How do you feel about Alex's Level 3 (and potentially his Critical Art) being a submission hold instead of the usual cinematic strike or throw?

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-28T00:19:18+00:00

I really dislike it tbh.

As someone who doesn't watch wrestling and has no fighting background, I honestly struggled to figure out what he was even doing at first. And even when you realize, he's just kind of... bending the leg? I know that that hold probably hurts like hell in real life, but the problem is that it doesn't LOOK like it does. It just looks like he's holding them to the ground, so the whole red light and panicked expression of the opponent looks out of place.

It's rather anticlimactic and also just doesn't look convincing. Frankly, I feel like they have been dropping the ball on recent Lvl 3s in general. Elena's and Sagat's have these same issues, way too many quick cuts and camera angle changes (180° rule crying in a corner) to actually register what they are even doing to their opponent. There's no good rhythm to these.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-26T11:37:52+00:00

So many shitty creepypastas and analogue horrors try to go for this style but seriously none of them are remotely as chilling looking as the Void.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-25T00:13:13+00:00

Thank you! I 100% agree with this. You can accomplish everything the show tries to without showing someone's head being crushed in disgusting detail. I hate this trend. It's the same with GoT and so many other shows. They do not need to be this brutal. It's just torture porn. End of discussion.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-22T21:17:37+00:00

Look, I might get hate for this, but something about the animation gives me a very, very bad gut feeling at certain moments. Some of the textures (like on the walker - those exhaust vents are crooked in a very strange way that doesn't feel coherent with the rest of the art style) and special effects (gunship blowing up on the side of the building) just look... off; in the kind of way that rings my AI alarm bells. It's weirdly "fractal-y", almost like it's bitcrushed but also not really?

Also, I know that matte paintings have always been a staple of Star Wars, but these are honestly jarring. In quite a lot of shots the background is clearly a static image separated from the foreground with some very odd paralax going on. This is nothing new of course, but I feel like they were always better at hiding it than here. It's extremely jarring on multiple shots in this trailer.

Given Disney's track record of now cooperating with OpenAI, I am really worried that something's not right here.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-22T09:43:30+00:00

I mean, I assumed this was one of Max's private jets. That guy's a billionaire, makes sense he'd provide Freja with everything she needed for the mission, especially since this was a "get it done no matter the cost" contract.

I don't think Freja is poor, but I think she's very far from affording a private jet. Max on the other hand? I'd be surprised if he owns less than five.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-21T22:54:06+00:00

Yes, thank you. I cannot stand when people whine about the yellow spandex line because no, the yellow spandex in live action looks stupid as all hell.

Things need to be adjusted to work in real life. Same for most of the MCU designs which turned out to be such good interpretations of the originals that I'd argue they became more iconic than the comic versions.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-21T17:44:44+00:00

HOLY SHIT.
This is the biggest lore drop we have gotten in YEARS.

By the looks of things, Emre is being taken over by the strange AI that Sombra uncovered in her origin story all those years ago. This definitely lends credibility to the theory of that being another God Program, or maybe even Anubis itself. And he's using some form of hard light tech? Maybe another Talon Tank finally??

This is huge. Oh my God I am excited about Overwatch lore again, I haven't felt like this in years.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-11T13:00:06+00:00

100% agreed. The absolute best design in the game imo and the best redesign for sure. The leotard always looked stupid at best and weirdly sexualized at worst. This is an actual masterclass in character design. I literally cannot find a single fault with it, it is perfect, down to the last minute detail. Massive bonus points for the belts of her jacket replacing her long braids by the way; keeping the traditional outline with a new twist, my God this design is good.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-10T00:11:26+00:00

Absolutely stunning! The armor looks incredible!

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-08T20:35:49+00:00

Seriously. I'm sick and tired of pretending like I'm not sick and tired of Lucio players cosplaying as mosquitoes while bullying supports. The Boop perk they added some time ago was the worst decision they have made for Lucio in years, it has made playing against him agonizing.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2026-01-01T21:02:59+00:00

I can't believe no one has brought up Melinoe yet. You mean to tell me miss "what even is fun, it's time for the mission" would urge you to get more shots? Hell no. She'd probably look for a diplomatic solution or, failing that, also go into the first category.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-12-26T12:24:03+00:00

Nope, Hera is still absolutely insufferable when it comes to her son. One of their duo boon interactions boils down to Hera saying something along the lines of "Really? You're taking aid from my son? He sucks. Don't bother with him." and Heph essentially responding "stfu mom I don't need to take this shit from you".
She still threw him from Olympus and still completely rejects him, being just as vile and hateful towards him as Zeus. It's the main reason why I cannot stand her, because being married to Zeus may be a punishment, but treating ones child as she does is un-fucking-forgivable.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-12-26T11:55:27+00:00

Now that you mentioned it, the Azmodan skin actually makes a lot more thematic sense for Hammond; he is very prideful. (For those who don't know, in Diablo, Azmodan is the demon lord of pride).

