Saying an RPG story is bad because it's tropey and simplistic is not helpful critique because it either means you hate that it has a basically good message not diluted by layers of irony or subversion, or that it has absolutely nothing to say at all because the writers are scared of having opinions
"but it's an anime rpg. of course the writing isn't going to be good" but what if it were though. what if it Were though. what if it were. just imagine a better future with me for one second. let yourself dream of beauty for one second
Nice argument, but I have drawn myself as the smug Naga the White Serpent and you as the frazzled and angrily befuddled Lina Inverse.
Space Leech@spaceleech.bsky.social · 6h agoNice argument, but I have drawn myself as the smug Rally Vincent and you as the diminutive and annoyed "Minnie" May Hopkins.
People love to say the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is so hard that native speakers would fail it. That's bunk. The JLPT is built for non-native speakers and is all multiple-choice, so native speakers can pass it easily.
Just saw a Reddit dating advice thread that was like "Guy tried to play off takeout as his own cooking. Red flag or endearing?" and I scrolled down ready to read all the Steamed Hams jokes, but instead it was mostly just actual advice. What the fuck
dietrich: what are those bizarre idols in your possession fabio, closing his fingers over his my melody & kuromi keychains: if you willed it... they might be "us" dietrich: hmph. the pink one, has it killed? fabio: most assuredly dietrich, clipping it to answerer: very well then
have got into a "discussion" on Reddit with some woo woo merchant selling the magic power of binaural sound or whatever and he keeps talking about brown noise and I keep responding as if he's talking about the brown note and asking why he thinks shitting yourself aids meditation
Your mention of 2010s slice of life anime blending together reminded me of when my friends and I made a list of movies with characters posed against a blue sky on the poster (after similarly confusing them with each other)(likely very incomplete and definitely wildly out of date). boxd.it/1v2ua
Hey there, Mr. Blue Sky Anime
Various anime whose poster feature characters standing/flying in front of a beautifully rendered blue sky. I have nothing against these films, just highlighting a poster trend that some friends and I ...
boxd.it
anyway if there's one anime Thing we need to return to while also lifting it out of the past generations' often abysmal sex humour it's fantasy comedy anime with women who are approximately 80% boob, pauldron and hair and naming themes based inexplicably on desserts and beverages
while making comments about a robot anime focusing on the characters is a good way to get yelled at online there's a point where you're deep enough in the weeds of robot anime that you have That Show probably from the 70s/80s that made you want to eat your head rather than be exposed to its cast
whenever reviews knock a JRPG for its story or writing being trite or tropey or whatever it's a 50/50 coinflip really whether they're actually just mad it's camp or melodramatic, or if they're being coy and you're about to be blasted by some of the worst writing and characterisation ever seen
Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h
saw a tumblr post along the lines of "imagine if the magic animal that makes magical girls did things like explain the dangers to them and got parental consent" and fuck off for two reasons
You will not believe how much sweet, sweet answer spills out when you hit this question premise with a stick.
@gmenfin.bsky.social · 3d agoHow I tried and (mostly) failed to disentangle the myths about the origins of the Mexican piñata... www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
Applied online, showed up for “orientation” in the conference room of a hotel. The guy asked if anybody had any questions, I raised my hand and asked if it was a pyramid scheme. The guy gestured to a pyramid shaped diagram behind him while calling us quitters and losers as half of us walked out
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 6d agoIn honor of the fired lady tell me about your shortest job tenure. I worked at a candy store for less than 2 weeks when I was like 16
a lot of '68 was rooted in the specifically shitty conditions imposed on French students (and was successful in causing change in that, at least!). Not being able to have your girlfriend/boyfriend over in your room was a big thing!
@kahaykeypants.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m sure the ‘68 protests were about real material concerns but it’s legacy for me is that I was forced to read the most insufferable critical theory books written by people who considered it the best final days of the school year ever.
my new "i really want to get people interested in this" thing is a weird little wargame called QUAR that is basically world war 1 fought by little funny critters with extremely "small british village" coded names and tanks that look like akira toriyama designed valkyria chronicles
you know there's a lot ace combat 8 does right but the biggest thing that is largely going underexamined is the fact within like 8 missions it makes you feel genuine emotions for a guy you never meet who looks like Ron Swanson and flies a plane and played bass in a dad rock bad called Purple Magic