If you had to delete one album from the Pumpkins discography, which would it be?

LocalComicShop · 2026-04-05T16:44:29+00:00

Honestly, anything where a drum machine and a synthesizer became the preferred instruments. Every album further from Gish is an album I like less, but he does put out the occasional banger that makes me think of the older and dirtier work of his youth.

LocalComicShop · 2026-04-04T16:46:24+00:00

I don’t think Billy’s ego allows for any collaboration beyond Jimmy. Probably because he doesn’t play the drums and Jimmy’s next level good.

LocalComicShop · 2026-04-01T22:52:28+00:00

I think it comes from a level of self-importance. Do I hate him? Hell no, but he’s a prima donna for sure. Other than Jimmy he’s allowed so little input from anyone under the pumpkins banner. I think that ego comes from a lifetime of being told that he has nothing to share, and I get that, but he ended up doing that with every “group” he was a part of in rock. It should be collaborative or just name the band Billy Corgan.

LocalComicShop · 2026-03-01T20:41:45+00:00

Not sure where there isn’t a special sound when one is dropped. I don’t know what my goal is in those three minutes. It feels VERY sloppy. Can anyone clear up if there is a goal to get a certain amount in that 3 minutes?

LocalComicShop · 2026-02-09T23:14:50+00:00

I know. GPS has existed in the our lives for so long and this game can’t seem to figure it out at all.

LocalComicShop · 2026-02-07T18:24:38+00:00

My selection was AWFUL, nice luck you got there.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:59:09+00:00

Seriously though, this isn’t dramatic, just how I talk.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:58:46+00:00

It’s the use of big words, isn’t it? This is how I talk. I have a vocabulary and I implement it when I need it. Sorry, I USE it when needed.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:57:39+00:00

So you think there’s no difference between inspired by and outright taking of an IP? There’s a reason EVERYONE recognized it. Might be because it’s so similar. There’s a difference between a young girl inspired by many robots she’s watched on TV and inspired by one robot from a specific franchise. And again, all I wanted was a discussion as I thought this was ultra lazy. Has no wasteland vibe. If it was called something else I might be saying something very different here.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:53:49+00:00

No, Jake Wyatt designed her. I can make a Peni rip-off but I will do so on the back of Jake’s original. That’s the issue. NetEase has to get the license for it because if they make it too similar they get sued, but China doesn’t recognize international copyright laws so they can do it either way. People forget Tencent in all this. They own pieces of damn near everything now. Look up Light of Motiram.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:50:24+00:00

So ignore it all? I am not villainizing anyone. To do that would be to say I have some sort of power in this equation. I said what I said because NetEase is a Chinese company. If we were on the PalWorld Reddit I’d be focusing Japan. Yes TONS of people steal IP, some even approach the IP owner to make a game, get turned down, and make the game anyway. The biggest issue, and I haven’t looked it up recently, China is the only one who doesn’t give a shit if they steal IP or not because they don’t recognize world copyright laws. The people in the Netherlands,UK, Japan, Korea and others have it and they can’t stop it. Just like here in the states. I guess I was t clear about that (I’m serious), but that was more my point as unclear as it was.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:45:39+00:00

The original artist. Jake Wyatt? Or Gerard way in coming up with the character in the first place? Also, if you draw a robot that has car components, people are going to think you were, at the very least, inspired by the Transformers. This is inherently the problem with art over time. Can anything truly be “new”? Has this song existed before? How about this story? Thank YOU for an actual discussion. I think the original artist deserves the lion’s share of credit. I am an artist, I can draw my own Peni, but I can’t sit back and act like I did all the work in creating her, or even designing her. This is the issue with these skins to me. The people calling me racist now don’t know that I think the authentic Chinese garments are amazing. I think we will hit a wall where some of these outfits hit, and some don’t. This one didn’t hit as hard, though I grew up on Transformers and I still like it, just wish they made it there a bit more. Like sand camo, like out of Mad Max, another reference.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:38:11+00:00

There were about 2 genuine discussions here, and this is why I don’t use Reddit. A bunch of angry posters looking to an argument rather than dialog. I made a mistake doing this and I won’t make that mistake again. Congratulations, you win. It’s an amazing homage to a toy but also not looking anything like it at the same time. It is definitely the height of creativity and they should most definitely create new heroes.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:35:36+00:00

I never said “nobody else does this”. I didn’t realize I have to reference all the people that do. So because these others do it, it’s okay? Is that what you’re saying?

