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Massive movie ending spoilers, so @KP the meanie zucchini, @InsaneCommander : No peeking. @Bartimaeus: Feel free to look, just set yourself into spoiler mode, just in case you might want to watch it at some point.

Do you mean the one with the Russian dub? Because that really is god awful.

edit: Language warning, obviously.

edit: I can't fully decide if it's episode 6 or 12 that I liked the least. They're both not bad and have their place, but they're... kinda next to better episodes. Eh.

So how's that working out for you on your quest for something lighthearted and fun?

It is, isn't it? Episodes 8 and 9 are a two parter, you might want to watch them back to back.

That's something that is hard to answer. The anime itself has the first six episodes as a really slow setup, adding the first OVA - the one with 35 minutes runtime - that was made after the anime itself to that extends it to seven episodes. It bridges the time skip between episodes 4 and 5, has some really nice imagery and gives Violet's coworkers something to do, including collaborating with her. It's not necessary to put it into the timeline where it belongs, but it really fits neatly into there. The 90 minute special is split in two parts, one that happens between 6 and 7, and one that happens after episode 13, but that you really best leave for after the anime because splitting it up makes it narratively awkward. There's also a 2 hour and 20 minutes movie afterwards, but that was just recently released (and I hated the ending).

Who said I was? The ending of Lost needs to be seen on two seperate levels. First, as an ending to the series, which was simply put terrible beause it resolved nothing, much like the ending of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime. Secondly, as a thematic ending, it was fitting for the setting and completely fine. I just disagree with people who say the ending is bad because it makes no sense. That's not true. It does - make sense, that is. It's still a bad ending to the series.

6 was probably my least favorite episode. It's an important growing moment for Violet, but the episode was mostly visually impressive. One might not like the character models, but it's impossible to deny the amount of work that went into drawing this.

I just realized something there... Also, yeah, to be honest, I'm like totally surprised you didn't immediately get all that, it was so obvious that it was already unsubtle in the way it hit you over the head with what it means!

I'm still surprised they followed through with Discovery and did not do anything on season three. Mostly because its just financially unsound to not do anything on it - or Mandalorian season two - and as much as we like them, at the end of the day Mike still runs a business. That's like automatic clicks by the alienated Star Trek fanbase. Guess going on Patreon really paid off for them.

No, no. The movie makes perfect sense. I'll show you how! The forum software ate my post, but luckily I saved it! Looks like that crap happens when you start typing and someone posts and the forum creates a new page out of it. Stupid forum software. It then tries to post on the old page and cannot because it is full, and simply eats the post. Here's the post: So, five minutes of processing, I end up with an idea, and, believe it or not, the movie actually cleared up a WHOLE LOT of the things that were a bit weird in the show. No, really, I'm... serious. Have another essay! Yay! Done reading? Too long? Here's a TL;DR: edit: Anyway, that's my take on the whole thing. It might mean something else entirely, it was set up to be open to interpretation after all, but the pieces fit neatly together. As much as they can. I also edited the text a bit where my stream of consciousness failed to produce coherent sentences.

Wait, wat... is... is... edit:

This Utena movie is... not what I expected so far. Oh dear. This very quickly turned squickier than the anime.

edit 2: edit 3: I also felt a lot like Charlie does while watching this anime. Here's the full episode, just in case someone here hasn't seen it. The others are good too, but three is clearly the best. Feel free to disagree, but know that you're wrong.

Without having seen the movie (that will most likely happen tonight) or doing any research, a shortish guess after sleeping on it: Shortish. Yeah, right.

PORNAREFFU and Sherry, on the island. That was certainly an unexpected departure from the usual and suddenly turned serious. PORNAREFFU also proves - once again - that he's a "bit" of a nincompoop.

No green skies, but we've had the apocalpyse come and go several times recently. Including a tornado not far away from where I live (like 80 miles or so). I can't recall an F4 level tornado that happened here before, ever. Lots of hailstorms with egg-sized chunks of ice, floodings with rivers eight meters above their usual levels... yeah, 's been pretty wild.

One other thing, watching the odd episode of Violet Evergarden has made me click on a YT video of a pair who just started to watch the episodes and does these weirdo reaction videos. I find myself enjoying them for some reason. They're just at episode two now. Hah. Well... I realized something in re-watching a few episodes here and there. This just really pushes all the right buttons for me. It just works, in spite - or maybe because of - the melodramatic elements that are present. In the original sense of the word, not the pejorative it's become now (and if you don't like melodrama why would you watch anime in the first place? It feeds off of it!). And... I've come to the conclusion that I really hate the ending of the movie, and what the worst part about that is, if you'd pick any random ten thousand people who liked the anime, the specials and the film and ask them, 9999 of them would say the ending was great. That really feels like a "me" thing. It's worse even because prior to that it looks like the ending will surpass every expectation I had until it then simply does... what it does. *sigh* I wish I could say I have no idea what you mean, but I get that too, from time to time. I'm still not done with Agents of SHIELD, and I love that show (I've mentioned it once or twice). The last season started super strong and was fun, and I just... dunno. Can't get myself to watch, and that's with every other part of my brain screaming to simply finish it. Meanwhile I have an active desire to watch the rest of Love Live!. Whatever the hell is wrong with me. Eh, I could provide some external pressure. I'll just post an unmarked spoiler every day you don't watch an episode! definitely not a spoiler: Watching that intro that makes perfect sense. That produced an insane amount of nostalgia just from the intro, and I haven't even seen the show. Well that makes it even more appealing. Heh.

Well aren't you a tease. I almost thought you'd watch some CCS there. Also, yikes, that doesn't sound lighthearted at all. More like the polar opposite. Maybe I'll try that after JoJo's done. And the, uhm, Tuxedo Mullet. edit: Wait, I overread "other party" so that makes sense. Ah, well...

Now only the movie is left, but I don't... nah, not going to do that one now. Lali-ho! Normally I'd post about what I've just seen now, but I'll sleep over it. The door reminded me of the Door in Charlie the Unicorn, episode three.

But mullets were all the rage in the 80ies, ultimate or not. Being Tuxedo Mullet in the earls 2000s takes some steel balls. Utena 38: Yay...

Seek not wickedness amongst your fellow forumites, lest it finds purchase in your own posts. But you raised your gaze to the sun, and as its light flooded your being, the light of your own eyes diminished. Now you are all but blind to these depths, only whispers and rumors left. Knowledge of what once was, but shall never be seen again. Only we are left to stare into that darkness, and we do it gladly. As it should be. As it must be.

Lots of carbs, fat and salt, by the looks of that. SCNR.