#sf sagat

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I love Sagat too!

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Street Fighter II The Animated Movie art from the Museum section of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (PC/Steam)

Play session: https://youtu.be/njHwdvIq0Iw

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Drawing Elena from Street Fighter Daily #94

September 13 2024

[maxwell-grant]

Reading you post about Seth made me imagine a world where Ryu winds up taking Seth on as a student. I thought Ryu's journey to overcome the Satsui no Hado could give him insight on how to help Seth overcome their own hatred, and meta-textually, becoming the main character student is about as far from trying to be the final boss that you can be

Hmm, you know, that is frankly pretty damn inspired and I don't think it's something we've ever really seen before in a fighting game, a former final boss getting kicked so far down the ladder that they wind up being the main character's student. It's the kind of sheer indignity and downgrade that would destroy most villains, but also, you can't destroy or make Seth less dignified than they already are, and their SFV story opens up a number of possibilities to take them afterwards if brought back. There's even some existing parallels between Seth and Akuma that could be worked into this, and Seth's already dropped out of official villain status enough to not be missed as one.

Main issue I have with this though is that "Final Boss gets beaten by Ryu, changes himself to become more like Ryu, and becomes a redeemed pseudo-ally to Ryu while still being plenty intimidating and arrogant to stay in in-character and remind you they used to be a Final Boss" is already very much Sagat's thing and you are never, ever, on your best day, not coming up short next to Sagat. Honestly even Akuma started heading there a bit in V. And it works for them because their appeal as characters isn't really mandated by them remaining full-on villains, they are cool badasses who get to sit in more morally grey clubs. Seth's humiliated and tragic aspect is what sets them apart from all the other main villains and I wouldn't want to see it done away with, but you can't really have them stay static, especially with 6 being serious about developing and pushing all of the characters forward in a way the series never really did before.

I've never been super in love with the idea of Ryu sitting down and training a new character to take his place, part of why I'm glad that Sakura turned out the way she did and that both her and Ryu were freed from the burden of the most tired story idea you could possibly think of with them. But there is a world of difference between "Ryu mentors a rookie who looks up to him into a new fighter because, idk he's just nice like that", and "Ryu has to mentor a monster that once tried to kill him and lay waste to the world with his exact power, to help them as he was helped and try to stop them from being consumed by hatred just as he once was". The former is just, eh, you can get a decent version of that by playing World Tour, but the latter, well, there's a pitch there, there's stakes, there's a story worth telling.

Ryu putting himself on the line, abdicating from his journey, possibly getting on really bad terms with people he knows (Is Chun-Li gonna be okay with this after all the work she put into destroying Shadaloo for good? what about Ken, who's JUST had his life ruined to shit by Shadaloo leftovers, how's he gonna feel? At minimum he's gonna have C.Viper and Juri and Abel and Guile on his ass 24/7 because they are not letting this pass), to stop the Shadaloo-Satsui cycles of violence and help a victim of them who can't be trusted, but also can't get up on their own and has no one even trying to save them, no one. Ryu had Ken, he had friends, he has Sagat to eternally remind him of the consequences and push him to be a better man, he had Dhalsim, he had Gouken (which I think was too much, old man should have stayed dead, not a single story in the franchise wouldn't be better served by Gouken staying dead), in the manga he even had Birdie and I like that so it happened shut up, where as Seth has nothing and no one other than people who tried to use them, and people who very justifiably think Seth needs to stay dead and only endangers others by being alive.

Nobody on the planet is gonna think Seth is remotely worth the effort of saving, except for Ryu, who wouldn't wish what they're going through even on his worst enemy. There's like an interesting tension here, of whether Ryu is doing something incredibly stupid because he doesn't understand firsthand what Shadaloo scum are actually like and is just empowering a monster to kill them all eventually (something that Guile would probably say to him), whether he's just trying to help someone the way he wishes he'd been helped and not thinking about the risk, whether he's actually being very practical because redeeming Seth is a net positive for humanity that only he can achieve (well really it should be Dhalsim and Gouken's jobs but, they can't be fucked), how much of this is him acting from pure kindness versus a pragmatic understanding that he is in a position to stop the next Akuma or Bison from forming even if no one is gonna help him do it, the toil it takes on him, and so on.

