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OH I KNOW WHERE this is from it's that date everything game https://dateeverything.wiki.gg/wiki/Keith

ok admittedly a lot of the designs are as subtle as 16 cannon shots in a certain overture, but what can i say. i got tastes, im weak to them, fight me

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Old man coming in your way

ONLY SEEING THIS NOw;;;; MY BAD

who is this, did you know i love keys, an old man with a key???? this is fantastic thank you

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Pspspspsps

Pspspspspss

Old man coming in your way

ONLY SEEING THIS NOw;;;; MY BAD

who is this, did you know i love keys, an old man with a key???? this is fantastic thank you

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As AI art gets harder to clock, I feel like we are going to need to have a discussion about attribution and it's probably going to bum some people out.

Because the surest way to avoid platforming, reblogging, or encouraging AI art posting is to know where every image you share originated and that's 1) boring, tedious research and 2) extremely limiting in what you feel you can reblog. But if unattributed images never gets traction, people will start attributing their images.

I've been guilty of this in the past, but for a while now it's been my policy that if I can't verify the origin, I don't share the image. That goes for stuff like screen grabs of headlines too -- more than once I've avoided spreading misinformation by saving a post to research before I reblog, then seeing the post refuted before I've been able to verify it.

And I usually try to attribute photos I take -- case in point, the "woman with shrimp" post gets a lot of attention but not one comment about it being AI, despite it being pretty similar to something you'd get from an AI. That's because I clearly state it's in a museum and link to its catalogue page.

I'm not saying this to scold anyone -- I think yelling at the Internet to cite its sources is very much a losing game -- but because I don't see this discussed much. We're such fertile ground to be fooled by AI art because we've grown accustomed to not questioning the origins of any given image. And of course I also want to encourage both OPs to attribute their images and rebloggers to verify unattributed ones.

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hey guys have you ever heard of THE CHARACTER. i’m thinking about THE CHARACTER. honestly can’t even get shit done because i’m thinking about THE CHARACTER. i’m listening to a song and imagining THE CHARACTER. all i know and love is THE CHARACTER

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april is slowly ending and i had many plans for may, but i dont think i'll be able to fulfill any of them;;

i hope whatever Cool and Definitely Banger News that capcom got cookin for sf6 anniversary will make me want to do make stuff again idk.

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Damian sketch page for a friend who really… really likes the guy

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$24 cape for baby's first prime, very worth

my sharky boi

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i dont think i'll ever actually write the fic so i might as well share it in SOME capacity than not at all, right???

coulda shoulda woulda fic about Bison being amnesiac and a bit more introspective/ wary about his situation than he is in story:

as with previous post, i want to go more into the uncertainty Bison would feel in his situation regarding the other scientists, foot soldiers, or even the player avatar, who seem to know more about himself than he does.

themed something like a slice of life, of Bison's current day-to-day at the remains of Shadaloo's base.

im curious what amnesiac Bison would think of the different ways people react to him, and how it informs his own perception of who he was, is, and wants to be. the fear, the idolization; scientists treating him like an experimental subject, the faux reverance; the mutiny lurking under the surface; the player avatar and their unknowable agenda.

going through his impressions of each type of person he meets, and how he interacts with them.

and then, his horse. he can be so sure that he can trust this horse, who's earned his respect, who he saved from death. maybe he wonders if someone greater than he, had also saved him from whatever caused his amnesia. an event so great so as to make him forget and lose everything... but not his power. nor his confidence and hunger.

his power and status that everyone around him recognizes. most bow down, but more still who covet it, condemn it. he's certain he'd simply defeat whoever would stand in his way... but.. what exactly did his former self want? what is he fighting so hard for? he's certain he's the strongest version of "Bison" there is, but what happens if he loses to another clone of himself? i really want to see what would make him break and start having Existential Crisis over the whole, clone situation.

and ofc, throw some angst into him meeting FANG, the one who's done the most to help him genuinely, but the only one he cant remember.

