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kari-go · 2 days
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Could you do prima queen with the power up stones then?
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Done!
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horanghaepower · 27 days
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I've been tagging mingi as #🐼 for a couple months now but I picked that tag when I was still learning all the members' personalities and idk........ I might switch it to #princess mingi/#princess mingiki......... What if I did hmmm........
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patricia-taxxon · 7 months
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How to make the perfect marble blast clone in 2024:
aim in the opposite direction from marble it up, more responsivity, higher "game speed," bouncier marble.
instead of having the difficulty come from hefty momentum making you plan your turns ahead, have it come from the marble's spin potentially shooting off course if you don't consider each impact.
less focus on Tiny Wings style racetracks, more focus on organic jagged terrain that forces you to reckon with the shape of it directly
include a jump, but slowly phase it out. let it come to never be enough on its own, you reach heights by rebounding off sloped surfaces, doing wall hits.
only one powerup, pick it up & click to receive a boost in the direction the camera is pointing, be it laterally or vertically.
only one friction surface, marble blast platinum's Water. (extremely high friction, no bounce.)
it's a 3D precision platformer.
marble blast platinum still has the most wisdom and innovation regarding this genre, making it more than the best 3D sonic game. it made "marble maneuvering on a balance beam" into something fun and engaging. study it.
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miraculouslycool · 10 months
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I'm gonna be forever salty that Cosmobug and Astrocat, easily the best power ups Ladynoir have, did not have a proper introduction episode like Syren and Frozer.
Them being in awe of the beautiful designs (and each other), Chat geeking out over Ladybug glowing in the dark, (lbr, Adrien was a glow in the dark sticker kid) Ladybug being fascinated by the starry design of Chat's suit. The two of them figuring out the hijinks of fighting in space, which cannot have been easy unlike the water and ice powerups, which are still earthly terrains. Them sweetly promising each other to do space patrols every now and then (even if they never actually show it in other episodes).
They could've included it in Startrain as an intro episode, which is, if I'm not wrong the first time Ladynoir has had to fight an Akuma in space. Instead what we got was a few minutes of them randomly transforming in the Shanghai special for the first time which was already focusing on so many other things. I'm still so upset.
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pianokantzart · 6 months
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If u could create a new power up for a Mario game what would it be
The Combiner Cap.
I'm undecided on what the lore would be, but it's essentially a cap that– if you stuff almost any two powerups into it– combines them into a single powerup.
Sometimes the results are predictable: elephant fruit + fire flower turns you into an elephant that can shoot fire balls, mega mushroom + cat bell turns you into a giant cat, etc.
But other times, the results are something completely new: ice flower + fire flower gives you the ability to shoot firehose-strength jets of water. Elephant fruit + drill powerup allows you to break open massive chasms and create earthquakes. Tanuki suit + cloud shroom allows you to create cyclones that destroy enemies and powerful updrafts.
There are some combinations the hat rejects, of course. Any 1-up you collect immediately goes into your stash of lives and can't be used in the combiner cap. Superstars are so powerful they immediately negate any other powerups you attempt to combine it with. Mega mushrooms + mini mushrooms just end up neutralizing into your usual super mushroom.
You get the idea.
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simiansmoke · 1 year
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an angry kiss in the rain (Mario)
It didn't matter how many times he stressed that it was monsoon season because there Mario went, like an idiot, straight into the jungle as the sky sat pregnant above with a looming due date.
At first, DK didn't mind shooting the shit with the Mushroom Kingdom's mascot. They usually fooled around on the outskirts of the Kong capital where a few powerup blocks provided a couple hours of entertainment, but after a few rounds of power-up tag (where the point was to beat the power out of the other, but keep their own) DK was ready to call it quits early. Maybe it was a form of animal instinct, or the fact that he'd lived in Kong country all his life, but one whiff of the air had the fur on his shoulders rising with the blossoming static around them; "Time to go-"
Or it would have been if the resounding cry for help deep in the jungle didn't spur the red-shirted hero to action. DK had a hold of him by the shoe at first when Mario attempted to blow past him. "Dude, we can't help them right now. We gotta let the storm pass first."
"You'a kiddin' right?" Given how he looked at DK like he'd grown a second head, the Kong realized his company was probably unfamiliar with just how a rescue mission would not play out well in the next ten or so seconds. "It'sa little rain. You won't melt."
"Mario-wait!" DK lost his grip and for a moment watched as Mario breeched the forest-line of fan palms and birds of paradise leaves. In any other circumstance, he may have let Mario fuck around and find out, but with the addition of another likely stranded before the storm, DK galloped after him, albeit annoyed.
