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maxwell-grant · 1 month

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Fuck it, can you expand on your thoughts regarding What Can We Know About Thunderman?

One of the funniest and most horrible things I've ever read partially because like 60% of it is just pages and pages of Alan Moore stating industry facts and names with the serial numbers filed off, and if you have enough comic book brainworms to be reading Thunderman in the first place there will probably be at least one or a dozen references here and there that will spring out of nowhere and hit you like a punch in the gut (the one I remember was the Jack Cole one). A lot of the stuff in Thunderman that reads as absurd funny parody or metaphors too stupid to be real are actual industry facts that Moore has knowledge of, and even the stuff that isn't you can trace a direct line of what exactly it's referring to or who exactly this is referencing.

This is a story in part about how horrible it is to be a sicko with comic book brain worms that is mainly understandable if you're exactly that kind of person. Besides all the references to real-life people and events, most of the modern stuff he's making up are still just as incisive and accurate because literally nothing changed, not even in regards to the movie paradigm ("At last he has attained a semblance to a religious figure. Can we stop now?"). Much of this is Moore dunking on Certain Industry Guys he probably knew and interacted with and indirectly bullseyeing on more recent guys, because a lot of these guys are the same. There are your extremes like the one con-goer here who is pretty much just Max Landis verbatim, but there's also so much that's brutally on-point for industry practices and writers ("What if we had Thunderman do something, and then something happened?") that you can fill in your own names.

It's also an incredibly personal and tragic piece because the core story of it, in between vivid descriptions of Greg Land's office space porn oceans and self-destructive daydreams and rolling catastrophes, is about a guy who deeply loves his art form, deeply loves the creators and artists who gave him so much for so little in his life, and deals with so much horrible toxic bullshit that the only way he finds to live, the only way he finds to not be complicit in the pigsty, is to leave it all behind and work the poison out of his system forever. Like he very openly talks about the protagonist leaving it all behind to go write the next big novel and writing that note, and the non-superhero ideas that will come after, as something that nobody is going to care about, but that he has to do. I don't think I could fully appreciate the sequence where he quits his job at comics and walks out of the office feeling better than ever, until I myself got fired from an incredibly stressful job that made a thing I love (video editing) into the bane of my existence, and no amount of money worries in the world could make me not feel at that moment like I was walking home to the sunniest day of the year.

It wasn't only how much better life was without comics that had startled him, but also how the comics business looked, viewed from outside. How small it was; how cruel and how ridiculous. All the warped personalities the industry either attracted, or else bent and fashioned for itself out of naïve enthusiasts who'd been expecting something else. He couldn't understand why he'd not bailed out of the business years ago, though in a way he could. Part of the answer was just plain human inertia, and part was the fact that, from the inside, comics people and their weird behaviour could seem almost normal.

Dan was grateful he'd escaped in time, though he'd admit that even that escape was qualified. Removing himself from the comics field was one thing, stopping thinking about comics was another. Constantly, he'd find his mind alighting on some decomposing gobbet from the mental garbage-tip of trivia that his career had left him with, when that was the last thing he wanted to be thinking of. He probably should have anticipated some sort of reaction - thirty-something years in any field would leave you with a lot of baggage, and especially an enterprise almost designed to be obsessional, like comics -

His fantasy that he could be a proper literary author, living miles from anywhere and shunning interviews like Salinger or Pynchon, had congealed over this last few months from idle dream to psychological necessity. He'd put his farewell dossier together, and it was published without eliciting much in the way of a reaction or response, but the important thing for Dan was that he'd written it. His lip was better and he could speak normally again, since, for some reason, having quit the comics world, he was no longer trying to eat himself alive. Dan was committed, now, to his new life, and there could be no vacillating. Change or die, those were his options.

And putting aside the fact that "Dan" is killed by the Vince Coletta stand-in and the story itself ends in a much bleaker and more horrible note, to me that feels like Moore being very honest, as depressing as it may be, that nothing else he ever does is gonna get the kind of buzz and following and money and praise that he did for his corporate superhero droppings, and he still doesn't regret one bit what he left behind, and he's going to make the weird magic lizard stories he actually wants to do until he dies and try to not think about superheroes ever again even though he will obviously never fully succeed. Not just because it won't leave him alone, but because it's a part of his life. He loves stories, he loves art, he loves comics, and if not now, he very clearly deeply loved superheroes once, and maybe he still does if he can put aside the sheer nightmare bullshit toxicity attached to them that he's dealt with. I'd even point to a recent occasion he did try just that, with the character of Captain Universe, who accomplishes maybe the only real heroic act in LOEG: Tempest when he stops an atomic bomb from leveling England and ends the story with his big heartfelt wedding.

LOEG is the dead last place you'd expect Moore to place a heartfelt send-off to his superhero work, and much of it gets obscured by that asylum sequence where he savages existing IP capes and the farcical elements of the team and other criticisms at the genre, but it's there, and it's maybe the only story that has a happy ending in the book even. With Captain Universe, a character who has no real history, Moore is able to put all feelings for superhero IP and the big two aside and do this platonic ideal of a superhero and the creative possibilities and hopeful fantasy of a superhero. He's willing to poke holes in the guy and ruthlessly make fun of his shitty allies and villains, but LOEG affords Captain Universe an almost shocking degree of dignity (plus the existence of the canceled Superverse, which was going to be a LOEG-esque project with superheroes done with Rick Veitch tying in to The Show, showing Moore had plans to try writing superheroes again on his own terms even after everything). I think Thunderman in large part is about conciliating these feelings with a large degree of autobiography.

That's one emotional core of the story, but mainly I remember Thunderman for being really fucking funny. The EC Comics hearing. The porn ocean odyssey. Stan Lee Stan Lee-ing so hard he nearly gets killed by gangsters over it and one chapter detailing his transition from person to Character. Marvel was all along a CIA conspiracy to promote radiation poisoning. The chapter that's entirely dedicated to Moore stopping the story to riff and review the Superman movies. This books swings widly and it's an incredibly entertaining read.

And maybe the most horrible thing about Thunderman isn't in the way it's protagonist meets it's end or in the final chapter or even *gestures broadly at all of it*, it might just be the chapter before Alan Moore drops his Superman movie reviews, because with it comes the realization that yes, Alan Moore has been to Reddit, and has looked enough into reddit superhero discourse to be able to plausibly imitate it, which means he probably has sat through at least one argument about him too many. The stand-out of that chapter is the bit where he's riffing on Cavill's mustache fiasco and the DCEU, but it also includes some bits that now read as pretty perfect bullseye jabs at the MCU's current state of affairs.

#replies tag #superheroes #alan moore #illuminations #what can we know about thunderman #comic books #superhero comics

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bonefall · 6 months

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First off, obviously this is a WC blog so I won't go further but THANKS for the brief dunk of The Lion Guard, that's one of my biggest problems with the show. Second off, are you seeing this shit Elder Bones?! * Points at the Thunder Spoiler Thread at WCRPForums * Do try to avoid reading the posts that aren't chapters though, they're bad as usual for that site lol.

