#omg what a lovely surprise and I LOVE this glitch effect

[fountainpenguin]

!?!?!? !!!

Sending the mayor to the shadow realm for sensitivity training and anti-virus updates. My man did all of it but I don't care <33

spitting. crying. tysm, I love it... Oh no, he can't hear us; he's got hubris in his ears...

glitch

Based on chapter 27 of @fountainpenguin 's work, Dog's Life (a life series au).

Allay!scott isn't having a good time with vex!scar

[kulaiyin]

(content: xenohydro side quest, world 1 finale, world 2 beginning, simulated universe world 3)

(picture unrelated) wrapping up world 1 and heading towards world 2! 

excited to jump into a new world! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

mitosis... 

GETTEM LAMINA!!!!! DON’T LET THIS GUY BOSS U AROUND

XENOHYDRO REAL?! this quest chain (?) was fun... i ended up letting both lamina and the xenohydro go, because i can understand the urge of a living curio to be free... lamina’s story also made me emo. i didn’t manage to find her again after this quest, but i hope she’s living her best life! 

after the quest, i smugly ran straight for where capote and lamina used to stand around and found capote in one of those coffee rooms

to my surprise, he was very humbled by the experience?! i’m glad that he’s reflecting on himself! usually i kinda feel bad for my choice in these side quests, but i like this ending! 👍 

BACK TO BELOBOG... SO WE CAN GET OUT OF BELOBOG!

i took these screenshots weeks ago but... happy pride (❤´艸｀❤)

OH?! THIS IS SO ANCIENT CHINESE DRAMA... 

THEM... this whole sequence was so menacing...

i honestly didn’t expect blade to be “evil,” i thought he was just an edgy emo guy... wait, no, i guess the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that he could smile like that 😱

not the coffee cups 

my phone graphics are CRYONG

during the dan heng nightmare cutscene, i also got a texture error with the sword. after rewatching it online, i realized it was supposed to have a shattered effect, but for me it had some pink stripes just like above! ∑( 口 || 

h-hang in there, phone...

WELT IS COMING ?!!?!?!?!?!? 😳😳😳

MY PHONE POOPED AT THIS PART, THE HOLOGRAMS KEPT GLITCHING BUT KAFKA YOOOOOOOO

the moms are FIGHTING

i'm so curious to see what our destination would have been... but it’s ok, the docking location for xianzhou luofu looks REALLY COOL! 

REALLY DIDN’T EXPECT THE XIANZHOU LUOFU FIRST LOCATION TO BE A BARGE

COOOOOOOOOL!!!!!! COLORFUL

march 7th’s Droppings

KYAAAAAAAA SPACE CHINA LOOKS COOL!!!!

at this point, i hit trailblazer level 35 and got my 10 standard warp passes! (bites nails) WE’RE HITTING PITY, LET’S SEE THE GOODS...!

sampo goes for a 散步

HAPPY TO HAVE HIM! regrettably i haven’t had much opportunity to build/use him since i got him, but it’s nice to fill out the 4-star roster! 💪 only missing sushang and tingyun!

(definitely thinking of throwing pulls on the luocha banner... WANT SUSHANG)

... AND I GOT BRONYA’S E1 YOOOOOOOOO!!!

after reviewing what it does, it seems really good?! now using her skill doesn’t hurt that much anymore! 👀

... REALLY WANT TO GET SEELE TO MATCH WITH HER GF but maybe i will get her on a rerun _(:з)∠)_ i have guaranteed after losing 50/50 to E0 bronya, but i don’t have enough to hit pity... 

march u are so funny (genuine)

XIANZHOU LUOFU IS SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL i love how distinct the architecture is and how there are colorful ribbons in the sky as clouds... ✨ 

(but also please excuse my poop graphics...)

bro has two tails

my phone HATES THIS AREA LOOOOL BUT OMG YUKONG 😳

the holograms and screens glitch like crazy so i regrettably was a bit distracted during this scene... later on i found out that it’s purposefully like that o(￣┰￣*)ゞ

i didn’t expect yukong to have such a high position! ... and to outright reject us akjdlawjl luckily jing yuan is here to our rescue...

(by the way, i genuinely thought yukong was tingyun’s mom or something when i saw the initial character lineup... maybe i’m a fool... THERE ARE A LOT OF FOXIANS HERE) 

oh she lesbiab... i appreciate this npc... 🙏🥺

SIMULATED UNIVERSE WORLD 3... DEFEATED!!!!! i was using preservation buffs and basically it was a cockroach fight with gepard ALKJDALW i can’t even tell you how long it the boss battle took...

yeah... 

i don’t think this is my first time i attempted SU3 (i’m pretty sure nanook sabatoged my first run lol) but i love the fact that we get to use CURIOS...! with curios and blessings, there’s a lot of potential for silly builds...

[fff777]

Watched WayV No one but you + Invincible Track video behind the scenes

Lookin a little beat up

Hendery doesn't like the contact lenses very much ^^;;

Eyebrow piercings (even if they're fake). Also one coloured contact.

The eyebrow piercing is drawn on? I don't get it lol

The caption says "a feeling that's a bit bad (nodding in a well-behaved way)." The word they used is 乖 which does mean well-behaved. It's often used to describe well-behaved kids (in a naughty/nice dichotomy).

Yangyang wearing a fake cast lol

Ten's earphone is not connected to anything lol

I liked No One But You (the song) a lot :3

Ten: Where should I stand? Hendery: In my heart Ten: Sorry but I already have someone else Hendery: Did you get that on camera? :D

Of course, Ten did the idol-correct thing of saying only Wayzennies were in his heart. Ok dude lol.

Yangyang and Ten calling Dejun sexy and cute while the camera's on him and he's striking a pose lol

They're outside, right? This isn't a set? I'm just surprised that they're that close to the edge.

Cute :3

Kun was also only wearing one contact lens

Hallo little guy :]

Taking selfies. As the resident tall boy with long limbs, Sicheng is responsible for taking the photo heh.

Omg Yangyang had to smash his cast. Almost as cool as the Rock flexing his arm out of his cast in Furious 7.

I'm guessing there were several casts prepared just in case.

I hope Yangyang didn't hurt his arm, that looks like that could have hurt :S

Yangyang said he'd asked his hairstylist to cut his hair so that he looked like he was a rebellious kid who'd cut his own hair. Which is why his hair is a little uneven.

Birthday celebrations for Hendery :3 Quite different to Yangyang's birthday celebrations in which only Hendery and Kun sang for him lol

Can't believe he fucking responded with arigato gozaimasu

Omgggg Sicheng is trying to sing the Cantonese birthday song to Hendery. First of all he's completely off tune XD But of course he's not pronouncing the words correctly. But I appreciate the effort lol. Dejun and Hendery have done so much to immerse the guys in Cantonese culture lol. Btw, this birthday song doesn't have the same tune as the Happy Birthday song we're used to, so that means Sicheng had to purposely learn a new song for this lol.

Hendery was like wow what a miserable birthday that I'm celebrating it in an abandoned building lol

Sicheng continued to sing the Cantonese Happy Birthday song and Hendery joined in to help him with the words :P

I don't know what kind of pronunciation guide Sicheng is reading off of, but Hendery appreciates his efforts anyway <3

Yangyang: He (Sicheng) is singing Happy Birthday so sadly

I think Sicheng has a video pulled up because his phone is playing the song XD

Flare time

They kept making fun of themselves for trying to act cool lol. The only person who ever got called cool during these few scenes was Kun (by Dejun).

Birthday (real). I think those are chocopies or something like them lol.

Yangyang said that Hendery had to make three wishes but he had to keep the last one a secret. I wonder if this is a Taiwanese thing because I'd only heard of the birthday person getting three wishes in Someday or One Day lol.

Hendery's first wish was that everybody there would be rich!!!! His second wish was for health, the obvious safe wish :P

Party time (after eating a chocopie)

They're doing the same technique that I saw in NCT Dream's Glitch mode and Poison videos. They're recording things at twice the speed and slowing them down to normal speed to give them a certain dramatic effect.