"Hellooo?" Mario called out, slapping overgrown caladiums out of his face as he ventured in deeper. As the sky rumbled above, he rolled his eyes. DK being afraid of a little water was ridiculous considering someone in his kingdom was in need of assistance. It didn't occur to him they might have been worried about being out and about. Mario didn't notice a single drop of rain before the bottom fell out.
The force of the downpour was unlike anything he'd seen-well...in this case, felt, because as soon as the wall of water barreled down on him with the strength of a pent-up season, he face-planted into the dirt as it instantly mutated to mud. Caught off guard and dazed, he couldn't seem to pull himself up under the furious force. Not good-he thought, scrabbling at the ground with a frantic air once he realized he couldn't quite get his face up and out of the puddle that was quickly forming around him.
Mario was lucky he liked such an ugly color, because without the bright red beacon, DK wouldn't have been able to find him through the blinding wave of water. Just trying to move beneath the force was a work out in itself, but since this wasn't DK's first fuck around and find out rodeo, he managed. Scooping Mario up, he laid the plumber out to dry, dangling off his arm which he scooted partly under his body to give Mario some break from the beating as he turned and pushed through the heavy rain until he made it to the cave entrance they had luckily passed by on the plunge into the suicide mission.
When the roof of the cave cut off nature's assault, DK coughed in the contained oxygen after having held his breath for much of Mario's retrieval. An involuntary shake wracked his body in an attempt to rid his fur from the wet feeling that at this point, probably only a long time napping in the sun would fix.
"W-wow." Mario stirred on his wet and hairy perch, peering at the mouth of the cave which was now curtained with a waterfall. "You...probably should have warned me about that-"
"Oh yeah? My BAD." Annoyed, DK flicked Mario off him, not caring if he hit the cave wall and knocked himself unconscious. At least then he wouldn't have to listen to Mario's macaroni. "I would have let you enjoy the taste of your foot in your mouth if there wasn't probably some kid out here - doing what they should be and waiting it out." It was almost like they'd learned all this as kids, the hard way or otherwise.
"Yeah, well!" Mario stood, wringing out some water from his hat. "I can't just sit back whena some kid's calling for help. Unlike you, I have a heart."
The barb was almost as insignificant as a splinter, but it stung enough for DK to stomp the few steps over and wring his fingers into the front of Mario's shirt and lift him a few feet off the ground. "Yeah, I'm SO heartless. I made sure you didn't drown in the mud where your brains come from!" Desperate to throw the idiot into a wall or slap him around, DK knew he couldn't compromise their temporary shelter, so he did the next best thing he could to spill some fury. With his fingers wrenched skull-crushingly tight to the front of Mario's shirt, he jerked the squirming mushroom mascot up to collide their mouths together in a mash up of a bite and a suffocating kiss.
Mario's sporadic squirms stilled with the aggressive action, and his hands flew up as if to swat the Kong back, but a tug of guilt kept his gloved hand poised in the shape of a scratch that he rested against DK's cheek. He had been so wrapped up in being the hero that he hardly noticed that DK had come to his rescue instead.
With enough of his fury foisted upon Mario's mouth, DK breaks for a breath, accepting the uncertain palm poised on his cheek as he bumps his face forward into it...dammit, he wanted to stay mad. "If anything gets to suffocate your dumb ass, it's me."
Face joining the color of his shirt, Mario gave DK's cheek a thankful pat. "N...noted."
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factual-fantasy · 1 year
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30 asks! :0000 Mostly Mario stuff :}
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My hopes were dropped even lower tbh
Hot take, but I don’t like the personality they’ve given Peach. She just feels like a cookie cutter tough woman character that you see in like every movie now a days. It feels like they didn’t put any heart into her. They just made her a tough woman lead and called it a day. She’s more than that you guys common!
Peach is already full of personality, why change her? She’s sassy, she’s classy, she’s emotional, she’s unique. Why changer her? Why make her dress up in armor wielding an axe to go fight Bowser? That’s not what she’s like, If anything she’d strut out there in her dress and all to go fight Bowser.
Here’s an idea you guys, keep Peach the way she is in canon. Why? Because that’s the personality she’s had for years. It would also make her much more interesting in the movie. And get this! We already love canon Peach.
Aside from that. I wasn’t a fan of the whole go-cart thing, it felt out of place for what the rest of the trailer looked like. But idk maybe it makes sense in the movie. Jeez, there’s a lot about these trailers that I don’t like-
BUT, I can say that I LOVE what they seem to be doing with Mario and Luigi. Mario reaching out and grasping Luigi’s hand, that whole scene makes me think that we might get some brotherly moments between the bros. Which I am all for!
