#i'm sorry i can't help but compare it to the games that came before. 5 was my first persona game tho

[love-at-first-bite]

Sorry to still be a #Hater but, knowing I Will be playing 3 playthroughs of Persona 3 (2 Portable runs and one FES+The Answer run) sounds so much more fun and enjoyable than playing Persona 5 for a second time, vanilla or Royal I'M SORRY THIS IS A P5 HATE ACCOUNT NOW

[ulquichaan]

Miraculous Ladybug - my thoughts.

Hello!

It's been a while, I know. But I come back to rant yet again! I'm sorry for any mistakes in advance - its 2am and the thoughts won't let me sleep so I have to get them out there somewhere. If you don't want to waste your time - skip it. If you actually want to read it, I'll have a cookie waiting for you at the end of this. :3

My journey with MLB.

Miraculous was that one show that I got to know about through a parody of it on polish yt channel called Surreactor. I didn't know what it was about but it looked interesting and that was a point in time when season 3 was just starting to come out. Sooo, as the curious child I was - I gave it a go. And it captured me very easily.

At first all I wanted is for Adrien and Mari to finally get together. I never had big thoughts about it. Then I got bored between new episodes and just... forgot about it.

After some time however I came back to it. It was somewhere around 4th season airing. I returned to it, watched it all over again and it captured me yet again. I completely fell in love with Adrien as character and started to read loads of fanfiction about the two main heroes. I got invested, started to draw the characters in different settings and what not. I started even posting here on tumblr the rants that blew out about Adrien and about Black Cat holders as a whole just because I was frustrated on how little love he got or that I couldn't find any theories that would make sense.

I made new friend, started to plan stories more than I did before, returned to RP with my old friend through messenger and more.

It was a blow of creativity of mine at that time. You maybe you know of "Sky Is The Limit"? That was the point for me where I had so many ideas that I had to do something with at least one of them. Talking about an overload, right?

Season 4 finale - the best finale in this show in my honest opinion. Though I am based so who cares.

The point is - I deeply fell in love with this fandom for the most part.

And then... season 5 happened.

At first I was hooked. Really. I felt that it was going in the right direction and I even wanted to watch it later so I could see it in order.

Oh boy, did I get disappointed. Very disappointed.

I was never a Senti-Adrien fan, let's be real. But the execution? Even worse.

The finale? The fight yea, fun. But why cut out Adrien out of it???

Chloe as mayor? ARE YOU FOR FUCKING REAL? It's losing braincells more and more.

And I know the plot armor was always evident in this show and all.... but i feel like it was knocked up 10 times or more in season 5 to the point it could beat Game of Thrones seasons 7 and 8. (Yeah, I know what should compare two shows where one is fenomenal and the other has always been trash, but you can't argue with me that seasons 7 and 8 weren't rushed and had very poor execution)

To say that I was angry is an understatement. I HATED season 5 with every fiber of my existence. I still do, but I'm far more calm about it than I was originally. Believe it or not.

I saw all the drama in the fandom. When people complained about the show and other people came in to defend it. And I have to say - I can see where both sides are coming from.

To the people who enjoy it, all of it - I'm glad you do! I really am!

However.

I can clearly see where the hate is coming from and anytime I saw a valid critique I couldn't help but agree with it. There were some awesome responses to that critique even from people who do enjoy the show still, but there were always people who I'll call "white knights".

Aka people who will ride-or-die for the show and always say there is nothing wrong with it!

Oh how I hate this way of thinking....

Little message to those white knights - yes there are pure haters that hate just to hate, but in the spectrum of people who are critiquing the show are also people who loved it and got disappointed. When people are angry/dissapointed they usually feel the need to express themselves and forums like Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, are just perfect for ranting. I have spent fair share in the horse gaming community to know that every flop will have a retaliation and shutting up people will make them only more angry. :|

I stopped liking the show. Why am I coming back to it?

That's a question that started to bother me just as I was going to sleep.

I have watched Hazbin Hotel (Lucifer my beloved) and fell deeply in love with it. I always liked Vivzie's Hellaverse being it Helluva Boss and now Hazbin, but there is something that just came back to me.

I started yet again imagining Adrien and Marinette but in the helllaverse. Or what if I merged hellaverse and Miraculous together in some way. Or other crazy ideas that will never see the light of day.

