#and while he's much better now he knows he couldn’t go back to nge because he was just in a totally different place emotionally
I think after watching the series and the movie, the only positive takeaway I had from nge, personally, was that the animation was phenomenal. Tone-wise, you can't really compare it to Moomin because it's comfort soft characters who deal with heavy issues in a gentle and kind manner vs uncomfortable characters dealing with traumas in the worst ways possible.
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PROTECTING YOU — A. WING
bodyguard! au with artem!
warnings: not thoroughly edited!<//3
notes: finished nge and squid game the same night i cannot mentally recover from this😕👎👎
bodyguard! artem who always insists on holding your umbrella during the rain, no matter how much taller or shorter you are than him. sometimes, it proves to be as hassle as you watch him trouble to stay under the umbrella himself since he’s keeping it at the perfect height to cover you. you always tell him that you can hold your own umbrella, so he could hold his and not have to risk getting wet but he never listens.
bodyguard! artem who respects your boundaries and stays an agreeable distance away from you and your friends in public but will have a heart attack and instantly call you when he loses sight of your group.
“artem, we’re in the washroom,” you say, annoyed. that was the fifth call this hour while you were just trying to have a nice outing with your friends. even so, you couldn’t blame him for being so concerned for your well being.
bodyguard! artem who instantly knows when you’ve had a bad day based on how your acting and will do whatever to cheer you up. he won’t outright ask you what’s wrong, but he’d hint at it and your bring favourite snack as a bargaining chip. if you choose to tell him, he’ll listen very intently and mentally make note of what or more importantly, who had made you feel bad. you will definitely catch him eyeing the person if he ever meets them.
though if you don’t feel comfortable telling him, he’ll just start bringing you little gifts in order to make you feel better. he considers it apart of his job as your bodyguard. the plushie you called cute as you peered into the store’s front window a few weeks ago? it would now be in your lap. that bracelet you said you liked when you saw a random stranger wearing it? he’s got a keen eye and found it online. he wouldn’t make a big deal of these gifts, he felt he didn’t need to. they were never really expensive or big gifts but they were thoughtful and showed how observant he was.
bodyguard! artem who asks if you’d like a piggyback when you’re too tired regardless of your weight. he will persist when you refuse his offer and it takes a stern glare to cause him to shut up. even then, he’ll keep a hand on your back, gently leading you in worry of you fainting or your legs giving out.
bodyguard! artem who you tease about always wearing the same outfit, except in different shades of dark blue. though he doesn’t realize you’re teasing and takes time to point out every difference between the suit he wore today and the one he wore yesterday. yes, they were both navy blue, fitted exactly the same, and even his tie was the same but apparently they were two different outfits! the stitching on the suit was so obviously different, at least that’s what he had said.
bodyguard! artem who will go awkwardly stiff whenever you lay your head on his shoulder to fall asleep after a long day. if it’s in a public area, he’ll try his hardest to gentle scoot away while being worried about disrupting your sleep. if you’re in a car or some place similar, he’ll let you sleep, maybe even turn on your favourite playlist which he has downloaded. if he finds you squirming in your sleep, he’ll put a jacket on his shoulder to make it more like a pillow.
bodyguard! artem who goes to extreme lengths to secure your safety because he cares about you! everything is always planned out in advance so he can compensate for any mishaps. with artem, there’s many backup plans and procedures he created in case of emergencies. though emergencies never happen, he doesn’t want to be too careless.
ᵕ̈ ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ່࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ ⁻ ⁻ ✧ ༝ 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 ☠︎︎ 𝔣𝔩𝔪 ⁹₉⁹ ❤︎
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FFXIV Write Entry #22: Decisive Battle
Prompt: argy-bargy | Master Post | On AO3
SPOILERS for Sorrow of Werlyt through 5.3, and a semi-sequel to the earlier prompt fill “Cruel Arcanist’s Thesis.” Thanks to @tehjai for helping me with the title and sticking to the NGE music theme I’ve apparently decided to go with for Werlyt nonsense (and without having to pun this time, thank fuck.)
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“You rebuilt and refurbished an Allagan warmachina AND DIDN’T INVITE US!” Synnove bellowed.
“The nerve!” Nero said, waving a wrench for emphasis.
“The audacity!”
“The betrayal!”
“Oh my gods, I will throw you both over a cliff,” Cid said, rubbing his temples.
The G-Warrior had been brought back to Revenant’s Toll for a retrofit that couldn’t be performed in Terncliff. Synnove, of course, had used the opportunity to call up Nero on the linkpearl (that is, ranted on the open line that she knew he eavesdropped on because he refused to carry any actual linkpearls on himself, the snob) to rat Cid out to him about the existence of the warmachina, dancing out of reach of Cid trying to take the ‘pearl cuff from her. Nero’s outraged squawk had near deafened them both. And within just a handful of bells, the Red Baron had dropped out of the sky into the Garlond Ironworks courtyard with an enraged engineer aboard.
Cid had not known peace the whole damned day.
“Look at this,” Synnove said, gesturing up at the G-Warrior with Ivar, who was dozing in her grasp. “Look at it! It can’t even channel primal aether anymore.”
“It drew its power directly from the Warring Triad in the flagship,” said Cid tiredly. “If you think I was keeping that function—”
“You could have adapted it,” Nero sneered. “Just how many summoners and their egi have the Immortal Flames recruited by now?”
As Cid shouted, “How do you even know that?” Synnove added, holding up Ivar, “Or, easier, carbuncles with egi subprogramming!”
Cid gave her a flat look and said, “And as you’re the only arcanist with carbuncles installed with egi subprogramming that I know of…”
“What a lovely coincidence!”
“And, truly, Garlond,” said Nero, “I cannot believe you passed on the opportunity to enact poetic justice and use the VIIth’s own tricks against them, using a primal-infused weapon against their forces.”
“No, no, that is a trap,” Cid growled, jabbing a finger into Nero’s chest. “Not when the basis of their work is partially your research.”
Nero sniffed and smacked the other Garlean’s hand away. “Please, their synthetic auracite system is an abomination, even you could do better with the original Ultima Weapon’s blueprints on hand.”
Cid’s face turned a fascinating shade of red as he gaped at Nero, hands flexing in the manner of someone who desperately wanted to strangle the person before them.
“Have you discovered which lunatic legate is now in charge of the VIIth, by chance?” Nero said to Synnove while Cid fought the urge to commit homicide.
“Alakhai spoke to a former conscript in Terncliff who mentioned a ‘Legatus Valens,’” Synnove said thoughtfully. “And that’s a given name if I’m not mistaken, not a family name.”
“It is,” Nero murmured, frowning. “Certainly, it doesn’t narrow the field very much, and that is a shockingly informal address for a legate, to refer to one by their personal name.”
“Especially after so long in the XIVth,” Cid muttered.
“Mmm, Baelsar was always a stickler for protocol, it was a bone he rarely let go.”
Cid, despite himself, snorted a laugh.
The temperature in the hangar noticeably dropped.
“The next person who makes a wolf pun in my presence about Gaius Baelsar,” said Synnove with forced cheer, “will have Ivar sicced on them.”
Nero paused, glancing over at her and her too-large, dead-eyed smile, and then down to Ivar. “Duly noted,” he finally said, genuinely serious.
Cid glanced at him, eyebrows raised.
Nero scoffed and said, “Garlond, I would like to remind you that of the two of us here, I have in fact already had Ivar sicced upon my person, and I am not keen to repeat the experience.”
Ivar suddenly jerked awake with a snort, looking around in Synnove’s grasp. Whazzat, I heard m’name.
Synnove scratched behind his ears and said fondly, “Just threatening people with you.”
A chatter. Did it work?
“Yes.”
Yaaaaay. He yawned, and fell back asleep.
“…Your carbuncles are terrifying instruments of wanton violence and destruction,” Nero said, staring at Ivar, “which speaks volumes about your actual levels of relative sanity and inherent bloodthirstiness.”
“That is the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me,” said Synnove, genuinely touched.
“Now!” Nero turned on his heel to loom over Cid. “The aether mines could have had an increased output of at least twenty percent if you had taken into account something as simple as concussive force.”
“Which could have meant more power put towards the aether cannon!”
“Or the pyretic booster!”
Cid sighed and put his face in his hands as the other two scientists renewed their haranguing. Bloody godsdamned nerds.
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Clone Wars: Season 2
Episode 1 Holocron Heist
We just
had
a heist
[One
nonsense
enough
to knock
me into
nonsensical
incoherent
rambling...]
Two
Okay...
I’m prepared...
To do.
nonsense...
Urgh
Okay..
[Title
Screen]
[Woah!]
.... ..
Aight
Okay
A lesson learned,
A lesson earned
Oh..
That
snapped me out of it,
A lesson earned
is
a lesson earned
[you don’t need a
person to tell you
basic
common sense
you can figure out yourself]
....
Assumed authority is
bullshit
Don’t need to
earn any-
[Sorry,
Still
Recov-
er-
ing
From
Last
ep-
Isode]
Okay...
Any-way
Jedi on a
planet
. .
Some-how
tr
ap
ped
-
Surrounded
Clones
-
Right-
-
Why?
Like - if you needed parts-
Okay-
I’m
in
-terested
Any way...
Wait
cruisers?
Gun
ships?
R-escue
Oh
wait-
That’s
Good
Oh
No,
It’s
Plo..
Jokes
About
How
He
Got
His
Men
Blown
Up Just
gonna
put
this
over
here
Been a
while
Also Hey
yeah
what
is
he
doing
here?
Doesn’t
he
have
Jedi
things
to
do?
Get
a
new
fleet?
I mean
th-
(Don’t
Condone
Child
So-
L
diers!)
But
every
time
it’s
always
Obi-Wan
and
Anakin
because
all
the
rest
of
them
are
too
busy
So
What-
Alright
-
Whelp
-
I
don’t
care
—-
Whelp
—
Ex-plo
—
Is
this
just
going
to
be
an
action
piece?
(Nothing
wrong
with
that;
just
need
a
different
mindset,)
From
the
applications
of
child
soldiers
-
To
Shoot-
-Why?
It’s-
Nice-
-Droids
Plo-
General-
?
Ev-
Neat-
Good-
Whelp-
Grab ‘em to the medic
And Go!
(Seriously
Windu figured this out yesterday.)
Grunts
You’d
think
the Jedi would give the
order?
Seriously,
Good miss,
Five
Min-
Got
Some
One-
Killed
“ Asoka,”
First Asoka
mention in the first five minutes
[maybe they got her character
better.]
-Jungle
You sent-
A child
That
Logically can’t improvise
...
Into
a jungle
....
The
Fuck
Skywalker?
Con-tact
Her
-
Dead
-
She’s very likely
dead-
-
Anyway
-
Hope
Anakin
taught
her
those
moves-
-
That’s
a
lot
of
emotion
-
In
the
movements;
Again;
Monotonous,
Stunted,
Robo
Tot
-ic
That’s
How
Child-
Nope-
Tone’s
Off
So,
just
to
go
over;
1. Tone ❌
2. Dia-
Log
Ue- (?)
3. Move
-ment ❌
I’m hop-
Extract-
Taught-
Okay-
Teach
-ing
s
Aight
Mary
Sue-
I’m
sorry
but
the
light
is
literally
coming
out!
Whelp-
Okay-
So it’s Ahsoka an
adult yet?
Like that can be explained away as
acco-untability
Otherwise,
she should
have a hard time
with
one
Droid!
(No wait didn’t Obi-Wan just call her
‘young one ‘)?
Nope!
Movie, get over there in your
shame corner
That-
Was painful
over-
reacting
And
Focus-
I
Don’t
-
You
couldn’t
have
forced
it
more
if
you
tried
-
The
Force-
d cha-
nge i
-n
Perspective
Not
Apprec
-iate
D-
. . .
