Mario's not the only Wonder here.
This video has one of the most complimentary comments I've ever read regarding Akari Akaza from YuruYuri.
"The more they insist she's uninteresting, the more I find her unique."
edited 23rd Nov '13 3:00:12 AM by aninjawithaids
These two may literally be more bark than bite, but they are no less tenacious than everyone else.
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So...accurate... Oh and there is some, you know, stories of murder and serial killer too... ;D
This video is a Sherlock trailer. NO,it's not a fanvid. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
The Infinitely Curious
"As we all know, Youtube comments are typically a festering ocean of stupidity. But every now and then, a piece of genuine wit will surface."
Oh hell yes, I'm so glad there's a thread for this. XD I even got some posted on my Facebook profile. :) Most of them are of the heartwarming kind. ^_^ Let me go find them.
"Hell exists not to punish sinners, but to ensure that nobody sins in the first place." - Eikishiki Yamaxanadu (Touhou)
The Infinitely Curious
1. "Namine was in my opinion, Kingdom Hearts in human form. She is filled with sorrows and is used as a rope in tug of war. She is captured by both heartless and nobodies. She is the true key to kingdom hearts. Not only is she filled with sorrow, no matter what, she is kind and gental. She is the heart of the world. She, is what we are supposed to be." - 123456789kbx, Theme of Naminé by Roxasluvr4eva (35 thumbs up) (August 1, 2012 A.D.)
2. "As a child I was always considered a failure in everything I tried at, so to make myself feel better I lied to myself for a bunch of years and believed I was someone entirely different from who I actually was. Recently I rediscovered a bunch of buried memories, and it depressed me. I lacked confidence as a child, but now with help from my friends I'm sorting it all out to find out who I really am. All I know is that I'm a good guy. Am I Cloud Strife? Not the emo one, but the original one." - dancinghulahoop, Final Fantasy VII - Main Theme [HQ] by Cloud183 (4 thumbs up) (August 6, 2012 Monday A.D.)
3. "Red - Taught me to not be afraid of adventure
Gold - Taught me not to be afraid of change and always try to surpass your limits (vs. Red)
Ruby - Taught me to let nature take its course and to not disturb its balance
Diamond - Taught me to never use deities, religion, or other beliefs to control others
and B/W - well…I’ve learned that beings hold EMOTIONS, and to achieve peace we need to accept the differences within all people…
I love Pokemon :)" - Jtpiano24, Pokemon Black/White Music - Emotion by Radiant Miku (30 thumbs up) (September 16, 2012 Sunday A.D.)
4. "Even though it's a fictional monster, Erebus freaks me out. Not because he's scary looking, but because he came from us. It's weird how humanity is so afraid of dying, yet how many secretly wish for it. The proof are all of the "end of days prophecies" and the sheer number of people who believe them. Those self-destructive tendencies created a monster. Without Minato and SEES, humanity would have gotten its wish. If Erebus were real, and people knew about it, would they change how they lived?" - Skaarjguy, Persona 3 FES - Darkness by Slayer0 (44 thumbs up) (October 29, 2012 Monday A.D.)
5. 21. "P4 represents humanity as a whole I think with it's message. Despite difficulties and hardships, we continue to live our life as best we know how, in our own way. We fall and we get back up, whether we know it or not." - Michael Coates, Shadow World (Full) - Persona 4 The Golden OP by Megabyte117 (28 thumbs up) (January 24, 2013 Thursday A.D.)
I got plenty more from Welcome to the NHK! too. :)
"Hell exists not to punish sinners, but to ensure that nobody sins in the first place." - Eikishiki Yamaxanadu (Touhou)
So many from here:
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For those of you who don't watch the series, one of the characters, Omar Little, is a total badass character that every thug in the street fears. Sometimes when he goes for a hunt, he likes to whistle, and everyone in the street goes "Oh shit, Omar comin'!" This is the tune of his whistle.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
(That Guy You Met Once)
edited 27th Aug '14 6:18:15 PM by Wheezy
Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)
hiya, the name's scout.
whatever he can
So I'm watching a video on portrait photography and some guy's like —
and another is like —
casually taking over the world
I found this in the comment section of a Let It Burn parody of Let It Go:
Google didn't give me results so it looks like it was written on spot.
No you can't call me Jar(i) I am not a glass container
The video itself (a MST3King of an episode of the TBN show "Creation in the 21st Century", hosted by "Dr." Carl Baugh) is funny enough, but then there's this comment:
edited 12th Oct '14 10:06:11 PM by Robotnik
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
HAAAA!
