Mar'24 AMA
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How else would one slaughter their chickens?
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:51:36 +0000 UTCI know little about Baki, I'm struggling a bit with the manga, and I don't know anything about KA !
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:50:43 +0000 UTCFired a bow for sports a short while, but otherwise no! I did ride in a moving ww2 tank though! (pretty sure its canon was neutralised)
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:49:39 +0000 UTCHer secret ability will be divulged in the form of a drawing eventually! She's a bit of a smug bitch, ever trusting in the greatness of the eternal empire she represents =)
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:48:19 +0000 UTCThey are not generally submissive, but the nature of their interactions wil depend on to many factors that haven't been expanded upon enough.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:46:21 +0000 UTCSome yes, definitely!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:45:21 +0000 UTCI haven't played VII, old or new, so I wouldn't know in this case. I don't have an issue with the idea of an extensive remake that goes a different direction, but it needs to be open about it from the get go and it wil certainly have big shoes to fill.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:45:05 +0000 UTCI like it as a general design but for some reason I just don't find her appealing for NSFW =O
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:42:29 +0000 UTCThere is a trend towards de-emphasizing sexualisation of female characters, which is in itself not a problem if it works with your design philosophy and the end result is something cohesive that is interesting to look at. Issues arise when you are taking designs that exist and purging the sexualisation without doing the (indeed ddifficult) work of mantaining the identity of the works. The mortal kombat series is all about camp, and a component of that has been scantily clad 90s ninja babes. They remained true to that in X and 11 but toned it down in 12. In my opinion it worked because they stayed true to the camp and came up with legitimately good alternative designs that didn't betray the atmosphere. Problems are also brought about by the western focus on "realistic" graphics, which will often not accomodate the kind of sexualisation you had with very stylised representations. Realistic faces will ALWAYS look weird and unappealing from certain angles, with unflattering lighting, just like actual faces, hence it's easy to lift incriminating screenshots. Just like the more catastrophic issues we have had with writing in media these last few years, the problem is people thinking that they can put the pen down when they have checked the "socially responsible" boxes that get them accolades from their peers, believing this is any kind of substitute for appealing or interesting direction. The result is indigent and inexcusable BLANDNESS. just like sexualisation can be horribly bland when its the outcome of box checking, it feels western media is too enamoured with the idea of steering away its "problematic" past while not developping an interesting approach in turn.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 14:41:22 +0000 UTCI wold have to reconcile their superhuman abilities with actual events and balance them out between one another, which unsurprisingly I haven't given much thought to!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:55:18 +0000 UTCFull wavy volume early 90s with a bit of length
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:53:21 +0000 UTCNot all that interested in anthems beyond the historical aspect, with exceptions. I never bothered to learn our own fully and I don't believe it necessarily has to never change. However any change should be informed by consensus and complex aspects shouldn't be purged because they might seem inappropriate with a modern lens.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:52:25 +0000 UTCNo!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:47:18 +0000 UTCI can pretty much refer you back to the Haiti question! Overall France's involvement in ex colonies should depend on said people's informed consent and engagement, but those are always dubious in unstable and corrupt states, in the end when you are leveraging power or aid as an outsider you are dealing with whoever is in power at any given time with little control over how it is employed (or more cynically you take advantage of corruption, which is a very Françafrique thing). In the inverse, plating up contempt for ex colonial overlords is often a way to acquire power locally which has been the case in Mali, Centrafirique or the IC recently. Overall it makes sense to build relationships within a linguistic sphere, but the way things work I believe a lot of that has indeed been cynical and exploitative.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:46:58 +0000 UTCI live in the equivalent of a college town with a celtic flair so I'm pretty sure such a pretext or binge drinking is welcome in certain circles =) Otherwise no it's not really a thing'
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:33:33 +0000 UTCIndeed I'm a bit of a goody two shoes in RPG, I guess the "evil" options tend to have a more individualistic slant and my own character is generally the one I care about the least if the game is any good =O
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:31:51 +0000 UTCNot really, these need a whole TWO peolpe to play anyway!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:29:43 +0000 UTCHe looks quite cool and I understand he's really a staple character but I do hope they bring back characters that were part of the younger gens and give them a more mature version of their styles (like makoto/Ibuki/Sakura...), both visual and gameplay.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:29:05 +0000 UTCthey would need to be fleshed out on my side to have room for collaboration! The setting is not meant to accomodate long story arcs, like mentioned above I like contemplative stories, if I were to make non NSFW that's what I would lean towards'
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:25:51 +0000 UTCThe wife bit is more of a matter of fact reference to them being paired with lost boys they have to protect, like in the Danjou mini, this would generally be the basis for their comic outings. Also a bit of a Meta appeal thing, can't say it's structural in the setting!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:23:19 +0000 UTCTerrible name, why would you not connect it to a decade+ long ultrapopular franchise? Otherwise the game looks really cool but my fighting game days I pretty much over, I don't have time to dedicate to getting decent at them anymore. Only fear I have is that the cast might be pretty milquetoast given riot's modern design philosophy, it's OK now but the gameplay suggests more outlandishness, i'd like to see Fiddle as a Faustian weirdo.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:20:43 +0000 UTCToutatis, Belenos, cool names, otherwise I don't know nuthin about Gaul Paganism =O
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:14:14 +0000 UTCI don't have informed thoughts on the topic, but the latter parts seem accurate, the threshold for what is considered 'too much makeup" in France is much lower than it is in the US or the UK and effortless beauty is the ideal, same thing for clothing, while nudity itself is not an issue overall, very revealing clothing is seen as lacking class. However "Small Breasts: Today, smaller breasts that can fit in a champagne glass are seen as beautiful in France" WTF is that about =| Like everything the cup size threshold for ludicrousness is lower but the small tits ideal is a high fashion thing, also really, a champagne glass?