It's always those two characters for the most part. But the moment those two show up, the rest of Miraculous cast does too.

I fell put of the show. I don't like it. Why do I keep coming back?

My thought is - the fandom and the work it did for the characters.

I have always loved to read fanfiction even it came to miraculous. And it's always SO MANY! With many different variants of the world or entirely different settings. Ofc there are some bad fics, but the good ones are those that captured my heart and made me love the characters even more.

Let's put in some examples (and recommendations if you want to check them out):

Happiness by Somewhere_Out_Here

Once a Thief, always a Thief by @saijspellhart

Bakery Enemies by @buggachat

Heaven in hiding by @livinglittlelie

I'll guess your heart, if you guess mine by PurpleHeartsOne

Chat Blanc's Moon Waltz by @rileyclaw

The comic dubs by PhantomSavage

The little comics like "Passionate Kiss" by @edendaphne

All of these are just very few examples from multitude of content I devoured when I was in the love stage for MLB. And those things are STILL SO GOOD. (You have to check it out if you haven't already)

The point is - the fandom fell in love with the concept and if not that, then the characters. Yes, they aren't perfect. Some would say they are very much Mary Sue-ish. Some would say they are badly written. While the fact is - the characters themselves aren't badly written, the plot is just badly handled.

I can see why people love Marinette, she is quirky, funny and her ideas, while absurd most of the time, they work. And that's fine! She is supposed to be creative and what not. A great friend to have in corner, that for sure :3

Adrien on the other hand is supposed to be a bundle of issues that come with living a sheltered life and the want to be free.

(The movie handled Marinette much better than the show, let's be real here)

Sad fact - the writers of the show couldn't handle all of the potential they set up. But the fandom could and that's what's beautiful in my opinion.

The show may not be a masterpiece but they made some aspects of it so enjoyable and investing (love-square) that other people decided to execute those good things in their own stories and create something else.

The characters are just so easy to put into other stories too. Because they are written in the way they are (even if poorly handled at times) the aspects of them are very flexible, which in turn makes them easy to incorporate into other AUs.

For me it proves that you don't need a very complicated and deep character to make your story memorable. Even tho that certainly helps depending on your story. Miraculous was really lucky it got that creative fandom in the first place.

And this is what is beautiful.

Ending, some plans of mine that who knows if they will see the light of day. :]

This is only for those who are interested what I have been up to and what do i plan with this blog:

I am not quitting tumblr, oh no. I'll be probably reposting some stuff that I like from time to time.

I am returning to write "Sky Is The Limit", however I am completely rewriting it for the.... 7th time? Something like that. I doubt I'll finish it anytime soon at this rate and if I get the need to draw I might draw few characters from there or designs I have planned.

I have a very big project in mind that I might probably make a new blog for. It's still just an idea but I getting closer to actually being made so stay tuned.

I will start posting stuff from Hazbin Hotel. I fell deeply in love with Lucifer's character and you can't unglue me from that duck man!!

Other than that I went to university and I'm enjoying my time here so yeah.

And here is your cookie for reading all that! You're a legend!

(I'm open for any discussions as long as they stay respectful. Feel free to DM me :>)

[everywishway]

My Top 5 Favorite Seasons of Dimension 20

Before I start, these are all great and they could alternate depending on my mood, especially the top three. I'm also watching Unsleeping City for the first time right now (im sorry. i know it's great, i just never got around to watching it because i was rewatching Fantasy High for the 10th time) so that's why it's not on the list.

Also, there is a poll at the end to see what everyone's favorite is out of these 5 choices and whichever wins I'm going to rewatch.

5. Misfits and Magic. My personal favorite of the shorter seasons (6-8 episodes). I loved all the cast members, they were all amazing but it just felt very rushed for me? Like, throw in a fifth episode for me just for the sake of pacing. The Tri-Wizard Tournament thing came out of nowhere and I think the pacing would've worked if they lead with the fact the Magical Misfits had to prove themselves to stay (and they had to do it too). I know the Headmistress was trying to blindsight them but anyone else could've mentioned it. Other than that, this was amazing. I love this and am trying to get my mom to watch it with me because she loves the books that shall not be named

4. Fantasy High Season One. It was really good and I love all of the Bad Kids so much it's not even funny. Bill Seacaster and Jawbone are my favorite NPCs in any TTRPG show ever and I love Fabian, Riz and Fig so much My main thing was the fight scenes. Fight scenes every other episode was a lot for me, someone who hates combat in my actual games of TTRPGS. I'm glad Brennan paced it so fight scenes were only every couple of episodes afterward, it made them feel more heavy and exciting that way.

