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Greylurker wrote:

While there is always a lot of attention on the new season of shows, Crunchyroll has been expanding their collection of older stuff fairly impressivly. In particular the newest annoucements; Yu Yu Hakusho, and Ouran High School Host Club

Very nice additions and well worth checking out if you've never seen them

I think that's part of the partnership deal they cut with Funimation. Crunchyroll gets to stream subtitled versions of stuff Funimation has the rights too, in exchange some titles get passed on for dubbing. Not sure how the corporate suits at Sony will handle things going forward, though. So far, I think the deal has been win/win for everyone involved. Both sides are getting more shows to stream for their fans to watch.


I never read it, but did pick up the companion series of Incorruptible.


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S. J. Digriz wrote:
JiCi wrote:

It's the future... in space... with fantasy elements... but what innovations have been discovered and expanded in Starfinder?

Internet? Fast food? Modern/Next-level fashion? Video games? TV shows? Movies? Marketing ploys? Smartpĥones? Music streaming? You know, these kinds of things.

I am in the process of creating my homebrew starfinder campaign (our group has 4 rotating DMs, and I just finished, so I have time), and I have been thinking about that. Would it be better to delineate the current technologies of the 'pact worlds', or would it be better to let it be fluid and ambiguous. It seems that starfinder currently uses the latter.

But by perusing the core rule book one finds the following:

FTL travel by drift, and less commonly by other magico-techno means.
Artificial gravity, control of gravity to obtain flight, and for use as a STL drive
Magico-techno extra dimensional spaces
Robotics and artificial intelligence, although true AI is not ubiquitous
Simulated intelligence, which is common
STL communication. FTL communication obtained by sending messages through the drift on space craft
Planetary infospheres (like the Internet), but no interplanetary or interstellar infosphere
Cybernetics
Force fields
Super batteries that can pretty much power anything.
3D printing of any techno-item
UPBs that can under a molecular transformation that turns them into *most* any substance necessary for the creation of a core rule book technological item
Ultra-cheap, environmental force fields that protect against radiation (limited), vacuum, and gases. These seem to be nearly fool proof, and never fail despite any amount of damage to the armor that generates them
Editing a person's mind
Uploading complete personalities to a computer system
Jet packs
Personal Force fields
Psionic enhancement devices

Some things we haven't seen:

Time travel
FTL communication
An interstellar internet
Transporters, or mass transit teleportation devices (teleport booths)...

I think not having that one might be a plus - even professional storytellers mess it up more often than not.


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UnArcaneElection wrote:
Tacticslion wrote:

{. . .}

Let it be clear: I'm one who is disappointed the matriarchy concept was dropped from the lashunta (and am, in normal instances, just fine with the drow having it), but I find the drop makes sense, given the in-universe broad availability of the serum of sex-change - there just isn't a viable reason or method of keeping things "matriarchy" anymore, especially after the gap. So it makes sense.

And that's my problem with the drow. Are you seriously telling me that it wouldn't be a thing? Yeah, there's going to be body disphoria. That doesn't matter. Pop a pill, be an in-control female. Change back on your own time. It's cheap, easy, and lacks any sort of side-effects. {. . .}

Who says that stuff is even legal among the Drow?

Hmmm . . . plot hook . . . .

It could even be legal, but discrimination against anyone who uses those potions is accepted or even silently encouraged (and protected by law). That would probably make drow using them exceedingly rare.


Barbarossa Rotbart wrote:
Malefactor wrote:
HWalsh wrote:
For my home game all I did was bring back the Drugar (the Dwarven version of the Drow) but I made them a male dominated version of the Drow because I felt the game needed a mirror of the same. ]
Eh, I always felt that the "evil patriarchy" counterpart to the drows "evil matriarchy" was the orcs. I mean, if you look at the orc pantheon, only one of their 10 gods is a woman, and that's Dretha, who's pretty much the goddess of being "barefoot and pregnant" (or whatever you call the more barbaric orcish equivalent to that idea). Sure, she doesn't seem happy about it, but she still is. I doubt many drow men like being treated as second class either

And if you think that this is not patriarchalic enough:

In the German RPG "The Dark Eye" orcs do not recognize their female brethen as orcs but as animals bearing orcs...