.
Moving
on
Whelp
...
Get
In
-
That’s
a
direct
order-
-
“Can’t-”
Nope!
That’s
It-
Tone ❌
Dialogue; ❌,?
Move; ❌
Ment
Turn in your bad
writing card,
Movie
❌
(Not a series strike,
Just
A
“Fuck
You,
Strike
On the
Movie
And,
This
Chara
-cter
(We just had such a good-
Maybe; it gets better?
Skipped ahead;
It doesn’t
Sigh-
*Puts on earmuffs
Meta-phorically
Aight
Back
To
19:06
(Original
time
stamp;
Play
*Think
Friendly
Fire-
Nvm
*Thing
Ex-plodes
In-
stantly
Whelp-
You
called
her
before
a
council
??
Child
-ren
Can’t
Think
-
Okay
Movie
Children
can’t
think-
From ag-
“This is-”.
It should
be
-But
The
writers
-
refuse
to
write
her
as
child
-
The
Pro-
“I-
The
Pro-
Blem
As
the
story
seems
to
be
placing
the
Jedi
on
a
high
pedestal
.....
Their
actions
here
as
reasonable
.....
But
it’s
not
...
If Ahsoka was a child it would be a cruel use of power showing how used only to put the younger generation down before they’re
old enough to understand it
And how they’ve given Anakin the illusion of power
-Boomer
Bait
If she’s an adult;
This would be a show of
how
she’s childified by her peers
As it stands;
The writers refuse to chose
Concerning, due to the fact that
Child-ify
Ing
An
Adult
......
Is
Wrong
And
adult-ify
ing
a
child
is
wrong
...
Un
equivocally,
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
;
This is necessary
[Excuse for odd formatting
The “Movie”,
(Under the
picture)
Caused
Tumblr
To
heck
up
my
spacing)
Continuing
on;
“Time
away
from
the
battle-
field,”
Good,
For
A
Child
Solider
-
(And
would’ve
been
a
good
show
that
any
kind
-ness
from
them
is
performative
...
“Guard duty,”
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
1
Cite;
Child
ren
Don’t
have
that
much
emotion,
Nor
Pre-
fer
ence-
-
“Longer
now,”
Dick
—-
Kinda
It’s
better
for
children
not
to
be
in
battle
—
So
not
a
complete
dick...
But
not
optimal...
“Sorry”
So he said by people who don’t wanna take accountability for their actions and just stop doing the thing and
stop bringing the toxins into the world
Point;
If you
were sorry
you would
stop
doing it,
stop
bringing
it
up,
and
do
better...
—-
Trying
to
control
the
narrative
isn’t
nice
(When
the
truth
is
objective)
Only
the
self
may
be
both
.....
Security
-
“Knowledge,”
*Bag-age
“Hm,”
. .. .
...
...
Fisto
...
In-side
St-upid
Forbid
Den
Know-ledge
(It’s likely
about
plants
Or
Weapons)
Also;
Boomer
Bait!
(That’s something they offer younger
generations to follow their
stupid outdated tradition)
It’s always
worse...
(Also, this isn’t about Ahsoka trying to steal the
Holocon thing is it?
Because her character is already
-hateable- enough
And if she has enough initiative
to steal the holocon
- She’s an adult
And should
be allowed entrance
anyway
“Jedi
Council,”
So,
lady was a Jedi?
Aight,
Keeping an eye
on that
...
Aight
-
No
Went through one.
drug trip
Already
.....
[Okay...
..Got
a Drink
of water
——
Interrupt
-ion
Wait I thought he was just a
ball of
fuck your plot
You’re telling me he actually works
for
Palpatine?
After
threaten
ing
Palpatine?
This
dude
-
fucking
drug
trip
-
...Ser
vices
I
honestly
thought
he
was
a
[fuck
your
shit]
guy
Now
he’s
a
de
tec-
tive
Noir
....
Movie
that’s
too
many
genres
.....
You-
need
to
slow
down
.
Your main
Chara-
Isn’t
Even
Esta-
Blish
-ed
Prop
er
Ly
Nevermind
the
characterization
Note if it had been established he changes things every so often that would be neat
As
it stands
This
dude is a
fecking roller coaster
Not any
thing
resembling
good
[Giving
your
aud-
ience
a
drug
trip
isn’t
good
writing]
It makes
them
dizzy!]
So...
Holocron
Like Palpatine is literally doing this just to fuck over
Ahsoka?
Also, this is going to result in Ahsoka
being
unchild
-like
To take them out
too?
I’ll get the -
counter
ready
[yes I have seen it
literally
every
Mall cop/
security guard movie
ever
The
fun
.
seeing how your
(Good)
chara
cters
-
interact
with
the
scenario
-
That’s
not
happening
here
-
If she was a child this would show how
Anakin‘s orders react with the environment
If
she’s
an
adult;
We’re working through a checklist;
About
what we know about
her;
Likes, dislikes, how they might come up in a
situation...
The suspension...
coming when they do
With
Ahsoka...
What do we know about her?
Honestly?
We know she likes
fighting
(Already in enabler of toxic behavior
-against other living beings)
We know literally
nothing else about
her
Except...
That she’s
perfect...
Re-moving
All
Tension;
Deal
I’m surprise he just wasn’t like
oh
yeah
sure,”
[Ditches
with
the money]
...
..
Oh they’re actually talking
strategy
Usually it’s just
‘fuck em’ up
And that’s all
we ever
hear
Er-
Whelp-
Yodi’s
dead
Alas,
Poor
Narc
[assuming he can actually sense
disorder in the ranks]
Gen.
Leader
Ship.
Tox
He should know
he shouldn’t be doing that
Focusing
on him
self
And
practic
ing
accountability
....
Constantly
micromanaging
and
checking
in
on
your
peers
..
Isn’t
going
to make
them
more
likely
to be
accountable..
It’s
going
to
piss
them
off
...
Your (evident) distrust creating a toxic environment
As you were refused to
trust their
char
-acter
You can’t give me
respect the guy that was just snooping
(Through the whole
uni-verse)
That’s
the
point...
A
dis-turbance
in the force
Yeah?
Intruders there will
be
Okay, bullshit
he can see that
Like;
Peri-pheral
Okay
(Still tox that you don’t expect your peers
in a peripheral.
to be able to hold
accountability)
But this is galaxies
away
(Ac-tually.
on
Corousant)
But.
He
Should
n’t
Know
That-
‘The
Narcs
pulling
authority
again,
master,”
“Shh,
this
is
what
we
train-
I mean groom -
you
for!,”
“But
You
Said,”
(Con-tinuing
Earl-ier,)
[Seriously
I meant to bring it up
earlier,
But are they really inhabiting
Zero the hutt’s
old hotel]
Like it could just be a Noir hotel
But the positioning
and location
seem
familiar
. . .
Tell
me...
Who
the
frick
is
this?
?
“What
you
are
doing
back
there?”
...
..
Aight...
Assis
-tance
God
Lord,
He’s
Try
-ing
-
Main
tenance
If I don’t idea
(who this guy was )or what was going on
then maybe that would make sense
As it stands,
Nope,
Crash-
es
What’s
that?
....
What?
Seriously.
all he did was put another thing into another thing?
???
...
Aww, he actually trusts
Bane..
Thank you
...
Door..
Techno
Service
...
Droid
As in a
“tech
-nical service droid?
(Rt
(IT)
Tech
Guy?
Or a technical
assistant
(One made of
tech)?
(Or one specializing in
techno dance moves?)
Also
is he supposed to get them
in?
Is
that thing?
They-
didn’t
really
establish
much-
Butler
Droid...
Change?
Todo...
“You are what I say
you are,”
Roomba- kicker
Also, having a roommate is just straight up
detective fiction...
Like
buddy-cop detective but still
detective
With noir,
Which
is supposed to be focused on independence
Dis(trust) in society
Which is
admittedly
(toxic)
Or
seems
to be
Those two
themes...
Directly contra-
dictory
[with
Griev-
ous
they
made
it
work,
But
he
wasn’t
this
-
]
“Uh,”
You
are
not
“The
Doctor,”
-
[that work
ed as
manif-
estation
Of
Greiv-
Ous’s
Toxic
Be-
Hav
-ior-
And
Human
Want
For
Com-
Pan
Ion-
Ship
-
Or
At
Least-
Vul-
Ner-
Aba-
ili
Ty-
-
This
Guy
-
So far he’s a
n(e)igh
invulnerable
Douche
Bag
-
With
No
-thing
Humane-
-
Not
quite
Ahsoka
levels
-
Intend
-ed
To be
an adult
-
Just-
-
Really needing to go
ham -
On the arrogance
And
inhumanity
(He sold his soul for
money- But makes it look
so good- what
he
does-
Gets a sick
kinda enjoyment from it,”)
That’s how you
have, to pull it off
As it stands;
there’s
no
emotion
with
this
character
Is
the
robot
supposed to be like his
morality pet?
But he’s a
dick to
him
too
Really
he gets nothing
from me
How do even in the
“I-don’t-feel-anything-I’m-so-edgy-and-cool
look at me!’
Vibes
There’s nothing
fun...
Yeah you can throw all the
...clichés
you want in there
[But that doesn’t work
if you don’t use them
properly]
[I see the team up
with a female bounty
-hunter]
[Predictable
“I work Alone...]
The only thing
those stories
share
In minute]
But ‘once the effect of’
‘wow that’s a lot of things.
Has worn off
The story and character left
heartless
“Non-of- your
Bus-
iness,”
Doesn’t have the
cockiness to make it
work
[this isn’t
power-
Ful-]
Down
right
..cringe
As it tries to shove shove two genres.. .
At least...
That don’t
Quite
.work
...
Least not the
way they’re trying to make them
work
.....
..Today
It’s noir
The point is
no one’s
in a
good mood..
...
Aight,
Wasn’t that-
Also,
shouldn’t
he
know-
Based on how
open-
She
is-
To un-
veiling
her
mask..
- -
Robot
So sh-
ouldn’t she ask the robot to leave the room?
(If it’s such a big deal
to her?”)
He can just run their
face through a
face scan
no?
Mid-rim
I thought he didn’t have a way
in?
[That’s a
pretty pathetic
way in.. .]
[Palpatine’s
screwing
with
him]
[Giv
-ing
Him
a
hard
time
and
satis
-iating
-
The
ab-
omin-
ations
desire
for
blood🎵,
Two
birds,
one
stone,
Also,
Movie,
That’s
the
wrong
amount
of
planning
for
the
wrong
genre
-
We don’t care how the
bank ro
-bbers
Art
-thieves
Got
There
This
isn’t
Heist
-
[Money
Heist,
Not
Terr-
Esc]
Got
It
Wrong
[Pre
dict-
The
Plot-]
Last
Time.
-
The
Focus
isn’t
Character
building-
- it’s the
‘out of depth
characters reaction to the
scenario,’
And the wacky hijinks that
ensue
Using their
talents...
Contrast-
ed against the environment
(Mall
cop
example]
Which seems to be the best
fit
Stealing
the-
Holocron-
-
WHAT WAS THE
PURPOSE-
Well-
At least they ack
-now-ledged
Planning
really isn’t part of the subset,
Good
(For them?)
Aight
Impossible
...
What are the
emotions?
[like they
literally.
just through in
the
“the only place...”
Why..?
So quick rehash
(Sorry
but I can feel the
drug
trip coming through,)
(Effects-
Of
Dealing-
With
(bad) excess character;
(Deserts
Metal...)
[Refresh]
He has a map of the Jedi temple
Chip
(Oh so that’s what that-
(Isn’t he
still-)
[Changlin’]
Aight
Bog
[Refresh
End]
[Voice
acting?