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 13:13:23 +0000 UTCThe debt in question was settled in the early XXth cetury I gathered, although it was entirely illegitimate, predatory and crippled any stable developpment the country could hope for in its infancy. I think "compensation" in the form of support should be negociated, but as with many other countries the issue isn't really the money, it's the country's ability to absorb and use funding in a way that actually addresses its problems. Instability and corruption makes aid useless and getting more involved on the ground brings about fear of neocolonialism. Hence I have no idea how to go about it!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:59:49 +0000 UTCI had never heard of it but it looks interesting, will look into it, thank you!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:46:24 +0000 UTCI have not read or watched it!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:45:05 +0000 UTCIt's been a while since I've read any manga by Toriyama, and back when I did I think I only read from DB up to the end of the Namek arc. The art was always good and the transition from goofy to more gritty was well handled, it gets difficult analysing it from memory when so much of his work is iconic.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:44:45 +0000 UTCAnother great character, though I liked her original more chunky design =) I don't remember anything about her lore!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:39:23 +0000 UTCPhenomenal design 10/10, and she's a grappler, fuckn perfect. Her lore is appropriately silly, in line with all of KoF!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:17:09 +0000 UTCYes! I get really engrossed in contemplative stories when there is something to latch onto and the flow carries pushes you forward with the destination not being a focus. This can be done in very different ways, some of my favorite pieces of media are Hellboy and Blame, and Frieren does something similar. I do find the fantasy world and Demon king shit quite bland and boring (I hate how they travel with no supply storage beyond Frieren's admittedly quirky suitcase, it makes the world feel small), but the core concept is really unusual and hits the mark, I enjoy just walking around with these characters.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:15:09 +0000 UTCNot a tekkenbro, but he's a pretty fun specimen of "French cool from a Japanese perspective" which I always enjoy. Vincent Cassel has a lot of personality as an actor and it does transpire in the execution of the design.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:05:25 +0000 UTCI have not watched SG, most would agree nowardays that TT is messy, I think it works for self contaied concept stories that make it clear what you can expect, otherwise like multiverse stuff it just cheapens the setting and the stakes.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 12:01:38 +0000 UTCNo thoughts! I really don't like musicals so there's a pretty big barrier to entry there!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:58:14 +0000 UTCI'm not an eager practitioner but yes, it's still very much standard =)
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:57:35 +0000 UTCHonestly Japanese artists tend to be braver in that department, there's always been "big/buff and attractive" popular female character out and about in manga and anime (more and more these days!) while western media doesn't really follow. I agree that I would prefer a sturdier Tifa, when it comes to mainstream series the standard attractive template remains very much on the skinny end =O
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:56:34 +0000 UTCNo preference, they have a different vibe!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:49:22 +0000 UTCIn a way yes, because a lot of fantasy relies on a pretty basic set of tropes that the audience is expected to be familiar with and doesn't generally do much with them that's interesting. I don't value subversion as an automatic good but having some investment in the setting of a story is pretty important, this is hard to do when the piece of media in question doesn't add an interesting angle.
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:48:25 +0000 UTCThese are the only prominent cases of word play translations I can think of! There is a long tradition of being playful with titles in French comics (it's a bit annoying sometimes even) and early anime in the 80s had goofy dubs that have become pretty legendary =)
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:41:29 +0000 UTCI don't have much of a preference but I do have medfan fatigue (classic Tolkienish/DnD takes) so in both cases they have to bring something new to the table!
BuruStandin
2024-04-02 11:38:46 +0000 UTCAs a French person do you ever use "Le Guillotine" before? 😀->🧅
Porstile
2024-03-28 08:33:00 +0000 UTCExcited for this crossover? https://imgur.com/a/8s2eXXP
Darius
2024-03-28 08:05:25 +0000 UTCUsed any weapons before?
