naraku360

Why? I'm not watching it.

@1pooh4u, I didn't know you were @Kudasai! It all makes sense now........

People rightfully trash Facebook for being an evil shithole, but I somehow crafted mine to deliver on memes.

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You can tell how high the fall is by how it's clearly not that slo-lo but he's just not landing. I shouldn't laugh at all but it becomes so uncomfortable that I just start busting up. I can't with the swinging arms and legs.

The worst timeline.

His response was "I disagree" Fuck off.

My dad got on my case for posting a mean thing about Charlie Kirk on Facebook and left a comment claiming that we should "face the facts" on how the left commits more violence. So I made this my cover photo.

@ghostrek

I am. Because it's Demon Slayer. And Demon Slayer sucks.

It's been quite a while since I watched it, so my memory is going to be more broad than I would like. I recall things like the Arlong arc positioning Nami as the main character of the arc, but basically leaves everyone else to drift around for the bulk. When it comes to the final fights, they brought the crew together for it, but I recall the entire reason Luffy winds up there being a matter of happenstance or events largely (completely?) unrelated to Nami rather than active involvement with Nami throughout. Like I remember Luffy giving his emotional speeches and duking it out, but without looking it up, I doubt either of us could give a summary of what he was doing prior to confronting Arlong, yet I'm certain they showed it, yet it's like half the material of said arc. This isn't inherently bad, but it does the best job of identifying where my hangups came from. A great deal of the moment-to-moment, especially when talking about plotlines divorced from the main one, were typically lacking a strong motivation for anyone not central to whichever arc. By replacing the comedy relief side plots with concurrent character arcs for people who previously were drifting, you get something closer to but it's within 8 episodes instead of over 100. I'm all for long games but the setup up should also be good, and introducing Dudeguy #20 so I might recognize him 300 episodes later isn't enough to justify. There are better ways to do it, like making the character you're introducing noteworthy in the A-plot as opposed to rigidly assigning them the throwaway B-plots.

This guy not jerkin' off while talking about Genndy:

There was a very strict formula where anyone not directly relevant to the main story would have B-plots that broadly contributed very little. Basically everyone I've ever described this to has recognized what I'm talking about, even big fans. I remember there being at least 3 or 4 times where it came down to a character getting hungry and causing a commnotion to get food or as a result of how they got food, but I'm exaggerating on it being strictly food related. The basic point being that the B-plots genuinely felt like filler, even when they weren't. I swear this happened in every Romance Dawn arc with the exception of like.... when Luffy had no crew. They weren't standing around; they just weren't doing things that actually built toward a cohesive narrative within the arc. The split up like every time they reached land, and half the cast typically would just ignore the main story over something trivial, but we'll still keep up with whatever their doing. You probably don't remember them because they are mostly comedy relief. I had some pretty significant worldbuilding issues very early and they only got worse as the show went. I highly doubt they get better, given the foundational lore is already busted. Like Devil Fruit are a myth but then everywhere they go, they run into Devil Fruit users, and also the highest ranked government officials are famous for being Devil Fruit users, and nobody ever hides that they have abilities. They mix arcs in the live action and the reason it barely feels like it is because most of the time spent on B-plots get replaced with A-plots, and you lose virtually nothing for it. It straight up cuts the bulk of my grievances by having some basic efficiency with the storytelling.

Yeah.... It's funnier now.