/ot/ - Off-Topic

>>4822
>>4823
I was on tumblr back then but will admit to being guilty of ignoring everything that wasn't fanart or fanfic. It's been fun to peek at the drama today though. Who are dubs even for these days?

>>4824
I have family and friends who otherwise aren't anime fans who won't watch shows with me without a dub. There are so many series I've seen both dubbed and subbed and it gives you a big appreciation for one's that aren't total garbage even if they still don't beat the original.
Personally I think as an optional way to watch a series it doesn't hurt for it to exist, especially for shows and movies aimed at a younger or family audiences. Who knows maybe someone will get into anime through dubs and then work their way to subs, everyone needs and acess point and when they're as bad as this sounds like it is you can at least thankfully ignore it or laugh about it knowing the original still exists.

>>4824
>Who are dubs even for these days?
There's a streamer I follow who claims that he had to watch the dub for Spy x family cause "The characters talk too fast." Probably an edge case but I'm never gonna forget that cause it's so baffling and hilarious to me. I also get the impression that some people would rather watch dubs cause they want to have anime on the side without paying too much attention to it.

this is a shot in the dark but what's the etiquette regarding translating doujin on your own and uploading it? i'm thinking about taking raws from mrm and translating them in my free time. do i need to get permission from the raw provider? is there some sort of initiation ritual where i need to pay my respects to the senior scanlators in the scene or something? kek sorry if it's a retarded question. it's just that scanlation groups seem so clique-y and i don't want to step on anyone's toes. i'll keep my translations private if posting them without permission is looked down upon.

>>4683
I think it couldn't hurt to ask the scanlation group for permission. That way if anyone ever tries to accuse you of stealing or some shit you'd at least have messages to prove otherwise.

>>4683
If raws are free on the web no need for permission. Also I'd rec picking something easy and get a pr

>>4394
>Black Friday
Trying to get some winter walking shoes that won't soak through when I walk on grass or rinse mud off. But you know how shoe companies think everyone has feet the length and width of a school ruler? Well they can go fuck themselves because I've got feet like an adelie penguin and none of these fit. Either I get slipping sliding clown shoes or 24/7 pain even when I take the shoes off, and my toes are already mangled from childhood.

Have shoe designers even seen real women's feet or can they not be trusted?

>>4401
You should get some made specifically for your feet. You would benefit from one good, expensive purchase. Your feet are worth it.

>>4403
Mass produced shoes are already a huge expense to me, that's why I'm trying to get them discounted. I usually end up using the same pair for a couple years, but I'm tempted next time I find a decent fit to buy a second pair of the exact same as backup. Never have in the past because the initial cost knocks me.

>>4197
I like it to coom to but I hate when it is used as a plot device for drama or a character's tragic backstory. As soon as there are real consequences to it I am immediately turned off.

>>4197
Based TouOso poster.
I'd say my favourite noncon trope is when the abused grows up to be an abuser himself, perpetuating the cycle. Harada's "Nii-chan" comes to mind.

>>4199
Thanks Nonna, Tougou was made for darkfics lol. He'd also a great example of what you were talking about with cycle of abuse and victim's perpetrating it. I adore art that shows adult Oso fucked up from the incident and dealing with that trauma be it sexual or physical.

Made with links OP provided. One is a trouble maker that acts sweet and the other is sweet but looks like a trouble maker. Orphanage kids, they must not be separated.

The boys are fighting!

https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2160187

>>3928
Oh this is cute! Kinda wanted to colorize mine, but my MSpaint skillz are lacking.

I did co-workers. Bottom boy stays late to help his inexperienced crush get the paperwork done.

>>3893
Burger King has consistently been the worst of the big burger chains for years now. McDonald's, however, has reached a price point where I don't want to pay that much for that middling quality. Taco Bell.

>>3894
Ran Ran Ru has contributed far more to the 00s internet zeitgeist than Sneak King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5YFVagu8M

>>3895
I was talking about as a character instead of as an icon. Ran Ran Ruu got me into Touhou lol.

Realistically speaking though what do we have for Ronald's personality. He has a dope clubhouse and can take you to different worlds. Do we consider M.U.G.E.N canon?If so he might be a God amongst men.

