you say you domn't like the reincarnation twist but how will madara and sasuke awaken rinnegan? how would sosp will give sasuke and naruto six paths powers?

Well, I don't think it'd be too difficult?

Frustration ahead;

Hagoromo, the full package, wanted to reform the philosophy of Shinobi as the power was divided and people didn't understand each other etc-. He had the Rinnegan. The whole idea behind the way he wanted to reform things was that the divided yin/yang could come together (also the Theme of understanding each other, his sons divided etc etc) and thus, two of the opposite together can build everything (like Hagoromo) as Yin-release can create something out of nothing (like genjutsu or manipulating shadow like Shikamaru) and Yang-release can bring it to life (Choji becoming bigger for example). It's mental and physical energy. Even if it is said that either can be inherited, it's not hereditary by default.. it's a foundation for all sorts of chakra. Being an Uchiha doesn't 'make you automatically yin' and same for Senju with Yang. Some Jutsu also use yin and yang, but not at the same time. However, Naruto made a whole eye for Kakashi and this was yin-yang release as well as Hagoromo creating the tb's. Kurama's halves were divided by yin/yang as well. Naruto having Yang, his father yin, together it is 'complete' and thus more powerful. These are all the same concepts. Why would Naruto need the hermit's power if he could've gotten more powerful in a different way?

Okay, so? That all makes sense, why then add the whole Indra/Ashura thing?! 😩 It's so unnecessary idc. It says in the data that Hagaromo's chakra could be obtained by combining Indra and Ashura's, but if the concept of yin/yang already exists in the world... THEN WHY GIVE IT A NAME AND BODY as an external source for the story?! It's the same thing as explaining where 'Chakra' came from. We don't need that. Find a way to add 'yang' in a way to the Sharingan (yin) and we could've had Madara as our main 'villain' because he found a way to do it by eating Hashirama... 🤷🏻‍♀️ And if that's too easy because literally anyone could've done it.. THEN. GOOD. Away with the whole fate/destiny thing through stalker-Chakra as well. It only makes Madara's motivation to perform the IT that much more powerful and it doesn't erase some of the impact his past had on him either. In fact he now only relies on his own experiences. We don't need Zetsu to come and manipulate anyone or the aliens 'will' because why, in a world like 'Naruto' does anyone need to be manipulated when the system very much allows characters to act out and fight back themselves, hm? Had Zetsu not been seeking 'reincarnations' (Chakra) then their motivations couldn't have been anything other than their own. And I know you could argue about it and say this already is case. Good, then why introduce it in the first place? Even Orochimaru found a way to 'implant' Hashirama's powers into a child (Yamato) so it's not like anything is impossible. Why 'derive Madara from his powers' just so you can introduce aliens later -.-? (For 'boruto', yeah I know.) It was so.... strange to just kill him off lamely and make him look like he was simply used when that doesn't suit him or his background story imo AT ALL and then switch him randomly for rabbit alien lady who frankly... didn't even do anything but just float around all evil-y. Like who even are you, do we care? No. And if Naruto and Sasuke together (THE ENTIRE POINT) are the answer of the whole 'working together'-thing and 'understanding one another', they could've done all of this without the cheap power-up!!! And have the entire 'power-up' be simply the fact THEY WORK TOGETHER and their entire journeys up until this point where Naruto fought tooth and nail to understand Sasuke by himself. Maybe even combine yin-yang release and morph it into something new if that by default means you can do anything. WHY RELY ON THE POWER-UP!? D'ykwim???

