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Still too much het.

... So! Stardew Valley - acquire or not?

I mean, I like Harvest Moon of course, but I don't grok the art style. Still, it is RPG Maker games, so it isn't like modifying sprite that difficult..
 
I have finished all 200 episodes of Sailor Moon.

Magical Girl Series
Madoka Magica ✓
Cardcaptor Sakura ✓
Sailor Moon ✓
Revolutionary Girl Utena (granted it isn't a truly MG series) ✓
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ✓
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As ✓
Re: Cutey Honey ✓

Space Opera
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 ✓
Legend of the Galactic Heroes ✓

By now, should I have a pretty comprehensive handle on magical girl and space opera tropes?

What other series would other people recommend to me to help me get a better handle on my HFY love and justice MG fic in the works?

Right now, I'm thinking of finishing StrikerS and then ViVi. Where should I go after that?
 
Reinhard Von Lohengramm said:
What other series would other people recommend to me to help me get a better handle on my HFY love and justice MG fic in the works?

Right now, I'm thinking of finishing StrikerS and then ViVi. Where should I go after that?
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Senki Zesshou Symphogear, and Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu!. One of these is slightly more serious than the other, but are worth the watch in my opinion :V
 
Metraxa said:
Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu!
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Had a bit too much Starlights, so I'll think I'll hold off it those for all while.

What I really am looking for is for more Utena-like series where there is a conflict between the idealism of young girls and the harsh realism the realpolitik, soulless world thrusts upon them. How strong is Symphogear on that one? What about Yuuki Yuuna?

What would you say is the "Legend of Galactic Heroes" (long, >110 episodes, and ruthless) of the magical girl genre?
 
Reinhard Von Lohengramm said:
Had a bit too much Starlights, so I'll think I'll hold off it those for all while.

What I really am looking for is for more Utena-like series where there is a conflict between the idealism of young girls and the harsh realism the realpolitik, soulless world thrusts upon them. How strong is Symphogear on that one? What about Yuuki Yuuna?

What would you say is the "Legend of Galactic Heroes" (long, >110 episodes, and ruthless) of the magical girl genre?
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Eh, Symphogear is more like the Gurren Lagann of magical girl anime. And I couldn't comment on Yuuki Yuuna because I haven't seen it.

Have you tried Buffy the Vampire Slayer? :D
 
Reinhard Von Lohengramm said:
Had a bit too much Starlights, so I'll think I'll hold off it those for all while.

What I really am looking for is for more Utena-like series where there is a conflict between the idealism of young girls and the harsh realism the realpolitik, soulless world thrusts upon them. How strong is Symphogear on that one? What about Yuuki Yuuna?

What would you say is the "Legend of Galactic Heroes" (long, >110 episodes, and ruthless) of the magical girl genre?
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Hmm. I think Mai-Hime counts.
 
Reinhard Von Lohengramm said:
What I really am looking for is for more Utena-like series where there is a conflict between the idealism of young girls and the harsh realism the realpolitik, soulless world thrusts upon them. How strong is Symphogear on that one? What about Yuuki Yuuna?
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One of the antagonists of Symphogear is basically throwing an apocalyptic hissy fit about people and the world being horrible, if that's close enough.

Yuuki Yuuna is basically a not entirely successful Reconstruction of the genre, following the Deconstruction conducted by Madoka Magica (which it has tons of super blatant similarities with, but also some key differences with). In other respects, you could make the analogy that it's the RahXephon to Madoka's Evangelion. It's still a good show though.
 
So just came accross a poster who said that Ryuugi is the best writer on SB.

And I get where he is coming from, but to be frank konamikode, Xon, and Drich are writers who I feel are better than Ryuugi.

So out of curiosity what kind of people do you feel are the best writers on the three sister sites
 
Evillevi said:
So just came accross a poster who said that Ryuugi is the best writer on SB.

And I get where he is coming from, but to be frank konamikode, Xon, and Drich are writers who I feel are better than Ryuugi.

So out of curiosity what kind of people do you feel are the best writers on the three sister sites
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Judging "best" is extremely difficult, especially when taking into account that not everyone is interested in every fandom or type of fic (for instance, I haven't read anything from any of those writers you mentioned).

While I don't think "best" is the proper term, in regards to SB, I've got mad respect for Saphroneth on the basis of the pace and consistency at which he puts out high quality content while still working a full time job. From a single fanfic alone (not his only project), he's put out 1000-2000 word updates nearly every single day for over half a year.
 
I watched despecialised RotJ recently. The coda's kinda understated; I can see why they added the music track over it in the rerelease.

I kinda feel bad for the other chained-up slaves on Jabba's sail barge who got blown up for the lulz; Rebel Scum indeed. While on that topic, I'll note that if Jabba's metabolism is even vaguely similar to a human's, he was probably actually killed by the barge explosion; choking someone to death requires you to keep choking for several minutes after they faint, which Leia didn't do (I can see both aesthetic and practical reasons Hollywood doesn't teach you that).

