The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    elaboration of my thoughts regarding RWBY

    pros:
    • the fight choreography is definitely the main one, and is the aspect where the show really shines
    • gorgeous outfits
    • badass weapons
    • interesting and creative worldbuilding
    • a compelling story arc
    • interesting character dynamics
    • enjoyable soundtrack, including memorable songs and fitting score (the favouring of score over stock music is impressive, and a big plus)

    cons:

    • art style isn't very attractive
    • outside action sequences, animation is poor
    • individual episode storylines are nothing special (they have a Saturday morning cartoon feel)
    • humour is unexceptional, mostly consists of uncreative gags
    • awkward attempts at Yang fanservice, as contrived as they are painfully transparent
    • pacing feels 'off' for a webseries; this is hard to explain but it's like they tried to cram in a full length TV season in the space of a series of short webisodes
    • for an alleged main character, Blake feels under-used and under-developed, tho they do have reasons for not making her more prominent earlier on

    for the most part, the pros are decidedly above average by webseries standards

    the cons fall into two categories, those that appear to be the result of ambition exceeding budget, and those that appear to derive from uncritical attempts to mimic anime conventions without considering whether said conventions are worth imitating

  • TreTre
    edited 2013-12-02 01:52:48
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    Wow, that's a pretty spot-on critique.

    Hopefully it should improve if there's a second season, which there damn well better be considering the way it ended.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    All I can think is MMD whenever is RWBY is mentioned.

  • this song is p great
  • The sadness will last forever.
    the bees
  • The sadness will last forever.
    peas
  • i did it


    i actually wrote "but everything changed when the mongols attacked" into my history paper.


    why
  • TreTre
    edited 2013-12-02 03:10:36
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    because reasons, Pungur Bun
  • i did it



    i actually wrote "but everything changed when the mongols attacked" into my history paper.


    why
    hilarity and/or accuracy.
  • image

    I dunno about you guys but I don't think I'm going to be sleeping tonight.
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    such fun
  • the material you sampled has no bearing on the quality of the end product
  • the material you sampled has no bearing on the quality of the end product

    "contains a sample of "Water Music" as written by George Handel"
  • anarcho-syndicalism
  • the material you sampled has no bearing on the quality of the end product

    "contains a sample of "Water Music" as written by George Handel"
    there are exceptions
  • edited 2013-12-02 04:51:59
    READ MY CROSS SHIPPING-FANFICTION, DAMMIT!

    i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis

    i did it



    i actually wrote "but everything changed when the mongols attacked" into my history paper.


    why
    hilarity and/or accuracy.
    MetaFour said:

    such fun

    very party
  • So I was literally locked out of my first class a few minutes ago

    that was fun.

  • corbel stone press are the only people i know who make the prospect of spending £50 on found poetry intensely appealing
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    imageimage
  • who gave kittens permission to 8e so cute?
  • Man I have had a weird day.

    How is everyone?
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    I've been up since like 7ish last night...couldn't sleep, took the bus into work. (I'm suffering through the lack of sleep because if I don't, I'll just be up all night again tonight... :P)
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Aww...

    I slept at something approximating normal person hours...
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Kill La Kill is quite possibly the most anime thing to ever exist. Let's break it down, shall we? (Note: 98% of this is from the first episode.)

    A wandering teenage girl dressed like a delinquent and armed with half a giant scissor arrives at a high school run by Anime Hitler, on a quest for vengeance, to find out who killed her father. School club presidents are equipped with super powered school uniforms made from a mysterious material. After losing a fight, the girl acquires a talking blood powered super-super powered transforming skimpy uniform, which her teacher, a stripping obsessed bishonen with glowing nipples and who is part of an organisation called Nudist Beach, tells her was made by her father. Meanwhile, she befriends a hyperactive girl who loves making friendship speeches, and decides she needs to take on Anime Hitler's four bodyguards, each with their own themed uniforms, so that she can take on Anime Hitler herself.

    ...Phew.
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    It's like someone stuck all the anime tropes in a blender, hit the "FANFIC" "PUREE" button, and animated whatever came out. :o
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    :o
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)

    Bad news about the Senator.

    What happened?
  • Vriska said:

    who gave kittens permission to 8e so cute?

    the supreme kitten overlord sir mister fluffinstuffs
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)

    image

    I don't know why I find this so funny.

    Everyone in the computer lab is looking at me all funny.
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    How To Run A Misinformation Campaign, by Lyon Threely.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    in the library, working on an assignment

    the girl on the computer behind me is singing "Royals"
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Aliroz said:

    What happened?

    Wikipedia said:

    The Senator was the biggest and oldest pond cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise, it was 125 feet (38 m) tall, with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet (5.3 m). The tree was destroyed by a fire on January 16, 2012.

    i'm sorry. :(
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Anonus said:

    Aww...

    I slept at something approximating normal person hours...

    Oh hey, me too!

    Nice that we're on roughly the same hours for once.
  • edited 2013-12-02 12:51:44
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Tachyon said:

    Aliroz said:

    What happened?

    Wikipedia said:

    The Senator was the biggest and oldest pond cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise, it was 125 feet (38 m) tall, with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet (5.3 m). The tree was destroyed by a fire on January 16, 2012.

    i'm sorry. :(
    Aww, now I'll never get to see it.

    At least it was a natural fire.
  • We can do anything if we do it together.

    Anonus said:

    Aww...

    I slept at something approximating normal person hours...

    Oh hey, me too!

    Nice that we're on roughly the same hours for once.
    Hey, I slept at more-or-less normal person hours too.

    It feels nice to be back in sync with you two, at least for a little bit.
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    "This statement is demonstrably untrue, but now I've said it, people will believe it anyway! Mwahahaha!"

    Ace Attorney or politics? You decide.
  • edited 2013-12-02 12:57:49
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Stupid dirty windshield:

    image
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    It feels nice to be back in sync with you two, at least for a little bit.

    Agreed.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Political Right:  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAAAAAAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

    Political Left: BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAAAAAAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

    Everyone else:  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAAAAAAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

    Listen to a few minutes of Rush Limbaugh.  That's what you sound like
    when you talk about politics; that's what everybody sounds like when
    talking about politics. 
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    most people don't sound like Rush Limbaugh, thank goodness
  • edited 2013-12-02 13:08:26
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Tachyon said:

    most people don't sound like Rush Limbaugh, thank goodness

    People only sound like that when talking about politics.
  • edited 2013-12-02 13:08:41
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    that's what i meant

    they don't to me, anyway

    YMMV
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    I would be sarcastic, but apparently you're not supposed to feed the animals.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Tachyon said:

    that's what i meant

    they don't to me, anyway

    YMMV

    Well, to me all politics sounds like Rush Limbaugh.  My dad and brother disagree; they think politics is important and stuff.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i'm hungry

    feed me
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    ^^ politics is important and stuff to a lot of people, so i'm not surprised
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