#offbeatcat

[shihalyfie]

Have you seen the new 02 movie? Expecting a post about it would be unreasonable with how it basically just came out, but i like your analysis and would love to talk about the movie in dms or something if you have!

I have seen the movie! I will say that right now, I don't want to write any detailed analysis posts or meta until the movie is out on streaming/home video (Blu-ray) or at least until there's some reliable way for me to check back on its contents. I don't trust the vagueness of human memory, and unlike with Kizuna where we had a novelization with a near-perfect transcript of the dialogue, we only have testimony from people who have seen the movie to work with. So I'm afraid to say that I can't give any really detailed insights on the movie at the moment, and that anything I do say needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

However, I am willing to at least have some general chit-chat about it! Any posts about the movie's contents for now will be under the tag #02tb spoilers, with as much of it under a read-more as possible. I also do at least plan on making an FAQ post like I did for Kizuna, answering general questions on what to expect for people who are curious about the movie (with no or mild spoilers). (Edit: I did!) And of course, you can bet I'll at least be organizing my thoughts until I can write more detailed stuff later! I'm afraid to say I probably won't be able to write as much on it as I did for Kizuna because I'm much busier than I was back then, but I'd at least like to do something. (I am at least glad to see that it doesn't seem I'll have to retroactively revise any of my older posts...)

If you don't mind, I'll go ahead and pin this post so people know my stance going forward!

[gkatte]

Felt like drawing @offbeatcat ‘s character Distortion and experimented with the colors a bit.  I think it looks good. And yes, i made him look a bit like kon too, couldn’t help myself.

[the-deltahub-official]

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[bad-comic-art]

Flash: Fastest Man Alive (2022) #3

Art by Jason Howard

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submitted by @offbeatcat

[lilydragonhart]

Art Fight Attack 18: Doctor Catalyst Extends A Hand

Attack on @offbeatcat

[primearts1983]

floofy gang

art of my partner, friends and my OC buds

@the-worm-man @offbeatcat

[mangolon]

Wasn't tagged in this but I'll do it anyway.

Hope I'm not outing myself with anything here.

Regardless, I'm tagging @daywalker27 @scarletrosii @alicepooryorick @ineedsomesleeptoday @offbeatcat and @autisticace

Challenging you all!

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going!

[when-the-lightners-arent-around]

To Seam: Do you ever leave that shop of yours? If so, what exactly do you do while you're out and about?

[duhragonball]

I'd like to suggest Majin Buu for the character asks. He's a strange dude who stuck around longer then expected, so I'd imagine you have some mixed feelings on the character. I'd say any version of Buu applies, but thats up to you.

Give me a character and I will answer:

Why I like them: Those who know me, know that I am all about that post-Frieza era of DBZ.  That’s why I want Hit to kill him again, because it did wonders for Z, and maybe it could improve Super II or whatever they end up calling it.   I’ve already discussed why I love Cell, but for me, the Buu Saga was not much of a step down.   I came out of the Cell Games wanting more, really craving an epilogue to show how everyone was getting along after Cell’s defeat.   And the Buu Saga gave me exactly that.   

The common criticism leveled against Buu is that he isn’t much on personality.  He doesn’t have the charisma of a Frieza or Buu, but I think that works in his favor, since it gives the good guys more time to work out all their issues.   A big part of the arc was about Goku and Vegeta getting on the same page, and it’s tough to make that happen when the bad guy has his own monologue.   I think that’s why you don’t see much of them together on Namek, or during the Androids crisis.   

I’ve seen Team Four Star compare Super Buu’s absorption forms to sort of a carbon copy of Perfect Cell.    I’m not sure I agree, but 1) I’m not sure that’s a bad thing, even if it’s true, and 2) If you don’t like Buuhan, don’t worry, because he doesn’t stay that way for very long.    Majin Buu has lots of variety, is my point.    No one’s going to love all of his different forms and appearances, but you’re probably going to find a few that appeal to you.    I had trouble picking a header image for this, because it feels like it does a disservice to the character.    He’s so many different things.   He can be cute and cuddly, or vicious and terrifying, or sassy and rude.  

