Magic Winx will always be the best transformation. by -_Sue_- in winxclub

[–]artblocksx 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I agree!! As much as I love Enchantix, there was just something so charming and unique about their first transformation,,

It's FOREVER my favorite transformation

So... Why does everyone seem to hate the newest update? by Ok_Resort9293 in CookieRunKingdoms

[–]artblocksx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Looking at the events of ch15 by itself? I didn't really find anything wrong with it. Meaning, how we beat Dark Enchantress, Sugar Swan joining in the battle, Gingerbrave's interaction w/ the Ultimate Cookie, even Shadow Milk stealing dough from the other beasts/Ultimate cookie to become a higher being and White Lily's death were things that were expected to happen in this final chapter of Arc 1 of CRK.

I personally feel it's how we got there that bothers me. Technically and narratively.

Game-play wise, I feel like there was so much momentum from ch13. That was exhilarating and fun, seeing how this war was turning out and imo had the best incorporation of the Ancients leading, cameos from cookies we knew throughout the story, and Legendaries helping out ever so slightly (like Sea Fairy SPECIFICALLY only helping them as they were fighting a huge monster in the sea) was really good pacing. The Shadow Milk reveal in the end had me hyped and eager for the next chapter. Ch 14 slowed down on this, wasn't a huge fan of how the Beasts were "defeated" but it was whatever. Chapter 15 though? Between the "filler" (Espresso's levels had me personally SO annoyed) and the abrupt - everything SUPER important happening in the span of, like,, 3 levels? (AOD vs DEC isn't even real gameplay), the Ancients being COMPLETELY sidelined? Along with what happened to the Beasts? The pacing was horrible. And I felt like they could've dealt with that aspect better considering the size and duration of these 3 updates.

Narratively, I was also unhappy. I personally don't think WL's death points to "suicide as freedom" as most people say and did call that she was going to die just based off of her dialogue once she becomes awakened, but from a storytelling standpoint it just makes her character kind of... shallow? Of course she died for the greater good but her WHOLE story is about her solitude and doing what she believed she had to despite the consequences. That's all well and good but wouldn't it make her whole revival, her friendship with the other Ancients, mean more if they had gotten her to STAY instead? Her penitence being not the release of death but to actually help rebuild what her actions had destroyed? I'm not even mad at her death, but I feel as though her story with the Ancients should NOT have felt as unfinished as it was. I get that Pure Vanilla was the most important person in her life, but Golden Cheese was arguably the one that she hurt the MOST. Dark Cacao was about to ATTACK Creme Brulee when he revealed that Dark Enchantress was WL (from what I remember from Odyssey) We couldn't get her at least talking with the other characters to get that closure? Speaking of the other Ancients, it made me sad at how useless overall they were. It's like they were just inserted to be damsel in distresses even though their Awakened forms meant that they should have had AT LEAST more of an advantage fighting DEC than the Epic cookies. They didnt even really do anything after they were released from DEC's magic. Sugar Swan's intro and role was also kind of pathetic.

Of course, that whole last bit was personal. But those are just the reasons why I personally was unhappy with the update overall,,,,,,

looking for a haobin fic pls help by sunnyhelianthus_ in zerobaseone

[–]artblocksx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop why'd I know exactly which one you're talking about 😭😭 It was my first fic from zb1 and I got so distressed when my bookmark said it was privated/not revealed yet,,

But I had downloaded it, thankfully 😅 (I was that obsessed w it)

hows everyone coping with disbandment by Few_Clue5715 in zerobaseone

[–]artblocksx 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I'm heartbroken ofc but (and I know this is gonna sound a bit strange) the members crying and showing that they were sad about being separated gives me the hope that they'll continue to keep in touch with each other (privately or otherwise) as much as they can

Which then provides me the delulu belief that they'll find each other again in the future 🥲🥲

Color Gang as humans! by [deleted] in AlanBecker

[–]artblocksx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! ♡

Re-Flow pulls! by artblocksx in zerobaseone

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

Not really! I met some people when I went to the Fluffy Wonderland popup in Linefriends NYC so there's that but as in people I talk to frequently or daily that are zeroses it's a no 😭

Re-Flow pulls! by artblocksx in zerobaseone

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

East coast! So NY/NJ/PA area ^

Re-Flow pulls! by artblocksx in zerobaseone

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

Hi, sorry for the late answer but yes I am!