AND ALSO, if it was absolutely necessary to add an element of resistance to their bond in order to make them fighting back against fate/destiny that wanted to pull them apart be more impactful (as it is!)... Then don't ruin it by vaguely implying otherwise later with this bs!!! Even if the story doesn't say that exactly, enough casual readers/watchers mistook what it meant and I don't blame them for it at all. And did their trauma and personal goals not do that enough already BECAUSE they were so different??! It's entirely personal already! Their bond has nothing to do with any of it!!! They can combine their powers because they are compatible with their natures too, Naruto even said it himself. They naturally created a new, combined Jutsu during the war and had a great time doing so. And if that's the case then why make the yin/yang thing so difficult when it was THIS easy for them regarding elements??? When they can look at each other and go to a private place just for themselves. They are ~the main act~. They worked together, which is development for one of the MAIN Themes, so then WHY?! WHY would you want to introduce the aliens if you're then forced to throw them this power-up because they wouldn't have been able to defeat and seal the lady otherwise?! HELLO!? Wasn't the entire point that they could've done ANYTHING together? WHY RUIN IT 😠?? For no reason???? ALSSOOOOO it would've been interesting IMO if then LITERALLY, the effect of them NOT working together when they were fighting each other at the end was evident to them both as well (for the sake of the Theme) since that is then suddenly a huge contrast to the previous fight and it would've clarified the ending a bit more to the casual reader/watcher. AND!!! If Madara was so 'power-hungry' and 'working together' was so important, then WHYYYYYYYY~~~~~ not have Naruto and Sasuke do JUST THAT instead of making them into a version of Madara (in regard to yin-yang, obtaining Hagoromo powers) when the narrative said it was a bad thing because having it all for yourself was used for evil?!?! When 'true understanding' comes from working together EVEN IF you're opposites!!!! WHEN HASHIRAMA AND MADARA COULDN'T!? AaAAAAAHHHHHH The hell has any of it got to do anything with Otosuzuki or however you spell it.

You can literally just scrap all of it, have Madara gain his power without any mention of the ancient chakra and have him be the main 'villain' of the story to beat because the war arc was too long anyway. And then, if Kishimoto wanted to add some moral revival he could've even passed the Rinnegan onto Sasuke next or something, because they were all sharing eyes at some point anyway. OR even have Sasuke's eye be even more special because he had the forehead eye-thing. OR OR OR!! What about the Ten-tails Rinne'Sharingan eye? 👀 Now it's just a mysterious man giving two guys the vegetable soup his mommy made because he can't eat it himself and she's mad about it. Man, I dunno, I'm just making something up, but so many other things were possible you know? I know there are many holes in what I said, but we're talking about removing an entire element, I can't cover it all. Excuse the rant.

I feel much better now :3

I really do think that it’s good for the soul to be unironically pretentious about something. Not in a gatekeeping kind of way but in a “yes, it really is that deep and I would love to enthusiastically and passionately explain why” kind of way.

Jack and Maddie Fenton are trying to capture Danny, their son, to vivisect him. Just one problem; they're possessed, and no one believes Danny when he says that.

He knows his parents. They love him, and they would never do this.

Also, his breath gets frosty when they're near, and their eyes are glowing when he managed to rip off the goggles on his dad.

Danny, unfortunately, has his hands tied. Literally. They slapped some sort of ghost containment shackles on his wrists. All he can do is run, dodge, and try to get his parents to fight off whoever is possessing them.

The biggest problem is this; his begging got the attention of Superman. Like, the actual Man of Steel himself. And Superman doesn't believe him when he says his parents are possessed; he just looks all pitying and shit.

"Kuina's death is ridiculous" yes! That's the point! You do realize that falling down the stairs is a way of showing Zoro how fragile human lives are, right? You are aware that the point of Kuina's character is the unfairness of the world towards women in comparison to the privileges men have, like living in itself and fulfilling their dreams, right? You know that Kuina's death is "ridiculous and dumb" because it's meant to show that even the strongest person Zoro knew could die from something so little, right? You understand that the value Zoro gives to life is fucking immense, right? Right?? You realize Zoro can't seek revenge because nobody took her away from him and now the only thing he can do is become the world's greatest swordsman to avenge her death, right? You get that Zoro's character is an atheist because he doesn't believe in anyone and he can only rely on himself when it comes to Kuina's sudden death, right? You are aware that sometimes people die in the simplest of ways and that doesn't make them weak because death doesn't discriminate, right? You know that all of these things are what make Zoro's character so interesting and important, right? Right??? You know, right?

Well, of course you fucking don't because if you knew you wouldn't be saying her death is ridiculous <3

I think what particularly annoys me with the "zelda was always gameplay before story" is that... it's not true? At least I don't think it's true in the way people mean it.