From the music video for Smash Mouth - All Star:
"If anyone mentions Pew Die Pie or Shrek one more time, I'm going to come to your house while you sleep and stab you 17 times with a plastic fork."
Then the reply: "Good luck getting that fork through my layers."
I laughed far harder at that than I should have.
edited 24th Oct '14 7:55:26 PM by GavsEvans123
Cortex should take a 12-step plan off a 10-step pier
(That Guy You Met Once)
edited 9th Mar '15 9:25:50 PM by Wheezy
Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)
Like most of you, I usually regret scrolling down to the comment section, but not this time.
Moved accounts because meh
Why are the comments hating on the cat having the most votes? 
Formerly G.G.
The war economy thing was what first got me about the plot too. Right off the bat, i went "How long can you have an economy revolving around something worth nothing before the whole system eats itself?". Like, even then i knew enough about how society is so riddled with entropy that it could actually happen, but if it did, i'd just lose all faith in humanity right there and then. I mean, you do have something like that going on now, but it's not the dominant commodity.
About the BB corps, i'll just be blunt about it: I hate them. No really, i hate them and what they represent. And i guess i should elaborate that i hate them mostly from a writing standpoint, because it just breaks my mind to accept their existence, even in a universe already so willing to bend itself as Metal Gear.
Like, do you remember back to Kindgom Hearts, when the Darkness was this abstract terror that the only way you could even discern as something you could fight was by means of some madman who decided to dive right into it, thus corrupting himself irrevocably as to become as close to a personification of it as you could get? Remember when those black cloaked guys appeared, stoking your imagination as to what ghastly tormented visage could possibly dwell under those hoods? Then do you remember when they took them off, and all of them turned out to be J-Rock Idols?
See, the problem with me is, you can spout all manner of content as to how A or B had such a tough time in life and was so horribly scarred and whatnot, but if you don't back it up with some actual gravitas in front of my eyes, it all means nothing. Anyone who can lift a pen can write the thousand woes a character had to go through in the past. And boy, do they ever, it's nearly a mainstay in fiction that the main character's past tense was some kind of nightmare. Yet when you actually see the schmuck, what he has to show for it is a "fear me and feel sorry for me" demeanor and a stick up his ass about himself, like he's better than anyone else around him because of some stupid backstory we can't possibly relate to in the time it's told to us. Told, not shown; never shown, cause that might be kind of a downer, and we gotta make time for some slapstick.
But even THAT seems like fine art when you get to the Beauty&Beast chicks. Getting past the immaculate, gorgeous, lifeless, mass produced look of the four of them, apparently, Kojima's idea of shellshock is you ramble on and on endlessly about some general concept related to whatever it is these women mean to portray, in such a self-pretentious, vapid, emo-perfect tone and mood that puts even Fortune to shame.
Meanwhile, in some other part of the world, some poor kid gets shredded by an uncomplicated, unelaborated piece of shrapnel from some guided missile that took a wrong turn (or a right turn), and the way he looks in the hospital, with all the burns and deformations seems like something so nightmarish that, for a split second, in the dark corner of your mind, you allow yourself to think that they'd be doing the poor thing a favor if they just put a bullet in his head and ended his suffering once and forever, but OOOOOOH NOOOOO, it's those four bimbos that had it bad in war.
Ahem, you may infer that i feel rather strongly about it from the spiel i just spouted, but i'm not admitting to anything.
About their gameplay... i guess, whatever. I didn't kill them, not that i think they deserved any mercy from me, for the reasons above.
About Naomi, i liked her a lot more in MGS when she wasn't a mouthpiece for Kojima's crazy rambling about his own twisted notion of fate, and how we must fulfill our destiny in order to not be chained to it, if he himself can figure out whatever that means. Seriously, the Bimbo Brigade would show up and leave, but this chick was a central character, and would just prattle on and on about nothing for about 87.2% of every time she opened her mouth. I think somewhere she must've secretly loved that stupid accelerated aging crap Snake was going through (don't even get me started on that one), just so it would fit with her notion that the universe was crafted in order to fit her own personal angsty poem. Oh, and by the way, that hypo actually contained poison, that she killed herself with. No incurable tumor that the nanomachines that bring Vamp back from anything were just barely keeping in check. She wanted to kill herself, and she did, for no reason. Like so much else that happens in this game that we're supposed to be impressed by. I'm sorry, but there's just a limit to the nonsense i'll just shrug and let let slide, and trust me, that limit is humongous.
