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I’m living for Jackie destroying Marco with her mere existence after he dumped her like the dumbass he is
More like Jackie destroying both Marco AND Star for being such utter dumbasses now
Marco even got some good moments but honestly, I’m tire of watching Star
Knight Shift was so cathartic to me because it shoves a middle finger towards all those people saying Marco hasnt gotten any development compared to Tom. Marco has grown alot since Season 2. He's still the same adorkable innocent, but he's more confident, less self deprecating, & is getting over his tunnel vision problems & making his own decisions. I'm proud of how far both he & Star have come. This season has been mixed, but this episode was nearly flawless. I think we REALLY needed this ep.
Hopefully this clarified things to some people who were still wonder why Marco had to leave for Mewni in S3, or to all the people who claimed that he was just wasting his life chasing Star’s skirt without having thought it out enough, chasing a silly dream.
I strongly disagree that it clarified things to people who still had doubts about Marco’s decision and earlier writing. I did enjoy Knight Shift on its own terms when taken out of context of all three seasons of developments but… what it essentially did was confirm those people’s accusations: “that Marco was just wasting his life chasing Star’s skirt without having thought it out enough, chasing a silly dream” There are multiple reasons for that. First of all, Marco’s decision to become a knight was proven to have no serious consequences and is now indeed rendered to just *chasing Star’s skirt* rather than (also) desiring some sort of extraordinary life on Mewni/in another dimension. Essentially, he was being a dumb teen chasing his crush and dreams but now he actually realized… that he needs to go back to school/college on Earth and maybe find his true future calling, eventually. What’s worse, he makes this decision soon after the Blood Moon bond being severed so it only adds more fuel to the fire (for people who want to say it was all the Blood Moon - or at least a forced writing - and Starco should never be a thing and remain just friendship).
Now I’m not saying Marco shouldn’t have any realization here, that maybe it’s too soon to choose his lifelong post and so on. But what matters is the main idea and I really thought they were going for Marco who (his feelings for Star aside) feels super comfortable at Mewni, desires a future life/occupation there, and is pretty sure of it (by now). Plus… all his best friends live there: Star, Tom, Kelly… So forget “the lifetime post” - it’s all about the idea but it doesn’t mean Marco needs to be one of those Mewni knights and follow their every rule to the death.
Ideally, Marco’s realization would be that he was too hasty to chase after knighthood which is a huge commitment and maybe he isn’t ready for it just yet/that’s not what he truly wants. But he still wants to stay on Mewni and find his future life and purpose there (which means his previous decision wasn’t just a dumb teen move), only now he has grown to be able to visit Earth pretty often and maybe even stay for weekends, things like that. But no, instead they did what they did because it was the easiest way to get the plot back to Earth in a Season 1-2 format and (maybe) further delay Starco (with Marco’s school responsibilities getting in the way?). Or at least the easiest way deliver more needless Starco drama… Because yeah, I’m pretty sure now it’s gonna be in reverse (again!) and Star will be the one chasing after Marco to Earth in some shape or form, even if not de facto moving back to Earth… I mean, such incredibly dumb adorable teens, safe them! *sight* so damn tired of it this season and so angry that it’ll dominate our last season which should at least bother to provide some answers or characters we’ve been waiting for. You take what you get and some of it is still good, but it’s getting harder and harder to hide your disappointment and avoid venting, something that was never a problem for me in previous seasons
So in terms of Starco not happening being bad writing, how much of that is ship preferences and genuinely thinking it's bad writing?
The objectively bad - or at least questionable - writing is connected to S4 taking so long (a third of it’s runtime!) to start to address the consequences of the events of S3, events that looked Earth-shattering to most but that took such a long time to have effects, and to Kellco and “The Blood Moon is actually a curse with tangible effects!” happening so quickly and with so little build up, being very clearly a way to delay things. The part about the direction the show decided to take, to (apparently) have Starco happen in the series finale or extremely close to it, that’s more of a subjective critic: having Star and Marco begin dating earlier, with part of the season dedicated to it, would have certainly be more original, but not necessarily objectively better.
Do you think the show could pull a platonic Starco ending and how cheated would you feel after 4 seasons of teasing and romantic development it would just end with show saying ''Friendship is all that matters''? Also what are your thoughts on Starcos feelings being forced by the blood moon for 3 seasons and the curse being broken reverting the back to being platonic being considered good writing by some people in the fandom?
It would be kinda shit, honestly. Especially since it’d mean that they metaphorically shat on other relationships, always comparing them with Starco more or less explicitly and showing why they can’t or won’t work, for nothing.
