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Trawled through an old backup drive and found a ton of Team Galactic icons I made in 2008. Before downloading, wear sunglasses - lot of butterfly vomit.

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Let me know if something disturbs the fabric of spacetime.

#team galactic #galactic boss cyrus #commander mars #commander jupiter #commander saturn

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Happy to see this! White was a highlight for me, too, especially for lines like "I'll autograph his face with bullets!"

Do y’all fw Red Ribbon Army yaoi 😅 or is it just me … sorry guys I became a Red Ribbon Army enjoyer,, specifically the original ones in OG Dragon Ball 😅😅 THEY WERE SILLY!! THEY’RE MY FAVORITESSS!! THEY DON’T GET ENOUGH APPRECIATION!!!

Murasaki and General White my beloveds

#red ribbon army #general white #ninja murasaki

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Today I learned Hermes ballerinas during the Jason gift shower cutscene. I'd ask why but it's futile.

#rise of the argonauts #hermes #greek mythology

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Asleep In A Heap

Sad the HEAVENS folk sassing their song partners and each other disappeared outside Maji Kingdom, save kiiind of Eiji of all people pranking Eiichi and Yamato in the radio show and Shion (also of all people) and even then only to Nagi.

Shion, who's your favorite HEAVENS member? Shion: [spots the tiny two-faced insufferable genius] That one.

#shion amakusa #amakusa shion #he★vens #nagi mikado #mikado nagi #uta no prince sama #utapri

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Next Door to Next Episode

Not sure what to make of that episode on Eiichi's part - the "I was just pursuing the ultimate song" logic made him look worse than if he intentionally mentally shiv'd the local ray of sunshine so hard the guy zombifies for an episode straight - but that may be a dodge.

Snippet of keinsteinhere's Egoistic drama CD translation: link "Ranmaru: You only show your strong side(?), it must not be easy. You hide your weak side and even if you stand proudly(?). heh....hah! who did you want to show it to? That appearance. the one that locked inside a stubborn cage, is you right!? Eiichi!? Eiichi : What did you say! Ranmaru : Don’t take facing a song lightly! Eiichi : That’s my precious memory of song, don’t you dare to ridicule it!"

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Snippet of...uh. The PDF I have credits Ryo (@SeerEnthusiast/ryota-kunstranslations). Might be utapri-translations-uuuu?: not finding the link. Adding both because I'm a word choice snob "RANMARU: And what about you? You pretend to be all open like this, but there’s something you’re scared of, too, aren’t you!? You’re trying to feign innocence by asking me all those questions! Who do you want to look at you? (scoffs) I think the only person here who hasn’t moved on from past wounds is you, Eiichi! EIICHI: What did you say!? RANMARU: Stop pretending like this is all for the sake of the song! EIICHI: So, you decide to mock the feelings I have for the song?"

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Tangent, I'm imagining after recording Next Door Eiichi was like "That was so good. Thanks'" and Otoya's thousand timeline staring with all the light in his soul gone and shuffles out and Eiichi's just reeling from the feeling. Also, for episode 10 I would've preferred that instead of STARISH going to the orphanage, Eiichi, learning Otoya was missing, figured and anonymously hinted to them where Otoya would be (same souls, "I'm the only one who can understand your loss", 'sunflowers' in the lyrics, etc.), maybe send them part of the tragic past collection, I dunno. Maybe there's somethin' I'm not taking into account.

#eiichi otori #otori eiichi #otoya ittoki #ittoki otoya #uta no prince-sama #utapri #Broccoli please don't woobify Eiichi

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Just Keep Rowing

I wonder if Charon hates people saying his name. Karen. Sharon. Chair-on. Care-on. Heron.

#greek mythology #charon

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In And Out

I like that Shion has two modes: zero and Sonic.