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saw a cool advice about writing that got me thonking about JP and SF6 again so here is the post and also some incoherent Thoughts:

One of the reasons that makes JP so compelling to me is how his whole deal is contradictions. Contrast inherently generates interest, it's a core design principle. And stuff like surprise or unexpectedness are part of what makes humor funny, or, why good* twist endings are thrilling to uncover

*of course any narrative tool is only as good as its execution. illogical or forced "twist villains" are hated for this reason. neither will throwing every cool trope onto a character automatically make them a cool or well written character.

but regardless, i love that the devs were cognizant about the stuff the OP from screenshot is saying about how, people are not made up of rigid code. emotions make us do illogical things, or the circumstances leading up to a particular event.

so stuff like, JP is usually a calm and collected person, who doesn't get into physical fights because that's so beneath him. but you get his health down low enough, and he's got the meter for level 3,

when he's forced to stoop down low in this unnecessary fight, getting backed into a corner, that's when he shows his true colors. cutting loose with his critical art and reveling in the carnage.

or, why Ken is much more interesting to me in SF6 than before. he's been portrayed as a pretty positive guy, who's gotten his whole life ruined by getting framed. he's lost everything that matters to him, but the way he acts, as irrational it seems to people like Guile or Luke, makes total sense for the character. Ken's strong sense of justice and desire to protect his family are what pushed him further into his revenge quest. it's disheartening to see a 'hero' character losing himself to revenge, even entertaining murder to achieve it. it's an organic and believable development for his story

which might be why i can't help but want a bit more with Bison as a character, cause he really feels still... quite the same? despite yknow amnesia (which is already a bit of a cop out that ultimately doesnt do much like. him losing his memories changed... not much about his goals, or personality, or even circumstance. he's STILL trying to achieve absolute power and control, using Shadaloo, but it isnt exactly new for him???)

like take his horse: Bison sees the creature struggling to live, and respects the strength and tenacity of it, enough to bring it back to life using his powers, now made to serve him as his trusty steed. it's also... very reminiscent of FANG's story, him having shown great strength and tenacity against Bison, and being given a chance to serve him because Bison recognized FANG's strength like- this doesnt DO anything new to reveal more about Bison. yeah he values strength, yeah he values people (and horses) who are useful in serving him. but we've been knowing this already.

i wouldve much preferred seeing Bison be conflicted about, his own urges foe conquest for example, in having so much power already without an explanation or motivation for Why. we get him uncovering his past memories and such but, there just isnt a great character arc for him despite that. he's right back into "arrogant FOOLS"-ing everyone like day 2 of being amnesiac

i could even imagine his amnesia instead being used to subvert his actual "power' within Shadaloo. like, there COULD have been an exploration into the power dynamic between Bison and the scientists, who are experimenting with Psycho Power/ Bison's memories and physical state. stuff like classic patient/ researcher power imbalances.

also, we have the previous leader of this giant organization, who doesn't remember it at all- but he's being told he is. revered. feared. admired. by seemingly everyone around him. but then there's a whole other faction, Neo Shadaloo, that don't want Bison to be back in power again.

it's just dancing on the edge of exploring the tension with, who can he trust? who is REALLY serving him and his vision, and who are only using him to further their studies into Psycho Power, for their own gain? how much of the things he's being told, really what happened or things he did?

maybe it's my personal preference, but a SF6 Bison who is more paranoid and insecure about his safety, despite having so much physical power and command over everyone, because he's forgotten so much and can't ensure loyalty through fear/ force, is a more compelling angle for "all powerful dictator who has amnesia". idk it'd been a fresh spin on how previously, Bison didn't care at all about loyalty, only power and a willingness to serve. but having this new Bison have existential trust issues because of his memory issues seems both unexpected but natural, for someone in his predicament.

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accidentally acquired warframe brainrot

i will be giving the game another try since having played 2 hrs of it 9 years ago

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back on my bs again with SF6 and one Johann Petrovich,

so i was rerere-rereading the comics and had some stuff that i wanted to yap about, that i may have talked about already but oh well here it is again:

When Ken and Albert Jackson (Kimberly's uncle) are leaving the stadium by car, they run into a group of protestors. Among the crowd are members of Amnesia, wearing their masks.

They're the ones who shoot at Ken's car, so my read of it was that:

- Amnesia was posing as part of the protestors to push them to be more extreme, or at least give the impression to observers that they were

- Amnesia is actually the ones providing the protestor groups with weapons

- they targetted Ken, likely knowingly, with intent to harm or kill

I felt like this was somewhat contrary to JP's plans later on, where he uses Ken's likeness to frame him with a deepfake, then later using his match against Luke as the big bet to launder money through.

But I guess it still works out even if Ken died? Like, the deepfake would've gone through anyway, since they had footage of Ken secured that same morning. And if he was seemingly killed by the protestors, it would be more like accident or, tragic irony that the very faction he was supply weapons to are who took him out. Etc etc. Plus if he's dead, that's a loose end taken care of.

So assuming Ken's death was the original plan, having them intentionally run into open fire and getting taken care of then and there,

then the whole, "kidnap Mel and use him to threaten Ken into setting of bombs all over Nayshall" is improvised, in response to Ken still being alive and running around.

I think the threat with Ken works either way, whether it was planned or not. But it does change how impressive it is to have set the bombs up, get the projector, and whatnot. It all happens in a matter of days.

Then speaking of Mel being captured, I definitely think that his life was never in danger to begin with. Just prior to showing Ken the video feed of Mel tied to a chair, JP goes on a speech about how "People only want to consume content. The truth... is secondary. For example..."

and him showing Mel tied up is the example. That's clearly saying, some part of this is false, and the readers KNOW which parts: that Mel *is* captured, but there is no bomb threatening his life. We see it in the video feed, but when Mel is escaping, there is nothing underneath his chair afterall. Not even when JP goes back to check on Melx there's only the chair knocked over.

I kind of thought it was weird to have Mel actually captured then, if the whole set up was going to be faked anyway? But I figure, if Ken living through the attack was unplanned, then there probably wasn't enough time to get a convincing enough deepfake of Mel made in response. They had no footage of Mel, and let's just assume the technology has its Limits I guess.

So capturing Mel, but faking a bomb was likely the best middle ground solution. Also having Mel respond to Ken in real life, adds to convince Ken that he's in real danger.

Of course, there's elements of "what would make for a high stakes action thriller story for the comic". So some stuff is only has planned out or necessary as decided by.. the writers. Still, I'd like to think JP was quick to pivot plans and orchestrate the drones around the city and Mel's capture, once he realized Ken survived unplanned. Or had it all set up as a back up in case Ken lived, that works too.

I think the only part I have questions about the validity or, reasonableness of the plan to get Ken and/or Albert Jackson killed, is like. They were the ones in favor of funding Nayshall's infrastructure, and pushing to support the investment in the tournament. The other board members were mostly against it. So without the two most vocal supports for the plan, JP would have more likely lost his funding than kept it??

I don't really see how beneficial that would've been, but I could see him spinning the narrative to say idk, Ken was corrupt as the head of the Masters Foundation,

either demanding the rest of the board follow through on the promises Ken made before dying, and for the damage he caused, or, find an angle to take over the Masters Foundation for himself...? Power vaccuum and all.

Leaving Nayshall without adequate funding to continue its infrastructure or the tournament beyond.. the first one, seems also like planned obsolescence. Seeing how a lot of other nations that JP's had a hand in "helping", all going to shit in the following few months after he leaves.

Tl;dr - JP is evil and smart waow

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important update to the old men situation in granblue:

alatheia

that is all

torn cause the outfit is so good too, when it gets added to shop i might have to cop..

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looking back gbf is one of if not the best gachas purely in terms of the amount of playable old men + npc old men. like this is not even all of them

i would pass away if i tried playing it again tho </3

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the game is certainly NOT canon at all, i mean it's a gacha but JP's bio entries for Street Fighter Duel! take these with so much salt. so much sodium. (typed out in text below as well)

Captain of Industry

JP is a businessman who gained international prominence due to his entrepreneurial acumen and innovative vision. His achievements extend beyond financial success, however. He is dedicated to social progress, leveraging his business as a force for meaningful change.

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Light of Nayshall

JP’s efforts are centered on Nayshall, a small and economically disadvantaged nation. Recognizing its untapped potential, he invested heavily in its development. As a result, Nayshall’s economy grew by leaps and bounds, and living standards among its people improved considerably. JP’s initiative not only won him fame but brought a ray of hope to Nayshall.

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Psycho Power

Behind JP’s business success lies a dark secret— his mastery of Psycho Power. Utilizing this power, JP fights with a cane and telekinesis. However, JP sees Psycho Power as a duty and only employs it when necessary to protect what he holds dear.

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Fighting Style

JP’s unique fighting style makes him a master of mid-range combat. Wielding his cane and telekinesis, he deploys projectiles to restrict his opponent’s movements and maintain the initiative. This fluid and unpredictable fighting style allows him to inflict constant damage while staying out of reach.

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Little Details

Despite his tough façade in business dealing and combat, JP possesses a gentle heart. He harbors deep affection for his cat, Cybele, considering her an emotional anchor rather than just a pet. However, JP has little tolerance for stained clothes and sleepless nights, little details that reveal his relentless pursuit of perfection and order.

street fighter duel is adding JP as a playable unit soon so i shall be gathering as much footage and dat of it as possible here, since it's eventually going to End of Service one day

im not against spending a little cash to guarantee that i get him, but also there's some lore that's exclusively locked behind pulling and combining mulitple copies of the same character... so it might be difficult to get all that;;;

anyway here's what we got of him in game so far

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seems about right

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off remaster on steam and switch next year how we feeling...

A GOOD TIME FOR OFF FANS.

also

The animation team rn