why is it that Rei and her likes are 'lesser' characters because they dont talk and emote all the time

isnt this a character type in itself?

it is, and a valid one, one that i prefer over loudmouth firebrands like asuka

but i think rei's robotic nature is clearly intended to be at least somewhat off-putting

though i don't consider that a bad thing either, i can see how some might, if they don't understand the point

besides legendaries and evolutions, i only need ONE MORE to complete the dex: mawile

bear in mind that i mean "least likable character," i don't think asuka is badly written or anything

i just don't like tsunderes who are ALL tsun; i think the only nice thing she ever says is compliment shinji on his cello playing

a few more of those moments would've gone a long way for me, because i just found her insufferable for the entire show

which is tragic because you can tell they would've been better friends if not for their shitty circumstances; it's the epitome of a relationship starting off on the wrong foot and literally never correcting itself because they're just too fucking awkward

i remember watching the dance like you want to win episode for the first time, where shinji and asuka have to get over themselves and start getting along with each other so they can be in-sync, and i was expecting that development to last, but then it doesn't really, which always bugged me

yeah yeah her backstory is tragic and whatever but that doesn't make her likable imo; i can definitely appreciate the role she has in the story, but i could never call her a favorite character just based off of her personality alone

she was also sexualized a bit too much for my liking; i always dread those stupid panty/nude gags on rewatches

out of curiosity, did you watch the netflix subs? and if not, did you make sure to watch the director's cuts of the last few episodes

Of course
What’s your take on the ending?
Hopeful or nah?

it's definitely hopeful, almost to a fault really

if you have the opportunity to (basically) save everyone from their own lives, and are tempted to do so because of how shitty people are to each other, i think to ultimately reject it because of some notions of it "all being worth it in the end" would certainly require a semblance of hope in your heart

though i relate with shinji a lot, i'd have to say that shinji's choice to abandon instrumentality and start life anew is where we kind of diverge, since i don't really share that hope and i'd be perfectly content living as a puddle of tang for the rest of time if it meant nobody ever had to feel pain again

i can certainly understand the decision from a storytelling standpoint, though, and i can appreciate that shinji wound up giving everybody the choice to return if they were so inclined to come back

i wasn't actually expecting them to just end the world and leave it there--i'm not even sure if that's what i'd want

Quote from: Verbatim on December 09, 2019, 12:30:34 AM

probably the best anime ever made, with the movie being the best part

i need to rewatch rebuild 3.0 though because i loathed it and i need to make sure that i didn't miss the point

Thoughts on the dream sequences?
Last two episodes

idk if i'd call them dream sequences per se, but i did find myself enjoying them, even if they do only serve to explain the point of the entire show to people who didn't get it (and in a way that a lot of people found all the more confusing and unsatisfying), but i was able to appreciate them nonetheless

knowing there was still a movie left to watch certainly helped, whereas that wasn't a certainty when the show was still new, so i can definitely understand why they're unpopular

there's a lot of really cool and fun animation in those episodes, and the introspective and philosophical writing is highly reminiscent of a lot of my favorite written works, like The Stranger, where similar concepts are explored



they toyed around with a lot of ideas that i've spent a lot of time thinking about, especially when i was shinji's age, and i've never really found myself relating with a fictional character at that level before, so that was really cool

the whole "this is the me that exists in your mind" segment in particular has always stood out to me as a really strong
illustration of how difficult it can be to deal with the anxieties of being perceived negatively by people in spite of all your efforts to avoid that, and since the same rule applies to everybody, we as a species are basically all just these autistic automatons trying to get a read on each other without making ourselves too vulnerable in the process, which is a paradox that i think the entire show is an allegory for

when i watched this show for the first time, i still had a rockhard hate-boner for anime as a medium, and i wasn't trying to be open-minded about it whatsoever, so without these two episodes (and the movie), i probably wouldn't have ever cared to examine the show's deeper themes, so i think that's where a lot of my appreciation comes from as well

you could say that the episodes kinda give off the impression that they ran out of budget or whatever, but i can't say that really bothers me, since i was never in it for the robot fights anyway

Finally picked up Majora's Mask cart today, which I'm pretty psyched about. It was my single most-wanted game for the system, and now I have it.