#uta no prince sama #shion amakusa #amakusa shion #dude bolts away #no wonder he naps so much

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I Like Uta no Prince-sama

Nice guy bakes with flamethrowers

People emote with three facial muscles

A happy song will be trying for the ignorant

The preferred method of transportation is lurking

Composition determines if friends live or die

Nice guy chucks a train

Angst angel teen’s driver can’t believe he’s here

Main girl needs to file ten restraining orders against guy who was a cat

Main girl’s endlessly surprised things exist in front of her

Dropdown cockblocking trauma skull

Inserting a CD's treated like a bomb countdown and a guy breaks his wrist

Everyone circles in unison as galactic energy rings

"I want you to be the only one to hear my song." Broadcasts on a giant screen on the side of a building

Opening blimp propeller sets your cherry blossom chest blunder fantasies into motion and takes them away

Seniors are the gurus of inverse fuck-giving

Montages of throat sounds

"We should start moving forward together again." Everyone steps in different directions

New group crashes concert at 25,000 Kelvin, explosions punctuating every 30 foot backflip and Falcon kick while singing about pleasure, snap a Do Not Be Afraid dragon into existence and annihilate unbeliever's souls with fire Hell'd envy

#uta no prince-sama #STARISH #Quartet Night #he★vens #utapri

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Bad Blood

What's with depictions of Hermes and having a troubled relationship with a son? Rise of the Argonauts' Hermes and herms of atonement!Lykas (granted that was more misattribution), Percy Jackson's Hermes and Luke, Class of the Titans' Hermes and Autolykos…hahaha even their names. L[vowel]k[vowel].

#rise of the argonauts #percy jackson #class of the titans #greek mythology #hermes

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Odyssey

Playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and...no Saria? It has built-in side quests! Lost city with the same name as another island! Sea caves, harsh cliffs, falcons! Princess and pirates! Centaurs!

Also, I only knew Kleon was gonna be a problem thanks to Disney's Hercules TV show. Was waiting for someone to mention the battle of Marathon so I could jump on a table and yell, "SURPRISE ATTACK!"

Just rolled through Elysium, and...wow. Hermes. What was kolossal disappointment. Thought for a while he was secretly working with the rebels (him sending the player to find Insights guarded by Persephone's warriors, we're using his staff to free said warriors from Hypnos's sleep/Persephone's mind control, the paper key he made the rebels got and tore into pieces and hid, Adonis saying he was a master manipulator and Hermes' Persephone championing was cover/fake for passing on coded messages/being an insider, so on), but no. And even if fawning over Persephone's like 90% of his character, the developers didn't think to throw in a gussy up like he did mythically for Herse? Getting quests to get things or what do you think or pretend you're her would've been fun and cute and novel. But no. So many missed opportunities.

That Reddit commentor was right. Something like, "The moral of Elysium is everyone sucks and you want to leave."

#assassin's creed odyssey #rise of the argonauts #disney's hercules #hermes

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Language

Slapped some of the Blacktongues' sorcery jabber in a web search on a whim and it's...legit Greek? Example, "kalon kagathon" seems to mean "beautiful and good" and an encapsulation of conduct.

#rise of the argonauts #centaur lexicon please #heteke you elude me

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Regarding Delphi, pretty sure the developers combine it and Delos for recognizibility's sake, same reason they went with Hercules instead of Herakles. Saria (and Nisyros, for that matter) speak for themselves...not sure why they picked what names they did given the wealth to choose from, but making everything an island would be less technically straining, given the devs had trouble with memory budgets. Poor Colchis, though. Torn off Georgia and thrown into Hell.

I love Rise of the Argonauts but I really wish they'd have looked at map when making the different "islands" in the game.

#rise of the argonauts

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Yeah, would've been neat to see how Black being in charge would've changed things, but I don't think anyone could bear yet another RRA arc. Maybe an alternate scenario where he kills Red earlier...speaking of, insight into why anyone'd work for someone so short-tempered and execution-happy'd be nice. He must have some business sense to start the RR (not putting 'A' here because weren't they a company before becoming an army?) and wipe out their rivals, assuming Red didn't just reach in his Room of Monetary Requirement or hand everything off to Black or Gero or whomever…though I'm mainly wondering what bonker story's behind Silver telling him, "You, more than anyone, are worthy to stand at the top of the world."

