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mads198-9 · 1 year

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They’re such assholes for looking like this

( @sarasicons )

#they’re all so hot #i’m in love #graham dunne #Graham my beloved #warren rhodes #warren rojas #eddie loving #eddie roundtree #eddie love ME #daisy jones #daisy jones and the six #the six #I LOVE THEM ALL

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the-library-of-souls · 2 years

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Can I just say we were ROBBED of the best (human) relationship in Rescue Bots.

#okay I might be biased because graham was always my fav #but still #I can't believe we only got one episode with these two #These two were the perfect pair #Two dorky engineers yes please #Graham my beloved #graham burns #rescue bots #tfrb #transformers rescue bots #she could have been a major character that would have been fun #Amy definitely needed more screen time at least #transformers #tf

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paysergraham · 1 year

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Graham Ness Payser, the Pacesetter Analysis (long read)

I am very much in my own head at the moment & not doing great mentally soooooo I’m going to channel all the negative energy I have into writing something: a wall of text about how the Pacesetter in Corporate Clash is the greatest fight any Toontown server has ever had. Somewhat pent up, be ready for a long one.

(spoiler warning. of course. but like just making sure you’re aware)

I’ll look at 4 key things I look for in a good boss fight (in any game, but especially a turn-based RPG) -Design -Character -Presentation (visuals & audio alike) -Actual gameplay (and how the last 3 points make this boss greater by tying them into the gameplay)

Let’s go in that order, starting with Design.

Pacesetter’s visual design itself is pretty dang special when it comes to Suits/Cogs. Why? I mean, other than his stunning looks and dirt-eating grin (a common trait amongst Sellbots), he has... a human skin tone! But only partially. Some Sellbots like the Two-Face have an entirely human skin tone on their face, what makes him so special?

I think what makes him special in design is that he very much dresses how his personality presents him. What I mean by that is, most Sellbots & cogs in general all have the same suit of their departments. Executives have black suits, that’s the only big difference. Big whoop, right? Graham has one of the only bodies in the game that doesn’t share a suit with anyone. At all. He is entirely unique, having his suit unbuttoned with no tie, revealing his undershirt. He doesn’t even button the suit in formal interviews, for Cog’s sake. “well why does any of that matter?” I hear you asking.

It shows his aggressively “forward” attitude and demeanor without so much as moving a muscle or breathing. I think that is a good thing to have in a character, really understanding how they think/act just from design alone. There’s also the whole part of, “blurring the line between a human and machine by having a partially human face”, but I’ll come back to that later. Now that I’ve talked about his design & how that ties into his character, let’s move on to his actual Character.

Graham is, to be blunt, a narcissistic jerk who only cares about himself (and a very small amount of other people, such as Flint) and thinks everyone else is worse than him at everything (again, other than virtually only Flint). This actually directly ties into his design, my last point.

Graham doesn’t care about formality at all; again, appearing in an unbuttoned suit w/o a tie in the interview with Jennifer. Graham doesn’t really want to abide by other’s rules, in other words. He only cares about how whatever rules there are benefit him. Nobody else. So he shows up, acts extremely rude to the son of the department head that he’s applying for, as well as the chairman of the company’s secretary, and... nobody cares. Cathal kind of thinks he’s a dingus, but sees it as friendly, while Jennifer is actively infatuated by him.

So he’s seemingly used to everything going his way and people bending over backwards for him, as the one time something DOESN’T go his way in that comic, he immediately gets pissed off and calls Flint to vent.

Okay, so... he’s a self-absorbed jerk who cares very little for others’ well-being (other than his boyfriend). Again, I might hear you ask “what makes him special? there are plenty of other characters like that...”

Now that we’ve explored his Character & Design a bit, let’s get into his actual fight, starting with the Presentation of it.

Video games are art, and they take that to heart. From the moment you enter the All-Star Suites, you can tell there’s a very certain vibe to the building. From the retro checkerboard pattern on the floor to the lava lamps to that sick synth in the music, everything about this building is painfully 80′s. So it’s no surprise that when you enter the elevator...

it’s also very painfully 80′s in here! From the obnoxious blue & pink neon lights, to the lava lamps (again), to the albums & subwoofers, even the friggin carpets present in the screenshot are sooooo 80′s. So you have no idea what to expect from this guy, beyond “the professor in the taskline said he was making a lot of noise” and things that you think his room might tell you.

And then, it pans over to the corner, and you finally see the man for the first time:

...pacing in a worn section of carpet, with a sign that says “Pace Corner” shoddily sprayed on it. He doesn’t do a lot, according to his dialogue, and is ecstatic to have Toon visitors so he can subject them to his “test” to join the “Pace Place”.

So, just from the intro cutscene alone, I think we have been told just about everything we need to be told about this guy, and, judging by how absurdly fast he is in said cutscene, you can probably assume going into the fight that “oh, his fight must be about going fast, right?”