3. The Seven. This season feels so underrated for some reason? No one ever talks about it, I never see fanart for it like I see the others on this list. All six Heroic Highschoolers did such a great job bringing their characters and teen struggles to life, it made me feel every single emotion at once. Two problems with this season though: One, no one played Zelda which I'm willing to forgive since they were playing it safe with covid regulations. Number two though is how much Sam Nightingale hogged screen time. Don't get me wrong, I love Sephie so much and she really made this season great, but I can't help but feel like she just got more attention that could've gone to other members of the Seven. Maybe it's the fact she got more one on one scenes since she was always talking to Zelda who was played by Brennan? At times it just felt like the Sam show and not an adventure about The Seven. But everyone go rewatch this though. I think I'm the only person who's rewatched it since it came out and I've rewatched it at least six times.

2. A Court of Fey and Flowers. Literally a perfect season. It has my personal favorite cast, amazing characters, and one of the best blends of humor and emotions a season of Dimension 20 could have. My only trouble is that parts of it don't have the rewatchability the other seasons have with all the secrets and rumors. I do still cry at Hob's confession though, even after the fourth time.

1. Fantasy High: Sophomore Year. I think this is one of, if not the best, seasons they have ever done. You get so much world-building for Spyre compared to other campaigns, you already know the characters so you spend more time fleshing them out and meeting new amazing side characters, like Ayda and Kalina, or fleshing out ones we already know, like Sandra-Lynn and Cathilda. I still openly sob every single one of the Bad Kid's troubles and I love them so much. Give me a season of the Bad Kids and The Seven, Brennan!

So, now that we're done, which is the best season out of these? Are there other The Seven lovers out there? IDK, VOTE!

[funkymbtifiction]

Hey Charity! Sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to write this, but I just wanted to say I greatly appreciate your work and thank you for helping me realize my MBTI type as ENTP as opposed to INTP that I had assumed for many years. I had always thought that my Ne was Ti and my awkwardness and discomfort with feelings meant inferior Fe, but when I read your book and got to the Ne segment I was floored by how accurate it was. Then reading the ENTP segment made me feel understood in a way I never had been before, it was almost creepy actually lmao. Looking back now it's so obvious that I can't believe I didn't see it before. I could list a million why but I've already taken enough of your time. Thanks again for all your work.

I'm so happy to hear that it clarified things for you and helped you to land on your accurate type. After spending 9 months on that book (not to mention the decade of research and learning that went into it), it's always lovely to hear that it's doing some good in the world. Thanks for taking the time to share your positive experience with me! I appreciate it. :)

Well, while I'm here in your question inbox, can I also ask which characters were the hardest for you to type, just so that I'm not totally misusing the inbox? Take care!

Hah! I would say the hardest ones are those that aren't well-written or easily defined. If a narrative doesn't flesh out the story enough, I have a lot of trouble sometimes discerning whether an introverted sensor is an STJ or an STP if the story doesn't give them much to do. Take a character I typed a few days ago -- the villain from Pitch Black. Johns has a general ST persona (down to earth, practical, logical, not big picture focused in any way) but not much personality. I flirted with the idea of ISTJ, but in the end felt ISTP was more accurate, because of his methods as a bounty hunter and by leaving a swath of destruction behind him. I mentally compared him to another ISTJ bounty hunter (The Mandalorian) and he came up short, so I knew he was an ISTP. Sometimes all you can do is play the comparison game.

Another character I had trouble with typing is Julia Child, from the new HBO series Julia. (It is fabulous, btw, if anyone cares. It's causing me actual anguish that I can't binge-watch all the episodes.) Why? Because she's not your typical ESFJ -- and I do think that's what she is after mulling over the alternatives. She is impulsive and "flies by the seat of my pants" in the way an EP might, but there's nothing Se/Ni about her and there's no high Ne either. She is imaginative and unorthodox, and she is... but she wants, as she says, to come up with RELIABLE recipes from TRIED AND TRUE sources that her readers can count on. I knew fairly early on that she had Fe, though -- it's all others-referencing and taking care of their feelings, in a very 9 way. It just took me 5 episodes before I landed on extrovert for sure (she spends all day at a book signing, then has dinner with a friend in a noisy restaurant, then goes back into the kitchen to meet the chef, then goes to a drag club with said friend, comes home drunk at 3 am, and then is up and ready to go first thing in the morning -- that, my friends, is pure extroversion in action) and then I knew -- ESFJ, by the end of the next episode.

