#no addendum this time...

[zarovichs]

one of the funniest things in disco elysium hands down is when you learn your prime suspect for the murder fled days ago because she heard the engine of kim's car and kim's only response to that is 'well i'm so sorry that my car fucks i'm sorry that my dick is huge. anyway'

[dailyhatsune]

the tiger draws close

[numbuh424]

I've been legally advised to keep my mouth shut. I will not say anything about these images. This is a normal post.

[syncogon]

Watch Link Click Live Action: the powerpoint

send this to your friends your family your therapist

also BaishaJAWS never misses, let the ending theme send you off:

on content warnings: LCLA is a generally idealistic & optimistic show, but it does cover some serious subjects. please take care of yourself!

fansubs available below the cut:

backup link in case the original becomes unavailable (reuploaded with permission): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eCt1gEVFANYv1YLpV8MmbyCfQmcZpdSB?usp=sharing

[5-pp-man]

I'm actually very excited for what they seem to be setting up between Doug and Axel. I already had an inkling in ep 1 (when Doug had Axel cornered on the rooftop) but with only 1 ep out it's hard to tell what's setup and what isn't. Now that there's 3 though...

To get started, the rooftop scene (from ep1);

Doug already thinks he's won. I mean, logically speaking, there'd be no way to escape this situation, right?

Defying his expectations, Axel takes a leap of faith, grabbing onto Leland's drone in order to land. It worked out, but it was definitely a risky move (just like the rest of his escape sequence, which was filled with similarly ballsy jumps and routes). This scene implies a lot. Doug seems to be thinking within the realm of what's proven to be possible, whilst Axel looks beyond that and sees new possibilities (and maybe most importantly, is not afraid to take them and risk it all).

In episode 3 they get paired up. Right out of the gate, Axel complains about it, and Doug replies with the same energy;

But by the end of this part of the episode, Axel seems to have warmed up to him a little (this is hard to show in a screenshot because it's mostly heard in his dialogue delivery);

Even Doug seems a bit taken aback by how casual he suddenly acts towards him. But like Jill said; Axel's the kind of guy who can get comfortable just about anywhere.

Another thing; Axel very much has a motif of freedom (as emphasized by the birds when he jumped off of the roof, and his wing necklace. birds are a common motif representing freedom. also he's a frequent prison escapee, so like...) On the other hand, Doug comes across as more stoic and restrained. This scene shows that difference pretty well; Doug hesitates to step into the homeless camp so Axel playfully tries to get him to let his guard down (hard to see in the screenshots but he kicks the back of his knee to make him stumble)

This talk between Doug and Jill also seems like blatant setup to me;

All this really reminds me of a dynamic in Watanabe's other show; Cowboy Bebop. Spike and Jet have this thing where one of them will up and leave 'forever', and the other will pretend not to care. The opposite is pretty much always implied, though. Maybe this will be similar to that? It's too early to tell for sure.

From what I'm seeing, they appear to be setting them up as opposites who'll make an unlikely connection. At the very least, it seems like it'll be that way for Doug (he's looking at Axel in both of these shots, 1st one is from the rooftop scene in ep1, 2nd one is from ep3 after Jill talks about Axel being a mysterious guy) since they're putting emphasis on his reactions to Axel rather than the other way around;

And since Axel is a guy who's very prone to running away, it feels more like they're setting this up as a future conflict for Doug.

But we'll just have to wait and see, I suppose.

[chongoblog]

My First Pokemon Playthrough

So I've noticed in my time of talking about Pokemon, I've told a lot of various anecdotes that are all a part of my very first time playing Pokemon. I was feeling nostalgic, so I figured I would share what I remember about this playthrough for everyone to enjoy. There may be a tangent or two in there and people who have followed me a while may have heard these before, but hey.

For context, I believe I was about 8 years old at the time, and after collecting some Pokemon cards, watching a kid play Crystal at summer camp, watching some of the anime, and generally being a pretty big fan (I even have Pokemon Yahtzee burned into my memory for some reason...), I finally got myself a Game Boy Advance with Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, some Frogger game (after looking it up, it was Temple of the Frog), Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and, of course, Pokemon Sapphire.

I remember that my starter was Torchic. I don't remember why I chose that one, although I remember really liking the color red at the time (which I still do), so that was probably why.

I don't remember too much about my team or the general progress I made in most of the game, but I do remember Slateport City. For those who do not recall, in Slateport City in order to advance you need to get into the museum, which is blocked off by Team Aqua Grunts until you talk to someone in the shipyard. There are also Team Aqua grunts blocking the route ahead

Now, my 8 year old brain for some reason concluded that the only way to get past the Team Aqua Grunts was to intimidate them with a high enough level Pokemon or something like that. So one night, while I was supposed to be asleep on a family beach vacation, I beat down more poor level 13 Pokemon than I could count. I learned later what I was actually SUPPOSED to do, which led to me finally fighting the Team Aqua Grunts.....with a level 42 Blaziken.