In the Man-Kzin Wars series you learn that their females were turned into that - they no longer have enough intelligence to think of equality, much less actually try to fight for it. They are basically living incubators and nothing more.


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Benchak the Nightstalker wrote:

I think trying to fit fictional characters into the nine alignments is often a fools errand, but...

Stain's whole schtick is that he murders people for, in game terms, being 'Neutral'--his beef isn't that they've done evil, it's that they've done good for selfish reasons.

But the heroes Stain kills haven't broken any laws, nor caused anyone harm (except in defense of themselves and others). That makes them innocent people, regardless of whether he recognizes them as such. Brutally murdering innocent people is Evil, even if you're delusional enough to think it's the right thing to do.

A villain can be compelling, have sympathetic goals, even be admirable in some respects, and still be Evil.

I haven't hit his arc yet, but it sounds like Lawful Evil - he has a strong code, if a twisted one.

Saying he doesn't see himself as evil is a cop-out. Most villains, even the ones willing to commit genocide, still think of themselves as being on the right side.


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Goblin Kid wrote:

wait...

How are you going to do a Toru cosplay?

I'm thinking that's from Dragon Maid - and it's the mostly human form.


All_might! wrote:
He's short-tempered but he is a lot more cerebral then he would let you believe.

I don't consider him stupid, just a violent bully with enormous pride issues. In other words, he's already halfway (or more) to being a bad guy from his first moments on screen and his big character flaw is a doozy. If he becomes likeable in any way it will be storytelling of epic proportions. Right now I find myself cheering for anyone to hospitalize him every time I see him. Or better yet, remove his quirk for a very long time, and then toss him to a bunch of people JUST. LIKE. HIM.


I'm surprised Bakugo hasn't crossed over yet every single time he opens his mouth.


I would imagine a longarm also gets less stares (and attention from the local law/thugs who pass for it) than a portable artillery piece.


The Caster Gun from Outlaw Star.


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Fardragon wrote:
Voltan: Brian Blessed qualifies as a race, class, and theme all of his own.

I can't favorite this post. BRIAN BLESSED must be spelled in all caps.


Are you trying to correct me for something you imagined I said?


Irontruth wrote:
Grey Lensman wrote:
Irontruth wrote:
Farael the Fallen wrote:
Yes, Hillary won the first Presidential debate and made Trump look very unprepared (sniff), but the truth is that the only Vice-Presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will decide the outcome of the election. For that reason, and two others, that debate deserves it's own thread. I will go a step further and say that the Kaine/Pence debate will go down in history as one of the greatest debates of all time, and it will be studied by historians for centuries. You may proceed with the commentary...

Which past presidential election do you feel the vice presidential debate was the deciding event in the outcome?

Honestly, there's evidence that VP selection basically has zero effect on the electoral outcome of the election, which means the debate has an even smaller effect.

Hmm, trying to think of a VP pick that affected the outcome post LBJ. That's Veep LBJ.
Are you claiming that the debate between Henry Lodge and Lyndon Johnson influenced the election of 1960?

No, but I am saying that having LBJ on the ticket influenced the election.


I think Kaine got in better hits, but Pence looked more polished.

Personally, I think Pence was the (narrow) winner, but Kaine got in the biggest line of the debate - that Pence was asking the people to vote for someone he was unable to defend. Of course, every time it looked like Pence was pinned, the moderator changed the subject and saved him.

A few days will tell which story dominates the news cycle.


MMCJawa wrote:
wow...that was a pretty horrible dodge on the how would you deal with homegrown terrorism question

Pretty much translates into "We'll deal with homegrown terrorism by making you even more afraid of foreigners!"


Pillbug Toenibbler wrote:
Dragoncat wrote:
On a somewhat related note, does anyone wish the moderator was allowed to have an air-horn that she can use whenever the two candidates start arguing over each other?

