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That would be the ideal...but there's probably a reason actual real life places only give you a tiny amount of them, as opposed to Steven getting entire bags/trays of them. My impression was that "the bits" at Frymans is the leftover crud that actually gets stuck in the friar itself that they would normally clean out at the end of the day, whereas at a fast food place like McDonalds, they seem more like tiny chunks of fries that get especially well cooked as a result of that size. It is a little sad that our Sailor Moon group watch is finally coming to an end. Heh: I started like a month before you, majestic, maybe like a couple before KP, and like 3-4 before InsaneCommander...and I'll be the last to finish. I also have three specials left - "Ami's First Love", "Make Up! Sailor Guardians", and the "SuperS Special". I'm a little afeared of what awaits me in the SuperS Special. Well, how interesting 'reactions' are often part the content and part the individuals reacting. If all our reactions were completely brainless or even outright obnoxious, it wouldn't be nearly as fun, . I don't want to read 99% of the SU fanbase's reactions to anything SU... (actual SU spoiler meant for majestic) ...but I can listen to something like Lindsay Ellis' thoughts for hours on something I don't even care the slightest about. So yeah, depends on the people, .

Wedge fries are death. And I hate to admit it, but KP probably has a point - in the real world, those "bits" that have been sitting in the fryer all day are very likely to be burnt fossils instead of the idealized version Steven always gets. Give me some good shoestring fries.

The texture of a potato is disgusting...unless it has been properly fried and crisped. Ergo, Steven does indeed know what he's talking about, .

I don't know if I should be allowed to pick what video games I play anymore.

Yeah, I'm like the opposite of a foodie, and in fact, when I tried the show for the first time, I watched the first five episodes and specifically remember being very put off by all the food and eating in it (and I wouldn't come back to the show a lot later as a result). First episode had Cookie Cats, second episode was fries, third episode was hamburgers and bagels, fourth episode was...that Together Breakfast monstrosity, fifth episode was Frybo. I ain't tryna watch no gross food cartoon - after I came back to it, the food focus disappeared for a while and I got over it when it occasionally was a thing again.

LET'S CHOP IT UP, JUST CHOP IT UP, AND SERVE IT WITH LINGUINI! AL DENTE! ...AL DENTE! That's a novel way of describing it.

Sailor Moon After Dark, episode 190:

Hey, look, cosplays - another thing I cannot and will not ever understand, try as I might. The only way I can even kind of accept them is when I keep in mind that most - most - of the people doing them are just doing it for some kind of goofy fun. It's all I've got. them clowning on each other was like the only interesting or fun part of their entire relationship throughout the entire series outside of a very rare episode here and there Yeah, a lot of Naoko's own drawings seem pretty sexualized (and never mind the WRITING, as you've pointed out)...but been there, done that, forgiven her given the situation. But yeah, completely unaware fanidiots have a tendency to ruin everything whenever you interact with them on their favorite things - throw 'em all in the trash. I'm borderline hypercritical of my own favorite things - you could take literally any of my favorite movies, games, or TV series and I could point out a number of objective flaws or at least subjective things that I feel could've been done a little more effectively in different ways. That's the beauty of art, particularly highly collaborative art that has tons of people involved, not to mention all of the moving parts and compromise making games or film requires given resource constraints and deadlines...and that's the way it's always going to be. If you ever find something that is truly literally perfect for you all the way through (themes and ideas, characters, plot, setting, dialogue, technical execution...the whole shebang), hold it closely forevermore, because that is a rare occurrence indeed.

really dumb, but I laughed:

Ah, see, that's what I mean when I say I'm lacking the proper context for it to register as being worse. This is simply not my forte, so I'm more looking at their outfits just for what they are rather than any additional connotations, . She definitely looks incredibly weird and off-putting...but the way I was looking at it, at least she has some actual clothes on instead of going full anime skimpiness. Soul Hunter Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon? What a legendary name. The lady...not so much from the looks of it. (although not for Fish's Eye, but the actual good ones, lol) Nothing like realizing literally everyone is wrong and thus were always irrelevant to begin with, huh? Don't even know what that is, probably don't want to know what that is. I certainly don't mind trying to figure out where more subtle characters are standing in relation to each other (NEWS FLASH: Sailor Moon characters are NOT in any way subtle), but there's a big difference between "trying to figure out" and "actively re-writing as if my feelings have any merits to the outside world whatsoever", .

Oh come on: people have problems. Although maybe I have the opposite kind of problem, since I obstinately refuse to ever read into characters that way (as well as the notion of "shipping" - please read that word with absolute venom - in general). With that context, I sort of understand more why you hate that particular scene in season 1 - I probably would have had too if I had to deal with with other distasteful watchers making such a big deal of it. Have these people never had friends who put them themselves into embarrassing or compromising situations...or friends that needed support exactly after such incidents? They really weren't given a chance (not that I think they would've matched up anyways - at least for me, Nezu had just the right kind of voice with the right kind of personality and wacko situation that made her significantly more fun and interesting that most), but yeah, they weren't all bad - a lot better than something like a deadbeat/pulseless Kaolinite. Huh, yeah, you're right that it was good for Rei that Seiya came in first - the other way around, and you could say that she only tried to help Seiya specifically because she already heard that Usagi really wasn't interested in him. Definitely illustrates Rei's trust and love for Usagi...this season pretty much cements the whole "best friend" idea between them, I think, . Hm: I still find Aluminum Siren and Lead Crow to be more distasteful than Tin Cat...and actually, it's not really even close. Maybe it's because I don't have proper context for it, maybe it's because I have a greater distaste for specifically more "anime" types of skimpiness like those two were designed...and maybe it's also because the Sailor Starlights have already inured me to a much worse version of it - at least Tin Cat has a proper skirt and shirt, and is mostly covered up. Her hat thing or whatever is probably the weirdest/worst part of her getup to me, .