Coolest cartridge ever.

Also picked up Yoshi's Island for SNES + 7 or 8 random NES games, none of which are noteworthy, but bring my NES collection up to 301 unique titles, or 44% of its US library.

Going for a full bug team since theres lots of cool new buggy boys in this game, but I also hate rocks now.

i wonder if the heavy duty boots item is viable

been thinking of running it on my ninjask as soon as my team is competitive ready

got my motherfucking swift swim giga drednaw, at last

just need a lightning rod raichu now

verbatim i want you post in my thread. you live in a town near me that kind of sucks. not kind of sucks. it totally sucks. fuckin shopko is gone so i cant make my shopko ishpeming thread like i used to whenever i drive thru ish peming. fuck ishpeming. houghton is better hands down no contest. btw i think ur pretty ok as a person even tho i never met u but u seem pretty chill now. dude theres fuckin snow everywhere now up here. fuckin getting white and shit. hows the snow in ishpeming. i think its probably on the ground and a lot of it but idk. i was in iron mountain last week for squanto's holiday and there was no snow but then on like wednesday it snowed a shit ton dude. fuckin crazy and now im back in houghton and theres even more snow. i like the snow but goddamn can i catch a break like jeez louise am i right? fuckin covering my car and shit.

I'm not one to whine about where I live and shit (or even the weather, for that matter), but yeah, Ishpeming is pretty fucking miserable when you look at it. We just got obliterated by like 30+ inches of snow last weekend, so that's been fun. I can only imagine how shitty it is over there.

Like I said, though, I'm not one to complain—I mean, it sucks big donkey balls and all, but since I lead a fairly sedentary lifestyle anyway (sans my gym membership), it gives me the perfect excuse to stay in. I'm glad you don't seem to hate it too much, though. That's the right attitude to have up here.

Houghton is definitely a nice place. Nicer than Ishpeming, at least, even though that's not saying much. I try to go there at least twice a year to go thrift shopping, lmao. I'm always finding cool shit there.

I do go to NMU, and yeah, coming here was easily the biggest mistake of my life. I love the campus, and the people are nice, but the classes are a joke, and I basically have no reason to be here. I'm only continuing at this point because I'm already in too deep. I should technically have graduated by now, but they recently just came up with this new policy that all English majors are now required to fulfill a fucking minor. I can get the logic behind it, but that still kinda fucks me over. So now I'm scrambling to come up with something, which is just a whole new layer of stress that I couldn't have been prepared for. I'm doing the best I can, though.

Glad you're enjoying college. I can't say that I am, but I'm also aware that things could be way worse. I don't even live on campus (dorms are wayyyyy too expensive) so I have a two hour commute every single day from home, since I can't drive and have to take the bus everywhere. It's not ideal, but if I can avoid having to drive myself, I'll always take that option. I'm just weird like that.

I'm writing a book right now, since being an author has been my life's dream and all, so I take all these unfortunate circumstances as opportunities for inspiration. You tend to meet some interesting characters on the bus, and I have all kinds of stories to tell about them. That's been fun. I hope to get it done soon (it won't be a happy story, though).

Think that's it. I know it probably seems weird that I still post here, but it's not like this website is my life or anything. I'm working as a transcriptionist which allows me to work from home, and I've been going to the gym regularly since August. Life is pretty okay right now, all things considered. Still depressed, but I can ignore that. Video games are cool. Movies are cool too. You should watch the Irishman on Netflix, it's awesome.

anyway yeah thanks for hitting me up randomly, it's good to bullshit about nothing every once in a while

i'm not ignoring this post, but i'll have to respond later

also i hope it was okay for me to join in your raid

i wish the matchmaking system wasnt so jank, so we coulda gotten more teammates

totally fine, any help is appreciated (especially if you're strong)

although that time, i was just trying to see what my kingler's g-max move was gonna be (but then i just got one-shotted)

claydol doesn't even have any HAs or anything, so it's not really worth seriously going for imo

people like rogue one?

sword/shield's BIGGEST FLAW (mainly gameplay-wise) is how they handled hidden abilities

it's the one thing that they haven't streamlined at this point, which pisses me off because having the wrong ability can render an otherwise competitively viable pokemon completely worthless

nothing beats humilation

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