Yeah, it's really pissing me off they keep talking over the mod.

I think they both should have been strapped into their chairs, and Quijano should have buttons to shock them into shutting up.

I wish she would stop changing the subject every time Pence runs out of dodging time. She has been a huge help to him so far.


doc roc wrote:

Income inequality is a fact of life... I find it bizarre that people always rage about it. And this is coming from someone that will in all probability never be a millionaire!

The deluded utopian notion of equality that the left insist on.... is just that... deluded.

Artificially punishing the successful and rewarding the less successful does nothing but promote inefficiency.

Left leaning economics promote nothing but debt, public sector bloat and corruption and lack of incentive.

Human society is so screwed up because it doesnt obey the fundamental laws of nature.

What I am hugely in favour of is completely revamping the tax system to make sure that everybody pays their taxes. I would close every loophole.

Flat rate of income tax.... bring it on! :)))

Sorry to pile on like this, but my problem isn't the inequality itself, but the levels. I'd like the Gilded Age to stay in the history books.


Quark Blast wrote:
thejeff wrote:
Quark Blast wrote:
BigNorseWolf wrote:

Because the laws regarding the economic policies that lead to that are drawn up by congress and require congress to change it. Merely having the presidency isn't enough.

Given that that is the one thing republicans actually care about, you not only need an act of congress (something i find less likely than an act of god) you need the senate to be able to get through the filibuster and every delaying tactic available.

Getting in Clinton or trump is the difference between staunching the bleeding or playing razor wire hopscotch. fixing the problem is MUCH bigger than one election.

OK, thanks.

But if it's actually trending the wrong way over the past 8 years what's there to make us believe that it will change for the better over the next 8 years?

Not a lot.

We could make it worse, if you'd like.

I mean, you have a choice between people who're promising to try to improve things, who might be lying and might fail even if they're telling the truth and people promising to make things worse who are almost certainly not lying (about that at least).

To be fair, they're not actually promising to make it worse, but they're promising policies that will do so.

Bingo!

Which is why I'm voting for Bernie.

Sanders should NOT have changed his party regstration back after losing the primary IMO - he could have leveraged his primary results into being a leader of the Senate and pushed his agenda through there. Clinton can only sign new laws that actually get through Congress, after all (or veto them, of course). Sanders and Warren both pushing to lead the left wing would have given it far more power than Warren alone.


Orfamay Quest wrote:
Fergie wrote:
BigNorseWolf wrote:


If donald trump becomes president, the political system will become more gerrymandered towards republicans, citizens united will remain law, the rich will still dodge taxes, and trickle down economics will still be the government pancea to all of lifes problems.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but I should point out:

If Hillary Clinton becomes president, the political system will become more gerrymandered towards democrats, citizens united will remain law, the rich will still dodge taxes, and trickle down economics will still be the government pancea to all of lifes problems.

Meh. If you don't want more trickle-down economics, don't vote for either of them!

Except that the Democratic platform (and Clinton's speeches) have specifically included planks about addressing Citizens United. And on economic redistribution (e.g., changing trickle-down economics).

Basically, what you're saying is that if you ignore all the ways in which we know the two candidates to be different, they're exactly the same. Similarly, if you ignore the actual score, the Steelers-Chiefs game was a tie last night.

False equivalence is not just a fallacy, but it's a particularly stupid argument.

Don't forget that gerrymandering is currently heavily tilted towards Republicans - tilting it might merely result in balancing it the first time. Not counting the fact that the districts are drawn by State legislatures, and no matter who wins the election it won't matter on this issue.


Thomas Seitz wrote:
*knows Trump will probably start WWIII by declaring war on North Korea. "Accidently" hits Salt Lake City and Las Vegas* *declares he needs a map* *starts WWIV by trying to take over Iceland*

Your scenario is too sane for Manchurian Donnie. Try something so crazy that it would be rejected as too outlandish by David Lynch.


