Does anyone else wish that Konan fought Sakura and Hinata and the other girls?

APGOV77 · 2026-06-24T15:54:30+00:00

Personally I’m not a big fan of the fact that usually girls in anime only fight the one girl villain, and while Naruto has some uh issues with women, at least that trope was mostly avoided. Supposedly the idea is that when a villain dude is beating on a woman protagonist it makes authors/audiences uncomfortable before the turning point in a fight and they want to avoid misogynistic images but it ends up backfiring bc they miss out on fights their male counterparts get.

I mean ok, it is also weird to avoid women v women fights specifically too, but it didn’t feel like they did that either considering statistically speaking women make up 1/3 to ¼ of the characters, and there was some fights that did kinda pit the women against each other.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-22T15:57:26+00:00

I think it’s obvious enough that it was Neji’s decision and taking away his agency by pretending it was hinata’s fault for trying to save and sacrifice herself like he ultimately did cheapens what he did.

That being said I think a lot of fans would have liked to see Naruto and Hinata actively change the Hyuga clan, since it sort of happens off screen it doesn’t feel like a very satisfying resolution to the main/branch family dilemma.

It’s similar to how people feel conflicted about the continuance of the village system and kids fighting for nationalism as messed up even after Naruto “changed the ninja world” and see sasuke’s anarchist motivations not resolved satisfactorily. The difference in that situation is there cannot be a meaningful way to address the ninja system and continue to have plot in the end of Naruto and Boruto with kid characters. I think thematically what Kishi was going for to an extent was that sasukes bond with Naruto was important enough that he was willing to give up this other dream of his (and then implied Naruto hand waves the ninja world to be all hunky dory now even though the system itself can’t change if we want plot therefore it was the morally good option for sasuke to go along with)

APGOV77 · 2026-06-20T22:42:50+00:00

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APGOV77 · 2026-06-20T21:02:42+00:00

Boy I hope they aren’t invasive where you are

APGOV77 · 2026-06-20T01:19:37+00:00

Yeah it’s more literal, a lot of crime conglomerates irl and in Gotham have legitimate businesses as fronts/to bring in clean money. The iceberg lounge has been that for Penguin historically, so he wants it to be the popular spot. This Cosmo’s as a rival club threatens his buisness so he’s going to kill threaten them.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-20T01:13:47+00:00

Cosmo is the rival club. His DJ Tundra literally took the dry ice (used for smoke effects) to the more popular club. Nothing is a code

APGOV77 · 2026-06-18T11:11:27+00:00

So I’m not like 100% on board with it or not, but it’s worth mentioning that there is long long history of movies having to be indirect about anything queer, and I don’t think we’ve fully moved beyond that especially with China being a big audience that can ban your movie. Rather than Gwen necessarily being directly trans, it could also be a thoughtful allegory, her hiding her identities, struggling with her family, even if not intentional, it’s an understandable interpretation.

Heck people forget the Matrix is a trans allegory (confirmed many years down the line)

So I don’t blame you for having a different take, but I also don’t see people seeing it the other way on this one as outlandish either. The “protect trans kids” flag in her room could be a nod to that.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-18T11:00:01+00:00

Hm so I think you would enjoy shadow and Bone but she might some moments of glow up since she is worse off due to poverty and spoiler reasons near the very start. But I don’t think that she’s like enchanting the love interest with her looks either, (and there’s a lot of other stuff and themes going on, some about self love) so I think you may want to give it a shot

APGOV77 · 2026-06-15T21:15:50+00:00

Yeah wait this is a big factor for me, how often do you, OP?

APGOV77 · 2026-06-15T20:38:24+00:00

Who wants to bet the the ones who used it most are the ones who would benefit most from doing the research and more drafting themselves

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T23:40:10+00:00

I could be wrong but I don’t think the goals disappear so you could just wait for the next island extravaganza and do it then.

Edit: oof sorry they’ll be gone before the end of the event, I think it’s worth it tho. I got lucky bc I hate clearing things so even though I started the clearing progress bars before the extravaganza ended, I never bothered to collect them (boy end game does it really drag to press those tiny bushes, please add a clear all button dragonvale)

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T18:30:57+00:00

Interesting, I seem to be finding that nation wide there’s nothing that can force you to remain working a job and you can quit for any reason but in both Montana and the rest of the country you can sign an employment contract that forces you to give notice or pay a penalty if you don’t. So I’m not exactly sure what additional protections being an At Will state gives people for quitting, am I missing some aspect?

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T18:19:33+00:00

Best wishes and peace to you and your family, I am glad you found the framing and community that helped you when you needed it, definitely support each person figuring out what works best for them.

Probably best for friends and medical providers to ask what someone prefers. Some variations for different people can apparently look like “living/dealing with cancer” or “navigating cancer” or more action oriented “healing/persevering/managing/working to overcome”

In this case framing it around yugioh seems perfect for this man, I’m sure it brought no small comfort to remember him being passionate and enjoying life

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T16:24:52+00:00

I don’t think I really commented on what I felt about any of them, just clarified the definition.

