Character Fulfillment

A Health of Information was a better episode than its comic counterpart. The episode was probably meant to air first, but the comic came out before it, leading to some confusion (at least on my part - I didn't know who Cattail was, and the comic acted like he was an already established character). In the comic, Twilight wanted to find a plant that could have ground-breaking medical and magical properties, and she was so focused on getting it that she stupidly and unnecessarily risked her life to get it. The comic is heavy-handed with its message, as she continues to beat herself up over it longer than she reasonably should. In the episode, Fluttershy unnecessarily (but understandably) risked her health to find a cure for Zecora since she felt bad about putting her in the situation that got her sick in the first place (she basically got Vileplume'd). At first I thought Twilight was out of character, seeing as how she's gone without sleep to find information before, but maybe she was speaking from experience when she was telling Fluttershy to take care of herself, since it led to Flutters being in a three-day coma (This Escalated Quickly). Fluttershy did interrupt her baking competition with Spike, and the expression on her face when she saw how sick Zecora was was similar to the Mentally Advanced version of her thinking, "Well, shit."  

I've been reading over some essays on Homestuck Classpects and how they relate to each other. I realized that when some of the kids prototyped themselves, they ended up with versions of themselves they didn't like - their Shadow selves, their Personas. Arquiussprite (Dirk's auto-responder fused with an Equius sprite) is Dirk's Shadow; at least the responder is, and the addition of the horse-loving macho man Equius only added to Dirk's ordeal. Jasprosesprite (Rose's sprite fused with her cat Jaspers) is Rose's Shadow; like Dirk, the addition of Jaspers only adds another layer for Rose to deal with. Davepetasprite (Dave's sprite fused with Nepeta's sprite) is Dave's Shadow; he has to deal with another version of himself being tempered by Nepeta, who merged with him to steal his heart (not unlike Persona 5). Jadesprite (dead Dream Jade) is Jade's Shadow, whom she hates for being selfish because she's still sad and scared from being killed. Nannasprite is Jane's other self quite literally, as John's Nanna is her in another reality. She looks to her for the guidance she never got from the likes of Gamzee. Brain Ghost Dirk is Jake's Persona, Jake having summoned him into being during a time of crisis. John and Roxy don't have them because they don't have other selves in the form of prototyped sprites, either by their own doing or someone else's. Given that Homestuck wasn't written with Persona in mind, it's not surprising that the similarities end there. There are also the magnificent Homestuck Tarot cards. Again, these only feature the Beta kids and Beta trolls along with NPCs and villains from their sessions. John's major arcana is The Hanged Man, Rose is featured as The High Priestess, and Dave is The Fool. Jade only appears by herself in the minor arcana, but given that she is a Space player, she could reasonably be The World. If I had to guess what the others could be, I'd say Jake is The Hermit, Jane is The Wheel of Fortune, Roxy is Temperance, and Dirk is The Lovers. I am, of course, probably wrong. For instance, Dirk could be The Chariot and Jake could be The Magician, but the first two made more sense to me.

Normura has reportedly said that he plans to tie up the storylines centered around the old Organization XIII members. If true, this is great news.

Chemical X

With the second of four Kingdom Hearts II light novels dropping in December and Kingdom Hearts III coming out sometime next year, the Birth By Sleep light novels are probably still a long way off. HMK brings up a good point that maybe the thirteen seekers of darkness don't actually have Vanitas yet and needed Sora for that (either to give in to darkness or to wake up Ventus). If true, maybe we'll get to see character development with Vanitas like there supposedly is in the light novels. I'm looking for anything meaningful I can get at this point. I will even look at the KHII novels if I have to (after I get my hands on Birth By Sleep, that is).

The new Powerpuff Girl (who is only in that TV special so far) is voiced by the same person as Marcelline from Adventure Time. She was created before the three girls when the Professor spilled Chemical W (and repeated the same mistake with 22 other lettered chemicals before X). She ran away after she couldn't control her emotions and her powers destroyed the house. HIM gets close to her in the form of a tiny elephant companion and tries to use her to take over the world. The Professor doesn't help, as he is afraid of the harm and destruction Bliss causes, making the situation worse. Gee, I wonder who that sounds like?! (it's Raven) The new Powerpuff Girls series likes to act like it's better than Teen Titans Go! (just look at their crossover and the Lego episode), but it's really not that good either. Speaking of Lego, I've seen a little of the gameplay now, and I'm not a fan of some of the dialogue.

The little girl version of Princess Bubblegum reminded me of Madeline or one of her friends.

I went to the Big Y near my apartment, and they had some pumpkin spice M&Ms on clearance, so I got those. My fiance won't stop eating them. They are certainly spicier than the pumpkin spice snaps, which still just taste like gingerbread cookies.