Irontruth wrote:
Farael the Fallen wrote:
Yes, Hillary won the first Presidential debate and made Trump look very unprepared (sniff), but the truth is that the only Vice-Presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will decide the outcome of the election. For that reason, and two others, that debate deserves it's own thread. I will go a step further and say that the Kaine/Pence debate will go down in history as one of the greatest debates of all time, and it will be studied by historians for centuries. You may proceed with the commentary...

Which past presidential election do you feel the vice presidential debate was the deciding event in the outcome?

Honestly, there's evidence that VP selection basically has zero effect on the electoral outcome of the election, which means the debate has an even smaller effect.

Hmm, trying to think of a VP pick that affected the outcome post LBJ. That's Veep LBJ.


thejeff wrote:
Quark Blast wrote:

I'm waiting for Thursday October 20th. Then I'll know who's going to win.

EDIT

OK, make that Tuesday October 4th.

Linkified

"Wolf! There's a wolf!"

Sure. Whatever. Maybe Assange really does have the dirt on some scandal that'll take Clinton down - just like every right wing conspiracy theorist has expected at any moment for the last 30 years.

This time for sure.

Personally, I think holing up in that embassy has resulted in Assange living in an echo chamber - he probably really believes the things he is saying now.


Kobold Cleaver wrote:

Were they?

NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

I remember Dubya wanting to go it as close to alone as we could manage, mainly to combat the 'America is weak when actually hit' stance that was percolating in the terrorist worldview at the time.

That they were involved in Afghanistan makes the entry into Iraq look even more stupid (and I already thought it was an epic blunder to begin with).


Orfamay Quest wrote:
Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
Orfamay Quest wrote:
I already outlined some of the military forces that Russia has within an easy walk of Estonia. (And I mean it literally -- an easy walk.) The only thing that keeps Putin out of Estonia and Latvia is (as far as I can tell) fear of international retaliation, which in turn means NATO. If Putin believes that the US will not defend Estonia, can Germany and France provide an effective deterrent? And so, what happens if Putin calls Trump's bluff on defense of the Baltic States?
If Russia were to just invade Estonia, or the other two Baltic States, I extremely doubt that even Obama would go to war over them, any more than the West did so when the Russians did it the first time.

Perhaps, but the rest of the NATO membership would be pretty appalled. NATO is one of the few alliances in history where the mutual defense clauses (specifically, in this case, Article 5) have teeth and are taken seriously.

As Sissyl pointed out, people put up with the US "because the US is powerful, at least vaguely sane, and above all predictable." Backing out of Article 5 does not enhance any of those three...

NATO was willing to invoke Article 5 over September 11th, but were talked out of it.


Quark Blast wrote:
CrusaderWolf wrote:
Quark Blast wrote:

If what Julian and Co. have is patently true and very damaging, releasing it sooner would be better.

If what Julian and Co. have is likely true and/or somewhat damaging, releasing it later in the month would be better.

I think if they had anything worthwhile they wouldn't be announcing it. The point of the October Surprise is, you know, the surprise. I think Assange is just hoping to psyche Clinton out and whatever it is will be a big pile of nothing, same as the DNC leaks.
Five people are out of their jobs at the DNC. So, what exactly do you mean by "big pile of nothing"?

How many of them were on the way out already? I know with Wasserman-Schulz the push to remove her was already at a fever pitch. And good riddance, too. I'd suggest maybe she can go work for a payday lender, but a look at her voting record shows she already was.


Sissyl wrote:

I understand. I just find it odd that the consequences of electing Trump regarding foreign relations is virtually invisible in the debate. It is going to change things enormously for everyone.

I do understand... but. During all the trade deals, all the s@$#ty laws American diplomats pushed through the EU and various countries, all the military joint ventures, etc etc etc, we accepted it because the US is powerful, at least vaguely sane, and above all predictable.

He gets elected, none of it is likely to remain true. Our politicians will not even dare to suggest furthering cooperation with the US (which is already pretty strained) for fear of inciting riots and parties never getting elected again. Old deals will be reexamined - because the context when they were written has changed too much. The slightest hint that the US is trying to punish those who break those deals - further anti-American sentiment, and a harder backlash.

