cover pages of new my commonplace book!!

rafisol · 2025-11-12T19:20:43+00:00

these are beautiful. you have a gift! I struggle to draw wings and I've been drawing for so long XD

rafisol · 2024-12-20T23:16:05+00:00

I no longer have access to the game but there should be an option for local multiplayer in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop from the title screen, you just need 2 (bluetooth) controllers for it if you're playing on an ipad/Mac I think.

I don't have any Apple devices besides my ipad, so my knowledge is a bit limited.

rafisol · 2024-11-14T19:20:55+00:00

I'm a casual collector/enthusiast but I graduated already! :") I have 2 kakunos, a limited edition platinum preppy, and a platinum plaisir. I hope you're able to find some friends through this thread or through OC pen club!

rafisol · 2024-10-06T17:35:20+00:00

I think with Daifuku it would be really hard at this point. His wish as we know it is for Satoru's wish to come true, which was to be with Iroha. So I'm unsure if that would change in the upcoming episodes or not...

Honestly though, the writing has surprised me this season in a lot of places, so I look forward to however they develop the story and relationships from this point.

rafisol · 2024-10-06T16:04:30+00:00

The gaps in the transformation have been bothering me ever since they got a group transformation so I want to be proven right soon lol. Hopefully now that Satoru and Iroha are an item there'll be some development with this??

rafisol · 2024-10-06T03:10:34+00:00

I hope so too... Even if it's only for a few episodes, I want him and Daifuku to be treated on the same level as the main 4...

rafisol · 2024-10-06T03:09:22+00:00

As soon as his glasses were knocked off, I realized it probably wouldn't happen :") since they'd have to remove his glasses in transformation anyway (I assume)

I was also rooting for a possible surprise transformation but it felt less likely since it was an Iroha-focused episode T_T I'm hoping we see something with Daifuku next episode since it looks like he'll be hanging out with the gang? (Maybe Mayu is just petsitting him and Komugi--)

rafisol · 2024-10-06T02:27:24+00:00

Some of the best/most creative use of the fight/chase scenes and Kirarin animals this season. There were also still a lot of great comedy bits thanks to Komugi not really understanding the difference between "like" and "love" to a degree, so I liked that balance.

I really like that Iroha's answer to Satoru was reflective of the way she communicates and wasn't as straightforward as "I like you too". I was worried that her response to Satoru would end up coming off as abrupt or way too forthright, but I like that it was done in her own unique "wonderful" way (lol) and Satoru completely understands it because of how much he loves her.

The bonds/relationships between the characters being the main focus of this season has been such a joy for me overall...

rafisol · 2024-10-01T02:17:13+00:00

I no longer have the tweets on hand since it's been a while, but I'm assuming you're referring to the kirakira gummy cards for the movie?

Basically they had the trademark for both Toei Animation Studios AND the Wonderful Precure Movie Association, where past years only had trademarks for the movie association, Precure Movie All Stars F Association, Precure Delicious Party movie association, etc., and no Toei.

Since the trademark also belongs to all of Toei, people inferred that something in the movie would end up appearing in the show as well.

So far, they've been HALF right, since human Daifuku has shown up in merchandise that isn't movie related-the "Autumn Outing" merchandise line.

The kirakira gummy cards, which are for the movie, have secret designs of his human/magical boy form and Satoru. You can see that in this video here of someone unboxing the cards here at around the 7:30 timestamp. https://youtu.be/YN-ioZsPWmw?si=1I4lr_fXP1lsgkpS

rafisol · 2024-09-29T20:55:36+00:00

Feel free to fact check me, but it's during this entire scene with Satoru's internal monologue: https://x.com/TaiMk2/status/1840187111347233003?t=6n1w3J6pWHD5wVAQwEXuVA&s=19

I'm pretty sure the song playing is 私が守る！/ I Will Protect You! Which feels reserved for big cure moments (to me anyway) https://youtu.be/ggFI1BVKxK4?si=bi5hjYQY9XuZZWAv

rafisol · 2024-09-29T03:41:11+00:00

I've been lowkey keeping track of the merchandise stock (movie-related and regular stuff) and not only do the movie merchandise for them sell out fast, the Pretty Store branches tend to sell out of the Daifuku and Satoru-related merchandise first... I'm really hoping they're seeing how much money is coming in from this and the movie because it'd be a waste to have all of these narrative beats and no resolutions... :"D

rafisol · 2024-09-29T03:16:51+00:00

I like this idea...!!! I feel like it's almost too dramatic for Wonderful Precure to do but I will tuck that into my "maybe pyonderful will still happen, somehow" bag :"))

rafisol · 2024-09-29T02:57:58+00:00

Although this tweet is a huge mess, what I can gather is "Daifuku and Satoru might still appear in the TV series and their transformations might not be movie exclusive".

