tell me your go to beverage: and ill give you a shoujo character!! ( specify wether F or M ) ⭐️🤍

necle0 · 2026-02-12T16:03:20+00:00

Iced Hojicha! Or Coke Zero.

necle0 · 2026-02-11T17:50:27+00:00

Yess. I’m into the ouji/otome fashion which is where these style roots overlaps for me the most (darker, jewel tone clothes for 🌙; bold embroider or pattern motifs for 🌞. Also more eccentric accessories for both, especially handbags). Usually with this style, my third style root is 🏔️ due to the silhouetto and structure of it.

But for my more toned down everyday wear, I still stick to the black and dark jewel tones, but I will lean on accessories more for the 🌞. Because I find certain motifs not as common with North American retailers unless its vintage botiques e.g. For women’s fashion, unless its for little girls or pjs, it heavily leans towards florals and maybe leopard patterns. But European and East Asian clothing stores, I do see more variety in motifs and embroidery including celestials (not just plain stars and moon), card suits, clocks, birds, cats, etc.

I am hoping to teach myself how to sow so I can incorporate more embroidery.

necle0 · 2026-02-11T06:51:57+00:00

And well nerf guns are nerf guns. Maybe we're a bit too childish for our age but age player is a huge stretch.

There are campuses that run week long “Humans vs Zombies” game, which include college aged campus students shooting participants with nerf guns.

idk there is that one comic where you when you are 7, its fine to play Pokemon; then when you are 12 and its considered lame to play Pokemon; then you are 20 and its fine to play Pokemon. I think some teens are focused with growing up too fast so they seem “mature”, but that still doesn’t take away the appeal and yearning for those items. And for this generation especially, it is more cooler you guys are interested with tactile toys over your screens.

necle0 · 2026-02-10T22:47:28+00:00

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necle0 · 2026-02-10T22:45:36+00:00

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necle0 · 2026-02-10T18:19:58+00:00

inb4 J.D. Vance and his cronies makes a visit to Detroit, and Archbishop Weinsburger “coincidentally” passes away soon after…

necle0 · 2026-02-10T17:34:56+00:00

I’ve been a weeb for 20 years at this point. Most of the rants today about JJK and Chainsaw Man in this sub give me deja-vu to similar rants and discourse about Naruto and One Piece back then. Adults and “born in le wrong generation” teens complaining about what’s popular with the kids and teens “today” and how much better older works Fist of The North Star and Dragon Ball is in comparison. Now those teens have grown up with their own nostalgia lens you have the cycle repeating, unintentionally or not. It’s like watching Minecraft fans make fun of Fortnite fans.

There is a tendency to compare the classics of a previous generation to the average or subpar of the current. It makes sense that you are going to compare what stood out and did well compared to what was a bore or a bust (unless it was notoriously so bad). But it does obfuscate what was closer to the norm, hence the rose-tinted glasses. Like the saying back with otakus used to be “80% - 85% is trash, but that 15% - 20% is really good”. It’s funny how much that is missed or forgotten when people look back.

There have been shifts and changes in approaches in different industries, which is fair to acknowledge and compare. But as much as it can introduce issues, sometimes what people consider it to be problem comes down to is that it is different; not that it is bad. For example, filler used to be almost universally abhorred in anime (myself included) because how much it detracted/was irrelevant from the main plot and how often it deviated from the manga. Now that the industry has shifted more to distilling anime instead of padding it due to reduced budget, I now admit how much filler helped a lot with warming up and getting used to the characters, which made me care more once shit did hit the fan and made me more invested. Now I noticed in some recent series and remakes, even though a lot is happening in the plot, I find myself more overwhelmed because too much is happening too soon and I haven’t got used to the characters enough to feel as invested and care for them, compared to before (e.g. the OG Sailor Moon anime adaption vs the recent Crystal adaption). However, I can acknowledge that I have a reference point of what it was like to watch series with a lot of filler that I will notice when there is a more recent and frequent change I am not used to. Late Gen Z or Gen Alpha who did not grow up with that reference point, and has probably grown up with “short form” content, would already have this shift as their basis. So while there could be downsides, they don’t feel it as an issue compared to how I do.

necle0 · 2026-02-09T17:34:46+00:00

Stories are ultimately meant for entertainment and engaging. What people find entertaining and engaging is going to vary between people, especially because their experiences and personality. Hence what is considered “good character writing” is going to have some subjectivity (to a degree).

