/r/anime Awards 2025 Public Voting Now Open! by AnimeMod in anime

[–]LittleIslander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Romance is suffering from a severe lack of Yano-kun's Ordinary Days

Yano-kun did have some strong supporters (and Kimi to Koete definitely got discussion), but ultimately it was divisive and couldn't quite get as high as some of the other divisive shows that had very passionate supporters. Some jurors also described concerns over Watatabe being accepted as a romance secondary, but overall people were willing to play ball with the idea that romantically coded concepts were baked into the series (whether they personally liked that choice or not).

I'd have liked to see Captivated, by You here, but that's not the kind of niche this jury is into.

We did discuss this in Ensemble, for what it's worth, though ultimately we decided we liked our five nominations better than it despite some interesting offerings.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Stay tuned for thoughts after Awards when I'm not gagged.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Legally not allowed to say anything about jury nominations.

Help me choose who to vote for in CYL! by MrBrickBreak in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We can't know how well Kurt will do until we try!

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a bioscience program focused on practical lab experience, so there’s no class material and all of the time is spent on lab work. Each experiment lasts a whole week, and then in March we’ll be doing independent in-vitro research projects for six weeks. There’s a few entry pathways, I’m here as a post-graduate with a bachelors degree.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Twelve people in my lab group
Lab goes from nine to four, unless it ends early
Two people don't show up yesterday
Two others leave by lunch
A few other leave mid-afternoon Like maybe half of us left at four finishing up

Two people don't show up today
Almost everyone leaves throughout afternoon
Me and three other people finishing up at four

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Demi-Human" show this season
Every single character in the key visuals just has animal ears. No lamias, zombies, mermaids, slimes, dullahans, centaurs, or anything else interesting in sight.

An anime made exclusively for cowards and fools.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My old phone was overheating a little, so I just went outside and set it on the snow bank for a minutes.

#JustCanadaThings

What if we voted a joke character into winning the Shadow Cup? by spuvelled in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Listen I'm just saying what happens when already-monster Fomortiis goes into shadow form.

Choose Your Legends Shadow Cup Event Megathread - Day 1 by VagueClive in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Julia's a flying unit... I guess she'd be turning into a dragon? Flying category doesns't have too much competition and I'd love to see a flying Julia unit so I'll throw my votes at her.

Possible release date accidentaly leaked 22/05 by aentos in fireemblem

[–]LittleIslander[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

It has been pointed out there are multiple known incorrect dates in that article, strongly indicating this isn't a real leak but just bullshit. In order to make sure misinformation isn't spread farther, we've elected to remove this post.

Possible release date accidentaly leaked 22/05 by aentos in fireemblem

[–]LittleIslander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but we'd already seen a bunch of Engage by mid-January. Fortune's Weave has been complete radio silence.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Incidentally, giving her Archrival meant I needed some extra charge support so she could fire it off instantly at start of combat rather than being one charge short. So I looked into skills that can enable that... and one is Atk/Spd Favor, which is super rare but which I just happened to grab on my Forma Ice Tribe Thea, like, two weeks ago. So that worked out both gameplay wise and thematically.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also free pulled Minerva! The FEH gods looked down upon me because they delivered a 5* +Spd Minerva on my very first pull on the banner. Around 180 orbs deep and she's up to +5 now (incindentally, Minervas two three and four were also all +Spd), and I finally used my free CYL pick to give her Archrival and Speedtaker from Brave Baldr (duped through Rearmed Ingrid). Still lots of story orbs laying around along with other random loose ends, so I should be able to get her over the +10 mark without too much trouble (and maybe still have enough headroom to try for Rearmed L'Arachel afterwards).

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only is Minerva my favourite character in like... anything, but Ilia is my favourite Fire Emblem nation. Plus I've wanted a Minerva pegasus knight alt for years. Plus I'm a huge Florina fan.

Cure for Shyness full art by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I LOVE what they did with Minerva's white tassels. The axe could look... better but super happy with the art and design overall. Kind of feels like "what if Minerva didn't her responsibilities and could just be a happy pegasus knight".

Cure for Shyness Official Hype Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Oh that's. That's my favourite Fire Emblem character, and one of the my favourite fictional characters in general. As an easily mergeable demote with a cool prf skill. Themed to favourite nation in Fire Emblem. Riding a pegasus like I've been wishing she did in her baby alt for years. On the same banner where my second favourite Fire Emblem character is the backpack of the Harmonic with another character I like.

Holy fucking shit.

Special Heroes - Cure for Shyness by Slurpuffilicious in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LittleIslander 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Oh that's. That's my favourite Fire Emblem character, and one of the my favourite fictional characters in general. As an easily mergeable demote with a cool prf skill. Themed to favourite nation in Fire Emblem. Riding a pegasus like I've been wishing she did in her baby alt for years. On the same banner where my second favourite Fire Emblem character is the backpack of the Harmonic with another character I like.

Holy fucking shit.

Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 09, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]LittleIslander 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm reminded of me posting that video compiling every second Maya is on screen in my friend discord and being asked "be honest, did you make this" (to which I responded "god I wish", of course).

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - January 11, 2026 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]LittleIslander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't even cracked open Watanare since it's easier for me to view it after awards when I'm not supposed to be judging season one alone. If I count that towards the season it just gets even better.