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@theflamingflamingos​
Like if you drew my version of Donkey Kong. Where he’s big and red with long fur, or drew the designs I made for Peach and Daisy’s dress’s, that wouldn’t be so cash money. 
I wouldn’t be happy if someone drew fanart of something I designed basically. Which includes my Mario AU..
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@dark-cynder49
The things I had in mind was if Mario and Luigi are in a public place, Mario would try to keep people from interacting with Luigi. Like, if someone tried to talk to them, Mario would step forward and do all the talking and answer questions on Luigi’s behalf. 
If Luigi just needs some time away from all the noise. Mario will find a way to get him out of there, even if it means he needs to cause a scene to allow Luigi to escape unnoticed.
Sometimes though that doesn’t Work. Sometimes Luigi cant get away or his anxiety just keeps rising.. if that happens Mario will discreetly hold his hand, and squeeze it tightly. Just knowing that Mario is there usually keeps him calm enough that they can wait out the stressful situation and get away.
Now when they’re in private? Luigi’s anxiety is a lot easier to deal with.
Mario can openly hold Luigi’s hand and comfort him without any risk of judgmental stares. Mario can talk to him in what ever language he wants because no one can hear them. Usually Luigi just parks somewhere on like a couch or a bed, gets some water and they ride the out anxiety together.
Heh, and here Mario thinks he’s not the best brother he can be, smh.
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@justapikachu1​
Oh I’m sorry, buuuuuut Peach cant use Power-ups in this AU. So no cat Peach this time.. 😅
Also I don’t know anything about Cappy or his species, so he has not been added to my AU...
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aaaaa, they cannot use Power-ups either! In my AU only humans can use powerups. Peach and Daisy are not human, and obviously neither are the Toads-
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I think if the poison Mushroom was a thing, it wouldn’t be a Power-up or anything special. Just these bright toxic Mushrooms that make anyone who eat it very sick..
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I have played none of those games, and thus am unfamiliar with the villains and did not add them to my AU..😅
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SNIGF, U FOUND/LIKED SOME THINGS CUZ OF MEEEEEEE WAAAAAAAA
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XD I love drawing sad brothers what can I say?
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mmmmno, not really :/ I’m still trying to fix my FNAF AU and save my energy for those long comics.
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I’m not familiar with that.. Power-up..? I didn’t know it existed and thus, didn’t add it to my AU..
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I have some ideas in mind for those actually! Although they’re not super ironed out..
The Shy guys might be this spooky tribe in the woods somewhere. They don’t work for Bowser, they just kind’a do their own thing. And I imagined that they’d be cursed, or at the very least people fear them because of all the horrors and death that seem to follow them..
The chain chomps were supposed to be giant hunks of metal, that Kamek used his powers to cast a curse on. This curse brought them to life. The curse of hunger.
The Piranha plants are supposed to be just a rather dangerous species of plant that live all over the place. But Bowser feeds the ones that grow near his kingdom. Thus making them bigger.. and bigger... and bigger. Until their roots are strong enough that they can relocate themselves where ever they want..
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Aw, thank you! :D
Also, my only tips is to use references of the real deal. Because I myself also struggle with the Koopalings/Bowser and have to heavily reference in order to get them to look right 😭
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Uhg, that’s frustrating as always. 
Report them if you can, comment that its stolen if you’d like, thanks for letting me know.
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They are all Bowsers blood children in my AU. And they have no role in his army or anything like that.
My idea is that there is a hidden home/castle somewhere on Bowsers land that is guarded heavily by Blue shelled Para troopas. In this home is where his kids, Kamek and Kammy all reside. Where they are kept hidden and safe from anything or anyone that might try to harm them.
I don’t have any plans for them in this AU, although they do exist!
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@fruitcakei​ 
XDDD Norton is trying to protect you from the angst-
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@the-cosmic-stars​
I’m not familiar with any of the Mario Galaxy Power-ups.. But! Rosalina does exist in my AU! Although the story of her game does not take place. :(
I actually have some sketches in my folders of her that I should get around to drawing sometime.. 🤔
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@aimless-aimz​
Daisy and Peach think the Boos are little pests. They cant actually really hurt anyone, but they love to sneak into their kingdoms and scare their civilians. Super annoying 🙄
As for if you’re not scared of them, they might be offended or upset. In which King Boo well.. he doesn’t like people makin his Boos upsetti spaghetti
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@caronaro123
XD If you tried to hug them or befriend them, I imagine King Boo would be suspicious of you and keep you at arms length. Or just trap you in a painting-
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I imagine the Toads know of the Mega mushrooms and can tell them apart from regular trees.. but I doubt they would have a way to move the wild ones since they don’t have Yoshi’s anymore. So they probably have a garden of Mega Mushrooms somewhere in the kingdom just waiting to be tested on.