Darius
2024-03-24 00:28:58 +0000 UTCWhat’s Leopoldine’s personality like? Does she get along well with others? Would she have a bunch of hidden weapons under her cape? What secrets are you cooking up under there?
Darius
2024-03-20 14:26:13 +0000 UTCAre all GWWs submissive to men or just open to requests?
Darius
2024-03-20 08:49:50 +0000 UTCWould GWWs do propaganda photos/films?
Darius
2024-03-20 08:49:10 +0000 UTCDo you like the idea of FF7R being a stealth sequel instead of a true remake?
Darius
2024-03-20 08:47:30 +0000 UTCDo you like Illaoi’s design? Why haven’t you drawn her yet?
Darius
2024-03-20 08:46:28 +0000 UTCThere is a contingent of people online who think female characters in western videogames are being “desexualized” and complain women in videogames can’t be attractive anymore. What do you think?
Darius
2024-03-20 08:32:10 +0000 UTCHow would your GWWs do in the battle of Verdun or Somme?
Darius
2024-03-20 07:22:46 +0000 UTCYour favorite Bulma design?
Darius
2024-03-20 07:17:02 +0000 UTCThoughts on National Anthems? Thoughts on La Marseillaise and Advance Australia Fair? Should anthems receive updates (Ex. AAF was changed to include Aboriginals)?
Darius
2024-03-19 04:13:48 +0000 UTCThoughts on the leprechaun?
Darius
2024-03-19 04:10:53 +0000 UTCThoughts on Françafrique?
Darius
2024-03-19 01:11:29 +0000 UTCDoes your region celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
Darius
2024-03-19 00:34:34 +0000 UTCHave you had difficulty making evil decisions in RPGs? If yes, why do you think that is?
Darius
2024-03-18 03:21:58 +0000 UTCAny interest in foreign board games like Go?
Darius
2024-03-18 03:19:42 +0000 UTCThoughts on new Akuma's design? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sAU1fPK0K4
Darius
2024-03-17 22:37:59 +0000 UTCAny interest in a collaborative GWW visual novel in the future?
Darius
2024-03-17 21:40:05 +0000 UTCHow do you express the Wife part of GWW? Particularly the Central powers GWWs who seem more stoic and celibate?
Darius
2024-03-17 20:56:14 +0000 UTCThoughts on Project 2XKO? You can sign up for a playtest: https://2xko.riotgames.com/
Darius
2024-03-17 20:51:16 +0000 UTCAny thought on Pre-Christian French paganism?
Darius
2024-03-17 20:50:33 +0000 UTCFavorite Greek myths? Favorite Norse myths? Favorite Egyptian myths?
Darius
2024-03-17 20:40:19 +0000 UTChttps://frenchgirlbeauty.com/standards/ Thoughts on how French beauty standards changed?
Darius
2024-03-17 08:41:24 +0000 UTCShould France forgive Haitian debt related to independence?
Darius
2024-03-15 09:03:39 +0000 UTCHave you tried Tank Chair? Very Dorohedoro vibe
Adam
2024-03-09 05:15:48 +0000 UTCThoughts on Soul Eater?
Darius
2024-03-09 04:45:19 +0000 UTCThoughts on Akira Toriyama's art and how it evolved?
Darius
2024-03-09 04:39:31 +0000 UTCThoughts on Charlotte Christine de Colde's design and lore?
Darius
2024-03-06 23:48:22 +0000 UTCThoughts on Shermie's (KoF) design and lore?
Darius
2024-03-06 23:47:10 +0000 UTCAny interest in Frieren?
Darius
2024-03-06 23:38:04 +0000 UTCThoughts on new French fighter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDK50IaVpg
Darius
2024-03-06 23:24:18 +0000 UTCThoughts on Steins Gate? Thoughts on time travel?
Darius
2024-03-05 23:09:20 +0000 UTCThiughts on Bollywood?
Darius
2024-03-05 23:08:09 +0000 UTCIs faire la bise still practiced?
Darius
2024-03-05 21:50:05 +0000 UTCWhy are japanese artists hesitant to make female muscular characters? Tifa Lockhart whose supposed to be a bruiser is built like a stick
Darius
2024-03-05 21:46:13 +0000 UTCDo you prefer Eastern dragons or western dragons?
Darius
2024-03-05 21:36:24 +0000 UTCDo you think fantasy leans too much on Tolkien currently?
Darius
2024-03-05 21:35:32 +0000 UTCGloutons et Dragons and 50 Nuances de Gras. Are there other instance of localization changes that you find interesting?
Darius
2024-03-05 21:32:33 +0000 UTCDo you prefer fantasy creatures in a fantasy or a modern setting?
Darius
2024-03-05 21:16:07 +0000 UTC