[Mouth
sync]
...
..
Aight
..
In
Tru-
Maybe
take
the
teen- off guard duty
A thought
[but-seriously
No high
Alert?
Only these
two..?
Info-
-Mation
Baggage
Seriously money would be a better
option
Or
just
street
cred
(Adult) humans,
Aren’t that Liniar...
Any way...
East
Tower
....
Well that’s better than some
dusty
old
books
-
Holos
(Seriously at least that’s
present
baggage.)
Whelp
Nobody
notices
this
bullshit!
On a supposedly
secure a
military
base
....
...
Also in the Mid- day break
fecking
daylight!
(With the
hiest it made sense,
That was a hostage
political situation
Meant
to draw in a huge
crowd;
How?
Cool
Alright,
Hey
isn’t
she
supposed
to
be
standing
still?
(Guard)
Doing patrols?
Like
no
emotion,
Face
Forward,
Professiona
-lism
Not
Greeter
(Didn’t they literally call it
guard duty?)
Like just say you’re sending her to
library service...
Assis
-tance
Again,
Wrong
Field...
They’d
be
talking
to
the
library
helper
(Official)
Con-
Bother
Not
how a
child
reacts
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
2/3
Cite;
Asoka
shows
intentional
over involvement
instincts
more
befitting
of
an
adult
....
Good
Fully
understand
able
reaction
(Kinda)
(Don’t
yell
at
children)
Don’t
over involve
yourself
in
the
future
....
(But if you’re an
over-
involv
ed
and
(un-)childlike
abomination
(Getting
shoved
for
this
is
likely
going
to
happen)
Dude was actually nicer than
an adult
Enabler
(Rule
Of
Excess
Society;
While
excess
verbalization
is
ex-
pected,
Getting
in
someone’s
way
(non-sport
Ing-)
(Or con
-ferr
ed-)
U-pon
Is
not,
Attemp
ting
to
move
them
away
the
customary
five
times
is
expected)
Aight,
So the librarian was right there as
she
harassed
her
client)
(Not saying;
But
you should get involved
in tox that doesn’t involve you)
Just don’t
think that would excuse
Her
from ire
“I can’t do anything right,”
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
3/4
Cite;
Child
-ren
Aren’t aware of
self
Ahsoka would repeat a line
blank
-ly
“Likely
‘sorry’
Then back
away
[Or
the
or
dered
rea
ction-)
Aight
Whelp
Yes
Just at the librarian be the
pro tag
(She’s
Tox
But..
.
Less
Tox..
...
But
Still..
[Make
[Better]
Pro-ta
g
Than
Ahsoka
]
In..
...
That’s a
library
computer..
You
need
a
pass-
word.
-
The
robot-
How?
-
What?
Weak
Point?
You know for
Boomer bait
They
mis-construe
How the library
works a lot
[I know
-Hav-
Ing
Dealt-]
Talk-ing
in the
library,
Is pretty
off
Like there’s
a reason people are encouraged
to go into the hallway
to take phone calls
Loud
These are the guys that value
meditation
Dude.
Would be shushed
By
Several
irate
Jedi
...
Told to
take it
outside
...
...
I-
[I feel bad
For the Roomba]
[like dude, gaslights him
and then takes
his memory]
Like, Adults
Out
of
it.
...
But
...Droids
[we don’t know much about the
sentient ones
Or how much
senti
ence]
But
this
whole
scene...
Makes me feel
dirty
Like;
it’s played
for humor
When;
it should be played
to how much
a bastard
this guy
is
Screw-
ing
with
anything-
Like
That
...
Toxic
...
Sick..
How?
Aight..
What.
.
Re-
Cyc
Why?
...
..
Kenobi
Jump-ing coincidence
[i’m con
-clusion]
Damn,
the narc
[No one
tell him
anything]
[Might
fake
a
heart
attack]
Comm.
[How half assed is
Yoda’s peripheral?]
Venti
-lation
-That’s
Smart-
Almost
-Too
-Smart-
👍
-Tower
High
Alert
Place
the
Temple
-
Wasn’t, already?
Left it undone
Way to go
smart
guy
-
Cool
-
But
kinda
pointless..
Aight-
Never mind
I-
Might’ve
Been
Wrong-
Al right
[Seriously,
no one hears this?]
[In most heist movies
they at least had the
intelli-
gence-
[No hate
-villains can be stupid]
Do you some small well
re-lativel unknown library
[or at least not the one
at the place they were robbing]
Because everyone would
recognize that the actions occurring match up to what he’s describing
And the description
Of their
building.]
Aight
Neat-
Past
Whelp-
Aight-
Shred-
(Un-acc
Oun
T-able)
K-Pop
Well
that’s
a
name...
Whelp..
Cool..
..
Bane
...
Whole..
temple
And I heard you very
obviously
plotting...
So...
you’re getting kicked
Also he could be possibly looking up
intruders plans..
...
Like pretty one dimensional
opinion
of on ‘High Alert’, lady
[Especially
for a
librarian.]
Thank
you
Whelp...
There went my expectations
Also,
Every Jedi leaving the library didn’t notice that that
shit?
Like, they didn’t have guard’s ready to apprehend him
...On the
Other
Side?
Okay...
You just
moved her...
Do you know this could’ve been an episode
with a lot of emotional depth
Showing how terrifying adults that abuse children can be
adults that
swear to have their interest in heart
And how overinvolvement
Is harmful
regardless of who it’s coming from
(Neglect- of child-
And - accoun
tability)
Working off the
“blank line”,
‘I can’t do
anything right,’
And the Jedi
-Council’s treatment of
her
“Foreshadow
-Ing,”
(I use
that word
loosely)
Their
down-
fall
Instead
we
got
this-
And
he just abandons
the computer-
Aight,
Just contin
-ued on - with
-out his
instruction
Despite
see-ing
how bad
that
went.
Al-right
Okay-
Aight
Really?
Without
instructions?
.
In
Calls
friend
You were
fine
without him
the last few
seconds
.....
“Give-”
Not gonna
question that?
“Voice-”
She’s
a changling..
“Now,”
Hidden
You’re
in a vent?
Oh, Skywalker has
immediate
intuition
...
And a breech
didn’t somehow sound off alarms
Yeah. .
Good..thing you didn’t close up the thing
..
Whelp..
How?
Okay. .
Shame..
they didn’t get a hold of a force sensitive
kid
(I- don’t want it to
happen)
Just-
.. .
.. Here
Hurry
I can
Hear..
.
Bull-
Shit
.
You have rocket boots
they have the force
You shouldn’t
hear shit-
Sur-prisingly,
No Ahsoka
Good
The lower
the counter stays..
The
better
for
humanity
[and my
brain]
[Vent]
Seriously,
you didn’t tell your
partner?
About the Jedi on
High Alert?
Ser-
Force-
How deep
is that
thing?
[Aight,
Pat-
You’re telling me they still haven’t figured out the
Holocron?
We only
saw-
Shouldn’t one of you go one way and the
other go the other?
To cover
more ground?
They’re-
Really
putting
a lot
of faith-
In the
Comms
Also shouldn’t there be more
Jedi crawling over the place?
Seriously,
it’s just these two?
[We know Plo
isn’t doing anything important.]
[We saw
him near the opening?]
And
Kid Fisto..
Heck...
Is
everybody else doing?
A-ight
“Closer,”
Shouldn’t it be
..further
Archive..
[Library]
Comms?
Got it-
Whelp..
Okay..
Not, putting up that
door,
What are you
smiling about?
There’s plenty of lasers
And
you don’t even know
where the thing
you’re looking for
is
(Inside the compartment)
....
Aight
Might- not have been a
smile-
Look for
the open
vent
(Dude clum-
Un-
Acc
ountable)
With
Vents
Also look at all these
assholes standing around
doing nothing
Also, no one’s going to check up on the child
Like, Ahsoka surely got that message
right?
Temple-
Deep in the
temple-
Use-less
...
‘Cause you’re idiots
who don’t check for open vents
Or cover
more ground?
Or...
[Get, anyone to help you, in this big ass vent,”
It’s not very hard to see
why.. .
Ass
-itance
Ahsoka’s,
not gonna get blamed for this
is she?
Won-
Yeah, the narcs
pretty
useless
Also, why can’t you have the dude just shut off those lasers like he did the rest?
Done
Oh, they address it
Good,
Yep,
How?
But...
Okay...
...
Okay
....
What’re you
still
doing
...
Okay,
What’re
you
doing?
[Is the Holocron seriously right
there?]
That’s. lucky
Weirder
and
Wei-rder
Hey isn’t your personality
over-written?
By the
chip?
Aight
S-eriously?
Still
Here?
On- alert-?
Coin-
cidence?
!
Augh
Is that’s seriously the alert?
Several
minutes-
No wonder
those guys
were so late...
...
Sense
De-
Cep
Tion
Po-
S-ing
As
A
Jedi.
Okay
now
Yoda’s
just
reading
the
death
report
Jo-casta
What?
But
that’s
actually
a
good
idea
-
If shits about to go down you might as well find the person who might hold them accountable instead of letting you get the shit beat out
Run-
Serious-ly
shouldn’t she just shout out her name?
[Like I know
- High Alert-
But Ahsoka isn’t going to be much use against a
Adult...
Either way
Might as well
find her [and
scare off the intruder-]
Also how come
“innocence”
doesn’t get
the same notification
Did they forget his
wristwatch?
[Like-
seems important-]
Who are you?
Dang
It?
You
were
supposed
to
report
back!
Also no one
heard any of this before
Also; are you going to tell me that AHSOKA, the child
soldier,
Is going to beat this guy
When
the fully trained elderly Jedi got her ass kicked?
Nah.. .
“You,”
Dead
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
4/5
3x
-Un-orthodox show of initiative
1x
-Counter
1x
- Surviving this
1x
(4x)
Getting her on the
run!
1x
Tot; 7/8
-Surviv-ing;
- 1x
- 1x
-1x
-1x
-1x
-1x
-1x
-1x
-1x
-2x
(I’m tired of counting them
one by one-)
-2x
- 2x
- 2x
- 2x
- 2x
-
Er
Okay
Whelp
Aight
-Right
Shape
-Skill
-Ew
Whelp
Okay-
Where did
your get your skills from?
Abomination?
Aw-
Todo-
-Yet
What-ever
Butler
Tech
Neither
of
which
have
anything
to do
with
ironing
doors
open
....
....
There
he goes
Sy-mpathesize- more with him
than this douche bag even if his
turn does make a little sense
Aight.
Whelp
Finally found that
vent.. .
Right
No, he wasn’t
“Comms,”
Not
Holo-
Cron
.....
Completely un-realistically
Tally
Of
How
Many
Times
Ahsoka-
Is
Adult
-ify
Ied-
28/29
And
1/2
(1/2 because referring to the action what respectively doesn’t count as a whole- sin-
It does deserve note that you decided to repeat your bad writing-)
Jedi
She
Says-
(Un
Be
Li
Ev
Able)
Holo
-cron
Jedi
To
Open
It
..
Okay,
..
Up-
To-
Again, with the
communication
center-!
Dude, just wanted a
Holo-cron
(Seriously
that was very tortured
logic,
Think the writers;
just wrote this scene
Then realize but wait
“why are they in the Holocron/
Comm
Cent,?”
And that’s how
Anakin/Obi-Wan
Obsession with the com
center began...
[sorry but there was no reason for them to be in the
Com center!
That I’ve heard!]
In
Aight,
What?
What
-ever
...
..
Wrong-
Yes
Com-
Center-
Ser-iously
even he doesn’t know what’s up
You
heard
me
And
my
stupid
plan
To send you to the
Coms center to justify Obi-wan’s
obsession-
Craw-
ling
And we have no reason
to-o
Why?