Unjust Treatment

Raven's portrayal in the Injustice series is a disservice to her character as a whole, no matter what continuity you follow. No version of her would ever be a willing servant of her father, but that's what this storyline wanted to do with her. Her emotions go haywire after Beast Boy gets killed, but no one is there for her. Trigon is, though, just like in Teen Titans Go! where he keeps inserting himself into her life to get her to do his bidding. It works this time, and she becomes the monster everyone saw her as. I follow the early 2000s cartoon, in which she ends her season 4 story arc by making a memorable speech to Trigon about how he was never a father to her and that her friends raised her before sealing him away forever. Then there's the Lego Teen Titans Go! (yes, they actually made that). While I haven't watched any gameplay yet, the nine-minute short they put out was also wrong on this account. Spoilers: Raven cheats to win at the Lego build competition, stating that her dad taught her to win at all cost. That was a slap in the face, but what did you expect from TTG? At least it confirmed my headcanon that Raven is a fan of Tim Burton (though Beetlejuice is part of the Lego universe and Nightmare Before Christmas is part of the Disney universe).

Someday I'm going to draw fan art of Even and Ienzo modeled after Rick and Morty. "Run, Ienzo!" "Aw geez, Even!"

I was putting off getting the pumpkin spice M&Ms, but we sold out at work. They probably weren't any better than the candy corn ones, which just tasted like slightly sweeter white chocolate. 

Being told you will never be hired but still encouraged to volunteer is like being friendzoned hard.

Would it be insensitive to compare hurricane categories to Gabriel Iglesias' five (now six) levels of fatness? Hurricane Fluffy!

Bittersweet?

While The Freddy Files didn't reveal or confirm anything, it was still a very nice compendium of what we know and what we think we know. My only complaints are a couple of minor errors and small screen caps. The artwork for each section was great, and each section included the blueprints for the layout of all the games, including the paths of the animatronics. FNAF World was not included, so the information therein concerning Baby was nowhere to be found. There's also a section at the end that talks about the novels (which I don't care about). Understandably, Cawthon doesn't spoil the contents of the books so you can buy them and read them yourself (which I won't). However, he does tell you how to play the games, so this is effectively a cheat sheet. If you want a definitive guide but don't want to search for multiple theory videos and let's plays, this is the best resource to have at your fingertips (unless you're into FNAF World, then you're out of luck).

Forgot to mention that in episode 30, after Buu says "Buu no like cat" when referring to Beerus, he could have added "Buu dog person." It would be true.

While I don't miss blonde Trevor, I will miss thinking of him as TreCo Malfoy.

ShopRite got Oreo O's (so much for Wal-Mart being the only one), so I bought two boxes. It tastes as good as I remember it, although people who didn't like it before think it's even better. I also bought the apple pie Oreos and pumpkin pie snaps. I'm so ready for fall.

Shocking Revelations

So I was half-right. Levi is actually Brody's brother, and the person they thought was Aiden was a robot double. Why do villains make robot copies of people? Speaking of which, Yuujin is an android upgraded to keep age with Haru in order to get close to him because of his grandpa. Whether or not he has a genuine or split personality is not yet known, nor is what Offmon thinks of all this. Next time, it's Yuujin's turn to dress like a douchebag like Unryuuji before him.

I got my copy of The Freddy Files, but still no word on the release date for Matt Mercer's book. When he originally said it would come out at the end of August, he was probably referring to GenCon and the limited about of copies that had been printed for that. The pre-orders may be fulfilled at the end of this month, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I have no interest in the art book that's coming out either. As for FNAF, I will read it when I have some more time. I assume other people have read it and analyzed it to hell by now, especially with that leaked artwork of Baby trying to rebuild herself. Too bad Sister Location 2 was cancelled. There are fake Circus Ennard trailers popping up on YouTube.

Marluxia is going to be a big part of Kingdom Hearts now. You'd think he was the favorite, but Nomura's favorite was said to be Luxord. I hope they will remember to put the other three we don't know anything about into the plot in some way. No offense to Marluxia/Lauriam, but I see him as being an indicator that maybe all of Organization XIII wasn't some fluke outside of its founding members. I'd assumed the rest were from Radiant Garden as well, but if Marluxia is connected to Ventus, who started off in Daybreak Town in Kingdom Hearts Union X, then there are other possibilities for Demyx, Luxord, and Larxene. I'm counting on Union X to fill in the gaps of character backstory before Kingdom Hearts III is released. This does not let him off the hook for killing the person who was supposed to be the fifth union leader, and it doesn't make sense why he can't use a Keyblade if everyone from Daybreak Town is a Keyblade wielder (shouldn't that blow his cover if he's not supposed to be there?). There is also some confusion as to whether or not Nobodies age. I think the official ruling was that they can't and that Xemnas is a pathological liar, but that doesn't explain the one-year time restriction between the end of Birth By Sleep to when Apprentice Xehanort took over if Lea, Isa, and Ienzo were still kids when they got their hearts removed.

DBS episode 30 was a recap episode, but it was still funny. I'd seen the sub, but it was a while ago and I didn't remember if Krillin voiced over the other people in his flashback. I definitely remember the narrator arguing with Goku and getting fed up.