Odd confessions.

Despite being religious, I don't believe in ghosts (except the Holy Ghost), extraterrestrial aliens, and other paranormal beings.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

Regarding the "anime swordfighters" in Smash, or comments about people complaining about them... as someone who sometimes thinks there are a bit too many similar-ish swordfighters (though this might also be partially because I have little interest in a certain game series) I don't have anything against the "anime" part, in fact I like that style yes, "anime" is technically not a style but you know what they mean And I'm pretty sure it was originally meant to be specifically about Fire Emblem characters but now I see this applied to pretty much any "anime-esque" swordfighter character (or rather, that people would complain about them being another "anime swordfighter") and even sometimes for "anime"-looking characters in general when I'm pretty sure the "anime" was never the biggest part of it

Edited by Zanreo on Dec 23rd 2018 at 1:32:10 PM

"Leftover items still have value!"

My mom and I share a love for pimple popping. Nearly every night either of us are home she asks me if I want to get her back blemishes and I always say yes.

Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside

I actually enjoy getting my neck tickled.

On a college application I had received, I wrote Revolver Ocelot in all the blanks.

I breed Pokemon a lot, and every once in a while I'll trade away a crap-ton of the "breedjects" online, only to release everything I get in return because I'm ridiculously paranoid about hackers. I figure that the 'mons I'm trading off will be more helpful to someone else, even if I get nothing (verifiably) usable out of it.

Even though Joker's Song by Miracle of Sound is all creepy, the part that scares me the most is "watch the night suffocate / all the light as it smothers the sun."

I don't know why, but something about that imagery of the sun being blocked out really makes me uncomfortable. I'm not afraid of the dark (in fact, I actually kinda prefer nighttime over daytime), but there's something really specific about the way he sings it that gives me chills.

And yet Snuff Out the Light, which is all about destroying the sun, doesn't scare me. Maybe it's just because Joker's Song is just more serious, and because the singer has such a menacing tone, I don't know.

Still, I feel like there's gotta be some deeper meaning. Some subconscious fear that that line reminds me of.

Edited by DrNoPuma on Dec 29th 2018 at 9:02:41 AM

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I can never accept someone using "lovely lady" as a compliment because all I can think about is the song from Les Mis, which is about prostitutes.

I've never played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but I think it has a pretty lit soundtrack.

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I'm fairly certain I was growling in my sleep last night because of my rather odd attraction to it. (this is so embarrassing)

I feel the same way about Bravely Default. Never played the game, but holy shit the soundtrack is just pure auditory gold.

Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside

Add me to that list as well. I learned a lot things about media through osmosis.

"Analay, an original fan character from a 2006 non canon comic. Do not steal!"

I haven't gotten over the fact that Jo2uke has four fucking balls.

Me too. XD

I don't have epilepsy (at least, I don't think so. I haven't been diagnosed with it at least), but I look away from things with seizure warnings anyway. It's just not pleasant to look at stuff like that. Why are things like that so common nowadays?

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I prefer visual effects over practical effects. I find the ability to create impossible feats to be more interesting than makeup and timing. That said, there are MANY examples of the medium failing and they are still brought up today as arguments against using it. Am I in the wrong for being optimistic and preferring computer graphics? Should I listen to people who greatly dislike them and feel frustrated?

Edited by ParaChomp on Jan 5th 2019 at 7:11:57 AM

What I think you should do is seek out people who make computer effects/CG animation for a living (the peeps at Pixar, Method Studios, and Animal Logic, to name but a few), seek out people who work in practical effects (the Jim Henson Company, Laika, M5, ILM, etc.) and read/watch/listen to their respective philosophies on what makes good special effects and how the process of making the effects works.

I say this because people who are openly anti-CG animation tend to be people who 1: have a limited understanding of how the film industry (and by proxy, the special effects craft) work, and 2: only really have their followings by virtue of exploiting the cultural trends at the time rather than by how intriguing and/or well-thought-out their analysis/thinkpiece/reaction/whatever is. I don't think it's wrong to want to look for people who prefer practical to CG effects, but at the very least I think you should look for people whose opinions don't boil down to just variants on "CG isn't as human" or "practical looks more real."

To get you started, here's the peeps at Rocket Jump defending CGI:

Also, for the record, it's usually distinguished as "Special effects" for practical and "visual effects" for digital. Just a heads-up.

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.

Yeah, I've seen that and it's very reassuring. I've edited my post accordingly.

Still, it feels like I'm not getting something when people are saying:

"I'm sure a whole bunch of CGI artists got paid to meticulously animate a giant battle that I closed my eyes during". ~Red Letter Media

Edited by ParaChomp on Jan 6th 2019 at 3:06:19 AM

I used to be scared of Porky Pig (yes, Porky freaking Pig) when I was a little kid. No joke.

"Okay, yeah, I guess Ollie fits the goofy sidekick role, but being a princess doesn't mean I spontaneously sing about everything, 'kay?"

Ok so, When I was a kid a used to play the spongebob movie game on gamecube (still do, that and battle for bikini bottom are some of the few actually good licensed games, seriously.) And in the movie game, all the enemies were regular fish people, not plankton's robots from bfbb. now you would think that all the enemies would have buckets on their head to make it justifiable to kill them, but in three of the five platforming levels, "I'm ready depression" (the goofy goober bar), "bubble-blowing baby hunt" (the manly bar) and "now that we're men" (the trench) they're regular fish people i.e no helmets. it's justifiable to kill them in the trench level (because they're monsters) and the manly bar level (because, y'know they were gonna beat up spongebob and patrick, self defense yo!) but in the goofy goober bar, they are just regular ol' fish people that are just trying to do their jobs, and yet spongebob and patrick just kill them. this terrified me as a kid (despite having already played games like resident evil 0,1,4, killer 7, and turok) In Fact I would intentionally try to avoid the enemies, which is impossible. then I would try to sneak up on the enemies like metal gear solid. on top of that the overall designs were terrifying compared to the usual designs we see for fish people in the show. on top of the overall difficulty of the game and the fact that the combat in this game is awful. I was terrified of the enemies in the movie game.

TL;DR: I was emotionally scarred by killing fish people in the spongebob movie game. :/

you make me want to do terrible things to you~

I don't like regular black coffee. I love my coffee with lots of milk, sugar, and caranel.

...except espresso. I freaking love it specifically because how bitter it is. I guess as long as it's strong, I don't care which direction it takes.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

I'm not a fan of black coffee either. I prefer mochas. In fact, sometimes when I go to coffee shops, I bring a little bottle of dairy-free chocolate just in case the kind they use in their mochas isn't allergy-friendly.

I actually named one of my OC mechas Odinson after Thor's surname, but the character who would pilot it has a cybernetic implant that resembles an Eyepatch of Power.

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

If it resembles Odin, and takes at least some inspiration from him, you could possibly say it's still "Odinson" in a very big stretch. :P

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I like listening to obscure villain songs from various places and choosing ones that I think would be the kind of song I'd sing if I was in a musical. The only problem is, the various songs I end up liking are in completely different styles. :P

"Oh hey, I like this operatic waltzy tune." "Oh, nice, a swingy number." "Oh, but I also like this epic orchestra/tango-esque combo."

...I wonder if I could compose a song that combines all of these styles? :P

Edited by DrNoPuma on Jan 16th 2019 at 11:43:41 AM

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All at once or one right after the other?

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.

One after the other, I'm thinking. Maybe have the verses be based on the first song, with the chorus based on the third, and an interlude in the middle based on the second one.

Edited by DrNoPuma on Jan 15th 2019 at 2:02:25 PM

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