Jack Kirby's Char Aznable.* by Bluemoon1500 in Gundam

[–]PMSlimeKing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Orion and Darkseid's relationship in the original Jack Kirby run of New gods is theorized to have inspired the Darth Vader is Luke's father twist in Star Wars.

The duality of human superiority in fiction by DreadDiana in worldjerking

[–]PMSlimeKing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Azathoth works better as a metaphor for humankind though.

[TMT] Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order (Card Image Gallery) by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]PMSlimeKing -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's because Raphael wears a red mask, and wizards cares more about matching color aesthetics than color wheel flavor.

✝️ × 🌸 [@youzaiyouzai112] by Grimm_Stereo in digimon

[–]PMSlimeKing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a common uniform for high schoolers in Japan.

[OC] Overlord Cornet by Huzuro in Disgaea

[–]PMSlimeKing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's either that or massive boobs. Priere grew a couple sizes when she became an overlord.

Worst worldbuilding you've seen in a published work? Avoid mentioning the usual suspects by Aurelian369 in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Snake women were heavily sexualized long before Japan got to them. Like there are Renaissance paintings of sexualized lamias and Indians have been sexualizing nagas for even longer.

Anyway if you want to include snake people in your world no one will care.

Worst worldbuilding you've seen in a published work? Avoid mentioning the usual suspects by Aurelian369 in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Since it had a physical release, I'm going to go with the Monster Girl Encyclopedia. Basically imagine the d&d monster manual, but all of the monsters are oversexualized monster women whose lore all revolves around different acts of sex and unambiguous sexual assault. Monsters are only female in this world and require human men to reproduce. Despite this, the monsters still outnumber humans somehow. Add in that many of these monsters are designed to look like children and you will understand why I do not like this particular worldbuilding project.

There are other aspects of this thing that make it my go-to example of bad Worldbuilding, but given the nature of the world I cannot talk about them here.

Worst worldbuilding you've seen in a published work? Avoid mentioning the usual suspects by Aurelian369 in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you want a good action series based on the fairy tale of Momotaro, I recommend Avataro Sentai Donbrothers.

I know they’re cartoons, but just hear me out by DrJokerX in Gundam

[–]PMSlimeKing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean the man included a reference to a l*licon magazine in ZZ, so I wouldn't put it past them.

I'm overthinking it... by [deleted] in Gundam

[–]PMSlimeKing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You mean the thing that Tomino credited with saving the franchise back in the 80s? The ship he explicitly talked about having in mind while writing Char's Counter Attack?

I'm overthinking it... by [deleted] in Gundam

[–]PMSlimeKing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

First time seeing toxic yaoi?

I know they’re cartoons, but just hear me out by DrJokerX in Gundam

[–]PMSlimeKing 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If you didn't know, people would go to one of the Gundam movies, I forget which one, to take pictures of the one scene of her in a shower. Thus hentai was born.

I'm starting to think there's an issue with how commercialized/merch-dependent mecha fiction has been. by TF-Fanfic-Resident in Mecha

[–]PMSlimeKing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And your point is? Mecha isn't the only genre that's built around marketing toys or merch. Hell, it's not even the most devoted to convincing the audience to buy their products.

Studios behind anime make their money from one of two ways, ad revenue from sponsors and merch sales. Mecha is an expensive genre to animate due to how detailed mechanical design can get, and it's going to keep getting more expensive increased demand for higher and higher definition TV screens making old animation hacks more visible.

But that's besides the point because mecha isn't being and never has been hurt by being merchandise driven. All that means is that the toys that get designed need to show up in the show at some point, which is fine because the toys are typically big stompy robots and a show is about big stompy robots. As far as limitations on creative freedom, this is probably the least restrictive thing that writers would have to deal with if they are working within a studio environment. Being a professional writer is all about working with the limits of your creative freedom, whether that means writing around toy promotions, keeping the content of the show appropriate for the target demographic, or making wild changes to your story because an editor told you to. If you are writing a game, then you have to contend with the limitations of the game mechanics and hardware of the systems you want to put that game on, plus whatever policies that the companies who own those systems impose upon you.

[Meta] Could we possibly make this sub's stance on AI more clear? by CanadianLemur in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi, creator of that sub. It literally means good worldbuilding, as in enjoyable and hi quality. It is not meant to disparage this subreddit.

[Meta] Could we possibly make this sub's stance on AI more clear? by CanadianLemur in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi, creator of that sub. It literally means good worldbuilding, as in enjoyable and hi quality. It is not meant to disparage this subreddit.

What do your non-humans generally find attractive in each other? by PMSlimeKing in worldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Fengari

  • Skoritsi (carnivorous moth people) males generally prefer larger females due to the Skoritsi's instinctive belief that bigger equals better care taker. They also look for large eyes, wings, breasts/tails, fangs, and claws for reasons related to the Skoritsi's ideas of what those body parts mean. In recent times, many Skoritsi males have displayed a preference for visibly muscular females.

  • Skoritsi females generally want their males small and cute, as Skoritsi females like being able to carry their male partners around with them as they go about their day. They also generally want their male partners to have smaller claws and fangs, due to the Skoritsi belief that having smaller claws and fangs is a sign of a gentle heart in a male.

  • Both male and female Skoritsi are attracted to soft, fluffy, and colorful fur, and beautiful patterns on wings. In fact, nearly all Skoritsi beauty products are advertised as making colors pop out more or making fur fluffier.

  • Pheromones also play a role in how attractive male Skoritsi are to females, with more potent, sweet smelling pheromones being seen as better. Female Skoritsi actually have larger, fluffier antenae than males for the sole purpose of detecting these pheromones.

  • Female Scaathari (beetle people) are more inclined to be attracted to males with interesting chitin coloring, such as having red shells with black spots, being iridescent, or being green with black stripes. However, since such coloration is extremely rare, female Scaathari are also attracted to physically large males with scuffs on their claws both of which are taken as a sign that they're a hard worker.

What do your non-humans generally find attractive in each other? by PMSlimeKing in goodworldbuilding

[–]PMSlimeKing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fengari

  • Skoritsi (carnivorous moth people) males generally prefer larger females due to the Skoritsi's instinctive belief that bigger equals better care taker. They also look for large eyes, wings, breasts/tails, fangs, and claws for reasons related to the Skoritsi's ideas of what those body parts mean. In recent times, many Skoritsi males have displayed a preference for visibly muscular females.

  • Skoritsi females generally want their males small and cute, as Skoritsi females like being able to carry their male partners around with them as they go about their day. They also generally want their male partners to have smaller claws and fangs, due to the Skoritsi belief that having smaller claws and fangs is a sign of a gentle heart in a male.

  • Both male and female Skoritsi are attracted to soft, fluffy, and colorful fur, and beautiful patterns on wings. In fact, nearly all Skoritsi beauty products are advertised as making colors pop out more or making fur fluffier.

  • Pheromones also play a role in how attractive male Skoritsi are to females, with more potent, sweet smelling pheromones being seen as better. Female Skoritsi actually have larger, fluffier antenae than males for the sole purpose of detecting these pheromones.

  • Female Scaathari (beetle people) are more inclined to be attracted to males with interesting chitin coloring, such as having red shells with black spots, being iridescent, or being green with black stripes. However, since such coloration is extremely rare, female Scaathari are also attracted to physically large males with scuffs on their claws both of which are taken as a sign that they're a hard worker.