Buuuuut, they were saving those for another day. Assuming just by size alone, that they weren’t safe to test within Kingdom grounds.
That’s when Mario and Luigi would stumble upon one in the woods without knowing what it is and.. I think you know the rest XD
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@wadofgum​
Aw, thank you! Also yes! ✊ Another follower dragged into the Mario fandom by my works XDD
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Some of the Boo might be offended to an extent. Like what, we’re not scary to you? Huh? Why aren't you scare of us??
But also some of them might be flustered or surprised. If someone came in and just gushed about how cool they were, they might be inclined to show off a bit. Maybe try to make even scarier faces to look cool.
All in all, I think they’d spare you, and let you leave the Mansion unharmed out of flattery.
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hmmmmm not necessarily..
While yes he would have a fever, which would make them think this is just an illness.. 
Mario’s skin would also begin to burn and fry. Like a sunburn that keeps on burning and burning.. His hair would be singed and start falling out, he would light fire to anything he touches..
Yeah, I think they’d know <XD ...
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@shinygazelle744​
Ah, unfortunately Mario only gets his Tanooki abilities when he consumes the Tanooki leaf Power-up. And the form he gets is 100% the animal form. He cannot change it to be anything else.
Without the Power-up in his system, he’s just good ol Mario :/ he doesn’t get the privilege of having just the tail and ears at any point XD
(And also, if you spelled it right- yes and no. The real world animal, Tanuki, is how you spelled it. But for some reason Nintendo spelt the Power-up as “Tanooki”??)
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Either they throw so many fire/ice balls that they eventually just, use up all the flowers power..
Or, they take a huge blow of physical damage, and the fire/ice flower consumes all of its remaining energy trying to protect them from the hit.
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Yeah, it was pretty rough. There were two whole days where Mario was too cold to really do anything other then sleep. And even after he warmed up.. he was too exhausted to move, so he just kept sleeping.
As for the toads.. I think Toadsworth would have been pretty upset at the scientists. And he would tell them that they needed to pace their research better as to not overwork Mario.
He also probably wanted to be present for more of the testing. To insure their hero’s were being given proper treatment. You know, he wanted them to be treated like hero's who were graciously offering their bodies for scientific study. Not guinea pigs.
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@milk-powrit​
I don’t actually know anything about the paper Mario games.. and I didn't have intentions to bring any characters from the spin off games into the AU. Excluding well known spin off characters like Waluigi and Wario of course,
Basically, I don’t know anything about Mr L. And considering if from the paper Mario series.. he might not have a place in the AU..
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I haven’t actually thought that part out yet. And I’m not sure I’ll ever find an explanation.. its as much of a mystery to me as it is to the characters I guess haha <XD ... 
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@kirbyparadise​
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Well thbnk you for sayinh kind things about me and my art which make me wanna make moraaaaa
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@journey-of-aris
Aw! I’m so glad I inspired you! And these plush toys are awesome! Keep it up! :D
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sage-nebula · 1 year
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STH - Finalizing the Pre-Departure Checklist
Notes: I actually have another fic that I've been intending to have finished today, but partway through writing the conclusion of that fic I got distracted by the idea for this one, so here is this for now. I will clean it up later. Spoilers for the ending of Sonic Frontiers, as well as for the Sonic 1 ending cutscene from Sonic Origins.
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Filled water canteens, check. Canned food and energy bar provisions, check. Instant coffee canister, check. Miles Electric, check. Wooden comb, check. Dry shampoo, check. Blankets, check. Magnet gun, flash bombs, emergency grenades—check, check, check. Everything he needed for at least a few days of travel was ready and accounted for, packed in a backpack. After looking through the bag for a third time, just to make sure he was absolutely ready, Tails tossed it into the cockpit of the Cyclone. He had her parked outside for once, behind his Mystic Ruins workshop, ready for takeoff. It had been so long since he’d flown her; she was a solo-craft, not suited for multiple passengers, and so she saw much less use than the Tornado did. But this was a solo trip, and the Cyclone provided him with land travel as much as she did air. She was much better suited for this journey. With one last look at the back door to his workshop to make sure he’d locked it, Tails spun his tails so he could jump into the cockpit—
“Don’t tell me you’re gonna leave without saying goodbye.”
His concentration broken, the rhythm of his tails halted just enough for Tails to land back on the ground with a stumble. Sonic’s hand caught his arm before he had a chance to topple over, and Tails turned stunned eyes on his big brother’s teasing smile as Sonic eased him back onto his feet.
