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
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
I forgot about this
And before you ask: all it was hooked up to was a plain antenna
as for me, still pretty sad most of the time. Lost my cat of however many years (20ish) not too long ago so I've been dealing with that + the usual things. I've been here less cuz I mod a fairly large Discord server now
I'm glad to see you again Tachyon. I hope things are going well
i'm really sorry about your cat, @Jane. Was that Onyx?
What's the Discord server? Sorry if you told me that before and i forgot. And yeah i'm fine, standard tachyon really. ka-shrug
as for me, still pretty sad most of the time. Lost my cat of however many years (20ish) not too long ago so I've been dealing with that + the usual things. I've been here less cuz I mod a fairly large Discord server now
I'm glad to see you again Tachyon. I hope things are going well
i'm really sorry about your cat, @Jane. Was that Onyx?
I haven't been doing much this summer, although I've finally gotten around to watching some stuff that I've been putting off forever, like Twin Peaks and Regular Show.
Studio TRIGGER, huh? that reminds me i really liked LWA and it's thanks to you i started watching it, so thank you
(and i was meaning to write a thing about the ending and how i feel it contrasts favourably with a similar thing in doctor who although i guess that's probably not of interest to you)
anyway, good for you, that's a cool thing to be doing
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i also got around to watching some stuff i've been meaning to, namely Adolescence of Utena and Madoka: Rebellion, and i started a Batman: TAS rewatch
(and i was meaning to write a thing about the ending and how i feel it contrasts favourably with a similar thing in doctor who although i guess that's probably not of interest to you)
I am alright! Newest developments in my life are... mostly personal boring adult stuff like seeing a psychiatrist, so they don't really give much to talk about. At least, not on the public threads.
my brother really liked it, he hated the ending of the original show and felt Rebellion provided some much-needed closure
i felt there was something disturbing about the ultimate fate of the incubators, fuckers though they are, mainly because of where this leaves Homura. also that she put her own happiness ahead of Madoka's which i felt contrasted with her more noble role in the series
that said i thought it was a very good movie, i liked it visually and i found the plot interesting
not sure what to make of Charlotte as the girl obsessed w/ cheese, they were having a laugh with that i think
Studio TRIGGER, huh? that reminds me i really liked LWA and it's thanks to you i started watching it, so thank you
(and i was meaning to write a thing about the ending and how i feel it contrasts favourably with a similar thing in doctor who although i guess that's probably not of interest to you)
anyway, good for you, that's a cool thing to be doing
thanks :)
kind of a lull in actual TRIGGER-related server activity recently since we're waiting on their three upcoming shows (DARLING in The FRANKXX with A-1 Pictures, Gridman, and Promare, which seems to star a guy with a mohawk and a giant firecracker for a weapon) but it's been a fun time nonetheless.
also I'd be interested in reading that (and so would the server probably)
I am alright! Newest developments in my life are... mostly personal boring adult stuff like seeing a psychiatrist, so they don't really give much to talk about. At least, not on the public threads.
ah fair. boring adult stuff is a cross we must all bear
@Jane y'know i didn't actually realize TRIGGER were so busy
and ah, thanks
in that case i will need to take some time to organize my thoughts on this and then i will write this thing.
@Section42L see i actually liked the original ending (one of very, very few series endings i have really loved, actually)
although it was nice to have some elaboration on the law of cycles and stuff, and seeing Madoka & Sayaka alive, conscious and happy confirmed one of my more optimistic theories about it
well i feel like which is the happier ending is sort of up for debate?
i mean incubators aside, Rebellion's ending seemed kind of positive for most people, and in that sense happier arguably
it was nice to see Sayaka seems to have grown as a person and moved past her original trauma, vs the series in which the best she got was the hint of a possibility of a peaceful afterlife
tbh idk how i'd feel about the original madoka ending if i were to rewatch it
like, i know not everyone felt this way but i found the series unusually emotionally intense. partly it's that way by design, obviously, but at the time i was in a really bad place emotionally and something about that ending really struck a chord with me in a way that was quite unexpected, i felt elated afterwards which was a really strange, unfamiliar feeling.
it's possible if i saw it again it would feel sort of flat. i dunno.
Actually, I think the Rebellion ending is happier for all the "good" characters (which I do count Homura as being) except Madoka, which had to be intentional.
There is a very real subtext of the original ending being Madoka basically just running away from her problems that could well be picked up on in any future Madoka media.
@Jane y'know i didn't actually realize TRIGGER were so busy
and ah, thanks
in that case i will need to take some time to organize my thoughts on this and then i will write this thing.
