatt. Just felt like drawing him more haha

Hell yeah, luhv this dude. This is the first time i actually sit down and SPEND TIME drawing something. Saur proud of him. Don't have a name or a story, unfortunately, so he's just there to sit and look pretty for me

Okayyyzz done! I'll be posting my physical art another time, maybe when i adapt them into digital, considering that this is a digital art journey lols. Bye!

[dolphs-world]

Ideal Roster

There's a few ways to answer this question. The issue most often run into is an overabundance of 3rd party reps. These should be placed sparingly and fit within the artstyle of Smash. Again, Snake is fine but it would be weird for Leon Kennedy, Lara Croft, and Gordon Freeman no matter how important they are to gaming history. Importance is another thing. I had a friend suggest the characters from 'It Takes Two', an indie platformer. Whilst interesting they are nowhere near important enough. Shovel Knight could only get in as an Assist Trophy and Cuphead and Undertale are Mii Costumes. Another problem is the phenomena of the 3: Scrimblo Bimblo, Iconic Kickpunchem, and Popular McJRPG Guy; i.e cute mascot platformer, fighting gamer, and anime sword fighter. Now, I think there are enough anime swordfighters, you can't top Sephiroth and Hero, and the only other fighting series missing is Mortal Kombat. I wonder if an unstylised Scorpion would feel like Snake, so out of place that he fits right at home. I am very partial towards platformer mascots, I think they are the most fun characters. But let's not forgot that no one cares about Banjo-Kazooie now that they're playable. For a platformer mascot to be in the game, they'd have to be really unique. #1 ~ New rep for each series. DK, Kirby, Starfox, Mother, FE, Kid Icarus, Animal Crossing, Xenoblade, Street Fighter, FF, Castlevania, and every other one off are fine. I think they are perfectly represented. But if they were to have more: Dixie, Bandana Dee, Krystal, Porky, Lyn, Viridi or Phosphora, Tom Nook, Stupid animal from Xenoblade, Chun-Li, Celes Chere or the Black/White Mage, and Alucard. For potential/noteworhty one offs: Shy Guy for Yoshi, Jody Summers or Samurai Goroh or the Skull, Ashley or Mona or Jimmy T., Raiden, Eggman, Bulborb, Roll or Zero, Glass Joe (for jokes) or Soda Popinski or Mr. Sandman. No one else needs more or the character would be too similar. Now what about the major franchises? Mario, LotZ, Metroid, and Pokemon. Surprisingly, I think Pokemon needs the second most amount of work is Pokemon. Gen 2 has a joke character, Gen 4 has a clone, Gen 6 & 7 are actually pretty great, Gen 3 and 5 are missing, and Gen 1 has 6 reps (and Gen 8 & 9 suck). So Smeargle, and Gardevoir, Oshawott. The only one I need to defend is Smeargle. 2 things: Gen 2 sucks with Pokemon designs, Smeargle has a paintbrush tail. Simple as. Also, make Lucario special. Metroid. 3 Metroid reps are Samus and with Ridley now another big monster would feel unspecial, sorry Kraid. So, keeping in mind what I said about uniqueness, an actual Metroid or a Chozo. Mario. Definitely not Waluigi, remember Ridley is too big for Smash? Neither do I. King Boo, King Bob-omb, Koopa Troopa, Paper Mario, or a Hammer Bro. Now I'm just going to say this now, I don't think Mario needs any more reps so I'm not going to explain my choices. You know who does need a revamp? LotZ. Darunia, Midna, Hestu, and Tingle. All of them. Put them all in! #2 ~ MIA Golden Sun, Chibi-Robo, Advance Wars, Starfy, and Wrecking Crew, Excitebike, Waverace, Jam with the Band, Clu Clu land. Honestly, you could put the main character from each game in but there's such thing as too much representation and I think these characters work best as Assist Trophies. But, with the new Mario Movie, they should add ... Eggplant Man!