Now!
Yelling- doesn’t mistake the clear lack of
reason
What-
ever-
Right
That’s one way
to do it
Really
Also, how does
-that not-
That was less than
one minute
Also,
but no one else will hear that but
these two
. .
And they’ll
still progress to the
comm center
...
“It came from the com center,!”
How!?
You, guys,
Comms,
Archives,
Aight,
Nice
Com-munication
center-
Ha-
ha-
ha-
(I’m sorry
but that has come back around
to kinda funny,”
[something Happens across the
galaxy]
Obi-won; It was the com’s center
—-
Aight,
right,
...
O-kay
...
How??
Where?
Okay
...
Cloak
Ing?
What?
[you can’t defy the
rules of logic that much
(Physics)
You need to explain where he went
otherwise it’s a loony tune
Of
sus-
pen
sion-
Okay?
What??
I thought-
the thing-
....
O-kay
right
Take it,
Which
,One
That-
Right
What-
Ever-
Aight-
He knews
What-
Ever
Don’t call
your eggs
Move
Restraint
Whelp
Use-less
Just
There
Whelp
Nope-
Okay-
He
Try
[Hey
guys,]
Off
That’s
some
assumed
authority
over
familiarity..
Aight..
Okay,
They’re really
letting
him
get
away
with
the
story
Tries-
What?!
-When-
Bomb-
Both-
[Also
Mace
Windu
is
still
the
only
semi-efficient
Jedi...
Asshole !
(Can’t
make the text bigger enough to display my
outrage!)
[they
played that off
as humor!]
That was a scream of death!
Of
Murder!
[if that was a sentient-
And my God
it seemed damn close!
Dude was just murdered
The surprise-
“ I didn’t
see it coming, h
onestly not his fault kind!”
One that would call for
immediate robotic vengeance!
* im-mediate
ac-countability
If sentient,
What the Hell?!
That-
Horror
-
fy-
Ing-
Oof
“Was
it
sentient?
Crud, I
might
lose
my
least
toxic
credentials
( )
Whelp
How?
No
Way-
A-ight
Shit
-shit
- she did
nothing
I-
Call
Sec-
Whose
that?
Whelp
Okay..
That
Who
Dys-
functional
family
road
trip
-
War
No
shit
Oh wait at
the comment table was by all the other Jedi
So...
the whole time Obi-wan was just complaining
he didn’t want to do the job
Skywalker
agreeing with him...
And...
wanting to ditch their post
In chara,
Just, a little bit funny
when you think about it
Right,
You bought
them
all the way
here?
...
Also look isn’t the unchild-like abomination adorable when she’s talking about punishing people more severely
Holo-cron
The heck
is a
holocron...
Wait-
What-
Why-
How-
??
Why is this
being allowed to
happen?
-
...
Snitch
[like seriously how is it helping her
case, whatsoever?
Plea
Bar-gin
Aight,
Okay
That was just a completely random target
on his list...
- -
The one accountable adult
Keeper
Kydra
Crystal-
- Holocrons
Data
-
You get out of here
youngling
Force
Sensitive
Child ?
Are we really going to get into the
powers
eugenics?
(Or
power
genetic
superiority)
Also would it be a kin to basically every child or just any child destined for leader ship
(Like gen
leader ship?)
Cause..
Also, yeah
good idea keeping that around
And you named...
...
Young’lings
Future
Oy!
You put that back where,
it came from so help me
Future
vision
is cheating
In reality,
if you did have that power,
you should keep
your mouth
shut
And it completely negates
the point of a choice based universe
(Takes all the
risk out of it)
Making the story
completely useless
(For the sake of tension
I’m going to ignore
that..)
Going on the
assumption...
That’s the Jedi
are just a bunch of
narcs
Who
like
claiming they know the future
When in reality only the future
knows the future...
Worn.
Them
Oh so it’s just School
roll call...
Contact
You must
Ya no dude’s already a
headstart...
Ahsoka
Dude, he just override
the punishment
Does he
have the authority to do that?
[I
don’t
think
so]
Cad bane
He
probably isn’t
And you already know him
From the previous episode
Good for
Obi-won
Aight
Mace Windu
don’t give a fuck
Kid Fisto
disappeared
And. .
Luminara(?)
Went to go get a snack....
?
I don’t
know
Yoda
Got
Overruled
Aight,
Okay
.....
This episode...
Makes me feel disgusting
Watching
The middle
At least
It’s very clearly
boomer bait...
The beginning...
Focus-ing on the
importance of taking orders
(With no
sarcasm
to my understanding,)
Progressing,
Into,
Dah, de, dah,
Generation
____
doesn’t
understand
books!
*We might if they got out of our way, let us do our thing, dis-covered and pract-iced excess, on our volition
*if we wanted
to
Honestly
convinced.
I should’ve
given
them
a
strike
right
there
Out
of
Malicious
Won’t
(Out of restraint)
But
a
thought
none-
the-
less
Being
a
(toxic)
Boomers
Fantasy
in
which
they,
the
all
powerful
all
knowing
adults
must
help
poor
Ig-
nor
-ant
(Child)-
(I’m sorry
this really
disgusts me)
-with enough initiative
To praise their Brilliance
(It’s re-ally
di-sgusting)
This isn’t
seen as an overreach
Or con-
Des-cion
Of
A
Gen
And gives no
in-dication it recognizes how creepy what it’s doing is
Apart from the lighting in the council room
*Which
I’m now convinced is permanently broken
And continues with the assum-ption of a
life-time
Over the future
Breaking; the story pretty thoroughly
And announcing the
return to
mediocrity...
(Border
-ing on attempt at
lower
standards)
(Also they playoff the death of a semi-sentient species
For
Humor?
He
died
screaming!
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ok, but what does shinji actually think of his eva? personally, but also aesthetically
OHH omg?? 😭 thank you for asking this, amazing surprise!! mhajsjsj I ended up writing something verrrry long bc my brain kept throwing info at me, so now this a meta I guess rip
For Shinji’s personal thoughts / relationship with Unit-01, there’s extra long detail mainly of Ep1 bc of first impressions / context ( then I’ll try to summarize ). Insight into some tiny details like Shinji’s unspoken thoughts that were maybe missed:
Shinji’s early and personal impressions of Unit-01 is mostly fear if we’re summing things up. The very first scene with it is even a jump scare to emphasize that:
The frame is black, and then after the lights turn on, boom, this:
A GIANT FACE WITH MONSTER EYES THAT GLOW YES I AM LOOKING DIRECTLY AT YOU NOW SON ( with bby framed right in the middle so you know how tiny he is in comparison / and narratively, that he’s also the subject of focus )
.... can confirm scare. Plz no
Much fear. But even before this scene, it’s great to remember that Shinji is already terrified bc he saw Fourth Angel-kun AKA Sachiel wrecking havoc outside, understandably freaked out by its monster appearance / how it was shooting down military planes like they were pieces of paper. Shinji was also directly caught in that earlier crossfire and legit could’ve died just bc everything happening was too close for comfort until Misato finally shows up in her car to pick him up. Best uber But after that they get caught in a huge N2 mine explosion that hits Sachiel dead on but it comes out with barely a scratch / casually just regrows a head or something. Sachiel seems invincible to Shinji by this point and that fact already scares him— as it should.
But back to the Unit-01 scene: as far as Shinji can remember, he’s never seen an Eva or heard of one and he lets everyone know this once Gendo starts pressuring him to pilot it and do the thing to save the world right now plz or else everyone in city dead including Shinji-kun gg
Ofc to Shinji, it’s not a good feeling at all, he’s running through all the sudden facts : Unit-01 is manmade, looks powerful, and it’s supposed to protect us. It isn’t an Angel destroying the city and nonchalantly killing things of military force so there’s no need to hide and run from it— but it’s still alien to me and scary and now my impression of it is even worse because my estranged father and adult strangers are forcing me to get comfortable with it immediately to fight the ‘Angel’ I saw earlier. So I might die after all today.
Fear of death on top of feeling useless / cowardly / abandoned etc is a lot. Then injured Rei scene AKA Gendo’s master guilt tripping plan happens, and it works, but this is also where his impression of Unit-01 changes for the better : There’s a huge tremor, Rei falls off her stretcher, and giant debris is coming down from the ceiling right above her Shinji—
Unit-01 moves on its own does a giant good thing
So this part : It saved him? This robot that he’s only had bad feelings about so far? Shinji is confused af but now feels a strangely positive connection to Unit-01, one he probably can’t put into words, but it ultimately influences his decision on not to run away. bc now it finally feels like there’ll be at least something on his side if he agrees to do this— AKA Unit-01 is the literal “something that can protect / help him”, which we all know is a concept Shinji desperately wants and chases. In this terrifying mess, it’s encouraging to him. And then Shinji says the thing:
Brave bby ( it’s nice to know that he ends up saving Rei again a few eps later, shamelessly serious and gallant / heroic Shinji is underrated don’t @ me )
Fast forward : after that he gets in, syncs perfectly with it, fights Sachiel but almost dies bc he missteps once, starts to panic, but mainly bc he’s never had any proper training prior gg NERV. Unit-01 goes berserk, violently kicks Sachiel’s ass, scares the living hell out of everyone watching etc.
At the end of Ep 2, after Shinji wakes up in the hospital and moves in with Misato, he remembers everything that night, traumatized:
The blood has settled, an already freaked out Shinji turns to see Unit-01 without its cool sci-fi unicorn headplate thing that it shed earlier in battle:
Oh.
Oh.
It’s once again looking straight at him. Oh no this is much scarier than the first time plz no I want the yellow sci-fi Spiderman mask eyes back
Then Shinji understandably screams his lungs out ( and that’s when he probably fell unconscious? ) So now he’s back to fearing Unit-01 bc his Eva is a beast of a robot, on top of now having PTSD from the fight with Sachiel. Unit-01 protected Shinji twice now by going berserk, sure, but it’s also extremely unknown and frightening to him after in ways he couldn’t have expected when he first saw it— the primal kind of fear. ( side note: Primal fear, primal wants, and primal feelings, primal anything in general are a big thematic thing in nge, so it really lingers and comes back even harder in eoe )
Finally for the rest of his personal thoughts on Unit-01, badly summarized bc this is already 2 fucking long thank you to whoever’s still reading LMAOO: Shinji eventually gets used to piloting and tries to push the existential fear of his Eva to the back of his mind, mostly. He always wonders what it is exactly, once admitting that he really doesn’t know anything about Evas while peering into his NERV manual episodes later ( bc NERV is weird about everything and he’s too scared anyone ask past a certain point, ect ). Shinji thinks his Eva smells / feels weirdly calming to him inside despite being scary, but only when his life isn’t in violent danger. Things only suck whenever Unit-01 goes berserk / he loses control somehow / when he finds out certain truths about it. Youknow
On his opinions about Unit-01 aesthetically, I don’t think Shinji has any preferences that make him go ‘YES I totally vibe with this neon genesis green and purple it’s so me’ or anything, he’s just not caught up in the awesome looking giant robot idea at all ( Unlike Kensuke and Asuka ). For example his reaction was just ‘huh? oh... ok. I see?’ at Asuka when they first met when she was showing off shiny and red Unit-02 to him ( which is cool and cooler with a cape ). If you tell Shinji his giant robot is awesome and that you’re in love with the purple paint job, other than demurely acknowledge your praise, he might try to thank you surface level, very awkwardly bc he can’t take credit for that ( also will 1000/10 think that you remind him of Kensuke depending on who’s more intense LOL )
Confused and serious, I guess that’s Shinji’s attitude towards Evas in general ( minus when he’s not freaking out mhajsja ) and it fits the rest of his mild / boring / unassuming personality— like Kaji and Kaworu both said to his face, he can be clueless about his own position as a pilot and how it affects everyone around him. Like the random girls in his class, lots of people think Shinji’s cool for what he gets to do but to him it’s just a thing he has to do, for the most part.