Again, there's a story here. Not sure if I'd want this like, canonically, but there's something really good here. That could be as good a justification as there ever was for a story to remind us why Ryu is the Hero even when they're not actively at the center of things.

[tekkenenjoyerblue]

Street Fighter Thailand stage themes got me like

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Sagat

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

[orange-demons-deactivated2024]

Here's my SF oc, Linjee!

I still couldn't decide which official design I should go with, so here's more than one sketch of her outfits to get the idea of what her aesthetics are LOL

She's also practices muay thai and a student of Sagat(I FUCKING MISS HIM BRO, CAPCOM BRING HIM BACK), though her style of muay thai is a bit more acrobatic to make up for her short stature. Her rival is Adon, though it's a bit one-sided since Adon looks down on her for being a student of 'the Tiger who lost his fangs' and she couldn't stand the slander being directed at Sagat

Why did I put so much thought into it

AHHHH! OMG, I love your OC! She's so pretty. More OCs with alt fashion!!

I haven't heard of Sagat and Adon in ages. Capcom please bring back the older loveable characters in SF6!

I also wanted to learn Muay Thai and I was gonna take classes if I didn't get into my Rad school. But luckily I did, so maybe I'll try it after :)

Thank you for sending your OC in, I love them! 💖

[purplekoop]

Alright immediate followup to my last post, what if every Overwatch hero got a Street Fighter skin? Same general logic as the OPM collab skins, basically characters from one wearing costumes based on the other.

I am aware trying to find the venn diagram of tumblr users who like Overwatch and Street Fighter isn't gonna lead to much success but uhhh look I don't feel like putting 74 images in this one post so if you want context google it. (Also for a disclaimer for the hypothetical singular Street Fighter fan that finds this, I know next to nothing about any of the games besides 1, 2, Alpha, and 3, if there's a perfect match in 4, 5, or 6 I'm not aware of then I'm just Not Aware of them.)

Soldier 76: Either Ryu (Boring Standard Man), Ken (Boring Standard American Man), or Guile (American Military Man). Tough call between those three for him, but frankly my one reason for considering Ryu is because I think S76's VA would kill the delivery for Ryu's iconic lines.

I'd put Hanzo as Ryu and Cassidy as Ken, but like. Frankly it'd be a little cursed to have Hanzo and Cass both clean shaven.

Mei: Chun Li. Mostly because they're both Chinese and I think it'd be a fun combo visually. I don't have any clever ideas for what Snowball would be though.

Winston: Blanka. Pretty obvious. Weird ape-like man who jumps around the place and shoots electricity, weird man-like ape who jumps around the place and shoots electricity.

Reinhardt: Zangeif. Was very tempted to go with Hugo from SF3 (German Synergy), but I had to pair my two beloved large hairy men who would slam you into the concrete or give you a tender hug.

Zenyatta: Dhalsim. Okay like. This is literally the easiest one. Zenyatta was literally called "Robo Dhalsim" by people when they first saw him. Come on.

Doomfist: Balrog (yes I'm going with US names). I mean. Punchy man. punchy man. Simple math, folks. He'd also be a pretty solid Sagat, but. Punchy Men.

Genji: Vega. Skinny lanky pretty boy with a crouched fighting stance, a mask, and a knack for sharp things and screaming while launching himself at high speeds.

Ramattra: Sagat. This one's mostly based on body type, nobody else that was available is quite as long and lanky as Sagat. Plus, it'd be weird to not pair the one guy who actually shoots energy with his hands as an attack with somebody who can do that in Street Fighter.

Sigma: M. Bison. Like I said in my last post, besides personality this one lines up very strikingly well.

Tracer: Cammy. Simple enough, small nimble British lady, small nimble British lady.

Baptiste: Dee Jay. Not quite from the same place in the Caribbean (Haitian for the former and Jamaican for the latter), but I feel like they'd get along. Plus Dee Jay has a down->up charge input, which you can't say any Overwatch character has anything like besides Baptiste, right?

