Well, I pissed off fnaf fans cause I reminded them their creaor who still has final say on the franchise initially hired the transphobic artists who worked on the games and have been banned from the subreddit. Most of the defenders are strawmanning and bringing the fact I play genshin into it.
Like I know Hoyo isn't the best with skintone variety in their playable cast, added in the implications that one of the white character's family line used to own slaves and did make the only black character in Honkai hope they aren't aggressive like their parents, but they are doing pretty well culturally.
I swear many forget representation isn't just skintone, like culturally a region based in on SWANA regions is doing well to represent the lands and people(even if there is the joke of many places and people just being a random word in one of the languages)
Genshin also has great queer coded characters in Beidou, Ninguang, Itto, Gorou, Kazuha, Cyno, Tighnari, Alhaitham, Kaveh, Ei, Miko and Wanderer(He is the only one who is heavily trans coded). Not to mention the fact we have 2 characters with dwarfism(Sayu & Dori) and 2 with chronic pain/illness(Collei has chronic pain and we're going on the assumption that Baizhu has a chronic illness)
[Black Lagoon Anon. I might have to give myself a nickname, alias, or something until I'm comfortable enough to reveal myself to anyone.]
Anyway.
I'll have to tag you in some of these posts eventually, so you could see these posts. Especially if you might not have seen any rare art before.
If I'm honest... My language preference for anime is English so I know not everyone is tolerant towards English dub. But Black Lagoon really has to be one series I'm adamant about watching in English since the characters speak in accents and languages. That has a lot of diversity for an interesting franchise like this, along with those characters too.
Yes. The anime did change some details from the manga. So... Before the Roberta's Blood Trail arc, the previous arcs only had all very minor details changed. And some arcs were also in different order than how it was in the manga too. But, when the story actually got to Roberta's Blood Trail arc, certain details were changed. Mainly about Roberta in both versions. She doesn't die though. I'm not even sure how you feel about spoilers so I won't say more than that. Unless you want me to.
But! Besides details being changed.. If you do read the manga, than it means you can also catch up on the story too. Just in case they never continue the anime. Because who knows if there's more to the anime.
Yeah. You only have vague details about Chang's backstory right now; a corrupt police officer who's partner died, manipulates people in just doing his dirty work. Has a frienemy relationship with Balalaika - after he almost killed Balalaika, and Dutch saving Balalaika from dying too.
Oh! And the previous chapter had Dutch's backstory too, if you might be curious about his character too. I don't think there is any character I'd hate. No.. Wait. That's a lie. I'm not really a fan of Janet Bhai at all. I think her character always annoyed me. So I don't care for her much.
So for Gangsta., that series is basically the same story concept as the Black Lagoon universe - in a good way - but with some differences so you might like the series. Like I said! Because of their creator's health, the manga is extremely on ongoing at the slowest pace. And there's a season for the anime. Only one season. Because the studio who really did create the first season, they went bankrupt right after that season was released. So who knows if we will ever get more Gangsta. anime.
But Gangsta. is also another really underrated series, in the same way that Black Lagoon is. Oh! And the creaor of Gangsta. is a woman too.
I'll let you know what I make posts for the Black Lagoon casts, if they ever did create the live adaption in the way I'd envision it.. But I would also know that not everyone would agree to my own visions, in ways I can understand. But I try to stuck to the appearances if I actually can.
I'm not surprised to see explicit art of the Black Lagoon characters... I would still love to see art of the women that isn't too sexualized either in my opinion. So I can agree with you on that. And preferably art that isn't stolen or plagiarized by other people. So that is a whole problem.
I don't know? Because every fan I'd see obsessing over Black Lagoon, male and female fans, love that the characters - especially the female characters - are the strong characters. And, technically, both of these characters are the main characters. Rocky slightly more than Revy, in the sense that the story started with his character. But they really are the main characters. If that makes sense. But this series really should have way more recognition though. Hopefully that actually happens.
If you are curious about Gangsta., then I'll send you some videos just to see if you might be interested in the series. So here are videos that you could watch. Though I will let you know that it's in English dub.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZSmHpMnhgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85f_yFx5KY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnELmsLLEwY
hi hi yes feel free to drop a nickname you wanna use !! and yes i'd appreciate it if you could tag me in the posts so i can reblog them, whenever you want to!
i just added the black lagoon manga on my to-read list and i will be reading it asap for sure! and i'll be starting it right from the beginning so i can enjoy it in the right order + with full details of the characters and their backstories! i can't wait to see how the rest of the manga goes!
i feel the same about janet bhai actually lmaaoo i don't necessarily hate her, but she's a character that i didn't interest me all that much. her being benny's love interest is kinda random but funny though lol
and oooh i watched the videos and gangsta looks like a good and fun series! i already dig the main character's vibes just with those clips! it looks really interesting and i see the similarity with black lagoon! i think i'll check out the anime first and see how it is, and then i'll jump to the manga (regardless of whether i like the anime or not) !! thank you for recommending it to me! i'm looking forward to watching and reading it!
So the strike is over streaming services, not playing writers like they do with tv reruns, and what's more, instead of paying writers when they would have to, they pull content from streaming services. So by pirating media, not only would I keep money out of the hands of a giant corporation, helping cut the blood supply to a cancerous growth on the economy (a thing that will in all cases damage everything around it as it attempts to gorge itself), but the creaors were never getting paid for the content they made even if I supported the official release. Is there any moral reason to not pirate tv and movies while the strike is on that I am missing?
How did you meet horrortale? And what was your first impression of the comic?
The Creaor: the first time I have seen horrortale was when I tried to found more frans art on pinterest, and one day I have found Aliza x Horror, in first I was thinking it was Frisk, so I tried to found more about her and then I have found the comics Horrortale, It was when Aliza was with Toriel, and about the comics, I really love it ! The art style is perfect for the type of story
(about your post with the old rainbow flag) just a little reminder that it's not only for gay men, but for any lgbt person! (which is why the lavender stripe was added by the original creaor: to represent diversity)
Based on me misreading Ring of Dreams in a conversation on discord:
The Ring of Drama is a magic item of murky and contradictory origins. Most scholars agree a bard was most likely responsible for its creation, however.
Magic Item, rare, requires attunement
Once attuned, a humanoid wearing this ring can cast thaumaturgy, minor illusion, prestidigitation and vicious mockery. Charisma is the spellcasting ability used for each of these spells.
Curse: however this ring is cursed. Probably by a bard. During heated conversations this ring will stage-whisper “draamaa”, “idiot” or various swear words. This is usually in an unknown voice (speculated to be the ring’s creaor), but occasionally the ring speaks with the voice of the humanoid it’s attuned to. Probably to be dramatic.