Kun pointed out that these two track videos, plus Poppin' Love and On My Youth all have a similar theme of youth. To be specific, it's somewhat of a rebellious youth. I appreciate that connection of themes! Makes an album more memorable for sure :3

Dejun was saying that at least he had a hat but Hendery was soaked ^^;; and he put an extra towel on Hendery's head so he wouldn't get sick ToT

Hendery and Dejun said they were 落湯雞 'chickens going into the soup' team (because they were both all wet)

Rewatching their 'in the rain' scenes again :P They like laughing at themselves :3

Oh no Kun got bitten by a mosquito and the bite grew really big ToT the worst

[blackidyll]

New neotwewy trailer dropped!! Neku glitching thru the streets oh no D: he better be ok!!! Also the new twewy anime ep made my whole day, Neku's fanboying over CAT was SO wholesome how's this cuteness even legal

anon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

i finally had some time after work hell deadlines to look this up and it’s the opening movie right?? for a two minute clip it packed in so much i’m kind of still breathless after watching it. two of my favourite things about the original game was the super distinct artstyle and the unique soundtrack and literally this trailer/movie had ALL OF THAT DIALED UP TO THE MAX and it just makes me smile so so much omg. and that ten second sneak of twister. and the lyrics 

neku neku neku they’re just going to keep slipping us glimpses of him huh? so i’ve absolutely missed this memo somewhere but is it true that neo is set three years after twewy??? (i know a lot of japanese gaming mags + the ntwewy japanese twitter release snippets/trivia but i can’t keep up). so it’s true then that neku does seem older than fifteen here. the glitch effects and the fact that he’s been in (and surviving) the freaking game/UG for three years is convincing me more than ever that he’s playing a secret report/acting behind the scenes type of role for this game. like at this point, has he even managed to reach some unique form of noise, kind of like minamimoto in his taboo form? the original game has always emphasized how unique neku’s abilities were (the fact that he can use all the psychs, and can even call on rhyme’s noise form from a pin despite not being a reaper) so it won’t surprise me at all if he’s managed to transcend the frequencies and become a new unique kind of entity in the UG............. especially if the composer and the producer are actively backing him behind the scenes. or even if they aren’t, I mean, aren’t noise/players/UG/alive people in the RG/all the way to the angels all just a matter of tuning to different frequencies? gosh who knows maybe even shinjuku’s destruction has messed up the frequencies so much that neku is able to take advantage of it on his own (but i like the idea that he’s supported by at least someone, whether that’s the composer/producer or whoever, since twewy was all about -trust your partner- and opening up to others, so i like to think neo!neku is living that principle loud and clear, and not lone-wolfing it). 

(i am dying to know what is going on with the composer and the producer. i know we’re not going to see any hint of them at all in the neo trailers, because spoilers! but ahhhhhhhhhhh) 

i haven’t had time to catch up with the latest anime episodes (i watched all of shiki’s episodes up to the end of week one!) so once work hell improves (i’ve been dying since labour’s day which IRONICALLY I HAD TO WORK ON) and hopefully deadlines will end by next week I can binge watch all of joshua’s episodes! i’m really excited for those and your previous message about them having ice cream makes me all \(*u*)/ because i love them and having more little moments between the characters will be excellent (i love the little hangout sessions we saw of shiki/rhyme/beat/neku in the anime that we didn’t really get in the game ahaha) 

thank you as always for keeping me updated with twewy news!! and letting me hype about the series as a whole!!!!!! 

[twracehorse]

Cringing at my own videos

Training Videos Edition!

I got bored, needed motivation to start editing, went back to take a look at my older videos, and now I judge and cringe at them because that’s a given at this stage

Under the cut to keep your dash shorter :3

Determined Horse Training, the title I came up with to be a little unique. I obviously couldn’t use something akin to Northena’s “Training Is Fun...Right?” and I wanted to give it a proper title knowing this would be a series of videos. I thought, and thought, and came up with the title after thinking of Undertale and how you are filled with determination in the game. “I am filled with determination to train these horses!” is what I thought and so the title of the series became that!

I use // as a way to separate different topics I’m talking about

Brave Rebel- First off...the thumbnail. He was originally themed sort of after Nathan Drake from Uncharted, since I was into that series at the time. So the map was, you know, for the treasure hunting. But I didn’t want to stretch the map to fit and somehow decided that a brown background was a good idea?? // AH THE CLOTHES! THE NECK!! AHHH GATORADE OCEAN BLEHH. // Oh yeah I have a spelling error in the video “Let’s go defeat this traning day!”. // Been training with Sage from the start of the series. I wonder how many fails of their’s I’ve caught XD // Ah the rocks, the rocks that I caught Sage stumbling out of in a later training video. // Let’s not forget the double mouse thing going on that makes its appearance in many videos before I figured out to click off of the web pages (which had a music playlist going while training). // Omg there’s someone with the club name The Babies standing nearby when I turn in the final race. // Low-key still love this horse. He was my first true Soul Steed before we were designated to our starter. I don’t take him out much, the difference in horse animations from new to old is getting bigger and for dynamic photos, it just doesn’t look good ( @~@)

Cool Hero- The horse based off of Markiplier back when he had red hair. I also uploaded the video on his birthday! // The song choice....I mean it fits the theme, otherwise I’d pick a better song. // The mini references I’m still low-key proud of. // There’s quite the amount of gliding pons in this video and some horror texture pons. // I obviously had to max Markimoo at the observatory! // I also mimicked Mark’s outros where an image is boomeranging. It took a couple tries with my friend in the background, but it was worth it!

Violet Mystery- I hope when I introduced her as “The winner of the Jorvik Wild horse competition” I mean, she was the first coat to be picked. Back when it was only one horse coat is being made. They added the top two coats afterwards. // Oh yeah the character’s whole head would move to the side to keep eye contact with the camera. // It’s so weird to think that I caught a bit of footage of Swifty just before meeting her. Then again I remember NOT editing this training video until months later and uploaded it in September. Mind you that I got Cool Hero and Violet Mystery at the same time and Cool Hero’s video was out in June...oops. // Ironic that I have the pandoric cracks around when the horse is based off them. // People running up from the riding arena, ah the fog glitch that would happen when you left your horse in the riding area, ran all the way to the dino valley elevator, took it, and there was no fog in the valley! 

Megalove- Ah the first Undertale horse! I mean technically still the only Undertale themed horse I have, but I do have others planned. Haven’t gotten them yet and some plans changed. // The thumbnail....why did I make the stickers super tiny?? // Finally changed Elsa’s hairstyle to the ponytail I still wear to this day. We need updated ponytails with side bangs! I know we have the awesome braided ponytail in Mistfall, but there’s too much forehead! // Also the first training footage with the meet up....was 4 hours long. This was back when I recorded all stages of training and went through the footage in real time....I’m glad I changed strategy. // Can’t remember if crashing into a jump and the jump of the music timed at the same point was on purpose or if it was editing magic. // Oof cringing that I put comic sans as Sans “talking” in the video nnngghhhhh! // Ah my old club name Royal Ambassadors. I gave that club over to my side account Chiara Monsterhope for obvious reasons. // Annoying Dog in the credits, I still love that

Lucky Hero- I’m still proud that I came up with his nickname Vien short of Vienna where the famous riding school is. He, along with Brave Rebel, are my top horses. Please get an update eventually boys! // Finally Mac users had clear water! I was so happy over this you do not understand XD // Warriors by Imagine Dragons fits this horse, but quite a pain when I got Dark Warrior and didn’t want repeating songs. // Oh yeah early on, the Lipizzaners had a weird reflective tail glitch going on. // Vien was the first horse of mine that I got the day of release, bright and early in the morning! // I love how in the face of danger, an approaching bull dozer, I just stare at it. It wasn’t even a “oh no I should get out of the way” and instead was “huh that’s a thing”. // ALLY CHUM! I forgot that was a nickname to good friend!