I didn't think i'd be this negative when i started writing, honest.
About Snake being cattle thing. I think it depends. In MSG 2 he was a very real thorn on the Patriots' side, that was pivotal in bringing down their scheme for turning Raiden into a robot, after the Patriots had tried to defame him and his efforts in order to stall or stop him, so i wouldn't say the man lacks for agency. Also, this game series is amusingly touted as "tactical espionage action". If Snake does have one foot in the intelligence community, he knows that scheming and manipulation are just things that come with the job when you go out on the field, into business as sensitive and dangerous as he does. All you can do is try to keep your eyes and ears open, and try to anticipate what strings may be being pulled and act accordingly as best you can. The guy decided to throw away his status as an official operative, and started fighting for what he believed in at the end of MGS. I think it demeans him to imply that he was being herded and consumed all this time, and i don't really think it's accurate.
I loved Shadow Moses, but then again, who didn't. Now, don't think i don't like this series more than it's healthy, or anything, because i do. I bought the whole thing since MGS 1, not counting those Acid and Babel ones, and i don't have the money to shell out like that on things that aren't dear to me.
My big problem is, in the series overall, and in this game big time, that so much happens because Kojima wants it to. Not because it tells a good story, not because it's a natural progression, just because the man had to have that sixth beer, and all of a sudden no piece of content is too ridiculous and nonsensical and outright uninteresting that no amount of money and convolution and the fans' interminable adulation won't stick together.
You know, i almost want to apologize for making you read all that. Unless you skipped straight down here, i which case, i don't blame you. Just don't think you got the drop on me, or anything.
edited 22nd May '15 12:42:24 AM by GAP
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
Warning: inappropriate comments. There's a lot
If teen angst can make you smile
If you want to liquify humans
Only for a little while...
edited 4th Jun '15 1:54:22 PM by Smasher
Formerly G.G.
And yet, where's the fan outcry over that? All the fans raged about as the girly little poser pretending to be Snake - rightly so, after you find out that the reason for him was Kojima going over to a bunch of high-school girls and asking them whether they found Snake appealing or not. It wasn't even an artistic decision (distorted from emotional breakdown or not), it was a marketing one, based, of all things, on people totally outside your target audience. No really, how are loyal, money-spending fans supposed to feel when the game they were waiting to spend more money on had been made not with them in mind, but with a group they couldn't identify with if they tried?
Sorry, that last paragraph was a tangent (one i spent too much time on to just delete now, so there).
Point is, that was the one thing people raged about, while ignoring all the game's many other flaws. Why? Because Metal Gear. Because Kojima.
MGS 4 was no different. I mean, even discounting that you can easily run that game in half the time it takes you to watch all those cutscenes, did i just pay €60+ for a supposed conclusion to a saga, that consists of 1 part action, 1 part corny humor, 2 parts screwing around, a metric crapton of stupid melodrama and the worst emo verbal diarrhea since that thing about the sparkly vampires? I mean, the graphics were very pretty, sure enough, and good thing too because the reviewers had to cling to SOMETHING to give that game high scores. And it got high scored, it got them by the truckload. People were lauding it as their favorite game not two weeks after having played it.
Now i'm not the kind of person who will have a strong opinion about something anytime soon after having experienced it. I normally gotta digest it first, and all (case in point, the wall of text you're trudging through right now). But i was flabbergasted right off the bat, at the insane praise this game was getting.
Now, would it have been the case if it wasn't Metal Gear? Would it really have gotten the mega-pass that it did from critics and fans alike?
I'm usually reserved in my conclusions, and don't really like being this assertive on things i cannot prove, but no. Not in a million years would THAT game have gotten that ridiculous kind of acclaim had it not borne the name it did, or that of it's maker.
So yeah, hope you enjoyed the read.
As for the melodrama thing, you're right, and it's the reason i've banished a lot of anime from my existence as i got older, but i think there's a huge difference from Dragonball, Captain Tsubasa and Yamato, and the kind of vapid, self-pretentious crap that's aired today. The former had a sincerity about it's corniness that made it very much enjoyable; the latter is the japanese kardashians. I'll point out that's not a universal thing for them either. There are a lot japanese authors and directors who have managed to kick that abomination right out of the window (Takeshi Kitano, Tsutomu Nihei, Yuki Urushibara) and come out all the better for it. Sure, it's not the standard, and maybe that's why it's good. You'd have to go into actual japanese society in order to go any deeper into the subject, though, and no way i'm opening that can of worms on youtube.
edited 5th Jun '15 10:57:14 PM by GAP
"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
There's a You Tuber called The Solar Gamer who's doing a Let's Play of Civilization V as the Netherlands. There's also this guy commenting on each (or most) of them with dramatic retellings of what's going on in the game world. They make pretty good reading.