My point is: YOU GUYS AT LEAST GET TO VOTE. We don't.

Any candidate who brings that up will be ridiculed to no end - I remember the hoopla about Kerry saying 'We must pass the global test' and it wasn't pretty, he was made out to be a guy who was going to surrender the country's sovereignty (a killer charge when you understand that in the U.S. we have states that think the federal government is encroaching too much.).

The pundits might bring it up, but none of the campaigns will. If one does I can tell you who the loser of the election will be with near certainty.


BigNorseWolf wrote:

I thought i was watching the debate again

Seriously, they don't need to change trumps lines at all.

Comedy Trump is more coherent and sane than the real deal.

Scary thought, isn't it?


Sissyl wrote:

Well, there is a pretty sincere risk that you guys inflict Trump as president of the US and A on us. That is going to be fun, isn't it? It's going to be a huge blow to all of us if it happens, and the willingness to deal with America in any way, shape or form is going to be severely impacted. Trade deals don't usually prosper unilaterally. Nor will people actually dare to risk cooperation in security and military matters with a country run by someone as unpredictable as Trump there. Expect HUGE fallout from it, and it is quite likely that the role America has now will end very quickly with Trump as POTUS.

This is, of course, just as I understand things. It is a huge mistake coming. Deal properly with it.

EDIT: I shouldn't call presidential candidates that. Bad Sissyl. Even when they deserve it.

I live here, how do you think I feel about the fact that a guy who might be our very own Chavez or Erdogan even has a chance at being in charge?

My wife has already told me that if he gets elected her first reaction will probably be to break down and cry. Mine will be to lament that I don't have the proper skills to leave the country. At not to rapid employment elsewhere, anyways.


Someone is extra salty today....


Sissyl wrote:
You never THROW the ball when playing football. That is against the rules. You KICK the ball, you know, with your FOOT. FOOT-BALL.

This is the U.S. election and our sports metaphors are the ones that apply. Over here football is something else, we call what you are referring to as soccer.

What the rest of the world calls football can be used as the sports metaphor in their elections.


Orfamay Quest wrote:
Grey Lensman wrote:
Quark Blast wrote:

I'm waiting for Thursday October 20th. Then I'll know who's going to win.

EDIT

OK, make that Tuesday October 4th.

Linkified

I was wondering when that was going to happen. Amazing that it got produced after the debates, isn't it?

Meh. You only play your trump card (pun not really intended) when you're going to lose the trick otherwise. If Clinton had tanked the first debate, there wouldn't have been any need to start a new smear campaign.

Or, if you don't like the bridge analogy, try a football one. You don't throw a Hail Mary pass when you're [i]winning[i], do you?

Depends on the circumstances - if you have the ball just before halftime go for it, even an interception isn't likely to cause any damage, but it can help pad the lead and secure momentum.

Never give them a chance to get back into the game.


Quark Blast wrote:

I'm waiting for Thursday October 20th. Then I'll know who's going to win.

EDIT

OK, make that Tuesday October 4th.

Linkified

I was wondering when that was going to happen. Amazing that it got produced after the debates, isn't it?


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Thomas Seitz wrote:
I said ATM. Not like all time Free.

Right now that's a pretty low bar - with the Hydra brain-whammy Steve is operating under it pretty much makes anyone who wears red, white, and blue a better Cap by default.


CrystalSeas wrote:

Well, the Detroit News thinks he's the best choice

Detroit News Endorses Johnson

Well, he IS a better choice than Trump, even if that is an admittedly low bar.

Like, Marianas Trench low.


Threeshades wrote:
I may be remembering eldritch blast wrong, but the point holds true with other casters. Even more so with other casters who dont get the ability bonus at all.

It does hold true except for a few corner cases - knowledge domain cleric, evoker wizard, and the dragon sorcerer. The big exception is the warlock, but they don't have anywhere close to the burst damage/crowd control the other casters have (4 spells max in an encounter and a lower max level as well).

Foxit apparently needs an update that I am only discovering now, so I can't say whether or not there is something in Unearthed Arcana that adds to the corner cases.