Maybe one day I'll grumble about Lion King on the side blog lmao.

Anyway... that spoiler thread. I try to take these threads with a pinch of salt, but... overall feelings are really getting negative. If I had a Vibes Barometer, the needle would be dipping out of positive right now.

We're 2 books away from the conclusion and I don't know if they have time to turn this around... and they chose to spend time traveling. It's partially a travel book, guys. Several chapters of pointless bullshit.

(Spoilers under the cut-- remember we are getting this secondhand from a spoiler thread. Some of this may turn out to be misrepresentation.)

NIGHTHEART STUFF

We start off where the preview left off. They jerk the shit out of your chain with Squirrelstar teasing but spoiler we DO got her

(CELEBRATORY SQUIRRELSTAR MUSIC)

We get a BrambleSquirrel screaming match. Please for the love of god divorce these characters, this is fucking insufferable

They also had to give Bramblestar a smug little gotcha moment where he's right about his argument, Squilf accidentally walks to SkyClan camp for the plot and it turns out that Bramblestar, the guy who was apparently supposed to have memory issues and brain fog, was right that Squilf forgot how to navigate her own territory

Im dead serious she like... accidentally walked to SkyClan.

This is a clever literary trick called bad writing <3

While they're there, Nightheart says, "HEY WASNT THERE A MEDIATOR THINGY? ISNT HE SUPPOSED TO SOLVE DISPUTES?"

*I look directly into the camera. Right at you. Reader I am glimpsing across the magical threads of the internet, directly into your soul.*

Leafstar

says

"I Forgor"

if this thread is to be believed. Then the canonical explanation for why Tree was not mediating up to this point. Is because every single cat around the lake. Including the geniuses who came up with a unique role JUST for the specialest little boy. Just fucking forgot about him.

(bestselling young adult series)

Do I laugh? Do I cry?

I think im unlocking the emotion that those lizards who shoot blood from their eyes feel just before a squirt

Anyway

There is also an absurd amount of Bramblestar winking at Nightheart and teasing him about his new mate and reminding the audience about how much Nightheart wuvs him. This is probably supposed to be charming?

it just feels unsettling, ngl.

It's even more Bramble Worship than normal, like the writer is trying really hard to stress how cool and awesome their special boy is :D and how dumb and mean his wife is >:( and it's so fucking forced.

They pad the book by having it be cloudy so that StarClan doesn't show up the first time they try to do the Squirrelstar thing

I kept thinking, "What if this wasn't a willing abdication?? What if the Clan didn't have a second chance to do this?? What if this was Nightstar 2 all over again and she died of plot convenience before coming back?! This dumbfuck system has fixed NOTHING"

Plumstone and Dewnose have a moment where they antagonize Nightheart over the fact he was chosen to accompany Squilf and Bramble to the Moonpool, because he just got back and it's not fair

And you know what? They're right actually

Nightheart huffs that Squilf was giving him a Chance To Prove Himself but he doesn't fucking get it! His whole life's been nothing but chances he threw tantrums about being offered or blew up through wrecklessness, like a spoiled brat nepobaby, and he keeps getting more and more

Meanwhile Plumstone here has been in the background just being this consistently steady warrior, and has never gotten a chance to shine

He also has a moment where he whines about Sparkpelt and Finchlight being mean to him in the past when Sunbeam shares they've been super nice to her.

Sunbeam offers that they're probably trying to make up for it and he agrees.

Folks. I REALLY. REALLY HOPE. That this ends with Sunbeam telling him, "Nightheart, you are the problem. They've treated me like Kin, and they treat their Kin well. Do YOU?"

Anyway something happens and suddenly Nightheart's on the trip with Frostpaw.

The rest of his chapters so far (at time of writing the spoiler thread is at chapter 14-ish) are traveling chapters.

The traveling chapters suck diet discount dick. They look like they were rejected submissions for the various travel shenanigans that happened in Riverstar's Home.

For me, this is the most disappointing part of the Thunder Spoiler Thread. I love Nightheart because I really like the idea of him learning to grow, consider his actions, and realize that he's actually been very loved in his life.

I like the impulsive Nightheart from Book 1 who doesn't know what's wrong with himself, shooting down every attempt others make to bond with him, making shocking descisions that frustrate the entire Clan and not realizing how much he gets away with. I hoped that maybe, just maybe, the writing could be a little clever for once.

But, no. On this trip he's still whining to Frostpaw about how his family "wanted him to be like Firestar" and this is treated as something Frostpaw is able to bond with him about, somehow, because Curlfeather wanted her to be a Medcat??? And now she's choosing to be a Medcat again anyway????

FROSTPAW STUFF

WC Writing Team: "Everyone is super invested in Frostpaw's story where she learns to choose her own path! Especially the idea that she chose to not be a medcat of her own will and made a brave choice for herself! Lets fix that"

Literally, I guess lol

Smoky Cameo. Fuck Smoky. I hate this character and I hate seeing his deadbeat ass.

Gotta love how Daisy's one major role in ASC so far has been to be a source of negative emotions for Nightheart, but Smoky gets to be the new Barley with a cutesy barn rest stop.

He calls for a human to come get Frostpaw because she's got wounds.

Like. Cat MEOW MEOW calling. And this summons... a magic vet?

She has the world's fastest field surgery, as if she's some kind of endangered wild leopard and a top-notch vet staff rolled out of a research truck.

They even inject her, by hand, with tranquilizer. Who the fuck carries cat tranquilizer around?

Is this barn in the back of a fucking vet office???

Does this universe have roving surgical vans that drive around and play music like an ice cream truck, waiting for cats to call them over?????

Frostpaw wakes up back in the barn

But now her neck wound is fixed and she's spayed.

She looks down at the fresh cut on her abdomen and is like "what's this"

Smoky: "dont worry abt it"

If Frostpaw is okay with being sterilized, this will be the first time in the series that a cat being fixed will be seen as a good thing

Which, irl, it is. To be clear. Spay and neuter your animals

But dudes, this is really massively unsettling me. It seems like she doesn't know what has been done to her. This has never been treated as a positive thing in this series before. In the last book she was talking about the sort of life she would like to live

Once again she has been stripped of her own choices in a massive way

And if Smoky apparently lives so close to a vet that they just come when he calls,

I have so many questions im losing my marbles

Why is Smoky not neutered

Why were none of his 3, possibly 4 wives spayed

Why are his kids not fixed

Why were his kits with Floss taken "when they were too young to even open their eyes" back in TNP if their humans are so loving and educated

SO EDUCATED THEY WALK AROUND WITH CAT TRANQUILIZER

Anyway through the power of the writers not caring anymore, Frostpaw can now talk to StarClan whenever she wants.

They have magically bestowed a connection onto her.

This is apparently something they can just do now. Maybe it's tied to near-death experiences or the vet or something

Remember Shadowsight having a whole thing about this at the end of TBC?

