/f/ - Fandom Generals

>>5039
nta but in that one episode (I think it was a season opener?) when the matsus got famous, all of them became extremely fat except for Ichi who got freakishly skinny instead. Ichimatsu was the only one who wasn’t a lardass because he didn’t want to be around people.
>>5038
I agree. I think his laziness is more in the “ghoul” type than “slob” type. the real slob is osomatsu. (I also just like malnourished men lol)

>>5037
>the idea of super fit Jyushi contrasts well with fat Ichi
Splendid taste
>>5038
>>5040 is right there's more jokes about him being a twig, imo people just like to associate Ichi with fatness cause like what else does he do besides walking around feeding strays? Just sleeping and eating
I'm not opposed to a skinny Ichi though unfotunately I don't have pics of him like that saved

I just watched the prequel movie for Touken ranbu kai. I'm late but sometimes it just takes me a while to sit down and watch a movie. To be honest I don't have a lot to say about it cause it's about what you'd expect from a touken ranbu movie. This scene near the end with Tsuru is cute. I think I never latched on to him much in the actual game but the various anime adaptations made me more attached to him.

>>4785
I'm not sure why they didn't list characters below 10, maybe they're just sadists who want to keep us guessing kek.

>>4785
Yessss Gaku! Our boy!

Kyoshika is a gag character much of the time, but she really womans up in the romance arc, where most of her pervyness is toned down and she's taken more seriously as a character. Also, her OG sacrifice ending was really consistant with her as a character, first time I ever saw a female warrior-chan sacrifice her life to bushido.

Oh wow Eito looks really really cute on the new plushies.
China always getting the best merch these days.

>>4094
Replying to myself, I’m glad they went for the more claustrophobic feel like 1 and Whistleblower, but sometimes the maps get big, which I don’t like. It’s one of the main reasons i disliked Outlast 2 compared to the others, although i don’t hate it as much as others do.

imo, 1 and Whistleblower are pretty much a perfect horror game, and the sequels leave something to be desired.

>>4797
The pacing is perfect for the experience and the tension is utilized much better than Outlast 2 in particular. Most of my time playing the sequel, I felt like I was going through a scare simulator, especially in the school portions.

Trials is a decent game, but it's a little too removed from the original concept for me (and I don't care for multiplayer stuff).

Nice thread! Ive seen some cute art of Harry + James around and I find the ship really cute, especially when the aliens are included. Though I'm SFW content is as far as I can go with the ship despite the whump potential James has (maybe its because I see both as uke so its a uke4uke relationship.) I really like Walter/Henry, the freudian torment nexus goes crazy in their relationship and my eyes flew out of my socket when I saw child walter's notes slide under Henry's door when I initially played even if its all a manner of coincidence (iykyk)
Silent hill is one of the few rare series that doesn't require shipping or yaoi to keep me invested since the monsters, horror elements, and environmental design are very captivating!

now to answer the questions!
>Favorite game?
In terms of scariness and general themes it would be Silent hill 3, in terms of gameplay Silent hill 2, in terms of nostalgia Silent hill 1, and in terms of characters it would be Silent hill 4. I like all of them pretty much, each with their unique reasons.
I haven't played anything beyond SH4 since I plan to complete all endings for SH3-4 before I give something like downpour or SHF a try.
Oh and Im proud to have achieved 10 stars on SH2; the biggest struggle was avoiding the damage from Eddie due to playing with tank controls on. boat minigame can eat dirt. I'm excited to try out a 10-star run of SH1 some day because of the challenge of having no pause on the timer.
>Favorite character(s)?
All the protagonists from SH 1-4 and the creepers (yes the giant bug enemy)
>Now that the IP has been licensed out to other developers, any predictions about the future of the franchise?
Please for the love of god let the series die. SHF could've existed perfectly on its own as it's own standalone series.
>How sad are you about P.T?
Not quite sad about it. The demo is amazing and it's honestly one of the best pieces of horror media in a long while, however I'm content with what we were given and I'm not even sure if the full game would've lived up to the demo.

