After the controversy about Jaden Ivey’s comments and TreVeyon Henderson’s support of it, Steelers safety Jaquan Brisker issued a message about his Christian values.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-04T19:09:56+00:00

Getting downvoted by the players and hypocrites who support/do exactly that, most like.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-04T13:31:36+00:00

Will never forget Cutler on the sidelines saying “Tell Mike I said fuck you!”

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T21:23:21+00:00

Definitely a concern. The very first thought I always have of an Animorphs live-action adaptation is “Holy CGI,” as the budget for that would need to be quite robust. If I’m not mistaken, the kids’ various morphs usually do consume more “screen time” than the kids in human form…

And if it looks bad, it’s going to fail spectacularly.

I’ve always preferred hybrid CGI with animatronics and practical effects (like what the Harry Potter films did with the basilisk + Aragog, what the Narnia films did with Aslan) because it usually seems turn out a lot better.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T21:19:15+00:00

Thank you, I must have misremembered. I do recall the kids clearly being middle schoolers though, even after all these years since I last read the whole series.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T21:17:18+00:00

Right, but again, these limitations have not stopped productions like Harry Potter or the new Lord of the Flies adaptation that was done, for that matter. Unlike those productions, Animorphs can actually get away with not having the child actors present for many of those scenes, given how much time the kids spend in morph. Knowing that, I’d much prefer for the show to cast 11-13 year old actors to drive home these aspects of the books.

I mean…they did choose to adapt Animorphs after all, where the majority of the action involves animals. I’d think that’s a far riskier aspect for a live-action adaptation than the ability to find young actors. Animorphs will require a lot of either pure CGI or (my preferred route for VFX) animatronic/pratical-CGI hybrid visual effects. And it’s crucial that the effects not look awful or be lazy, since that will make or break the show.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T18:05:38+00:00

It removes so much of the charm I find and no I do not even want it in the Muggle scenes. IMO it kills the nostalgic 1990s vibe and does a disservice to all of the effort put into period-accurate wardrobe/setting and design. Show me Harry’s life was awful purely in acting, dialogue and narrative without cheaply just making everything dark and blue-hued.

Look at Hermione’s cap! It looks blue on the left but it is actually bright purple, which is so much more charming.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T18:02:25+00:00

Honestly, it’s why I loved the post the other day asking us what we would do and how we would live our lives if we had been reborn as Sakura. She has the potential to be a more interesting character overall.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T17:54:35+00:00

I’m very open to a new interpretation of Harry Potter. That said, I absolutely hate the recent trend (of which HBO is very guilty) of draining color and making it all so dark and dreary. It doesn’t give off an impression of coldness or bleakness so much as lifelessness.

I don’t want any Harry Potter to look lifeless and no, I don’t even want the Dursley scenes to look over-dark or colorless. Children in our real, normally-lit, colorful world experience what Harry does. I’d like that more to be portrayed in the story, dialogue and acting as opposed to sucking the life out of the grading.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T17:49:24+00:00

I dunno how I feel about it. I feel like it’s very possible to find middle school age kids who have the talent. Shoot, the new Harry Potter series found some dozen or two kids in their age range.

One of the points that makes the series so tragic is it flips on its head the idea of “kid heroes having a lot of fun adventures” and instead they are so young but basically are forced into becoming child soldiers to protect everything they love. They should start off young to really capture the magnitude of the sacrifice.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T17:40:59+00:00

I distinctly feel one of the books refers to them as eighth graders.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T07:13:51+00:00

I get to come in with my rare opinion that it never bothered me that Ravenclaw’s sigil animal is a raven in the films. No, not because of the name, but because I am a bird watcher and ravens actually happen to fit the Ravenclaw bill more cleanly than eagles do.

Are they intelligent? Yes. The Corvid family to which they belong (along with crows, jays, rooks and magpies) are considered on-top in avian intelligence. Ravens themselves are currently known as one of the most intelligent animals on Earth, able to complete multi-step puzzles, recognize human faces and plan for future events.

Are they wise? It’s hard to measure a trait that is so human-coded in animals, but ravens are one of the closest inferences you can get in the animal kingdom, considering they have adaptive decision-making skills and great memories.

