#reason i cant take the mmo shit seriously is because doom was a single-player fps game originally

[storm-driver]

ep 12 : sorry, i cannot suspend my disbelief with this episode and how it approaches mmos considering ive been playing mmos since i was like 9 years old, BUT the art style is fun, so i can forgive it.

another episode with a moral lesson to teach the protag is fine, especially if it's stylized in a fun way like this one. basing danny's failing on obsession with a game to the point where he's up till 5 fucking am is so god damn relatable. counterbalance that with him not taking the technus situation super seriously until its actually coming back to bite him, same with his literature exam also biting him for not giving either the attention it deserved. it's two situations he could've easily avoided if he'd taken either seriously.

i appreciate that he actually had a genuine heart-to-heart with lancer and took his studying seriously at the end of the episode. showing he just needed to apply himself and he'd be fine in school, getting a 91% with like.. what, 3 hours of studying? that's impressive.

writers wanted to have fun at the end, and literally let danny play the video game as himself, using his ghost powers and everything in real time like he was physically in the world of the video game, which honestly looked fun. again, the designs for his ghost avatar were stellar, and it was kinda cool seeing both him and tucker fighting side by side rather than danny needing to protect his friend.

fun episode, good character design, i snorted and laughed so hard when danny ran into the kitchen, slammed the test on the table, and yelled "NOT AN IDIOT, SEE YA" and booked it out of the room. i swear, i did the same thing when i needed to prove to my parents that i was fine in school.

yknow what I'm cataloging my feelings as i rewatch every danny phantom episode, here we go