I absolutely don’t buy that the curse forced anything at all, and I don’t even mind that Star and Marco could believe it, what bothers me is that it wasn’t dispelled and proven wrong in the episode itself, and that Tom and Relicor confirmed that was the intended function of the Blood Moon. The kids beings idiots who would latch on anything to blame their feelings on something else, realistic and natural. The show itself suggesting that maybe (even if we know it’s not like that) the Blood Moon was actually a curse all along, not ok. Because it lacked any kind of build up for three whole seasons.
What’s even worse... Blood Moon was always showcased as something pretty mysterious and maybe destined to contribute to lore and plot. Now it was basically reduced to a random drama device in the shipping machinations (to delay starco), and yes, now everyone all of a sudden confirming it’s a known curse rather than something more mysterious, strictly legendary and not entirely explained. I mean... after all the waiting? LAME.
Rather than a known curse that needs to be broken, it should be some kind of mysterious power, mark or something - that can only be received by two people who share great bond (not necessarily lovers but that’s often the case which is why they refer to it as the moon of lovers and believe that it bonds their souls/makes them to fall in love). And then in the final moments of the show blood moon connection may be revealed to have some deeper origins in the lore and be used for something, to overcome a danger maybe. Well, they may still use it for something in the end but... I have my doubts, after what they’ve already done with it. I mean, what could have been
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - The Lantern King. by Ilya Bodaykin https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ka6ZNR
Fucking Lantern King
That ball of flames moves so awkwardly but somehow he is still more awesome than the Eye of Sauron ever was
Harrim portrait for Pathfinder: Kingmaker by Valeriy Vegera
Man, Harrim is amazing xD
lol steam reviews are something else
complete utter idiots...
Sure, you can say these are tropes but I would say the right ones when based on a medieval-esque fantasy world of magic... and fiction always takes from reality so deal with it. I play games for stories and some escapism from reality but NOT with expectations that a game will try to avoid any “political/social” commentary or connection to reality. Now THAT would be a shitty writing
The Minecraft Furries
Remember when Marco was being a cheeky little bastard during the knighting ceremony and Eclipsa was like, "Just go stand with the others." That was hilarious. Do you have a screencap of her face?
Eclipsa is a patient woman.
Janna flailing Tom’s arms in “Junkin’ Janna” I thought that was funny.
Now, I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but Marco thinking about his future for a whole episode just to then go “If there’s any lifelong post to accept on Mewni, it’s our friendship” sounds to me A LOT like “My place life, the thing that makes me happy and fulfilled the most without feeling like it prevents me from exploring life, is at your side, Star”. And if that’s not an incredibly important moment for Marco’s character I don’t know what it is.
Also the patchworks on the capes make a heart.
Still, I can hardly find pleasure in the “journey” now when it basically boils down too “lol, will they finally understand, see how dumb they are, and lol now Marco leaves for Earth (again!), stupid Marco, but at least he can use scissors now so he is showing growth.” Also, even less believable, considering he doesn’t just move to Mewni because he goes after Star (which was part of the reason but still, just part). He moves to Mewni because he needs to find his calling and can no longer live the ordinary life on Earth... I thought leaving school behind made it pretty clear. He WANTS a life on Mewni. Or in different dimension. Like... he missed like a year of education but OK, lol, I guess now they’re saying his previous decisions were just stupid teen decisions aka “so I went to wrong school because my crush was there, but gosh, such dumb move, I actually don’t want this career for life.” Which is realistic to an extent I guess but not something I expected from a crazy magic show which, despite some romance drama going on, used to be a “journey” for the characters and us viewers (sometimes confusing because well yeah, they’re teens, but not OVERLY messed-up and DUMB). I understand a need for more Earth but there were better ways to do it... and no need for future college/career implications for Marco, all of a sudden... with it being framed as a perfect mirror to Mr Candle episode...
Overall did you think KH3 was better than KH2, despite the disappointments with the former?