Grey Ghost- OH BOY HERE WE GO!! Honestly my favorite training video. It was so much fun to edit with the music and the Halloween stickers hidden around the screen! Despite waking up at 5am to train for that aesthetic™. // Okay but that mushroom with the dark green sign did legit give me a spook. My body froze for a second and then I remembered that Slenderman doesn’t exist in Star Stable XD. // Ngl two of the stickers are hard to see cause of their surroundings. // GALLOPER THOMPSON MY MAN! Honestly I waited till midnight for him to be in Goldenleaf forest, just to see what would happen if you were racing and he caught you. By the gods of editing magic, the song was at a good point that fits perfectly with that scene. // For the scarecrow race I did actually take two different takes. I failed the first one and when I was editing I noticed that the two runs looked similar. So I put the first part of run 1 and cut before I failed and then put the remaining of the race with run 2. Looks almost seamless! 

Silent Promise- My favorite mare in my stable! She ends up being my AoT cosplay photo horse...until I get the actual themed horse XP. // Shadows were a little glitchy at first. // Why am I using Rud instead of Rude. Like I know why cause that’s how we got around the filter, but I didn’t need to put it like that in the video. It’s like back in my WolfQuest days where I learned to use Cuz as a short version of Cause and it bled into my text vocab. // The witch bombs...I wanted to make it dramatic, but in hindsight it’s just tasteless really. Also to note that the sound which was fine before uploading, got more rough once it was on YouTube

Small Potential- Real cringe theme here, Hetalia. It was fun while watching and all that, but since then I’ve seen some well done anime! Growth! // I love the nickname Finny. Not too sure if I want to keep this pony or not, sadly. // The Christmas remix song is because I had no other ideas XD

Brave Eagle- Oh this is another slight cringe theme. Even more cringe is the fact that I had to re-upload this training video since it got blocked all over the world! due to the Hamilton musical songs. So I....had to layer over the songs with other songs....it’s a whole mess and was a whole pain since I had to re-edit the sound effects. // I’m proud of the thumbnail though....that’s it

Winter Dust- Why did I make the “there’s a new app with these foals you can train” with the dramatic music? // I think because I had less levels to train, I tried filling that space with “cool looking shots”. // Ah, yes, my How To Get Over A Jump wikipedia step by step

Hollow Phantom- Had to bring a creepy vibe even though it was February. So he’s like a Halloween not Halloween horse. // Can you believe that I found the main song from a Haikyuu!! crack video? XD. // That zoom on the pony surrounded by magic shires was weird. We’re saying “SO TINY” but the clip was so short it was done and over without much sense. // Mmm that slight irritation that the music and clip didn’t match with the drop. // Tried to blend the music together with itself....it’s obvious. // Of course had to max the Galloper horse where I first met the phantom himself

North Guardian- I wanna talk about the thumbnail....that background...is literally just the horse’s hindquarters. I wanted something mossy since the horse is sort of based off of Pelagia from Shadow of the Colossus. I couldn’t find good enough backgrounds, so I used the horse itself. // Again that urge to want to make the clip and music match but ahhh

Lucky Lucky- Still wish I could name this horse Gold Luck or something. // I think one of the camera turns during a race was just to show off the rainbow nearby. // Ahh! back when we could say “demon” in the chat. // Hmm instead of letting the clip run, I could’ve just cut to Reed calling the askew fence “a disgrace”. // Text was onscreen for just too long. // Trying to do the riding arena jumps with a good camera angle. But at that point, the camera kept moving and wouldn’t hold still. I’m glad it’s better now. Maybe I’ll try it again with a future horse. // Huh, forgot to add sound effects when I hit something on the last race

Silent Surprise- Cause I had to let the people know that I bought the horse after watching the Belmont. // AH STILL THE NECK! // 2 minutes in and we haven’t even gotten to the actual training yet. // Another day, another SSO glitch, this time it’s shadow rocks. // Oop missed a sound effect

Hot Spot- THE MUSTACHE! // I forgot I put a filter over the video to give it an old timey look. I should do more like that if it’s in theme. // Of course I had to have The Wanted be playing with this song since it’s old west sounding. // What was the purpose of editing the scarecrow race like that? XD. // Random running clip. // Walking the whole bobcat race would be nice if I didn’t keep moving the camera

Pumpkin Candy- As much as I love my Halloween horses, this training video isn’t up to the standards that the first Halloween training video set up. It’s still got Halloween themed music, it’s still got stickers hidden in the video, but it doesn’t feel the same. // Having text be their default instead of making them the same agh. // The spooky filter I overlayed the clips with changes at times. Would be nice if it stayed consistent

Dragon Dawn- Hmm now that I have more songs to choose from (getting into another artist as much as I did with The Wanted), I would have another song playing to fit the horse better. Maybe Euphoria or Mikrokosmos. Oh well those will be for future horses eventually! // Didn’t drop with the music...disappointed

Thunder Spirit- The horse that trains through three months. You can easily tell by the Valentine race, the rainbows of March, and April Fools. // Man I really need to work on making the text not be so BIG. // The first rainbow race had lots of sound effects. After that one I was just like “yeah not doing that again”

Sun Chaser- Eh the slowed down music is not the best idea. But I think it was also an intro to a remix of the song. So it was only so long and I had a bit to say for the intro of the horse. // The second clip of the mysterious Icelandic cryptid you can’t see them once it zooms in....annoying. // Too much of a slow build up with another cryptid spotting. // Also using the same sound but slower after just using it...smooth (not). // You know the very last clip of the horse as he’s turning around on the beach? Yeah that’s the exact moment I did the intro for the horse XD

Dragon Warrior- The contrast between me and Sage’s bantering vs the sadder song (I found the song because of a Zeno AMV) well it’s kinda weird having laughs and then sad melody. // YouTube again ruins the quality of the mic as it sounds fuzzier than it was pre-uploaded. // Low-key recording voices was fun aside from having to make sure the clips matched the voices and clicking of the mouse. // I’m still annoyed I couldn’t find the perfect snoring sound effect when Sage’s Connemara is sleeping and starts gliding away

Smoke Mirror- A little too much of a pause between text in the intro. // I love how I’m wearing a Halloween shirt because no other shirt matched with the blue of the hat except for the dress it came with THAT I GOT RID OF! 

Obsidian Mystery- I love the thumbnail for her training video. It’s so spooky and cool! Favorite thumbnail of the entire series right there. // Ironic that with the three Halloween horses I’ve had. The two with the upbeat music are the ones where Galloper was present that year. The one where Galloper was missing that October, the music was softer, generic Halloween music. Not intentional, but it works. Though the first Halloween training video still gets the trick-or-treats because it has nostalgic music. // Some text isn’t easily visible

Dark Warrior- The horse I wish I could name Secret Warrior cause that would make SO MUCH MORE SENSE than Dark Warrior, but here we are. // Since Warriors by Imagine Dragons was in a previous training video, I had to search for another song to fit the horse. I literally went through those anime character theme song videos to find one! That was a terrible jump cut of the song

Ember Flame- Coming Soon

[snkpolls]

SnK S3E12 Poll Results (Anime Viewer Only Version)

The poll closed with 115 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note this is the anime only viewer version of the poll. Manga readers, please click here for the results of the manga reader poll!

RATE THE EPISODE 101 Responses

The final episode of the first half of the season received positive reviews, with only a few who were dissatisfied with the cour’s finale episode. 

It was good

Horrible

One of the best so far this season

HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON 3 AS A WHOLE? 101 Responses

The season overall fared well among anime only viewers, with the vast majority of respondents giving it either a 4 or 5 overall. 

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SEASON TAKING A BREAK UNTIL APRIL? 101 Responses

50% of voters are feeling bummed about the anime taking a 6 month break. 38% feel that 6 months isn’t all that bad of a wait. A small few are ready for the breather. 

