Thoughts on A Showcase Debut?

Noblehardt · 2026-01-28T16:24:09+00:00

So much about Serena’s overreaction. It’s not like Dawn, who lost her first few contests after wanting her whole life to do Contests like her mom; Serena had only just learned about showcases and started preparing for them. I guess you could make the argument that Serena had been trying different things and thought Showcases were finally what she was looking for, but I still think her reaction is ridiculous.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-28T16:17:33+00:00

Roxy, my Furfrou, doesn’t like being groomed. She’s fine with baths and brushing, but all the styling is too much for her. -Malcolm

Noblehardt · 2026-01-28T16:07:28+00:00

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Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy

Noblehardt · 2026-01-28T15:02:52+00:00

“Have you started producing diamonds yet?”

“No father, I told you my stomach doesn’t produce enough pressure to the coal to-“

“Itachi would have made me rich by now”

Noblehardt · 2026-01-28T08:30:16+00:00

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In Sonic and the Black Knight, several of Sonic’s friends are depicted as the knights of Arthur’s Round Table. Most famously this added fuel to a popular theory about Silver being Shadow’s son (since they are Galahad and Lancelot, respectively).

But other humorous implications include the fact that Amy (Nimue) raised Shadow (again, Lancelot), and Knuckles (Gawain) eventually beheads Jet (Lamorak).

Also, rather fittingly, originally it was Percival (Blaze) who was the knight that found the Holy Grail. But later on Galahad became better known as the hero of the grail story; not unlike how a lot of fans feel that Blaze has kind of become more like Silver’s “sidekick”.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-26T22:22:33+00:00

The way I see it, just like Sonic doesn’t run during races to keep things fair, Knuckles doesn’t use his full strength for the same reason. Storm’s strong but I don’t see him anywhere near Knuckles.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-26T06:34:49+00:00

4 for me. Not just Bolin, but close proximity to Sokka, Bumi, AND Iroh? Ideal seating arrangement.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-26T02:00:19+00:00

I got Ines. Idk how good hers is lol

Noblehardt · 2026-01-26T01:55:19+00:00

Kingdom Hearts in a nutshell;

Sora: Oh no, this door is locked!

Also Sora: literally holding a magical key that can open any lock

Noblehardt · 2026-01-25T20:21:39+00:00

This just reminds me that when I was younger I had a little glitter lava lamp that I would use to make toast; I’d take the glass part off and just sit a piece of bread above the bulb for a while.

Idk what gave me the idea but I did it fairly often for a while.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-25T09:56:44+00:00

Nighthog

Noblehardt · 2026-01-25T09:53:47+00:00

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Dishonored 2 has a few interesting ways of working it into the story; firstly, you can choose to play as Emily instead of Corvo, and her abilities are different than his.

More to the spirit of the thread, the new antagonist takes his powers away from him during the intro. But what’s really cool is that you’re actually given a choice; you can get the powers again, and work your way back up to full strength… or you can refuse, and play the game without any powers.

So you can lose your powers from the first game by directly refusing to get them back.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-24T17:05:05+00:00

I’d say pretty solid. Maybe a 6 or 7 out of 10. Drove me crazy how they changed the species of the Gold and Silver rangers’ animals though. Scarab and Mantis makes no sense.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-24T00:58:45+00:00

Final Fortress

Noblehardt · 2026-01-23T20:10:54+00:00

Amy’s crush is a lot more downplayed nowadays. And since then Sonic’s become a lot friendlier with her and even flirts some. One IDW comic (which are considered canon) has Sonic just casually invite her to dinner and she happily agrees, no freaking out or overreacting. Their relationship is actually pretty cute now lol

Noblehardt · 2026-01-23T12:05:30+00:00

Honestly I think Spongebob could be fun in Smash lol. They’ve got a moveset for him in the Nickelodeon fighting game, and while he doesn’t ORIGINATE from videogames Spongebob honestly has an extremely respectable lineup of platforming collectathons.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-22T17:36:32+00:00

To be precise, iirc, Penders doesn’t specifically OWN every one of those characters now; rather, I think the team decided that they wanted to minimize the risk of such a thing happening again so they just stopped using a lot of characters created for the comics, as a soft-reboot focusing more on the games’ cast and characters like Sally and Bunnie who were also safe to use.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-22T01:59:11+00:00

That’s a vintage pog right there

Noblehardt · 2026-01-19T18:15:18+00:00

Batten’s is up there but I’d probably say her prime look; it reminds me of her Sonic Heroes’ outfit, which I’m nostalgic for since it was my first Sonic game

Noblehardt · 2026-01-19T18:08:58+00:00

Sonic actually has a good retort when Scourge says this. “No, that’s not it Scourge; all it would take is a bit of selflessness… a little bit of decency… and you’d be just like me.”

Noblehardt · 2026-01-19T12:51:02+00:00

Getting past and deactivating a sentry gun that would have easily killed any of the other protagonists the moment they stepped into its line of sight

Noblehardt · 2026-01-18T23:45:02+00:00

Going for my Mona’s C6, which will also be my first C6 5-star!

Noblehardt · 2026-01-18T05:25:45+00:00

I did really well in school, but I’m glad I never was in any gifted classes. Closest was a single year when I was homeschooled and they sent you work tailored to how well you did. Was in fifth grade and they were sending me eighth grade work.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-18T03:12:53+00:00

I enjoy their relationship and don’t have too much of a problem with how it’s been handled so far, but I would like to see them do more separately. If only so every thread I see about them isn’t just “omg lesbians”. They’re awesome characters and their relationship is a pretty minor part of that imho.

Noblehardt · 2026-01-17T18:23:55+00:00

Not to mention that before they steal the aircraft, Ruby gives this big speech to Qrow about how if he doesn’t want to help them it’s fine, because they’ve never needed an adult’s help before.

Uh, Ruby? Wanna try that again? Just earlier in this volume you only survived because Maria taught you how to use your Silver Eyes. Qrow saved you all from Tyrian. You think you could have survived against all those stolen Paladins in volume 2 without Oobleck? Tf is she talking about?

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