7 Dragon Ball Villains that could've carried their own arc

Honorable mention, Sorbet. So I enjoy Frieza as much as the next guy, but his wacky and colorful Frieza Force is what firmly places the Namek Saga over the Cell Saga in my mind. Like they're all such memorable characters that I even like Cui ffs. However, let's be real, none of these guys could carry their own arc. At their heart, they're all followers (all except good ol' Geets). Maybe before their recruitment they had more ambition and determination, but when faced with Frieza's insurmountable power, they ultimately all bent over and bowed.

Sorbet is an odd example, because he is definitely a follower as well, although when the power vacuum that is Frieza and King Cold's death opened up, he didn't turn away. He instead took charge and kept the Planet Trade Organization afloat for DECADES, despite being a koala-man with a power level that I'm sure rivals Appule at best.

The only reason he's not on the list proper is because when we finally get to see Sorbet in action, he's trying to pass the torch back to Frieza. He still gets major points tho for leading as long as he did

Spoilers: no one else from Super is on this list, even though a filler character is

Monster Beast Giran

Look, I'm not saying Giran could've carried his own saga, but if Dragon Ball had been written by a more traditional shonen mangaka instead of a gag artist, he probably would've been the Big Bad of the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament. And yes, I'm using his added characterization from filler scenes in the anime to make my point.

A milk drinking brute with a voracious appetite and a deep-seated hatred of heroes, this absolute unit was unfortunately no match for Goku in canon, but his hulking appearance and quirky personality (at least in the anime) always stuck out to me. In my generic re-write of this arc, a majorly buffed Giran faces Jackie Chun instead, and defeats him. He then faces and almost defeats Goku in the final, but Goku transforms into a real monster beast for the win, and that's that

Yea I won't be trying to retell the story for the rest of these entries

Raditz

It says a lot about the quality of Toriyama's villains that Goku's evil brother from space is a mere speed bump on the road to the real top dog of the Saiyan Saga. This dude is so fucking sexy and such a piece of shit that I can't help but imagine what he could've gotten himself into if only he had more screentime

Staff Officer Black

I know Toriyama loves subverting expectations and that's one of the things I so greatly enjoy about Dragon Ball, but c'mon. Commander Black of the Black Ribbon Army would've been... so so sooo cool. The dude's a true believer, actually loyal to his men, and idk what Red did to become the leader over him, but he seems to have been the real brains behind the operation. Dragon Ball Online brought back Commander Red as a cyborg and all I'm asking is why not Staff Officer Black instead?

Turles

Aight so Tree of Might isn't the greatest movie, I'd even say it's mid at best, but it also has amazing ideas. The Tree of Might? Neat, inspired, scary, and also drawn from Journey to the West lore. Turles? Sexy tan Goku, what's not to like? His Crusher Corps? Don't get me started on his Crusher Corps, because they all have their own story, which was included in extraneous material, but not the movie itself.

Amond, the big guy? Yea he was an intergalactic criminal that was arrested by the Galactic Patrol until he was freed by Turles. Daiz was the Prince of the Pukimpa Dynasty that led his planet's army against Turles, but was defeated, then recruited for fighting so bravely. Cacao was a cyborg built to fight an interstellar war before he fucked off to become a bounty hunter and eventually join the Crusher Corps. Rasin and Lakasei were fossils resurrected by Turles using extract from the Tree of Might.

Fuck, Turles himself is a low-class Saiyan warrior that somehow found or stole the holy Seeds of Might, which were reserved for Kai. When I was a kid my older brother told me (read, lied to me lol) that Saiyans were all test tube babies grown from different strains and that's the difference between low medium and elite saiyans and why he and Goku are almost identical. Like, that's not true, but there's a lotta fleshing out you could do with Turles to make him and his potential saga more compelling

Demon King Dabura

Ruler of a shadowy demon realm for thousands of years with a power level that equals Perfect Cell, Demon King Dabura is also... the bitch of a tiny bitchy wizard? Yup, that's Toriyama all right.

So lemme start by saying that this guy gets so little credit he's not even in Fighterz, despite having a cool sword and a huge canon moveset. He also looks... well tbh, he doesn't look as awesome to adult me as he did to kid me, but he's still neat looking. I like his horns and his funky glamrock outfit. He also probably had his own Dabura Force filled with edgy evul henchmen (including Shula from that filler episode, who I'm pretty sure inspired Dabura's creation) that could've easily filled an entire saga.

