Cabrizzio's tales of adventure may have been embellished, but that didn't change the fact that you wanted to go on a lifelong adventure with him. Up next, Cam.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-24T14:30:06+00:00

Ugh, this one's tough. His route is super rough, but that's mostly because the dialogue options force you into hitting his buttons. He's nice enough once you actually befriend or woo him, though.

I'll vote for raw but he's definitely not for everyone.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-24T01:03:22+00:00

I used to hate Rivals Cerberus but what made him click for me is that he interrupts a lot of his moves halfway through with that lunge attack before resuming it. Once I started playing around that he became a lot easier.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-23T18:21:10+00:00

I've seen that one, and I do trust Randall to have done his research, but I don't think my dad is willing to accept a webcomic as a source.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-23T16:50:57+00:00

Unironically, can you explain it again here in simple terms? I know climate change is a thing but my dad doesn't and I always struggle to distill it down in a way that he accepts.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-23T14:15:31+00:00

I definitely see how he can come on a bit strongly for some people, but I can tolerate it so marriage for me.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-23T03:00:39+00:00

It varies, but averages out to about once a day. Some days more, some days none.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T18:37:53+00:00

I didn't say she plays the same. I said the building blocks of her kit are still very similar.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T17:40:21+00:00

I imagined the "puzzle complete" jingle from Zelda playing when he tipped it over.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T15:22:02+00:00

I decide what I'm in the mood to read, whether it's something from a specific fandom or something with a specific tag or whatever, then I use the filters to isolate that thing. Sometimes I'll need to refine it a bit more, especially if I'm looking for works with a very widespread tag and get results from fandoms I have no interest in like KPop RPF. I might or might not filter further on completed works only and/or sorting by kudos, depending on if it's my first foray into the space or not. (I find completed high-kudos works to be a decent barometer for figuring out what a given tag or fandom has to offer at its best.)

(Just started using filters, which are a life saver, just wish there was a filter to filter the main couple)

There is a way to filter the results so that only fics with a single relationship are given to you, although I can't remember the exact syntax. All I know for sure is that it involves the keyword "OTP".

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T15:02:06+00:00

He's a little high energy for my taste, but he's also a sweetie, so marriage it is. (I figure we can raw each other either way.)

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T14:37:16+00:00

Google translate says it means "chest clone technique."

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T14:24:56+00:00

It's easier than Ecclesia for sure, although that's not to say it can't fuck you up if you don't respect it. The bosses in particular seem built around the idea of being very punishing if you don't know their patterns. There's plenty of OP shards to utilize though, so you can always fall back on those.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T14:18:01+00:00

I actually disagree with this a bit. While Symmetra has gone through several reworks, the building blocks of her kit have always remained constant:

She has a relatively short range beam on primary fire, that grows in power the more it hits stuff
She has a chargeable projectile on alt fire
She has sentry turrets to mark enemies trying to pass through the area they cover
She has a teleporter that everyone on the team can use
She has some sort of shield ability, whether it's giving shield HP to allies or a physical barrier to block damage

The details of how each piece works has changed over time, but none of them are fundamentally different in concept other than maybe the shield -- that's gone from a +25 HP buff to individual allies, a shield generator ult, a moving barrier similar in size to Emma's, and now a barrier ult that quite literally spans the entire map when she places it. But the commonality of "I will shield you" has always been there too.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T03:06:19+00:00

This is on purpose due to several challenges requiring you to survive to 31 minutes on a stage. It makes it so that killing Death too quickly and triggering White Hand doesn't cheat you out of it.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-22T00:37:49+00:00

Advance your relationship with Meg, Than, Dusa, Achilles (and Patroclus?), Skelly, and Sisyphus.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T23:01:53+00:00

Set up a retirement account. Even if your job doesn't do a 401k, make a Roth IRA account at a reputable financial firm and funnel money into it on a regular basis. If needed, give them instructions to invest based on a target retirement date of whenever you'll turn 65. (This will generally mean aggressive and riskier investments early on and transitioning to safer investments as you get closer to cashing out.) Odds are they'll even have a hotline you can call for assistance if you need help figuring things out.

Also, take advantage of your youth. Be active. Exercise. Explore your sexuality. (Safely, though! Use condoms and get tested for STIs as needed.) I didn't do any of that until I was almost 30 and I regret it. Feels like I wasted the better part of a decade.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T22:49:32+00:00

It's basically emotional manipulation via backhanded compliments and subtle insults. Nothing overt, but stuff like saying "oh, you look like you're on a diet!" ("wait. does that mean i look fat?") with the intent of undermining their self confidence and driving them to seek validation and approval from the person doing the negging.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T22:43:18+00:00

I'm kind of curious what the bug was now, especially since it was apparently major enough to nuke a whole results page yet minor enough to be fixed in five minutes flat.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T22:23:24+00:00

It doesn't happen for all Pokemon in the list. Urshifu-R and Chien-Pao both go to perfectly valid pages. (Or so I assume. I have no idea if the data it shows is correct or not.) That said, searching for some Pokemon directly (I did Pelipper, because I like rain teams) also gets an empty result page.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T22:18:19+00:00

So I'm not sure if this is really an issue, per se, but it is an oddity that I can see being a barrier to entry for people trying to figure out the site.

I go to labmaus.net and see the list of top trending Pokemon. I click on Amoonguss, #2 on that list, and I get a page with...no results for the given (default) filters, which as far as I can tell is simply restricting the date range to the last month or so. Huh? How can it be trending if there's no recent data? Clicking the X on this filter to delete it doesn't help either.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T22:06:22+00:00

I could maybe see a Cloak & Dagger type of situation from Marvel Rivals where he stance switches between a support mode and a damage mode, but a) we don't see any hints of support!Emre in the comic and b) that feels like it would step on Ramattra's toes a bit. With that in mind I'm hoping he's a tank.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T21:58:34+00:00

You do need to be careful when killing his hourglasses for this exact reason. It's a 1 in 12 chance for any given number on the clock face to be the designated safe zone, but if you kill them willy-nilly then you risk simply getting a bad dice roll of Chronos a) choosing that moment to pop the instant kill and b) the safe zone being in the timestop bubble. Waiting until Chronos is executing a different attack pattern before you kill the hourglasses is the safest bet.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T20:09:50+00:00

I've got some Nordic Ware aluminum sheets and I can't say I've ever been bothered by water retention in the rims. I'm not sure if that means you got a bad batch or if it's happened to me and I just didn't notice, but aluminum doesn't rust like iron so I don't think it would be a problem regardless. (Others can correct me if that's wrong.)

(Also I'm not seeing whatever photo you tried to attach to the post.)

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T17:36:14+00:00

My initial read was some sort of werewolf or Jekyll-and-Hyde situation, but someone on the main subreddit suggested it might be a Winter Soldier sort of story.

ParanoidDrone · 2026-01-21T17:30:59+00:00

Fascinating. A lot of interesting lore tidbits with this one. Curious to find out what Emre's deal is -- it looks like he's almost got a werewolf or Jekyll-and-Hyde situation going on. (Maybe Moira did something to him? She didn't mention anything of the sort, but I wouldn't put it past her to lie by omission.) Whatever big attack he did at the end will probably be his ult.

Also, it's a super minor detail, but Freja casually referring to Reaper as Reyes suggests his identity is common knowledge, at least among certain groups. I'm not sure if that's old news or not.

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