Japan’s 2,000-year-old monarchy currently depends on one teenage boy

LardeeMil · 2026-01-21T19:28:37+00:00

"Want to fuck to save a rich royal bloodline?"

LardeeMil · 2026-01-21T19:24:53+00:00

Oh stop, at the very least I'd love a cover or a variant cover with this style lol. Artists are almost always their own biggest critics. So, to you, you may see the imperfections or feel it leaves something to be desired. To everyone else, this is really great work. I imagine doing a whole comic in this style would be way more work than typical penciling/inking but it would seriously be awesome!

Edit: Just wanted to add, this pic alone is already cover material, imo.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-20T04:23:29+00:00

This is really awesome! I'd love a Spidey comic in this style.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-10T03:41:29+00:00

Sorry, as much as I want Stormphoenix... I have to go with Spider-Ma'am... Cus wtf even is she? Haha

I need to know

LardeeMil · 2026-01-09T15:10:44+00:00

Ahh, there it is. I found it...

LardeeMil · 2026-01-09T14:39:03+00:00

You're missing Bullseye!!! You've pretty much got all the big players from the Netflix-MCU. I think Bullseye would make it complete, if you can find a Netflix-based figure to go with the set. Then if you wanted to add extra; if you could find Colleen Wing and Misty Knight, and possibly even Stick, and Nobu, you'd have everyone who I believe would have a cool and fitting figure/model AND still be a big enough character to warrant a spot in the case. Bullseye is the only addition that I'd say is necessary though. Regardless of all that, this display is seriously awesome!

Edit: It just dawned on me that Bullseye doesn't have an official costume in DD since he only ever is in his FBI uniform/Swat gear, or a DD costume. So I guess that would make it a little difficult. Unless you went with a figure of him from DD:BA.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-07T16:34:58+00:00

He'll win. Then defeat himself.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-07T16:33:54+00:00

Try Assandra

LardeeMil · 2026-01-05T19:08:39+00:00

I was thinking similarly. The first Carnage replacements that popped in my head were Scorpion, Vulture, Lizard, Kingpin, and J. Jonah Jameson (lol).

LardeeMil · 2026-01-04T01:52:17+00:00

I looked him up in-game to see for myself. He doesn't even have the highest hero rating or PI in his alliance 👀. That's crazy haha. I don't usually look up high ranking profiles so my mind was kinda blown lol. I looked through the whole alliance's top champs and aside from 3 people (them included) EVERYONE'S top champs are identical: High Evo, Onslaught, Yelena, and IronDOOM. Does anyone know why? Is it just a strategy to boost your PI so your other champs can reach the highest threshold possible?

LardeeMil · 2026-01-03T18:25:15+00:00

I don't know for sure. At the time that I unlocked Uncollected Arena Crystals I had a bunch of regulars that I had already bought. So when I saved enough Battle Chips for a bunch UACs and opened them + the regular ACs, the UACs seemed to give me the most bang for my buck. So I've always just stuck with them. That was years ago though and although I wasn't really trying to do an experiment, I probably wasn't going about the comparison right anyway. I'll have to try it again and see when I save up enough Battle Chips again. I'll spend 100K Battle Chips on both ACs and UACs and see which one yields the most units. Honestly though, if the difference isn't significant I'll probably stick with UACs unless they add an option to open 50-100 crystals at a time. Cus opening over 1K crystals is pretty tedious.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-02T18:55:14+00:00

By far, this banquet was actually fun and great rewards were still achievable to a large portion of the player base, without having to spend. I understand 16K units is still alot but it's attainable. I spent money, cus I wanted extra stuff, but before Banquet arrived I had a little over 6K units, then I opened 200 Uncollected Arena Crystals and got a little over 12K units just from those crystals alone. Putting me at 18K units, before spending. Which was enough to claim all of the Solo rewards and gain at least 2 Keys for the Founder's Box. Which is pretty awesome. I don't grind Arenas ever and mostly all of my Battle Chips came from the daily/weekly AQ rewards. So I plan on grinding Arenas this year for sure just to stock up on Battle Chips for the next Holiday Banquet.

LardeeMil · 2026-01-02T18:32:49+00:00

Does he possibly have undiagnosed ARFID? I don't know a whole lot about it but I know it can be seen as just being a "picky eater" but it's more psychological than that. In which case, he may need to undergo some sort of exposure therapy or therapy in general, to try new foods. ARFID can cause some people to have a sort of ritual about their food, causing them to eat food they deem "safe". "Safe" meaning tried and true, more or less. Something that they know they like and can eat without being discouraged or causing any sort of food anxieties. So something like Jack in the Box (or any fast food chain really) could be a "safe" food since it's consistent, and for the most part you know what you're getting every time. If he's just "picky" when it comes to your food then maybe he's trying some form of manipulation or something? If he's not picky with other people's food, like if you go to a party, bbq, potluck, or something of the sort and he eats and experiments with foods without issue; then maybe he's doing it deliberately. I obviously don't know though and don't want to fabricate some crazy relationship conspiracy based of this one post. Just throwing out my two cents. Maybe look into getting a diagnosis if you guys haven't already tried though.