It says a lot that Raditz isn't the lead of his saga, but imo it says way more that Toriyama created an entire evil universe opposite the regular universe ruled over by this baritone Satan and he's just a footnote. It also says a lot about Dragon Ball Heroes that instead of trying it's own thing, it digs up Toriyama's fossilized spittle and creates Mira, Towa, and Kabuto from Naruto.

Mercenary Tao Pai Pai

Ok so I'm biased, because this flamboyant bastard is easily one of my favorite villains, and that's including everything, not just Dragon Ball or comics. He oozes so much style that I'm not even sure how you could stretch him out into an entire arc, but it doesn't matter, because he could make it work. The dude can make watching someone else shop for clothes compelling ffs, so as far as I'm concerned, Tao could've been the villain for the whole of Dragon Ball and it'd be just or almost as good as what we actually got

His shirt says Kill You! he's seriously the best don't @ me

Dr. Gero

Mustache

Yes, I know he was supposed to be the Big Bad, but Toriyama's former editor didn't think an old man in baggy pants and a fat clown could carry their own arc, but they're wrong damn it! Just look at him

#red ribbon army #commander red #staff officer black #adjutant black #assistant black #whatever his title black #colonel silver

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Team Galactic's D/P Pokemon

Grain of salt because I read catching a Trainer's Pokemon randomizes the Nature, and they have no IVs/EVs, so on, but whatever. Platinum Pokemon info's here, dunno about BDSP or Masters.

Cyrus ]]HQ battle[[ Murkrow. Nature is Relaxed. Good endurance, likes sour food. 105 HP/80 Attack/49 Defense/80 Sp. Attack/45 Sp. Defense/76 Speed. Golbat. Nature is Modest. Good endurance, likes dry food. 117 HP/68 Attack/68 Defense/70 Sp. Attack/72 Sp. Defense/84 Speed. Sneasel. Nature is Naive. Often lost in thought, likes sweet food. 108 HP/94 Attack/60 Defense/42 Sp. Attack/69 Sp. Defense/122 Speed. ]]Spear Pillar battle[[ Honchkrow. Nature is Quirky. Good perseverance, happily eats anything. 155 HP/128 Attack/62 Defense/110 Sp. Attack/62 Sp. Defense/79 Speed. Crobat. Nature is Docile. Very finicky, happily eats anything. 145 HP/98 Attack/89 Defense/80 Sp. Attack/89 Sp. Defense/135 Speed. Weavile. Nature is Lonely. Very finicky, likes spicy food. 136 HP/144 Attack/70 Defense/59 Sp. Attack/98 Sp. Defense/136 Speed. Gyarados. Nature is Quiet. Likes to relax, likes dry food. 151 HP/128 Attack/86 Defense/75 Sp. Attack/105 Sp. Defense/79 Speed.

Commander Saturn ]]Lake Valor battle[[ Kadabra. Nature is Hasty. Thoroughly cunning, likes sweet food. 77 HP/33 Attack/27 Defense/93 Sp. Attack/58 Sp. Defense/90 Speed. Bronzor. Nature is Rash. Often scatters things, likes dry food. 89 HP/26 Attack/69 Defense/28 Sp. Attack/62 Sp. Defense/25 Speed. Toxicroak. Nature is Relaxed. Highly persistent, likes sour food. 112 HP/87 Attack/62 Defense/73 Sp. Attack/57 Sp. Defense/64 Speed. ]]HQ battle[[ Kadabra. Nature is Adamant. Often scatters things, likes spicy food. 82 HP/39 Attack/32 Defense/90 Sp. Attack/62 Sp. Defense/89 Speed. Bronzor. Nature is Hasty. Highly persistent, likes sweet food. 95 HP/27 Attack/66 Defense/27 Sp. Attack/74 Sp. Defense/29 Speed. Toxicroak. Nature is Quirky. Thoroughly cunning, happily eats anything. 121 HP/94 Attack/61 Defense/78 Sp. Attack/61 Sp. Defense/77 Speed.