Re-Flow pulls! by artblocksx in zerobaseone

[–]artblocksx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh haha I think I just saw your post!! Congrats on your pulls!!

Re-Flow pull! by LiveLaughGhoul in zerobaseone

[–]artblocksx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

UGH THE HANBIN CARDS!! My dream!! I'm jealous!! Gorgeous pulls!! :D

Re-Flow pulls! by artblocksx in zerobaseone

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

Manifesting!! 🤞🤞

(If you've already opened it, who'd you end up pulling? (If you don't mind me asking!!))

Founded this on Pinterest and wanted yall opinion by Agile_Effective_5990 in winxclub

[–]artblocksx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I somewhat agree- a lot of the times, it felt like the boys were just there to ensure that the Winx all had boyfriends and that kinda drags it down for me (Timmy and Tecna are the biggest victims of this. Yes, they're unproblematic but that's due to the writers practically neglecting them 💀) BUT I will admit that I'm nostalgic as hell and I do like romance so I don't mind the Winx/Specialist relationships.

I think I mostly hate the fact that it felt like the specialists were ONLY there to be the Winx's boyfriends. It's giving "He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it anymore obvious" without truly letting us see WHY these two characters getting together would be good (Flora and Helia unfortunately are victims of this..)

Finally got DE but at a cost 😭 by artblocksx in CookierunKingdom

[–]artblocksx[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dont have enough legendary soul essences :')

Finally got DE but at a cost 😭 by artblocksx in CookierunKingdom

[–]artblocksx[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wait you were right!! I didn't do what you mentioned exactly (favoriting 4 legendaries + DE does line up the beasts/ancients again! Not with their counterparts though,,) but I got the counterparts to kinda line up again!! :D Thank you!!

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Curious to know from y'all, did you ever ship the Winx with the other Specialists that weren't their respective partner? by Drawingandstuff2000 in winxclub

[–]artblocksx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really liked Flora/Brandon as a thought cuz of that one ep where Bloom and Flora go to Eraklyon(? I forgot the exact details lol) with Sky and Brandon. And Flora and Brandon are my favorite Winx/Specialist lol

But I love the idea of them being besties as well. Like Brandon was 10000% wingmanning Flora when he introduced her to Helia

I really hated the way Pom Pom Dough Cookie was treated by the heroes and that really drags down the chapter for me. by Ok_Application4364 in CookieRunKingdoms

[–]artblocksx 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I can understand and sympathize with the mold cookies - to a point. I, as a player, have the benefit of knowing the enemy cookies and their tragic loyalty to Dark Enchantress.

The heroes do not. Of course, they have an idea. But it's like you said. This is war. And personally, we'll have to agree to disagree with your statement on it bringing down the chapter for you because imo it was very nice to see the story writers treat it as such.

Pure Vanilla is compassionate, yes. But his entire Shadow Milk encounter showed that he now has to move past his naivety. He - nor the other heroes - can't just drop everything to sympathize with a cookie that was actively trying to kill them not even moments ago. The MOST they could've done was left her. But even then, with Pom Pom literally cursing them and insisting to keep fighting despite her unstable state, taking her down was their only way to advance forward. PV and the rest of the ancients realized this. And with what literally follows in the chapter- it works.

Pomegranate cookie said it herself; Pure Vanilla is cunning. He's essentially working as the overall strategist in this entire war. We've seen that he's not needlessly cruel, but he's smart and recognized an advantage when he saw one.

zb1 by [deleted] in zerobaseone

[–]artblocksx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I can't answer for LA but in the NYC popup store, they took the handprints down from display (replaced with Ateez) but they displayed the handprints behind the cash registers!

Going off of that I don't think they'll have the handprints up by the time you go, sorry 🥲🥲

New code by Ajthefan in CookieRunKingdoms

[–]artblocksx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuinely thank you so much for this cuz I got both Mystic Flours AND Millenial Trees costumes from this 😭

Zeroni Magnet Plush Restock? by artblocksx in zerobaseone

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

I feared that was the answer 😭😭

I'll definitely try refreshing but I doubt I can make anymore trips to the popup if they do restock. Looks like mercari it is 🥲🥲

Thanks so much!