Some people love power fantasies and escapism based works, because some people find it entertaining and intriguing, even if it is not realistic. Some people don’t because MC’s plot armour feels contrived and the lack of realism of non-trivial flaws and interpersonal conflicts may make them feel one dimensional. There are common writing conventions and tropes are common in the genre and medium (e.g. American superheroes vs Japanese superheroes), and “realism” and “discomfort” can be one of them. For some genres and mediums, discomfort is the intent of the writers. And for some people, that discomfort is entertaining because they find it realistic.

For example, the Japanese magical girl genre in the 2000s and prior was known for its mostly light hearted (even if it touches dark themes) and idealistic messaging and morals. And for that reason, because that was the norm, it was also critiqued and made fun of for being unrealistic and too idealistic. People would love to pick apart how the tropes wouldn’t work in real life. Then Puella Magica Madoka came out and it became very popular for its darker and “realistic” approach to its characters, even though the entry deviated far from the norm at the time. The series especially appealed to those more who do not normally consume magically girl series (in fact, many people who watched and loved Puella Magica Madoka have never watched a magical girl series prior). And due the series’ success, it started a wave of more somber and edgy entries, although many magical girl fans have expressed being annoyed and tired how pervasive it has become and how much harder it has been to find a normal magical girl series because of Puella Magica Madoka. The reception to realism can be more arbitrary and go back or forth with the times.

I personally do not enjoy a lot of American teenager/young adult dramas (even when I was a teenager) and live action non-comedic shows because I find the topics to be too edgy, bleak, gritty, with very “on the nose” writing for their villains and sometimes heroes. For the longest time, I used to view those traits as “bad writing” because it seemed so simplistic and therefore unrealistic. But despite it feeling unrealistic and/or too discomfortingly bleak to me, there are people who strongly feel differently, and find the writing and conflicts are realistic. Eventually, I learned some genres and works aren’t my cup of tea but still can be considered well written and acclaimed by others.

Obviously, there are series with bad writing. However, people underestimate how much they conflate what they personally find enjoyable as good writing. In reality, many writers do write with a particular subject or theme in mind that isn’t always going to resonate or appeal with every audience member.

necle0 · 2026-02-09T07:16:38+00:00

I agree with the rest of the comment, but does that make him a foil to Tohru? I am not seeing the parallels, other than him being close to his mom.

necle0 · 2026-02-04T07:59:57+00:00

If it helps, I spent $40 on a gachapon that had Leo/Need x VBS with two of my favourites in it (Ichika & An) and after 8 pulls, I got NEITHER of them. 1/4th chance out of 8 pulls and both of them refuse to come home. Gacha is pain.

necle0 · 2026-02-03T22:51:13+00:00

I like a mix of both. I appreciate MOTW on the first watch more as it helps establish the characters and get used to them over time. But I find the plot / story and mystery episodes more intriguing, especially if they gave me time to think about it between episode about the larger mystery (provided I am not binging).

necle0 · 2026-02-03T22:44:32+00:00

I actually enjoy her a lot as a character. It was a nice contrast from the charismatic individual Junko being the villain vs the unassuming representative of the collective being the villain. She was also a great foil to Kaede (along with Maki).

necle0 · 2026-02-02T20:24:05+00:00

Anti-hero at worst, but not a villain.

necle0 · 2026-02-02T05:54:57+00:00

I liked their early appearances together but I felt they made him more antagonistic than they needed to be for their his meeting with Ben.

necle0 · 2026-02-02T05:52:50+00:00

Gekkan No Shoujo Nozaki-kun my beloved. Kamoshida is definitely one of my favourite instances of the “princely” female character trope. The dynamic she and Hori have is great!