Now going through read the manga because 6 months is looooong

WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?

Should have asked us what we're going to do during the 6 month break.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCENES WERE YOUR FAVORITES? 98 Responses

The Survey Corps’ sendoff was the most favorite moment of the episode. Eren and Jean’s fight came in second, while Levi and Erwin’s conversation and everyone losing their minds over meat were a close third and fourth. 

Connie was the general MVP

every erwin and levi scene is just so precious

DID THE GLITCHED ENDING SCARE YOU? 100 Responses

Nearly 80% of respondents were either a little or very freaked out by the glitched ending. 20% didn’t feel affected at all. 

I gave me a thrill, I was very pleased

AMAZED!

THE GLITCH ON THE ED WAS SO DAMN CREATIVE.

SHOULD ZACKLEY’S ART BE REALIZED? 99 Responses

Most respondents agree that the world does not need to see Zackley’s definition of art. 21% are still getting a kick out of it. 22% of you guys are probably ready for us to just drop it already! 

HOW MUCH DID YOU ENJOY THE SEQUENCE OF EREN AND JEAN FIGHTING? 100 Responses

Most respondents were entertained by Eren and Jean’s altercation, enjoying the throwback to their training days. 

THE SURVEY CORPS HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED A SEND-OFF LIKE THEY DID IN THIS EPISODE -  FAVORITE PART OF THIS SCENE? 100 Responses

An overwhelming 72% agreed that Erwin smiling and triumphantly shouting toward the citizens of Trost was the best part of their sendoff. What better episode to have aired on his birthday, right? Springlestein getting pumped at the send off came as a distant second. 

All of them

ALL OF THEM! THIS SCENE WAS PERFECT

SUSUME!

WOULD YOU LET LEVI BREAK YOUR LEGS? 100 Responses

Over half of respondents are wondering if the pollsters need to get our heads checked. But 18% of you are begging to have Levi break your legs. 

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO HEARING ERWIN ADMIT THAT HIS PERSONAL GOALS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING HUMANITY? 100 Responses

62% of watchers weren’t surprised by Erwin’s admission, believing it was clear as day for a while now. Some were shocked and a small few felt disappointed in the commander. A few write in comments agree it’s only human for him to have personal goals as well.

i despaired for him. He is no less human than anyone else

It made me happy to see his goals defined more clearly

I believe saving humanity is still important to him, but not his top priority

he’s a human too you know

It’s understandable

JEAN HAD PLENTY OF ADVICE FOR MARLOWE REGARDING THEIR UPCOMING EXPEDITION. DO YOU THINK MARLOWE WILL COME BACK ALIVE? 99 Responses

Nearly half of respondents believe that Marlowe will not be coming home after the expedition. 36% are unsure and won’t sway in either direction. 36% are confident Marlowe will pull through! 

LEVI SEEMS VERY CONCERNED FOR ERWIN’S SAFETY. DO YOU THINK ERWIN WILL SURVIVE THE MISSION AND SEE WHAT’S IN THE BASEMENT? 97 Responses

Erwin gets slightly less optimism from the voters as over half believe he won’t be making it back from Shiganshina alive. 28% don’t want to throw their hat in either ring and 17% are confident we’ll continue seeing more badassery from Erwin moving forward. 

DESPITE POSSIBLE CASUALTIES, DO YOU THINK THE SURVEY CORPS WILL COME OUT VICTORIOUS? 98 Responses

More than half of you believe the Survey Corps will achieve a victory worthy of their sendoff. 33% don’t want to make any predictions just yet. A small percentage have a bad feeling about the expedition.

ANY PREDICTIONS ON WHAT LEVI, EREN AND MIKASA ARE FIGHTING ABOUT? 100 Responses

33% of respondents believe that the altercation is over the possession of the serum. 26% believe that they are upset with each other due to everyone else dying on the mission. 21% believe it’s a mix of multiple presented options. Some others had their own words: 

Levi ate the last Eren cake. They’re like the Finn Cakes from Adventure Time.

Eren fucked up and killed Reiner, so they couldn’t use the serum to steal the shifting power and potentially save Armin’s life (because let’s be real, the dude has way too many death flags at this point)

Eren & Mikasa are bitch

THOUGHTS ON THE SKELETONS IN THE GLITCH SEQUENCE? 99 Responses

The majority believe that the skeletons were titan remains steaming. 25% aren’t sure and 12% think those are the bones of humans. 

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

After last episode i was optimistic of the mission to retake wall maria. After that ending? Not anymore. I’m genuinely scared of what’s coming 

Every episode reaffirms how much I love this show and this one is no exception. Perfect set up for the next arc and the credits scene was amazing, from the concept to the execution, it was extremely effective. Looking forward to April!

Characters hyping each other up into ending that implies everything will go to shit. Just genius!

It's was Amaziiiiiiiiiiiing ♡♡♡ and the ending OMG u got me guys.. now i wanna know what happened.. why Eren Levi and Mikasa are fighting :'(s

Everything besides the ending was kinda dissapointing

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 93 Responses

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[iamacolor]

Resonance pt.1

Just finished listening to the album and it was nice but I've already forgotten what most of these sounded like oops I just know there were some really cool piano and background sounds and adlibs and make a wish is a great title track for this but I also think the fixed unit songs are the strongest songs -aside from make a wish (especially dream and wayv)

So many great vocal moments (Taeil Haechan Renjun and Doyoung killed it), I really feel liek overall it was more of a vocal album for me (which I know is weird because not all the songs are vocal-centric but the vocal parts really stood out to me whereas the rap not so much tbh)

Didn't surprise me/shock me/overwhelm me as much as neozone or turn back time tbh I need a relisten definitely to get the hang of some of these

Also I swear I heard mostly like 10 people and then the others were there for at most 2 lines?? Kind of wish they'd have played more with them

Also when will they give me big unison singing??? You know that part in hit by seventeen when they're chanting? I want that from nct!!!! I want them to be big and loud and choir-like, not gospel but as in singing in unison or canon and playing with the sheer volume of voices they have!!! They could do so many things with this omg liek you have 23 members GO FOR IT

-> putting my first reactions to the tracks under this so I can keep a trace of it

1

Love the whistling

Jaehyuuuun

Love the adlibs!!!!!!

Nice tone from jaemin

The adlibs are so cute

Ooooh Doyoung yesss love the airy yet strong voice

Second time hearing the chorus and the 'soft' drop is more satisfying

SHOTARO IS SO CUTE

AND XIAOJUN HELLLOOOO

I LOEV THE ADLIBS

Ooh that stoooop is so good

Clap clap clap

Xiaojun's voice just doesn’t know gravity and then bam the chorus brings it down and it's just the right amount of a weird build up

Ooooh that bridge is soooo good nct vocals let's go

Omg that oh oh oh build up in the back yesddd

Lucas' tone is good here

Percussion + bass in that chorus yes

Back it up after the reverse sound effect that was cool!!

This song has such cute adlibs lol

This is like that blow my whistle baby song

2

Oh misfit right after

Not much of a rap girl so I'll let them do their thing

Mark is good of course. I like jeno's tone and the chorus is fun, they'll never do an ot23 concert but this is definitely a concert song the crowd would go crazy

Sungchan sounds nice

It's weird to hear WayV rap in korean lol

Mark little hits high up on these two syllables are soo satisfying

Ok I like the la la la la bridge this is definitely a concert song!!! I can easily see how they could perform this and it'd be more fun than just listening to it, at least for me

3

no idea who's in this but I like the intro

Ooh this sounds very nct

Is that jaehyun??

DOYOUNG YESSS

jaehyun nice omg jungwoooooo

Love the tiny synth sounds in the back yesss

I want to hear the soundtrack and its vibe a little more

Whisper niiice

Love how much pf the sounds and the vocal melody fade out in the background

I can barely recognise who's singing this is so weird

Like that bounce bah bah bababah part

Oooh jaehyun bringing in that soul and then Doyoung yess

Doyoung that little hit up high yess!

