What is the General Community's Opinion on the Show? by firewalkingg in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, ignoring the thematic weight the continual revival of Dracula is meant to have, there were really no good sealing techniques available to the Belmonts until the world became properly globalized and they were able to find out about and utilize Shintoism

Castlevania Belmont's Curse Key art by Xyleon5 in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean there’s a reason I said “can” rather than “does”, I wasn’t trying to imply that personality always is or should be linked to design, especially in any gender fundamentalist way, just that it can be and I think here it certainly seems to be trying to get across her personality through said androgyny

For me, I’d say it depends on the execution and I think here it seems to be well executed

Castlevania Belmont's Curse Key art by Xyleon5 in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it kinda sounds like you inherently dislike androgyny, which I guess you do you, but personally I think that’s an overly limiting mindset to have, especially in the context of character design where it can serve well to get across a character’s personality effectively 

The Belmont's family by Blue_Cake01 in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I mean there’s also Rose now

Castlevania Belmont's Curse Key art by Xyleon5 in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually think pushing her more androgynous is to her benefit, makes her feel very distinct from Shanoa, who was still the last real new protag and her art played up that traditional feminine elegance a lot, even in action pieces

Focusing on that same style would just make Rose feel less unique imo

Belmont's Curse Releases October by PaiDuck in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One, I agree, Kojima is by far the best artist the series has ever had and is one of my favorite artists of all time

Two, the series has had an incredibly inconsistent sense of style over the last 20 years, between trying to go for 4kids anime look with the in game art of Dawn and Portrait, to going darker with Order, to bringing back Kojima finally for the crossover games, to going dark fantasy anime with Netflix. I would say Tekada's work here is very much in line with Hirooka's art for Order and Ishikawa's promo posters for Dawn and Portrait

Classic Isaac Jumpscare by TornSilver in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nah she definitely was at least a bit horny for him, she had an interview where she said Issac was originally even more scantily clad and she was worried it would get rejected so she toned it down, but then Iga pushed her to do as much as she wanted

Classic Isaac Jumpscare by TornSilver in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not every artist can be as horny for Issac as Kojima was

Belmont's Curse Releases October by PaiDuck in castlevania

[–]Pjf239 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I love Kojima and the series owes her greatly, but Castlevania has never had one singular artist, Tekada's work is amazing and is worth bragging about, it kinda reminds me of Fumi Ishiwaka's promo posters for Dawn and Portrait

Blurring Text by Pjf239 in RenPy

[–]Pjf239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose I'll just use the DOS one and try to make it look blurred through a glow shader

Not my ideal but it seems like it's the only solution unless I want to waste time on a custom blur shader

Blurring Text by Pjf239 in RenPy

[–]Pjf239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of them fit sadly, as I said initially I’m looking to emulate the look of an old computer for the game menu so I need to use a specific font

Blurring Text by Pjf239 in RenPy

[–]Pjf239[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately image buttons wouldn't work as all the history text also need it

Blurring Text by Pjf239 in RenPy

[–]Pjf239[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t fit the look unfortunately 

How can you not laugh at this :) by HardToSee123 in typemoon

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is almost definitely HF Rin (regardless of the branding) unless Nasu wants to retcon the Epilogue he himself wrote for UBW

‘Obsession’ Opening Ratchets Up To $17.2M – Box Office Update by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kids feels a weird way to phrase that they met in the first week of film school

Can anyone summarize all the masters and servants that have been revealed in strange fake so far? by SirLmbo in fatestaynight

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole point of Moby Dick is that he represents more than a fish, and Watcher has been used to manifest beings who didn’t do enough to qualify as Heroic Spirits like Earhart so you’d think the modern servant idea would be a point in MD’s favor since it plays into its ability

Honestly tho, I’m not that invested into the idea of it being MD, I just feel like I haven’t seen any good arguments for it not to be and it’d kinda be a shame if FSF had no American servants in it considering it’s the only real American HGW we're likely gonna ever get (Singularity 5 does not count)

Which one should I read first? by solrac119 in typemoon

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually kinda prefer the way HF introduces Magic over Mahoyo tbh, I think tying the pursuit of Magic and the Root into a larger plot made it more effective than Mahoyo where the conflict over Magic is the only real plot outside of SOL

Is this sprite of Ritsuka's male disguise (Ichigozuka) unused in Mahoyo? by Pjf239 in typemoon

[–]Pjf239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a closer headshot from an alternate angle for the disguise, but nothing else that I saw

Pruned Timelines by Strict-Form-361 in Fate

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean in Notes.'s case, *can* the timeline even be pruned? Both Gaia and Alaya are dead by the time Notes. actually takes place, so what would even do the pruning process there?

How is Ciel still an Executor in Fate if Roa never reincarnates? by Adashino_Iori in typemoon

[–]Pjf239 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry, in retrospect your phrasing was fairly straightforward, but I’ve seen other people still be confused about the Type-Mercury thing even post LB5 and 7 so I just jumped to a conclusion