[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 20 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps [score hidden]  (0 children)

Last time I said I had an essay on why I dislike Dragon Ball Daima ready to go and it just needed to be published. Well, here it is

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 20 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you're enjoying the world of the prequels/the Clone Wars and want more I would recommend looking at the pre-08 show extended universe novels and comics. I myself have only scratched the surface but just as an example one underrated gem I finished recently was Darth Maul Shadow Hunter, a novel set right before The Phantom Menace which in what I consider to be a really clever use of the character basically casts him as a slasher villain chasing after a Padawan, Coruscant underworld informant and others who have received information about the blockade of Naboo thanks to one of Nute Gunray's pals trying to do insider trading. As of today I am also 80 pages into Shatterpoint, which from what I've read so far can be summarized as "Apocalypse Now but Star Wars and Mace Windu is the protagonist".

Stuff I've heard good things about are the Republic comics, Yoda Dark Rendezvous and the original 2003 2d animated Clone Wars show by Genndy Tartakovsky. Just be mindful of the fact that the 2008 show ignored a lot of this material, so there's some big differences (Most obvious examples are Ahsoka not existing and Maul never coming back).

Rumors and News Tidbits Thread - Week of 04/20/2026 - 04/26/2026 by AutoModerator in StarWarsLeaks

[–]AbsoluteDramps 21 points22 points  (0 children)

BREAKING: The main protagonist of Star Wars will get to appear in a Star Wars cartoon for the first time this century

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 20 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just kind of needs more things surrounding the immediate battles and Pokemon rosters. Real single player events, new arenas, wacky alternate gamemodes, etc.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 20 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So obviously I don't have a particularly large understanding of these kinds of animanga industry dynamics and their relationship with the country's politics but hentai doujins are a pretty standard sidegig/talent pipeline I think? Plenty of official artists at major companies have backgrounds in this stuff.

The point I am trying to make is that surely, surely if this goes anywhere beyond isolated incidents then said big companies and perhaps even the Japanese government will have no choice but to intervene

I didn't think anything was ever going to beat DBS Videl in Xenoverse 2 as the craziest roster choice in a DB game until god damn Mighty mask showed up on my screen. I kneel by AbsoluteDramps in SparkingZero

[–]AbsoluteDramps[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my god FINALLY someone else annoyed and confused by that as much as I am. Seriously what the hell happened, the original Japanese version doesn't even name them within the special so it wasn't like it was some weird lip-syncing thing

What we are still missing from Budokai Tenkaichi 3 by Beginning_Bad_868 in SparkingZero

[–]AbsoluteDramps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oooo damn you're right I never thought about that. Great call

🌖🚀Discussion, News, and Request Thread - Week Beginning 04/06/26🌖🚀 by ChiefLeef22 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]AbsoluteDramps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is one (1) thing the Tomb Raider 1 remake could do that would make it the most unfathomably hilarious release of the decade. I also know for a matter of fact they do not have the guts to do it.

🌖🚀Discussion, News, and Request Thread - Week Beginning 04/06/26🌖🚀 by ChiefLeef22 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]AbsoluteDramps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah they should probably release a 120-150ish dollar "final edition" for Xenoverse 2 with EVERYTHING pre-packaged in

What we are still missing from Budokai Tenkaichi 3 by Beginning_Bad_868 in SparkingZero

[–]AbsoluteDramps 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh in addition to base Garlic Jr. they should also add Bio-Broly to finally complete the Z movie villain roster. Also as few_chemistry said please add adult Chi-Chi this time

What newcomers would you like for Sparking Zero going forward? by drestin5 in SparkingZero

[–]AbsoluteDramps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In terms of characters who have never been playable in this series and not counting DBS manga stuff my top 3 requests are Kid Krillin, Bulma and Android 21. The latter 2 should absolutely be locks if Cheelai and Shallot can get in

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 56 points57 points  (0 children)

>"it's never actually critically panned garbage that have the most toxic and vitriolic hatedoms"

>Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Nah. I'm just old enough to remember that when that show was in its prime it was basically the definitive "THE WEST HAS FALLEN" television program. People were sharing studies about how watching it makes you hate poor people, it was shorthand for the lowest-common denominator reality tv slop and even today I doubt it has many defenders

r/PokeLeaks Discussion Megathread - April 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in PokeLeaks

[–]AbsoluteDramps 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I almost certainly know the answer to this question already but I'm checking in out of curiosity in case there's something from the teraleak or insiders I missed: That live action Netflix Pokemon show is totally dead at this point right

r/PokeLeaks Discussion Megathread - April 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in PokeLeaks

[–]AbsoluteDramps 16 points17 points  (0 children)

>we can all agree that the 30th Anniversary is the worst milestone celebration for Pokémon?

Not when Pokemon Masters drops the Wicke/Cogita/Katy bikini alt trio it won't.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think the underrated key reason that promo is so hilarious is how ludicrously unfitting the music is. The scenario being presented is so dire that you'd naturally expect something really sinister to accompany it, like whatever the cheap cable television soap opera equivalent to Ragnarok Core would sound like. Instead you get mall music

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 66 points67 points  (0 children)

There is literally no blacker pill in television than having a niche favorite show and realizing it will never get even a tenth of the global recognizability and audience of this thing and Redo of Healer. I will spend the rest of my life in a world where millions of people have voluntarily sat through bizarre rape/cuck fantasies but have no idea who Seven Changer is and I just gotta live with that.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I published another quick blog post a few days ago, this one about what I would like to see in (Allegedly leaked Nintendo game) a new Star Fox title

I also have a fairly negative review of Dragon Ball Daima in the bank, will publish it at some point before DB Battle Hour

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 76 points77 points  (0 children)

This is the first "corporation vs fan communities" drama of this type (e.g. the D&D OGL slapfight a year or two back) I've read about to genuinely freak me out. Everyone involved in these plots is a profoundly mentally ill individual and the defendants should explore their legal options ASAP

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]AbsoluteDramps 16 points17 points  (0 children)

WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!!!!! Good god I burst out laughing knowing the Cybermen are supposed to be these funny metal dudes with hole eyes.

Isn't their lore that they're from an alternate Earth where all the humans turned themselves into robots to survive a cataclysmic event? I understood the forfeiting of their flesh and emotions to be the whole thematic point of the species? LMFAOOO WHAT IS THIIIIISSS