Kind of wish there was a little less rap/spoken words in this

Oooh vocal bridge, such a larger soundscape I loveee

Oooh i love the way they let go of that long note

Doyoung's killing it on the adlibs omg

Bah bah bah bahbah yeah

4

Oooh love the piano, it's quite an unexpected motif almsot sound liek it’s repetaing itself at one point like a little glitch and then it goes on

Very bare instrumental it almost sounds like it's live with just a pair of players

The vocals layered with the rap I love

Doyoung's lower register is so nice he's so good with his voice and how he can reach a little higher

Oh wait there was someone else that was nice singing

Oh is that sungchan ??

I really like this type of rap for taeyong

KUN YES his voice fits this so welllllll

And him and Doyoung sound so well together

Come back come back come back this part is so nice, it's not explosive but it's got a very nice rhythm melody

Doyoung is just showing off so much in this song he's like look at all these little nuances and details I can do yes you go

And kuuuun, his voice is so smooth

And when they both sing in the back of the rap they sound so good omg I don't care about the rapping anymore just give me these two showing off and killing it together

5

Ooooh I like this start it's playful

Jaehyun rapping what is going on and now Johnny

This sounds old school?

Taeil yessss

Omg the piano hits when these vocals leap this is so fun

Chenle??

Oh this chorus is so cute

This is so light and groovy and all the vocalists fit so well together

I love the instrumental and how it's not constant and the level of the piano sound varies like it plays with crescendo sometimes it’s louder sometimes it’s almost faint

Oooh yeeeah taeilll

So many cool adlibs in this album

Second chorus very similar but not boring oh nice background harmonies

Ooooh that synth riff and then the bass hell yeah

This feels like a musical, like a soft group scene where they're just hanging out, ususally when the characters are introduced and you need to get a sense of who they are and what the group vibe is like

Omg the adlibs just go off

The PIANO/guitar funkyy

7

6

Their interludes are always so nice stooop

This has such a nice retro vibe I love it and then of course it gets edgier

Life isn't always like the movie right after I said the song sounded like a musical

Omg the distorted voices and sounds this is such a classic nct interlude I love it

8

Ooooh HAECHAN AND THAT WIND INSTRUMENT YES

love the metallic percussions

Nice two levels vocals with that deeper voice under it (jaemin?) i love it it makes it really interesting

The harmonies are killing it

This is very big and large I love this sounds

Chorus doesn't hit super hard because it stays about the same energy

OMG LOVE THE SUPERHERO SYNTH (because it sounds like a superhero theme lol)

Mark sounds great of course

That omg ad-lib lol

Renjun sounds so nice

I really like this sound for dream kind of reminds me of 119??i think taht’s teh song I’m thinking of

Renjun's voice is so soft yet powerful and then chenle!!!!! Omggg HAECHAN go offff

So many fun sounds in this it's so fun

Another la la la bridge lol

9

WAYV

ooooh starting strong right oofff

this is so catchy

The bass is so good and deep and big I love it

Oh another whistle

omggg xiaojunnnn

kun sounds so good

Looove that sound for WayV this is so nice

Again with the fun adlibs and sounds at the back love it

Winwin??? Omg is this the first time???

Love the grit in lucas's voice

Ten so so smooth and then xiaojun!!!

This song is so catchy

Ooooh THE BRIDGE IS FUN AND SO TRIPPY

XIAOOOJUUUN IS KILLING IT

And then they go back to the chorus with the added vocals and strongest adlibs OMG IT'S SO GOOD

I LOVE THIS SONG

10

Trippy but make it gospel??

”Is it dead”????? What are they saying

Music banks??? Wtf

Haechan sounds so coooool here omggg

Ooooh yuta sounds niiice

TAEIL TAEIL TAEIL

Ooh a chant like chorus with a similar instrumental than the verse??

Oh it picks up it's fun

Oh it's music DANCE LMAOOO I didn't look at the title, i remember now it's just 127

Jungwoo fits that part so well I love his tone, love when they let him play with it a little

Haechan with the little sultry attitude and then Doyoung yeeeaahh

Iwonder how they'll dance to this ooh

It's really catchy wow

So fancy fancy

Of course the classic piano bridge with doyoung

Taeillllll

OMG THAT “OH OH” WAS SO GOOD

SO SOFT BUT IT HITS

this is so laid back but rhythmic it's fun

A little repetitive but it's still okay

Oh this sounds sader

The piano sounds in this album have been so interesting

Johnny sounds nice here wow until he speaks English sorry because then it just feels like jcc

Oooh that Taeil part is soooo GOOD

TENNN you go sing you little funky singer

That haechan Renjun duo part is SO GOOD OMG

and now yuta!!!

And NOW HAECHAN AND TAEIL YEEEAAH

lucas and Taeil adlibs loovee this combo

I love jisung voice so much let me hear more omg where is he

Yuta sounds great

Johnny???? was taht him singing I have no idea who’s doing what

Renjun's voice has such a nice power to it

I love taeil's tone in this so much

Oooh the instrumental becoming a bit richer when haechan starts the bridge

HAECHAN RENJUN TAEILLLLLL OMG THAT RUN

RENJUN AND HAECHAN SOUND SO GOOD

Also that faded in my last song is such a satisfying melody

Ommmggg harmonies and piano hello this is crazy

I honestly have no idea who was on that song aside from taeil Renjun and haechan they were so fucking good!! Oh no yuta too!

12

11

Ok that's the multilingual one

What is it with the piano starts in this album omg such a cool effect like it's coming closer niiice

Starts off with a taeil run this is going to be good

Haechan sounds so full and soulful here I love it

Doyoung has kind of a smocky voice I love it

TAEIL

Love the chorus singing at the back

This is a bit like a choir song

ooh that little break between I'm... Not alone and that little instrument hit....good

I think renjun is killing it omg

Yuta niiice

Was that chenle omg that sounded so nice

WAIT IT’s KUN (i forgot he was in this song omg I think I mixed him up with chenle before??)

RENJUN GOOOO

this would be so nice to sing them sing at a concert with that kind of choir/unison feel but they'd all shine

From home omg yeah this sounds so rich and fullll

The producers just told them go in there and show off and they did

AAND TAEIL EVEN DID MORE

the harmonies excuse me this is so pretty

I'm not a big fan of the melody tbh but as a vocal song it's great

Doyoung little na na na adlibs love ittt

Ooh such a nice way to end that note Renjun

13

Oh Korean version?? Honestly In the previous version I barely noticed there were different languages lol

While this is playing again and sounding so nice just like the first time I have to say this album doesn't feel like it has 23 members lol I feel like I've heard only the same 7/10 people??

Oooh chenle is killing it

Yuta YEAH

Once again chenle and yuta are doing so well here omggg or was it kun these units are messing with my head I swear I never thought he sounded like chenle or anyone else in nct before what is happening

And RENJUN

They must have had a blast recording this and just playing with their voices

RENJUN is stealing the spotlight for me

Wait Doyoung said not yet haha

And TAEILLLLLL JUST SHOOTING FOE THE STARS AND GOING FURTHER AND HAECHAN TOO

this would be a bit boring if it wasn't them singing and being so good and taking it to such a level I think

It's already over!????

Oh English versionof the title track

Love the bass thank you nct

I have no idea what taeyong is saying lol

Oooh jaehyun sounds soo cool

Doyouuung I don't know what you're saying because your voice is too pretty

This hook is so cool

SHOTARO sounds so cute Ommmggg

XIAOJUN and these harmonies he's so good

Jaehyun sounds so cool when he has this kind of attitude in his voice rather than just being smooth and charming lile it's playful it's so nice for him

Taeyong sounds so nice in this song it fits his voice very well

Xiaojun and Jaehyun and Doyoung are a killing trio

That oh oh oh built is so cool

Love that percussion section

This song is not boring at all it's fun and funky and weird I like it a lot

That birthday cake was already funny to me in the kr version it's funnier now

Honestly I didn't listen to the lyrics at all lmaoo

Whaaat

Thank goodness there is a second album lol

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Watching Extremis for the first time

(Spoilers below)

-Who’s narrating?

