#dragontown

[dimalink]

Alice Cooper – hey, stupid! Rock musician at the concert!

Drawing about music theme. Alice Cooper, rock musician during the concert. Drawing is based on some photo. And musician has lots of albums. With the most different sound. Someone likes it something like this, and someone another likes more like something else. One album or another one.

As I can say. Big selection. So, I remember these days, how I start to listen with records Brutal Planet, DragonTown. I like a lot Hey Stupid. Well, maybe, it is my personal choice! Hey bro, take it slow! Well, it is going from the first strings, u know! I think, this is my fav disk. But, there are, also, lots of cool things too. I like Flush the Fashion, Constrictor is excellent record. Trash is super class! Well, lots of different things!

So, I decide to draw musician. Well, I am a music listener by myself. Alice Copper came to your town with a concert. With style of Hey Stupid. Well, decide it for yourself – what record do you like the most. Maybe, it is mystical DragonTown, or heavy metal Brutal Planet. Simple, my favorite cd is Hey Stupid. So, he came to your place. And it starts a first song. Strong chords. It is going some rock. Alice is going on the stage. It is dark all around. Light is shining over musician. Everything is so spectacular! Excellent show – as I can say!

Hey bro! Take it slow! – it is starting a first song!

A lots of music listeners came to a music concert. To listen interesting songs. It will be lots of cool songs.  As I can say it is a good day today!

You ain`t live in a video! – Alice Cooper sings next. And he is performing some moves.

It is all in a fog. And light is dark. Dark blue. And to the center - it is more close to white. Interesting spectacular things! Fog, vapor. Light things. Everything is looks so cool!

So, for a long time, I think about to draw by music. I am a music listener by myself. So, this is my first drawing, and this is remarkable point for me. Before that, I spent lots of time. And now I will do it faster! And, so, it is music theme.

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[zorilleerrant]

Monkey Prince #8

Find an underwater explosion.

See pinned for rules.

[m0dernchr0n1cles]

Rewriting DC Monkey Prince & Nezha: Fixing the lore

Now, I am going to "fix" the lore of Monkey Prince, and here is where you can criticize me

Credit to @journeytothewestresearch, @sonicasura, @ryin-silverfish

Gene Luen Yang is obviously a fan of Sun Wukong (read American Born Chinese), but he didn't understand the more obscure parts of Journey to the West.

It really did seem like he was writing based on what vague memories he got from watching Journey to the West 1986 (great adaptation) as a child, and didn't doing any more research.

The circlet was a torture device, a restraining bolt to keep Sun Wukong from doing terrible things. It should not be used to help Marcus "practice focus".

Zhu Bajie as a mentor is a weird choice, but it could've worked if it was handled properly (look at Black Myth: Wukong). Instead, we get a blank-slate blob trying to play Uncle Iroh to Yang's self-insert.

The Gold and Silver Demons were two of Laozi's assistants that were sent to test the pilgrims' mettle, and even then, they weren't rampaging across China. They were fairly affable, respectful and loving towards their mother and uncle, and they were even willing to return the monk when their mother was murdered.

After they were defeated, they were returned to their true forms, apologized, and returned to Heaven.

Red Boy's Batman-esque origin was a giant wasted opportunity, and I feel like Yang forgot he existed after #0 pilot, until someone brought it up, and he was forced to make Red Boy relevant.

Dragons are supposed to be incredibly powerful (especially Ao Guang, the eldest brother and Dragon King of the East Sea). Having them living near Atlantis in "Dragontown" retirement home feels a bit like a downgrade, especially considering that Ao Guang's younger kids, Ao Bing and Longnü, are highly respected (Ao Bing became Star Officer of Huagai, Longnü became a disciple of Guan Yin).

If you want to hear me rant about Nezha, click here and here.

Fixing This in 新神榜：孙太子

There is how I would redo it in my rewrite:

I'm borrowing a lot of lore from the New Gods movies

Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan were not killed by Darkseid. Instead, Darkseid tried to kill the Jade Emperor.

After Darkseid attacked the Heavenly Court, the Court was in complete disarray. A council of regents, unofficially led by the Queen Mother of the West, are now in charge. Many internal investigations were done in order to "root out the traitors" (get rid of people they didn't like). Many gods and immortals were kicked out of Heaven or replaced.

Sun Wukong mysteriously disappeared. All that is known was that there was an ordered attack on Flower Fruit Mountain, and a conflict between him and Yang Jian, and that was it. Any witnesses to the aftermath were unable to be reached.