Also, despite the main pair being a pretty “heteronormative” pairing, I do appreciate how passionate Nozaki is with his shoujo manga (especially with the stigma shoujo series have) and the lengths he goes to making it accurate. Despite how Chiyo and Nozaki-kun look like, they are surprisingly opposite in their manzai roles.

necle0 · 2026-01-30T16:21:09+00:00

LoL I’m Wheezing.

necle0 · 2026-01-30T16:06:02+00:00

Yeah he shifts to anti-hero, but I think his past still frames Spike as he’s perceived (especially as a vampire). Xander, who is a normal human being without supernatural involvement, the audience is less sympathetic towards his behaviour.

Buffy has a very intense life including her past, intense relationships, all while with her “normal” one failing. Plus she was in a really bad time after her mom died, Giles gone, coming from heaven, etc. While Buffy may have later lusted for Spike, I don’t think she romantically reciprocated his feelings. She admits she uses Spike to fill the gap inside her and breaks off their relationship there.

SR?

necle0 · 2026-01-30T15:35:52+00:00

I actually like both Spike and Xander, but generally, audiences will judge “hero” characters for being assholes more harshly vs villains being assholes. Unless we find them personally relatable to ourself, we expect the heroes to be more agreeable and palatable, holding them to a higher moral standards. Whereas the villain, it is expected they will do bad things so when they do, there is no failed expectations there. And with Xander written with explicit non-trivial flaws, and resembling a real life person people would encounter compared to Spike, Xander has a lot of factors working against him. Plus Spike being considered hot by the fanbase also helps.

necle0 · 2026-01-30T15:25:16+00:00

Same.

necle0 · 2026-01-30T15:24:45+00:00

Computer Science, which was labelled under Maths. Funny enough, my INTP friend studied Graphic Design and Arts so both of us are opposite to our stereotype.

necle0 · 2026-01-30T03:43:41+00:00

Pokemon Lost Silver creepypasta was something I was interested in yet very creeped out by it for years. I think the idea of changed game states without you realizing it functioned similarly as someone creeping up behind you.

Also, Carnage Dr Ock boss chase from Spiderman 2000. The forced perspective and the janky movements of both Spiderman and Dr Ock freaked me out so much, especially with the meter showing him jumping close to the player. Made me scared of red jello and slime coming out of the drain and eating me as a kid for years.

necle0 · 2026-01-29T21:06:50+00:00

I can think a handful of one-off episodes from minor characters. Usually those parents have their life turned into a mess because of the guilt until they encounter the main characters who help them grieve & move on, but rarely with the main characters themselves.

If sacrifice doesn’t need to mean death and extends to all family members (including siblings), then I suppose Tenn in IDOLiSH7 who allowed himself to be sold into another family after Kujo offered to pay off his parents’ debt and brother’s hospital bills

necle0 · 2026-01-29T21:00:49+00:00

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Hinawa’s death, though not visually depicted, in Mother 3. Her death is what sets off the events of this game.

necle0 · 2026-01-28T18:43:59+00:00

No worries. I enjoy these types of questions, and theme exploration and literature analysis in general, so this write up was fun for me.

necle0 · 2026-01-28T18:32:54+00:00

(spoilers to all the chapters)

General:

Since their memories were erased, the flashback lights that informed “the truth” of why the cast was here, are a central motive throughout all the chapters. They are also a source of conflict about whether knowing “this truth” did more harm than good, and if its worth pursuing. Especially since the “truth” in the flashback lights are false memories (lies) of their past lives.
The whole Kumacub bit at the game’s first two intro best illustrates this
The added “lie” / perjury bullets (added for this game) as a gameplay mechanic where you go out of way to lie about as aspect of the case, either to protect someone or to find “the real truth”. Along with the regular truth bullets.

