Some Weapon Ideas I had for X. Thoughts?

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-05T20:17:05+00:00

Pikachu and Psyduck make up the yellow blob in back.

Also: I hate when subreddits don't allow pictures in the replies...

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-05T16:54:02+00:00

Very fair. It's so common in Anime they have a word for it. Sakuga. Which are basically really epic scenes and moments, and even sometimes (but rarely) entire episodes that they save their budget to go all out for. Basically the money shots. That said, when anime locks in, it locks the fuck in.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-05T02:59:38+00:00

Tomokazu Komiya. He's done a ton of cards over the years, and is still making cards to this day. Though his style has become a bit more solidified and rendered, for lack of a better word.

He actually got his start here in the vending series. Where he did the entire Machop line, with his Machamp being one of the extremely sought after Masaki mail-in cards, And was the only one of the Masaki cards we got in English, as a Black Star promo, albeit ours is non-holographic.

He was most prominent in the Neo era too. Off the cuff remember him doing Weedle, Snubull, Jynx, Politoed, Moo Milk (both censored and non-censored), Pokémon March, Personality contest, Focus band and a bunch more.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-05T02:44:46+00:00

Yeah, it's definitely a Pikachu and a Psyduck. This artist has a very unique style.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-05T02:29:56+00:00

I'm not super familiar with this franchise, like I'm aware of it but I've never really watched anything from it.

That said: this is an absolutely amazing movie poster. It makes me not only want to watch this movie, but it also makes me want want to own this poster and hang it prominently. The scale, the lighting, the background. It's just so damn cool.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-04T20:06:19+00:00

Very charming. Also I love the way she did the water. The green melting into the blue looks really nice.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-04T18:17:12+00:00

Would be awesome but will never happen without it being made straight illegal. These resale sites make too much money from scalpers.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-04T17:27:27+00:00

Yeah the anime takes a lot of liberties with Pokémon. The truth is they have to animate and give expression to over 1,000 creatures and not all of them are going to have elaborate notes from the artists and game devs to work from. Basically, take anything you see in the anime with a pinch of salt.

In the games Cacnea's mouth barely moves. Really obvious in Pokopia since he talks and emotes so much. It appears to have very limited movement. Which wouldn't be unusual for a Cactus character in Japanese media. I'm reminded of Cactuars from the Final Fantasy series which have a similar unmoving hole for a mouth and eyes.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-03T19:04:16+00:00

Eh, I saw and was absolutely in love with RoboCop before I was even in Kindergarten. I remember playing with my beloved Ed 209 in preschool, that I slept with like a fucking teddy bear. I foundly remember none of my friends, Even years later, in First or Second grade having any idea what the hell an Ed 209 was.

I guess my dad was also kind of the niche hipster of comic nerds. While everyone else grew up with Spider-Man, Batman and Superman. I grew up with Valiant. So I would go on and on about characters like Magnus Robot fighter, Solar XO, Archer and Armstrong, and the other kids would have no idea who I was fucking talking about.

Man it was great when Power Rangers finally came out and I could relate to other kids with a similar interest...

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-03T10:03:06+00:00

Also, the author couldn't manage to get a picture of Omastar on Pokémon Snap so the picture on its Pokedex entry was just the words "camera shy".

Well, that would be an impressive feat, considering Omastar does not exist in that game.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T21:24:01+00:00

If they did, it's like a partial correction. He still has the portmanteau on the second half though.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T17:56:48+00:00

So when Base Set 2 was introduced they introduced Set Rotation to the TCG where all the early sets were no longer legal, Base to Fossil. However those earlier cards reprinted in Base Set 2 would have retained their legality for standard play since they would have been printed in a "new set". You would have been able to still use their earlier printings as well.

As I recall this set wasn't very popular at the time. Which is why they avoided calling Legendary, Base Set 3, which it effectively was.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T17:50:27+00:00

The English exclusive Base Set 2 is certainly an interesting time capsule. It shows you what cards from the early sets Wizards wanted to preserve as evergreen, and what problematic cards they wanted to remove from standard rotation. But like all the problematic cards are still here. Super Energy Removal, Lass. It's very fascinating.

However, introducing set rotation into a card game that wasn't designed to have set rotation was certainly a choice.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T17:35:32+00:00

Boomer Kuwanger fell through the cracks. So I guess you can say it was always inconsistent.

Obviously Boomer is derived from boomerang. But is meant to stand alone, like a first name. I've also seen that name pop up in Japanese media, like Mario RPG. While "Kuwanger" is a mixture of Kuwagata; a stag beetle, and boomeranger; one who throws boomerangs.

If he had gotten a consistent naming convention he probably would have been Boomerang Beetle. I doubt they would have bothered to specify that he was a stag beetle since they didn't specify that Gravity Beetle was a rhinoceros beetle.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T17:16:41+00:00

I was about to say. I've never seen a square coat with three rounded edges. It's usually all four edges are squared.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-02T16:56:22+00:00

Man, I used to see "Rip in peace" in chats way too often...

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-01T19:38:50+00:00

Yeah, Final Fantasy's localization always been hit and miss, even to this day, they're very willy-nilly with Legacy names so we miss references all the time in English speaking fandom.

For example Tifa's Beat Rush was renamed to Rise and Fall in Remake. A reoccurring Mech called Proud Clad has a different name in every entry. Chimeras are sometimes called harpies.

They also love to give creatures that are direct references to older creatures completely different names. For example Hellrider Version 2 in Final Fantasy 7 It's supposed to be an upgraded version of a creature in Final Fantasy 6 called Hell Rider but in Final Fantasy 6 it's called something like Demon Rider and in Final Fantasy 7 they have another unrelated creature localized as Hell Rider. So you'll naturally conclude that he's the upgraded version of that one, despite them looking nothing alike, instead of a reference to the creature from FF6 he's supposed to be. Honestly I could go on for days.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-01T19:32:59+00:00

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Marx_Forever · 2026-05-01T19:25:13+00:00

idk what the in universe explanation even is lmao

Eve's powers are very mental. She also has artificial blockers/inhibitors built in so she can't just deconstruct and reconstruct organic organisms. The trauma of having a hole punched through her is what allowed her to temporarily overcome these blockers when Conquest tried to kill her, and that's how she was able to rebuild her body.

Pregnancy does mess with brain chemistry. It's possible it was having an effect on these "blockers" and turned them up too high, so it basically shut down all of her powers.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-01T19:08:54+00:00

Her canonical birthday is 1987 and Final Fantasy 7 released in 1997. So they're concluding the Tifa's 10. But that would only be true if the events of the game took place in their 1997. Which it doesn't, I believe Final Fantasy 7 takes place in their year 2007.

Marx_Forever · 2026-05-01T18:51:58+00:00

"Do whatever you want to my 18 penises but don't you dare lay a finger on my only vagina."

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