[tiangouaway]

my thoughts on enchanted portals based on some playthroughs i've watched :D (the game came out like half a year ago and no one cares anymore lol)

positives!

really good music! each song fits its respective level perfectly, especially the cow/space ones!

the background arts are nice as well!

the artstyle and many bosses (the witch, frog princess, pirates/octopus) reminds of children's cartoons i watched growing up. i think sticking with a child-like fairy tale and adventure theme could help the game stand out.

speaking of the witch, i like the tim burton-esque art style change in the second and third stages! imagine if that happened with all of the bosses - i know this would make the game lose some visual identity, but it would also gain some originality and lean into the hopping into different worlds idea

the final boss being the book, and it summons a bunch of stuff from all the previous levels? cool!

negatives...

the mixing of themes are pretty hit or miss. i like the cow spaceship turning into a disco, but i genuinely have no idea what's going on with the chicken. a vain 50's greaser, to a roman general, to a cave man? i'm so confused.

why do the boss stages keep getting shorter as the player progresses? some bosses are only one stage! it doesn't feel like a sense of urgency or ramping up the difficulty, but instead like the devs ran out of ideas.

the run and gun-like segments before each boss feel like they go on for way too long. that combined with the very repetitive gameplay makes it... pretty boring to play and watch

it's kinda trash lmao

enchanted portals is... a nice little game. definitely not deserving of the hate made by angry ass cuphead fans (ok some of it is. apparently some places charge 50 usd to play this game which is not worth it at all lmao), but it very much is deserving of criticism. the game feels straight up unfinished in some areas and lacks its own identity. but i still have hope for it and it's dev team - just two people made this with a small budget, and that's honestly pretty amazing! maybe if they got more money and people involved, enchanted portals could've stood on it's own two feet.

...or just one foot. i hate to admit it, but yeah, it is a cuphead clone.

i just hope that the backlash doesn't deter any future developers with interest in making similar games. that would be way worse than a game just being kinda bad :(

[hospitalterrorizer]

diary146

2/7-8/2024

wednesday - thursday

off tomorrow, and tonight is my friend's birthday.

my friend, the girlfriend of my other friend. i'm not going though. it's just not a good time, i guess. i feel bad about it, like pretty bad, i hope she's having a good time, but too much is going on rn, scary or whatever, i need to keep everything stable for myself, if i don't work will get worse. i'm just nervous at these early stages, idk what i can really get away with.

anyway, i'm really in love with this music video:

it might be smarter than the song, it's a really good bit of filmmaking honestly, i love the script, the bit where the lusty cameraman goes "how many girls you been with," and the subject goes "a bunch..." and then the guy is like "lucky ladies," and the way the obvious lust and the subject interact, it's not a clear cut relation, there's a strange giving and taking, it's very dirty and weird, and the sadness passing over/through the man being objectified, it's so strange. it feels pretty unique to me.

did something weird, i just listened to the whole cocoron ost, i haven't thought about this game in a very long time. i discovered it because of eversion, an early internet horror game, it's like an nes platformer with BLOOD and DEATH and it's actually really cute and good, i think the game is super awesome actually, it really inspired me as a kid, when i watched a playthrough of it. anyway, that game lifts the cocoron ost, and i watched a playthrough of cocoron as a kid, i wanna play it now kinda, might be good. nes music rlly is cool, sometimes, they tried a lot of weird stuff, it makes sense a lot of people heard that and decided to make it like, grindcore/punk eventually, the noises are so piercing at times, it kind of begs to be screamed over, + the inherent sarcasm in doing that, and then it also sorta overlaps w/ the whitebelt stuff, weirdness of tones when creating music, weirdly colorful sounds for fucked up loud music.

for instance:

i've posted this before i think but this song is great, i love it so much. and i love the color. a perfect aesthetic touch point for me.