-If you serve as executioners to everything... then you execute flies and mosquitoes and stuff like that?

-”The destruction of a Time Lord--”  STOP RIGHT THERE, AND DON’T YOU DARE TELL ME THE DOCTOR’S GONNA BE EXECUTED.

-Holy shit the Daleks are actually an impressive race, they killed a ton of those Time Lords that are supposedly so hard to kill

MISSY??

-WTF

-”I didn’t expect you.”  Well then who’d you expect, some other Time Lord who miraculously survived the Time War?

-Ah, gotta love them Daleks with their gossipy mouths, spreading rumors everywhere.

Why is his suit so worn. I’m concerned.

-”They can’t know I’m blind, Missy. no one can know.”

-HA

-FUCKING FINALLY

-SO IT WAS MISSY ALL ALONG

-CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, MAYBE EVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEORISTS OUT THERE WHO GOT IT RIGHT

-”Please, I’ll do anything. Just let me live.”  I...

-*phone notification jingle*  wut

I DON’T LIKE THIS, I DON’T LIKE THE TITLE OF THAT EMAIL, OR THE COLOR OF THAT EMAIL, OR THE GALLIFREYAN LOADING BAR, OR THE GLITCHY GLITCH EFFECTS

Do all these people have fevers or is the weather just really hot??

-So I’m guessing he uses the shades to aid his vision now?

-Well, as long as he’s not completely in the black I’m fine

-”ve arrrre to com heerre dirrectly frrom the vaticaan”

-The pope???

-what is going on????!?!?!?

-”Pope Benedict. Lovely girl. What a night. I knew she was trouble, but she wove a spell with her castanets.“  wut

-”The Pope doesn't zoom round the world in the Popemobile, surprising people.“

-I am so confused and worried right now

I was kinda losing focus while reading the transcript of this episode and then BOOM, SUICIDE PICTURE FLASHES, WTF

-”Assume nothing. Assumption makes an ass out of you.”

-”I thought you'd moved out from here?  “Yeah, slightly didn't work out. Second attempt on the way.”

-”I don't like knowing their names. I only get attached.”

-”Of course not. I have very strict rules about men.“  “Probably not as strict as mine.”

-”Oh, I'm sorry. Here's me thinking that she dragged some poor, terrified man home.“  Poor lady doesn’t know what’s going on, but talk about getting out of a tight spot.

-My favorite scene in the episode so far omg

-Ah yes, Bill’s house pipes that always go VWOOOORP VWOOOOORP.

-”Well, whatever this is, and actually it's not anything yet, it is absolutely nothing to feel guilty about.”

Gotta love how them popes come with a pre-installed church organ sound effect

-I only understood one word that sounded like “Doctor”.

“You’re all going to hell.”

-I love Bill omfg

-”Pope Benedict said that you were more in need of confession than any man breathing. But when the offer was made, you replied it would take too much time. On behalf of the Catholic Church, the offer stands. You seem like a man with regret on his mind.“

-Well, that went down in a bad way...

The very fancy scifi watch hidden under the very fancy fantasy-ish robes

The Doctor suspects Darth Sidious is up to something.

-Nope, nevermind, that was Nardole.

oh

OHHH

-”Warning: I have full permission to kick your arse.”

-”Because I don't like being worried about. Around me, people should be worried about themselves.“ "Yeah, shall I tell you the real reason?“ "No.“ "Because the moment you tell Bill, it becomes real. And then you might actually have to deal with it.”

-This episode is about as religious as Doctor Who gets, in my opinion.

...dafuq

-We all know who this looks like

-The library of Blasphemy, huh? That’s quite some Hogwarts stuff there.

-”Harry Potter!” THANK YOU BILL!

-"The layout is designed to confuse the uninitiated.” "Sort of like religion, really.” I can confirm this true, for reasons. "You happy in those shades? Not dark enough for you?” “In darkness, we are revealed. Bill: When did he get so emo?

-”Well, take a few more minutes if you like. Knock yourself out. Actually do. Do that. Knock yourself right out.” Pffft

That’s one great big hood you got there. But pray tell, how do you see what’s in front of you?

-well shit

-”Without hope. Without witness. Without reward.“ What?

-”You'd be wizard at writing Christmas crackers, you two.”

-I thought Christmas crackers were paper sausages with confetti inside them?

Alright, where’s the orange portal?

oHh my GOD

-FUCKING JUMPSCARES!

-”I think there's someone in there.” "Yeah, we are very slightly getting that.”

wHat TEH FUCk

-”Hey, there’s wifi down here!”  “Of course there's wifi. It's a library.“

-”Reading chair with a safety belt?”

-Apologies if I seem to be taking too many quotes directly from the episode(s), but I just love the Series 10 dialogue okay

-THAT GUY SHOT HIMSELF

-”Because you're sending us into the dark, after a man with a gun.“  Not as dangerous if said man is dead...

-WEll Nardole got a little weird there

-Bill: *voice cracks* “nARdOLE”

-Nardole: *sees hand* *voice goes up by two octaves* “HIEWIEW”

That’s a pretty gun, but it wouldn’t do much damage in battle.

-”It would be stupid to go and look.” *goes to look*

-DON’T BURN THE DOCTOR’S BRAIN DON’T YOU DARE MOFFAT

-NOW THAT MOFFAT IS ACTUALLY WRITING THE EPISODES, I AM GOING TO BE DOUBLE WARY OF EVERYTHING

WHAT?!?!!

-WHAT THE EVERLOVING RASSILON FLIPPING A TABLE ON A HARLEY DAVIDSON?!?!?!

THE PENTAGON??

the flipping kind of videogame portal hub is this

Meanwhile, in another part of the world, aliens freak out as a bald head pops outta nowhere from the wall of their living room.

-”Cardinal, it worked. I can see.”  Yes!

-”Not well enough, not yet.”  Okay...

-”The thing about the universe is, whatever you need, you can always borrow, as long as you pay it back. I just borrowed from my future. I get a few minutes of proper eyesight, but I lose something. Maybe all my future regenerations will be blind. Maybe I won't regenerate ever again. Maybe I'll drop dead in twenty minutes."  NO!

-”You know, I've read a lot of books that this chair would be quite useful for. Moby Dick. Honestly, shut up, and get to the whale.“  omfg

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS CHILD OF GROOT AND A SILENT

-”This is not a game.”  “This is a game.”

-Why is that CERN scientist so excited, and more importantly, why does he seem drunk and why is everyone in the cafeteria so gloomy?

WELL THAT ANSWERS THE LAST QUESTION

Reading a legendary script on Microsoft Word.

-(On an unrelated note, I was saving these screenshots and naming them as each alphabet. The one right above happens to be Z.)

-(Could be some other text program but that’s what I think)

-So the screen was getting blurry not because the BBC didn’t want us to commit suicide but because the Doctor was going blind again

-GEEZ THOSE MONKS ARE CR-REEPY ASSES

-THEY’D DO WELL IN A HORROR GAME

Don’t you dare tell me the whole first half of Series 6 was set in a fake world or virtual reality or something like that

-Were those white things all portals to a virtual world

-At least Bill and Nardole got out safely.

-”Are you okay?”  “nOOO - Yes. NooO”

“Could be the Doctor.”

-Let’s hope not

-Let’s really, really hope not.

-”They’re projecting everything.”  CALLED IT

-AND THE PEOPLE IN THE HOLOGRAMS REALIZED THEY LIVE IN HOLOGRAMS?!?!

-But what if??

-What if our lives are really just holograms

-(I went on Omegle to get a stranger to think of a random number, but ended up answering questions about English)

-(This one person was asking “what does ‘single out’ mean”)

-”You know, like the holodeck on Star Trek, or a really posh VR without a headset. Through there, those places, that's basically Grand Theft Auto.”