On a sadder note, makes sense bc the only time we see Shinji enjoying something as a hobby is when he’s playing the cello and smiling, even then he just downplays his talent when asked. I think he would be a lot more passionate about music if his circumstances were better. That probably contributes to why he doesn’t care much about Evas in an aesthetic way either. But I think eventually, he’d come to prefer his own Eva just because of how familiar it would look and feel to him, plus his past experiences with it. Many ones.
Unrelated bonus note!! It’s interesting that Unit-01 is the only Eva with a completely different colour scheme when compared to its respective pilot’s plugsuit— in this case, Shinji’s plugsuit being blue and white instead ( as a side note Unit-13 is also purple and green but Shinji and Kaworu’s plugsuits match this time )
But why purple huh? My guess is that aside from wanting the main character’s giant robot to also stand out bc it’s special and awesome, Yui also wears a purple shirt in one of the later episodes showing a long flashback. That screencap stuck with me, idk why. Purple shirt confirmed in nge holy shit mind blown LOL jk in all seriousness we can only speculate. Maybe Yui’s fav colour was purple and Gendo decided to pay tribute to that when they made the Evas. Whatever headcanon hurts us more!
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Fate/Zero 1 - 25 (FINAL)
Most of these notes stayed intact during Fate/Stay Winter posts, but I’m releasing them in an unedited version here (aside from the dotpoints and read more, of course).
Fate/Zero 1
For some reason, I have it recorded that I’ve watched F/Z ep. 1, but I don’t remember it! I only remember Saber fighting someone…that’s why I have notes for this ep too.
Ewwwwwww…what’s that in the Macedonian box…?
Oh! Heaven’s Feel is the name of one of the movies that came out this year or last.
LOL, the grandparents of Waver literally refer to him as “Waver”. I thought it was a title. Is it really his name???
I’m very good at making connections between seemingly disconnected things using only the things I know. I predict Kariya’s in for a verrrrrrrry bad time and will probably die in this Grail War, if not go bananas. I already know Rin, Ilya (the Einzbern child) and Sakura are already part of the Fate/ canon, so they’re probably going to fight in a Grail War as well.
Ahhhhhhh! B*stard Archer (that is, Gilgamesh)! He’s hereeeeeeeee!
What’s that counter on the ep title card…? Is it the time until the Grail War…?
Fate/Zero 2
I’ve seen enough spoilers being bandied about that I already know Rider is Alexander the Great.
Like, seriously, why do we call the dude “Waver Velvet”? What’s his real name?
Kiritsugu acts as Ilya’s dad, but…I’m pretty sure he isn’t her dad. Kiritsugu’s surname is Emiya, right? He’s Shirou’s dad, as far as I know. Then again, I only know what I know from being around Fate/ fans for so long.
LOL, there are far too many dragons in this name – Ryuunosuke Uryuu.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! Is this Giant B*stard Archer???? Is this Giant B*stard Archer??? (i.e. Gilgamesh) Oooooooooh! No wonder people like Gilgamesh, even though they call him a giant loveable b*stard.
Fate/Zero 3
Thy don’t call Rider that for nothin’, eh?
I wonder how Saber managed to get a passport…? She’d need one, eh?
Oh…CGI car…it’s burning my eyesssssssss! (although I do believe Troyca didn’t do any better with El-Melloi’s Case Files)
“Hotel in Fuyuki” – They couldn’t be any more explicit with this stuff, could they…?
“…Highness.” – I can see why Saber is so popular with the Fate/ fans now.
Huh? I seem to remember the battle that comes next! Damn *bleep* <- (censored name of anime club manager responsible for the anime marathon that caused me to go from the beginning of F/Z in the first place)! I definitely remember Saber fighting Lancer.
Fate/Zero 4
(sorry, seen this one! That’s where the confusion was! So no notes here!)
Fate/Zero 5
Berserker looks like Goblin Slayer covered in smoke…LOL.
…Well, they don’t call that guy Berserker for nothin’ either.
Rider would make a great Santa Claus, LOL.
Fate/Zero 6
Isn’t there a Joan of Arc in the Netflix Fate/ (Apocrypha)?
Dang, that Kayneth is an evil b*stard, alright!
Kirei is basically Wolverine…?
No wonder you never hear about Caster when people talk about Fate/…he’s neither hot nor a waifu…so nobody gives a s*** about him.
Fate/Zero 7
Is that a Gantz?
Wait, y’mean Rider is motivated…by pants? *spits* Hahahaha…
You can see Ufotable’s much-praised CGI at work here, too.
I can definitely see why Ufotable was chosen for Katsugeki and why they chose Izuminokami for their protag.
Had to google Jeanne to remember what she looks like in this universe, but yeah…she does look like Saber.
For some reason, I had a fleeting thought that Lancer would be the one to be on the mountain alongside Saber…I was right.
So basically, the entire Fate/ series is this: who would win? A mage or an assassin? (Or something like this.)
Fate/Zero 8
I still think Kirei is basically Wolverine.
Kiritsugu = “to cut and tie”.Update: It’s “to tie” and “to inherit”, apparently.
F/Z 9
I wonder…just what is Lancer’s motivation for the Grail? Surely, Servants have their own motives…
I literally covered my eyes when Sola-Ui bent Kayneth’s finger back…it was almost as bad as seeing Nozomi get tortured (Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka)…*gulp*
“Not well” is an understatement, Sola-Ui.
I had to google how old Waver was in this Grail War…he’s 19, apparently, so right in my strike zone right here, so to speak~.
Beleaguered Waver is what you cool kids would call the 2020 Mood…and yes, I’m watching this on the 1st of January, 2020 (but you’re reading this after I put it up later in the month), so I’m keeping the comment.
“What kind of moron would go busting in?” – *facepalm* It seems Rider would.
What the heck is Rider riding his chariot over on the floor, anyway? What’s up with these sewer creatures ? They’ve got tentacles…!
F/Z 10
Rin reminds me of Asuka (NGE)…*gulp* That can only mean bad things for her.
Zenjo? I’ll make a note of that name.
That one glowing sign says “Fuyuki Station”.
Rin no Bouken = Rin’s Adventure. I don’t see why the subbers included “Big” in there, tbh.
F/Z 11
Uh-oh. Why do I get the feeling Saber’s going to get very, very drunk…?
Gee whiz, the great b*stard is a narcissist…
Well, sometimes I forget I had “Archer = Gilgamesh” spoilt for me ages ago…probably because he’s all over Babylonia, not to mention he seems to be one of the more popular characters precisely because he is the great b*stard.
“I wish for my homeland’s salvation.” – An interesting thing to say, considering Brexit.
What the f*** is a Gordius…oh, okay. So that’s Rider’s chariot.
How many Assassins are there??? I thought there was just the one, but there were 4 last time.
This discussion is interesting…no wonder Saber got mistaken for Joan of Arc back in the day.
Welp, Assassins gotta assassinate…*shrugs*
Eyyyyyy…there’s this one guy who looks basically like an older Waver Velvet! That explains a few things, I think.
F/Z 12
“Ramasonic” (sic).
I still think Gil-I mean, Archer’s snakeskin pants are hilarious.
I feel like last episode was a lot better in regards to how good Fate/ could be. This episode is just Ufotable animating talking Gilgamesh and Kirei heads.
Why do I get a bad feeling something bad’s going to happen to Maiya…again?
Kirei trying to look bada*s while leaning against a wall…it looks sort of funny, to be honest with you…because he bends his neck at a funny angle.
F/Z 13
This is the end of the 1st cour, apparently…according to AniList, at least.
“…5 billion people.” – I think the number is 7 billion now, but okay.
Never leave your Servant unsupervised, amirite?
I saw one of the bookstore’s shelves has science fiction on it…hmm, in a show with magic, that seems ironic…or was that non-fiction? Also somewhat ironic.
Oh, this “Don’t you want to do anything fun?” from Rider to Waver is an interesting parallel to Kirei’s episode (the previous one).
Dragon guy’s off his rocker…seriously.
Paraphrasing here, but “…if you want to use the Grail to make yourself taller…” – then stick to milk and other calcium products, Waver…LOL. I mean, other anime characters do.
Even Saber Naruto runs! There are no aliens here…but that car does have gull-wing doors (<-had to google what the doors were called), so…is it a DeLorean or something? Then someone could time travel instead.
I thought one of the previous commands from the overseers was to defeat Caster…?
Fate/Zero has become a kaiju movie, LOL.
Scared Waver is also a 2020 Mood…LOL.
F/Z 14
What’s this “Giant of Light” business…?
Geesh…If Ufotable did a Godzilla movie, I would watch that…(now that this monster makes me think of that possibility.)
This is a small quibble, but is it “Diabolo” or “Diablo”?
Somehow it didn’t even hit me until the fight was halfway over…but does Gilgamesh control a flying airship as part of his Noble Phantasm?!
Pretty scenery or not, talking people standing still are just that…not very entertaining, for sure. It’s basically the only flaw of this series, aside from the fact it hasn’t plumbed the depths of its themes yet.
Ufotable’s clouds look kind of like Gainax’s in Houkago no Pleiades, huh?
Tokiomi seems to blame Kariya for the whole sister vs. sister thing. Hmm, it really just shows how demented the guy is.
F/Z 15
Berserker is only ever in CGI, huh? No wonder Ufotable was given the job.
“That’s…from King Arthur’s legend…” – Can I please interrupt with the Excalibur song? (I’m annoying like that and want to ruin your level of immersion, that’s why.)
Hey, who knew? We get to see Joan in this anime, too. Thank you, Ufotable and Type Moon for saving me a Netflix subscription.
F/Z 16
“Things have been rather hectic this evening.” – Well, you don’t say…
*Saber and Lancer start their fight * - I detect signs there may have been people shipping Saber and Lancer at this point in time, what with their mutual ideas of honour and such.
Kayneth is kind childish, LOL – he’s like a kid peeping at his parents while they complain to each other about a hard day’s work or something.
Uh, this curse from Lancer here is definitely gonna be relevant later, right…?
I was muttering, “Oh goodness” (<- I’m self-censoring here, but you get the point) a few times over when Kiritsugu and Maiya finally got around to killing Kayneth, Lancer and Kayneth’s fiancee. By the way, were those two ever married…? Also, this makes me wonder…what would happen if you got a completely useless Servant? Like “King of Fools” or something. It would sound like the Familiar of Zero, sure, but it would be an interesting exercise in making a compelling narrative.
F/Z 17
Dangit, B*stard Archer. Disappearing just after you provoked Kirei…
Oh! I found the Avalon scene confusing at first, but now that they explain it, it makes a lot more sense.
“As I live and breathe, Kirei!” – Sounds mighty ironic for a meant-to-be-dead historical figure to say that.
F/Z 18
We jump to someone else’s story…or do we?
For some reason, I think this beach place is based on Okinawa. (It seems like the best match.)
“This isn’t a game.” – Seems highly ironic, given his current situation.
I know Kiritsugu is probably looking into Shirley’s eyes, but all they show is the boobs downwards, so I imagine it to be fanservice.
That shaking was just to disguise the bad animation, wasn’t it…?
…and suddenly, zombies!
Well, that’s great, Kiritsugu. You ended up burning down a village by association. Good job…
“Vampires.” – Well, that wasn’t the word I was expecting…
For some reason, I think this new arrival is a woman, but now that I get a proper look at their face, they kinda look like the Great B*stard (Gilgamesh). Update: It looks like they have cleavage, but then they also kinda resemble Samatoki (Hyp Mic)…so, uh…I dunno. Update 2: Okay, she’s a woman…Natalia, to be precise.