another fun one:

i also started looking at spritesheets tonight, just cuz it seemed fun, in the cocoron ost desc the uploader linked a site w/ sprite rips. reminds me of when i was ripping stuff out of ps1 and dreamcast games. i got a lot of stuff out of one game, sengoku turb on dreamcast, i should put some of that here, really cute artstyle i think, one of my fav looking games ever:

crazy looking game, i'm glad it has a sequel out there, also on dreamcast, they seem like pretty obtuse and random games, i miss the whole feverdream thing that could come out on consoles, illbleed, stretch panic is another similar game to me, even katamari on some level, though it's also way indebted to some other stuff, and killer7 is also in the maybe similar but i understand its particular history way better i think, the angura movement in japan offering a kind of springboard for the game's design i feel like, where it absorbs old forms and sticks them right beside the 'new,' as many of those plays had done, to channel something strange, to bring forth the negative and inconclusive, or maybe not inconclusive, just concluding things positivist works could not arrive at.

after finishing wiseblood i am unsure what to begin reading, i have discipline & punish beside me now, the foucault book, but maybe i need to stick with fiction, and just do agua viva by lispector. that might be good... we'll see. also quibbling over if i should try mixing a bit tonight.

also, we finally have real wifi, and it's like the old place, i am happy with it, it's pretty fast and stuff, so that's good.

all the videogame and nes music talk is making me think about how loud i've made the chip synths in my songs, and if i want them to be more prominent or not. it shouldn't be too big a deal, as long as they're there enough, you know.

now i am looking at closet child...dangerous, cuz i will get my heart broken over something i don't get but idk.. soon i really may be able to buy something, and then i will be sooo happy.

i am opening ableton now, i should do my night routine now and try and get the mix right quickly and just go to bed.

i did it, and there's just a couple things that i think i'll end up having to do to that song, cut some lows in the vocals, just a tiny bit more, and drop by 1-2b, raise the left channel guitar up by 1 db, and then maybe cut some of the low lows in the bass. that should do it on that song i think, but i might decide to just come back to it after the full listen w/ the rest of the songs to hear it in context. that leaves 3 more songs on this list, i should try and get them as right as possible, and then listen to the album, w/ some of the new songs i've got with vocals laid down, which there's a few, actually, and then i will see what i need to do, if any songs should be cut, anything like that, and if there's room for anything else. what there isn't room for, or even whatever there is, i need to go and write down the names of the project files i need to finish, just so i can mess with them sooner or later, maybe an ep of stuff i'm still attached to, and stuff.

but i am beat now,

so,

byebye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[emmym1]

My thoughts on... X-23 2010B (#4-7) "Songs Of The Orphan Child"

This run really continues to deliver as i'm reading through it. This second arc was very good and they just really keep the momentum going in such a good way!

I'm really liking the roadtrip vibes this run is starting to get, just Laura on the road trying to make sense of herself. it's really cool to see. What I really love throughout this arc is that you can see her think for herself, develop her own set of morals and ideals, finding her own reasonings for wanting to help people. It's amazing to see her evolve like that. I like how she especially connects and wants to help people in whom she sees parts of herself. Like with Alice (i really hope we see more of her because she's an interesting character). Laura knows the pain they went through because she went through it themselves and it's super interesting to see how that allows her to understand people better. In the final issue of this arc too, when she doesn't kill the pirate henchmen because she could tell that they were being exploited and didn't have much choice. It's so interesting to see her understand people in such a way due to her own experiences.

I also liked how each issue started with her monologuing about the thing she learned (herself) at the facility and then how that lesson plays into the events of each issue. It's really cool and super well done!

Miss Sinister was a really cool villain, like you understand why she's doing this but at the end of the day she's still very much an evil person. It was kinda sad to see Laura being confronted with her past over and over again as she explores the abadoned Mr Sinister lab the children are living in. Especially because later on she ends up strapped to a chair due to yet another person wanting to use her for their own gain. It's quite tragic, but I love how Laura was able to break out of the mind transfer thing due to her own determination and will. I think it was a pretty important moment because whether she realizes it or not, it's yet another piece of proof that she does indeed have a soul. Because otherwise she probably wouldn't have been able to break free from it.

The dynamic and friendship between Gambit and Laura was really sweet. Gambit barely knows her and even Laura is confused as to why he's tagging along. Only for it to be the same reason that Laura wanted to save Alice, because "they knew enough". When Gambit said that to Laura it was really sweet. Because he barely knows and her and yet it's enough for him to go, I need to support her in finding herself. Really sweet stuff, I feel like Gambit in general just really gets Laura, unlike the other X-men.