Someone wrote an entire story for, of all things, Freezing Cold And Ants And I Chew Soul. Go look it up. It's astounding. On a similar note, someone else wrote a short story for Kimono Soldier, a TF 2 YTPMV.
The fact that only 140 characters are allowed here is honestly so disappointing to me.
Officially intimidated
Man, I really need to lurk on Yack Fest more often. This one thread escaped my sight at first. X_x
One of my favorite YT comments ever was a Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness rewrite of the lyrics of the DK Rap.
For reference, these are the original lyrics.
And here's the extended version I found in that comment:
In, at, or to this place or position. In, at, or to this place or position. In, at, or to this place or position, it is the destination that we shall be heading.
At long last these fine gentlemen have arrived at this place or position, and they are currently in the process of fulfilling the task of presenting a form of entertainment to whoever might be watching this screen. Perhaps if thou art aware of the lyrics to the display of musical poetry that they are about to present, then thou art more than welcome to come together with these gentlemen and act as they shall be doing. We highly advise that thou perform the action of having the palms of your hands meet together, that is if thou happen to be in a suitable mood to strike the palms of your hands in a rapid succession in a manner that would normally generate signs of applause. Keep a good mind that thou art intended to be doing this while we bring you along the thrills of a popular genre of music of African American origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over a prerecorded, typically electronic instrumental backing about primates such as this one. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive followed by the eleventh letter of the aforementioned alphabet representing the voiceless velar plosive. These initials are used to describe the sizeable mammal of the eponymous genus "Gorilla" who refers to himself as an ass.
[-This fine specimen of a simian is the commander of the group of others for which he normally resides with. Thou art well aware of him as well as the reputation he has made for himself. And now at last he has returned from wherever he has been to deliver a powerful blow from his leg onto some flexible appendages located at the end of one's vertebrae. This simian is in possession of a weapon capable of launching wooly brown seeds originating from a tropical palm that consists of a hard shell lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid. The launching is executed in thin powerful streams. If thou be unfortunate enough to be struck by one of these powerful streams it will surely evoke a most excruciating wave of pain that would be most undesirable to the part of your being in question. He who refers to himself as an ass happens to be even more sizeable than he once was, able to reach higher bursts of speed than ever before, and is also more efficient in being able to withstand or exert feats of great physical strength than previously noted, and is the original individual belonging to the organization of the fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.-]
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The gorilla who refers to himself as an ass. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The gorilla who refers to himself as an ass is present within the facilities of this place of business.
This stout female mammal of the hominid species of apes in the genus "Pan" possesses a notably large amount of charisma so I would highly request that all the men in the confines of the area direct their attention to what I am about to say concerning her. She is gifted with the uncanny ability to adjust her size to even smaller proportions all for the sole purpose of persuing the needs of her emotions. This Chimpanzee is quite capable of moving at high speeds and displaying her equally fast wit upon doing so, but only if the occasion at hand calls for such maneuvers; as well as being able to levitate without concern for the laws of gravity along with scaling tall plants that branch from the ground in leafy bunches along their trunks. Should thou select this fine lady as your avatar of which to traverse the island she resides in, it shall definitely not be a regrettable decision. Upon performing the second and third actions required to execute a track-and-field event in which competitors attempt to jump as far as possible, known as the triple jump, in reverse order, she immediately becomes a more charismatic simian garnering the attention from others.
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The Gorilla who refers to himself as an ass.
[-Lacking the attractiveness and charm of the previously mentioned chimpanzee, as well as an overall sense of elegance in his refinements or movements, this example of an Asian species of extant great apes is adorned with a highly amusing front upon his somewhat unstable cranium. The orangutan in question is able to stand upside down utilizing his hands for support, but as with the small lady from before, only performs this feat when absolutely required to do so. However, he shall gladly elongate the muscles of his upper limbs in an outward position upon your request alone. Pumping air in his own body in a way that is sure to expand it, in a manner strongly resembling that of a colored inflatable rubber sac that is often used as a decoration or given to young individuals. This primate, despite being quite mentally insane, thoroughly enjoys this melodic performance. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.-]
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The gorilla who refers to himself as an ass. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The gorilla who refers to himself as an ass is present within the facilities of this place of business.