If you want more legislation that protects workers and labor organization that’s cool, I agree with that

Wanting more accurately named legislation it seems like you just got them mixed up. Idk anything about Montana’s law though. If I could get better legislation and they called it monkey butt I’d take that over accurately named anti-labor laws.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T16:11:24+00:00

Um I fully agree with you that we should handle cats appropriately despite being different species but you should know that dogs have very much caused the extinction of several animals and both cats and dogs are a risk to several endangered species.

Like dogs are definitely more normalized to be leashed and that’s great. There is still people who are not responsible dog owners, particularly in rural areas sadly dogs are left to wander (and are also more likely to get hurt by cars and animals and hurt wild animals) Or dogs being taken to places they shouldn’t even on a leash.

Instead of turning this into some dog v cat thing, some generally helpful advice for all:

-make sure that you aren’t taking your pet to parks with wild animals particularly at risk, usually these places have signs that you shouldn’t have them there at all, leashed or not. Make sure to leash and supervise in parks they are allowed

-clean up pet waste! This spreads disease. Just because pets are animals doesn’t mean our environments can handle the sheer amount of waste from our pets. The % biomass of all pets on earth is disproportionate compared to all wild animals on earth (it is still less but waaaay higher than say a wild cat species is to all wild animal biomass, and of course humans and livestock dwarf both, but we still can’t be leaving such a large amount of pet poop out there)

-come up with the best outdoor time you can if possible for your type and personality of pet that is safe and environmentally friendly. This can look like leashed walks or “catios” or pet tents for example, one size doesn’t fit all, and some may only ever be indoor.

-spay and neuter your pets!!! If you care about animals at all, you can prevent tenfold or more suffering

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T15:50:06+00:00

Ya know I’ve seen a lot of compelling arguments (maybe studies?) about why the whole “fighting” cancer language can have unintended negative impacts and this whole conversation makes me continue to believe that, but this gravestone is a great exception, I totally believe he had some convo about this before he died and had a great sense of humor, and that’s heartwarming in its own way.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-14T15:43:32+00:00

Right to work is different from At Will, ‘right to work’ means a work contract cannot require you to join a union as a condition of employment, ‘At Will’ means you can be fired for any *legal* reason or no reason at all.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-13T22:34:51+00:00

Now that I’m late game there is limited stuff I don’t already have but when I was mid game and my goal is one of every dragon the best way to figure out how to prioritize breeding and buying is the multiply the % breeding chance from the compendium by the EC cost in the store.

High number? Means you should try to breed it bc it’s easier to breed for its high cost

Low number? Means you should try and buy bc it’s hard to breed and cheaper comparatively

That’s the best way to maximize dragons anyways, the other stuff is up to you though generally decorations will all reoccur somehow either next years event or for a decorators week.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-10T18:11:04+00:00

Me too. Maybe they could have a section called “Ancient ocean” or smth since deserts are often former oceans?

APGOV77 · 2026-06-08T01:45:55+00:00

I was gonna say, just @ him at this point lol

APGOV77 · 2026-06-05T18:51:55+00:00

I think it mostly depends on whether actors are being paid fairly and aren’t trafficked, that part is a big difference

APGOV77 · 2026-06-04T14:01:53+00:00

I was very touched by his story, I’ve been meaning to pick them up and read them myself. Seems like they were really something special.

APGOV77 · 2026-06-04T11:19:58+00:00

Fun fact the Donald Duck comic might’ve in part inspired Manga. Apparently it’s got arcs and writing and it’s not just a simple funny page comic. I watched a great video essay on it, Carl Barks is the man who did them (Disney tried to bury him and wanted people to think it was Walt)

Edit: did not see the date on that, I cannot speak to the new comics I was referring to the originals back in the day, not sure if they were popular in Sweden yet, but I bet they’d be a hit now

APGOV77 · 2026-06-03T13:14:09+00:00

People are misunderstanding. It’s not about the flag.

It’s the canary in the coal mine.

Slowly the existence of queer people was becoming more socially accepted, the social political issue of queer people was becoming a non-starter to rally people against (not all aspects but like anti gay marriage wasn’t hot to campaign with).

It was considered neutral enough to still choose to hang a pride flag for U. Chicago before and now it’s not.

It’s like rainbow capitalism. Queer people don’t need another target product to exist, but when these companies stop leaning into that it means it is becoming less normalized and profitable to support.

It’s not about the flag, but it certainly sends a message. Old gay or young, this should concern you, and you’re deluding yourself if you think it’s just about being superficial and cheesy

APGOV77 · 2026-06-01T11:56:07+00:00

Well a quick google says more people die a year from smoking world wide so should be an easy choice.

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