Remember Mothwing and how upsetting it was to have no connection to them and how finding Willowpaw was a big thing in TNP?

Yeah apparently they could just do this whenever. Sorry.

Frostpaw is just cool with this because fuck the last book where she found out she likes being a warrior

Agency? What's THAT

It's not ok if your mom encourages you to be a doctor nun, but StarClan rips your organs out and forces you to be their mouthpiece and that's peachy-fucking-keen.

Then she goes traveling for several chapters i want to commit crime

Riverstar does the usual alarmist moaning, "ooooouuugh this newest crisis could destroy riverclan!!! Oooooooooooooouuououou it's for real this time!!!!"

Everything's gonna destroy the clans. A light breeze has just reduced ThunderClan to rubble. A beetle has landed gently upon Harestar's nose, 34 dead 25,430 injured

Girl help frostpaw is being followed by clickbait headline ghosts

And, also, for no good reason, the ghosts can't just answer a question. Why? Who fucking knows. Never explained. They can summon Frostpaw into a Ghost Zoom Call whenever they want now, but they're forbidden from revealing anything useful.

Average autistic experience with zoom calls though, can confirm, that is what every zoom call ive ever been in was like.

Im serious though, she tries to ask Reed who killed him, he just says no i cant :(

She tries to ask where her mom is. They don't tell her she's downstairs.

Riverstar says nothing useful

I have never been more frustrated with StarClan as a plot device. This is actually fucking insufferable.

They're annoying enough when they send vague signs and prophecies that amount to nothing, but now they can pop up like shitty unskippable cutscenes and STILL add nothing of value to the plot

Something I was ENJOYING was how much more grounded ASC was compared to previous arcs, and that StarClan was back to being difficult to access directly. Gone. Goodbye.

SUNBEAM STUFF

The highlight of the book everyone leave me alone i need to speak directly to sunbeam

I like how she's finding more reasons than just Nightheart to stay in ThunderClan, but is also struggling with the shift in culture

It's in a Sunbeam chapter that we FINALLY get Squilfstar. Everyone say Thank You Sunbeam

If you even LOOK at the Sunbeam wrong I will smash you to death with my hooves

For once it actually feels like we're using the cast in ThunderClan. Cherryfall, Dewnose, Plumstone, Myrtlebloom, Bayshine, Finchlight, Sparkpelt, and Lionblaze all get some significant little lines to add to this.

In particular I like Cherryfall throwing a bit of a fit about being a senior warrior and acting high and mighty, which Sunbeam immediately dislikes because ShadowClan doesn't do as much posturing. It's fun to see how she percieves ThunderClan cats.

I have a softness for these sorts of stories though, to be fair. The idea of moving to a new place and having to adjust.

It's also neat that she's growing frustrated with how Nightheart has now ditched her THRICE.

Girl please steal his family and dump him.

Be a legend. Marry his sister. It would make you the queen of pettiness you would become my favorite forever

Ivypool's exams are also pretty neat, they all test teamwork abilities. I'm going to be happy when I finally get to read them in full, if nothing else, these trials have been delightful to see.

Anyway the next emergency gathering comes up and it descends into an argument

Dovewing gets to yell at Ivypool and tell her to back off <3 "You're not going to manipulate my mate through me, screw you"

Tigerheartstar and the other leaders eventually agree to meet with the mediator off-screen because the writers don't feel like showing us Tree's madd skillz which definitely justify having this unique role that we completely forgot about until just now

It doesn't accomplish anything meaningful because they only acknowledged the mediator role to make the fans stop complaining

Tigerheartstar agrees to not station more warriors in RiverClan territory but nothing else. Waow.

aaand Berryheart's planning something and Sparrowtail, Sunbeam's father, accidentally spills the beans to his daughter. I like this because I have always imagined him as a himbo

so... yeah. It's not looking great. I'm not having a good time in this spoiler thread. I am hoping that a fair amount of it is misrepresentation, because if it's what the leaker says it is, I'm not going to be a happy camper

#Thunder spoilers #Asc spoilers #Tw sterilization #Tw spaying

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tavyliasin · 3 months

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BG3 FicFeb NSFW - Day 3

I'll be honest with you darlings I had every intention of making this one spicy but then feelings happened? Still, it was fun to write, and an interesting scenario I might re-use at a later date. Shortfic below the cut (still NSFW) with some CW/Tags for angst, hurt/comfort, scars, wounds, mention of character trauma, but I promise it is mostly on the fluffy comforting side~

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Day 3 - Body Worship

It had been far too long since Tav had found an opportunity to bathe properly. Not just scrubbing off with a damp cloth, or dunking into a freezing lake, a proper warm bath. Of course, taking advantage of having access to a brothel’s finer rooms whilst investigating a disappearance was something she took very seriously. She had to be completely certain she wouldn’t miss a vital clue amongst the perfumed soaps and soft towels. Who knew when the last piece of information they needed might be at the bottom of a wine bottle, or lurking in the bowl of fresh fruit…

“Well, that is certainly better than a murky pond.” Astarion echoed her thoughts as he sank into the water beside her. “Gods that feels good.”

“We should take up the role of investigators more often.” Tav chuckled, reaching for the silver bowl that held a fresh sponge and some soaps. “Here, let me, for once.”

“You don’t need to-”

“I want to.” She left little room for further complaint, taking his hand in her own and delicately sponging away the dirt that seemed to cling to his nails.

“I am not about to break, you know.” He watched her with an eyebrow raised as she continued to be far more gentle than he felt he deserved.

“I know.” If anything, Tav slowed slightly, taking a moment to caress his fingers reverently. “But the world has been rough enough with you lately. Is there anything wrong with a little tenderness instead?”

“Yes- No. Maybe.” He wasn’t even sure what he was trying to say as she brought his hand to her lips and kissed each fingertip in turn. “You…Well…” He sighed, giving in to her care instead for now.

“Relax, Astarion, please.” She trailed a line of kisses up his forearm to his elbow, her fingers gently brushing the faint lines of decades old scars and far fresher bruises marking his pale form. “You know, you really are beautiful.”

“I know.” He replied, out of reflex. “Sorry, old habits… I suppose truly I have no idea if I am or not, other than the parts of myself I can see clearly. Even the water doesn’t hold my reflection any more.”

“Then let me be your mirror.” She smiled, brushing a stray lock of hair that threatened to fall forwards into his eye. “Now, where was I?”

Tav began to wash his other hand and arm, with the same reverence she had used before, but this time giving voice to the thoughts that floated through her mind as she did.

“Here, your fingers. I could comment on how skilled they are, how you can make me feel, but what I admire most is how they always find a solution. You’ve picked locks, disarmed traps-”

“You can do that just as well as I, my love.” He protested, though just as quickly his arguments met their rebuttal.

