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SpecterTheGreat · September 27, 2023 15:28:44

The green is so soothing on the eyes huh

SpecterTheGreat · September 27, 2023 15:29:15

Also I love the background it's just so perfect for the arrival of spring (:
(jk I know it's fall in the northern hemisphere)

SpecterTheGreat · September 27, 2023 15:47:21

Giving a character a glow up so now he looks deader than he did before
Nah it's just that I don't draw many characters with color schemes that border on gray.

SpecterTheGreat · September 27, 2023 15:49:03

Also I'm wondering why is it such a common trope in superhero stories to have the main characters' best friend or SO be an aspiring news reported centered on telling the truth?

Time · September 28, 2023 01:38:39

Did a particular story recently prompt you to bring the topic up?

Maybe there needs to be a voice to the people to make sure that the hero is viewed as a good guy...?

Last edited by Time (September 28, 2023 01:39:44)

Echowo · September 28, 2023 10:28:27

SpecterTheGreat wrote:
Also I'm wondering why is it such a common trope in superhero stories to have the main characters' best friend or SO be an aspiring news reported centered on telling the truth?

Angst potential

Time · September 28, 2023 16:26:34

Idk man superhero movies in my experience don't really deal with much angst they keep everything more or less lighthearted

SpecterTheGreat · September 28, 2023 19:02:53

Nah it really was more of a thought chain process and I ended up wondering about superheroes and their friends. I haven't watched many supehero movies myself but I do know some stories.
Atter thinking about it for a while I decided that it's proabbly to give a tension element from the begining. You know, there's one person the protag is close to, and so they can't let them find out their secret identity for varying reasons, one because it's obviously a secret and the second most important reason I can think of is that they wouldn't want the bad guys targeting them (this second one is extremely prominent in Miraculous so maybe that's why it came to mind).
Anyways. I just think it's neat to have a closer source of "danger" adding to the hero'se daily life other than fighing bad guys and protecting their city and stuff.

SpecterTheGreat · September 28, 2023 19:04:18

But yeah it's common. I wonder why a reporter/blogger tho? Maybe because those jobs are just so related to public danger?

SpecterTheGreat · September 29, 2023 13:24:33

Getting my brain tangled up by trying to switch up my hands for the the main melody and accompaniment I'm just not used to this help

SpecterTheGreat · September 29, 2023 15:14:07

Thinking about time loops are kind of like when you set a save point in videogames and can infintely return to try things you haven't yet
Made me remember of how I once played this specific mission in CoD (I forgot which one exactly) and about halfway through I just kept getting stuck because no matter what I did I'd just die.
So of course I had to memorize the attack patterns and stuff which really got tedious the more I progressed (also I think the game kinda adapts to your trying to take roundabout routes), and it took SO long but I was elated when I finally got to the next checkpoint.
Something else that came to mind was that even though I kept trying to remember all of the enemy's moves, I'd be so focused on trying to avoid something that often I would forget another thing and fall to a sniper I forgot to take care of or a dog I wasn't ready for. I was wondering if that would happen in an actual time loop situation. How much does repeating the same scenario over and over take a toll on the mind? Would the character forget crucial things and start blurring timelines together?

SpecterTheGreat · September 29, 2023 15:17:26

It is sort of like a checklist, especially so when in high tension. Not only have to keep track of what you've already done and failed to do, but also remember where you failed, in order to try other options. And when you're running exactly the same situation you've already done before it's really more like alright this and then that and then this other thing until you can execute that bit from memory.
I'm not really sure if games are supposed to be played like that, since it can definitely get tiring, but the reward when you make it through the tough part perfectly is definitely very satisfying.

Time · September 30, 2023 00:05:24

I feel like there is a decent amount of stories concerning the MC entering time loops and looking to escape or using it to fight enemies It's always an interesting concept.

I'm guessing maybe it eventually turns into muscle memory? It's a real sink or swim situation.

SpecterTheGreat · October 2, 2023 13:27:57

I got assigned an essay that's due tomorrow 💀 I don't know how I'm going to do it but I'll find a way somehow
*procrastinates*

SpecterTheGreat · October 2, 2023 13:30:11

Dw guys I have a couple of things to do (exam week) but once I'm done with that I promise I have a bunch of stuff I want to do here and other stuffs I want to talk about uwu

SpecterTheGreat · October 4, 2023 18:40:56

My essay was succensfully sent two minutes before deadline and I feel very accomplished

SpecterTheGreat · October 4, 2023 18:43:35

I was looking through some files (why do I always forget about stuff I write down lol looking through my files is kinda like a treasure trove. I won't know what I?ll find.) and I found my half written review of the Miraculous movie.
I'm quite annoyed by the face that it reads like a very very long complaint about the movie since I started out by listing all the things I didn't like or feel like they didn't make sense, but I stopped halfway through without actually getting to all the things I truly liked.
Really now I don't know if I want to finish it (it feels wrong to just read myself complaining about something I certainly didn't hate) but I could post that part if anyone is interested. If not, I'll just let it be buried again until and if one day I feel like finishing my point of view on the movie.

