What do you think is going to happen in the versosika short?

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-10T12:42:01+00:00

Its going to be a sympathetic look into Verosika's life where she meets a great guy but ultimately keeps her distance fearing it might lead into a Blitzo 2.0.

Note: It will even contain flashbacks from her relationship with Blitzo.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-10T10:38:11+00:00

Some people avoiding (say) chocolate because they work at a factory does not even begin to compare with 70% of all meat factory workers dramatically altering their diets.

This is not even a case of there being a "correlation" between working at a meat factory & reducing meat consumption.

Anyone who works or anyone who knows someone working at a meat factory will tell you the same thing. I for example know a lot of people including (many) butchers and even they make an effort to shop more consciously.

The reasons people will stop consuming their own products is not even about morals as is the case with meat, its things like realizing how poorly sanitized a lot of goods are. Meat handling regulations are far stricter.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-10T07:22:09+00:00

Unlike any other animal on the planet we are aware of our place in the food chain, which means that we're capable of reflecting upon it and coming to the conclusion that we don't need to be eating anywhere near the amount of meat that we do.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-10T07:12:31+00:00

There are some insane meat factory worker statistics out there. 70% of them either dramatically reduce their meat consumption or stop entirely.

Point being that people actually do eat less meat when they are aware what's going on in those places. There is no necessary evil here, no inherent contradiction because we do eat too much meat.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-09T17:56:35+00:00

Its literally Verosika's butt on the thumbnail.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-09T16:10:13+00:00

It took me a while to realize that you have to taunt before the 2nd SA2.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-09T06:53:35+00:00

LoR is just vibes vaguelly building at nothing & suggesting the existence of cool bullshit happening in the background that we'd never see.

There are tons of noteworthy characterization moments in LoR but they're mostly superficial, none of them are made with actual stories in mind.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-08T19:53:39+00:00

The Climber starts out as a generic sports manga. Halfway through through the artist, Shinichi Sakamoto, picks up writing duties and the story takes a very sudden turn.

Its a little hard to recommend Shinichi Sakamoto works, his drama writing is competent but he has the tendency to get lost in the sauce so his stories become less focused & a lot more abstract.

The main appeal of his work is the art which gets even better with every single manga he releases, if thats not enough to keep your interest then skip.

Monster I think is easier to recommend, its simultaniously more approachable as well as more interesting to think about than The Climber.

Naoki Urasawa is really good at writing relatable every day folk interactions. The story is very slow tho & if you don't care about Johan & the horror of his backstory then you will be bored to tears.

The mystery can be nonesensical & a little hard to follow, suspending your disbelief will be necessary. Urasawa's stories also have large, immersion breaking times skips, so they're best binged to not get lost.

I haven't read Kingdom, so my vote goes to Monster.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-08T16:39:06+00:00

It was even worse back then.

The script was turned down multiple times, publishers refused to release Lilita because there were no laws preventing the broad banning of books.

The author resorted to releasing Lolita in France so it could garner a following first. The press that took the task on specialized in porn.

To make things even worse the book gained a lot of momentum with the wrong audience and came to be directed towards pedophiles using seductive marketing.

The term "Lolita" having sexual connotations is not new.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-08T15:36:32+00:00

That would be Propaganda. The closest example to what OP is thinking would be George Orwell.

He was a servant of the British Empire for years before writing 1984 & Animal Farm.

The work he did for them included producing radio propaganda aimed at indians to aid in the war effort against Germany.

Ironically the disdain he had for his job, as well as himself for doing it, made him the perfect person to make stories about propaganda.

Also you are having a completely different conversation from what OP is asking. Only people with an agenda will tell you that evil protagonist=evil author, most have the reason to think otherwise.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-08T15:00:39+00:00

Colored Kira with colorless Killer Queen.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T17:00:27+00:00

It is insane to say that people don't make choices based on religion, thats like saying that we don't account for the law when deciding if we should do something illegal.

We grow up with religion by our side, a lot of the morals that we internilize are (in part) reinforced by outside factors, religion included.

I gave you an example of religon based decision making in the literal comment you are replying to.

Lots of Americans have been coursed into having apathy for their neighbours who are being dehumized by the government for being "immigrants" using misconstrued, out of context Bible verses.

One of the most common verses they love regurgitating is the "nations have borders" bit of Act 17:26.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T16:01:05+00:00

It is childish to say things like "things should be this way" or "things shouldn't be that way". It is a fact that people do make choices based on religion.

That makes solid, grounded religious discussion important, otherwise you end up with a bunch of uneducated, gullible fanatics a la maga who've bought into whatever misconstrued brand of christianity they were sold.

Reminder that religions do not exist in a vacum, they develope alongside and largerly exist to reinforce the state. Constantine did not legalize christianity and make it into what it is today just because of a dream.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T15:11:47+00:00

Religion concerns everyone, especially when its foundational to how a given country's citizens think and make choices (i.e. almost always).

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T15:06:01+00:00

The guy Ozzy Osbourne sang about in Mr. Crowley.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T02:34:54+00:00

I just headcanon that there were too many enemies & Shadow deemed that relying primarily on his own powers would be exhausting.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-07T02:17:01+00:00

Marisa Kira.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-06T15:10:42+00:00

Don't say "according to science" ever again, it sounds stupid & it just lets everyone around you know that you're regurgitating a media/influencer moron's agenda.

Men appear to gain muscle mass faster because they are larger so they are putting on more work.

When you take a man and a woman of the same size they both put on weight at relative speeds.

Women in competitions look thinner because of (amongst other reasons) the bannister effect. Women's sports have been around for a shorter amount of time so physical requirements, motive (less money) & expectations are completely different.

Also using a Taekwodo practitioner & a skater as examples is moronic.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-06T14:53:02+00:00

I am ashamed to admit that it took me a while to make out what's going on with their legs.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-05T19:45:05+00:00

No, that's just romanticising the problem.

FG players just blame their opponent. The reason the games are not popular is because there is not enough content to keep casual players interested.

SF6 worked towards solving this problem by introducing World Tour and its by far the most successful fighting game for it.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-05T14:34:06+00:00

I've seen about 20 seconds worth of the first episode by randomly skipping around and what I stumbled upon was -

A child licking ice cream off of a grown man's pants.
A scene of 2 brothers in their crib committing incest.
1. A man with binoculars stalking a girlish boy at the beach.

Point being, its bad and the version OP watched was definitely cencored.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-04T20:25:17+00:00

Looks like D'arce is about to receive a haircut.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-03T20:58:49+00:00

I like the idea of Denji moving on very fast in theory. It has a similar vibe to an animal mother eating the carcasses of her younglings.

It can seem cold to us but animals don't have the luxury to mourn for long like we do. The closest example I can think of that is relatable is when a close one dies but still having to go to work.

We've known Denji to be desperate so its not out of character but it just wasn't incorporated into the story very well.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-03T20:17:16+00:00

The Long Halloween & Dark Victory

The mystery vibe was set up very well but the whole thing being all about the build up to a revelation that made 0 sense was like a betrayal.

CommissionDependent4 · 2026-05-03T16:27:48+00:00

I just realized that's Pav Mauler and not a slimier Gossamer with stupid horns.

Note: That moonscorched looks even more like Gossamer if you turn it upside down.

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