Weekly?

Yeah, the page hadn't refreshed when I posted my question. Dr. Castle is humorously almost the perfect candidate for the role as well.

The conclusion we reached is that anons should just do cards of whatever character they want, whenever they want. This was the template I made but you don't have to use it.

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Could LL or Jack have a story based off the trading card game?

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Funny but I'm serious though.

Yeah, so am I.

I had a feeling I'd better keep my mouth shut... I'm sorry, for what it's worth I was sad for your loss. I hope this new year will be better for you. I really do.

If I don't have to watch someone I love die this year, like I have for the past two years, it has the possibility to be.

But enough about that, what's the new hotness this week in /coc/? Tarot cards? Who's playing the cards to predict who's future?

Why those years specifically?

I have no idea what the internet landscape will look like by then. Probably dominated by A.I. or whatever comes after.

Well, goodnight.

Who WILL be playing the cards though? You don't have a deck of cards and not play them.

Nta, but I searched the list of characters on the wiki to get an idea for some candidates.
I'm not sure what kind of plot people had in mind, but...
>Dr. Coccult
Maybe the tarots are from a parallel world and they do... stuffs?
>Enlightenment
Maybe he uses his power to transfer the qualities of the heroes pictured in the cards to the cards themselves.
>Moira Grimoire
Idk, cards, demon books... Maybe there's a demon shaped like a deck of cards.
>Skull King
Maybe a story of how the old guy does a reading of the future? Or plays tarots against a malevolent entity?

I'd like to be more than an idea guy, but I don't have artistic talent. I can only hope to push things toward an idea cool enough to catch the attention of people with talent.

Well, yes. That might be a more grounded plot.
Who was this guy again?

>Lila notices that Arthur's really into Baki
>asks him if he can get her into it as well
>he's very reluctant, says that she probably won't like it, but eventually caves in
>Arthur ends up being completely right because of author's tendency to constantly overembellish scientific facts (anatomy and human biology at large) to an almost comical degree

It's probably important to note that Arthur would be the one who has his shit together at least somewhat (he'd have the highest alcohol tolerance out of the three owing to his stature, abilities and, uh, lineage), so he would be the one corralling the other two around most of the time. He would still slip into a sad/angry drunken rant at least once though, don't get me wrong.

Doesn't take much comparative to others.
Again, she weighs less than a slice of bread.

>this is canon
The first issue of her comic states that she weighs 62 lbs.

>LL would be considered child featherweight
62 lbs of punches and attitude

actually, no one knows about Joe's Childhood and teenage years not even Liza (she was with him the longest)
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>Keep up the good work, I'm reading it now.
thanks and i will

>actually, no one knows about Joe's Childhood and teenage years not even Liza (she was with him the longest)
No survivors huh

>When did he first discover NMA?
so the current timeline is like this (so far)
he discovered it in his early twenties (22-23 y.o) and wasn't a hero then just a random "Mystic martial artist traveler" (his words not mine kek) but then he met Liza when he was 25 and dated for several years
>N1 is right about heavy info.
ik even if it's just a small part of his backstory
also my main point is that Joe could have been a villain and violent guy but he chooses to be a calm and pacifist person (until someone threatens his daughter or his loved ones)
>Future snow fox kid is still in the works, so that's good.
yes in every Holiday there are some parts that are canon and some that are not
for example
>halloween special:
Willow's friends = not canon
Lester (the young vampire hunter) and his uncle Draven Bloodthorn = canon
Damon 'Dredd' and Ozzaruth + the concept of a "visionary" = canon
>Thanksgiving special:
the gobbler and Maiyun =not canon
Agent TL= canon
Sam the Bigfoot= 50/50
Liza refuses to settle down yet = super duper canon kek

and finally
>Christmas special:
the D-class prisoners = canon
N1 and monsters and elves =not canon
Joe's backstory(minus the stealing from Santa part) = canon
the ending with Kayla and Liza =???

>Nice holiday story.
thanks and appreciate the feedback

now after i finish the special i can go on my three to four weeks hiatus in peace

probably

That makes a lot of sense actually. I don't think anons have any different tools to make characters and stories nowadays though. There's always been greentexts, there's always been drawing programs, there's always been the same ways to do it. I think a good chunk of it is the way that the anons making things think about it differently. As you put it, people here are "independent story tellers". They want to tell stories with their characters, and include it in a universe larger than their own. Typically, anons will write a full story, script, or comic for their OC as a sort of looking glass into the world of Cinemaphile through the lens of their character. Contrast that with the more "set it and forget it" style of older characters, who had more emphasis on being fun standalone ideas not necessarily with any plots or character arcs from the getgo.

