That is going to do it for me. I will probably reblog that convo when I get to it, just because it has been a while for that particular conversation, and I want to read it again with the new information I now have.
This round we get to see Kanaya and Rose bonding and her side of things. I love how Kanaya thought Rose as a deviant and a scoundrel because of the Pail. Too bad John or Vriska weren’t there to clear things up, but that makes things more enjoyable.
And it is nice to see Kanaya and Rose being on name basis, and her Big Reveal about how she read Rose’s journal. So I get that this is an emotional lead in to that Big Moment, and I can’t wait to see that.
Ahaha! And there is the plot! Mai is now basically only seen by Sakuto. So it is up to him to help get her existence back. And he is also suffering puberty syndrome by having amnesia and need to write in his notebook. Well good luck to them.
For the episode overall, it was very quiet. It almost feels somber at time, like contemplative. There was little to no music, so it gives the scenes a more thoughtful feel. Sakuta is a savage bastard throughout this entire thing. And even if he doesn’t show too much emotion, I still like him. Mai is a snarky character too. But they both seem to act super mature compared to everything else, though that might just be because of the things they dealt with canon wise.
I think the pull the series has on me is from the puberty syndrome. I like the idea of supernatural things being personalized to the teen depending on the situation. But it sucks that these situations are ones that cause misery and pain. Mai wants privacy but now suffers from losing her existence.
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classmates cyberbulling mentally and physically left scars on her. It makes me wonder if there are any positive outlets that puberty syndrome can latch onto. And I want to see other supernatural happenings in the future.
So this was an interesting experiment to do. Liveblogging shows is a lot longer than what I am use to (it takes dedication yall, kudos to everyone else who does this). I have to learn how to pace my post better, otherwise I might run out. While I don’t think this was what I am looking for for the Trial Blogs, I wouldn’t mind making video blogs like this on the weekends, where I have a more manageable schedule to work with.
So John and Vriska have a bit of a nice chemistry going on between them. I can see them be hearts or diamonds together, though it may lean more to Diamonds since I can see John as Vriska’s impulse control. (Vriska freaking out over the bucket leading to John waging war on all cleaning supplies was adorable).
Rose is being cool as always, and taking charge. Damn are the turtles afraid of her. Looks like she knows some secrets as much as John. But I do like them looking at John as their leader. Because he isn’t trying to take command, he is just trying to help, but that is what a leader should do, and I love him more for it.
But like Rose said, if you were fated to lose, you might as well pull out all the stops and play by your own rules from now on. Fuck Shit Up!!
So that is going to do it for me on 8-Bit Theater.
This is a very funny comic. The humor reminds me a lot about Loony Toons and how they would tell their jokes. It has a lot of fast pacing and on point timing that I actually burst out laughing multiple times reading it. It seems that the author was mixing in this humor with old school rpg games, given the Final Fantasy, DBZ, and Mortal Kombat references. So you can tell there is a lot of love going into this series.
I know that Chuckles and Sparky aren’t really their names, but seeing how I don’t want to call them Fighter and Mage, it will have to do for now. I get the feeling I know Sparky from somewhere, but I don’t know. Well, I’m sure I will find out eventually
To reiterate for people who did miss my original post (i get it if you did, that has got to be like 500 posts deep in by now).
I am currently liveblogging 2 main series: Homestuck and Paranatural. Homestuck is so so long that I have to keep at it if I want to get anywhere, but I am afraid of burning myself out too fast on Paranatural. It has happened where I would binge watch like 3 seasons, and NEVER touch that show again. Ever.
And I don’t want that to happen to Paranatural, because dammit! I really like this comic.
So I am trying to find a 3rd series to help pace out the blogging between Paranatural and Homestuck, so that way I won’t get too tired or bored to the point where I eventually stop.
This week I am testing out some of the suggestions that people have thrown out there by using DaFuckin’ Wheel. (while newer suggestions are noted, they won’t be added to the wheel just yet). Each day I shall spin it a random number of times based on the number I get from the Discord, and test it out. Think of it was a trial run.
At the end of the week I will determine which will be the 3rd main series to liveblog here. It’s going to be a mix of my personal preference for the series, and the number of notes I get as feedback. I might even put up a poll on discord to get immediate results. But we shall see to that on Sunday!
And don’t worry if the wheel didn’t take your suggestion this time around. Seeing how some of the comics either are on hiatus, finished, or have a slow schedule, once I get caught up DaFuckin’ Wheel shall return for the next round!
John was so close to being with his dad again (brother? Don’t want to think about that much) but Vriska woke him up. Or maybe he just woke up on his own due to her messages. I am glad that the dream bodies to disappear when not in use, otherwise what is to stop a piece from killing them there?
Vriska and John are fun together. They have a nice banter there, especially when Vriska is trying to be nice here. And I love my positive son, he won’t stop until he reaches his happy end! Now it is on a mission to save Jade from a meteor!!
So we get to see some daily family life that the kids have. Max enjoys family game night with monopoly (a good choice) and put PJ to work. Isabel’s Gramps is strict and has a stick up his ass about tradition and strength. It sucks that Isabel doesn’t feel like she can live up to her grandpa’s expectation, or that she feels he doesn’t like her. Ed is still an enigma. Why does he live with her family? Who knows! At least he is there for her.
And we finally get a taste of Spender’s secret spy life. It looks like a cool and fun place to explore. And I wonder what the type of Boss is behind that golden door. We shall see next time
So I guess that is the end of this session. My first intro to Kiwi Blitz…
I thought it was ok. I like the idea of heroes and villains fighting in animal mechas. That is very different than the normal human robots, so I like it. It gives way to cute designs like the Kiwi and interesting designs like the Kangaroo Rat (it was the first shown animal, did not expect that.) Using animal abilities can lead to some fun battle scenes.
I also get what was going on in the beginning. It was a teaser to show Kiwi and Steffi out in action against the Raccoon. But the rest of the series was just a slow burn on character introductions and world building. Not to say it wasn’t bad, but I haven’t felt much of a pull to me story wise. At least not yet.
I don’t know how I would describe it. I just don’t like imagining myself feeling extremely small compared to the universe on the outside. I don’t like being anywhere where I can’t breathe air, so I would not be an astronaut. I can look at space pictures and stars fine, as long as they are images and DON’T show the scale of the whole thing.
I don’t think it is astrophobia, because I like looking at the stars and stuff, I just don’t like the idea of something being so large it has no end.
Actually, funny thing. I love multiverses. The idea of an alternate person with many different paths and “what ifs”? Stuff like that are always my favorite. Like each planet shown on Star Trek is a big “what if” for earth. There are episodes in shows to show the “evil” character, or uses it for travels like in doctor who, rick and morty, gravity falls. Hell, there is a show called Sliders which is about 4 people traveling into alternate realities. That shit is amazing!
The reason I don’t like space is because 1) I don’t want to die in it’s vacuum, and 2) I can’t begin perceive my size in comparison in the universe, and that magnitude overwhelms me.
As long as the alternate realities/multiverse focuses on planets/Earth (a small scale), I’m good
So that does it for me. I can’t believe that entire Memo took up my daily slot for homestuck.
I don’t think I learnt much from it. Karkat and Terezi are a couple, a funny aggressive couple, and other people think so too. Sollux is still depressed and maybe holds Karkat for his death still? I don’t know if that was the depression talking or what, but ouch.
Good to know that not everyone was down for Human Trolling, so there are some peace keepers here.
With the help of these two WONDERFUL asks here, I have retagged Every Single Post that I have with “dafukblog“. As of this point I have over 10,000 posts, and ALL of them have been tagged with “dafukblog“. This will be used for the rest of time, so have fun with that.
And while thanks for the tip Anon, I think I will keep it as act5 tags. I don’t know, it feels like I am doing a past me a disservice because she didn’t know there were multiple stages in Act 5. Maybe later I will change my mind, but not right now.
Well that was adorable. I absolutely love this comic. The art style is like a fairy tale come to life. It is so simple and chalky, it just makes me smile. Even with the villain, it just sets the “evil” tone we have.