(That's why you can't strangle yourself to death with your hands, incidentally; you go limp well before the point of lethality (or even brain damage), and your hands unclasp. I was 7 when I found that out.)
 
Don't you just hate that moment in a movie or a book where most of the characters lose the ability to say anything other than "Stop!", "Don't do this!" and "You don't know what will happen if you do this!" and the whole fucking situation can be solved by some random cunt just saying a few words to explain the situation?
 
SparklingGoldenGungnir said:
Don't you just hate that moment in a movie or a book where most of the characters lose the ability to say anything other than "Stop!", "Don't do this!" and "You don't know what will happen if you do this!" and the whole fucking situation can be solved by some random cunt just saying a few words to explain the situation?
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Having some trouble in a pseudo freeform RP

It's cool, the GM has a lot of races, cultures, classes, and a thing called "affinity" basically what overcasts all your magical abilities.

...Except, one NPC race that really clashes, they are blatantly author favorites. They are stronger than the highest tiered members of races, minus gods, but their own god is defacto the strongest one. My problem is there is absolutely no way to reasonably get them to stop doing bad shit, like the kidnapping and corrupting other races into servants. The only caveat is they aren't actively fighting or invading, but they're doing whatever the fuck all and there is literally nothing we can do in the context of the story. Me an the other players at this point are just choosing to try and avoid ANYTHING involving that race, and hopefully our GM will not throw a hissy fit when they figure out we are actively trying to not involve ourselves with them
 
Xward said:
Having some trouble in a pseudo freeform RP

It's cool, the GM has a lot of races, cultures, classes, and a thing called "affinity" basically what overcasts all your magical abilities.

...Except, one NPC race that really clashes, they are blatantly author favorites. They are stronger than the highest tiered members of races, minus gods, but their own god is defacto the strongest one. My problem is there is absolutely no way to reasonably get them to stop doing bad shit, like the kidnapping and corrupting other races into servants. The only caveat is they aren't actively fighting or invading, but they're doing whatever the fuck all and there is literally nothing we can do in the context of the story. Me an the other players at this point are just choosing to try and avoid ANYTHING involving that race, and hopefully our GM will not throw a hissy fit when they figure out we are actively trying to not involve ourselves with them
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If I was in your position, I would give the GM the middle finger and stop playing any game he does.

But that's probably not what you want to hear.
 
SparklingGoldenGungnir said:
If I was in your position, I would give the GM the middle finger and stop playing any game he does.

But that's probably not what you want to hear.
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*she

And honestly, that's been suggested, one member in the group already does that

The problem is that everything else in the RP seems... pretty enjoyable? Like just remove that race and it's a solid base

And then there's also the fact that the GM is a long time member of the friend group
 
Xward said:
*she

And honestly, that's been suggested, one member in the group already does that

The problem is that everything else in the RP seems... pretty enjoyable? Like just remove that race and it's a solid base

And then there's also the fact that the GM is a long time member of the friend group
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I don't know about you, but I wouldn't feel much hesitation in just leaving the RP I'm doing with some friends right now and just keep doing whatever I do when I'm not on the RP. If they complain, who cares? (They probably wouldn't complain unless everyone left, tho... They would probably just cry some digital tears or some stuff.)
 
SparklingGoldenGungnir said:
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't feel much hesitation in just leaving the RP I'm doing with some friends right now and just keep doing whatever I do when I'm not on the RP. If they complain, who cares? (They probably wouldn't complain unless everyone left, tho... They would probably just cry some digital tears or some stuff.)
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I might do that... if she dealt well well with feeling like her ideas are bad and we (the friend group) dislike her

as it stands there have been around two major suicide scares from her
 
So I think I'm going to try read Panopticon.
Is it good? Or should I avoid it?
 
Xward said:
Having some trouble in a pseudo freeform RP

It's cool, the GM has a lot of races, cultures, classes, and a thing called "affinity" basically what overcasts all your magical abilities.

...Except, one NPC race that really clashes, they are blatantly author favorites. They are stronger than the highest tiered members of races, minus gods, but their own god is defacto the strongest one. My problem is there is absolutely no way to reasonably get them to stop doing bad shit, like the kidnapping and corrupting other races into servants. The only caveat is they aren't actively fighting or invading, but they're doing whatever the fuck all and there is literally nothing we can do in the context of the story. Me an the other players at this point are just choosing to try and avoid ANYTHING involving that race, and hopefully our GM will not throw a hissy fit when they figure out we are actively trying to not involve ourselves with them
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Xward said:
*she

And honestly, that's been suggested, one member in the group already does that

The problem is that everything else in the RP seems... pretty enjoyable? Like just remove that race and it's a solid base

And then there's also the fact that the GM is a long time member of the friend group
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You could always try talking to her and airing your concerns.

That is a thing you can do, you know.

In any event, are they cast as villains?
 
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