Cure SymphoPug

Give me kind heroes, and awesome music.

[gabbyp09]

[blobbythesearabbit]

OK THIS IS GOLD

[themainspoon]

Finally, Atlus is letting Joker Retire:

Probably not for like another 5 years, but the end is finally in sight

[cute-girls-from-anime-manga-vns]

Meanwhile the p4 protag continues to be an indenture servant for atlus forever, KEEP MAKING US MONEY GLASSES BOI!

[mingot-studios]

I *HATE* how common it's become for people to look at stories about kindness, love, empathy, and understanding and say "Hey! Why didn't X character receive the *proper* punishment for their actions!? This story must endorse those behaviors!" And 99% what they mean by punishment is *death*

[iconuk01]

Porcelain. Kikimora Studio® Living Art

Not AI (as I first suspected), but a live performance.

And for anyone wondering how a Beast Machines Botanica might work in live action... well... here we are!

[ryotaruu]

:)

[ryotaruu]

A week later…

[kitsnicket]

This show was the funniest fucking thing

[chongoblog]

He never elaborated on this and it kills me

[artgirllullaby]

If I remember correctly it eventually got out.

Apparently this was a rehearsal for the scene, so the extinguisher was a prop one (hence the moment Miranda sassy looks at the camera/crew for how he was acting her in panic), so they went on to it.

But someone had switched the extinguisher to the actual fire thrower that would be used on the scene (I dont remember if was proposital or not or simply a mistake because they were meant to be identical).

So this is their actual reaction, cause when he pressed the valve, he really wasnt expecting to fire come out, neither was Miranda, so their reaction is 100% genuine and they did freak out as on tape.

The thing went out so well they were unable to reenact their reactions or surprise as the first time on rehearsal, so the rehearsal scene was kept and put it into the actual episode.

[zordonmlw7]

Are you telling me Miranda was eating that carrot with whip cream for fun and not because the scene called for it.

[maswartz]

Glad to see we're finally around to point this out. His half assed video (literally, he only watched half of it at the time) has done so much damage to the fandom.

[armedweiss]

On the subject of Roman in Fixing RWBY, what about Neo? Not much

In Volume 1 we're given scenes showing that the reason she wasn't involved is due to being sick until the climax, where she and Roman fight all of team RWBY at the docks when she's finally better

Volumes 2 and 3 are basically unchanged for her, although she implants a virus into Penny to make her try and kill Pyrrha in their match

Volume 4 gives us Neo at her most independent. She crash landed hard from her fall when Ruby sends her flying off the ship and needs rehab. She ends up in the same center as Yang and later that night tries to kill her. She stops when Yang makes suicidal comments which gives her flashes of her own backstory as a street rat. She then forms a friendship with Yang almost entirely off screen

She just kinda exists in Volume 5 with like nothing going on. She's just Roman's sidekick once everyone reunites at Haven

In Volume 6 during the Brunswick arc NEO is the person that finishes off the Mimic grimm that Roman and Qrow were fighting, even though Celtic tried to make it personal with the other two due to it bringing up their trauma of lost loved ones. She also has a scene where she tries to convince Roman to stick things out with the rest of the main cast at Argus

In Volume 7 she's put under house arrest by Ironwood for obvious reasons. She gets some scenes showing her frustrations with Yang over the situation, leading to her and Roman escaping. During the volume's climax Neo frames Ruby by disguising herself as her and takes her key card to access Atlas' vault, causing everything to fall apart for the main cast. This definitely wasn't her idea by the way given the teamup with Watts and Roman being the big planner between them

Neo is just along for the ride in FRWBY. She barely has any scenes focusing on her as her own character. FRWBY's lacking presentation really hurts here because Neo's muteness forces the animators to have her communicate entirely with body language, something a lot harder to convey with stills and narration. The real damning thing about her in this rewrite is that I noticed a huge pattern in Celtic's narration that basically goes "Roman does/says X, and Neo follows along"

[armedweiss]

Roman being the next Ozpin is probably the most infamous rewrite in Fixing RWBY. This is one of the few things I was aware of before watching for myself, this and Adam's death mainly

Right off the bat, Oscar has been completely written out. He's reduced to a ten second cameo in a flashback Hazel has.