“I left a note,” Tails said, his mind still catching up with the fact that he’d been alone behind the workshop not a second ago. Trust Sonic’s speed to—
“A note? All these years, and that’s all I get? A note?” Sonic put a hand over his heart. “That hurts me, Tails. Right here.”
Tails rolled his eyes. He knew played up theatrics when he saw them. “You already knew I was leaving. We saw each other a day ago. And you hate goodbyes anyway, so—”
“You’re right. I do. And I’ll probably leave this one before it’s over, but . . .” Sonic shrugged. “I still want to see you off. Make sure you’ve got everything you need.”
Sonic cared. Of course he did. And Tails understood, because he cared about Sonic, too. How many times had he made sure that Sonic had all the tech he could possibly need before a dangerous mission? How many times had he used a drone to deliver a forgotten canteen or extra aqua bubble powerup just in case something went wrong? This is what they did—they looked out for each other. That’s all Sonic was doing now, and Tails knew that.
But he was supposed to be proving his independence, proving that he could stand on his own. And that meant not needing someone to look through his provisions like he was a kid going on a field trip. Tails ran his tongue along his teeth and looked away, turning his eyes up to the sky. Cirrus clouds—a good sign. Just what he needed for an easy flight. “No worries. I’ve got everything covered.”
“Good.” Sonic leaned against the Cyclone, and after a moment, tapped her side with his knuckles. “Not taking the Tornado, huh?”
Tails blinked, caught off-guard by the sudden topic change, and looked back over. “No, she’s yours.”
“Pft. I’ve been meaning to give her to you for ages now. Should’ve done it a long time ago.” Sonic crossed his arms loosely over his stomach, an easy smile on his face, but there was something different about it Tails couldn’t quite parse. “You can take her if you want. You should take her.”
As—touching? weird? confusing?—as it was that Sonic was suddenly handing over ownership of the Tornado, Tails couldn’t let it distract him. He shook his head. “Even if you want to give her to me, that doesn’t change the fact that you can fly her, and you might need her. Besides, she’s got a double cockpit now, and I’m flying solo. It’s better for her to be here in case you go on a trip where you need to take someone with you. Amy, or Knuckles, or someone.”
“. . . Yeah. You’re probably right.” Like with his smile, there was something off about Sonic’s tone. And Tails couldn’t identify exactly what it was that he was hearing, but whatever it was, it told him that Sonic probably wasn’t going to be taking the Tornado out of the hangar any time soon. “So. You’re all set to take off, then?”
“Yep.” Tails patted the Cyclone’s side, ran his hand over her freshly dried coat of paint.
“Got a destination in mind?”
“Nope. I’m just gonna go wherever feels right. See where the wind takes me, you know.” Not unlike what Sonic himself always did, meaning that Tails was following in his example yet again, but he was going to try very hard not to think about that.
“Sounds like my kind of adventure. And everything’s in working order—GPS, comms . . . ?”
Tails felt the fur along his back stand on end, and when he turned to look at Sonic, his agitation must’ve shown in his face, for Sonic held his hands up in a placating gesture.
“Hey, I know you can take care of yourself,” Sonic said, and for what it was worth, he did sound sincere. “I just want to make sure—”
“I know,” Tails said, and honest to Chaos he didn’t mean to sound so terse. “I can handle it. I’ll be fine.”
“I know,” Sonic said. “But you know, if something came up—there’s nothing wrong with calling in a little backup. Heck, if it wasn’t for you, Knuckles, and Amy, I’d still be a cyber-zombie back on the Starfall Islands. We all need a little help sometimes.”
“If it wasn’t for us, you wouldn’t have been corrupted in the first place,” Tails muttered.
“What was that?”
“Nothing.” Tails forced a smile as he met Sonic’s eyes again. “Look, I know this is a bit . . . different. And I know you’re just trying to look out for me, and I appreciate it, I really do. But I’ll be fine. That’s what this whole journey is about, right? Proving that I can make it on my own? It’d be disappointing if it turned out I couldn’t, so—”
“Nothing you do could ever be disappointing,” Sonic said, and something uncomfortable wormed in Tails’ gut at the look on Sonic’s face. He turned away again, his tails swishing around him. “But that’s not . . . having your own adventure doesn’t have to mean cutting yourself off from everyone, you know. So you don’t need to call for backup. So what? Doesn’t mean you can’t call just to say hey.”
Tails frowned. “I never said I couldn’t.”
“Great.” There was a smug grin in Sonic’s voice—one Tails had heard so many times over the years, usually right after one of Eggman’s plans had just been ruined. “Then I look forward to hearing from you at least once a week.”
“What?” Tails looked over, aghast, and was met with the exact smile he knew he was going to see. “You can’t be ser—”
Sonic held up his hand. “Doesn’t have to be a phone call. You know I hate talking on the phone. And it definitely doesn’t have to be every day, because we both know I suck at keeping track of what day it is. But just, you know. An email. Once a week. Doesn’t have to be long. Just a couple lines to say hey, let me know how you’re doing, if you’ve seen anything cool in your travels. Just enough so it’s not like you disappeared off the face of the earth.”
It was— Tails wanted to scream, just a little. Because it wasn’t an unreasonable request. It wasn’t like his plan was to disappear off the face of the earth. It’s not like he was trying to cut himself off from his friends. But that also—it wasn’t the point. He wanted to be independent, wanted to prove that he was more than the burdensome little brother that Sonic always had to look after, and if Sonic was still looking after him via weekly check-in emails, then didn’t that defeat the point?
“You never sent weekly check-in emails when you were traveling,” Tails muttered, and he hated how petulant he sounded.
“Yeah, well. That’s big brother privilege,” Sonic said, and perhaps sensing the argument even before Tails opened his mouth, added, “And not the best example set, fair enough. That’s my bad. But I’ll send emails too, in response to yours. We’ll keep in better contact this time. Deal?”
It wasn’t what Tails had had in mind, when he’d decided to go off on his own. But it wasn’t an unreasonable request. Sonic was actually admitting that something he did in the past maybe wasn’t the greatest idea in the world. And from the look on his face, Tails could tell that this really mattered to him.
And for some reason, that made Tails’ throat feel a little choked. He nodded, in lieu of being able to say anything, and Sonic’s posture finally relaxed.
“Okay. Good. Glad we got that sorted.” Sonic stood up straight, free of the Cyclone. He considered Tails for a moment before a half-smile curled his muzzle. “And—one more thing.”
Tails tilted his head, his throat still a little too thick for him to trust his voice. Luckily, Sonic took his head tilt for the cue to continue that it was.
“I don’t think I ever told you this, but—you remember how we met on West Side Island, right?”
Tails nodded. He didn’t know how he could forget.
“Well . . . did I ever tell you why I was on West Side Island?”
Tails blinked, the confusion he felt enough to finally unstick his throat. “No. But it was because Eggman was there, right? He was harvesting animals to use as batteries for his badniks, and so he could build the Death Egg.”
“Well, yeah. But also no.” Before Tails could question what that was supposed to mean, Sonic continued. “Eggman was on South Island before he went to West Side. It just so happens that I was also on South Island, and so I freed the animals there and chased him off.”
“Yeah, I kn—”
“I chased him off as Super Sonic. With the Chaos Emeralds. And before the Chaos Emeralds scattered, they showed me something.” Sonic grinned, his eyes bright. “Wanna know what they showed me?”
“I . . . guess?”
“You. Well,” Sonic waved a hand through the air, “not you exactly, but they showed me West Side Island, so that’s how I knew to go there. And that’s where I met you.” Sonic grinned, and lightly poked Tails on his forehead. “So what I’m trying to say here is, even if you decide to skip out on your weekly email, you can rest assured that the Chaos Emeralds won’t.”
Tails stared at Sonic for a second as he put the pieces together, and then blurted the first thing that came to mind. “Are you saying the Chaos Emeralds are going to snitch on me?”
Sonic laughed, and ruffled the fur atop Tails’ head, heedless of Tails’ attempts to swat his hand away. “Bro, you have no idea how fast they’ll snitch on you. They were snitching on you before we even met. So if I were you, I wouldn’t give ‘em a reason to do it again.”
The fur atop his head now thoroughly ruffled, Tails blew his bangs in a vain attempt to get them back out of his eyes. “The only thing I’m thinking about giving them a reason to do is mind their own business. Do they seriously have nothing better to do than spy on people?”
“Who can say? The Chaos Emeralds work in mysterious ways.” Sonic shrugged, but his expression softened. “But that’s just a backup plan. Just in case . . .”
“I know. And they won’t be needed. I’ll be fine,” Tails said, and added, because he knew Sonic needed to hear him say it, “and I’ll email. Once a week.”
Sonic smiled. And before Tails could say anything else, or could think to turn to the Cyclone, Sonic darted forward and pulled him into a hug. For a split second, Tails wasn’t sure how to respond; one arm thrown around his shoulders was one thing, and not too uncommon a thing at that, but a full-on hug was a different story altogether. Those were so much rarer. But Sonic’s hug was secure and warm, and knowing that it would be the last time for a long time that he’d have the chance to hug his brother, Tails hugged him back just as tightly.
