Dedede Defense Force

Give your life for the one true king

[rustyfoxxo]

at its core, tekken 8's story is about how, by suppressing your self hatred, and accepting yourself for who you are, you too can hit your bitch dad with 6 EWGFs in a row

[trogdor6135]

I am fully falling in love with Tekken 8 and I can’t believe I never got my hands on the series before, it’s so much fun.

Now with that context, I’ve come to a humorous headcanon regarding Jin and Reina.

—Warning—

—Spoilers ahead—

—Obvious spoilers but they’re still spoilers so proceed at your own risk—

So Reina is Heihachi’s daughter. In fact, both she and Jin are around the same age, were both raised by Heihachi, and went to the same school. Yet he doesn’t know who she is. This is all fact.

My headcanon is that Reina’s existence wasn’t a secret, but that Jin is just fucking awful about remembering who she is.

Reina clearly has some dialogue planned when she waits for him in the qualifier’s entryway, but Jin completely ignores her. She thinks “all right, rude as hell but I’ll give you a break because you seem real out of it, you better give me a proper hello later.”

Then after their match Jin asks her where she learned Mishima style martial arts and Reina realizes this dumb mf has no idea who she is. Like they lived in the same building, ate at the same table, went to the same school, and chatted with each other but he has completely forgotten her, she’s just flabbergasted at how he can’t remember her. So she says “i learned it from online videos” because it’s the first thing she thinks of and she wants to see if maybe memories of watching iron fist tournament footage together might spark something. Jin just nods and accepts it.

That is the point Reina decides “….he’s the fucking hope of the world? Really need to start throwing myself into death’s way and get my own power unlocked before we’re fucked.”

Later she runs into Lars who does know who she is. They don’t say anything, beyond a brief few words and “so why doesn’t Jin remember me?”

“What? But you spent afternoons together doing homework and practicing!”

“That’s what I was thinking!”

[the-random-tyler]

POV your new painter and his assistant have finally arrived

[emuanon34]

Incredible discourse talking about Mickey’s public domain status.

[mutant-distraction]

Fairywren

[trogdor6135]

I don’t think any game has made me fall in love with an ai character as quickly as Horizon: Forbidden West did with Minerva. Just that short simple moment of Aloy explaining that Minerva can be made whole again and given purpose, and Minerva responds with a quiet “Misery… will cease?”

UGGGHHHHHH my heart every time

[deltawebsistem]

Entire Observable Universe so far. Credits: Pablo Carlos Budassi

[andyboops]

"The best thing we can do with power is give it away" - On the leftist critique of superhero narratives as authoritarian power fantasies:

The ongoing "Jason Todd is a cop" debate has reminded me of a brilliant brief image essay by Joey deVilla. [EDIT: I SCREWED UP! This was created in 2019 by the guy who runs the Midnighter-Core page on Facebook, and Joey just reposted it!]

So here it is, images first and the full essay text below:

"A common leftist critique of superhero comics is that they are inherently anti-collectivist, being about small groups of individuals who hold all the power, and the wisdom to wield that power. I don’t disagree with this reading. I don’t think it’s inaccurate. Superheroes are their own ruling class, the concept of the übermensch writ large. But it’s a sterile reading. It examines superhero comics as a cold text, and ignores something that I believe is fundamental, especially to superhero storytelling: the way people engage with text. Not what it says, but how it is read. The average comic reader doesn’t fantasize about being a civilian in a world of superheroes, they fantasize about being a superhero. One could charitably chalk this up to a lust for power, except for one fact… The fantasy is almost always the act of helping people. Helping the vulnerable, with no reward promised in return. Being a century into the genre, we’ve seen countless subversions and deconstructions of the story. But at its core, the superhero myth is about using the gifts you’ve been given to enrich the people around you, never asking for payment, never advancing an ulterior motive. We should (and do) spend time nitpicking these fantasies, examining their unintended consequences, their hypocrisies. But it’s worth acknowledging that the most eduring childhood fantasy of the last hundred years hasn’t been to become rich. Superheroes come from every class (don’t let the MCU fool you). The most enduring fantasy is to become powerful enough to take the weak under your own wing. To give, without needing to take. So yes, the superhero myth, as a text, isn’t collectivist. But that’s not why we keep coming back to it. That’s not why children read it. We keep coming back to it to learn one simple lesson… The best thing we can do with power IS GIVE IT AWAY." - Joey deVilla, 2021 https://www.joeydevilla.com/2021/07/04/happy-independence-day-superhero-style/

- Midnighter-Core, 2019

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0bU6TrKdX6QgMLnUFk64jResHMVwiSyENASvJk7efasgZ94G4c81XJCVgGcLFPgPsl&id=594855544368212&mibextid=Nif5oz

[trogdor6135]

They remembered F-Zero exists, it’s the greatest day of 2023!

[trogdor6135]

The buff for ballistics weapons like the scudder is great. It went from being meh to being valuable. Mullered Balteus with it and the ludlow, and lemme tell you: he’s still a dick.

[trogdor6135]

There’s something deeply satisfying about having low repair costs and high ammunition costs, like yes

Yes I did put all those bullets and laser batteries to use

Father. Father. Father Walter are you proud of the metal I have destroyed for you this day

[symskellet]

"We need to use lesser hardware to avoid piracy , this will alienate customers , its just business 621"

I call this one the nintendo death cube

[koyoriin]

"...Raven. I'll...support you."

https://twitter.com/koyoriin https://patreon.com/koyorin https://instagram.com/koyori_n https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id

[trogdor6135]

The setting of Fire of Rubicon: depressing, desperate, oppressive, people trying to survive amidst the endless greed of corporations that might as well be cosmic entities, devouring the world without a thought for tomorrow

My Core: *dyed hot pink with a kitten decal on it* It’s the bessst daaaay evveerrrrrrr!

[trogdor6135]

If my excitement for Fires of Rubicon has taught me anything, it’s that I would be happy being a wage slave irl if I got to shoot rockets and use laser swords

[thepastisalreadywritten]

How the solar system travels through the galaxy! 🪐🌌🌑

[trogdor6135]

I have already planned 7 different playthroughs and class comps for Baldur’s Gate and it is physically painful that I can’t just devote all my waking hours to doing them right now.