Commander Jupiter ]]Eterna Building battle[[ Zubat. Nature is Serious. Thoroughly cunning, happily eats anything. 44 HP/23 Attack/19 Defense/17 Sp. Attack/21 Sp. Defense/26 Speed. Skuntank. Nature is Mild. Highly persistent, likes dry food. 73 HP/44 Attack/30 Defense/38 Sp. Attack/31 Sp. Defense/41 Speed. ]]Spear Pillar battle[[ Golbat. Nature is Relaxed. Often scatters things, likes sour food. 117 HP/75 Attack/73 Defense/63 Sp. Attack/71 Sp. Defense/74 Speed. Skuntank. Nature is Brave. Highly persistent, likes spicy food. 156 HP/105 Attack/72 Defense/75 Sp. Attack/66 Sp. Defense/78 Speed. Bronzor. Nature is Calm. Often scatters things, likes bitter food. 102 HP/26 Attack/80 Defense/29 Sp. Attack/88 Sp. Defense/28 Speed.

Commander Mars ]]Windworks battle[[ Zubat. Nature is Calm. Often scatters things, likes bitter food. 36 HP/17 Attack/16 Defense/15 Sp. Attack/18 Sp. Defense/22 Speed. Purugly. Nature is Impish. Thoroughly cunning, likes sour food. 50 HP/33 Attack/29 Defense/24 Sp. Attack/25 Sp. Defense/42 Speed. ]]Lake Verity battle[[ Golbat. Nature is Jolly. Highly persistent, likes sweet food. 106 HP/68 Attack/61 Defense/51 Sp. Attack/64 Sp. Defense/83 Speed. Purugly. Nature is Hardy. Highly persistent, happily eats anything. 109 HP/73 Attack/59 Defense/59 Sp. Attack/55 Sp. Defense/97 Speed. Bronzor. Nature is Naive. Thoroughly cunning, likes sweet food. 93 HP/27 Attack/73 Defense/27 Sp. Attack/65 Sp. Defense/28 Speed. ]]Spear Pillar battle[[ Golbat. Nature is Naive. Thoroughly cunning, likes sweet food. 120 HP/77 Attack/68 Defense/64 Sp. Attack/65 Sp. Defense/93 Speed. Purugly. Nature is Hasty. Thoroughly cunning, likes sweet food. 124 HP/84 Attack/61 Defense/68 Sp. Attack/63 Sp. Defense/122 Speed. Bronzor. Nature is Hasty. Thoroughly cunning, likes sweet food. 102 HP/29 Attack/72 Defense/29 Sp. Attack/80 Sp. Defense/30 Speed.

#team galactic #galactic boss cyrus #commander mars #commander saturn #commander jupiter

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I liked some moments, especially any characterization for Jupiter because goodness knows she's neglected everywhere, and the lack of a wrap up scene, even a credit still of them being arrested again, was weird. Wish they hadn't been rebooted, but they're largely stuck being a group of villains in a kids'-focused franchise with scant characterization so have to be kept together/made a little samey so they can be shoved on stage together then booted off conveniently.

Would've been more interesting if those episodes had followed the games a bit, like start with Mars working with Charon (or by herself) to find Cyrus, Jupiter's on the fence, Saturn's cleaning up TG. Maybe they eventually group up, Saturn more to keep Mars from suicidally following Cyrus again or tentatively allies with Ash and co. for the same reason. Or give one of those to Jupiter so she has stuff to do...I don't remember their anime characterizations, just spitballing here.

Okay, well, because I forgot to do it and I've been inactive, I will now use an icon from the anime as self punishment. Happy February, its Mars time

A question you can answer if you like: what did you think of the commanders return in Journeys, and do you consider the episodes canon or not? I see a lot of love and hate and nothing really in the middle, so I am curious about what people think.

#team galactic

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While I'm on the subject, anyone know about the movie mangas? Are they just largely stylized movie shots? Also, if anyone can read this, anything stand out, especially any of the character blurbs?

#lucario and the mystery of mew #mew and the wave guiding hero lucario #lucario #sir aaron #pokemon mew #pokemon movie 8

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#pokemon movie 8 #lucario and the mystery of mew #ash ketchum #sir aaron #kidd summers #may #mew and the wave guiding hero lucario