>sometimes it really does seem like two different people
It's actually one of the things I wanted to play around with:
When it comes to superheroes, people really like to put that large degree of separation between a superhero and their alter ego to the point of viewing them as different beings entirely, just think about the Superman monologue in Kill Bill or all those "Bruce Wayne is the real mask!"-type posts. This mostly stems, in my opinion, from the freedom people see in the idea of hiding their identity and working outside of the law, something that most people just can't bring themselves to do as *themselves*, but I digress. The point is, people really like to put the two on the completely different sides of the spectrum, making them completely distinct personalities even though they are supposed to be two sides of the same coin. It is, however, a fairly modern interpretation: back in the day a mask was exactly that — just a mask. Now, how does that relate to Crackdown?

The most defining trait of Arthur is that he's introverted. The second defining trait of his is that he's bad with people. Despite what most people think, these are NOT interchangeable: being introverted simply means that social interaction drains you, as opposed to extroverts; it has no direct bearing on your social skills. The important part is that you can only be BORN as former and BECOME the latter. Do you get what I'm saying? Everything that Arthur displays as Crackdown was already working inside him, it was never about the actual mask. It's not really a dichotomy between Arthur Braun and Crackdown, it's a dichotomy between the Arthur Braun he was born as and the one he *ended up* as, both equally Arthur Braun. He's not a schizo, he doesn't have dissociative identity, he's not even bipolar — he just talks to himself a lot. That's all he ever does. That's all he really has.

Sorry for the word vomit, it's been on my mind for a while now.

The way you write it, it seems like Crackdown to Arthur is more of an expression of his ego, and his self destructive tendencies. Especially in that picture. In the way that they're literally sides of the same coin-- Arthur is the self, and Crackdown is the Ego. That's why Crackdown seeks to fight crime and puts Arthur down, because the Ego wants to make up for the failings of the Self in its own expression. In a way, I could imagine a character arc where Arthur puts away the Crackdown mask and it's actually better for him, because he's gained personal happiness and contentment through other, less violent and nasty means. He would instead direct Crackdown towards bettering his own life, and the lives of others. The human ego, like everything else, is merely a tool. It is only when you let this tool dictate your life that it becomes a negative construct, but used well it can also enrich our experience here.

>Reconciling the two extremes
That's all you can do, really. Finding a way to keep that part of himself under control and living a good, healthy life beyond his delusions.

>I don't feel I have the right to do anything that involves Lila
It's a community toy chest, anon. You can use any characters you want, in any way you want. That's the point!

I think the characters I feel comfortable playing with are The Sageworthy Society and some of the members of the Justice /c/omades, although Manny is a bit of a terrorist, Jetpack Viking is a boomer along with Old Man Henderson, Colette is a disgruntled teenager, and I don't know how to write Nicky extensively yet. No one should be surprised that I have a hard time writing good people.

I had an idea of having GG with boobs on her back and not her front so that the joke is not that she has big boobs, but she has big boobs on her back specifically. Body mutation special.

Iris probably has a vegana in the back of her knee maybe

>Old Man Henderson
I haven't thought of him in a while.

My point isn't about the backboobs, "regular" huge breasts GG would still look significantly different if someone met her for real than if they'd just read her comics.

Not many use the hero machines anymore.

>Do you ever wonder if superheroes are overly influenced these days by the anonymity the internet offers the vast majority of people who read those stories? Is there something happening on a subconscious level there
I think that this is fundamentally related to the kick people like you and I get out of posting on this site anonymously instead of doing the same while having our irl names next to our profile pictures on social media, but I also feel like it's different when it comes to superheroes. Something even deeper.
In my previous post, I briefly mentioned the allure of being able to work outside of the law. Have you ever heard of a crime so outrageous being met with a punishment so light that it made you audibly say "frick due process, frick those courthouse sellouts, this is bullshit"? That's what superheroes are at their core. They are rarely bound by the letter of the law, they do what they *feel* is right. As the result, you end up seeing them as *more* than a regular human — they can do what you could never dare because of all the social stipulations that come with having a name and a face; superpowers and other fantastical elements are merely the contextual means that make it happen within the story itself. They reject the flawed institutions we are forced to live by in favour of their own values.

i'm and i will thanks

Given how the next holiday is Valentine's Day, I don't think you need a special for that unless Joe and Liza are being set up on the best date ever.

>unless Joe and Liza are being set up on the best date ever.
oh my friend don't go and give some ideas like that kek
i won't say it will be as special like those past ones maybe a small filler greentext

>Just imagine, Willow trying to set up her dad and Liza on a date. Who helps her do it? How far does the date go? Does she get a mom out of the deal?
well that sounds like something she will do,and now i already have something in mind but we will see
thanks anon