Laozi's lab assistants fell to earth and became the Gold and Sliver Demons again, and they are trying to form a crime family.

Nezha was kicked out, and replaced with Devil Nezha, who was held in place by the Huntian Ling. After Devil Nezha realized how he was nothing but a pawn for the amusement of the Court, he tried to rebel, only to be sealed away.

Nezha's weapons were carefully divided up and hidden away.

Nezha fell to earth, and eventually reincarnated into Li Yunxiang.

Ao Bing fell to earth, and eventually reincarnated (with Ao Guang's intervention) into De Zheng.

The Dragon Clans each became major crime syndicates, establishing their own power base.

De 德家 = East

Li 利家 = South

Shun 顺家 = West

Song 松家 = North

Yang Jian is firmly keeping his hands out of Heaven's nonsense, deciding to kick up his feet and take an extended vacation. He only gets involved when he sees that his old friend's reincarnation is in danger.

Red Boy has been studying under Guan Yin, and is close friends with another disciple, a girl who is strangely hush-hush about her past life.

Seeing the chaos of the Lower Realm, the Heavenly Court tries to reestablish control through more insidious methods.

Zhu Bajie does not become Marcus' "Shifu 师父", instead he is his "Martial Uncle 师叔". He's less of a mentor, more like a cool uncle that gives life advice.

It makes sense since Sun Wukong was Zhu Bajie's "Elder Martial Brother 师兄", and how the master-disciple relationship works is an adoption of sorts, with the master become a "father" and the disciple becoming a "son".

Marcus is left to his own devices a lot of the time, which causes problems, which forces Bajie to be more responsible (so Bajie also gets a bit of a character arc).

Marcus gets to have multiple mentors (Yang Jian, Li Yunxiang, etc). There is a constant argument about whether it is a good thing for Marcus to be a hero, or if they should find a way to seal away his powers so he can live a normal life.

Marcus does not get a circlet. Instead, when he does something stupid, Bajie just whacks him upside the head.

Include more characters from Journey to the West. Specifically the ones that are actual threats (or have connections to other characters)

Here are the ones I'm going to use:

Gold and Silver Horn Demons

Nine-Headed Bug/Demon

Lady Earthflow

Hundred-Eyed Daoist

Yellow Wind Demon

Black Wind Demon

Red Boy

[metalcultbrigade]

Alice Cooper - Dragontown. 18/09/2001

[dirtreally]

playing through every fuckinggg vvideo game with gay bitches in it to try and salvage the last 2 weeks of my break. effortpost incoming

potionomics:

kind of insane how high effort the presentation is. the past ten years have been leading up to a kind of cultural dominance of Matte 3D (spiderverse, borderlands, arcane, and every work trying to cop the vibe of any of these three things) so even though this is literally the thing that Matte 3D was supposed to be a break from it still feels refreshing to see an incredibly high effort well-arted-out Shiny 3D thing that splits the difference between "looks like anime" and "looks like a western thingy tryna be anime" really well. of course with shit like The Super Dope And Viral Digital Circus becoming skibidi level popular i can only assume that we're gonna get ten years of Shiny 3D coming up and the ouroboros devours its own tail but right now it still feels fresh in the moment

that being said mannnnnnnnnnn fuck all the stupid ass characters in this game. the writing in this game has the unenviable task of like. trying to sound Whoalsome (cuz it has to market itself that way) while being not as annoying as like when cartoons and games and shit do le quirky dialogue (cuz if you do that now people yell at you on twitter) and for the most part it succeeds but it kind of doesnt matter when every single fuckinggggggg social link conversation is about like your adventurer friend telling you how they feel imposter syndrome about being in a fantasy rpg guild before asking you Okay But Really Though How Can I Contribute To Woke Capitalism While Prompting Reform As A Budding Small Business Owner In Dragontown❓ Awful. you can be gay and have one of several epic girlfriends in this but even after all that they only talk about how they are choosing to work with small clients with their marketing firm (not a joke) fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc kkkkkk. they dont even show up when you win the fucking potionomics tournament so who cares.

half the steam reviews are bitching about the day limit thing which is fucking insane to me. the game is extremely generous with your time and the day limit at least sets your ass on fire a little bit which is the only uncomplicated positive emotion thsi game gave me. you might fuck up the first 10-day cycle once or twice but if you can clear that you can do the whole game. i maxed out all the social links and ccleared everything and It Was Fine. also there's a really scary egyptian stereotype character.

