Alrighty, with that out of the way, lemme give an inactivity notice. I'll stay logged out of the forum for a bit. 
I also won't be responding to Discord until further notice...or until I login again and reply through there, since I probably will forget to give notice. But until then, I won't be looking at it at all, period. Actually, I deleted all versions of it lol. 

Expect me to log in here earlier than I will on Discord, so if you want to reach out, feel free to PM here (or reply to a thread if we have a chat thread). Other than that, email will be the best bet since I check it once in a blue moon...I don't think we really use email, though. But I can't guarantee a response 'til I get back.

Reason for absence: There are a few, the biggest of which is the usual one. I don't feel too well, and don't want to accidentally take it out on anyone. Life always finds a way to start sucking around this time of year, I'm noticing. 
There are some things I'll need to do once I get back, but that's for later. Procrastination yay.

Duration: No promises for anything this time. Just can guarantee that I won't leave permanently. That's sorta the default, but ah, heck it. Hopefully I can do ArtFight in July, so maybe then...? Or sometime during the summer idk. Again, I dunno. I'll figure it out. Maybe once things cool down a bit, the need for a break in the first place will magically disappear. I need to figure out what I want to do in terms of online presence and stuff. Been having a bit of a crisis in that area, which is probably unnecessary.
It's entirely possible the moment I get out of the current rut I'll be running back here to do my usual spamming, but for some reason it doesn't feel quite right at the moment.

That's about it. Good luck with all you're doing!

-Galaxian-

Kanon really is the funniest because his strategy is:
-Let Shiryu and Hyoga get beat up by a Specter
-Use the "technique doesn't work twice on a Saint" rule that way (he doesn't even have to get beat up, he just needs to watch...ngl this is pretty much cheating in Saint interpretations I'm pretty sure.)
-Galaxian Explosion with no other explanation
-Row away
-Realize you forgot forgot to ask where to row. Says "eh" and keep going anyway.

lol imagine the river wasn't straight or something, they'd get lost for weeks/months

-Galaxian-

The 3 Gold Saints' dynamic is really just
Milo and Aiolia:
Mu: Do you see what I have to deal with. 

(Shaka avoids everyone except for Mu so he doesn't feel any sympathy at all)

-Galaxian-

I counted, Saga took 3 punches to the face and then was hit against the wall; Camus took 3 punches to the face and then was hit against the wall; but Shura only got shown getting hit upward

Angularly you can see that Saga was hit at a 90 degree angle and hit the wall sitting, while Camus...kinda just fell flat onto the ground after hitting the wall, meanwhile Shura's body contorted so that he fell facefirst onto the ground, and therefore more net force was exerted on Shura from whatever many punches there were to invert the angle of his body. 
Hidden grudge momento (I don't even blame him)

-Galaxian-

Btw the other day I realized that since the "same technique shouldn't work on a Saint twice," that means Milo never saw Galaxian Explosion, and Saga/Shaka/Shura never saw Tenbu Horin
Shaka's case makes sense, 'cause it feels like something that he would have refined as he grew up. But Saga's case is kinda,,, iffy,,, (reminder, I don't subscribe to the 100% good Saga theory)

But then that wouldn't hecking make sense, 'cause then only Seiya would've seen Galaxian Explosion and have been able to give a warning about it, compared to Shiryu...oh well

-Galaxian- 

Every time I see a heavy enemy I'm like, "You so fat you can't even be shifted by Mostima's 3rd skill"
Then she says, "Doctor..." and then I have to apologize.
Heavy enemies kinda annoying ngl. Visually, I mean. I don't use Shift operators that well. I peak at Ray S1 and occasionally some Shaw/Cliffheart/Rope usage

-Galaxian-

In other news, I heard that Devil May Cry got a Netflix animated series and Evanescence made a song for it
Awesome sauce, even though I don't really know much about Devil May Cry except for 2 Vergil memes (the chair and also "I am the storm that is approaching"...wait no nvm also child support memes. That's three.)
The Vergil memes are because of Fate Saitou btw. I'm not even totally sure why they were connected other than the coat? I can't recall anything chair-related.

-Galaxian-

Gonna loosely discuss my opinion on the Arcade collab. This is your spoiler warning, 'cause today I don't feel like compressing stuff lol.