Reaper: Akuma. Shadowy edgelord. Nothing more complicated past that and the fact I couldn't figure out any better ideas for Reaper or Akuma.

Junkrat: Adon. Lanky bastard men. Simple math.

Roadhog: Birdie. Big dude with a chain he likes to grab people with, and (as of OW2) a mohawk. Funny enough, both Birdie and Adon were Street Fighter 1 characters who came back as playable for SF Alpha, so they do kinda stick together, which is nice cohesion for this "couple of dashing rogues".

Kiriko: Sakura. I know for a fact that logically, Kiriko should get an Ibuki skin. Ninja girl, throws knives, simple math right? But like. In my heart. Kiriko deserves Sakura more. The energy Aligns. She deserves to have the Schmoovement victory dance as an emote.

D.va: Karin. This is mostly just because they're both varying levels of rude. Plus I think Karin/Sakura is a ship to the same extent as D.va/Kiriko? Don't quote me on either of those.

Symmetra: Rose. Flashy extra girlboss. Frankly I think she'd just slay the outfit.

Junker Queen: Rainbow Mika. Mostly just because they're the two of the beefiest ladies from the respective series I'm aware of. The other option was Zarya, but JQ's showboaty personality and more flirty nature make me prefer her for this match over Zarya.

Lucio: Yun. Honestly just the bottom-heavy outfit and calm, cool personality, and how it looks cool in my head.

Echo: Twelve. Shapeshifting inorganic being, shapeshifting inorganic being. Though uh... not sure how you'd make this skin look... good?

Bastion: Q. It's very hard to think of any good matches for Bastion, but I think this one's funny enough to pass. Just imagine him with the hat and trenchcoat. Not sure what Ganymede would be. Give him a hat and trenchcoat too.

Moira: Gill. Definitely would need some extra details considering... Gill is kind of just a buff man pretty much just wearing a cloth over the bare essentials, but the split color design and the fact that if I heard Moira's VA say "The mark of my divinity will scar thy DNA" I would disintegrate make me at least enjoy the concept.

Aaaaaand that's all the ideas I got. Which leaves 13 on the Overwatch side of things without a match: Orisa, Wrecking Ball, Zarya, Ashe, Pharah, Sojourn, Sombra, Torbjorn, Widowmaker, Ana, Brigitte, Lifeweaver, and Mercy. Almost all of which besides very specific body type are ladies, which... I mean considering there were literally only 2 playable women in Street Fighter before Alpha, should kinda make sense. There's almost certainly more in 4, 5, and 6 that'd be great matches, but I haven't played those yet so uh. Sorry women. Also didn't think of anyone who really fit Torb's body type, Lifeweaver's too new for me to have any great ideas for, and... Wrecking Ball. I don't think that one's hard to explain.

Anyways I hope this nonexistent target audience enjoys this poorly organized hypothetical.

[sweetescapeartist]

For the pass 2 weeks, I've been thinking about Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Chaotzu in the Street Fighter universe. At first it was because of shipping dynamics, ( Imagine Yamcha x Juri Han, and I tried thinking of some ways for Krillin x Chun-Li) but the Z-Fighters would be around other actual martial artists! Like Tien fighting Gen is the main idea I've saw, but I need other mind to share this idea.😶 ( If you're familiar with the lore and characters of Street Fighter)

I may not know a whole lot about Street Fighter lore, but I know enough. But the Z Fighters would have to be nerfed. Instead of Yamcha being able to casually blow up a planet, he'd to be stronger than Bora who is stronger than Mr. Satan. And Goku would be of similar strength to Ryu.

Well for 1... We had the same idea about Yamcha x Juri 😂 (it would be an interesting dynamic.)

Yamcha would probably remain a bandit for the most part, but becomes a good guy. He'd wander the globe in a similar way that Ryu does. His interraction with Juri would be her toying with him while he tries to keep his cool. So a crazy lady with a reformed bandit. Always at odd but they save each other whenever the other is in danger. Maybe it kinda resembles a Batman/Catwoman kind of relationship.