The houses on fire look a lot like the ones in Katsugeki, come to think of it.
F/Z 19
Wait, what’s a Mystic Code again…?
Oh, I didn’t think this show would do it, but there’s a good few seconds of recap. I know, because I had to skip it.
Oh, the reason Kiritsugu doesn’t seem to ally with the Association or the Church is because Natalia wasn’t part of either. Right…I’m so dumb.
Am I just reading into Kiritsugu’s pose here too much, or does he look like Christ the Redeemer a bit…?
There’s something oddly pretty about Vorzak. Then again…it’s too bad he’s designated to be dead.
I could tell Kiritsugu was CGI for a second…but he was in fog. Dangit, Ufotable. You know how to disguise your CGI well.
…Okay, those bees were very CGI. Scrap what I just said.
Bees on a plane. What a way to die.
I’ve noticed Kiritsugu’s eyes don’t have any pupils in them. They’re always kind of dead, but not in th same way En’s (<- from Boueibu) are.
What happened to Kiritsugu’s mother…?
The extended flashback seems to be the best way to my heart, assuming you can pull it off properly.
What’s with that “sometime, somewhere”?
F/Z 20
There hasn’t been a proper OP since 3 episodes ago.
Was Maiya ever interested in Kiritsugu as a woman? This vague pseudo-harem sorta annoys me, which is why I need answers.
The crows in this show aren’t very fluffy. Not that I have a problem with that…it’s just a bit random (and I’m saying that as I operate without much sleep and will have a huge period of getting up early in my near future, so you’re probably going to see even more randomness coming from my brain).
Modanyaki. Never thought I’d be googling a Japanese concept for this anime.
This sleeping bag Waver reminds me of Aizawa, but this is at least 4 years too early for that.
That cloud in the top left is shaped funny…like a knight, maybe? (There’s a triangular bit that looks lik a helmet.)
I believe the bird is a bush warbler (uguisu), based on the colour.
So this is where you learn what the f*** a Gordius Wheel is…right.(sounds a bit pissed)
Seeing Kariya squirm…it makes me thank my lucky stars I had the sound off. My imagination makes the scene worse, though.
So fakers beget fakers and killers beget killers, huh? Not surprising.
“I’ve always told him he was doing the right thing.” – Because you didn’t know any better, huh, Iri?
F/Z 21
“Knight on Two Wheels” – What would that knight be riding, a bike…? (somewhat sarcastic)
…A motorbike. Close enough. (not sarcastic anymore)
The motorbike’s plate says “Fuyuki - Te” – instead of a licence plate combo, Japan has a single hiragana.
Well, at least now I know why you never hear of Kariya outside Fate/Zero much…those worms don’t give him long to live.
Isn’t Tokiomi dead though…?
Holy s***, Kariya, you just got framed! *yells in the tone of voice as if Kariya got owned…which he did, in a sense*
*brow furrowed* What’s up with the framing of Aoi’s killing that makes this seem like attempted rape…?
Kirei looks all dead inside. (LOL) I know it’s the animators’ fault that they didn’t bother with him in that scene, but…he has the eyes of a dead fish there, y’know? I can’t help but laugh.
F/Z 22
Never in my life have I seen a grandpa want to talk on the roof.
The grandpa reminds me of Rider…that’s probably where part of their relationship comes from.
You can see the lack of sleep is getting to Kiritsugu right now…his face looks a little sunken…
…Fate/ is apparently pretty infamous for treating its women badly from a feminist persepctive and I think I get why now…(referring to the death of Aoi and now Kirei’s treatment of Iri)
I think the scariest part of F/Z is watching th emotionless guy learn how to feel…kinda like Equilibrium, y’know?
Hmm? I wonder how this show will choose to end, since it’s signalling its end from 3 episodes out?
I predicted Rider would say something along the lines of “…befitting of the Rider class” and lo and behold! He did!
So Rider can summon a single horse as well as the entire chariot? *Saitama face* Okay then.
Number of Times Waver Appears: 1, Number of Times Waver Cries: 1, Number of Times Waver Blushes: 2
Come to think of it, even though I had that weird “Ohhhhhh! Great B*stard Archer!” reaction at first, Gilgamesh has shown up in most of the worst scenes of this show so far (basically, most of the “talking heads” scenes where he talks shop with Kirei). Then again, my change in feelings probably because I’ve had to keep a special eye out for Waver and knew Saber was the poster girl for the entire series.
The counter appears to be “time until the Holy Grail War”…well, that or its final conflict.
F/Z 23
I like how Waver’s joining in with Rider’s yelling.
I have the sound off, so now I’m just mentally narrating Sakura with this creepy child voice and it’s spooking me out…the Urobutcher could really go toe-to-toe with Stephen King if it weren’t my imagination…(LOL…?)
I feel sorry for that car’s owner…the car wasn’t meant to be wrecked…
I fully expect Berserker to be Lancelot or some other guy in King Arthur’s canon, judging by Saber’s reactio-hey, who’s Arondight…? Update: Oh, f***. It really is Lancelot. Turns out Arondight is the name of Lancelot’s sword. How did I know? There’s that upcoming Camelot adaption, isn’t there? Connect the dots.
Oh, f*** me – I feel conflicted. On the one hand, Lancelot’s hella handsome (and his dark hair is exactly my kinda thing), on the other hand…doesn’t he look like he came out of Castlevania or Vampire Hunter D or something??? F***in’ vampires!
Oh, f*** again, I stand corrected. Lancelot was handsome, before he became a Caster-looking…thing.
*bursts into spontaneous laughter* The new Lancelot looks kinda like Tsukasa from Dr Stone, LOL.
Number of Times Waver Cries: 2
Wait, isn’t Bucephalus Greek??? Update: No, he wasn’t. He was Alexander the Great’s horse. That explains why he’s Rider.
I was wondering how Waver managed to live long enough to be El-Melloi II when he was stuck in a battle to the death. Welp, that’s how he did it, folks! *points at screen*
Number of Times Waver Cries: 3…but…anti-climax, much, f***in’ Gilgamesh???
Uh, what’s up with Psalm 23:4? (I had to google that snippet of the Bible to find out its citation.)
LOL, Kirei and Kiritsugu have very similar faces. Didn’t realise that until now.
F/Z 24
It’s weird seeing Kirei full of fighting spirit…He’s still frickin’ Wolverine, though.
Is this taking cues from the Matrix? I bought it from the charity store the other day because I haven’t seen it yet, but I know Bullet Time from TV Tropes.
Now Kirei is channeling Bruce Lee, LOL.
Ouch…the bullet to the hand reminds me of the nail gun scene in The Island (which still freaks me out to this day). (…and now I’ve gone and done it – every time I think of that movie, I get the song The Island – part 1, at least - in my head as well.)
I can almost see Sakaido (from ID: Invaded) in some of these scenes instead of Kiritsugu…trust Ei Aoki and associates to do that.
I went to dump a screenshot in Paint and one of my Fate/ backgrounds from one of the previous posts was set to my background! (I have my backgrounds set to rotate every 12 hours and I have over 600 pictures for that purpose.) *sighs happily and incredulously* Well, whaddaya know…sometimes the stars do align.
I almost expected Shirley to appear, but it turns out it was Iri instead.
Kiritsugu still has his Command Seals so he’s still connected to the Grail War somehow…hmm…
C’mon, I predicted Gilgamesh would compliment Saber when she was down and bleeding.
F/Z 25 (FINAL)
Who’s Lord Justeaze?
Sakura has the same eyes as Kiritsugu. Dead, lifeless eyes.
Did Kariya just throw himself to the worms???
The Great Naked B*stard Gilgamesh.
A priest is a zombie, huh? How ironic.
Isn’t Gilgamesh annoyed by his lack of clothes…? Update: Never mind. He gets a cloth soon enough.
Wait, if Saber destroyed the Grail, who won…?
Huh? The timer ran out.
Aw, even Waver’s growing up.
One of the books says 零戦 (reisen) which apparently means “Zero Fighter [Plane]”. One of the sets of books says “William Shakespeare”, who I know is a Servant somewhere in the Fateverse.
The Bible verse is Job 19:25.
Lancelot’s head doesn’t disappear when the rest of him fades away…It’s pretty poignant.
Jubstacheit is the head of the Einzberns. Update: Think I had to google that.
“Becoming a hero has an expiration date.” – As much as I know that in my creative heart to not be true, my adult heart says yes, it’s true.
Welp, that’s the end of one series. Time for another.
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FIRST THREE EPISODES OF S4 LETS GO
long post so apologies to mobile users. salt warning.
voltron season 4 spoilers (although i understand it’s technically still three the season just got split in two so the content drought wasn’t as long). please don’t give me spoilers for the rest of the season!! i don’t want them!!
(on the subject of content drought is steven universe still on hiatus?)
(still better than berserk’s hiatuses though)
episode 1:
still no new intro you COWARDS
second impact!!! oh no just a ship.
i wonder if galra have unions those two sound like they need one
BLADES
“do not engage” HMMM
oooh lizard blade
the blade up top could’ve totally seen that patrol coming tbh???
KEITH I KNEW IT!!!!
30 SECONDS TO SAVE LIZARD BLADE
holy shit he actually did it
sassy keith talking back to kolivan like that. hell yeah he saved their friend and the mission.
firo uh why are you acting like bridge boss? that was allura’s job and then coran’s job when she became the blue pilot. Back The Fuckéth Down.
there’s something ominous about those temples i can’t place it.
oh hey what’s up firo being a jackass as usual? k? k. keith can you employ the blade sass here too please it’s kinda sad watching this fake shiro stomp all your fire out.
pidge i hope that’s superficial damage bc cracks are probably not what you want in an outer space vessel.
wow rude. heith cancelled i’m not liking that.
i’m not trusting a DAMN THING from firo, especially when the music got super deep for a second.
i’m not in the military or remotely connected to it in any way but this is like... actually there’s no ‘like’ about it, they’re taking the most powerful and skilled soldiers out of combat in the middle of a war just so they can show them off, when voltron is already enshrined in the galactic mythos and by now it’s well known as being active and wrecking galra shit.
i can’t!! believe!! this!! is even!!! a debate?? parade which has already stated to have already happened very recently before or a galra supply ship going to for all that they know a secret galra base that they need to track down.
Y’ALL ARE FREEDOM FIGHTERS. IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE. THE FUCK.
god shut up lance he could be dead or captured and you’re more worried about the show.
i’m pretty sure you’ve only ~tried~ like what, three times? and like only one of those even made any impression on keith and i don’t even think it was the right one.
AND YOU SHOULD STILL TRY BECAUSE HE’S YOUR GODDAMN FRIEND.