As an official Arcade collab, it was good. As an unofficial Fate/Last Encore collab, it was amazing. The start was rough, but the characters are very endearing and bounce off each other very well. If anything, I would say that female Merlin feels like she was somewhat shoehorned in because I didn't feel like her presence was as needed, but it wouldn't make sense for her to appear in a summer event and then not appear in a collaboration with what was essentially her source material, so I get it. Draco's personality is also a little rough, but still, she's a good heroine for the event, and the climax of everything felt very befitting for her. It was a lil overdramatic, very fitting for Emperor Nero.
Funnily enough, this collab made me understand Nero more. I was kinda eh about her earlier, mostly 'cause I'm not the biggest fan of her rivalry with Elizabeth (who incidentally I also find annoying). I think this is impressive, seeing as I haven't looked at her actual source material. 
Top points: Banter between Setanta (who is so cute) and Locusta (who is so funny). I keep seeing her as kinda a kid, but then I remember she's probably supposed to be a young adult and it becomes funnier that she's having beef with an actual child. Wonder how she'd deal with adult Cu. And then the end. The bond between a Master and Servant pretty much aligns with my preference for multiversal relationships holding constant, and even though I don't know anything about Hakuno and Nero really, I could see how significantly Hakuno cares for Saber. Even if Draco is a mere vestige of a possibility, they still will try their best to help her and find someone who can save her. It's really, really touching. And yes, I did cry lol. I couldn't help it. 
 
Criticisms: There is just so much potential between Tiamat and Nero that was mostly just thrown at us...and

Sometimes I feel like I'd rather learn linear algebra than have to deal with automated voice systems

On an entirely different note, every time I remember that the Gold Saints were done over by a group of teens who had just reached the same threshold that they were on, I go into hysterics
Like yeah, the power of a miracle, sure. But bros basically got bowled over by people who just learned the Seventh Sense, do you see how funny this is? It's like if a kendo master got destroyed by a beginner swordsperson

-Galaxian-

Bro expected an orange cat to have more than 0 brain cells
Intriguing update as usual, hope you'll have more time to rest and recharge! Job market's looking rough for pretty much everybody apparently, good luck with that in advance lol

-Galaxian-

Y'know that character I was working on?
I empathized a little too much and then (in light terms) started thinking the way they do.
So let's just say that now our hatred is mutual, lol.

They gonna be so fun to write (I dread)

@That Character (/aggressive): YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO HECKING MEDITATE. WHAT THE HECK.

-Galaxian-

Raez absolutely rocks the Gold Cloth btw. Like not in terms of colors (still trying to figure that out), but rather in terms of just how it fits. 

'Course, Milo still wears it better, 'cause it was designed for him. But Raez looks so handsome.

Anyways, in canon, if I saw him I would run. If I was a Specter or Marina, I mean. Dude looks 6' 5'' and is ready to throw hands. I am not messing with him.

-Galaxian- 

I feel like usually my experience with having a favorite is (*names a favorite*) (*said favorite gets beaten up*)
Fate makes it interesting because my favorites beat me up. And then I have to fight back. (I just got torpedoed by Karna and Arjuna what the actual hec--)

I wonder how LB 3 would've gone if I (as Fujimaru Ritsuka) saw Lanling Wang and started crying. I would probably get called pathetic by more than one person but, y'know...maybe worth it?
(Actually Hinako's Lanling Wang probably just gets hecking confused while mine gets indignant at everyone but also confused)

-Galaxian-

Gotta love making a new character just to immediately wish someone would beat them up
Oh Naira, if only I didn't take you out for plot (in)convenience :')

-Galaxian-

Btw Ines is pretty broken lol. 
Hoederer, meanwhile...he's neat. I think the Stun will probably come in handy someday. But maybe his Skill 3 is more broken, either that or he's not leveled up enough and I don't know how to use him properly. For now he's mostly there as moral support for Ines, which is pretty funny in its own right. I'll give it a pass.
For some reason I thought he'd be the same subclass as Humus. He was not. I was like "why bro dying so fast" (bro doesn't have enough self-healing for this)
No wonder he came here lol, I'm too stupid to go on to later chapters.

-Galaxian-