“Maybe, but you were the one who unlocked my heart.” Tav laughed at the absurdity of her own statement. “It’s cheesier than an entire dairy, I know, but it’s true. I spent my whole life just going from one fling to the next, living each day like it might be my last. Living like that…well you just don’t think of a future. Or who you might spend it with. It was better to just enjoy what I could when I could. Besides, attachments could be exploited.”

“And you see a future now? With tadpoles in our brains, and the threat of an actual mindflayer Elder Brain looming quite literally over our heads?” Despite his words, his expression was soft in the low light of the room.

“I see one worth fighting for.” She leaned forwards and stole a kiss, but only for a moment, pulling back to leave him wanting more.

“Such a tease, my love.”

“I learned from the best~” She put on the hint of a flirtatious tone to match his voice. “Anyway… Here. This part next.”

“A scar, darling? Really?” He almost pulled his arm back, like her touch burned the mark deeper into his skin.

“This was not long after we met. I remember worrying that you might lose too much blood if the wound were just a fraction to the left.” Tav dipped the sponge in the warm bathwater again and carefully cleaned the area, rinsing off the soap when she was done. “But that’s not what I think most when I look at it, or any of the other marks that battle has left upon you.”

“Enlighten me, what is it that you see in such a blemish?” Astarion frowned, struggling to see what she meant.

“Endurance. A fight that didn’t end you. A strength that goes beyond what you can lift in your arms.” She sat back a moment, the myriad of scars across her own body clearer to see as she gestured to them. “Something we share, our will to live, and to be more than the world tried to make of us.”

“Well…I suppose…” He sighed, looking closer at Tav’s form now. Subtle muscles and soft curves, the map of old wounds telling as many stories as his own, and not one of them diminished her beauty in his eyes. “There is some charm to them, maybe.”

She continued to cleanse the sweat and marks of the long days from his body with tender care, her praise like a balm to the bruises on his soul. She almost paused when it was time to move around to his back. “Is it alright if I…?”

“There is nobody I trust more to resist the urge to put a dagger between my ribs.” He mimicked the motion playfully with empty hands as he spoke. “Oh no need to be so serious, my darling, the point is that I trust you. Completely.”

The vampire shifted, turning his back to her. The view was always a painful one - he was free, but the marks remained, the knowledge of the pain in their making broke her heart if she let those thoughts back in. “Even this,” she began carefully, “has never once diminished your worth.”

Tension rose in his shoulders, even as she tried to massage it away. “A poem of subjugation is all that is, a beautiful lie that promised power.”

“And yet you are more powerful than ever, you didn’t let the lie consume you. How about this instead.” She put the sponge aside, and began carefully tracing her own pattern across his back as if overwriting the scars his past had left. “I’ll write my own verse for you, let it erase the old one.”

“What is it exactly that you’re writing?” A hint of worry tinted the curiosity in his voice as it dropped a little quieter than it had been before.

She leaned forward and whispered close in his ear. “My wedding vows.”

#bg3ficfeb #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #astarion x tav #bg3 fanfiction #bg3 #fanfic #a tav's guide #hurt/comfort #body worship #angst #scars #a vow beneath the scars #overwriting the past with something beautiful

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ladyluscinia · 7 months

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Also though (because I contain multitudes) it's still so eminently absurd that The Izcourse developed around Izzy.

Like an antagonist who is one part cringefail middle manager from a workplace comedy, and one part losing leg of Edward's romance love triangle and so jealous about it, and one part aggressively unserious obstacle on Stede's "Who's this rich fuck?" pirate adventure, AND YET. That is who this fucking fandom latches onto as the embodiment of bigotry who must be taken seriously as a bad person (and can only be treated unseriously when being dunked upon... which on another level is serious again because bigotry).

I laugh every time I see the "OurGoodShadows is the new SuperWhoLock" because it reminds me the overlap between people who Izzy was too much for and people who earnestly enjoy also-Waititi-associated What We Do in the Shadows is huge. How. You're telling me they didn't melt down at Nandor's Marwa arc? They can handle all the protags being amoral vampires? There's not a huge flamewar going on right now over whether The Guide is unforgivable for snapping when they ignored her or if the house vamps deserve endless punishment for tricking her into thinking they cared???

It was all just vibes, wasn't it???

#our flag means death #izzy hands ofmd #wwdits #ofmd harassment #ladyluscinia

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possumae · 4 months

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i think an annoying thing abt twitter that i dont feel like i see on here is theres such an eagerness to dunk on people on that site that if you post something being ironic, joking, satire etc you'll 100% get blasted for it as though you were serious.

meanwhile on this site the exact opposite happens, where theres posts that are just entire reblog chains of messing with people who take absurd statements at face value

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crystalelemental · 10 months

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With the introduction of Ice Zone this month, we have officially done it. All major types have a Zone. Except for Normal. Brace for anniversary, that's all I'm saying. But with each type now having a Zone, and the introduction of these newfangled rebuffs...how are the types doing?

See, when I started playing, it was pretty well accepted that Fire, Water, and Psychic ruled the meta. Electric wasn't too far behind, but didn't have the same powerhouses behind it. As someone on Reddit so eloquently put it back when Second Anniversary pairs were being dunked on: "They don't feel underwhelming because they're bad, they feel underwhelming because they don't abuse field effects. Every top meta threat has focused on application or abuse of field effects. It shouldn't be a surprise that these new pairs don't feel as overwhelming when there's nothing to take advantage of." But now, that discrepancy is (mostly) over. And are those types still top dogs? Today, I will be going over the types, and how I feel they perform in the current meta. This will include F2P tools, highest potential, and what I think is missing from the archetype.

18) Poison I mean...is anyone surprised? The entire type lives and dies by the question "Did you pull Emma?" Roxie getting an EX at least raises some hope, but I'll be honest, I don't anticipate much. Their F2P pairs are really bad at damage, and even premium options tend to be a rough time. Their Zone setter, H!Iris, is by far the worst of the bunch, having virtually no utility unless 3/5, where she gets a really crappy debuff rate on a shit-tier move. Poison is just depressing to think about.

17) Bug Though man, Bug is not far behind. Here's a fun question: did you pull SC Emmet or SS Hilbert? No? Good luck with life, then. Even Alder feels like a genuine struggle by comparison. And to be frank, I don't consider SC Emmet that good either. He's a clean sweep in CS, but in Gauntlet, I think I wind up benching him most times, even with long streaks. The F2P crowd seems good, but Bugsy and Noland both come with a ton of issues, including "Oops I couldn't quite take out center on second sync, my bad!" The general pool is also loaded with some of the worst. Guzma sucks, Burgh isn't great, Lusamine's stupid frail. And of course, SC Ingo is a really bad Zone setter, focused entirely on physical and not doing much else for the team. It has oddly solid supports in Aaron and Lodge Dawn, but like...Bug is not doing well.

