I'm glad to see that Cann still hates Ramirez. As he should.
In other news, a 20-minute long Venomia Chronicle gameplay trailer just dropped late last night, summarizing the most important stuff discussed in that New Year's live stream. It showed off some of the gameplay footage we've already seen, as well as new footage for Freya, Maverick, Adrien, Timothy, Debra and Marlena. We got a deeper look into the bartering system, weapon development, mech combat, future dlc characters and... wait, was that Dr. Retina!?
Turns out, the Grand Tower is going to make an appearance as a post-game Bonus Dungeon! From what I can gather, the Grand Tower is going to be a 100-floor dungeon with a battle on every floor, kinda like the Spiral Abyss from Genshin Impact, if you catch my drift. Each battle has a set of challenges that can be completed to earn special items, with Dr. Retina obviously behind it all. It looks awesome!
Don't you ever fix your lips to say that, bruh. I'm sitting right here and I got my daughter in the backseat
Well when someone tries to kill you (and technically succeeds) you generally tend to be pissed at them.
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldNew episode today: "Meanwhile..."
Xerxes finds out Metis is alive and confirms what we suspected all along: he's Athena's father. Meanwhile, Kapps has gotten into human media. My favorite line from the episode.
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Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldThere's been a sudden uptake in MaverickxTimothy on Tumblr recently (reminding me why I don't have an account on there) and I am very mad. Let our Ace Aro character stay Ace Aro god damn you all!
Edited by BackSet1 on Jan 12th 2022 at 1:11:30 PM
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As an aroace myself, I agree. But also let the straight characters stay straight and the gay characters stay gay. Regardless of work of fiction, shipping straight characters with characters of the same gender(or gay characters with characters of the opposite gender(unless you don't know they're gay))annoys me just as much.
Edited by CosmosAndChaos on Jan 12th 2022 at 3:30:30 PM
"Oh, did I win?"On a different note, I just realized Venomia was an attempt to pull a Best Wishes on us (a Soft Reboot for non pokemon fans).
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldI partially agree, but for the most part I think it was just a quick cash grab to promote the game.
And hey, people shipping Timothy with Maverick is a lot better than people shipping him with Mordred.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.Who, Timothy or Maverick. Because both of those are awful.
I also disagree with that assessment because I see them as almost equal in awfulness as all of them are very discomforting especially for me as an Ace Aro.
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x5 I'm genuinely surprised that this ship is on the rise, especially considering that this fandom has done a pretty good job with remembering that Timothy is aroace so far. That being said, I know from experience that asexual characters are unfortunately not exempt from being involved in shipping. (subtle nod towards the Hazbin Hotel fandom)
I've also seen Reid x Carmen stuff on Twitter and AO3 where the authors actively acknowledge Reid's marriage to K.A.T.H.Y and play it off as if Reid's having an affair with Carmen, so I guess people are really out there doing anything they can to justify their ships, huh?
Edited by Pogakure on Jan 12th 2022 at 1:55:53 PM
Don't you ever fix your lips to say that, bruh. I'm sitting right here and I got my daughter in the backseatSorry, I worded it a bit incorrectly. What I meant to say was that there are way too many fanfics where Reid gets caught cheating on K.A.T.H.Y with Carmen and then tries to play dumb when he gets confronted about it. My friend even showed me a doujin where K.A.T.H.Y walks in on Reid doing it with Carmen and then Reid reprograms her to forget about it!
NTR is one of my least favorite tropes, and people using it to make Reid, who's in arguably the most healthy and stable relationship in the entire show look pathetic... it just makes me sad.
Don't you ever fix your lips to say that, bruh. I'm sitting right here and I got my daughter in the backseatI'm with you there.
Is it bad I might be more invested in this fake show than any of the real shows I watch?
Edit: I forgot what a doujin was so I looked it up and... I'd like my innocence back please.
Edited by BackSet1 on Jan 13th 2022 at 8:38:42 AM
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldWhile we're on the topic of ships, I genuinely don't understand why Mordred/Freya is so popular. Even taking the comic that takes place before the Venomia arc into account, they barely even interact with each other directly outside of fight scenes. They don't even hate each other in a way that's laced with sexual tension, they hate each other in the same way you hate a mosquito.
(As an aside... Mordred isn't straight. That's all I'll say.)
There would probably be actual evidence if they did interact but Mordred kind of flirts with pretty much everyone because he knows it makes them uneasy so it really wouldn't be evidence at all.
Edited by BackSet1 on Jan 12th 2022 at 3:42:13 PM
Read Pokemon Ultimate EmeraldFrankly, the more the series goes on the more I think the fan-joke that Mordred will do Anything That Moves may actually be canon.
Speaking of the Pre-Venomia Arc comic, I gotta say, I wasn't expecting they'd actually show Kapps face under the mask, nor that it would look so... pretty.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.A lot of what Kapps says becomes a lot funnier if you know that beneath his mask he looks like that.
I think his little fangs and the X-shaped scar on his right cheek are very cute though
I know, she's a mercenary for the Menace, but you gotta admit, Skye Bennett did an amazing performance as Zira.
"I treasure every day with you, darling." "No need to be so sappy, love." "You know that's how she is, Nia." - AU!Pyra, Nia, MythraI agree, I love how cold and smug she sounded when she shot a hole through that one soldier's chest.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.The cutesy Peek A Bangs have me convinced he's fangirl bait. He'll probably join the main cast by next season at the rate he's acquiring fanart.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.You mean that one Quarters general with the tight shirt. That would be Eric, not Edward.
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.K.A.T.H.Y is my personal favorite (maybe cause i like the Robot Girl trope...) so im personally kinda happy she appeared more in this episode.

Also, my favorite line from this episode: