So... Yeah. The horrific elephant in the room aside, Trails Update. CS4 is already looking up from CS3. Seriously though, "land of the free" is a frickin' lie.
Welp. Let's "finish" this arc. Ah, there it is. The CurseTM. Seeing it in action immediately reminds me of The Curse of Hatred from Naruto. To be fair, it seems a bit less stupid here.
Ah, invoking some Reich-y imagery here just in case we didn't get that the Empire has gone full on fascist. Hi Schera! And Jona!
FRICK YES. Now see, I already knew Estelle and the others were in this game. I didn't know they'd be in the prologue and playable first. This fricking rules.
I'm actually really digging how Estelle is portrayed here. She's still Estelle, but clearly she's matured and mellowed out a bit. It's so cool to see how our girl has grown.
I gotta say though, Renne is the real standout here. She's still such a smug little shit. Also, she sips tea during her new S-Craft. The absolute gall of this girl.
😀 Did Mariabell just introduce herself with an ojou-sama laugh? Amazing. Also, why is everyone taling she's somehow worse than Weissman? That is objectively incorrect.
Okay, I am done being nice. Boo frickin' hoo, Claire. You're supposed to be smarter than this, so you should've realized you're one of the baddies sooner. Cry harder.
RUNNING FIST BUMP! Agh! This is a strong opening, and I already like this game way better than 3. Though this just the start, so we'll see.
At frickin last we get to visit the witch village. Been itching to see this place. I am much less excited about the Saint-Gral Labyrynth though. Why do you hate me, Cold Steel?
Finally, playable Randy. Kinda weird that Crimson Gale is a normal craft now, but alright. Also, someone is really proud of Rose's smirking animation. Which is fair enough.
... Look. I really want to like this game, since CS3 was very disappointing, and I want this one to turn it around. So let's just pretend this hot springs scene didn't happen and move on.
I was wondering how we'd get the soldats back. I guess it's safe to assume that Ollie is the one putting them where our heroes can find them.
I will be upset if Ash and Joshua don't meet and hang out for a bit. Also, again loving how easy it is to convince the broody Hamel boy to come back.
Is the implication here that The CurseTM only compels you to do things you'd already be inclined to do? Cause if so, it should be more explicit to alleviate the confusion.
Wow, really? Gilbert? Ouroboros got so desperate to unfrick things that they sent in their dedicated jobber? That is both hilarious and just plan sad.
The later optional hot springs scenes are actually way funnier than that one that's just straight up assault. Go to the springs when you get new characters.
Thank you, Celine! Although, this does kind of bring up the issue of the writers making the classic mistake that just because you lampshade something stupid, it doesn't suddenly make it okay.
And now Rutger is a here. Bit of an escalation. Although, Zector turned out not that bad. Also, is it just me, or is he more... lively and aggressive lately?
Extremely petty nitpick, but I really wish characters would stop referring to septium veins as 'spirit veins'. Legit got confused and thought that was a different thing for while.
Heh. Real "subtle" with the hints about this being Altina's hometown and Diana being her mother, game. That and her occasional "I like water." thing.
... Lucy Seiland? As in Jenis Academy, daughter of Dr. Seiland, Lucy Seiland? ... OKAY. That's a frickin' pull. Not sure what the hell she and her b***hy friend are up to, but sure.
Heh! So Musse is some kind of super brain genius resistance leader who predicted the civil war years in advance. Absurd as that is, she's way more interesting now.
I think I just figured out why Cedric pisses me off so much. He's basically Gilbert, but we're meant to take him seriously. I do enjoy how the other villains bully him though.
I gotta say, I think part of the reason I'm enjoying this a lot more so far is because a certain someone got benched, meaning the rest of the cast gets to be more active and developed.
That's where I am so far. Only a few hours in, but things are looking up. In the video game, obviously, not so much in our sorry excuse for a nation.
I just think it's funny how over half the population are still expected to pay taxes after this. "Your lives mean less than nothing to us. Still give us money though."
I think it's totally fine and not in any way hypocritical to be staunchly against abortion and also support peoples' natural right to bodily autonomy. There are many on the left who feel that way or are even religious. Most right pro-lifers are just lying about caring about life and actually just don't like women having sex.
Things would be so much simpler if they just ,are murder legal. The 2A anarchists would love it.
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It's okay, she's a good doggo.
The Roe decision has finally changed my mind on gun rights, interpret that how you will.
>Most right pro-lifers are just lying about caring about life and actually just don't like women having sex.
Not in real life, just on Cinemaphile where everyone "trad" is just roleplaying.
I live in Texas, I went to high school and college here and debated people on it, it absolutely is just a matter of controlling women to most people here.
As liberals say, if your problem with abortion genuinely is that killing fetuses overrides the right to choose whether your body can be used to support life, they'd be supporting welfare for mothers, forcing companies to allow both maternity and paternity leave, raising the standard of living across the board, generally giving mothers the fewest possible reasons to want to abort in the first place. Systemic problems call for *systemic* solutions, not abolition.
Also: Teaching Kids about Condoms.
The unwillingness to teach kids about safe sex is part of the reason I hate other Pro-Lifers. You listed off the rest.
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Don't forget the inexhaustible well of hypocrisy stewed into the whole mess.
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You're a good person, anon.
>immigration shit
Of course. Because we needed more depressing politics and barbarous violations of human rights. Thanks Dave, now shut up, please.
Nah those are clearly making fun of anti-immigration people. I think that may have been a hot topic at this time, going off of Eric Clapton's racist screed? That may have been earlier than this.
I don't think Sim ever got racist, and certainly not at this point in the comic. It was a long time before he became explicitly right wing and it coincided with a religious rebirth. We have a long way to go before we get to that stuff.
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>It was a long time before he became explicitly right wing and it coincided with a religious rebirth.
...
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it'll actually be interested if/when we get there because I swear it's just straight up Otto Weininger
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But yeah, the world sucks right now, and kiss church/state goodbye, you only get to have rights if they're "deeply historically rooted"
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In high school I fought, almost literally with my fists, to get Protestant prayer out of the classrooms, alienated my family from the community, and... poof, gone.
I hate that I would actually gladly take the reddit atheists back now.
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Maybe things will swing back to atheism being edgy and cool for the nihilist young dickbags again...
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The fact that somehow, 160 years later, the Confederacy is going to achieve some kind of zombie victory is so depressing.
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Reconstruction didn't go far enough, our Uncle Billy is gonna have to come teach some Texan secessionists a lesson.
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>"deeply historically rooted"
The United States of America, as a nation has only existed for less than 250 years. We, as a nation simply do not have "deep historical roots" and our lack thereof was one of our greatest strengths and part of the reason we're not constantly at war with ourselves like our Continental Ancestors every half century.
They get around that by abstracting the church. In Protestantism, there's a million subdivisions with no singular leader or organization, because they declared the Pope illegitimate half a millennia ago. There's no leading institution so there's no one to tax.
Just means the smaller churches will get hit hard while the MegaChurches and Vatican Lobby themselves into an exception.
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Planet Stories looks cool. I wanna know more about the Black Amazons of Mars!
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I actually had that book. Black Amazon of Mars is a pulp planetary romance novella by Liegh Bracket.
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Thanks for running OP.
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>jaka
Hoo boy
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That bad, huh? Yikes.
But yeah, the world sucks right now, and kiss church/state goodbye, you only get to have rights if they're "deeply historically rooted"
>you only get to have rights if they're "deeply historically rooted" >tfw not white and extremely concerned about how far deep we're talking here
Also, the church can damn well start paying taxes if they suddenly get to influence politics.
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They get around that by abstracting the church. In Protestantism, there's a million subdivisions with no singular leader or organization, because they declared the Pope illegitimate half a millennia ago. There's no leading institution so there's no one to tax.
Hello, Storyteller.
So... Yeah. The horrific elephant in the room aside, Trails Update. CS4 is already looking up from CS3. Seriously though, "land of the free" is a frickin' lie.
Welp. Let's "finish" this arc. Ah, there it is. The CurseTM. Seeing it in action immediately reminds me of The Curse of Hatred from Naruto. To be fair, it seems a bit less stupid here.
Ah, invoking some Reich-y imagery here just in case we didn't get that the Empire has gone full on fascist. Hi Schera! And Jona!
FRICK YES. Now see, I already knew Estelle and the others were in this game. I didn't know they'd be in the prologue and playable first. This fricking rules.