Hard to tell and I’m not really judging based on gameplay, just story parts. But yeah, I would probably say KH2 was better but that’s also because… well, it had no weightof entire “xehanort trilogy” behind it so maybe it was easier to handle? On the other hand… KH2 managed to fuck with us a bit + deliver some nice fucked-up explanations that make you go wtf but which actually make *specific* sense in the end, one way or another. I like these. Sadly, KH3 had very little of them, almost none, and even 3D (which was just a secondary title, so understandably not explained too well) went to greater lengths to explain stuff. Now, if we get other new titles that cover questions and details from KH3 AND DDD… then maybe it gets better but I’m not sure if we’ll get it. It just feels like Nomura doesn’t care about these details anymore (time travel, Nortification etc) and he just wants to move on - into his new crazy ideas of MoM and data realities. So yeah, KH3 will probably just stay as is, not detailed enough, with an awkward ending aka “fight all those bosses from previous games but don’t ask for details, forget backstories, no one cares.” For example, being a “Nort” turned out to be pretty lame - it doesn’t even seem like Xehanort’s heart changes them in any major way or influences their character or goals, they act as they always had and now Nomura is trying to tell us Braig (and thus Norted Braig/Xigbar) was Luxu all along (consciously!). So he only acted as a fool (as Xigbar) and Nortification doesn’t really influence him much, whether it comes to power, loyalty or character (he just doesn’t pretend anymore, hence he acts a little tougher and more serious than Braig we knew from BBS flashbacks). So well… yeah, not a fan. No drama of ‘he sold his soul for power,’ no internal struggle in some Norts when they maybe try to resist the process as an actual story for us to see and explore. The consequences, story and logic behind those processes are just forgotten, after first being hyped for so long. Such a waste. Some people don’t really care and think this was a shitty story even way before DDD but I actually liked all these concepts. They were good on paper but needed more depth and backstory and details which was a perfect opportunity for KH3… Instead, all it did was prompt MoM’s future and… except for some cool, heartwarming moments for good guys… failed to live up to its name as a “grand epic conclusion of Xehanort saga.” It had some cool scenes and animation porn, yes (gameplay wise! because I actually expected more story related cutscenes, with actual dialogues and explanations, and more Norts interacting for us on-screen) But basically it was very anticlimatic. Short story short: I do think KH2 gave justice to KH1 and begun a great crazy series that’s pretty unique. But KH3 utterly failed to bring it to proper conclusion (especially lore and explanations) so it failed to give justice to previous entries. Sure, KH3 is better at gameplay and damn wasn’t the PotC world and acting much better than the last time… but BUT, when we look at industry standards… KH2 was a decent enough thing back then. So they’re really dependent on the release date. Newer games have better and even superior graphics, effects, levels and thus gameplay, that’s normal, and it’s hard to judge the game based on this.
Unpopular Opinion Re:Kingdom Hearts
I don’t know how unpopular of an opinion this is, but….
Kingdom Hearts III is shockingly forgettable as a gaming experience.
It’s only been three months since playing it and already I find myself struggling to remember much about it. The most I get is all the fun stuff that happens in the Disney worlds, everything related to the Bistro feature (”This might be a good spot to find some ingredients!” will never leave my head), and several moments toward the end of the game where the story went to absolute shit…especially what happened to Kairi and how that affected the ending for Sora.
Otherwise, for a game that has been such a long time coming, that has been hyped like mad, that is meant to be the grand finale of some epic saga, I am utterly unable to muster a lot of memories of actually playing the damn game, what the fine details of the exhaustively convoluted story were, and how the gameplay was other than really flashy and really easy.
I don’t entirely hate KH3, but man, KH and KH2 this game is not.
what the fine details of the exhaustively convoluted story were
But that’s the case, there were no “fine” details, so not even that factor makes KH3 “stand out” (for better or worse)
Remember how much crazy dialogues and explanations we had in the past titles, no matter whether one would consider them essential, slightly convoluted or straighforward bullshit? Well... in KH3, it was like we had none of it.
Nomura only made sure to set things up for MoM now, probably himself self-inserted. He either got bored with Xehanort OR maybe he was butthurt by people’s reception of 3D shenanigans so he “found that he did not care” to provide more backstory or convoluted ideas. Be he does have a GREAT passion for data worlds and KH chi... LOL. Funny how it turned out.
What's your favorite dirty joke out of the whole series?
I’m surprised this didn’t get censored.
Jerome was a chain saw; Jeremiah is a scalpel.
Honestly, just cast Cameron as the Joker in a life action movie and then do something that Gotham didn’t (because they went with NoFace Jerome too quickly). Basically, more of this Joker, only white like Jeremiah and a bit more smarter/intellectual soul than Jerome:
HIT PARADE: Gather the gang and give your foes a show they won’t forget.
The best WTF attack in the entire game... and there are many of those, in fact...
Pretty disappointed in KH3′s lack of crazy detailed explanations or backstories but DAMN wasn’t it worth it... if only for this epic montage
