#they’re also oddly sailor moon coded

[snowprincesa1]

Everyone’s out here talking about op duos that could have been in f&b, some I’ve seen are, daemon and aemond, Otto and daemon, Rhaenyra and Alicent.

Now hear me out—👂Daeron and Jacaerys

These two shared wet nurses! At the age of fifteen they were both known as courageous, responsible, political savvy, courteous and protective of their respective families. Can you imagine if these two actually teamed up? They would be a holy duo! 😱😱😱

They are literally power rangers coded⁉️⁉️ Fuck the Kingsguard! I want these two as my body guards. I will not accept any other opinion.

[cynthiaandsamus]

Custom Toonami Block Week 73 Rundown

Code Geass: Lelouch and co. are still stuck in China and Xingke’s flipping out because the Chinese assholes are gonna kill the Empress and go with someone less problematic for their political marriage to Britannia’s creepily overaged prince. However Lelouch pulls out a Knightmare that’s basically the Twink version of the Gawain and busts everyone up as well as pulling a Father Cornello on them and letting the people know they’re all elitst 1% assholes that don’t care about them, which I suspect all countries probably know about their leaders but it sucks to hear it in a recording so riots show up all over China and CC Geass Flashes Anya to take her out so Britannia has to back out because the Chinese Hierarchy are now the least popular people in the world. So Xingke gets to be with his Empress and joins the Black Knights but Dietard wants the Empress to marry someone on their side so they can basically do the asshole move Britannia just tried to do but for them. All the girls are like ‘hey no’ and Lelouch is like “Oh hey Tamaki buddy, let’s go talk and get me the fuck out of here” so before Lelouch actually has to give Tamaki more lines and elevate him beyond the Black Knight’s Yamacha Shirley calls and Lelouch just straight up asks Shirley about love in a weirdly forced series of circumstance. But Shirley’s like “Yeah don’t fuck with love, don’t you love anyone?” and Lelouch is like “Yeah I do, Nunally!” and I don’t think that’s at all what Shirley meant but it does mean Lelouch sees that fighting for something beyond politics is powerful and agrees to not marry off the twelve year old girl, so that’s good. Lelouch decides to return home while they hunt down the Geass cult which is in China for some reason despite that being one of the like two places on earth Britannia doesn’t control and the Geass Cult largely being a Britannian affair. Meanwhile Sayoko is basically a Lelouch Vtuber at this point with her insanely accurate Lupin III mask of Lelouch and kisses Shirley so Shirley’s a little bit more gay than she was before and is not sure how to feel about that. When she’s about to tell the real Lelouch he kisses like a girl, Anya and Gino show up because we’re retreading the whole ‘sleeping with the enemy at school’ thing from the first season except with way less interesting enemies. Also the preview for the next episode is Lelouch dramatically talking about enemies finding out he’s Zero overtop footage of Shirley and Milly absolutely naked in a batthouse scene so I think we know what kind of episode that’ll be.

Inuyasha: The Panther Demon filler concludes with everyone meeting at the site where the Panther Master is being revived behind a strong barrier, if only someone just got a barrier upgrade to their sword, oh wait. But yeah everyone manages to free the hostages so even though Kagome’s jewel shards revives the Panther Master he’s still a zombie without a sacrifice which is weird since Naraku managed to completely revive the Band of Seven with one jewel shard each from skeletons and the Panther Lord has three shards so idk the rules here but yeah he steals the souls of his own men to revive and is Wind Scar Proof because he just is. It’s pretty cool to see him shooting his claws and lightning and shit but he’s too big and slow for it to be much of an interesting fight. Sesshomaru’s about to go full demon which would be interesting since we haven’t seen his full demon form since he lost his arm but in a neat bit of character development, Tenseiga calms his rage and tells him to use it instead. You get the feeling Sesshomaru only goes full demon when he flies off the handle and forgets about speed and strategy so him opting to not repeat the mistake he made against Inuyasha is pretty cool. Anyway Tenseiga heals the souls of the Panther Demons and drains their energy from the lord so he’s back to Zombie Cat Man which Inuyasha can Wind Scar because that’s what happens to villains on this show, all Wind Scars all the time. The Panthers don’t wanna fight anymore since their boss just killed them and tell Inuyasha to tell Sesshomaru the feud is over and they’re going back to the West. Honestly this is basically the same backstory they gave Kirinmaru in Yashahime so it’s funny for them to say they’re going back to the same place Kirinmaru is from, wonder if it’ll ever come up in Yashahime since most filler seems canon there.