@Section42L see i actually liked the original ending (one of very, very few series endings i have really loved, actually)
although it was nice to have some elaboration on the law of cycles and stuff, and seeing Madoka & Sayaka alive, conscious and happy confirmed one of my more optimistic theories about it
they never have been before. People were pretty shocked that they announced 3 new anime at Ax this year.
it probably helps that all three are co-productions. You might know A-1 from their work on Literally Every Anime Ever Made and Promare is being helped with by some game company I've never heard of. I forget who's co-sponsoring Gridman but someone is.
There is a very real subtext of the original ending being Madoka basically just running away from her problems that could well be picked up on in any future Madoka media.
i can see it but i don't really agree? idk maybe i missed something that would tip me more towards that reading, as it was i felt her actions were more straightforwardly an act of self-sacrifice, given she seemed to destroy herself in the process and while the world wasn't fixed you'd have to concede it was better than it had been
they never have been before. People were pretty shocked that they announced 3 new anime at Ax this year.
it probably helps that all three are co-productions. You might know A-1 from their work on Literally Every Anime Ever Made and Promare is being helped with by some game company I've never heard of. I forget who's co-sponsoring Gridman but someone is.
ah, this is cool
i'm seriously out of the loop on what's going on in anime atm
offhand i didn't know who A-1 were but i see they did Fairy Tail (which i liked) and SAO (which i did not like)
as a pitch i feel 'guy w/ mohawk wields a giant firecracker' has serious potential at least
There is a very real subtext of the original ending being Madoka basically just running away from her problems that could well be picked up on in any future Madoka media.
i can see it but i don't really agree? idk maybe i missed something that would tip me more towards that reading, as it was i felt her actions were more straightforwardly an act of self-sacrifice, given she seemed to destroy herself in the process and while the world wasn't fixed you'd have to concede it was better than it had been
I think that makes more sense than the way I was phrasing it.
Basically, I was going for how it feels like Madoka didn't really seem to take notice of how her friends would feel about what she did. Self-sacrifice is a better way of putting that.
recently I've been making strides with the whole journalism student thing -- I just came off of an internship with a local TV station in my hometown, and when I go back to school the student paper wants me to talk with them about being an editor on the staff there!
I also started my own Discord server, though unlike Jane's, mine is just a general purpose chat thing for my friends and I
wouldn't reverse weebism be, like, inserting English words and phrases into otherwise Japanese-language series and songs despite the existence of perfectly good Japanese equivalents, and dropping references to American pop culture all the time?
There is a very real subtext of the original ending being Madoka basically just running away from her problems that could well be picked up on in any future Madoka media.
i can see it but i don't really agree? idk maybe i missed something that would tip me more towards that reading, as it was i felt her actions were more straightforwardly an act of self-sacrifice, given she seemed to destroy herself in the process and while the world wasn't fixed you'd have to concede it was better than it had been
I think that makes more sense than the way I was phrasing it.
Basically, I was going for how it feels like Madoka didn't really seem to take notice of how her friends would feel about what she did. Self-sacrifice is a better way of putting that.
right, which is why Homura did what she did, yeah. Madoka didn't take her feelings into account.
recently I've been making strides with the whole journalism student thing -- I just came off of an internship with a local TV station in my hometown, and when I go back to school the student paper wants me to talk with them about being an editor on the staff there!
I also started my own Discord server, though unlike Jane's, mine is just a general purpose chat thing for my friends and I
good to have you back around these parts
Hey Tre! That's awesome! It's really exciting how you're doing what you love and i guess moving towards a career in that field, i take it?
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Luna! Has she tried to convince you to become a sailor soldier yet, @Odradek? Aw, sorry @Crystal. Glad to hear you're doing better.
I haven't been doing much this summer, although I've finally gotten around to watching some stuff that I've been putting off forever, like Twin Peaks and Regular Show.
How did you like Rebellion, out of curiousity?
I'm seemingly one of the few who thinks it actually is a fitting extension of the original anime.
Also, it seems like the cheese thing was part of her wish, weirdly.
I usually prefer happy endings myself, so I'm kinda confused by that.
Actually, I think the Rebellion ending is happier for all the "good" characters (which I do count Homura as being) except Madoka, which had to be intentional.
Nothing, mostly. Just trying to make my way in an increasingly volatile world, writing political stuff and other miscellany.
the original ending being Madoka basically just running away from her problems that could well be picked up on in any future Madoka media.
ah, this is cool
recently I've been making strides with the whole journalism student thing -- I just came off of an internship with a local TV station in my hometown, and when I go back to school the student paper wants me to talk with them about being an editor on the staff there!
I also started my own Discord server, though unlike Jane's, mine is just a general purpose chat thing for my friends and I
good to have you back around these parts