The last issue of this arc had such pretty art, it's the same style they used before for the flashback stuff but man it's such a good artstyle, it's so gorgeous. I also liked how the final issue touched upon the fact that it's extremely hard to swim and keep afloat in the water when parts of your skeleton are coated with a metal. Cool detail not going to lie!

I will say some action sequences were a bit confusing and all over the place visually but that didn't detract much from the experience. I really can't wait to see how everything will go from here, this run has been such an amazing read so far and I'm super invested into it!

[measuringbliss]

Spider-Man Read-Through 033: 'Twas the Season (ASM 165-166, What If 1)

MASTERPOST

In this issue...

*sigh*

A dinosaur. And the Lizard! Brittany S. Pierce would be... very gleeful.

However, we also get great development for Peter, MJ and Flash and THAT's at least worth something.

And also...

Spidey accidentally runs into a secret SHIELD building and chases a dinosaur, but misses him.

Gorgeous panels. Meanwhile, at the Connors's...

Stegron! How I missed you, my dear Stegron! (Said no one ever.)

MEANWHILE! In the street!

I think they should kiss. They should kiss to make MJ jealous. THEY SHOULD SOOOO DO THAT. And I should write it. Should I? I should!

At E.S.U., we get more development concerning Jameson and his mysterious scientist. Turns out Dr Madison doesn't hold much against Spidey, but she doesn't like how he's above law. So she's kinda me when I was playing Persona 5.

Gorgeous page! Once again with the wind and the leaves, like just before the Gwen clone plot kickstarted!

I like that they finally discuss what they are, it's been a long time coming. They think about doing a break...

That's a fun way to break the scene!

Peak comedy.

Meanwhile, Stegron's having the time of his life.

SEE, THAT'S WHAT COMMUNICATION DOES! MAKES EVERYTHING EASIER!

Anyway, stuff happens, and...

Just because I love the purple pants doesn't mean I have to enjoy this plot.

Given that the two issues mention preparing for Christmas several times, I can only assume Peter's birthday is in December.

Anyway, Spidey reassures Mrs Connors, and Dr Madison meets up with Jameson.

Slay. I also really love her outfit.

Anyway, she uncovers a Spider-Slayer... Oh, Jameson, how many times have you tried, now? He never learns his lessons!

Do I sense a Gloria/Randy romance? Why not, especially if that means we get to see more of them!

So anyway, we're on full Christmas mode, right there. How soul crushing it must be for Peter to say he won't be able to spend Christmas with his friends! I was going to say family, but Aunt May hasn't been mentioned in a while (thankfully, let her be in lesbians with Anna). You can just feel how bitter Peter is.

And Harry and Liz announce they're going to marry! Oh, uh. Okay. I guess it was very quick in these times, and publication-wise, it has been a while, but dear Lord, they're quick! I guess it makes sense, with how romantic they were, last batch. MJ's surely gonna feel more stressed about that, now...

...

Anyway. One really cool thing in the battle is that the Lizard takes the time to save Connors' child. I love those moments!

Spidey gets there, makes Connors human again, then goes off to fight Stegron.

We do get great shots, but I'm really not into all of this.

Connors successfully reverses the Dinosaur Revival Beam, and they return to bones. It's nice to see Connors actively help Spidey!

What a dumbass.

At least, this is a great page! It's actually excellent. It's a saving grace, we shall say.

This is nice, but WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS, PETE? NO EPILOGUE FOR THEM?

THIS IS SAD.

Time for the first What If issue! What if Spidey joined the Fantastic Four?

The issue starts with The Watcher introducing the idea, just like he introduced the last issue of the Phoenix Saga.

Hm!

He's supposed to be, like, 15.

It's fun to see this remade. This issue's obviously partly an excuse to redraw their fateful meeting, but with a different artist, given that it replays a lot of the same beats.

That's nice to see!

The Fantastic Four raise issues, but one is given more weight--the fact that Spidey keeps his identity secret.