>>4793
>I give something like downpour
I enjoyed Downpour. I played it pretty young, and was at the age where the twist really blew my mind. It's not a good game, and its certainly not a good silent hill, but its an alright survival horror.

> I really like Walter/Henry, the freudian torment nexus goes crazy in their relationship
I've read some great fanfics and theory about them. I know Henry gets criticized for being a blank slate, but I sort of like that about him. It let's the focus of the game center on Walter and the other Victims, and it does a good job at setting Henry up as this blank sacrifice onto which Walter plans to carve his will.

>Favorite game?
It's gotta be 2. I don't think there's a single bad game of the first four, but 2 really does stand out. James is a bad person, and I feel like video games don't really let you play as a canonically bad person too often. That alone makes it stand out.
>Favorite character(s)?
Cheryl. I love Cheryl, she's so interesting as a character and as a motif in the game. SH has always had this overarching theme of motherhood, and I think 3 leans into the real horror of that.
>Now that the IP has been licensed out to other developers, any predictions about the future of the franchise?
Ehhhhh. the 2 remake is apparently very okay, but imo the major themes get lost and James is much more sympathetic than he should be. A friend is playing F, and seems to like it. But, overall, just let it rest.
>How sad are you about P.T?
Considering how divisive Death Stranding turned out, I would have been very interested to see what the hell Kojima planned for Silent Hills. Alas. I do regret that so much of modern indie horror immediately tried to replicate PT, and stagnated there instead of innovating, and now we're stuck with a bunch of streambait horror games on steam.

>>4765
>favourite pairings
GreedLing in any order and anything that has my Royboytoy bottoming.
>favourite series/version
Both are good, I prefer the vibe in FMA and the action in FMAB.
>things you wished were different
I'd have enjoyed a bit of a slower pacing in FMAB, especially for the beginning of the show, I think some things could've had a stronger emotional impact that way. It was fine though. Also more Greedling ofc.
>things you think were perfect
The Armstrongs being tough and sexy and the warcrimes being sad and bad
>old fandom memories
Maybe not fandom but personally…
Downloading FMA doujin collections from aarinfantasy, putting it all on an external drive along with all my other downloaded doujins, without backup (no place was safe, my 14 year old self was reasonably paranoid) and then utter despair when my external drive just broke, all my doujins and DRAMA CDs etc. just gone aaaaah
>best doujins or fanfics
Lost to time… But Greed entering Ling's body is already canon, hehe
>best erotic applications for automail
As an /ex/ frequenter, I liked seeing Ed without the automail… That FMA episode where he was tied to that chair with his automail taken away was great fanservice to my 14 year old self, I rewatched it several times

>>4781
Forgot to add more Greedling under "things you think were perfect" lol I love them sm; here's sth for the season

I watched both series for the first time recently. 2003 is definitely more to my taste, but Brotherhood is good too. I don’t really have many strong opinions on any ships yet. Most stuff I see is of Ed/Roy, and while I like a lot of the fan art, the ship itself doesn’t interest me that much.

If I had to choose a favorite ship I’d go with elricest. Codependent relationships like theirs make for good angst. There’s also the whole taboo of them committing human transmutation which I think theme-wise connects well to the taboo of them potentially being in a relationship if that makes sense.

I’m pretty new to the fandom so if anyone has any good fic recs please link them.

Tickets for the Tokyo exhibition opened today, and the site broke because there were too many people. Tons more merch has been added to the listings, including Draluc cookies, which has led to tweets about licking and swallowing your oshi. It's stupid but what I want most are the tiny prints of Bonnoki's sketches of the old blood trio and the guildmaster. That art is really neat. The Nagiri shirt is cool too, we need more serious Nagiri merch, but the text is embarrassing out of context ("World's Strongest Vampire").