Threeshades wrote:

A level 5 cantrip with two damage dice vs a level 5 martial's two attacks would on average be in favor of the martial.

First off, yes, the martial is less likely to get both attacks to hit, than the caster is to get its one cantrip to hit, but on the other hand the martial is also less likely to completely whiff all of its attacks. So where the caster deals its "full" damage every second turn, the martial deals "half" damage every turn.

Secondly a cantrip deals only its damage dice, so at level 5 you're at around 2d8 or 2d10 damage, unless you are a draconic sorcerer or a warlock with agonizing blast, or something similar, in which case you get your Ability modifier on that damage.
The martial gets their ability modifier twice: once on each attack. So a two-hand fighter comes at 4d6+6 (average 20) where the warlock rolls 2d10+3 (average 14)

The Warlock with Agonizing Blast (according to my reading) will get the stat modifier with each die - as according to the spell writeup, each die is a separate ray.

The whole gimmick with the warlock vs other casters seems to be higher floor, lower ceiling.


Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
Turin the Mad wrote:
Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:
Turin the Mad wrote:
CrusaderWolf wrote:
In all fairness, I'm sympathetic to the notion that not every Congressperson needs to read every bill, that's insanity. That's why committees exist, so that our representatives can specialize, and rely upon one another to cover all bases. Especially when some bills can reach into the hundreds or thousands of pages, if they had to *personally* read them all they'd get nothing else done and we'd be upset about *that*. Nothing wrong with tasking a couple of interns and/or experts on the topic to give them a rundown.

That bills are running into routinely ridiculous page counts begs to question the necessity of doing so.

On major policy bills such as the Patriot Act and the Affordable Care Act that affect everyone, I'd rather that the Congresscritters actually read what they're voting on instead of listening to an intern. 'Experts on the topic' include lobbyists that are inherently biased, which seems counterproductive to obtaining objective views of legislation.

Pretty much no one read the Patriot Act which was ramrodded through on the shockwave from 9/11.
Yep. Which is my point: no one read it, only one voted against it. It really should have been read by the entirety instead of taking the assurances from interns et al that it was a good thing. Now ... blecch.
It wouldn't have mattered. the political reality that no one was going to vote against somemthing called "The Patriot Act" given the political landscape of the moment.

We need a gadfly senator who filibusters often - not the anonymous way, but plays the trollolol card by actually reading the bill as his filibuster.


Fouquier-Tinville wrote:
Pfft. At least Max opposed slavery.

Overwritten by the Terror. Many, many broken eggs in that one. No omelette in sight.

But I suppose I could have used Franklin or Adams instead of Washington.


Samy wrote:
If there was one thing that really was clear to me in the debate it's the fact that Trump is in power because of a protest movement. He repeatedly harped on the fact that how things have been done over the past 20 or 30 years isn't working. "You were in power -- why didn't you fix this?" "You've been doing it for 30 years -- it isn't working!" And so on. Hillary offers just more of the same, and even as a Hillary supporter, I agree with that. I don't see her as being a radical departure from what people like Obama have been doing. And there's a growing segment of the populace who really want radical change. Business as usual is ruining them and they're willing to grasp at any straw for some big, actual change.

That I understand - I just want some constructive change, not a demagogue who only tells me who to blame/hate or how great he is.

Washington was a good revolution, Robespierre was not.


Fergie wrote:
thejeff wrote:


Trump cheats -> Clinton is bad.
I love the reasoning. Everything has to feed back into how awful Clinton is.

I would frame it as Hillary accepted Trumps money, and they are booth dishonest grifters. Is it worse to bribe, or be bribed?

I look at the two, and see two crooks. Some people only see one crook.
To each, their own.

At least Clinton is an American crook. Manchurian Donnie has too much Kremlin Kash for me to ever vote for him.


Thomas Seitz wrote:

Grey,

They did it in Marvel too.

Phantom,

THANK YOU!. I'm glad someone remember that, especially after the hell that Bobbi when through with Lincoln Slade.