@ArtistFormerlyKnownasKP THE TRUTH that you NEED to know about the gem called Lapis Lazuli...

The whole "talk about it with others" is the main reason I used to do it, but I'm also saying screw it to that, it's not worth it to me at this point, . Speaking of Usagi and Rei, I was watching the intro for Sailor Stars, and there's that part where they all hold hands together and go to spinnyworld - but the first two hands actually properly grab each other, while the last three more just stick their hands on top of the other two...which made me curious as to whom the first two were, since it was a little difficult to follow. Well, I slowed it down, and what do you know, it's Usagi and Rei! Don't that figure? I watched the baseball and plane episodes, which were pretty good, but I didn't have much to say about them - well, except for Minako and Rei tying up the announcer and hijacking the game, because of course they did, . That, and I felt a little bad for Lead Crow, who is like the very definition of anime tsundere, but very obviously had a soft spot for her "rival" (or should I say "cousin"?). I was very right that they would be no match for Nezzy. Episode 23:

Not that I'm watching anything that's in the process of coming out right now anyways, but I've completely and utterly sworn off anything that is doing weekly releases at this point - waiting until the season is done before starting it. I've learned that lesson too many times, as it literally markedly decreases my enjoyment of anything I try to watch that way. Need to be able to watch stuff at my own pace without getting annoyed by cliffhangers and more filler-ish episodes that wouldn't be annoying while watching in a group of episodes, but very much are when it's just a single episode a week. Speaking of Sailor Moon .PDFs, I also want to try Codename Sailor V at some point, particularly since I already have the .CBRs for them. Hoping Sailor V doesn't fail me where Sailor Moon did.

Madoka Magica is probably what I'll watch after finishing Sailor Moon since all y'all watched it and it's pretty short, but I'll be on at least a little bit of a break in between. I have totally exhausted my TV watching abilities over the past 5-6 months, in between rewatching the first three seasons of SU, piles of Sailor Moon, Speed Racer, Evangelion, Hilda, OK K.O., Infinity Train, and some odds and ends of other shows. There was once upon a time that I had only ever watched exactly two shows all the way through - I'm still adjusting, .

good lord, no wonder I didn't have a strong impression of Minako prior to R, who the hell is this girl and what has she done with my Minako

Oh come on, Minako would make way more sense if you're gonna have someone get mind controlled - the only time she ever has strong will about anything are strange, bizarre obsessions/fixations. ...But I guess I remember you saying that Minako is way different from the anime version, and instead plays more of a generic leader role that sort of fills in for Usagi when Usagi doesn't know what to do or how to lead?

lmao - neighbors (OR HER SCHOOL OR FRIENDS?!) ask Ikuko about her after she's left, she's gonna be like "uh, no, I don't have a pink-haired daughter...UNLESS YOU MEAN CHIBI-CHIBI? but no, I'm pretty sure I would know if I had some other pink-haired daughter..." *next month after Chibi-Usa has come back* "what are you talking about, she's always been here!" *next month after she's left again* "sorry, never heard of her, I only have one daughter...if that" @majestic

Now that you mention it, what the heck does Ikuko think of Chibi-Usa suddenly disappearing? Early into SuperS, Ikuko was talking about how she was so happy with and proud of all of her children, Chibi-Usa included, and was looking forward to all of them growing up and getting married. It was actually one of the sweeter moments of the season, especially given it happened right after Chibi-Usa had actually legitimately wronged Usagi (which is like the only time that happens in SuperS) and wanted to apologize. There are literally still photos of Chibi-Usa around - I've seen at least one of them in Usagi's room within the past few episodes I've watched. @majestic Ugh, I remember your description of this from the first time you watched it, . In regards to Crystal...yeah, just play the Riker video again: it was all a mad fever dream, don't try to think about it or make sense of it.

I wish I could repress that. There are times she looks like she's literally about half the age she's supposed to be...and actually, that happens a bit to Steven as well. The show got too anime!

I'm not velcro-hand (well, not all the time anyways), but I am pretty permanently velcro-wrist, and it can be super annoying. Real bad for sweatshirts/hoodies, too.

Here are a couple of examples I found: And that's not even mentioning proportions (both their own bodies as well as relative to other characters) and heights, which are constantly out of whack. For majestic, a comparison of Connie, who is very badly affected at points (unfortunately uses a picture from S2, although not particularly spoilerish): What's weird is I prefer characters from different art styles: Jeff & Joe's Pearl, Lauren & Hillary's Garnet, either of those two teams' Amethysts...but both of their Steven's look the two worst versions out of all four teams to me. I don't know who made that Connie monstrosity, but it is borderline unforgivable to me.

If it was Amethyst, you could maybe that excuse. But the reality is, pretty much every character suffers from huge animation inconsistencies: years back, I looked at a sheet someone had compiled of each major character from each of the major artists, and it was pretty wacky to see how different each character looked depending on who was doing it.