summon night swordcraft story:

i played this shit because i saw hazel talk about it being surprisingly gay ina video then i play it and if you do the personality quiz at the start of the game good your summonable creature is just straight up a woman who wants to fuck you. so then i watch the hazel video again and she didnt even get or mention that character. crazy.

anyway the summonable woman thing is kind of fucking epic especially with how played straight it is b ut also really funny to think about. every single other character summons like a cute stage 1 digimon type creature to help them out in battle and the creatures all fuck off when they're not fighting but your thing is a human woman with her tits out who just walks around with you all the time who wants you to fuck her (ESPECIALLY IF YOURE A WOMAN!!!!!!) all the time. i want to imagine that all the other ccharacters are like either incredibly mad or uncomfortable about this but just choose not to say anything about it.

i played this shit on a gba emulator on my phone while chilling on my bed and straight up if i got a steam deck and could play video games on my bed or while lying down it would bef ucking over for me. i would never get up. i think at this point its kind of essential for me that video games require the suck ass task of sitting on an ikea chair to be able to be played. either way its incredibly mechanically and textually light so its kind of perefect to be played while dicking around On Da Phone. the story is extremely standard jrpg but it is a little sweet that for the protagonist, becoming stronger is directly conflated with becoming kinder to other people and learning more about her world. again not the craziest thing in the world but its sweet

apparently da sequel is also gay but i kind of cannot be bothered to wwant to play it because the protag isn't as sauced up as this fucking girl. complete perfect harmony of artstyle and character design and the gba making all the art crunchy

ITS FUCKING PRATTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i usually do the thing of naming every rpg protag with my name whenever i play these things b ut this bitch has so much personality just thru her portrait and vibes alone that i stuck w the default name. idk i am extremely charmed by her shapes

crymachina

this shit looks soooo fucking good what the fuckkkkkk. i posted before about how it looks like the renders they used to have on the boxes of graphics cards but it really is Like That. most of it is still filtered through the lens of extremely NIS-america/JAST japanese enthusiast B-game jank but still. the prerendered cutscenes in this are straight up my favourite part of the game they are straight up gorgeous. god tier anime girl 3d artism

the aesthetic and story are both kind of insane hi-concept sci-fi bullshit to the point where i kind of have to salute it no matter what just for swinging that hard and high. extremely weird pacing and it feels like it got truncated at some point and a bunch of the stuff that was meant to be in the game got put inside some of the stupid ass nier-weapon-story-type things this game has. for the record i hate when any video game does thiis cuz eevery single weapon story is like. okay i spent 10 minutes looking for it but there's a meme with a nier weapon story screen and its like

Weapon story 1:

Girl:I am having heart surgery

Boy: I know... I love you

Weapon story 2:

After surgery when the girl woke up, with only her father next to her

Weapon Story 3:

Girl: Where is he???

Weapon story 4:

Father: who do you think gave you the heart?????

it's completely fucking insane to me that people will make fun of fallout skeletons and skyrim journals and shit like that as if this isn't on the exact same level

anyway its pretty good and like. blatantly about being a gay bitch on e very thematic level its kind of crazy. really fun game to think about. i don't like one of the artistic decisions made regarding one of the late-game twists but whatever. The way you unlock the final ending is one of the most fun ways to do it ive ever seen and i was incredibly pleased when i figured it out. the gameplay in every other aspect is extremely perfunctory but the way you unlock the final ending is kidn of just incredibly pog-worthy in a way that you can't really feel if you just watch a video or read a description of it, especially if you figure it out yourself.

THATTTTTTTTTTT BEING SAIDDDDDDDDDDDDD i think the ending is just Fine. I think i have a built in brain immunity or something to like. specifically sci fi video games cuz i saw this had the same thing as nier automata where a lot of people were going on about Auuuuuuu Fuckkkk I Cried At The Endddd So Crazyyyy but when i hit the final end i was just like Hruh That's It??? and spent like 10 minutes making sure if that was the final final for realsies ending. idunno man.

but also overall i still really liked this game and i still think it is extremely bold for what it does so if youve read this far and have 60-ish dollars to throw around you should absolutely buy it at its stupid ass japanesegameonsteam price cuz i wanna see more crap in the Cry_____ vein (crymachina was made after crystar which like. shares loose Vibe Associations but as far as i can tell is otherwise completely unrelated) and just more games that make as many crazy ass aesthetic decisions as this one. either way im definitely gonna keep an eye on what furyu puts out after this

ok thats it. im gonna try mary skelter 2 now hopefully i dont die

[odinsson2021]

Here's the Playlist of my Tonight's Show!