You’d be correct! But before we get into the actual fight/gameplay, let’s talk about the genius of his music. As every turn of the fight, he makes it go faster (up to a limit of 4x faster), every time he increases the speed, the speed of the music ALSO increases. Listening to 1998 Toontown Dance Mix at 1.0x speed compared to listening to it at something even slightly faster like 1.75x speed feels like a completely different song outside of the fight, but when you’re actually IN the fight, it feels smooth as butter the entire time. Like you’re listening to an album that perfectly transitions to the next song because it was made with that in mind. And, the phase 2 music, The Payser Test, sounds like it would be final boss music in any other game; but nope, this is just a guy testing you because he’s bored. The way in which he is so nonchalantly presented as powerful beyond comprehension, but doesn’t actually use his strengths to the fullest effects because he just sees it as a game/not serious, is fantastic for the type of character we’re dealing with here.

Real long paragraph there! Let’s get on to the last part of this, the actual Gameplay, and how the previous points tie into this.

Graham’s fight is unfair. It is intended to be unfair. The entire fight revolves around Graham playing the game by his own rules, NEVER yours, and at random points in the fight he’ll randomly change the rules again or make it harder (with some key quotes being "Any hopes of you winning just dropped to the negatives, bud." & “"Wait a minute, who said YOU could gain the upper hand?!", just proving how much he refuses to play by anyone’s rules but his own, even if they’re causing him to lose).

As with his design, he constantly goes against what others do/want him to do, as with his character, he only plays by rules that would benefit him the most, and as with the presentation of his fight, he ultimately isn’t taking you seriously (at ANY point) and just sees this as some weak Toons waltzing in to entertain him by playing by HIS rules and ONLY his rules. HE owns the Pace Place, NOT you.

And, of course, he ends up collapsed in the Pace Corner at the end of the fight, because he can’t admit you outdid him, even though you were playing by his rules. You won with the cards stacked against you and your friends, and if he were to accept that, he wouldn’t really be the character we all know & love (or know & hate. I don’t judge even if he’s my husband)

Anyway, it’s about time I wrap this up. I’m feeling a lot better now, actually. I’m not sure if I had a point with this other than how much I freaking love Graham. Thanks for reading (or not reading)!

#ttcc #corporate clash #toontown #pacesetter #graham my beloved #pippyposts #graham ness payser #graham payser #flint bonpyre #firestarter

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rocktheholygrail · 11 months

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Hannibal 2x07 - “Yakimono”

#i love this scene xD #also long-haired will my beloved <3 #hannibal #hannibaledit #tvedit #will graham #hugh dancy #frederick chilton #raúl esparza #hannibal lecter #hannigram #horroredit #horror #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #murder husbands #hannibal gifs #hannibal 2x07

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pesky--dust · 22 days

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Will, honey, why are you so angry about that?

Can you blame her? The first time she have seen the both of you together, you have already been acting like an old married couple:

And then again in the same episode:

Do you see how she is looking at them? I can hear her thoughts (I know what you two are. GAYS.)

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chocostrwberry · 8 days

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HE’S SO TRAGIC LMAOOOO

#now she’s looking at you!! in fear!!#my redesign kinda makes him look like an akuma-#sigh feligami my beloved #Felix can do a KILLER puppy eyes tho #the epidemic of the senticousins using their miraculous to talk to the girls of their dreams #boyfailure Felix #chocoau #mlb au #mlb #miraculous ladybug #ml #miraculous au #cartoon network #miraculous lb #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #felix graham de vanily #feligami #kagami tsuguri #chocoau comic

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eldritch-ace · 2 months

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I need more bestie Will and Bev content so I make it myself. They are the only cool people to ever exist in the FBI.

Also the Fred(dies) whom I despise (I love them with my whole heart). They are my favorite AO3 authors.

#seriously I always need more bev and will #platonic relationships are always so important to me and I love them so much #also after (too many) rewatches I sincerely love freddie and frederick #like at first they got on my nerves and I don’t forgive Freddie for trying to take advantage of Abigail #however now I just see them as silly little girlbosses #like you’re gonna hate on them??? for simple malpractice and being goofy?? on the cannibal show #anyways rant over minor characters my beloveds over #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannibal 2013 #hannibal fanart #will graham #beverly katz #frederick chilton #freddie lounds #art i made #image description in alt

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blckvlvt800 · 5 months

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started hannibal bc of mads and now we're here

#hannibal #hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #hannibal nbc #murder husbands #hanniblogging #hannibal memes #will graham my beloved

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lunelkie · 1 year

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Fury, pure and silver You grip it tight inside Like a knife It glints in your eye

#will graham #hannibal #digital art #hannibal nbc #everyone say thank you ghost they got me back into this piece with their nice words :))))#hannibal art #trans will graham my beloved

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suchawrathfullamb · 3 months

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in the first episode, Will says "my thoughts are often not tasty" and Hannibal says "neither are mine" okay tell us about it then, tell us about your not-tasty thoughts, doctor lecter, the people wanna know

#season 4 my beloved I know we would explore hannibal a lot more in this one - oh well painful and slow death #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #murder husbands #hannibal lecter

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thekingpengu · 4 days

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