And since the Name Rater was in Slateport City and my starter had evolved, I figured it was only appropriate to give him the new moniker "MAGMA MAN"

The rest of the playthrough went about as normally as tearing through the game with mostly Blaziken normally would go. There were a couple exceptions though. First off, at the Weather Institute, after I saved the day from Team Aqua, they were kind enough to gift me a Castform, but my party was full, so I couldn't get it. My 8 year old self did not read this. (Remember this, it will come back later). But I managed to make my way through the game, catching Kyogre with my Master Ball and giving it the nickname "LEGENDARY"

Then we come to the Elite Four where I hit a brick wall. I don't remember my team at the time exactly, but I do remember it was MAGMA MAN which had reached about level 80 or so, LEGENDARY which was about level 48, a level 36 Pelipper, two level ~35 Tentacruels, and some other sixth Pokemon I don't recall. And for some reason, I just couldn't beat the Elite Four with this team for some weird reason. The best I could ever get to was Drake. I felt I was utterly defeated.

That's when we bring a new character into the story. A member of my friend group at the time who we'll call "John" to protect the innocent. Now John had a very "uncle who works at nintendo" type energy to him. The group used to play Gauntlet: Dark Legacy together all the time, and when I got the GBA port of it, he convinced me to trade my recently obtained copy of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Boy game for a Gameboy-Gamecube cables, only for me to learn too late that it didn't work like that, and from there, there were no backsies (but then I got ahold of a copy of Pac-Man VS and Four Swords Adventure then I learned to emulate, so who's laughing now).

Anyway, John saw that I was struggling and he decided that he wanted to help me out. You see, he had come across an incredibly powerful and rare Pokemon that couldn't be found in the wild. He had gotten it exclusive, and I had never seen it before. It was called a "Castform". Now John had Ruby version, so he decided that as much as it ached him to part with it, he figured it would be a reasonable trade to trade this powerful Castform for the slightly less powerful LEGENDARY. I agreed.

And then he moved to Ohio.

To this day, Castform is my least favorite Pokemon because of this betrayal. I was so distraught at 8 years old that I completely restarted my game of Pokemon Sapphire. I don't remember much about that second playthrough, but there's a reason why.

This rival battle on Route 110 is somewhat infamous for being quite the sudden difficulty spike. And since I knew how to get past Team Aqua now, I didn't have an over-leveled starter to stomp my rival with ease. After losing to her about five or so times, I got frustrated and figured that whatever team I had wasn't cutting it. So I restarted again.

In my third playthrough, I made it all the way to the rival battle on Route 110. Then she stomped me repeatedly. So I restarted again.

This cycle would go on for, like, 15 resets. I didn't count, but it felt like there was hundreds. As I would keep on resetting and playing through the early-game of Pokemon Sapphire (which I had practically memorized at this point), I would start to take things a lot less seriously, sometimes picking the girl character, making my name random gibberish, etc.

Eventually, on one of these playthroughs where I started with Treecko, I actually managed to beat the Route 110 Rival Battle! And on my first try too! And thus began the epic journey of a girl named DE.

Now, I'd figured at this point that maybe only leveling up one Pokemon wasn't the best approach, so I was trying to balance my teams a bit better (I guess my rival taught me something). I was making my way through the game, and one day I'm checking out my best friend's Pokemon in Ruby, and who do I see in his box, but a Kyogre. I take a look at his name, and I can't believe it. It was LEGENDARY. John had traded it to my friend before he moved.

My friend didn't know that it was originally mine, so he offered to trade it back, which I accepted. LEGENDARY was a disobedient little bastard since I didn't have enough badges, but he got the job done. I don't remember the team I ended up using to finally beat the Elite Four, but it included my Sceptile starter, a Sableye that somehow knew only Fighting-type moves, and two Kyogres, LEGENDARY and LEGENDARY2.

And that's my first playthrough of Pokemon Sapphire. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!

[front-facing-pokemon]

[obscuredilfoff]

this is the most heartbreaking submission ive ever had to reject

[legionofpotatoes]

they took all the whimsy out of her :(

[werewolf-artfriend]

hog moment

[kikimorart]

MARTCH DAY 23: ANGER

one of the panels for an upcoming comic. not huge on the colors so i'll probably repaint this once i have all the pages inked but im already late for this prompt anyway lol. consider this a progress report.

[thatseitagremlin]

based on a fateful screenshot on my twt timeline + qna fact

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

(as far as we know, keyblades aren’t genetic so it probably wouldn’t work exactly like this but) I LOVE the thought of Ephemera showing his kids starlight for the first time, only for it to disappear out of his hand because his 5 year old daughter wanted to hold it badly that she subconsciously summoned it to her. Starlight has apparently chosen her and she’s now the youngest keyblade wielder in history

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

A list of things that are “ill-timed” according to chapter 52:

Realizing you’re an intinnsic (cause every time it all goes to hell immediately after)

Night-time (Andarna was not impressed but I am)

Tantrums from adolescents

Injuries

Sarcasm over said injuries

Deep discussions on purpose and love in the midst of war filled battlegrounds

People who refuse to go inside during a storm of hell-fest (actually they had a good point)

Hair care and dye tips

Still asking because maybe your dragon will fly to safety even if the question is posed as a statement and waste of time that they find a bother because they will not go

Theophanie. — Always Theophanie *ugh…

… The irid’s??? idk where you fall on this list guys

Xaden… No… NEVER! Xaden HE HAS PERFECT TIMING (and quite the entrance) *round of applause*

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I feel like my thoughts and opinions on Lu Guang are a little different than a lot of the fanbase and I’m kind of bewildered? I just finished my rewatch of s2 to see if I missed something or misinterpreted something but my thoughts haven’t really changed and I’m just kind of. Confused.