And I think Tenshinhan fighting Gen is cool since both are former assassins. Maybe gave Gen help Tien leave the path of the assasin or they are simply 2 former assassins meeting in combat. Tenshinhan vs Sagat would be something cool to see too. And Chaozu could be kinda a zombie character since he's based off of Jiangshi. Maybe his life force is mystically tied to Tien through a special item. (Gameplay wise, this would make Chaozu part of Tenshinhan's moveset.)

Chun-Li and Chi-Chi knowing each other would be neat. A sisterhood bond between the two. Coupd even say Ox Ming was old friends with Chun-Li's father many years ago. (But having all these characters somehow know each other could seem contrived if done wrong.) I also feel like Videl and Karen would be rivals, while Videl & Sakura would be friends. Not sure how Bulma would fit into it besides being the rich friend. She'd be Karen but without the combat.

As for Krillin x Chun-Li? That could happen. They date for a while but later the relationship ends once Chun-Li leaves Interpol. And then there could be the story about Gero being the scientist for M. Bison & creates the Dolls. So Krillin, Cammy, and others help free some of the dolls which include 17 & 18.

I also think it would be cool if Roshi and Oro are old friends. And maybe Gouken was once friends with Grampa Gohan. And Gouken's students were friendly rivals against Roshi's students. Ryu & Ken vs Goku & Krillin, trying to see which school has better techniques. Ryu & Goku would both have the Satsui no Hado ( to try to control. Ken & Krillin would have the Kyoi no Hado ("Surge of Mindless Intent")/ Mu no Ken ("Fist of Nothingness") before Ryu & Goku, but Ken & Krillin's mastery of it would be less after Ryu & Goku master the Satsui no Hado/ Mu no Ken. Which fits well with Goku's name meaning "Awaken to Nothingness." It can resemble Ultra Instinct. Which Krillin's Non-Self State is essentially a lower level of power similar to UI.

Vegeta would have been succumbed by the power of the Satsui no Hado like Akkuma.

As for how other DBZ villains would fit in this? Maybe Freeza & Cell are experiments? Freeza was an ancient experiment that was once a ruler and recently awoken from a slumber? Maybe Cell is a recent creation of Gero & M. Bison that strictly follows orders? And Majin Buu is a stolen copy of Twelve that was altered by magic?

Not sure how to incorporate alien characters into SF. But someone like Piccolo could be a human who's body altered due to a special environment he grew up in. And since his clothing is Indonesian inspired, he could train under Dhalsim to explain why he has stretchy limbs. Then he went rogue then came back to his senses.

Kinda went more into it than I intended. 😅 I just like the idea of certain crossovers a lot.

But the coolest thing is that with the upcoming SF6, we can create DB characters if we want to! The character customization in that game looks amazingly in depth!

Also, DB x MK is a fun concept to me too. I've even done some fan art a few years ago.

[gay-hoodie-boy]

Can I pretty please ask your help with formatting backstory? <:3 you have the know how

Honestly aside from Cammy getting intel on a shadaloo base with captive experiments and raiding it (similar to how i initially have with Ed) everything else can just be made up, depending on how traumatized you wanna make the character.

I will say, Adrian doesnt really have lore, hes more just a sona for sillies. I have another s/i idea in the background tho that has a LOT more angst if you wanna go by something like that, but be warned its not an official ship and may be dropped or retconned depending on various things. /lh

Otherwise tho? Just go ham. Theres no clear lore anyway that isnt abt the dolls, the kings (bison, balrog, vega, sagat), or the psycho power.

Before you suggested this i was going to say i think angels might be canon to sf if you want to go that route instead, and while i also lack lore on that, i'm down to do the research for you /gen

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And here is my Street Fighter OTP - Sagat X Vega, a.k.a. TigerViper! 🐯🐍

[on-dragons-wings]

/ sf is among my favorite verses for xaos bc its one of the few verses where xaos isnt the biggest human character. for example sagat is 7'5. i love the idea of xaos this giant wall of beef entering a fight and having to look up

[radgamester]

What are your thoughts on Street Fighter 6's Year 2 characters? Especially Terry and Mai since I get a strong SNK vibe from this place. Now that Street Fighter 6 announced a Year 2, who are your picks for Year 3.