But the hug was over as quickly as it happened. Sonic stepped back, his hands on Tails’ shoulders. He was still smiling, but—Tails was sure he was imagining it, but it looked like it was wavering a little.
“Take care of yourself, partner,” Sonic said. His voice sounded a little tight. “I’ll . . . see you later.”
Tails nodded. “You too, Sonic. I’ll be in touch.”
Sonic nodded, and gave Tails’ shoulders one last, bracing squeeze. In the next second he was gone, and Tails was once again standing alone beside the Cyclone.
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wormzandgutz · 5 months
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Could I maybe request a little ladybug design for what you THINK the other power evolutions are about?
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I was so excited but then I looked at the colours and I’m coming up with blanks my friend. like all of the powerups so far seem to be for specific environments or situations, dealing with a water akuma? Aqua potion. Dealing with a flying akuma? Space potion. so like, yes I can do desert, but what powerup would that give? Heat resistance? Sure. but what do you do with the other colours then?? Cuz I can’t gleam much from them.
the red one could be for some sort of lava akuma, but yet again, what power up would that give??? If anyone has better ideas I’m all ears, for now I need to question my orb
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supper122 · 15 days
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uh idea for undertoad64
Roles:
Frisk - Toad
Flowey - Mushroom
Boo - Napstablook
Bowser - Toriel
Wario - Sans
Waluigi - Papyrus
Dogs - Various Goombas
Undyne - bully
Mad dummy - Piano ghost guy
Bird that carries you over a disproportionately small gap - Yoshi
Alphys - EGadd
MTT - Fludd
Asgore - Peach
Asriel - Luigi
Chara - Mario
Locations:
Ruins - Castle Outskirts
Snowdin - Cool, cool mountain
Waterfall - Dire, dire docks
Hotland - Lethal lava land
The core - Tick tock clock
New home - Castle outskirts but like different
The castle - peaches castle
Music:
Once upon a toad
File select
Powerup
Friendly foe
Castle outskirts
Wahoo! How lovely!
Here it comes...
The waiting game
Here it is!
Boo Battle
Game Over
Bowsers castle
Bowsers castle (Music Box)
Shell Shocked
wario.
WA HA HA!
Cool, cool mountain
Wahoo! How festive!
Goombass
Strange room...
Waltz of the goomba
Cool, cool village
Crazy Cap
WALUIGI TIME!!
WALUIGI DATE!!!
WALUIGI TENSE!!!!
WALUIGI BATTLE!!!!!
Calm down.
Spooky
Bully
Dire, Dire docks
Sprint!
Clear waters
2401
Unnecessarily high energy ride on a green dinosaur horse
Piano!
Ghost house
Boo-womp
Boo-tiful
Hallows eve
Pause
Koopa the quick
Bulber village
Bulber shop
GRRRRR
Stand up for yourself
shhhhhhhh
E-Gadd!
Cleanup time!
Flash fludd
Lethal lava land
Wahoo! So HOT!!!!
Dryer bones
Casino
Can you really call this a casino? i havent even lost my wife and kids to a gambling addiction!
Helpful tip
Dry-off
KIDDING!!!
Scuttlebug Salsa
Eel-ectrifying!
Oh, what i would do for rain...
Oh, what i would do for YOU TO DIE!!!
Somewhere, you'll find sunlight
Slide
Tick Tock Clock
Running dry...
Whats this?
Drowning in beauty 
Empty tank...
Endless stairs
Undertoad64
Garlic Breath
Here you are
I didn't get a letter about this...
Warp Pipe
Reine du château
PEACH
You silly goose
Toxic
Powerdown
This isnt the end, is it
It cant touch the keys
Courtyard
Personalized
King of the koopas 2
Lets-a-go.
Thunder and L-ightning
GAME. OVER.
Give it one more shot
L is real
Pasta Power
Peace restored
100%
Relax
One last hoorah!
Thank you so much for to playing my game!
Standing up for itself
Fostering a better future
Waterworks
STARSTRUCK
Bye-bye!
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kari-go · 8 days
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Could you maybe draw ladybug with the powerups you haven't drawn yet? (Earth, fire... I'm not sure if you already did water)
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I drew all of them for convenience. I didn't really have an idea what to do for the fire pearl? But she ended up looking fine a bit bland but fine. I really like the ground pearl, she's so cute!
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In LadyLuck will there ever be a plant based Akuma...how do you feel about the power ups?
Honestly a plant-based Akuma is one of many on my list of backup 'this canon episode no longer exists' Akumas. (I did have Persephone in Hero Chat, but she didn't do much lmao).