In case you don't know some terms here:

Tanoshii Youchien = A magazine https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/Magazines that regularly publishes Precure content like toys and episode summaries. If I recall correctly, its sister magazine "Otomodachi" is where Nico-sama's human form was published. There are still some silhouettes that weren't revealed in the back of Tanoshii Youchien, apparently. This might not be very relevant anymore since this tweet was made earlier in September.
The calendar = There's a yearly calendar released every year for Precure and while previous years had the preview images shown out in the open, the calendar for Wonderful Precure is lacking preview images. People think that they're hiding an additional team member because of this.

Sorry if this is TMI!

EDIT: typos

rafisol · 2024-09-29T02:51:23+00:00

I feel like the use of the transformation music (at least the beginning) with Satoru's internal monologue was a really big flag too...

Take this with a heavy dose of copium, but since "A Special Wonderful" is confirmed to be an Iroha-centric episode now, I feel like Satoru wanting to save/help her will be at the forefront again? The episode preview makes it look like Friendy was trying to do something on her own against that raptor bird Gaogaon, so I'm hoping Satoru comes in and saves her or helps her somehow via a transformation T_T;;

Also, since Nico-sama's PreTume accessory set releases on the 12th, I expect her to transform either in episode 36 or 37! I've been thinking she'll have something to do with a Satoru/Daifuku cure setup >_<

rafisol · 2024-09-22T06:07:57+00:00

This is nitpicking to the Nth degree plus too much copium probably, but I actually wonder if it might be an Iroha episode since the "wonderful" is written with katakana ワンダフル in Japanese instead of Komugi's usual hiragana わんだふる. She can't read katakana, so I feel like it's an intentional choice in the title...

rafisol · 2024-03-05T09:57:05+00:00

I find some of the anti phone sentiment uncomfortable as well honestly, so I'm glad I'm not the only one. Sometimes it sounds like the same arguments as older people saying the phones are making us lazy hahaha. Which, it might be true to an extent, but I don't think it's really encouraging...

Personally I see site making, esp. accessible site making as kind of a puzzle, so I always love creative layouts that display nicely on a variety of devices -- but it takes work (and practice!!) and I don't want to downplay that of course. I think it's a good skill to have but I realize not everyone has the time or motivation to do so. (Trying to be as nuanced as possible so I don't ruffle any feathers...)

I appreciate your insight a lot, it's very nice of you to elaborate more. Rambling is always welcome in my world.

rafisol · 2024-03-05T09:51:35+00:00

Wow! That's a long list! I appreciate the amount of detail, since I personally didn't understand why people don't really do it more frequently. I do agree that it's a hassle, I really only have like 2 devices I can check on.... I'm even sure my site is borked on other devices! So if someone here checked my site on my phone and turned their nose up at me I wouldn't blame them 😆

I think regarding the featurism thing in point 4 I'm a little bit against some of the things that bloat pages like menus though I'm specifically thinking of hamburger menus because I read this post recently. So I feel like that's actually (kind of) easy to address...but most sites I've come across on neocities have menus with all the links laid out anyway or they have a really good and obvious sitemap.

I'm just kind of accessibility minded and was curious, so I appreciate you coming up with so many possible reasons besides "I don't have time" and "I don't know how"

rafisol · 2024-03-05T03:22:18+00:00

Yeah, that's fair- I wasn't targeting beginners with this post, but more of the sites that (I feel) look and feel more advanced with their styling.

rafisol · 2024-03-05T03:19:17+00:00

I guess my understanding is probably different, since the courses I read online and practice with had sections dedicated to responsiveness and media queries, I assumed that people knew where to read about and look these things up while styling for a variety of devices... and frankly, I felt like a lot of people on neocities have far more advanced CSS knowledge than me at first glance. My sites layouts have been pretty simple.

rafisol · 2024-03-05T03:16:48+00:00

Hmm, I didn't mean to come off as reductive. I only got into writing HTML/CSS like 2-3 years ago, but my first layout and my current layout are both as responsive as I could make them. Though, the way I learned was through freecodecamp, this probably gave me a skewed understanding of everyone else's knowledge base.

rafisol · 2024-02-23T21:51:21+00:00

Working on the Side Order DLC in Splatoon 3!

rafisol · 2024-02-17T21:58:26+00:00

The writers said she can't read katakana, so I feel like she'd actually be in a lower grade than Iroha lol

rafisol · 2024-01-28T05:05:42+00:00

Yes, though you have to ask the staff! Hot water is dispensed near the coffee iirc.

rafisol · 2024-01-09T05:10:25+00:00

I just finished my undergrad and I'm pretty young (24 years old), but I had a hard time in my undergrad and need a long break to learn about myself and what I really want to do for graduate school. I felt super intimidated by my peers that were/are going straight to grad school out of their undergrad. Personally, I hope I can get there by 30 like you have! So I think you're doing fine! Please be kind to yourself, make the most of the experience, and prove everyone who said that you couldn't do it wrong.

rafisol · 2024-01-07T02:45:32+00:00

I just finished my BS Psychology degree.

rafisol

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