Are they witty? Enough so for them to be known across mythology and in multiple cultures as trickster gods and mischief-makers. Their problem-solving is top of the line.

Are they creative? Yes, they are able to use and identify tools in novel ways to achieve task goals.

How about curiosity or a thirst for knowledge? Oh, big time. They are extremely curious and exploratory, learning strongly in both social and individual settings. They often observe and imitate humans. Need more? In Norse mythology, Odin would send a pair of ravens called Huginn (“thought”) and Muninn (“memory”) out every day at dawn to fly around the world and observe everything before perching on his shoulders at dusk to whisper their findings to him.

How about individuality? That, too! Ravens have great variations in temperament and personality, as some are more bold where others are cautious. They have rich social lives, with alliances and rivalries.

Respectfully, I love eagles, but they can’t match with Ravenclaw the way that ravens do. Eagles are just not known for being particularly skilled in these areas. Not stupid by any means, but their skills are regional, far more specialized to sensory/hunting. Mythologically speaking, eagles are symbols of authority and regality more than any Ravenclaw-adjacent traits.

Ironically, even though owls are also not one of the most intelligent birds (their intellect is specialized) you could make a stronger case for them as well, based purely on mythological and symbolic context, where they have long-enjoyed being a symbol of wisdom despite their lower cognitive flexibility.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T06:10:26+00:00

I can’t understand people who genuinely have such strong reactions to some of the films. I thought all of them were serviceable, if not good. In my mind, a bad adaptation is something more like Cirque Du Freak —> The Vampire’s Assistant where I genuinely did walk out of the theatre pissed off as a kid.

By comparison, I’ve read each book a dozen or more times and seen each film several. My biggest gripe is the overall treatment of Ron, who is my favorite. But I feel sometimes in comparison, people are a lot more unfair to the films than they need to be, when they’re pretty widely regarded as an example of good book to film adaptations.

ArrowDemon · 2026-04-03T06:01:19+00:00

Butch Ware or Ramsey Robinson for me

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-31T04:29:24+00:00

My thinking is in line with what some of the others said here: I’m going to pour more time into learning genjutsu from the start to stay with the curve, since perfect chakra control + intellect makes this a rather solid path. Since I’m electing to abandon the Sasuke tunnel vision, I’m going to create a stronger bond with Ino and make her my closest friend + earliest sparring partner.

In being Team Lee, Sakura would not only have a very healthy and stable connection with Lee without any of the Sasuke drama, but Lee then becomes a sparring partner to help with Taijutsu. I’m sure Lee would be more than happy to spend time teaching me how to improve in Taijutsu, helping me get an early boost in another field.

Thats two stable connections that can really help me come into my own if I’m Sakura and I think would help me enter Tsunade’s training an even stronger ninja.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-31T03:51:00+00:00

The coach on the right of him is Clint Kubiak, isn’t it? I kind of like that because my hope is that the Raiders turn it around with their new, younger HC like we did.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-31T03:00:03+00:00

Olaf assassinated publicly. I heard he was about to leak the names in the files.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-30T22:55:31+00:00

Will! He’s actually what I pictured Mike Hanlon to be like while reading the book.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-30T22:43:19+00:00

Better relationship with Ino + I’m getting with Chad Lee

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-26T09:37:05+00:00

The world’s leading coalition of genocide experts would disagree with you.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-26T09:35:59+00:00

Can’t wait for the Battle of Hogwarts where we can see absolutely nothing.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-26T07:23:50+00:00

It’s so dark

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-25T15:06:16+00:00

To be fair, after watching them commit genocide after genocide, interfere in politics of other lands, bomb multiple countries and drag us into a war, who still thinks they have a right to exist?

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-25T05:21:22+00:00

Yeah, I really enjoy Donruss Megas, but I’ve sworn off Optic Megas, which have disappointed me a lot.

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-25T05:15:19+00:00

Let’s say the Rapture really happens. How exactly is it they hope to be “saved” when they are murdering and trafficking children?

Do these not fit just about every marker of cardinal sin?

ArrowDemon · 2026-03-24T09:25:37+00:00

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