I also like what he represents to the series as a whole.   When he was first introduced, Buu was presented as this instant “game over” for the universe.   If Babidi reawakens him, that’s it, we all lose.   No one can stop him.    But then he breaks out anyway, and the good guys still manage to rally.    He proves too powerful to defeat, but Goku comes up with a plan, and the Supreme Kai comes up with a plan, and the Old Kai comes up with a plan, and finally Vegeta comes up with a plan, and all of them are premised on the idea that maybe we’re not so doomed after all.    Maybe the Z-Fighters are strong enough to pull this off.   And they do pull it off, and somehow turn Buu good in the process.   There’s a very hopeful message in that.   

Why I don’t: Not gonna lie, I find it somewhat uncomfy that Fat Buu survives the conflict and just... stays that way.    I’m not talking about his appearance, mind you, I mean he still seems like the same guy who gouged out Dabura’s eyes, who creeped on that one lady, and seemed unable to stop eating.   

Let me put it like this: When I first watched the episodes where Mr. Satan befriends Buu, I wasn’t entirely surprised, but what worried me was that he cooked food for Buu, and then he’d immediately demand another meal.  The implication, for me anyway, was that maybe Buu couldn’t be reformed, and he would be compelled by an endless hunger to destroy everything in his sight, regardless of how he might have felt about it.  

In hindsight, I think the “can’t-stop-eating” bit was just intended to set up the emergence of Evil Buu.   Once he got that out of his system, he was fine, but it still bugged me, and even Vegeta was concerned about Buu making another Kid Buu someday.   Because no one really understood what Buu was or how he worked, so who’s to say that he could truly shake off the ways of evil?    Also, Fat Buu owes his existence to absorbing two of the ancient Supreme Kais, so it bothered me that they got everyone else de-absorbed but not them.  

But, I can’t say that bothers me too much, since the final episodes of DBZ show that he lived peacefully with Mr. Satan for at least a decade.  Even so, I wasn’t surprised to see Dragon Ball GT merge him with Uub.   I think the urge to write him out of the story was pretty strong.    Notice how Dragon Ball Super has Majin Buu, but they hardly ever use him.   It makes you wonder.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): You know, I think I might go with the one where the Supreme Kai explains Buu’s backstory to the Old Kai.   Pretty sure that one ends with Kid Buu blowing up the world, so it’s got a lot going for it. 

Favorite season/movie: The Fusion Saga is kind of my go-to answer for the best of Buu, but after I rewatched everything last year, I think the Kid Buu Saga make be the better arc.   It’s tough to decide.

Favorite line: When Goku and Vegeta power up on the Supreme Kai Planet to draw Buu’s attention, he senses their ki and grins, saying “Dum-dums!” like he’s so excited that they’re gonna try and fight him again.   That’s in the dub, anyway, but I always liked that this was Kid Buu’s pet name for those two idiots.

Favorite outfit: I don’t think I have a preference, but it might have been nice to see more of this version:

OTP: I guess that female Buu he made so he could have children?   Honestly, the less I have to think about Buu being romantic the better I like it.  

Brotp: Gotta be Mr. Satan.

Head Canon: The Xenoverse games and Dragon Ball Online introduced this whole notion of Buu starting his own race of Majins on Earth.    I’ve been trying to figure out how to work with that in my fanfic, and the main thing that sticks out in my mind is that Buu is the progenitor of that entire population, and I’m pretty sure he’d still be alive at any given time, so it intrigues me that a Majin OC I might come up with could just stroll on over to Buu’s house and say hello.  But I’m not really sure what they’d talk about.  

Unpopular opinion: Killing him off was one of the few smart moves GT made, and providing a means for the absorbed Supreme Kai’s to escape was one of the few smart moves Toyotaro made.  

A wish: If they do another Tournament of Power, Buu should actually be in it.   He can absorb Frieza and that way they can get around the cap on team members. 

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: If they do another big fight, for the love of crap, don’t just have him nap through it.   I just realized he probably slept through the Broly movie too.   Lazy bastard.

5 words to best describe them: That’s the tubby custard machine.

My nickname for them: “You r--” whoa ho-hoooo.   Just kidding.  