When I first saw Terry and Mai on that Year 2 collage, I almost fell out of my chair. I had to make sure it wasn't an edit or just an ad for a phone app game (the Ninja Turtles were recently announced as being in the SF Duel game for example).

I'm glad Elena made the cut. I don't think anyone would be unhappy about that. She missed the boat in SF5, is a fan favorite, and people have been asking 'where are the Street Fighter III characters' since the SF6 base roster was revealed.

With Bison, I'm of two minds. On one side, I feel he should be dead and stay dead for the story to move forward. Despite KOF pulling the Orochi card every now and then, they have moved on to new enemies and evil organizations. But I am intrigued about this either amnesiac Bison or unfinished clone that took the name Bison. Eager to see his story and his reactions to Chun Li, Guile, Ed and JP.

For Terry and Mai I am beyond excited. I can see some people complaining because SNK isn't as popular in the US, but people forget that SF6 is made in Japan where SNK and their characters are crazy popular and beloved. The other complaint is that with only four characters, Terry and Mai are taking up two spots that would have been used for two Street Fighter (III) characters, so I get that too.

I would say maybe they would have used Terry in Year 2 and saved Mai for Year 3... but then that would give the expectation of a SNK character for Year 4 or whatnot, when this might be a one-time thing. So bottom line, I'm excited to see Terry and Mai in SF6 but I do understand the complaints about them.

My main complaint for how Capcom was doing their DLC for SF6 is only 4 characters when we had 5 before and also how they spoil them all at once. Like we have to wait a year for Bison, Terry, Elena and Mai before we hear of anyone new before that. Before it was like Balrog... and 4 mystery slots... and the slots would fill over the year or so with a new character announced at Evo or Capcom Pro Tour. Now they're just spoiling their entire season's pass from the getgo. Where's the surprise? Where's the intrigue??

As for my picks for a SF6 Year 3, not counting any surprise guest stars I'd say

Sagat

Sakura Kasugano

Eagle

Sean Matsuda (though if there was a fifth, add Laura too)

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which of the SF characters would watch Oppennheimer and which would watch Barbie ?

Not doing all of them but

Ryu: Barbie. Probably got dragged into it by Sakura. Didn't get most of it but he liked it. Hopes Ken is doing allright ("I too know what it's like to struggle with my worst self") and gifts his Ken a "I am Kenough" shirt.

Ken: Mel wanted to watch Oppenheimer and Ken went along with him. Mel liked it, but Ken got bummed out at the story of a neglectful husband and father trying his best to help people and ruining lives over it.

Chun-Li: Her and Li-Fen went to Barbie in matching outfits. The mother's speech in the middle of the movie really, really resonated with her.

E. Honda: Goes to Barbie screenings painted pink to promote his business. If you even think about suggesting Oppenheimer to him he will slap you and you will deserve it.

Blanka: Barbie. Loved it, a little confused but trying to get the spirit, called up his mom and Sakura later to apologize in case he ever oppressed them or made them feel inadequate. Look out for pink variants of Blanka-chan in stores soon.

Guile: Neither, but his family dragged into Barbie. Spent most of it stone-faced but by the time of the Just Ken musical battle number he did crack up a bit.

Dhalsim: Neither.

Zangief: Went to Barbie with R.Mika. Laughed so loudly during the movie you could hear it outside the room. Launches an all-women wrestling course because he thinks muscle power is the solution to misogyny as it is to everything. Marisa enrolls in for a laugh.

Balrog: Neither. Thinks long movies suck and wouldnt be caught dead attending a girl movie.

Vega: Enjoyed both from a reserved patrician distance, couldnt relate to either of the protagonists in any way. Offended by the existence of Weird Barbie and the scenes with old women in it.

Sagat: Neither. But if one of the kids at his village asked, he would go watch Barbie with them and pretend he had a good time, would heavily criticize Ken for betraying his community in vain pursuits of power.