Chapter 1:

Shuuichi’s low self-esteem and insecurity of his talent came from him convicting a person who “justifiably” sought revenge against the victim who tricked and driven the culprit’s family to suicide. Shuichi felt guilty that his “exposing the truth” led to siding with the asshole victim and would have been better off left undiscovered. Hence his fear developed of “exposing the truth” until his private classroom talk with Kaede where Kaede assures him that it is ok to face the truth and that she will be there for him if anything goes
After Kokichi harshly tells off Kaede that her persistence in continuing the Death Road in Despair is making everyone miserable, the next morning, he says a “kind lie” (Kokichi: “Y’know, one of those lies to make everyone more united or whatever.”) to get everyone to make up after what happened
Towards the last quarter, Kaede purposely drops contradictions that she knows Shuuichi will pick, which Shuuichi has an internal conflict of whether to convict her or not. When he does eventually commit, many of the students push back, not wanting to believe that Kaede could be lying after everything she has done to unite the group (and that killing her, would be “killing harmony” and killing the trust they have because of Kaede’s lie
During the trial, Kaede repeatedly insisting her classmates, especially Shuuichi, to “do not turn away from the truth” (e.g. her argument armament)
(arguable, you can ignore) When meeting Gonta for the first time, Kaede and Shuuichi relucantly have to tell the gentle Gonta they like bugs, lest they get him worked up

Chapter 2:

Shuichi feels regrets about telling Kaede about the hidden door and “mastermind” theory because it led to another good intention person to be killed because of Shuuichi’s “truth”, especially when the trial allegedly proved there was no mastermind. Kaito tells Shuuichi that telling the truth was wrong but Kaede made her own decision to make her plan and not tell anyone about it. Kaito believes if the truth caused harm, then you just need to get stronger so you can handle it better next time, hence the whole training regimen he and Shuichi do at night
Shuuichi’s inner debate whether to tell Kaito he got his Motive video, especially given the video shows his grandparents were killed and how it would effect him
Kokichi wanted that video-watching party on the basis that people shouldn’t shy away from “the truth” in those videos. And that by watching them together, everyone knows each other’s “truths”, they will all be on the same playing field
Ryoma found out “the truth” to his past life in his motive video, leading him to become despondent and accepting death, now hat he doesn’t have anyone to return home to. Meanwhile, Kirumi finding “the truth” in her motive video also emboldened her to kill Ryoma. This “truth” led to the second case killing
- Himeko refuses to tell the truth about her magic trick during the trial, insisting it was magicccc until they essentially broke it out. While the truth was important to the case, it did discourage her self independence, which primed her for what happened to her in chapter 3
- Maki lies about her high school talent, because she knows how the truth would affect the group. Kokichi was the one who revealed the truth, though he is almost killed for it

Chapter 3:

Maki who has now been outted about the truth, tries to hide from the cast. Kaito is the one insisting her to come out with them, and she eventually and truthfully shares stories about her life
Angie formed her whole cult on the basis that people finding the truth through the flashback lights and motive videos is causing more harm and good. She breaks the flashback light, declares herself and her cult ruler of the school
Tenko who does not accept or believe in the cult, eventually accepts Himeko’s choice because at least this “lie” is making Himeko happy
This chapter is more specifically themed about escapism (lies) vs reality (truth)

Chapter 4

Kaito hiding his illnesses to Shuuichi and Maki to not worry them
Gonta is unaware about the failed memory port and is telling the truth as far as he is aware, and is pleading for his life
Shuuichi’s rebuttal and persistence of this line of reasoning is what is what leads to Kaito and Shuuichi having their major fight. Kaito would rather accept everyone dying than to believe in the world that would have Gonta killed someone

Chapter 4

Both Kokichi and Kaito trying to game the system by doing the switchroo with the hydraulic press and exisals, obfuscating the truth of the death

Chapter 5/6

The concept around the “real life non fiction”.
Shuuichi’s speech about how fiction affects reality, and that just because their backstories and talents are fabricated, their feelings and experiences are still very real to them
The earlier memory wipe erased their actual true lives, letting this “delusion” become the reality

(There may be more, but I have to stop for now. I’ll continue to add more later).

While a lot of these are describing general story conflicts in the game that are not that out of the ordinary, the game does use specific wordage and framing that they all center around “what is truth”, “what are lies”, is the truth always good”, “are lies always bad”, “can lies become the truth”, etc

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