#salty asks

[saltydkdan]

how do you feel about my friend

This is sick as fuck

[saltyfryz]

💥✨️🎄SEND THIS TO YOUR AMAZING MOOTS TO WISH THEM A GREAT HOLIDAY>:33!✨️✨️🎄

Hehe ty and heres a lil gift

Merry Christmas:3

[radioactive-earthshine]

15, 18, and 21!

15.) Tell me about a plotline that could have been interesting if anyone else wrote it.

The last 6 issues of Superboy (1994), barring issue #99.

So, after Kon returned to Earth from Apokolips and after the Our Worlds at War event he was deeply depressed and Cadmus, fearing Government meddling and corruption, packed up and LEFT without Kon.

He was homeless.

He had not taken up permanent residency with the Kents at this time and living with them full time was not something Kon even considered as an option. Remember, the original origin of Kon had him and Clark not at ALL related but they still loved and respected each other.

Things also progressed quickly during this time so Kon became homeless, was living with Young Justice - but Cassie didn't like this and thought he was LAZY and kicked him out, so he went looking for a home in Metropolis.

After being sexually assaulted multiple times, he finally found an apartment to live in and secured rent as a live-in maintenance worker. The apartment was in the poorest area of Metropolis and housed a variety of people including criminals.

It was all written by Dan Didio.

You see, the PREMISE of this idea is not bad at all and it could have been a compelling way to close his series.

Kon being homeless in Metropolis and suddenly finally understanding after all of this time that he is NOT a man, he is 100% a teenager, that he isn't SUPPOSED to struggle like this yet, that finding housing is not his responsibility, that he needs HELP because he cannot protect himself from being exploited himself could have gone so far.

He can recognize when others need help instantly, but he can't do that for himself. Because he is a teenager.

It also could have tied into providing the reader a meta reason why Clark and other adults were so hands off with him (it was all editorial but a meta reason could go far).

It also could have been a compelling story about homeless youth which DC only rarely has done right.

But we didn't get this. We got cringey early 2000s humor, sexism and homophobia from a man that thinks panty raids are actually funny, he was in his 30s.

So I feel like ANYONE else could have written this better than Dan fucking Didio.

18.) Which character got fucked over by the reboot the most?

Hard to say because the n52 reboot is no longer even canon... and I didn't stick around to read it. I read Teen Titans then checked out.

Bart wasn't Bart, Tim wasn't Tim, Kon wasn't even Kon, I am ashamed to admit I forgot if Cassie was even Cassie but either way I was not impressed with her writing either.

Sorry I can't be more insightful.

21.) Who's the most overhyped villain excluding the Joker?

Amanda Waller, who is now a Joker character. Her entire presence deeply completely destroys the suspension of belief now.

Send me salty asks

[frobin]

14 and 15?

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

Every OP fan is an expert, and only their opinion is the correct one. When I look in the mirror, I spot one of those too. Bunch of Nerds!

I'm kidding... but honestly I don't know.

One Piece is - in my opinion - too splintered to actually find something really messy (Pro-Tip: Stay away from places that are just for OP overall and search for places that are for the ship/character/crew you're into. Ídeally Find multiple smaller groups where you find support.) Even the FRobin fandom is so varied that it's hard to find any opinion that has no supporters.

I just hope that it will stay peaceful and that people don't start wars over headcanons one day. The more people flock to the ship, the bigger the fandom becomes, the more possibilities for wank.

But I hope that the ship in itself is so healthy, that the toxic people can't get enough fodder to start shit.

15. Unpopular opinion about the manga/show?

Not sure if it's unpopular but... Oda's perception about women aging is ridiculous.

-> When you're a child you're small and cute.

-> As a young woman you're beautiful, divine and super tall!

-> And then you shrivle up and become a potato. Maybe you stay big but most of the time you're become tiny plus so many more wrinkles!

There are always exemptions from the rule and there can be reasons found for stuff like that... and I know we're talking about anime, but that is not how women work!

I got so angry seeing Gloriosa... like... how???

Is it about good and bad endings (like I just read in a theory)? I don't know. Is Shakky still hot because she got her man? Who knows? Maybe we do get another explaination in the current flashback. (Also WHERE DID SHAKKY'S CHIN COME FROM?!)

So, if we take the "good future, bad future" options to the side, a less obvious example would be O-Tsuru. We see her the first time, she has a really nice, slightly crooked nose (based on classic japanese drawings). We see her younger self in a flashback, no crook to be seen. Did she get her nose broken in later years then?