-More and more references each episode, huh, BBC?

I uh... happened to pause here so...

-”Please don’t let me be right.”

-Oh shizzles

WHAT IN THE NAME OF A RANDOM DALEK

-NARDOLE IS NOT REAL??

-WHAT IF BILL ISN’T REAL??

-WHAT THE EFF??????!??!?!

Why did the blood change color?

-’Total communication blackout at the White House’? hat happened?

-Did all the people in the White House commit suicide and how did the Doctor come here?

-Ah, the portal yes...

-cold fraggling shizzles.....

-”The Veritas tells of an evil demon who wants to conquer the world. But to do it, he needs to learn about it first. So he creates a shadow world, a world for him to practise conquering, full of shadow people who think they're real.”

-OUR WORLD IS A SIMULATION GAME FOR HIGHER BEINGS, CONFIRMED

The screen ‘popped’ a bit here - it shook a little as if it zoomed slighly in then back out very quickly, accompanied by a tapping sound as if someone had knocked (into) it. Not sure if others saw this too or if it’s something with the site that I’m watching this on.

-Okay, I’m watching the Doctor explain this shit to Bill, and I’m having about as much of a crisis as Bill here

-And then the Super Mario mention though

-Please don’t tell me the past six episodes were holograms

-”A puppet Doctor for you to practice killing.”

-The Doctor Puppet account was worried about that line, yes

-Was that the email he got at the beginning of the episode??

wHOA chill please

At least the last six episodes weren’t all fake.

-Then when did the hologram-reality start?

-”It means I'm a scary, handsome genius from space and I'm telling you no, she's not out of your league.”

-”I have the feeling that we're going to be very busy. Call her tonight.“  Aww

-I hope Bill actually gets a girlfriend sometime this season

o i   g e t   o f f

-wHAT

*insert relatable quote about Monday mornings*

Some fast fingerwork there... NO I DID NOT INTEND TO SOUND LIKE THAT

-The guy is becoming uneasier by the second

-I don’t like the whirring sound??

-How are they gonna move her to the box in the middle of the water

It ends here?!

-Oh yeah right... They’re supposed to be a three-parter. Followed by another three-parter to finish off the season.

-Welp, looking forward to the next episode and possibly a lot more things to freak out over!

[scraplette]

Lost Light #6 Thoughts&Feels

Time for a thoughts&feel post.

With this issue we finally rap up the opening arc of Lost Light. So, let’s get started!

MASSIVE SPOILERS beneath the read more.

=Recap of issue #5: NOT ACTUALLY THAT MANY FUNCTIONISTS.

=Rodimus punched FU!Rung!

HOW DARE

=”What the hell are you doing?!”

“I… I… What the hell am I doing?”

I love Rodimus here. I’ll talk about it more in-depth later, but this is something to pay attention to.

=Luna 2 continues to look awesome. Fair play to Lawrence and Lafuante.

Oh now this is interesting. I twas hinted that there might’ve been a little something between Skids and Nautica, but I think this is the first vocal confirmation of it, or at least of something.  

Because, even if there was something, Nautica chose to keep it platonic. She went to Rewind for advice regarding Cybertronian Amica/Conjunx rites and he revealed that the Amica rite was only performed after one or both bots involved felt they weren’t romantically suited.

Did Nautica choose Amica because she honestly saw Skids as a friend only? Or did the looming thread of the DJD effect her decision?

=I’m loving Kaput’s design!

I-Is that Prowl?!

=Still loving Drift and Ratchet’s new looks and more supportive outlook.

=Also loving how upbeat Drift is in the face of moon-related death.

=Ratchet desperately trying to stop Rung is heart breaking :( he knows it isn’t his Rung, but it must be hard seeing one of your friends sacrifice themselves right in front of you. This comes not even a day after Skids’ similar death.

=”The pain… It’ll be like nothing you’ve ever experienced.”

“Oh, you’d be surprised.”

ACK! MY FEELINGS!

=Lug’s full name is Lug of the Celestica Tetracorna Caprica. Lug, I love you dearly, but that is a looooooooong name.

=Nuuuuu :( poor Lug.

=Have we ever seen the rites of transition before?

=I like that Anode is annoyed on Lug’s behalf, but I also find it funny that Lug gave up on religion after a day.

=OMG! Kaput has to do a splits to kneel down!

So, we’re on a planet with an abundance of spark energy, and a Cybertronian who can create crystals that store spark energy. Hmm…

=Methinks Anode has a plan.

= [Glares at Terminus] Oh, so you were aiming for the tractor beam, were you? You KNEW Rod and company were on that cog.

I got my eye on you…

It must have pyshically hurt Minimus to say all that.

=GASP!

OMG

YAAAAAAAAS

BEST. TITLE. PAGE. EVER!

This is so ridiculous and I unabashedly love it. The sight of a Titan-sized Rung punching the Functionist controlled Luna 2, accompanied by the tagline “This machines kills fascists” is the best thing ever and totally makes up for this arcs failings.

=Seriously. Love it. It’s my new lockscreen image.

=And the sentio metalico is brought back into play. Anode is going to bond it to the flickering remains of Lug’s spark, hopefully resurrecting her.

=”Bloody Hell, he just punched the moon!”

[Sobbing tears of joy] This is so good.

=You know things are serious when Brainstorm tells you to focus.

=Rodimus, that isn’t how you use quid pro quo- Ah, no worries. Minimus corrected him.

=I feel like the finger of silence is an actual things Rodimus uses often.

=”I liked him better when he was useless.”

I really feel for Clicker. Know that the person you looked up to, and was the figurehead for your rebellions, disproves everything you fought for must be beyond demoralising. Thank goodness, Megatron is there with some inspirational words.

I crush your little head.

=Rodimus. For the last time. That is not how you use quid pro quo!

=”I’ve staying behind.” No one cares, Terminus.

Oh Rodimus :( I’m so sorry.

=Always happy to see more info about baby Transformers.

=Oh! It’s Nine-of-Twelve. I wondered what happened to him.

=”Goodbye, Terminus. Seeing you again- if only for one more day -was a miracle.”

It’s still so weird to me that only a day has passed since DOTL.

=Still really cool that Megatron intends to keep his word. He’s really come to trust Minimus and Rodimus.

=Okay. There are two ways to interpret this scene. Either Roller lied or mucked up the information about the new transmat locations, or Terminus lied.

I’m more inclined to believe it was terminus because, through this whole arc, he’s come across as really shady. He’s also made it no secret that he wants Megatron to stay on FU!Cybertron.

=I’m really dissapointed by FU!Rung’s death ]=

He died trying to save Cybertron, and he did so whilst suffering immense pain on top of two millions years worth of torture. He knew it would kill him, but he still did it. Apparently his sacrifice garners two panels and a “Let’s go!”

:[ Yeah, I’m gonna write fix-it fic where Megatron and Clicker come back for his body and give him the burial and respect he damn well deserves.

And now it’s times to talk about poor Rodimus. What Getaway, and the rest of the LL crew, did has deeply effected him. His outbursts are obvious signs of his frustrations and anger. His shock and confusion after punching FU!Rung is so sad. Without a healthy outlet for all his emotions, he’s lashing out at those around him, namely Megatron. In Getaway’s absence, Megatron is the perfect target for all of Rodimus’ frustrations since Megatron is the major reason for the mutiny in the first place. Everything that happened- all the deaths -wouldn’t have happened if Megatron hadn’t been on the ship.

The mutiny still would’ve happened, Rodimus is not blameless here, but it wouldn’t have escalated the way it did(DJD, Galactic Council, OVERLORD) if nor for Megatron’s presence.

Putting his trust in Megatron and having it, seemingly, broken was the tipping point. If Minimus hadn’t said what he did, I honestly think Rodimus would’ve waited a moment longer.