[-This fine gentleman has returned once more, however a good sum of people, such as me, share the opinion that he should have arrived a lot sooner. The first several occurrences in which this tailed tree residing mammal has emerged appeared to have been lacking in emotion, but presently, he is fully willing to attend this occasion. He is capable of launching himself into the farther reaches of the atmosphere as long as his jet-propelled backpack, normally used by astronauts to independently propel themselves in space, is equipped, and is also a notable example of the primate of the Haplorrhini sub-order, being strong enough to withstand adverse conditions should his small fire-arms be readily available within his hands. Thou will surely find it hard to resist as this simian forces the corners of your lips to rise in an approving fashion by playing a self-composed melody. However if thou happen to be a scaled water-dwelling reptile of the subfamily Crocodylinae, I highly warn that thou be quite aware of your surroundings as he fully intends to unleash total destruction to your well-being. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.-]
The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The gorilla who refers to himself as an ass. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.
In such a way as to put an end to this performance, he attends momentarily for the sake of fulfilling your amusement. And attending would be the latest and final individual belonging to the organization of the fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet that represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental plosive and the eleventh letter which represents the voiceless velar plosive. The maximum amount of force that this gorilla's muscles can exert against some form of resistance in a single effort is so intense that it would not provoke laughter in the eyes of the common viewer. In fact it is prone to striking immense amounts of terror in the hearts of water-dwelling reptiles of the subfamily Crocodylinae, causing them to call out in a rather frightened state for their female parental guardians responsible for laying the oval shaped organic vessels in which they hatched from. With the incredible ability of lifting large chunks of solid rock either compacted together from years of pressure or smoothened out by erosion in a manner that would be extremely difficult for the average ape, he proceeds to destroy them in a crumbling fashion, making such a feat appear to be a simple task when it is performed by him. Although he is a rather slow being in terms of physical speed, and also crippled with the inability to launch himself from the ground as high as his peers can due to his girth, he more than makes up for his shortcomings in his satanic nature. Interjection normally uttered in the form of a question to express the emotions that come with being surprised, in a state of disbelief, anger, or interest.
I highly request that this elderly simian known for his mean spirited and angry traits would follow these ramblings with a musical bridge, that is sure to lead us to a contrasting section of this composition in a manner that briefly mentions various edible confectioneries that may or may not be normally stored in refrigerators as a somewhat obvious way to parody the notion that there is a musical bridge present at this point of time.
E- E- E- Edible seeds of any tree of the genus Juglans, groundnuts in the legume or "bean" family, and the heavenly aromas of the tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, Fruiting berries of the botanical genus Vitis, heavy fleshy fruits with thick rinds, hybrids of pomelo and mandarin citrus fruits, and the shells of seeds originating from palm trees. Interjection using a synonym for the word "yes" that shows signs of a great influx of joy. Edible seeds of any tree of the genus Juglans, groundnuts in the legume or "bean" family, and the heavenly aromas of the tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, Fruiting berries of the botanical genus Vitis, heavy fleshy fruits with thick rinds, hybrids of pomelo and mandarin citrus fruits, and the shells of seeds originating from palm trees. Interjection using a synonym for the word "yes" that shows signs of a great influx of joy.
edited 11th Jul '15 7:22:31 PM by MyFinalEdits
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Formerly G.G.
The whole game is a metaphor about the game industry and Metal Gear as a series. The phrase "War has changed", isn't referring to the game world, but the console war. Seriously, just listen to the entire speech and just think of it from the viewpoint of a game creator, who is now being controlled by marketing people.
When Snake says he never was a hero, it's Hideo Kojima saying that the audience never understood his games. Even though he put his heart and mind into them, no one really understood what was going on. They understand Snake holding a gun and being all dramatic, but that's about it. So no, I also wouldn't call Snake a hero, more like a victim.
When Snake decides to go to the microwave corridor instead of Raiden, in my opinion it's just a metaphor about how little control Kojima even has at the moment. It's like Snake is being forced into these new situations (new, bad games, hmm?) by some kind of unseen force, like destiny. But in the real world this destiny is just the crying needs of fans and Sony, and Snake crawling through the corridor is just Kojima doing something he ultimately doesn't feel like doing.
It won't. It definitely won't.
It's easy enough to just create a dummy Google Plus account and never use it if you want to post comments.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."