Excalibur did it in Camelot 3000 as well (DC 12 issue series).

spoiler:
The resulting nuclear explosion took out an alien fleet.


I thought Argonaut was proportionally powerful to the opponent - basically, Bell gets a fighting chance no matter what. But it isn't assured.


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Alzrius wrote:
Grey Lensman wrote:
One thing Aesthetica had that I truly enjoyed is how the main character managed to always humiliate anyone who tried the abuse-kun approach, and made it more humiliating when they kept it up. I watched too many shows in a row with tsycho-tsuns to the point where seeing them suffer actually makes me happy.
He did that because he wanted to be the only one occupying that particular niche. He even stated it flat-out; I remember some line of his that went something like "No one, except me, is allowed to make such a pretty girl cry."

True, but I had watched 5 series (or parts of, to be honest) that featured the protagonist being beaten unmercifully for the yuks in rapid succession. I still am hoping to find an anime with an abusive girlfriend who gets jilted at the end solely because of how abusive she is - preferably with a damning 'reason you suck' speech to drive the point home.

I thought no one could be worse than Louise the Zero, then I saw Haruna from Is This A Zombie?


Alzrius wrote:
Grey Lensman wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:

Started watching testament of new devil.

So much cheesecake.

I truly love it.

I used to like it, but lost respect once I watched the writer's earlier series Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero.

He recycled so much from the first series into the second that if a different author had done so I'm pretty sure an infringement lawsuit could have been filed.

I think that it was a learning experience for the writer. I hated Aesthetica, but found Sister New Devil much more palatable.

One thing Aesthetica had that I truly enjoyed is how the main character managed to always humiliate anyone who tried the abuse-kun approach, and made it more humiliating when they kept it up. I watched too many shows in a row with tsycho-tsuns to the point where seeing them suffer actually makes me happy.


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Freehold DM wrote:

Started watching testament of new devil.

So much cheesecake.

I truly love it.

I used to like it, but lost respect once I watched the writer's earlier series Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero.

He recycled so much from the first series into the second that if a different author had done so I'm pretty sure an infringement lawsuit could have been filed.


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If what the House says about Clinton is true and after all those investigations, hearings, and taxpayer money spent they still don't have anything concrete despite everyone 'knowing' how criminal she is, then they themselves are grossly incompetent by any objective measure.

I can't bring myself to vote for pathetic incompetents.


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It's beginning to look as if Pathfinder has some sacred cows in need of being ground into hamburger of it's own.

The Big 6 being sacrosanct - anything that might threaten these is nerfed.

The almighty SUEmitar (AKA the Pathfinder Katana) - anything that might make a different finesse weapon equal to it must die, but doing anything to Dervish Dance is so far down the priority list it will probably never happen in our lifetimes.

If Fencing/Slashing Grace being on par with Dervish Dance is considered broken, then logic dictates that Dervish Dance must ALSO be broken.

Add in the fact that it often seems that a scalpel will never be used when they can break out the chainsaw instead and you have a recipe for customer dissatisfaction.


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Rednal wrote:

Trump says Clinton could shoot someone and not get prosecuted.

Given that he's said basically the same thing about himself, I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. Although he did say "This is what's happening to our country", so it seems to have been meant in a negative way... so it's okay and good when it benefits him, but bad if it benefits someone who opposes him...?

Seeing as how the Republicans in COngress have been after her for anything and everything, Trump's statement might actually be true, but not for the reasons he claims.

I've reached the point where I hear any Clinton allegations as "Wolf! Wolf! A wolf is eating the sheep!" more often than not.


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Scott Betts wrote:
Fergie wrote:
Shrug. Our shame democracy is little different then Russia's sham democracy.
This is so ignorant it makes my head spin.

Exactly - call me when candidates who might be a threat to the sitting Prez suddenly become criminals by decree. That's a big shift our 'sham democracy' would need to start doing to compare with Russia's sham.

Although if you live in a liberal city in an otherwise conservative state, you are forgiven for thinking our democracy is a sham - depending on how many laws in your city have been overturned by the state.

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