But, once again, Rodimus let his wrought emotions take over. He’s reminded of Getaway, and all that rage and bitterness comes rushing forward. In that moment he makes a decision he can’t undo. There are going to be consequences.

=He’s got so many emotions!

=I’ve seen other posters suggest Minimus purposely said “Get away” to goad Rodimus into leaving Megatron behind. Not sure how I feel about that. However, it’s clear he and Megatron were close. If LL'7 covers are to be believes, it might explore their relationship in the next issue.

=Conveniently coloured coded transport rooms!

Firstly. Shut up, Terminus.

Secondly. Oh, Megatron :(

Oh no. Oh no. OHNOOHNOOHNO!

Not gonna lie. This is the my favourite panel in the whole bloody arc. Yeah, it’s even better than MEGA RUNG PUNCHING THE MOON. Ratchet is so happy and relieved to see Rung alive and whole. He cares about him so much! Ratchet unabashedly showing affection! Look at his face!

Also, someone finally hugged Rung! It took five years but someone finally hugged that sweet boy!

Look how befuddled Rung looks! “Oh goodness! Physical affection! What do I do?!”

Oh! YAY! There’s a chance Lug will come back… But will it really be her? Her brain, and all her memories, are in her old body. She’ll basically be a blank slate.

=”You were phenomenal.”

Damn right. Bless you , Brainstorm.

=I will never tire of Megatron’s speeches. Roberts does a wonderful job with them..

=Oh. Hi, Glitch. You’re an outlier so I’m amazed you alive.

=Peace through empathy.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

=Kay. Enough screaming time. Time for some serious talk. I’ve seen so many differing opinions on Megatron’s departure from the series. Some are happy. Some are upset. Others are saying, after everything he’s done, he doesn’t deserve a second chance.

As for me… It’s not my place to say wether a fictional character deserves redemtpion , especially in a fiction as complex as IDW. All I’ll say is if Starscream can rule Cybertron then anything is posible.

I’m actually pleased Megatron was written out in a way that allows him to return. As much as I’ve enjoyed MTMTE/LL Megatron(bumpy plots and all) I’m happy he’s being put aside. He DOMINATED season two in a way not other character did. Now that he’s gone, it allows focus to shift back to the original LL crew and, maybe, even the quest.

=NEXT ISSUE PLEASE

[proud-lathyrus]

ME: Andromeda - So far

So, I’m feeling pretty gross, couldn’t sleep much last night. Tum pains, super dizzy. Don’t eat three brownies in one go, guys. Especially if they’ve been sitting on top of the microwave for like, three days. Do not recommend.

Anyways, I kind of wanted to share my thoughts on Mass Effect: Andromeda so far! Since it’s been out for a week and such. I’m ~50 hours in, with 40% of the overall game completed.

Some spoilery content ahead, so I’m going to put all my thoughts under a read more. I’m not going to be harping on the animations, though (I’m not having a problem with them?).

Character Creator: I figured I’d start here! To be quite honest, I was a bit disappointed. Playing on console, I don’t really have access to mods and whatnot, so I can’t enhance the CC with custom content. I guess I just expected more (hair. I expected more hair). It is a huge upgrade from the original trilogy, though, where I usually played as default dude Shepard. I commend that! And have made my very own Ryder. I’ll probably show him off later. I originally wanted to play as sisRyder, but I didn’t really like any of the hairstyles (I want/ed Cora’s hair haha).

Ryder Personality: Can I just say that, I am head over heels for broRyder’s personality? Because I am. I think he is my favorite character of the game so far. I know that’s weird to say, because you control Ryder, and how he/she acts, but I can’t not choose the more loose, sarcastic conversational options (using logical/emotional options when dealing with issues and species like the Angara because I want to make a good impression). I’m just in absolute love. Cayde Ryder, please marry me even though you’re super gay for Gil omg

Tempest Crew: The Tempest and her crew is certainly not the Normandy and her crew, and this is a problem I had earlier on in the game. I loved the scenery, the design, but I wasn’t really feeling the crew or the vessel at the time. They’re not my Normandy crew, and it took me a few hours of gameplay to understand this. Drack isn’t Wrex, Vetra isn’t Garrus, Peebee is no Liara, Kallo is not Joker, and so on. They’re not coming back (although Liara is still around via Alec’s audio logs!!), and I know this now. I’ve gotten to know my crew a lot better! And I love them, especially Jaal and Liam. My bros! My team until our adventures in Andromeda/with the Ryders ends, probably. They are all very different from each other, but I’ve come to really enjoy them for their own qualities. I still have trouble navigating the Tempest, but it’s otherwise a gorgeous ship!

Combat: I’ve got a few complaints. My game is super bugged (I’ll talk about this next), so maybe it’s just me, but I find the combat a bit difficult, and I’m playing on the normal difficulty so it shouldn’t be this hard. I think the gunplay is fun, but what I have a problem with is the enemies. The hard hitting guys, such as the Anointed, bosses, and Observers, don’t focus on the teammates. They focus on me only, and it makes it difficult to fight them. It’s so bad, I actively try to avoid fighting while exploring. I’ve gotten around it, and I deal with, and I kill them, but it’s kind’a hard. I don’t think I should be spending nearly a half hour trying to clear out a Kett outpost while exploring because there’s two Anointed Kett guarding it. I’m not dying, I’m pretty careful and have an incredible amount of patience, I just don’t think they should focus only on me. Also, is it just me, or does aim assist not work at all? It’s not working for me, that’s all I know. When I play a game with aim assist, of course I’m going to use it. Because I’m lazy! Haha! But aside from that, I think it’s fun. I like the jump jet and the boost. It’s fun, and I like hovering and shooting when I can.

Glitches: Not like rubber banding characters, disembodied heads, or characters walking around like crabs. I’m talking about mission-breaking glitches. Like, trust me. I would much rather have immersion breaking glitches as opposed to the glitches I’m having now. There are several missions I cannot finish/progress with that I have started in the beginning, simply because the characters I need to converse with do not present new dialogue options, and so I can’t progress or finish certain missions. There’s a few like this. Otherwise, my game runs perfectly fine! I just wish I could finish these missions. In case anyone is asking: why not just start a new file? Because, my game didn’t start having these glitches up until I was ~22 hours into the game. That’s a lot of progress to throw away. It doesn’t currently affect the main quest line, but I’m afraid it will down the road, with the way these missions are breaking. Scanning is also very finicky which is sad because I really enjoy using the scanner and it’s my favorite mechanic/tool by far. Anything clipping through a wall, cliff, or the ground, is nearly impossible for me to scan, sometimes making missions difficult to complete, too.

Graphics: I am absolutely amazed by how beautiful ME: Andromeda is. I see people complaining about how it doesn’t look like the cinematic trailers, and, yea, while that would be nice, I can understand why the exact graphics won’t transfer. I’m pretty blown away, to say the least. I wish there was a photo-mode, because I’d love to take scenic pictures and try to capture the cool alien wildlife and flora. It’s all very beautiful, I think they did awesome! :]

Story: I will be honest. When I heard about what the baseline for the story was going to be about, traveling to a new galaxy to make home for people coming from the Milky Way, I asked myself: how are they going to make this interesting, and not like a sim? Let me tell you, I’m impressed. I hadn’t really thought about there being any sort of enemies in Andromeda, let alone a whole new species like the Kett and the Angara. I hadn’t watched any of the story trailers, or read much on Andromeda as it got closer and closer to release, so it was all very much a surprise. Definitely a good one, too. There are some twists in the story that were unexpected. Being an observant person, I can usually guess how a movie, show, or game is going to end, and possibly figure out any twists along the way. I like to be surprised! And I don’t know what to expect as far as the end of Andromeda goes. It’s great so far, I am truly engaged.

All in all, I think Bioware did a pretty good job with Andromeda. I’m not finished with the game yet, but I’m always eager to play more. There’s so much to explore, and I am absolutely loving it! I actually think I’m going to turn it on right now and play a little bit. :]