Yu Yu Hakusho: Yusuke and Kuwabara continue the assault on Tarukane’s compound and basically plow through the lower demons easy since they’ve been fighting minor deities up to this point. It’s always pretty cool in Shonen to just have a few rounds to show how much power creep the heroes have had where certain things just don’t bother them anymore. Toguro murders a Chimera which has an oddly similar backstory to Nina from FMA and he seems really bummed about it but he’s like “Hey we’re both monsters made by humans telling us to do shit, so sorry for killing you bro”. And Tarukane basically sees Toguro is the next boss and is like “Yup time to scam some people off of this” and he sets up a betting ring for how far Yusuke and Co will get into his compound. This is kinda neat because it puts Tarukane in the weird position of betting against his own guards and hoping Yusuke will make it all the way to Toguro and then lose after everyone else has seen how awesome Yusuke is and bets on him. And funnily enough Sakyo’s in on the betting and he’s watched anime before so he knows to bet on the plucky teenagers with weird powers. So yeah Yusuke and Kuwabara finish plowing through the demons while Hiei kinda stalks them and remembers getting his eye surgery and wanting to help his sister but it’s kind of against spirit world rules for demons to just go plow through humans even if they’re scumbag humans so now Yusuke and Kuwabara have to go fight the Triad of boss demons Toguro has under him before Hiei busts in and just murders everyone for kidnapping his bird-loving jewel-crying little flower of a sister.

Fate Zero: So Kiritsugu can break Kayneth’s Terminator 2 Gaara defenses with rib bullets that just say ‘no’ to using magic and fucks his arrogant ass up. Saber and Lancer do some combo shenanigans to stab Caster right in the book and disrupt all his hentai tentacle demons but the book heals so idk why he can’t just make more. Kirei fucks up Maiya and Iris but didn’t double tap Maiya and DID double tap iris but she’s got Saber’s bullshit healing scabbard on her which no one knows about so Saber’s like “uhhh why are you healing” and Iris can’t tell her so she’s basically “Uhh internet?” Lancer comes in to save Kayneth’s worthless ass and tells Kiritsugu to stop being a dick to Saber because she’s pretty dope. But as usual for an early Fate encounter, no one dies and nothing of terrible consequence happens despite it being teased a couple times. I’ve noticed a trend with Fate that it really doesn’t like killing characters early so you’re basically guaranteed to have the first 2-3 major battles have a zero net gain/loss. Rider in UBW was probably the subversion to that since it happened crazy fast and anticlimactic but even that wasn’t till like ten episodes in.

Konosuba: So we finally meet Wiz the big booby Lich and Kazuma learns a new skill, both fun things. Also the gang gets a house to stay in after escapades with an army of haunted dolls and the most “I need to pee” in a horror setting since Corpse Party. But yeah, good progress this time honestly, the living in a stable gag was getting kind of old so Kazuma’s a bit stronger now and they have a home base so that’s pretty cool. Also Wiz is a Demon General or some shit but no one cares cause there ain’t no money in murdering busty zombie waifus.

Sailor Moon Crystal: So turns out Minako is Princess Serenity, except everyone who knows anything about Sailor Moon or indeed plot structure knows Sailor Moon is Princess Serenity, that’s like the Luke I Am Your Father of this series. But still turns out Minako has been guiding everyone with the power of video games but also thinks the power of friendship sucks and she’s gotta go do everything alone. This makes things super awkward because Mamoru’s pretty sure he was in love with the Princess but likes Usagi, now instead of running with this interesting thread of a reincarnation falling in love with someone new we’re gonna do the reveal that Usagi’s the princess and the whole ‘till death do us part’ part of marriage was just a metaphor and you’re stuck with one person no matter how many times you reincarnate. But yeah, Minako fights the bad guy on top of the tower but he has Naraku’s Barrier now and Minako doesn’t have the Red Tessaiga upgrade yet so she needs the power of friendship but this barrier is friendship-proof and this fight is basically a bunch of kids on the playground making up increasingly stupid powers that negate the other powers the other guy just made up. Anyway Tuxedo Mask shows up and is like “Holy shit Sailor Moon I love when you kiss me and kick ass, go get em sweetie I’ll hold your flower” and they kiss and Usagi has learned that if she just pretends she got this the power of her confidence will beat the bad guy. Unfortunately she does not got this and Tuxedo Mask has to pull a Piccolo and throw himself in front of the blast.