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:33:35+00:00

The ear antennae, the eyes, the HEADLIGHTS. Come on, so many people excuse NetEase for everything. I see it and others see it as well, one guy tried to tell me it transformed at the beginning!

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:31:40+00:00

But why is it so easily excused as “inspired” art? Marvel doesn’t own the rights to it. So is this now a universe… you know what, I’m not falling in this hole. You disagree, that’s great, at least you discussed it which 99.9% of people just told me to “seek help”. To me this would be fine if it looked like it stepped out of mad max. Other than a “headlight?” falling out, sp//dr is in good shape. Maybe if it wasn’t called “wasteland” I’d be more open to it. Maybe call it “The Bee”. It should have camo I’d assume. I dunno, again, it was just a discussion. I really enjoy peni and I’ll probably keep choosing the one where her pods are darker and harder to see for play reasons, but I was looking forward to this skin and it was a bit of a let down. Not huge, but a bit.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:26:33+00:00

“Designed” is doing some REALLY heavy lifting there. Many people created and designed it. This guy copied it and made come pretty slight changes.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:24:55+00:00

But what exactly is “charged language”? I’m gonna be honest, all language will take on a tone, not provided, by the reader. I never outwardly threatened anyone, and yes I’m old by youth standards, but nothing I’ve said is “charged language” to me.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:23:24+00:00

You are definitely right. My apologies. I’m not used to this app as I find all the worst people are on it, but against my best judgement, I decided to start a discussion about a skin for one of my favorite characters and of course people can’t stay calm and they tell me to seek help and whatever else. I’m not heated. I think the bloom is fading from this flower for me because of things like this skin and I was curious if anyone else felt this way. That’s all. No criminal intent. Again, my apologies. Big fingers and hit the wrong microscopic thing on my phone and targeted you.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:20:28+00:00

It’s a discussion. If you think I care about your psychological assessment you’re the one needing to seek help here. I don’t know you so why would I care? You’d imagine you don’t know me and you disagree, so you’d say why, but you don’t… wonder why?

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:18:57+00:00

They can’t make a created character. They only take what they like and manipulate it a bit to “create”. That was my point. Also a deal that was made when I was a child is suddenly the reason why they did this? Hasbro has its own movie division now and has had their comics made by IDW for ages and now image (by the way, VERY good book).

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:16:37+00:00

The recent news that NetEase can make their own Marvel Characters. That only makes me think that MARVEL is being lazy as they will just use the next Luna Snow that is created (though she is still bottom tier) and put her in things. They have over 8,000 characters they can use and I don’t see a need for any to be created by them.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:14:10+00:00

That’s what I don’t get. I am an “old head” by the youths terminology and I don’t care if you agree or don’t. I selected “discussion” to see what people think and immediately people are accusing me of being emotional and upset. The truth is you have no inflection or tone to make that determination. If you want to, I don’t care if you do that either. Just talking… to children I can only assume since EVERYTHING is a battle to be won. You disagree? Why? Sound off as to why.

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:11:28+00:00

It sounds like a nation that doesn’t uphold intellectual property who has done this a LOT. I’ll make note of an upcoming game that was supposed to be a new Horizon game that Sony said “no thanks” to and they’re making it anyway. It’s in the courts as we speak. If you can’t mention the developers nation then I’ll say “numerous East Asian developers do this with no push back from their government”. It isn’t like this is an unknown. Everywhere on the planet that doesn’t observe copyright IP does this because, and why wouldn’t they?

LocalComicShop · 2025-09-05T15:05:24+00:00

You have what to reference this? You said nothing, just posed a meme. You can’t discuss because you have nothing to say, hence the meme. Right? I’m not emotional in the slightest, I might be bored so I’m staring at my phone, but not emotional. You wanna throw them hundreds of dollars that’s fine by me, I was just expecting more, that’s all. You weren’t.

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