[destiny-islanders]

Adding to the Xehanort hate: It was way too late to suddenly forgive Xehanort. Man has been full on Evil for a long time, yet nomura thinks of a whole backstory in the shower, begins setting up a mobile game, then decides to treat Xehanort as a sympathetic villain. Its frustrating that he made this change, because its wayyyyyy too late to start acting like he didn't MURDER PEOPLE

HE MURDERED SO MANY PEOPLE I JUST

[mangolon]

I'm Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead? And if I'm going to die, I'm not dying quietly and I'm gonna look good doing it. But why are all the backgrounds just from the Shining?

Anyway, @daywalker27, @alicepooryorick, @ineedsomesleeptoday and @offbeatcat if y'all wanna.

Saw this little trend on twitter so I’m bringing it here for fun!

Take this uquiz to see which horror movie stereotype you are.

Then create your 70s/80s horror movie self!

Here’s mine:

Unfortunately this is very true.

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[shihalyfie]

I've been watching data squad, and I noticed all the bio hybrids are very deliberately made to mirror the main DATS trio in some way. Kouki's a battle hungry street brawler, the goth girl (forgot her name) is a genius who only cares about herself, and Ivan...well, i'm not sure about ivan, something to do with family. I'd assume you're better equipped to do an analysis on this contrast, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, if possible.

I noticed this as well! I think their appearances were too short for me to make a full-blown meta out of it, but to basically summarize it:

Masaru is a rough brawler, but he only ever picks fights with people who are also causing trouble or challenge him on equal terms (and in the latter case, he follows specific principles and respects the opponent). For Masaru, "fighting" is something you do as a means of self-improvement and to be strong so you can protect those who need to be protected, not to dominate over others. In contrast, Kouki loves fighting and violence, but he does it for the sake of his own superiority and to crush weak people, or in other words, he's a bully who's the picture-perfect depiction of what you imagine when you hear about someone who loves violence. It's notable that he's the only one of the three who's not portrayed as particularly redeemable.

While Tohma came from a privileged background and is quite intelligent, he also was emotionally abused by his family, so he has a strong motive to do something meaningful with his life out of something he accomplished rather than it being for the sake of his family name (while he does make use of his privilege, it's as a means to an end in terms of wanting to do things for others, including his sister, and in fact he's portrayed as somewhat disliking unwarranted attention). Nanami is a "genius" like Tohma, but she only cares about herself and has a snobbish attitude towards "normal" people who can't understand her. She indulges in her "elite" status and doesn't care about morality as long as she gets to satisfy herself.

Yoshino started off the series without much meaning in her life, punching the clock at DATS without any real investment in what she was doing because she was dealing with an inferiority complex. It's only as the series progresses when you can really get the sense she's doing things out of her own beliefs of what's right and wrong (especially when DATS gets cut off from government support but she still chooses to fight anyway). Meanwhile, Ivan is a victim of the system; in order to support his siblings (who are implied to be in very severe financial straits), he "threw away his morals and sold his body" to Kurata out of desperation, because he and his family were so pushed into a corner that he didn't have the room to think about that anymore. (Note the fact that Ivan is the only one of the three to not be Japanese, so there's a nuance of his position as a foreigner being exploited by someone powerful.) So as much as that doesn't make his actions justifiable, Yoshino is capable of empathizing with that to some extent and recognizes that Kurata had been the one to exploit Ivan's situation and vulnerabilities to pseudo-blackmail him.

[gkatte]

Bringing an old tradition back! It is spooky season so i must draw myself, @madd-nix and @offbeatcat as spookier versions. Happy October!

Individual versions under the cut, and if you like my art, consider tipping me Ko-fi!

[thankskenpenders]

You know, I'm curious. When you've talked about relationships, you seem to think that straight relationships aren't as well written as gay ones. Is there a specific reason for this train of thought? Or did i completely misinterpret the way you talk about romance?

When you see the same handful of straight romance stories play out over and over and over again in every piece of fiction ever while having to beg and plead to get more than two seconds of screen time for gay couples that shit gets old fast

[bad-comic-art]

Flash: Fastest Man Alive (2022) #3

Art by Jason Howard

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submitted by @offbeatcat

[primearts1983]

Character design for @offbeatcat ^^