Oh!

...He doesn't look like a wallflower with this artstyle, hahaha. Next, Peter recounts his history and retcons himself as a beautiful hunk and not as the nerd he most definitely was.

Anyway, the FF present their newest member at a press conference and...

That's actually very interesting! The Chameleon ends up not doing anything. Instead, the Vulture takes his place!

That's sad.

Later, the Invisible Girl gets jealous of Spidey, who's on an adventure with their teammates while she stays behind and watches over them. And while they're on a dangerous mission, she gets seduced by Namor (the Submariner). This is to retell an early adventure of the FF.

This is nice, but not that interesting to me once it really goes into the FF retelling.

Next time: More of Spectacular Spider-Man! I'm curious to see that.

[csarites]

Here are my some of my favourite panels from Nightwing #83!!

pt. 2

that no one asked for, but i'm gonna do them anyway.

SPOILER ALERT FOR NIGHTWING #83!

11. Clark asks Dick for a favor.

This really shows how much Clark trusts Dick, he knows he isn't the kid he was when they first met. Clark truly sees him as a friend, and not just a "he's my friend's kid" figure.

With that note, asking Dick to help out with Jon is a big deal. Jon Kent is now supposedly the main Superman on Earth.

Seeing as Tom Taylor is also the current writer for Superman: Son of Kal-el (check it out, definitely worth reading), I'm willing to bet that Nightwing will also be making an appearance in that series. And I absolutely can't wait for it!

Especially since Damian (Dick's youngest brother, the current(?) Robin) is Jon's bestfriend, I would love to see how Jon will interact with another one of the Batbros. The oldest brother vs. youngest brother parallels is definitely something I'm interested in seeing.

12. DickBabs kiss.

Oh, yeah. It's all coming together now.

I'm a sucker for kisses where one of them starts rambling and the other just shuts them up by kissing them (which is exactly what happened here).

Look at him smiling after the kiss. He's so happy.

I also love that Babs' is bringing back the nicknames LMAO.

Both Dick and Babs are drawn and coloured really well in this Nightwing run with Bruno Redondo on the art and Adriano Lucas on the colours.

This artstyle + them kissing + this angle? Perfect.

13. The Alfred Pennyworth Foundation.

I love how it panned out to all the different people involved in this story as Dick made his big speech.

Barbara listening intently to what he's saying on the screen.

Little Haley probably has no idea what's going on, but she's getting pets while watching her dad on TV, so she doesn't mind.

Meili Lin and Melinda Zucco watching him together. Meili solidifies her liking towards Dick and Melinda slightly smiling as she realises what her mother said.

Dick proudly announcing the name of his foundation. The foundation that was made possible by the man who left him all that money in the first place. The Alfred Pennyworth Foundation.

14. Batfamily showing their support for their eldest brother.

I love that we finally got canon confirmation that the Batfamily does in fact, have a group chat.

Steph keeping it short and simple.

Tim being the genuine, proud younger brother he is.

Jason trying to be subtle about his pride, trying to add a snarky, humorous comment to mask the true intentions behind his text.

i'm convinced he's damn proud of dick, he just won't say it to his face to maintain his front.

Damian being slightly awkward in showing his pride (he and Jason have that in common). He was probably on the verge of tears when Dick announced the foundation.

i can totally imagine him typing something and deleting it over and over again because he's unsure what to say before finally settling on "Not that it's a competition, but you win."

Neither Jason or Damian are the type to ever say "I'm proud of you, Dick" to his face so they settle for dry humor and sarcasm.

Cass going all out with the emojis. It makes sense for her, being who she is. Her main means of communication was literally everything else besides language so her spamming emojis is totally in character.

But where's Bruce's respond, you ask?

Right here.

15. Bruce thanks Dick.

Bruce said less than 15 words, but somehow, that's enough for Batman to show how much something means to him.

Such a sweet moment, realising his eldest son had his father figure in mind when he arranged all this. It must've bloomed Bruce's heart.

i 100% believe Bruce is crying behind his cowl.

Bonus:

Close up of the Alfred and Bruce panel.

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