Oda you coward!!

Anyway... not sure if this is unpopular... maybe more specific than the usual "Oda's deciption of women is sexist"?

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[sophinspace]

2, 16, 23 for Legends :-D

2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

Steelwave and Steelatom. I respect and acknowledge the dynamics (seriously, how can you not) but they’re not my ships. Maybe I was just too committed to the poor doomed Titanic that was Atomwave…

16. If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

Hah. A few things. Martin Stein dying (just let the man RETIRE and enjoy time with his FAMILY). Ray and Nora leaving (grr at the behind-the-scenes stuff that clearly happened there). And there were a few times when the show went too chaotic (if Legends could ever be too chaotic), e.g. as amusing as Mick’s mpreg was as a concept, it was one of the times I was just, why. (The nose thing…)

And finally, RELEASE THE ZARLIE KISS

23. Unpopular character you love?

Are there any unpopular characters on Legends? I guess Mona was quite disliked (*glares at some of the fandom*). She is a literal baby who I wish we saw more of. {{{Mona}}}

Salty asks

[antivan-sprig]

My actual salty comment about the fandom should have been that I LOVE THE DA2 ELF DESIGN AND THE DAO DWARF DESIGN

people are so mean to them.

[anthurak]

Gundam - 12

RWBY - 10 & 26 & 27

12: Gundam – Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

For all of the faults of the show as a whole, the first half of Gundam SEED Destiny, specifically up to the Shin vs. Kira showdown, is legitimately pretty damn good and sets up a lot of really interesting stuff. The problem is that the second half completely and totally fumbled all that setup into the absolute mess that Destiny is now remembered for.

Like for all the flack SEED as a whole has gotten for just copying previous Gundam entries, Destiny actually had some seriously interesting twists on existing formulas. Sure, on the surface it’s the Zeta Gundam to SEED’s MSG, but once you start looking closer it is a very different take on Zeta.

Yeah, Shin might have a lot in common with Kamille but he has a LOT of differences too. Just the fact that he starts the series already piloting a Gundam and enlisted in the military makes him pretty distinct from just about every mainline Gundam protag we’d seen up to then. And of course, ZAFT in Destiny is sure as hell NOT the A.E.U.G. in Zeta. If anything they’re more comparable to Neo Zeon, or even just an OG Zeon that survived into Zeta.

Then we have the perspective flip of ZAFT being the good guys this time around and the Earth Alliance being the bad guys, but then we have Durandel acting shady as all fuck, Athrun caught in the middle of all this while Kira, Lacus and the rest of the old Archangel and TSA crew are poking around the shadows looking for answers and you see what I mean about Destiny having a LOT of interesting ideas?

Honestly if there’s enough interest out there for it, I may do a deeper dive on the good stuff in SEED Destiny XD

10: RWBY – Most Disliked Arc? Why?

This is definitely going to be on the personal side of things because I will freely admit this part of the show (along with the rest of RWBY to be frank) is still pretty good on the whole. This is more just the part of RWBY that I enjoy the least.

But yeah I’m going to have to say Volume 4 and much of Volume 5. Basically all of the ‘Team RWBY separated’ arc. It all just has the (very deliberate I have to assume) subtle feeling of wrongness of our four heroines being separated that doesn’t make it a lot of fun for me to rewatch. And on a more specific note, I’ve always felt Ruby really got sidelined and just didn’t have much to do in Volumes 4 and 5. And considering Ruby is, always has been, and always will be my favorite character; that also doesn’t make these volumes very fun for me.

26: RWBY – Most shippable character.

As I have stated in the past, Ruby Rose absolutely deserves to be a Harem Protagonist XD

27: RWBY – Least shippable character.

As I have also stated in the past, I have a special LOATHING for the part of the 'fandom' who wants Jaune to be a harem protagonist. Or at least the ones who want to ship him with a harem of girls. Like if you want Jaune to be a yaoi harem protag, that sounds hilarious and amazing.

[saltygilmores]

Open ended Question for ya’ll. If (pick any Gilmore Girls character you want ) had their own podcast, what would be the topic? You can bend reality and pretend podcasts existed in the early 2000s if you want (or maybe they had an early 2000s cable access show instead? lol). You can also pretend someone who likely wouldn’t know or care what a podcast was had one anyway. It was a thought that came to me and I’m curious what you can come up with… dm me your thoughts (or reply below)

(Or similarly, what podcasts they’d listen to would also be interesting)