>>3896
>what do we have for Ronald's personality
He could just be a cutie patootie honest guy

>>3870
Can you explain why you think so? I never watched it and wanted to at one point for the same reason but I don't want to get invested in a series that's not really that good. And I heard it's not even finished, it was cancelled or something like that.

>>3871
>Great fanworks can be very convincing lol.
Yes it is!! another show I began watching because of the BL prospects is "The Devil Judge", it has some very nice homoero moments and the plot in fairly interesting, I would recommend it!

>>3876
Sure thing! Well the premise is very interesting as it is based on the character Hannibal Lecter but in this universe he is a psychotherapist and his (in my fujo eyes) love prospect is a tiny whiny and autistic (literally) university professor turned criminal profiler named Will. The main plot is pretty much Will and Hannibal going around crime scenes helping the FBI catch these serial killers with very unusual modus operandis, while Hannibal withholds dark secrets and Will is almost literally going full schizophrenic.

My criticism falls on the phasing of the events, they get very muddy very fast, they're almost running and rushing to the next serial killer that we can't really digest everything that's going on because of all the sub-plots that are happening. Also some sub-plots from the beginning stay present at odd times throughout the main events and sub events, so it can get confusing. Also it is dialogue heavy and sometimes it can get cheesy in a tumblr ways lol. I wouldn't say is boring per se just sort of scatterbrained in a way I can't sit and enjoy the meat of it.

Personally I really liked this characterisation of Lecter and the way he behaves with Will; how he stares deeply into his eyes, how he playfully analyzes Will's stupid ass while he is being a cry baby, when he tells him dinner wouldn't be the same without him, he even sniffs him in one scene (I really liked that) but sadly these moments are so few and far in-between, specially as the series goes on.

If you wanna give it a try you could watch the first episode to give yourself an idea of the vibe and movement of the show. I'm almost at the end of the first season (13 episodes) right now and besides a kung fu styled fight between two serial killers and the few homoero moments nothing too excited has happened. The cinematography when Hannibal is cooking is gorgeous tho! and Will looks nice while he is suffering deeply from his slipping sanity and can only confine in Hannibal.

>>3877
samefag, sorry for the grammar mistakes, it was 1 AM when I wrote this uuughhh

>>3842
So it came from the github, thanks. Her neocities mirror of the site is still up btw, which is why I was asking

>>3843
keep up the good work, anon!

>>3827
>>3826
>>3820
>>3815
and thank you, dear.

thread locked, please do not discuss other imageboard related drama here.

>>3599
NTA but back in the day people overshared just as much and acted dumb about things, it just wasn't that in your face as it is now due to everyone being forced in close proximity with each other. Back then Livejournal communities and forums mostly consisted of people who were on the same page due to their interests matching up but now you have to interact with all sorts of assholes you normally wouldn't pay any mind to.

>>3600
What helped with me cleaning up my social media feed for example was a one-strike rule, if you tweet anything to do with identity politics I will unfollow. No matter if it's things that I even agree with, it gets tiring because when I want to discuss politics I do it on my own terms in places other than social media. An occasional post when it's topical is fine, but not constant soapboxing. Now I mostly get cool people, fandom talk and art on my feed.

>>3601
That rule of yours makes sense. I deleted all of my social media to get away from it. If I restart I'll follow this method.

>What helped with me cleaning up my social media feed for example was a one-strike rule, if you tweet anything to do with identity politics I will unfollow. No matter if it's things that I even agree with, it gets tiring because when I want to discuss politics I do it on my own terms in places other than social media. An occasional post when it's topical is fine, but not constant soapboxing. Now I mostly get cool people, fandom talk and art on my feed.
After I returned to social media in yearly summer 2022 (I use only twitter & tumblr and nothing else), I've been doing exactly what you've said. None of the people I follow talk about politics, and we share art together and talk about fandom stuff. All of the people who like and share my things are people who don't engage in politics and it makes me so happy. I feel like I've returned to the early internet.
I have never talked about politics on the internet and if twitter recommends me something related to it I ignore it or press not interested in this tweet.