SpecterTheGreat · October 4, 2023 18:55:19

Lately I've been thinking about about reviews and stuff (mostly bc I'm working on middle school book reports). For me it's natural to want to share my opinion on things I've just read or watched but at the same time I know it's hard to explain certain things I really liked without giving spoilers and that stops me a lot. Like something people will just click on spoilers because they can even if that's something they might check out in the future. But also if I don't write with spoilers then I won't get to give the context for something specific I liked. Maybe i liked the ending and it's a big spoiler, or a specfic character arc, or something like that. Also sometimes I want to share something but I'm too lazy to write out a whole spoiler thing. So perhaps I should just stick to recommendations, but it often feels too vague to say I liked this or I didn't like without giving it proper supporting details.
Anyways there's some things I would very much like to give detailed thoughts on, like Ducktales 2017 which I enjoyed. And a lot of the time I wonder how much of my F/GO progress I can share because I don't want to spoil Echo (or anyone else who might be interested) by accident. I definitely will be writing my opinion on LB5.5 because I REALLY WANTED to write my review of Shimousa back when I played it but I kept putting it off more and more and I ended up never writing anything about it despite how it was my favorite part of the Epic of Remnant arc.
Just thoughts, really.

Echowo · October 4, 2023 19:01:28

Bestie I look up spoilers on purpose, trust me you can't spoil me because I spoil myself (due to anxiety)

Time · October 5, 2023 16:49:34

I agree so much. I never know how much spoilers to include or not include to fully get a point across. I wanna be as spoiler free as possible, but I know that's basically impossible.

SpecterTheGreat · October 6, 2023 10:42:52

FR someone who understands me
Also @Echo sure you might look up spoilers but I don't want to be the one to just hand them to you on a platter like xD

SpecterTheGreat · October 6, 2023 10:46:29

I'm so grateful for class-free Fridays
I'm done with exams so I've just got to nervously (or not so much) wait for my grades. Really I only have one thing left but it's for one of the online courses so I can really just have a cool and free weekend. I love that about exam weeks that it's usually very busy but the weekends are free.
Also I slept in today after a very long time and that felt good but at the same time it feels like I wasted so much morning time xD

SpecterTheGreat · October 6, 2023 10:50:42

Waking up at 10 AM is personally disgraceful for me but it just feels so good bro

SpecterTheGreat · October 6, 2023 10:52:00

Forbidden Pages are the new Void's Dust

Echowo · October 6, 2023 13:43:39

SpecterTheGreat wrote:
FR someone who understands me
Also @Echo sure you might look up spoilers but I don't want to be the one to just hand them to you on a platter like xD

NOO GIVE THEM TO ME FREEEEEE

SpecterTheGreat · October 7, 2023 07:18:14

Bestie I refuse to enable your spoiler addiction

SpecterTheGreat · October 7, 2023 07:25:27

My black copic is officially dead. Had a good run. I've used my markers since 2018 and it's a wonder some of them still have ink in them. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like I'll be getting refills soon which is why I haven't been using markers as a medium for a long time.

SpecterTheGreat · October 10, 2023 21:00:55

Trying out big canvas format

SpecterTheGreat · October 12, 2023 20:09:14

My Germaine sim now has 3 children

SpecterTheGreat · October 13, 2023 09:38:08

Pardon the language but I am fricking pissed that the essay I spent a lot of time and effort in was graded with the lowest passing grade by my professor. just because I was defending a point of view different than the one he had. How dare he say my sources are perfect and that my chaining of ideas is well made and then absolutely refuse to acknowledge my conclusion, and then in the notes aside put that I was not supporting my point of view correctly like wth, I KNOW he has a different view of the subject we were supposed to write about, but does he really have to lower my grade because what I believe doesn't fit in with what he does?? Man I could punch a wall and eat a brick I am so angry.
Just another reason to not like the ethics course aside from not liking the philosophical material we're forced to read.