16) Normal Now to make the sincere argument that Normal, a type who lacks Zone and can never deal the same damage as any other type due to supereffective modifiers. Yet I stand by it. Normal gets great utility. SC Steven is absurd. C!Red's SEUN application was downright unique before Jasmine sniped it from him. Even among the commons, you get a lot of nice effects for checking Gauntlet gimmicks, ensuring they often get used. That's more than I can say about Poison and Bug, frankly. It's not a good position, but I think Normal as a type at least offers better value than the last two, thanks to its range of effects.

15) Flying Flying is so weird to me. On the one hand, you have Lysandre, who is legitimately great after his expansion, and Kahili, who is one of the best F2P sync pairs for damage, backed by Skyla, one of the best F2P walls. But on the other. Anni Steven is the worst Master Fair. All of the type's options tend to be weirdo gimmicks like P!Elesa. Nate is there. Flying has some of the lowest lows the game offers, and just a few standout performers. Even its top competition often doesn't feel that exceptional. Like I know intuitively that SS Ethan is strong, but he never quite feels that great in CS or in Gauntlet.

14) Fairy Perhaps another contentious one, given recent additions, but Fairy sucks ass bro. How do you have three goddamn Zone setters and not one of them helps physical? I know Rain has similar issues, but Calem at least tries. I think the main problem is that no one actually fixes the issues present. Diantha, SS Wally, and Bede are the only good damage dealers, but anything else? Get out. Valerie got a shit grid, Mina's stats let her down, Lodge Lillie is great for Stall but needs EX to function as a competent syncer. And there's like no general pool fairies. Even at the top, NY!Lisia doesn't have a single good Zone setting partner, holding the type back way further than it needs to be. "But Sycamore-" always takes first sync and has serious issues with survival given how many Fairy-weak stages are physical. Despite having like a billion options to choose from, Fairy still feels like one of the worst types, which is staggering.

13) Steel On the one hand. Palentine's Marnie is a very good partner to the majority of the Steel type. On the other. Gauges are atrocious on literally everyone who isn't Molayne. Like, why are gauges so hard to work with on this type? And Marnie being so slow is the biggest problem, it doubles down on the worst aspect of the type. I do think Steel has some decent if limited performers in the F2P pool, and Gloria popped off but only really takes off under certain conditions. The type isn't exactly hurting, this is a fair break from the other types I think are just bad, but Steel does not feel like it's doing particularly well.

12) Ice I am going to make the bold declaration that Ice went from the worst type, to #12 overall, solely from Irida's inclusion. Like, if it were just SS Silver, I think I'd still put this at the bottom. But the Zone setter for this type went so hard that she's pulling Lorelei to off-type clears. That is, to put it bluntly, insane. The type went ballistic with Irida's presence. But as we're soon to find out, it takes more than one good sync pair to save a type, and when Irida isn't in play, oh my god does this type suck. It's the only weather to not have a competent support. All of your damage dealers are bad. Ghetsis has serious claim to the title of "Worst Legendary Pair," with people like me being entirely serious about Candice seeming better. The type was in complete shambles, and Irida alone does not make it good. Moreover, she helps the worst in the type, not the best, so Ice tends to not feel like a standout performer.

11) Ground Ground is blessed with Courtney, a general pool pair with Zone access. This is unheard of. She's literally the only one in the general pool with this effect. That's how bad Ground was. But time has been good to the type, and has resulted in them getting much needed improvement. SS Giovanni was a CS killer, Cynthia's expansions popped off, Maxie remains relevant, and Bertha and Courtney offered legitimately good general pool ground-type damage. These are the traits that put it above Ice. The trait that holds it back is that your F2P pairs are garbage. Naomi's good, but she's limited F2P, so that's not counted. Hapu and Clay were like the only Ground types most players had in my day, and are still the only really accessible options. And they are trash. They are absolute trash. Even with advances in the meta, they fail constantly. Ground succeeds by virtue of being less pigeonholed into a single option to make the type function, but it's definitely not good. I think it just needs a seriously good Lodge Striker in the type, and we'll call Ground much better.

10) Rock Rock is like Ice, if Ice had some competent independent performers. The type lives and dies now by the good graces of SS Diantha, who is the only way to salvage SS Brock, Grant, and Kukui. Again, you can't rely on one option, but thankfully it wasn't. Olivia was a great CS striker with her absurd sync, and the triple premium options of C!Blue, Emmet, and SC Hilda carried well enough to work. Rock wasn't as down and out as Ice was at its lowest point. But it's also never really risen to fame. There's not a great Rock-type solution. Emmet relies entirely on Sandstorm, Blue is the awkward physical sync/special DPS, and SC Hilda's technically weaker than both but more consistent, if reliant on setup support for attack and speed. They have options but nothing exceptional yet. Roxanne alt when?

9) Dragon Dragon has some of the better damage dealers in the game, so why am I being mean? Because they're not that great. Unless you are the combination of SS Brendan, Lucas, and SS Serena, Dragon is not doing so hot. Lance's expansion was good but not Cynthia tier, and C!Iris is falling off really hard. The bottom of the barrel picks are so bad as to be laughable (Sorry Iris and Clair, I love you but oh my god), and the free legendary pairs are awkward. Cyrus has better Water damage than Dragon, and Zinniquaza has a lot of competing demands. The type functions. It does well enough, but truthfully I consider it like the exact middle of the road type. Good enough that it's not struggling, but not so good it's standing out.

8) Fighting If Fighting succeeds at anything, it's having two exceptional Zone setters. Fairy may have three, but they're all super limited. Fighting is not so limited. On the one hand, Aura Cynthia is perfect godwall that emphasizes DPS play on a type with a ton of high-DPS options. On the other, NC Hop is fantastic debuffing potential and manual Zone, to let allies sync as needed. These are insanely strong tools that give the type relevance. Add to it, they have a standout performer in SC Diantha, who is so good that Cynthia not supporting her sync was considered a knock against Cynthia. And among F2P options, Bruno is fairly competent. But you'll note the issue. Each side only has one competent actor to follow up. A!Cynthia does not fully support the offensive buff needs of a pair like Brawly or Marshal. Hop can take a different support, but he's the type of Zone setter that eclipses the significance of any possible partner, which I consider a detriment. Why have other options if Hop is just better than all of them? So Fighting exists in a space with some real standouts, but there are very few of them, and don't ask about the rest.

7) Ghost Oh yeah, Ghost type. When I started, Anni Lillie was the big name. Ghost was considered one of the worst types, just no competent damage dealers. But when Lillie showed up, suddenly it was relevant. And I feel like every step since has been trying to make everyone better so Lillie is worse. Lillie had serious, notable limitations, and SS Korrina doesn't seem nearly as limited by comparison. Fantina and Shauntal are exceptional damage dealers on a cheaper budget, and Agatha is one of the best technical supports with Sleep and tremendous gauge control. Renegade Cynthia as their Zone setter could be better, but has a lot of beneficial tools for her type as well. Even for support, BP Morty and Lodge Morty are some of the best F2P pairs you can grab, while SC Lillie is the most efficient Sp Atk/Crit buffer around. While there are still some pairs that really struggle, Ghost is a type significantly improved, with a lot of viable options that compete.