M. Bison: Barbie, and he likes it, not even for any nefarious reason. Doesn't care to watch Oppenheimer, 3 hours of a guy getting cold feet about doing something that Bison happily does at home for free (murdering scores of innocent civilians).

Cammy: Oppenheimer. Only attended Barbie because the other Dolls asked her to, but she didn't think much of it.

Dee Jay: Barbie, and he had a great time. Plays his own remixes of Just Ken and Dance the Night for several nights at the club afterwards.

Akuma: Neither. If he did, he would quit Oppenheimer in the first minutes, in disgust at Oppenheimer's weakness for trying to murder his teacher with a poisoned apple instead of his bare hands.

Dan: Didn't plan to watch either but people kept seeing him in the street and assuming he was on his way to watch Barbie. After doing so, he tries to aggressively rebrand the Saikyo Dojo as a feminist dreamhouse over the following weeks and fails.

Nash: Oppenheimer. Didn't feel anything other than sadness.

Rose: Doesn't enjoy movies very much, her powers predict the entire plot before it happens, but still went to watch Barbie with Menat and Maggio.

Sodom: Neither, but protests Oppenheimer screenings in defense of Japan and genuine disgust over the movie's subject matter, runs away crying whenever it's pointed out that he's a white jock.

Rolento: Disliked Oppenheimer for the protagonist being a lily-livered coward who couldnt stand by his own choices in defense of the country.

Sakura: Barbie. Had fun, but the parts where Barbie punches a guy and outruns the police and the mother outfoxes the Mattel executives in a car chase is kinda what she wished most of the movie was like, dissappointed only the Kens got to fight.

Gen: Neither. Dead.

Cody: Barbie. Liked it fine, I guess, wasn't boring.

Dudley: Went with Elena to watch Barbie. Found it a smashing good time and felt offended at how rudely the Kens treated the Barbies when they took over.

Necro: Cried during both with Effie. Barbie's crisis over her humanity and her moment at the bench really got to him.

Hugo: Went with Poison to watch Barbie. Enjoyed it more than she did, found himself relating a lot to the tiny violent Allan man who belongs nowhere.

Makoto: Barbie. Didn't like the daughter's character arc one bit and walked out of it hating Barbie as a concept more .

Rufus: Went to Barbie at Candy's insistence and my God you could not get this man to shut up about it for days afterwards. Added feminist to the list of self-aggrandizing adjectives he uses.

Seth: Pre-Doll Zero, he would have watched Oppenheimer and not liked it for it's preoccupation with pathetic human morality. Post-Doll Zero, he would resonate unbelievably hard with Barbie's arc and have a breakdown over the ending.

Juri: Saw both. Spend the entirety of Oppenheimer browsing her phone and making loud bomb/fart noises with her mouth and laughing. Thought Barbie sucked.

Poison: Went with Hugo to watch Barbie and kept planning ways to cash in the pink/Barbie craze for her business. Thought the movie was funny but kinda dumb.

Rashid: Barbie, really really liked it. Pirates the movie before it's out on digital to make a reaction stream and gets sued over it.

F.A.N.G: Oppenheimer. Besides the skin melting scene, dissappointed at how little it showed the scientific process behind building an atomic bomb or civilians dying, he kinda signed up just for those things.

Luke: Liked both, really wants to have his own Mojo Dojo Casa House and, besides the whole oppressing women thing which is totally uncool, doesn't think the Kens were doing anything that wrong.

Jamie: Wanted to watch Barbie but drunkenly wandered into Oppenheimer by mistake and had a really bad time.

Manon: Criticizes Barbie for muddled politics and found Barbie apologizing to Ken at the end viscerally disgusting.

Marisa: Neither. Went to watch Meg 2 because watching action stars fight a giant rampaging shark seemed like more of a good time to her. Thought the first one was a lot better.

JP: Majority shareholder at Mattel stock, politely claps during the screening.

AKI: Has spent the last weeks furiously testing out poisons on various plastics and chasing down Mattel executives for intel. Has a cunning plan to take over Barbieland and gift it to her master.