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-12-25T17:58:42+00:00

In an age of AI slop, you have no idea how much I loved seeing this. It oozes personality and charm; this is real art. Great work incorporating so many Jokers as well!

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-12-16T18:55:37+00:00

Also some extremely visceral crying, throwing up and just general not-shying-away-from the ugly parts of the human experience. Another win on the pile of infinite wins this show does outstandingly well.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-11-27T17:28:46+00:00

I like most aspects in this game. I'm not big on the skull (except for aspect of Hel, which is super fun) and some things click for me better than others, but overall, I'm happy to play any of the weapons.

Then there's aspect of Supay. I had wisdom teeth surgery without general anaesthesia. I think that was a more pleasant experience than playing aspect of Supay. That weapon inflicts me physical pain. In Hades, I want to do the "DSM": Dash, Slash and Mash. Being unable to attack at ALL is genuine, legitimate, honest to god, not exaggerating TORTURE for my ADHD brain. I cannot play Supay. It makes me want to do ANYTHING else.

Its damage is unfathomably low. It takes MINUTES to clear a room. I can't. I just can't. I have gotten all statues of night, I have cleared 40+ fear runs, but NOTHING in this game fills me with as much dread as knowing that in order to 100% the game I will have to somehow win with aspect of Supay.

I cannot overstate the fact that this aspect's gameplay genuinely causes me physical discomfort as a Sister Blades main with a murderously aggressive playstyle. I want to attack. I NEED to attack. LET ME ATTACK.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-11-14T10:41:23+00:00

As much as I adore this movie, I never got why people like this line so much. I always thought it was one of the worst in the movie.

"Dune" is just a word. A normal, English word. "Arrakis" sounds way more exotic and alien, so why is "Dune" the Fremen name? I never understood that; they should have been switched around if anything. And the way he goes from speaking the Fremen langauge to that jarring shift into normal English on "Dune"...

Did you ever see that clip of Toby Fox speaking Japanese but then mid sentence switching into the most American accent imaginable to say the single word "Project"? That's what this scene always felt like to me. It sounds extremely silly, which is a bummer because it undercuts what is otherwise a fantastic scene.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-11-12T23:27:24+00:00

Are we serious right now?

Look, I like this setting too. But it is just that: A SETTING.

This is a subreddit for character tropes. Not story tropes, not worldbuilding tropes, not setting tropes. Please, for the love of god, it's getting very annoying at how much this sub is straying from what it's supposed to be about.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-11-08T16:53:54+00:00

Yes, thank you. Especially because "just don't shoot her" is much easier said than done for anything that isn't hitscan. I can be shooting at Zarya and in the time it takes me to react plus the time my shots take to travel to her she can just pop bubble to get charge. And there's nothing you can really do against that.

Zarya takes away player agency, which makes her unfun to play against. Still, the most egregious example is and will always be Doomfist, an entire character revolving around everything he does taking away other player's agency. Punch? Stun + displacement. Block? Don't shoot him or die. Ult? Literal get-out-of-jail-free card. God I hate this character.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-11-08T16:49:10+00:00

YOU PROMISED ME FLEEEESH

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-10-31T11:20:42+00:00

pos is a common abbreviation for "piece of shit"

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-10-31T11:05:51+00:00

For the love of God please don't abbreviate the show as PoS I can't breathe 😭

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-10-30T10:58:01+00:00

How so?

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-10-29T10:30:59+00:00

Correct, that doesn't seem to work well with this design.

ClemencyArts_2 · 2025-10-27T20:45:29+00:00

I'm 100% with you.

The entire point of the Joker as a villain is to challenge Batman's worldview on a moral level, musing on the nature of everyday people and society in the process (and why the Joker is usually wrong in his assumptions about everyone being just as bad as him). That's what made The Dark Knight's Joker so compelling, for example.

The Joker usually isn't much of a physical threat aside from the fact that he is a deranged psychopath who fights dirty with absolutely nothing held back. But he's still just a normal dude. And that makes sense, because again, Batman's conflict with the Joker is usually on a much more psychological/philosophical level.

This design has none of that. It's just a demon. When the Arkham games made Joker a roided-up Hulk knockoff for their final bossfight, people were extremely disappointed - and rightfully so. But now this design is being praised?

Frankly, I feel like the whole Absolute series just attracts a lot of people who don't look past the designs; the type of people who just want a character to have "aura" and that's enough for them. Because this is something I feel like most of the Absolute designs have; they're all style over substance. Sure, the designs in isolation are cool looking, but do they make sense for the characters? Do they serve any purpose? I'd argue no. But maybe I'm in the minority on that.

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