6) Electric Electric was the forgotten child when I started playing. The three great types of Fire, Water, and Psychic had their field effects, and were known for crazy offensive potential because of them. But Electric also had one, dangit! Why weren't they as relevant? Well, it's because N had some glaring setup and gauge issues, and Marnie was a Tech with relatively limited DPS. Electric Terrain had no one to big up. Nowadays, Electric has the best sync pair in the game with SST Red, and the highest DPS by miles in Ash. So why isn't it top 5? Because its F2P game still sucks. Marnie and N got huge improvements, but when you look outside of premium? Elesa's fine but not exceptional. Hau, Sophocles, Surge, and BP Surge are all atrocious. Volkner's fairly poor as a terrain setter, Hau's Buddy move makes his terrain much worse off, and SST Red is so stupid good that partners are optional. The lower class in this type suck and need help, and their help is not helping. Electric is a type that, to this day, when I opt for more F2P budget runs, is the type I hate facing most. The options outside of premium are just so bad. It's like dying for a good Lodge striker.

5) Psychic At this point, I want to preface by saying I play a certain way, and pick favorites based on utility. Among the Three Great Types, Psychic fell off the hardest in the damage meta. You know it's bad when Lear, a sync pair nearly two years old, is still like the best sync nuker. Electric decisively has stronger options. But. Psychic's F2P and general pool game is immaculate, and while they're on longer top performers, premium pairs still put in exceptional work. Moreover, you have the blessing of Lucian, the supreme general pool unit, Giovanni's insane power, and Mesprit as the best Master BP pair. Psychic maintains relevance, but I feel like it's on the cusp of slipping really hard if it doesn't step up its game. Yes, C!Bede as the best support in the game is a massive win for it, but what it's really looking for as a specific archetype is the Terrain Supporter. It wants its SS Morty. So far we're getting Bianca, who's fine but falling off; Anni May, who's alright but got a bad expansion; and SS Lana, who frankly just makes CS conditions more annoying by removing the option for Physical Damage Reduction 8. I think the Terrain setters have, over time, been revealed to be really bad. They're far more focused on damage than utility, and it's to the type's detriment.

4) Water When I started, Water was the de facto best type. Archie ruled the meta with an iron fist, and having both Roxanne and May in his corner just made the whole situation perfect. It's been two years since those days, and in a meta with NC Serena and SS Lysandre, why do I think Water fell from grace? Well, a few reasons. While Water has one of the highest potential ceilings for damage, and some really standout performers...its F2P game kinda sucks ass. No, I'm sorry, we need to talk about this. Unless you have EX Siebold, F2P Water is handled by Cyrus, a Dragon. Your actual Water pairs are garbage. Lodge Rosa and Lodge Silver are terrible at their jobs. Lodge May struggles ridiculously to compete. Barry has really difficult sync conditions to fulfill. Crasher Wake needs the foe to be flinched which is a death sentence. Water lives and dies by its premium fare, and while that includes many a busted damage dealer and one of the best supports to ever do it, their floor is quite low. Moreover, three Rain supports, and not one of them perfectly helps SS Grimsley. Poor dude. Water has a lot of support behind it, so it's definitely in the upper echelon of types. But I think time and an evolving meta has made Water less versatile. It's all high DPS premium stuff while anything below that seems to struggle without SS Kris' presence.

3) Fire Fire, as one of the Three Great Types with Water and Psychic, succeeded based on having a field effect that was easily accessed. Only four types did, but Fire was considered one of the best, due to the routine application of some of the dumbest DPS units available in SS Red and Leon. Fire never let up on that particular gas, producing constant offensive powerhouses with fairly efficient self-setup. The reason I think Fire adapted better than Water, however, is that Fire has SS Morty. See, Fire figured something out. Instead of raw DPS and pumping that higher, Morty offers the alternative: I've got enough firepower, what I need is survival. And they hired someone immortal. Fire feels more versatile than Water now, and better able to handle the nonsense that's thrown their way. Moreover, every Fire type, barring like Flint I guess, benefits from Morty. There are Water types that don't mesh with Kris. But every Fire type that doesn't cap crit, handles offense well enough. And if they don't (Leon), Eevee Lucas filled the gap. Fire is just...consistent and efficient and flexible. I think they got it all down pat. But they also don't reach the same plateau that Water does. There's no obscene damage comp like Dual Frogs + SS Lysandre. SS May is great, but not as good as Dojo Gloria. Water one-ups Fire's damage, but I think Fire just offers better utility.

2) Grass Grass types recently went ballistic. SS Lyra was the first popping off. Not only did they get Grassy Terrain to finally join the field effect meta, but Lyra's guaranteed flinch rate with easy quad queue made literally anything viable, without Lyra completely overshadowing her teammates offensively. Grass had some odds and ends additions, including the incredibly fun SC Rosa, but largely kinda held back as a consistent but decisively okay type. And then SS Acerola showed up, and packed the most consistent physical DPS stacking you could imagine. And now we got Adaman, who's offering absurd damage with no gauge cost, and permanent Sun. Grass was already doing well, but it's exploded recently. I think it's still in a position overall where it would really like some better special support, but it's hard to find fault with Grass. Moreover, it carries the same general benefits as Psychic, thanks to a wide array of supporting tools. Sleep Powder Ramos, Stall Master BP Erika, Gauntlet Master base Erika, SS Leaf's shenanigans going through the roof, SC Rosa's fascinating debuff combination. Grass just offers a lot of value, and some generally unstoppable team compositions.

1) Dark But nobody is doing it like Dark. For a while, Dark was one of my least favorite types. You just had like nothing good to work with. Nanu wasn't damage, BP Karen just died, base Karen struggled like hell, Grimsley was there. But man, things have changed. Not for Grimsley. He's still a mess. But like...SS Cyrus came in as a great disruptive tool with Zone. He didn't specifically boost damage of allies, but the AoE sleep was valuable on literally any team, making him one of the better Zone setters. Champion Calem then came in with tremendous benefits to the physical side of the type, while offering some support to special. Then SC Zinnia came in, perfectly complemented his needs, and packed some of the funniest broken nonsense available, including shutting down all buffs for the enemy team for a duration, and a 70% flinch rate and zero gauge cost on unbuffed foes. And of course, NC Marnie comes in with Ash-like survival, sacrificing his absurd Buddy move DPS for more consistent damage and a 50-60% flinch rate. Dark is riding high, and it's incredibly hard to find a flaw in the type. Even among F2P pairs, Nanu got an insanely good grid, base Karen popped off on her expansion and it turns out my fear around BP Karen was unfounded because damn she gets a job done. Dark currently feels like the strongest and most well-rounded team composition. It actually leads the sync damage leaderboard, though Dark-type NC Serena. Dark's just been on a roll lately.

#pokemon masters #ranking the types

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incarnateirony · 2 years

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"Pat recently told people a completely misrepresented statement and they were confused." TELL ME MORE, PAT.