Durarara!!:  So now that we’ve had our climax for the arc we have a six month timeskip and everyone’s just kinda living life, Mika and Seiji are being clinically insane together, there’s cops harassing Celty to the point of mental breakdown (normal cop stuff) Shinra’s dad’s in town, Namie’s become Izaya’s secretary for blackmail shit, you know, normal stuff. Also there’s a katana-wielding maniac going around slashing people and Anri’s being bullied and sexually harassed to the point of mental collapse, normal stuff.

[inuyashaographer]

Answerbox #110

Good evening everyone, so low-and-behold, I plan to start a run of a post a day and wind up with a case of the flu… not fun at all especially this early into the year, I usually do catch it at least once a year, oddly never this early in the year, but I guess I’m set for the year. Heh. So now I’m going to start over again, and I’m going to start with a few questions (or rather one big question with a bunch of questions) to make up for my time away. Feeling a whole lot better, so let’s try and get into the swing of things, here’s my post for today…

Q: Few questions hope you don’t mind…

You seem to like strong females like Kagome so what was the first female character you took a liking to and what are some of your favorite female characters? Also what are some of your favorite male characters?

What are your favorite shonen series and shojo series?

A: It’s a lot of questions, hopefully my recent flu-ridden mind can do them proper justice, I’ll try to answer them all as well as possible, I don’t play favorites when it comes to shonen or shojo series, I actually generally like most of them for one reason or another, that being said, I’ll stick to naming my favorite characters since their largely the reason I like certain shonen and shojo more than others. Since you’re asking about shonen and shojo I’m going to attempt to stick through that theme throughout.

I always liked strongly written female characters, it helps that Inuyasha is filled with them, Kagome, Sango, Kikyo, Kagura and even Rin showcase strength in different ways.

My first I’m not entirely sure on, but the first that I could call a favorite? Came out of Sailor Moon, though I think that was the case for many, but the one that stood out the most would be Minako Aino. That was more because I related to her in many was in her manga, Codename: Sailor V as well as the Sailor Moon anime., she often was the one that lightened the tension, attempted to be the most helpful and presented herself as strong and confident, but struggled internally in that confidence and even in her own character. It reminded me a lot of myself, because I try my best to be helpful with others and I have a sense of humor, but I buckle under the pressure of my insomnia and depression. So while I am being myself, while I naturally like to make people laugh and help when I can, I also know that humor is my means of fighting off the depression.

One such moment in the series that perfectly hit the nail on the head, was when Minako began to question and lose faith in herself. Everyone else was being targeted for their pure heart, except for Minako, this sent her into a downward spiral and really messed with her head making her believe that in reality she wasn’t a good person. Likewise, depression can really mess with your head sometimes, it makes you over-think, makes you doubt yourself, much like Minako loses faith in herself and slowly descends into depression. Eventually she would find herself targeted and found that her doubts were for nothing, she really was a good person, she did have a pure heart and though in a dire situation at the time, one where she could have actually been killed, she’s happy to confirm it when she sees it herself. While I do have a like for all the Sailor Moon characters, Minako to this day remains my favorite.

I doubt I would be breaking new ground when it comes to favorites, I adore Lina Inverse from The Slayers, I like pretty much all of the Miyazaki female protagonists, Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service) being my favorite.

I generally like most of the classic choices, Major Motoko from GITS, Revy from Black Lagoon, Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura, Bulma from DBZ, Holo from Spice & Wolf, CC from Code Geass, Konata from Lucky Star, Kamiya Kaoru from Kenshin, I could never choose between the two, I generally love both for different reasons, but Nico Robin and Nami from One Piece, same with Winry and Riza from FMA, Yoko from Gurren Lagann and Faye from Cowboy Bebop. To throw in one (two) more I like May and Dawn from Pokemon as well.

As for males, being fair my first actually was Himura Kenshin. Kenshin for me was interesting because around when I felt a lot of males in shonen didn’t have a whole lot of depth to them, to me Kenshin stood out above most other shonen heroes of the time, especially with his approach to life, his reasoning, the fact that he used to be a very powerful samurai that killed almost without equal, only to turn away from that life (the build up showing his personality in that “mode” over time I always enjoyed), to follow along with more non-lethal means of stopping those around him.

It’s largely the reason why I’ve come to adore characters like Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, and equally characters like Kagome, Kagura and Sango, they have a lot of depth to them while all being powerful in different ways, they’re not just kickass, but well-developed kickass.

Now for my favorite male characters Zoro from One Piece, Gohan from DBZ, Alucard from Hellsing, Vash from Trigun, Spike from Cowboy Bebop, Ed from FMA, Ranma (who can fit into both of these lists) from Ranma 1/2, Kamina from Gurren Lagann and Lawrence from Spice & Wolf.