I'm actually really digging how Estelle is portrayed here. She's still Estelle, but clearly she's matured and mellowed out a bit. It's so cool to see how our girl has grown.
I gotta say though, Renne is the real standout here. She's still such a smug little shit. Also, she sips tea during her new S-Craft. The absolute gall of this girl.
😀 Did Mariabell just introduce herself with an ojou-sama laugh? Amazing. Also, why is everyone taling she's somehow worse than Weissman? That is objectively incorrect.
Okay, I am done being nice. Boo frickin' hoo, Claire. You're supposed to be smarter than this, so you should've realized you're one of the baddies sooner. Cry harder.
RUNNING FIST BUMP! Agh! This is a strong opening, and I already like this game way better than 3. Though this just the start, so we'll see.
>Seagate Distributors
Ah, comics, before the Diamond monopoly.
At frickin last we get to visit the witch village. Been itching to see this place. I am much less excited about the Saint-Gral Labyrynth though. Why do you hate me, Cold Steel?
Finally, playable Randy. Kinda weird that Crimson Gale is a normal craft now, but alright. Also, someone is really proud of Rose's smirking animation. Which is fair enough.
... Look. I really want to like this game, since CS3 was very disappointing, and I want this one to turn it around. So let's just pretend this hot springs scene didn't happen and move on.
I was wondering how we'd get the soldats back. I guess it's safe to assume that Ollie is the one putting them where our heroes can find them.
I will be upset if Ash and Joshua don't meet and hang out for a bit. Also, again loving how easy it is to convince the broody Hamel boy to come back.
Is the implication here that The CurseTM only compels you to do things you'd already be inclined to do? Cause if so, it should be more explicit to alleviate the confusion.
Wow, really? Gilbert? Ouroboros got so desperate to unfrick things that they sent in their dedicated jobber? That is both hilarious and just plan sad.
The later optional hot springs scenes are actually way funnier than that one that's just straight up assault. Go to the springs when you get new characters.
Thank you, Celine! Although, this does kind of bring up the issue of the writers making the classic mistake that just because you lampshade something stupid, it doesn't suddenly make it okay.
what's up
i wish i had content to post but i don't
World's pretty shit huh
And now Rutger is a here. Bit of an escalation. Although, Zector turned out not that bad. Also, is it just me, or is he more... lively and aggressive lately?
Extremely petty nitpick, but I really wish characters would stop referring to septium veins as 'spirit veins'. Legit got confused and thought that was a different thing for while.
Heh. Real "subtle" with the hints about this being Altina's hometown and Diana being her mother, game. That and her occasional "I like water." thing.
... Lucy Seiland? As in Jenis Academy, daughter of Dr. Seiland, Lucy Seiland? ... OKAY. That's a frickin' pull. Not sure what the hell she and her b***hy friend are up to, but sure.
Heh! So Musse is some kind of super brain genius resistance leader who predicted the civil war years in advance. Absurd as that is, she's way more interesting now.
I think I just figured out why Cedric pisses me off so much. He's basically Gilbert, but we're meant to take him seriously. I do enjoy how the other villains bully him though.
I gotta say, I think part of the reason I'm enjoying this a lot more so far is because a certain someone got benched, meaning the rest of the cast gets to be more active and developed.
That's where I am so far. Only a few hours in, but things are looking up. In the video game, obviously, not so much in our sorry excuse for a nation.
Hey OP. Sorry about all the news.
it sucks
Cerebus doing absurdist court drama is good
Fricking GENIUS!
I'm sorry I'm so distracted today, but we're on for Saturday
S'alright.
No need to apologize. It's completely understandable.
This dude's costume is giving off some uncanny Taz the Tasmanian Devil vibes. Especially with the weird side mouth.
That woman's shirt is too tight....
>immigration shit
Of course. Because we needed more depressing politics and barbarous violations of human rights. Thanks Dave, now shut up, please.
>absurdist
...
The frickers didn't wait two hours to start salivating over destroying other rights.
I fear y'all are gonna be too burnt out by the world before we get to High Society, frick.
brb I got roped into something
There was a time we weren't burnt out on the world?
These threads exist because OP was in an alcoholic spiral of depression and Cinemaphile browsing.