Being an ENFP, I sometimes intuitively peg someone's type right off, and then my Ne starts considering other possibilities later (but it could be this or this, am I sure about that?), and it leads me astray -- and then I feel the entire character slipping away from me into abstract soup, until I read through a type assessment again, or try to mount the evidence in an actual manner (not just in my head). Then it usually shifts into perspective. But some characters are still iffy (like Lydia from Teen Wolf -- her incredible memory for detail and tendency to do the same things "traditionally" suggests ESTJ, but her high perceptions and ability to put things together, plus her penchant for casual flings and risk-taking, scream ENTJ; but "super powers" like being a banshee aren't "true cognition").

[hslim912]

Ready, FIGHT!!!

Alright, since another episode came out, I'm back with my critique of the episode. But before that, two cautions! (1) SPOILER ALERT! Pls skip this if u haven't watch the ep13 of MLB season 3. (2) Since it came out French dub, pls forgive me if I may commit misinterpretations. I don't understand French. This is just a pure hunch on how I manage to understand the ep. Okay, here we go!

1. The Game Genre - I really like how this episode showed the game themed in video games. I mean, I can totally relate coz I've played Tekken few times in arcades. Haha Not only that, the characters they used as avatars are their previous enemies. I know it shouldn't or I should feel sorry but IT'S. REALLY. COOL!!!

2. The Akumatization of Max (pt.2) - Compare to his first akumatization, I would say that this one's way too low or not too deep compare to the feeling of losing on season 2. Imagine, he got akumatized just bec no one wants to play with him? Is that even reasonable? Ugh! C'mon! (Pls correct me if I'm wrong with this part).

3. Chat's Getting Better - Okay, going back to Max's challenge with LB and CN... There's a part where LB kept on losing to Gamer while Chat kept on winning. At first, I was disappointed that Chat used Mr. Pigeon as his avatar bec I thought he wouldn't win--BUT I TAKE THAT BACK! HAHA He's way better than LB on this episode. He took advantage of their knowledge of their enemies' abilities to use it as his weapon in winning every fight. And I like that! Haha Not to mention he used Reflekta bec he knows well how it feels like to be in that body and it worked! When he used Reflekta, it's kinda nostalgic for me and I can't help but giggled at his cuteness!

4. True Love - Okay... This is a bit emotional... On the last round before the boss, the coup--err... LB and CN's next opponent is one another. I expected that Chat would sacrifice himself or he will not fight. DAMN! IT DID HAPPEN! Ugh! Look how he's willing to sacrifice everything for LB! He truly loves her! He trusts her so much that LB will fix everything and put it all back to normal! I got teary eyes on that part! I've grown to love him more because of that! Chat Noir, I SALUTE YOU, MAN! T^T

5. Calm Down, Ladubug! - After Chat sacrificed himself, of course, it's hard to get your cool down with that. I felt how LB felt and I'm also glad that she managed to calm down and recollect her thoughts. What a bright idea that she used the right weapons in defeating Gamer. That's our almost-perfect Ladybug!

6. Dupain Cheng's - At the first scene of the episode, Tom asked Marinette to play with him but she refused since she's studying and finishing the shirt of Kitty Section. On the last scene before it ended, Marinette brought Max to their house to play video fames with her parents. I want to focus on this part a bit. Marinette has the coolest parents ever! I feel like I can finally see myself with my future family, playing video games with my kids as our bonding. Haha I mean, look at that! Only few parents give time to their children and bond with them--not to mention having the same interest as their child, playing video games, but the Dupain Cheng's... They're so cool! My words are not enough to express how cool they are. They're the ideal parents! I won't take back what I said last time that the "Dupain Chengs never cease to amaze me!"

Alright! I hope this helped freshen up and notice the small things on the episode. I'll look forward to the eng dub and for the upcoming episodes!