Dumb motherfucker still can't answer a bunch of shit. You do realize people can be consulting without it being stuck on a forehead for you, right? skdfjskdjf jesus christ I love how pat's so fuckin thick as a brick he thinks these authors all exist in domes where they don't talk to each other and can't figure out how "guy tweeting about better call saul exactly during the reshoots that's bffs, not bfs, you ignorant sod, with the showrunner, and the show getting reshoots inspired by BCS" connects. Like. Fucking negative IQ points.

remember the "WTF?" about the domestic jokes was AFTER I was already pointing out to you numpties that they were best friends that shared plotlines so I went to dig up tweets and tripped on that shit? Yeah. That doesn't delete the other history you idiot. everything else is you straight up lacking a sense of humor as i mock the absurdity of your ignorance and joke about "uwu boyfwiends" and you're legit going AH HAH! SEE!

yeah i know his fuckin boyfriend too, he brought him to season 15 SDCC. you know, at the panel i was asked for at. but hey, you wouldn't know this, since you don't know history. You just keep perceiving dunks from idiot lenses. I fuckin BET bob was confused since we've met his boyfriend, so what in gods green earth are you on about

Remember them mental gymnastics you were spinning about why jensen won't say jared's creatively involved? That's here. That's you. That's you, about 80 steps down the totem pole, getting information that's partial and you really, really think you know what's going on here buddy but you don't.

genuinely funny that misha randomly follows bobo berens 2 years after spn ends late on a weekend filming episode 7 and pat's making confused unga bunga noises.

I figured it out though, because pat's bad at handling sources he outted Jules has been his bad leak line the whole time from start to finish, from fake script to french rugaru, so it's no wonder he's arrogant. This is mary manchin all over again arguing that the market testing doesn't exist while I have the receipts. This is EXACTLY that thing I talk about of "fandom snakes think they can ladder climb to power and don't realize they're still at the bottom of shit mountain."

it's also funny because you can see the rate she gets scripts at if you track pat's dialogue evolution back. First it was "don't listen to the grifter we have no reason to believe Cas is here" then he buried that and pretended he never said that and started adjusting as the scripts came through to Jules' level that showed he was wrong, then suddenly he claimed he never said that, and there'd be Cas, but only a little bit, etc. His dialogue and lies are adjusting as he gets fed new information that she's discovering like 2 months behind me, this is gold

yall really are flying blind on this waiting for her to get a script she reads and advises on badly, huh. like you legit have no idea where it's going, huh. wow

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goldeklee · 9 months

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Baldur's Gate 3 is really good so far, though I feel like the difficulty can be a bit absurd at times. Wander around a bit, and suddenly the next encounter dunks my ass. Mayhaps I've been away from CRPGs for too long.

Also man, it's been a while since I dealt with RNG like this. I turned off Karmic Dice and had a far better time oddly enough.

#Baldur's Gate 3 #games #chittering

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dragon-ball-meta · 1 year

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10 ,19 and 23? By the way, it's me, Rokta.😶

10. The Dragon Ball series isn’t exactly known for being consistent with its story, its characters, and various other things. Which inconsistency irritates you the most? Well the thing is, I don't necessarily agree with a lot of the assertions people have about inconsistencies in the series. I think a lot of what's seen as inconsistent stems from extracanonical sources, though there are cases here and there. I suppose the one thing that probably irritates me the most is that, in the manga, when Trunks is warning about the Androids, he does rather explicitly say at the time it's Androids 19 and 20. Now if you know the story behind that, you know he was having to change things on the fly due to his editor calling him up and harping on him about this and that, how no one would find an old man and a doll appealing villains, which is why 17 and 18 (and 16) exist in the first place, only for him to say no one would be scared of them, so Cell was made, etc. But that had already been out to print and it was too late to do anything about it. The anime managed to avoid that, but... yeah. Now given that, sure. Fine. I can understand why that's a thing. What IRRITATES me the most about it though is that, in later editions of the DB manga, there were certain small mistakes fixed in editing, like Toriyama's math being off for what day certain events had to fall on. But for some reason, some unfathomable reason, they've always kept that glaring issue in there. So I suppose most of my irritation is actually with the editorial team picking and choosing what to "fix" instead of just doing a definitive release that fixes everything. 19. What is your opinion of Super?. I like the Super anime. I like it a LOT, in fact. And i think it's actually done wonders for the development and rejuvenation of certain characters. I think it could stand to do that for more of them, but hey. I do also love how we get to see more of these characters' day-to-day lives. It humanizes them more, and it also just serves as a lovely contrast and reminder of the absurdity and humor of things in this world as well. Now the Super MANGA on the other hand... I feel like it tries to almost shy away from those aspects, and the few times it doesn't it feels like it handles that material a lot more clumsily. I also feel they write the characters to be pretty OOC far more often than not, and handles them very inconsistently. Also focuses on the Saiyans to the exclusion of pretty much everyone else. Even when we see a brief glimpse of Krillin's home life, it's used to dunk on him, and we don't get to see anything for Tien, or Roshi. We don't get to see Piccolo get Gohan back into shape, it just happens off-page, and Goku and Gohan's relationship is depicted as a bit strained to boot, with Goku actually thinking it was absurd that they'd invite Gohan to the ToP, and being utterly unaware of his son's life or return to training. Vegeta's characterization is all over the place, and almost always adjusted to be as flattering in the moment as possible, be it for the "good guy" factor or the "badass" factor, even to the detriment of said characterization overall. It's just... comparatively, a mess. 23. What is your favorite technique?

It's just so badass and potentially deadly, it takes real skill and precision to wield and control it like he does.

#ask away #asks #Dragon Ball #Dragon Ball Z #Dragon Ball Super #DB #DBZ #DBS #Dragonball #Dragonball Z

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fanbun · 1 year

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I guess I’ll give my lengthy opinions on Full Meta Jackrick

It was funnier than some of the other episodes in the season in a dumb random humor way but the meta commentary also came across as very pretentious, especially when they brought in Joseph Campbell voiced by Dan Harmon.

The self-deprecation the writers expressed when they used Rick to call the episode concept bad and the puns groan-inducing was half amusing and half annoying, given that they still did exactly what they were criticizing without offering any unique spin that would elevate it.

The best part was the cold open and intro for leaning into absurd vignettes. As soon as the episode tried to inject structure into the concept, I felt it lost most of the initial charm.

There was no meta joke about the show’s recent abundance of incest humor. Missed opportunity.

The “Previously on Jesus Christ” joke made me laugh a lot though.

Also this:

I enjoyed everything about the Rhett Caan scene. The fact that he was a ridiculously overpowered menace that Rick regretted unleashing actually seemed sort of smart. I, too, worry about Rick and Morty falling into the trap of needing to retcon or ignore previous scenes due to the writers’ lack of planning for major plot elements.

Marvin the Cowardly Security Guard got a decent chuckle out of me too. What a likable guy.