NO LIZARD BLADE
so they’re off giving them the ol’ razzle dazzle and keith is running out of oxygen in the wreckage of a bomb explosion with no allies in sight floating adrift in space. fun times.
this parade is basically just an ad for toys LBR.
this is embarrassingly unfunny. like not even in a schadenfreude way.
so like y’all seriously have never thought about an alternative way for these parades to go just in case one of the lions needed repairs or was late back from a mission or a paladin was sick?
allura like i get what you’re trying to say here but like... do you know keith.
he’s not choosing the blades over voltron he’s choosing the fucking war over a parade.
ahh there he is, my terrible space prince. cleanse me of my salt.
god he has no respect for haggar at all ahhaha. i know some spoilers re honerva thanks to that one clip so it’s interesting he either doesn’t recognize her or doesn’t want to or that haggar either still doesn’t remember him or also doesn’t want to.
and y’all seriously never had a contingency plan for any situation that could mean voltron wasn’t around hhhhh.
hunk you’re the tank just AOE the spawned adds and let the DPS pick them off while you pop a defensive cooldown god you’d wipe the group in ragefire chasm even in full heirlooms wouldn’t you. (although there isn’t a healer lion and he’s clearly more protection warrior than the far superior blood death knight so lol no self heals)
huh. well the black lion historically isn’t a great judge of character so you’re still firo to me. like objectively, the black lion has no investment in her paladin’s life as seen on the bone planet when they were all separated, or even the continued existence of voltron. compare to the red lion, who will wreck entire bases and cross the galaxy to get to hers if she senses they’re in peril.
i wonder if voltron or the lions are conscious. like not like a person but like an EVA unit. a unit 1 vs zeruel style fight where voltron or one of the lions goes beast mode would be AMAZING
(spoiler warning for a 90s anime lol have i linked this before? i think i might have.)
now i want to watch original NGE again boo
(i wonder if we’ll ever get a real lion-on-lion fight. like either with the paladins involved or without. or like the lions deciding ‘fuck the pilot’ and disobeying them god that makes me want to watch NGE EVEN MORE)
holy shit you can all fuck off.
god keith your voice.
HOLY SHIT YOU CAN ALL FUCK OFF THAT’S THE MOST HOLLOW ~FRIENDSHIP~ MOMENT TO DATE.
welp OT4 cancelled, i guess that means i have no nice ships in this fandom and only have crack ships like keitor and zethura. i think that’s the fastest i’ve ever gone from loving a ship to dumping it. wait no i was a puzzleshipper for all of a day before i got bored of it when i rewatched yugioh. hunk/allura/shay/keith lasted a few weeks between S3.1 and S3.2.
(it’s ok shay i still love you. i can still ship you and keith but that too is a crack ship ♥)
episode 2:
UH WELL THANKS FOR THAT SPOILER THUMBNAIL NETFLIX.
BABY PIDGE
it’s amazing how a single word has made me detest this boy more than any of the galra except that one shitty one who sucked. go to hell.
actually teacher can go to hell too you’re just gonna let the entire class laugh at her and not even try to maintain order? are you that petty about being corrected?
i like these watercolour-y style backgrounds, i hope other earth flashbacks get this kind of style. it’s a nice change from how clean and sharp everything else is.
aww he’s a good bro
NERDBABIES ♥
OH WELL I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A BACK UP PLAN IN CASE THE GALRA ATTACK WHILE SHE’S GONE :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
like he’s contacting her midflight which makes it seem like she just took off at the first hint of matt??? meanwhile kolivan contacts the ship and explains the situation and asks politely? but keith’s the bad guy for splitting up the team ok.
do i sound salty? i feel it.
that’s our hunk, he sure likes to eat! -hysterical crowd noises-
this city looks like a neo-tokyo sonic level in a good way.
the lamest spider man.
who are you sharktooth tail man.
the whole PLANET looks like a neo-tokyo sonic level in a good way. approve. the coolest planet. can that be the new hub planet and not that weird techno-ahn’qiraj thing?
so the green lion takes no steps to defend itself under attack without a paladin.
did she just bloodbend that ship?
I LOVE HER. SHE’S ABOUT TO DIE (pidge bloodbend her wound shut) BUT I LOVE HER.
“so here’s your supplies and a body cheers.”
so why all the secrets here? i feel like the garrison’s up to shady shit, like he was just a space tube driller right? is space geology really that cutthroat?
that shot of the graveyard, holy shit.
i wonder how pidge’s mother’s doing. probably not well.
now see this would be tense and tragic if not for the FUCKING THUMBNAIL NETFLIX.
physics? physics.
i love rusty space tech!!!!!!!!
aww ♥
so where’s mr. holt then.
oh so he’s not galra he’s a space dinosaur.
“looks to me like you’re made of meat, just like everyone else!” ok that was an amazing line. i’m stealing that for my blood death knight, it’s perfect for her. i like you bloody bounty huntersaurus. you’re so dead but i like you.
nerd squad!
was that shiro and keith in the back?
so matt’s eyesight couldn’t have been that bad for pidge to just put them on like that, unless he switched the lenses out and made them purely cosmetic. people have to sit down when they wear my glasses or they feel sick.
episode 3:
yknow show i already feel bad enough for haggar/honerva you don’t need to twist that knife anymore.
are they STILL torturing that guy? i mean dude’s so strong in his convictions and his loyalty that he’s not tried making up a fake or even letting his brain conjure up an answer that he believes is true y’all should consider promoting him instead maybe??? because he’s the most hardcore person in that room???
firo why does ‘refugee’ instantly translate to ‘soldier’ with you.
oh he’s lance but more anime around pretty girls. boy that sure was an interesting and appealing character trait the first time around!!!!!!1111!!!1!!
HE’S NOT SHIRO DON’T TRUST HIM MATT.
cyber zarkon. i hope his AI acts up and he has to use urban dictionary as his speech system.
interesting that her first act is to drop lotor in it.
they both hate lotor so much why’d you even have him in the first place huh?
SHE’S SO EXCITED also the formatting’s getting weird bc of the length i think so sorry if this starts looking weird.
there he is again!! space prince!!
nobody who worked on this scene has ever been close to a cow. where’s the intrinsic judgement of your soul, the innate suspicion at your mere presence?
also she needs a herd she’s gonna be lonely ;_;
lotor we all know you’re lying
well apparently they don’t so i guess that kind of behaviour is what they expect from him. huh. i wonder when the switch between that being true and that being a well rehearsed act happened.
haggar what did you just do to narti. that’s not a good high pitched noise or whispering. i feel like i’ve heard it before.
how do you miss a tracker that makes an explosion that large the first time around? and wouldn’t the scan be standard procedure at this point?
hunk why are you acting like this. it’s weird i don’t like it.
git gud lance.
that whole bit went on way too long.
OH NO NARTI I KNEW HAGGAR DID SOMETHING.
so lotor’s officially the enemy now. like public enemy number 1.
VLD IF YOU TAKE ZETHRID AWAY FROM ME LIKE SU DID WITH JASPER...
so it
was
narti oh no :( i’d kinda hoped it was the cat.
that’s pretty graphic too slicing the view in half like that. a very creative censor.
and they don’t react at all? huh.
ok ok now they have the chance to. god they all look miserable.
did they leave the cat behind?
wonder what keith’s up to.
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NordVPN VPN Service - Review, Test-drive and Features breakdown
We couldn't complete our VPN review & test-drive series without talking about NordVPN, one of the most renowned VPN services in 2019: from PCMag to TechRadar, from VPNMentor to CompariTech, everyone seems to love NordVPN speed, performance and reliability. Are the rumors really true? We tried our best to find it out within this review and test-drive.
In the unlikely case you don't know what a VPN as-a-service actually is we strongly suggest to check out this post before going further: once done, come back here to read the review to its full extent.
Internet without borders
Advanced security, Internet freedom, Complete privacy: this is the payoff of the NordVPN website, and it fits well with the company spirit. NordVPN was born in 2012 when four childhood friends came together to build technology that could liberate the internet. Spending a lot of time in different parts of the world they saw internet censorship, content control and intrusive government surveillance growing faster than ever before. The feeling that the internet was losing its main purpose led to a search of possible solutions on how to overcome all the restrictions.
After setting up the first VPN server and sharing the prototype among their friends, the creators started receiving extremely positive feedback and were encouraged to continue their work. That’s how NordVPN was born, now serving more than 12 million people worldwide.
The NordVPN name was inspired by Nordic ideals of confidence, trust, and innovation: it reflects how we value our customer freedom of choice, how we strive to be innovative with our technology and the way we work. Over the years, NordVPN became a trusted online security solution, used by over 12 million internet users worldwide. Meanwhile, NordVPN became recognized by the most influential tech sites and IT security specialists. It is now one of the most trusted privacy and security service provider in the world, known for the strongly held values and well thought-out features.
Ethical purposes
Before starting with the technicalities, we would like to briefly review the NordVPN manifesto which can be found on their website.
We, at NordVPN, strive to make Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of a truly open internet a reality. Mr. Berners-Lee imagined the internet as a very different place when he implemented the first successful HTML communication in 1989. It was to be a safe space, free from censorship and surveillance. Unfortunately, as headlines around the world demonstrate daily, this is hardly the case these days.
At NordVPN, our team of mathematicians and technologists wake up every morning with one core goal – to keep the internet as free as possible. This is our passion and why we come to work every day. We strive to provide absolutely uncompromised safety and privacy on the Web. We make sure no one sees what you do online because they shouldn’t. Nor should we, for that matter.
For this reason we do not keep logs. If someone asks us about you, we have nothing to share. We are free internet enthusiasts who believe in a common secure future online. We support fighters for human rights, journalists, volunteers in conflict zones, information activists or anyone who believes in the power of the open Web as Mr. Berners-Lee imagined.
In the spirit of transparency, we’ll do everything we can to keep you updated about all aspects of our service, from server status upgrades to occasional glitches. We aim to create a lasting relationship of mutual trust with you, the customers who share our deeply held values.
Additional ethical contents can be found on their social responsibility page, where they talk about freedom of speech, digital education & awareness, social reports, and so on: definitely a commendable display of good efforts... However, it's about time to bring the numbers and the stats in.
Data Security
NordVPN was the first VPN service to describe their data protection features as military-grade encryption... which might sound a bit exxagerated, yet it's not that far from the actual truth. As a matter of fact, NordVPN protects their users data using AES, an encryption standard used and approved worldwide by governments, cybersecurity experts, and cryptography enthusiasts: more specifically, NordVPN makes use of AES with 256-bit keys, which is recommended by the NSA for securing classified information.
The number 256 refers to the key size, so 256-bit has 1.1×1077 possible combinations. While it is true that any key can be broken given enough resources, cracking AES with 256-bit keys is definitely out-of-reach nowadays: to break it, a good hacker would need to use supercomputers that would countinuously work for many (billions of) years.
Two security protocols
Like most VPNs, NordVPN creates a tunnel to transmit your data to VPN servers securely. When this happens, two different security protocols are used to determine how that tunnel is actually formed: IKEv2/IPsec and OpenVPN. More specifically, IKEv2/IPsec has been adopted as a default in NordVPN iOS and macOS apps, while OpenVPN is the default for NordVPN Windows, macOS, and Android apps. Both of these protocols have their pros and cons, but each one of them is dependable and highly recommended by most IT security experts worldwide.
IKEv2/IPsec
IPsec, which stands for Internet Protocol Security, operates with the newest version of the Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) to enhance security, stability, and speed. IKEv2/IPsec employs powerful cryptographic algorithms and keys, which are almost unbreakable - even by today's supercomputers. With computing power continuously increasing, and cryptography breakthroughs always around the corner, it’s important to stay one step ahead. That’s why NordVPN uses the very adaptable Next Generation Encryption (NGE) with IKEv2/IPsec: this will add an additional layer of security, because the protocol will mantain its resiliency even when the CPU computational capacity will increase over the natural course of time.
OpenVPN
OpenVPN is an extremely versatile security protocol, which you can use both for TCP and UPD ports – for safe browsing, gaming, and live streaming. To guarantee the protection of your sensitive data, NordVPN uses AES-256-GCM encryption algorithm with a 2048-bit DH key. The whole global cybersecurity community has a stake in OpenVPN since it has an open source code, which is freely available for review and modification. With every new bug report, with every new-found vulnerability, with every line of code, this security protocol gets stronger and better. We can definitely say that transparency is the most powerful OpenVPN feature.
Verdict
Although using AES-256 is definitely a good thing, it also became the de-facto standard among the top-tier VPN service providers. The same can be said for IKEv2/IPsec and OpenVPN: both protocols have been adopted by most VPN services as well. Therefore, we can say that NordVPN data-encryption level is great, yet it's pretty much on-par with most of its competitors nowadays.