I hope you liked it!

Stormwitch-Rondo ala Turca The 69 Eyes-Brandon Lee Dee Snider-Desperado Alice Cooper-Dragontown Creed-My Sacrifice Bon Jovi-Bounce Pretty Maids-He who never lived Gotthard-What I like Tesla-What a Shame Alter Bridge-Broken Wings Motörhead-Suicide Shinedown-Heroes Shakra-Chains of Temptation Journey-The Place in your Heart Oz-Undercover – Undercover 24.11.23 Axel Rudi Pell-Tear down the Walls U.D.O.-Way of Life Therion-Ruler of Tamag – Leviathan III 15.12.23 Within Temptation-Mother Earth Dream Evil-M.O.M. Dragonforce-Power of the Triforce – Warp Speed Warriors 15.03.24 Avantasia-The Final Sacrifice Temperance-Darkness is just a Drawing – Hermitage/Darumas Eyes Pt. II 20.10.23 Evergrey-End of your Days Sons of Eternity-In Silence – End of Silence 08.12.23 Dio-I am Blind Guardian-Mr. Sandman

[captaineof7]

i mentioned a few alice cooper songs to my friend and he listened to them. with his dad. ‘dragontown’ is demonic was the consensus. i’m very glad that it was that and ‘shoe salesman’ and not like, ‘dead babies’ or ‘cold ethyl’

[jimekas]

An idea I have to make in a little silly comic (might also be a dnd idea):

Sign "Here lies dragon", with a dragon next to it.

Adventurer: Omg is what that sign says true? Is there a dragon burried here?

Dragon: Yes sadly...

A: Omg were you a relative of theirs?

D: They were a very close friend of mine... We maybe could have been more if only... If only... sobs

A: Omg, my sincere condolences, may they rest in peace. I'm so sorry, I won't bother you anymore, could you just point to me the way to the Dragontown?

D: Of course, it's this way.

A: Thanks, I wish you the best.

5 min later

Other dragon: I just saw someone entering the cursed forest, did you mislead an adventurer there again?

D: No.

OD: Goodness sake, you have to stop doing that!

D: Hey I have a sign to warn them before talking to me, it can't be more clear!

OD: That's false and you know it!

[heavypedia]

Lançado em 18 de setembro de 2001, Dragontown é o 22º álbum de estúdio de Alice Cooper. Com faixas como "Sex, Death and Money", "Triggerman" e "Fantasy Man", o álbum segue a temática iniciada em Brutal Planet, seu disco anterior, e apresenta uma sonoridade mais pesada, com influências do industrial. Foi também o primeiro álbum a não contar com nenhum single de trabalho divulgado.

Qual sua favorita desse disco?

Tags: #AliceCooper #Dragontown #RyanRoxie #GregSmith #KennyAronoff #TimPierce #BobMarlette #BrutalPlanet #Metal #HeavyMetal #IndustrialMetal #IndustrialRock #2000s #2000sMusic #2000sMetal #Heavypédia #Heavypedia #Heavycast #WilliamWayne #GaleriaDoRock #NaçãoRoqueira.

[randgugotur-6]

Sept 18th 2001 Alice Cooper released the album “Dragontown”

Did you know…

The track Disgraceland sees Cooper deliver verses while impersonating Elvis Presley.

[musicandmoviefan]

The one and only Alice Cooper!!!!

Alice Cooper - Dragontown (2001)

[biracy]

“Fantasy Man” is a fucking banger and the amount of people who don’t get it blows my mind

[rustjungle]

ORIGINAL CONTENT: Late night view of Republic Steel Niles plant, Niles, O. I think this was the first long exposure photo I’ve ever taken. Or the first one that came out. Took this from the rail road tracks behind the mill. Didn’t have a tripod, so balanced the body of the camera on a rail and built up a support for the lens by stacking limestone ballast. #therustjungle #steelvalley #steelmill #niles #nilesohio #dragontown #republic #republicsteel (at Niles Iron & Metal) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkICOGBMVs/?igshid=1umz9jkbamso4

[numamm]

วันสุข // Pocky Day 11/11 #gowithNM #PockyDay #11เดือน11 #DragonTown #TGIF #MSseason (at Dragon Town ดราก้อนทาวน์) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck0851Wy1J0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dduerksen]

Today’s jam #alicecooper #dragontown https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjf5E68O32j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[franken-fan]

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