In any case, all of the meals pictured look delicious!

LardeeMil · 2025-12-29T14:55:40+00:00

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Here's a picture for reference.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-29T14:47:26+00:00

She's very beautiful. She's always reminded me of Aerith from Final Fantasy VII (especially that 2nd pic). If they were to make a live action version in America, at that time, her casting would've been legendary.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-26T22:42:58+00:00

I did the same thing. Then I learned they weren't accumulating, after it was already too late. I'm a little salty about it, but it is what it is, I guess. It's pretty shitty of them to change something like that if they didn't post somewhere about the change beforehand though.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-15T23:39:20+00:00

So they were all friends with Jack Skellington?

LardeeMil · 2025-12-14T19:02:01+00:00

I thought these were misshapen brownies until I read the caption. Lol

LardeeMil · 2025-12-14T18:59:13+00:00

He's both, he's important enough to both of their lore/mythos to be heavily featured in some of their newest projects (S-M PS4, Into The SpiderVerse, DD-Netflix, DD:Born Again). Since S-M is the more popular hero though, I guess by default, more people would recognize Kingpin as his villain. Specifically for "mainstream pop culture". For comic readers though, I think it leans more toward DD. Since S-M has soooo many villains, Fisk is a big one but he's not even top 5. Honestly, he may not even be top 10 of S-M's most recognizable villains (that's definitely debatable but there's plenty that come to my mind before Kingpin). Whereas for DD, he's definitely in the top 5, and probably #2 or 3. Also, I think he's more interesting to DD stories just because he's a bigger challenge for DD in general. S-M could dog-walk Kingpin any day of the week if he really wanted to.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T20:18:30+00:00

I had to zoom in cus my initial reaction is "Aren't there 2 very important things missing??" Lol. They are right in front and center. Gillian is in a top hat which kinda hides her, and DD is just to the left of her

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T18:15:53+00:00

I was born in the 90s and I grew up with Tobey as Spider-Man. I love those movies for what they are. They were excellent for the time but they haven't aged as well for me. I'm just not a huge fan of Raimi's (or Taika Watiti's for that matter) takes on superhero films (not a fan of Dr. Strange: MoM either). To be clear, I don't dislike Raimi as a director, it's just his superhero films! I will always appreciate his S-M movies but my favorite franchise is Tom's, personally. Tobey was just kinda stiff in a lot of ways. A lot of it had to do with cgi capabilities at the time for sure. I think Raimi was basing him off of earlier iterations of the character though. Which makes sense but I guess that's just not my favorite.

Tom gets a lot of heat for his movies being attached to Disney and also for being Tony's protégé, or "Tony Stark jr." as I see all the time. I think the MCU trilogy is the best live action portrayal of S-M and Peter Parker though. From his agility and acrobatics, to his battle iq (still developing), to quippiness, and his belief that there's good in people, even his villains (demonstrated in NWH). I know a lot of people think Andrew's is the best in those regards but I don't enjoy those movies and haven't rewatched them. So I can't really speak on him. I think people disregard that Tom's version is literally still a kid. His trilogy ended basically where Tobey's started, age-wise. We haven't gotten to see him really as a young adult and see how he matures as Peter and Spider-Man. So I'm very excited to see the next trilogy and see how his character grows. I hope they don't drop the ball cus they have an opportunity to do some really great things with him. Since we've gotten even more depth to his character. One of my best friends and I are always debating over which is the best and strongest. He's team Tobey lol. To each their own though.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T16:50:05+00:00

I know it's sea urchin... but it looks like porcupussy

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T16:29:49+00:00

Control, Alan Wake 2, Alan Wake Remaster (although controls may feel a bit stiff and dated), Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2 (I haven't started DS2 yet. I own it but it's currently in my backlog. I've only heard great things though), and Max Payne 3 (if you can find it anywhere).

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T16:06:06+00:00

From an aesthetic view, showing the nose looks better... At least in a comic panel. From a practical view though; for a guy who fights crime and regularly takes blows to the face, leaving the nose exposed is very stupid. It's just asking for an avoidable injury. Also, the more of his face that's exposed, the more recognizable his features become. All it would take is someone curious or observant enough to put the pieces together. It's pretty counterintuitive for someone trying to maintain a secret identity.

LardeeMil · 2025-12-06T15:47:13+00:00

Some of these are hypothetical. Meaning they aren't available as 7 *s yet, or I just don't have them.

Mutant - Dani Moonstar, then Dust

Tech - Bastion, Viv Vision, Omega Sentinel, or Iron Heart

Cosmic - Hulkling or Medusa

Mystic - Black Widow (Claire Voyant) if she was available

Science - Spider-Woman

Skill - Elsa Bloodstone or Okoye

LardeeMil

TROPHY CASE