And I see what is happening. A twisted fairy tale where the “hero” really doens’t want to and gets shafted to the role. I am so glad that Cucumber and Almond are not putting up with this “girls can’t be heroes” crap.
This is a pretty high start for my test-blog week.
So with Homestuck and Paranatural all set up, I thought I might tackle a third series. But I have a lot of wonderful requests that I don’t know where to start from. So for this week I am going to do some test runs for a few series.
I have made a wheel (DaFuckin’ Wheel )with all of the options and recommendations listed. When the wheel stops, that is the test blog for the day. At the end of the week, depending on my feelings and your reactions, I will hopefully find a third series to work with.
Sorry Y’all. I am ending it here. That was a lot of text reading, mix with a slow start, so I have to go to work.
Hate at first sight, oh my god how did I not see that coming. But it is good to know that the humans and trolls are working together. And I guess there was a point to the Scratch anyway, so that is good.
But John saying he wasn’t gay, that was so fucking funny because how the hell would Karkat back then know what that means. I am still a little sad now, because then John won’t get with Dave and I know that Dave was crushing on John. The struggles of love.
At least I have better context for why Terezi was messing with Karkat, they were in HEARTS at this time so it was love banter. Or the troll version since they were literally fighting one another.
I love the world that was crafted here. You know that magic is real, you know all of this steampunk feel to this, and yet there isn’t a big introductions. It was given in bits and parts, enough for the reader to understand the world without taking away from the story.
And what a story it is. A stage magician ends with magic powers ends up with a powerful artifact and is taken on an Indiana Jones type adventure. It is so much fun to read. Sidney was a charming and positive fellow, who just gets so excited for the world around him. He knows magic, but he favors Stage-Magic. That is the funniest thing that I could think of. Harry is so badass, she knows how to fight and knows exactly what is needed to be done. It was so much fun to read these characters together on a treasure hunt.
As much as I like this story, I feel this is more of a monthy blog type thing instead another daily blog I was looking for. So there will be more, but it might be a while
There are Parts WITHIN Parts?! How the hell am I going to tag this now?!!
Whatever, I will get to 5.2 next time, I guess.
So, while the battle was glossed over, I am sort of glad for it. It spoke of what exactly happened without going too deep into it. Like it gave us enough information to understand the characters and motives, without bogging down the story.
Because the main focus should still be on the Kids, at least I think it should be. Maybe I am biased ‘cause (human) but it is creative to have the Trolls be the origin story of the kids.
So…unfortunately Scratch was right….for the battle to be pulled off….Aradia had to die. Did Vriska needed to be the one to kill her, probably not, I still blame Scratch for that. And now they have a a demon running amok and forced them into their own Troll Exile, which sucks. Was the demon Jack? Was it something else? Was it the noodle arm from before (don’t you think I have forgotten about that one). But damn, what a fucking twist that was.
That is the end of the chapter, and where I will stop for today.
So that was a way to end the chapter. We met the Doorman, who is such a mentor figure I latched onto him instantly. I love how wise he was, and was willing to teach Isaac. We met Snake-Max, and THAT was a surprise. I knew the snake was a powerhouse, but to share a fugitive shitless like that, oh man they is a force to be reckoned with. Especially how they was able to take control of Max without his knowledge. Oh it is going to be a dark day indeed once they get out.
We met Issac’s god, and he is like a storm version of Endevour. So do not like him. And the rest of the club, they are good. Goofy, weird, crazy at some points, but at the end of the day, they are there for each other. And I like that.
Side note: given that I have went through 150 pages within 9 days, I am going to readjust my blogging schedule. I don’t want to burn myself out too fast, so I am going to blog paranatural 2-3 times a week. I still want to continue with the series, but let’s go slower this time.
I can’t guys. I can’t do any more. I was crying on and off reading that entire thing. Karkat just sounds like he has given up, but still moving on just because that is all he can do, and Kanaya just trying to be there as a way to comfort him, and to get advice, and she wants fucking magic to be real. Kids should not have to deal with this stuff. Kids shouldn’t have to live through a game like actual soldiers and trauma and everything.
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