Zelda games were always kind of integrating story based on the standards of the time. When game stories were in game pamphlets, Zelda's stories was in the pamphlets. ALTTP tried to tell a pretty complicated stories with the limitations of the time. OoT was actively trying to tell an epic, cinematic tale packed with ambiance and expand what 3D could offer that 2D games struggled with. Majora's Mask is deeply character-driven in many, many ways. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are both pretty concerned about their stories, down to the point that some people were bored by TP's cutscenes in particular. Skyward Sword, from what little I have played it, is very very invested in its characters and their journey (and 2D Zeldas have Link's Awakening, Minish Cap... None of them are visual novels, but they are concerned with emotional journeys, character arcs, mysteries about their own world...)

What is true is that the narrative wraps around the mechanics, and not the other way around. The mechanics drive themes, aesthetics, emotional beats and character journeys; and that's great. The world is a puzzle, and the world is delightfully absurd when it needs to be, full of heart when it calls for it, dark and oppressive when it suits the player experience.

That does not mean the games aren't invested in their stories. Even BotW has a pretty complicated story to tell about an entire world rather than one specific tale or legend --all of it at the service of the gameplay, which is exploration and mastery of your environment.

So. Yes, none of the Zelda games are million-words long visual novels that care deeply about consistency and nuance; but stories don't need consistency or deep lore to be meaningful and serve an emotional journey. Again: gameplay is story. The two cannot be so easily parsed from each other.

And Zelda as a franchise obviously care deeply about story, characters and setting (and still does right now --otherwise there wouldn't be a movie), even if it doesn't try to imitate prestige narrative-driven games, which is great and part of why I love this series so much. Doesn't mean it couldn't have done better in the past, it obviously could have, but I feel like pretending that nobody ever cared about story or character is just... false? It's a huge disservice to the devs too. Some of them obviously cared immensely.

The "gameplay above story", at least in the extent to which it is paraded today to defend TotK, mostly, is a really recent development. And I think it's one that deserves to receive some pushback.

he’s got my heartbeat skipping down 16th avenue

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Bruce Wayne, drunk and full on Brucie mood in the middle of a gala: You know, that accent doesn’t really fit in around here. It’s cute. Where are you from?

Clark, internally debating every life choice that led him to this moment: I’m from Smallville. Kansas.

Bruce, leaning closer to Clark with a flirty smile: Oh you’re cute and funny. You know, I like that in a man.

Clark, very confused but trying to just go along with it: Thank you??

Bruce: I mean, everyone knows that Kansas isn’t real but I do always enjoy a good laugh.

Clark: What.

Bruce: What? Everyone knows that Kansas was made up for Wizard of Oz.

Clark, unsure if Bruce is fucking with him or if he’s just really deep into this dumb act: Bruce, Kansas is a real place. It’s one of the 50 states that make up America.

Bruce, tilting his head a little confused: There’s 50 states? Since when?

no “both” option as that is for cowards. you will need to justify your answer with a short form essay

Raiden: It is not gay if I wish to kiss Kung Lao, right? As best friends, I mean.

Kenshi: I’m not exactly an expert, but that sounds pretty gay.

Johnny Cage: I’m an expert. That’s gay.

It is Valentine's Day and seeing all the lovey-dovey couples and everyone who is interested in any sort of dating is already with someone has Lance feeling down.

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💌Let's play~

More art for the fic I haven’t released yet…

But I know my fellow Klance lovers will appreciate it with or without context :)

"Daniel, I know this is unorthodox, cornering you in your school cafeteria, but you leave me no choice. I am your father." Said Bruce Wayne, after effectively trapping a teenager in a corner.

"No you're not."

"Daniel I have a DNA te-"

"No you're not. Fuck off."

And with that Bruce Wayne's actual firstborn literally fell backwards out of a window to escape from him before bolting in the direction of a football field.

"Dude that was, like, super creepy," A blond jock says, eyeing Bruce like he's some sort of creepy creep, "I feel so bad for Fenturd to even have to talk to you, I'm not gonna bully him for a whole week, what the fuck."

i do think there are valid reasons why some may dislike charlastor (chaggie & aroace rep erasure, though i personally don’t care as much even as an aroace fan because it’s fictional shipping)

but if your reasoning for considering this a “proship” is because “alastor said he sees charlie as a daughter in episode 5!!!” then i’m just gonna assume you’re a stupid 14 year old child with zero media literacy who should pay more attention in school

here’s a hint: bro does NOT see charlie as a daughter lmao

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