>>4607
I actually watched 3 for the first time a few months back and it's so many mixed feelings. I kind of hated most of Future and thought the killing game was weak and up until The fake out with Juuzou, even after that it didn't feel like a mystery you could actually solve which burned me as I really thought Andou was the mastermind of it. That being said Despair was ok, bit fanservicey over plot but I liked Ryouta as a character and thought his contribution to the Biggest Most Despair Inducing Event was a neat way to explain how things came to be all over the world. Plus it was neat to just see Hope's Peak actually as a school.

It's kind of funny I ~~have~~ had this moral high ground about not buying remasters of games I've already beaten, but then both P4 and SDR2 sucker punched me this year.

2 is my favorite so the alternate scenario intrigues me. Predicting Peko and Fuyu to swap places and Kazuichi to be an early game death possibly first victim/killer.

>Favourite opponent?

Rikiishi so far, although I'll be honest and say that it's been a long, long time since I read this thing, and am only now re-reading it. But they've got the 'fated opponent' down to pat, and I enjoy how they contrast each other, with Joe being hot-headed and Rikiishi being calm.

>Thoughts on the ending? (pls use spoiler tag)
none so far I need to finish it

>Anime Joe or Manga Joe?
Anime Joe seems like a kinder dude, which I can't say I like. I understand why they'd want to tone him down, since the manga is as brutal as a manga about men beating the shit out of each other can be.

That said, anime Joe's VA is just perfect for the role. Very cocky in a very Japanese way, perfectly encapsulates parts of manga Joe that don't appear in the anime.

It's been a bit since I've seen it, but I remember enjoying the anime, haven't read the manga.

>Favourite opponent?
Carlos Rivera

>Thoughts on the ending? (pls use spoiler tag)
I wish I hadn't been spoiled on it, good luck avoiding spoilers, I think it'd have hit harder if I hadn't seen so many parodies before hand.

>>4625

Fusion WAS included, but they didn't interact with it much since they liked the main persona and it was enough to power through the dungeon without issue. Igor was there as usual, but they said the person with him (possibly the attendant) was a young girl who had bolts ala Frankenstein and was wearing mostly black.

You gained new demons by arresting them post-battle, but they weren't very specific about it since they apparently ignored that too.

>>4626
>>4624
Forgot to mention MC fights with two swords, and has a hopping idle animation in battle that was 'kinda cute'. This could make it better or worse, but they compared him to Ryo from Devilman Crybaby in general appearance.

I'm trying to remember what else is important enough to mention without spamming the board. The most notable social link was another student who is trying to become an influencer to bring business to her grandmother's street food stand. The link involved them arguing over it, and the girl trying not to let online pressure get to her. She had a 'cute street style' and pink gradient hair.

The victim in the dungeon was regarded as a piano prodigy, and the persona-using boss throws him in because he's jealous over it. During the boss fight, he transforms into full Gene Simmons makeup. The playtest ended once he was defeated.

>>4628
>Igor was there as usual, but they said the person with him (possibly the attendant) was a young girl who had bolts ala Frankenstein and was wearing mostly black.
Not surprised, all the attendants and Igor himself, and even Viktor and Mary inthe Devil Summoner series are specifically named after Frankenstein characters. I wonder what will happen with Igor. It's so obvious that P5 was written around his Japanese voice actor's death that I assume the devs don't want to replace him no matter what with the fake Igor having his own voice actor and are willing to just reuse his previous lines. So I assume the attendant will have more lines in comparison. When is Philemon coming back?

>The victim in the dungeon was regarded as a piano prodigy, and the persona-using boss throws him in because he's jealous over it.
It's basically like in Tartarus and the Memento then. Same thing with the police actively being involved in what's going on, there are always police officers or detectives involved in the series since P2 at the very least. I haven't played P1 so maybe that's also true for this game. I get being disappointed or surprised if playtesters don't know Persona but I know some Persona fans will seethe.

>>4623
>Heavy occult vibes
I'm sold. I just hope Atlus won't take too much time releasing the game so I can get it on the PS5, I don't plan on getting more recent consoles for plenty of reasons after that.

>>4628
everything sounds like it could be real except for the part about the attendant wearing mostly black.
they're supposed to mostly wear blue.