OP did it first and did it best, I can only hope to match that drunkpost power someday
Also Cerebus storytime has felt more depressed than usual, maybe it's just me projecting though
Cerebus story time has been irregular, and the news has generally been bad through the lot of it, so we are just reflecting the world.
I just think it's funny how over half the population are still expected to pay taxes after this. "Your lives mean less than nothing to us. Still give us money though."
Don't worry, they're getting there. There's a lot of rights, it's gonna take some time to overturn them all.
Things would be so much simpler if they just ,are murder legal. The 2A anarchists would love it.
It's okay, she's a good doggo.
Speaking as a staunch pro-lifer, I am weirded out by how dead inside the whole affair leaves me.
Though, I also hate most other pro-lifers.
I think it's totally fine and not in any way hypocritical to be staunchly against abortion and also support peoples' natural right to bodily autonomy. There are many on the left who feel that way or are even religious. Most right pro-lifers are just lying about caring about life and actually just don't like women having sex.
The Roe decision has finally changed my mind on gun rights, interpret that how you will.
>Most right pro-lifers are just lying about caring about life and actually just don't like women having sex.
Not in real life, just on Cinemaphile where everyone "trad" is just roleplaying.
I live in Texas, I went to high school and college here and debated people on it, it absolutely is just a matter of controlling women to most people here.
As liberals say, if your problem with abortion genuinely is that killing fetuses overrides the right to choose whether your body can be used to support life, they'd be supporting welfare for mothers, forcing companies to allow both maternity and paternity leave, raising the standard of living across the board, generally giving mothers the fewest possible reasons to want to abort in the first place. Systemic problems call for *systemic* solutions, not abolition.
Also: Teaching Kids about Condoms.
The unwillingness to teach kids about safe sex is part of the reason I hate other Pro-Lifers. You listed off the rest.
Don't forget the inexhaustible well of hypocrisy stewed into the whole mess.
You're a good person, anon.
Nah those are clearly making fun of anti-immigration people. I think that may have been a hot topic at this time, going off of Eric Clapton's racist screed? That may have been earlier than this.
I don't think Sim ever got racist, and certainly not at this point in the comic. It was a long time before he became explicitly right wing and it coincided with a religious rebirth. We have a long way to go before we get to that stuff.
>It was a long time before he became explicitly right wing and it coincided with a religious rebirth.
...
it'll actually be interested if/when we get there because I swear it's just straight up Otto Weininger
But yeah, the world sucks right now, and kiss church/state goodbye, you only get to have rights if they're "deeply historically rooted"
In high school I fought, almost literally with my fists, to get Protestant prayer out of the classrooms, alienated my family from the community, and... poof, gone.
I hate that I would actually gladly take the reddit atheists back now.
Maybe things will swing back to atheism being edgy and cool for the nihilist young dickbags again...
The fact that somehow, 160 years later, the Confederacy is going to achieve some kind of zombie victory is so depressing.
Reconstruction didn't go far enough, our Uncle Billy is gonna have to come teach some Texan secessionists a lesson.
>"deeply historically rooted"
The United States of America, as a nation has only existed for less than 250 years. We, as a nation simply do not have "deep historical roots" and our lack thereof was one of our greatest strengths and part of the reason we're not constantly at war with ourselves like our Continental Ancestors every half century.
Just means the smaller churches will get hit hard while the MegaChurches and Vatican Lobby themselves into an exception.
Planet Stories looks cool. I wanna know more about the Black Amazons of Mars!
I actually had that book. Black Amazon of Mars is a pulp planetary romance novella by Liegh Bracket.
Thanks for running OP.
>jaka
Hoo boy
That bad, huh? Yikes.
>you only get to have rights if they're "deeply historically rooted"
>tfw not white and extremely concerned about how far deep we're talking here
Also, the church can damn well start paying taxes if they suddenly get to influence politics.
They get around that by abstracting the church. In Protestantism, there's a million subdivisions with no singular leader or organization, because they declared the Pope illegitimate half a millennia ago. There's no leading institution so there's no one to tax.
I don’t take in the news.
I was once like you, happy and free and secure in my liberal axiomatic values.
Nah, I just went crazy for a few years and I gotta be careful.
Robofricker here giving my regards.