Since Celtic kept the "similar soul" rule of his reincarnation, we're given a lot of hints that Oz is far more evil in FRWBY than canon. With the eventual reveal that Oz is just as big of a villain as Salem after The Lost Fable. Which I'll save for another post because boy do I have things to say about THAT rewrite

My main, much bigger problem, is how poorly Roman was utilized. Despite being very different from Oscar, Roman doesn't do much that's meaningfully different from him until Volume 7

Volume 5 has Roman lead an investigation with RNJR to find the whereabouts of the Branwen tribe, using his criminal ties to get that information. This is useless because they don't find anything and Weiss and Yang take them to the tribe at the end of the volume. Way to "be vapid" and waste everyone's time Celtic, multiple episodes were dedicated to this

The battle at Haven has Neo use her semblance to disguise Roman as Beacon Oz to psych out Lionheart, which fails because of her illusion breaking down. I guess Neo in FRWBY just sucks. They proceed to fight Hazel and get their asses beat just like Ozcar in canon

For most of Volume 6 Roman's just doing what Oscar did in canon with snarky asshole dialogue. He and Neo try to take out a grimm army in Argus by destroying a bridge but it doesn't really do anything

Then there's Brunswick. Roman's FRWBY backstory is that he was the sole survivor of the Brunswick farm. This arc gives him a fair bit of angst about returning to his dead childhood home. While team RWBY is dealing with the Apathy, Roman and Qrow are fight a Mimic, an evolution of an Apathy that doesn't make much sense to me. Mimics can take the form of someone significant in a person's memories to act as an ambush predator, losing the willpower drain. This takes away from the Brunswick arc's focus on the main cast potentially giving up their journey for Qrow and especially Roman angst

By Volume 7 Celtic FINALLY takes advantage of Roman being part of the main cast but too little too late. Ironwood puts Roman and Neo put under arrest because they're lifelong criminals and a big factor in the Fall of Beacon. Halfway through the volume they escape to make a deal with Salem's faction taking the Relic of Knowledge by the end. This is either a real betrayal due to Ironwood's treatment of them, or more likely given a text Neo sends Yang about trusting her, an actually stupid scheme to hurt Salem that requires pretending to help her by actually helping her

Because of Roman and Neo's actions, Ruby is a wanted woman and gets shot off of Atlas by Ironwood just like Oscar in canon, Qrow has an arrest warrant and is on the run, and WBY are in prison and are probably written out of of Volume 8 because of this. Great plan Roman

Did you notice how little I mentioned Neo or Oz? Neo is just Roman's accessory outside a few scenes she has with Yang, and Oz is a complete no-show after The Lost Fable

Personally I don't care much about Oscar, but I wouldn't replace him either. Celtic took the easy way out by replacing a character he didn't like with a canon dead character that he admits is one of his favorites. He gave Cardin a redemption arc and OCified Arslan Vernal and Miltia but refused to put in any work for Oscar I see how it is. Celtic even had the nerve to act smug about how much better this rewrite is due to Oscar being a blank slate nothing character in his eyes

I'll admit, I'm a sucker for AUs where a villain gets to be a hero in another life (Adopted Cinder my beloved), but this isn't how you do it. This was the turning point where Celtic officially failed the assignment on "Fixing" RWBY in my eyes. How does replacing a member of the main cast with a dead villain fix RWBY? It doesn't

[kimiko24]

I fucking love this video

[choueiyuusubs]

Truth Hunter - Karakida Hanto (Hino Yusuke) Official Music Video

[ededdandeddy]

[jaspers47]

In 2001, Kellogg’s proposed eight cereals based on CN’s current lineup. Fans could vote on their favorites, with Kellogg’s producing the winner for a limited run.

Unfortunately, none of these went into production. Kellogg’s scrapped the promotion for reasons unknown.

[zenathered]

I made such a huge mistake. It was poor preparation honestly. 

I beat FFXII last night finally, and I wanted to try new game plus so I did. Everything was going as well as could be. 

(You start at level 90 so, you’re strong.)

As a result of this newfound strength my confidence soared into vertigo-inducing heights. That is… until HE came.

Now you’re asking me with bated breath: “God damn it, just get to the point what happened?!”

WELL I’M GETTING THERE. 

So, for those who have played FFXII… you know the Flowering Cactoid is an early game hunt. It’s supposed to be easy. Knowing this, I was screwing around with it taking vid for gifs. And I’m level 90, what’s the worst that could happen? My lack of respect for my opponent would be my downfall. 

Did you know… that the Flowering Cactoid has the potential to blind you via melee attacks? Because I went to school that day, and the lesson was: 

“Excruciatingly Slow Beating by Tiny Bi-Pedal Succulent.”

I couldn’t hit him. At all. I’m level 90 and this vertically challenged son of a bitch cactus is dodging my every swing. I’ve never seen anything like it. 

THE FACE OF A KILLER DESERT PLANT HE’S FLOWERED AND READY TO PHOTOSYNTHESIZE YOUR ASS.

I’m screaming, I’m guzzling potions, I’m swinging in absolute desperation. Trying to delay my inevitable fate, but it was all for vain.

So to close: Yes, the Flowering Cactoid went through 4559 of my new game plus HP with nothing more than hits for 15-18 damage. And I couldn’t land a SINGLE attack while blind. NOT ONCE.

I have a newfound fear and respect for this unstoppable force of desert foliage.

[sternerstufftoys]

Anyway, here's wonder-War.

Thanks be to Don Figueroa for interpreting the otherwise daft horn accessory as a pistol with a huge magazine. I mean, it's still daft, but better than having to just carry a horn around.

[everythingfox]

Endless entertainment