Features
This is a list of NordVPN's most important features.
DoubleVPN
One of the NordVPN most distinctive features is called DoubleVPN. Typically, when you connect to VPN, your traffic travels through a remote VPN server, which changes your IP address and encrypts all the data that you send or receive over the internet. Due to this setup, no snoopers or cybercriminals can see what you are doing online. With Double VPN, your online activity hides behind two servers instead of one, using a two-layered connection pattern known as VPN server chaining. The working principle is rather simple:
Your traffic reaches a remote VPN server and leaves it securely encrypted.
The encrypted traffic then passes through a second VPN server and gets encrypted one more time.
You reach your internet destination securely and privately.
It goes without saying that such tecnique drastically increases the overall security of the connection, as well as the anonymization standards: however, it also comes with a noticeable performance decrease - which is often well-worth the trade.
These are the most distinctive benefits of the DoubleVPN feature:
Double encryption: the transmitted data is protected with an extra layer of encryption, thus making it twice as hard for hackers to decipher.
Enhanced security: the connections are mixed between UDP and TCP protocols, which increases the security level of all the online activity.
IP masking: As the caller's actual IP address was changed by the first VPN server, the second server doesn’t have any information about it.
Increased privacy: Nobody, including the caller's ISP can see the final destination of the web requests issued by the caller: they can only know that a VPN service is being used.
Kill Switch
The Kill Switch is a fundamental characteristic of any good level VPN: such function provides the automatic shutdown of one or more applications (or the internet connection, or the entire PC) whenever the VPN connection ends for any reason. It essentially acts as a safety net that will protect the transmitted data against accidental disclosure in case of connection problems.
Strict No-Log policy
Without a VPN, all your online traffic passes through your internet service provider (ISP): they can see everything you do online and track your behavior. Sometimes they even hand your internet access data over to advertisers, government agencies, or other third parties. When you connect to a VPN server, your ISP can no longer see what you do on the internet. However, your VPN provider does have that power. So it’s crucial to know what kind of logs – details about you and your online activity – the provider keeps.
NordVPN operates in Panama, where there are no legal requirements for collecting user data: this basically means that they are free to apply a no-log policy, meaning they won't register their users activities at all. This is a really good thing for users privacy, because no government will be able to force NordVPN to hand over your online activity records.
CyberSec
A recently introduced feature that blocks certain threats (malware or phishing) automatically: it should acts just like an antivirus + a firewall IPS system. Unfortunately, we were unable to properly test it (we'll edit this section if we'll be able to do that in the near future).
Custom DNS
A neat feature allowing the user to add their own custom DNS servers to be used instead of NordVPN's DNS servers.
P2P-Friendly servers
P2P stands for Peer-to-Peer networking. It is one of the fastest and most convenient ways to share files with large groups of people. Normally, each user would download a file from one server or a network of servers. With P2P, each downloader also becomes an uploader, making the process of file sharing much more efficient.
The reputation of P2P sharing is somewhat negative, which is why many internet service providers (ISPs) try to discourage users from it. But file sharing has valid and perfectly legal uses – in fact, the P2P technology is ideal for public distribution of free-access data, sharing large amounts of corporate data internally, and also pushing software updates to massive user bases. That being said, you still need to think about safety measures while sharing or downloading files from a P2P network.
The main issue is that every device uploading or downloading the same file on a P2P network can see each other’s IP address. That’s the very nature of P2P – it wouldn’t work otherwise. So what’s great for efficient information sharing is not that great for your privacy. Besides, your internet service provider can also quickly detect that you’re using P2P. They may deny access to file-sharing websites or set bandwidth limits, which slows down your internet speed.
With these risks in mind, if you use P2P, VPN should be your best friend for (at least) three reasons:
IP address masking. When you enable a VPN, you connect to a remote VPN server, replacing your real IP address with that of the server. This IP swap hides your location and helps you stay private while sharing files or simply browsing the web.
Bandwidth throttling protection. When you use a VPN, your ISP can’t detect that you are sharing files and shape your connection accordingly. This way, you can avoid the annoyance of bandwidth throttling and internet roadblocks.
Online traffic encryption. With a VPN, P2P files and all other data you send and receive travels through a strongly encrypted tunnel. That means no one can get their hands on your private information.
6-Device rule
A single NordVPN account will cover up to six devices at once. Moreover, if you connect NordVPN to your router, it will secure every device on your network, using up only a single space out of the 6 available. Considering how many devices are available within a single family nowadays, this is indeed a good thing, as you can secure the whole home with a single account.
Top-grade Assistance
NordVPN customer service has been given the Best Customer Service 2018 Award by bestVPN.com: their agents are ready to help you 24/7 (all day, every day) using a deedicate line: they also have a pretty good Help Center & Support page which can be useful to quickly find the answers for most frequently asked questions.
VPN Client
The NordVPN Client is definitely a big deal, expecially if we compare it to the "minimalistic" approach chosen by most VPN service providers - which is not ideal when you have to play with a lot of options. It comes with Server List section with favorites and bookmark support, and a well-presented Settings page which can be used to customize the various connection properties and features.
Here's a list of the most important features you can control from the Settings section:
CyberSec
Custom DNS
Auto connect
Kill Switch (App and Internet)
Invisibility on LAN. This useful feature hides the computer on the local area network.
Obfuscated Servers. It can be used to use NordVPN from restricted locations (we couldn't try that since our country is not restricted).
Notifications. This option can be activated t o get connect and disconnect notifications in the SysTray.
The Server List section provides a country-specific server lists, dividing them in four different types:
Dedicated IP address. These servers have a dedicated IP addresses that don't change.
Double VPN. These servers will chain the VPN connection so that traffic flows through two VPN servers all the time (as previously explained in the Double VPN paragraph).
Onion over VPN. These server will allow you to use TOR while connected to the VPN.
P2P. These servers supports P2P traffic (not all do).
Performance Tests
The test-drive which we carried out was mostly performance-oriented: we were interested to measure the ability of the VPN to maintain a decent speed over time with a wide range of different applications: Torrent, Emule/eDonkey, web surfing in HTTP and HTTPS mode , FTP, SFTP, RDP connections, TeamViewer sessions, online gaming (using CounterStrike: Global Offensive, MTG Arena and Hearthstone) and video streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, CrunchyRoll, Youtube Red).
We have to admit that the results were top-notch - probably the best we ever got from a VPN service as of today. Let alone the online FPS-based gaming, which remains substantially out of the question for all VPN services as the ping rate drops below the acceptable minimum levels (150-300 latency), the speed drop was rather minimal. We got a ~10% speed decrease in WWW browsing and FTP/FTPS download, and ~15% speed decrease with the P2P applications: in some cases (BitTorrent), the ISP throttling bypass allowed us to record even better performances than the non-VPN connection - which was also great.
Conclusions
NordVPN lives well up to its standards: a blazingly-fast, secure and reliable VPN service that is well-worth the price: highly recommended!
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The day my black ass laughed...
Simply put, you know that feeling that you get in your gut that something is about to happen, woman’s intuition shit? You’re in too deep and the current is coming and you finna go under under!!! You pleading for dear life like let me get a lifesaver this one time!! Well if you shook your head yes then grab a seat!
Dude stands about 5’9. Comes into the store like a true god. Nicely trimmed beard, timberlands chunky, got the taliband scarf wrapped across his yankee fitted and face like Jesus coming into Jerusalem. Now I normally have a thing for the chocolate brothers, but this Carmel complexioned mocha dipped man came to play!! Everything seemed right. He looked better than his MySpace profile and everything girl!!! He had the Mariah Carey fan on lock, I’m telling you it was a whole commercial. I dead stopped breathing....I am not lying.
Now he told me off the bat on one of our many phone conversations that women be throwing they draws at him on the first night so sis wasn’t trynna get the wham bam!!! We chatted and walked through the mall, ate at Dave and Busters, did a little shopping and flicked it up. Still to this day that was the best first date I ever had. We went our separate ways and once I got home, my life has never been the same since.
I knew there was something about him that attracted me so heavily. Not just his swag and sex appeal. I mean our conversations were lit and perplexed, we had mad shit in common at the time and we just vibed. I was fresh out of a relationship and just lost my first baby in a miscarriage and he was due to be a first time father on the same day my baby would have been born, like wtf how??? He wasn’t with his child’s mother and we literally bonded over talking about our exes and what space we were in. Now that I think about it, it was a really comforting time.
This man was special to me, I hung on to every word, every breath this man had I was right there sucking up the air. We had become really good friends. I learned a lot about him and his life and admired his ability to traject his self into another dimension from his past. He literally reshaped his life and built his self a new one. I never quite understood how he lives his life so assured, so forcefully. Like anything he put his hands on turns to gold like King Midas. I’ve seen this man accomplish so much and be such a great Dad to his kid and couldn’t see any fault in his makeup.
At this point you can assume that the relationship had gotten physical. I mean I honestly I don’t even have to mention that because the relationship was so much more than that. But girl he was so sensual, so soft and gentle with me, he wasn’t trynna prove nothing in his strokes or ram me like a fucking elephant. He was calm, and always on point. The sex was good but always an additive.
We always had our back and forths and misunderstandings because the way he lived his life. We didn’t have the same spiritual beliefs and we got into a lot of controversial topics because of it. This man grew up in the era of NOI and real educated hip hop, I mean the culture hip hop. He gained knowledge through the NGE, and master teachers of that time. Here I am this little Christian girl, seasoned in nothing but regurgitated mumbo jumbo. Always gotta have a word and put my two pieces in, gotta sound intelligent too, besides I gotta save him because that’s what Christian’s do, right?
Years and years and years go by. We separate for a while not too much in contact with one another. In the meantime I get married and he gets engaged and has another baby. Now we never actually dated each other. We always remained friends because our views got too opposing. There was one time when I did want to learn and be taught his ways, I messed up because I loss control of my emotions and got jealous and got caught up in some dumb shit, which cost me. The feeling that you get once a man don’t trust you anymore is super horrible.
My marriage began to fail and took so much out of me mentally and physically that I sought him out. Come to find out he and his fiancé are having trouble as well, go figure! We began to go back to our MySpace days again, talking about our exes. Staying on the phone all late again. Getting chummy and making light of our circumstances. I discovered that deep down inside I really have aligned my heart with this dude. He really listens, he gets me, I mean my core.
So months later, I separate from my husband and I touch base. You know just filling each other in on what’s new and what’s next. I began to fantasize and align my life with his. Trying to figure out what his next moves are and making plans in my head. Not plucking my remedial ass like, homegirl, “yous is married still!” I know I was heading for a divorce and trying to get back on track but I was following the same path.
No matter what person, thing, or place comes into your life, those are additives. You can’t lead YOUR life following someone else’s storyline. I had to really laugh at myself. I was starting to get annoyed and hurt by some of the talks we started having and how he analyzed my current situation and even though it was harsh and nasty, it was truth.
I had to get back on board. I had to discover MY next and now. Like girl wash your face and clean ya place before you get back into that cycle of putting these dudes first. What type of fabric do you like, what are you doing to define yourself? How’s your total health going? What feminine energy did you connect with and sow into. What’s your mother up to, how’s Grammy? Sis, what are you DOINGGGGGAHHH?
I just had to sit back and laugh at my black ass because here I was healing and in the same breath heading toward dangerous territory. Falsifying everything I told myself I would do after leaving my toxic relationship. I ain’t perfect but this single life, this time around, this gonna be my realest mirroring experience yet. It’s just you, it’s just you sis. The only important things in your life are inside of you and if you don’t take care of you, you will become your own worst enemy. Whew, I had to get back on track because I almost died!
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