“Rick can’t change” said by the writing guru yet we’re repeatedly shown Rick treating Morty with gentle kindness in this episode. I’m getting mixed messages here.

Rick thinking Joseph Campbell got Morty pregnant and repeatedly dunking his head in a bucket of water was so out of left field. In a good way. I think.

Story Lord being smothered to death by a knock-off looking Rick plush had no right being as funny as it was.

As a sequel, the episode did seem to be criticizing the original Never Ricking Morty a lot... which is interesting even though it’s also frustrating that they spent an entire episode to do that. It sadly did feel like it was retreading too much of the same ground by bringing back Story Lord, but Rick’s distaste for meta commentary was a major difference I could appreciate. I HOPE this means that the writers are aware of how an over-reliance on meta references can harm fan investment.

This moment in particular where Rick rejects the meta character and reinforces Morty’s significance as a character who’s actually real and important to him is excellent:

I still wish the “previously on” segments were tied more directly into the show’s concept of the multiverse to better integrate it with canon. Idk, something like there being a leak between different realities. The characters entering the “meta layer” was a little too on the nose for me and shattered immersion. (Yes, this too was commented upon but I still didn’t LIKE it.)

At least we got confirmation that the Rick and Morty at the end of Never Ricking Morty were the same ones we’ve been following since there was a fan theory floating around that they were different ones entirely. That means the Rick who told Morty to “give grandpa a kiss” was in fact C-137.

#Rick and Morty #Full Meta Jackrick #rick and morty season 6 #rnm criticism #rnm meta #long post #btw I liked the episode better upon rewatch and my opinions kept evolving as I was writing this

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inanimate-sludgesanity · 1 year

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Hey tumblr object show community how we feeling about my chaotic host duo

gonna put some lil bits of more info about em under the read more if you want

Traffic Light . Garrett Ganmor . (He/Him) . 27 . 6'3

Just a silly and eccentric guy who wanted to start his own object competition show

Lights switch depending on emotion (specifically how negative it is, green is default, yellow being a bit "euhhh", and red being, like, really bad) ((his face will move with the lights but his arms stay on green))

Despite being robotic, hes fairly water resistent (due to him being a traffic light of course, duh) ((dunking him in a pool of water is still not advised though))

Tries to pull a facade of being a chill calm levelheadded guy, but actually looses his cool really quickly especially when things dont go according to plan, he is completely unaware that hes not fooling anyone

Total safety nut, everythings gotta be perfectly safe for all of his contestants at all times, to an... absurd degree sometimes honestly

G.B.M. (Gumball Machine) . Bradley Dunwoodey . (He/They) . ?? . 6'11

The Other Host of the show, nobody agreed to this except for him, but they can't get him to leave

Was the host of his own object show previously in the same place that Traffic Light picked for his, but died in an incident where his head shattered without access to a recovery machine

Yes, the gumballs are perfectly edible. He becomes physically ill once he runs low on them though, at least they regenerate over time

Is relatively apathetic in his undead state, but glimpses here and there of his old friendly and silly personality still occasionally show through

Total opposite of Traffic's obsession with safety, since his head shattered and he was "perfectly fine" he sees no issue with more dangerous challenges

#sludge's art #osc #object show community #object oc #original characters

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briarandhissecretgarden · 11 months

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still thinking about Briar and his silly little actions that he does in his room. He's so weird but it makes sense to me because I like it. He gets overwhelmed from a messy place, specifically any desk or work station, but he lacks the little click in his head that tells him to throw away those trashes or put the dishes in the sink. He's lazy in a way. struggles to break out of focus when he's working on something and just has to continue lest that desire vanish in the few minutes it takes him to put everything in it's proper place. Difficult for him very much so.

Apparently putting the things aside means they're no longer there. Briar has depression, perhaps that's part of it. I mean who wouldn't struggle with things like that when you've got so much pressure on yourself? It's an awful feeling.

Briar walks and talks a lot when he thinks, he thinks out loud. he says a lot of things that don't make sense, he reassures himself, he accuses himself of things, he talks himself down. Many Many things he does all so he can think.

"I wasn't quite confident, so maybe next time I'll try this or that. Maybe then, but I don't- no no that can't be correct. Pity on my soul, this is absurd."

"How strange, how lovely. Small little creatures dimensions away from their home yet they still live as if they're in their original world. Sweet disgusting little things. You could not live here.

"I didn't think it would've taken this long, no- no- don't think that way. For how long must we wait here? A reaction? A sign that'll never come? Oh ridiculous, woefully ridiculous!"

"That speaks to me in a language I do not comprehend. Oh but, who am I to judge it's validity? Oh my friend you have much to learn."

Silly little many who talks to himself far too often. I wonder what he'd think of everything and I get to come up with it all!! I want to answer the last few asks I had on this account, he's lovely and can talk so damn much.

He loves apples. They were one of the few remnants of the Overworld in the Nether. Golden Apples are a somewhat rarity and they were kept with the Bastions best treasure. Although, surely one that is so close to their leader or a friendly Brute would allow someone a taste. They weren't ever talked about and eating them was a stupid thing to do. You could see the small potion particles flowing from their mouth and nose whenever they talked or breathed out. Briar was able to make potions with some useful effects, like fire resistance, though those tend to be a bit hard to get down. Magma cream is thick and had a burnt taste to it, a spicy quality that burns your tongue and throat, but lacking all the nice flavor of a hot pepper.

Anyways, Briar has gotten used to the taste of most of these potions. Briar struggles with not reacting too well to pain and other sensations. He tends to not notice or feel pain too much, very very high pain tolerance. He does have a very bad habit of just dunking his prosthetic arm into lava, the blackstone protecting it from being burnt completely, however sometimes the gold will melt and drip down onto tables or floors. Idiot pig, he recognizes this happens and keeps doing it. He often uses his arm as a block like a shield or armor (think piglin brutes and their arms).

thats all for now, maybe ill write up a post about my potion and magic ideas :0)

#minecraft oc #minecraft piglin #minecraft headcanons #loreofmyworld

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Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon

Though it was made with good intentions and was, by some accounts, successful at educating children about diabetes, Captain Novolin is ridiculed amongst gamers who remember it, making it an easy target for satirical articles and harsh YouTube reviews alike. While it’s easy to dunk on nowadays for a variety of reasons, it was apparently successful enough for publisher Raya Systems to justify backing three more educational games for the SNES, one of which was Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon. Developed by the same team that worked on Captain Novolin, Sculptured Software, along with the support of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rex Ronan was designed to educate kids on tobacco use by showing them the potential horrors it can inflict on the human body. Rex Ronan feels more like a conventional video game than Captain Novolin did in how it contains higher concentrations of action and other expected video game-isms, but this choice is ultimately to its detriment. Thanks to an utterly absurd premise, rougher controls, and fewer mechanics that actually tie into educating its players, Rex Ronan struggles to make good on its intent in both its original context and in a world where information is more readily available than ever before.