As for the power ups!
In /theory/ I like the power ups. They're good for different environment/terrain challenges. They can add a little extra range to what can be done. Like how sure they could use their weapons as scuba gear in Syren, but they're not able to dart around in the water like they are when they use the powerups. And ofc they're now open to air and even space battles too!
That said, much like a lot of things with ML, the execution is.... not the best. The potions were introduced all the way back in Season 2. It's now Season 5 and we've only seen three out of the seven available.
I'd love to see them worked in more in the future!
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mahou-furbies · 2 years
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Ok but consider this: magical girls whose outfits constantly change to reflect the changes in their life, like not just that one big powerup form they get when they reach an important character development moment, but instead small incremental changes through their life.
Someone falling into darkness will have their outfit turn gradually darker and edgier, and a villainous character working their way to the light will get a lighter and softer costume. Fire type character starts working on water powers and their outfit is now half red half blue.
The people you are close to can appear as design elements in your costume and become more prominent or fade away as your relationships change.
Same for hobbies and other interests, values etc
Sudden life events, like the death of a loved one, cause drastic changes in your outfit
The outfit being affected by your current state of mind (overworked and distracted -> details misplaced or missing, just fell in love -> little heart motifs appear)
Your outfit can give away your secrets and cause drama, “you said you were best friends with Jane but her clover symbol has disappeared from your sleeve!”
Add-ons you can obtain for your transformation device to artificially change the details of your outfit
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LBSC Lukanette MerMay Prompts
Hello friends! For those of you who like to get a head start, here are our 16 prompts for Lukanette Mermay. Because one of our mottos here is why just do it when you can overdo it we’ve collected some scenarios suggested by our discord friends for some of our prompts, but these are completely optional, and you can take the prompts in whatever direction you’d like. 
There’s no word count or time limit for these prompts. You may do as many or as few prompts as you like, in any order. The event will run throughout the month of May. Be sure to tag @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers so we can reblog your work! Rules are at the bottom of this post below the cut. You’re welcome to join our discord server to chat and share your WIPs, or just for some encouragement!
1. Pirate/Mermaid
The kind mermaid/merman that likes to explore on their own has a deserted island they like to visit. One day, a pirate on the run takes haven there. They don't look as menacing as the rumors say though
Pirate capitan luka having a mermaid wife, she always follow his ship and luka had a tank on his room for when she spend the night, also mermaid marinette is fascinated by clothes, Luka had an storage space for all the clothes she like
2. Accidental/Involuntary Transformation
Luka is turned into a merman to save him from drowning, and the smitten Marinette shows him his new underwater home. (Or vice-versa.)
If you wish upon a shooting star it becomes a mermaid/merman if it lands in the sea....
luka and marinette (two mermaids) accidentally get turned human after messing with some magic. chaos ensues while they attempt to blend in with other human beings.
The kwami powerup for water turns ladybug into a mermaid
H20: Just Add Water AU
3. Sirens
"You had earplugs in! Why did you steer straight for the Siren's Rocks??" "Did you see how blue the siren's eyes were?"
Siren decides this sailor is too cute to kill
4. Songs of the Sea
Luka the "drowned one" plays the guitar underwater (apparently that's a thing you can do) to a group of fascinated deep sea mermaids
"Where on earth did you get to last night?" "I heard the mermaids singing." “That's your excuse every time you disappear.... Oh my god, that really is a mermaid!"
On a deep sea mission to collect whalesong (for an album project?), there's something else down there with them, and it's singing back.
Human luka and mermaid marinette singing a duet
5. Culture Clash
Mermaids have a very specific ritual for finding the (shell, rock, trinket. Etc) to propose with
Mermaids like shiny things
Mermaid clan wars
Merfolk dragging their s/o underwater for a quick kiss 
Merfolk can change at will, but their hands are cold regardless of their current form.
Mermaid in a sushi restaurant
6. Atlantean Miracle Box 7. Sea Witch 8. Selkies 9. Not Your Typical Mermaid
Luminescent Mermaids (different colors represent different clans/pods/locations/elements)
Octopus mermaid 
Deep sea mermaid 
Seashorse mermaid
Kraken mermaid
Shark Mermaids
10. Mermaids of Unusual Size 11. The Hunted  12. Curiosity Killed the Catfish
Marinette the mermaid excitedly asks Luka questions about the human trinkets she found. 
Watching (and crushing on)  the other from afar
13. Human/Mermaid
Human luka and mermaid marinette singing a duet
Mermaids had soulmates, everyone knew that. Humans had soulmates, or at least the legends said they did. Nobody had ever heard of a mermaid/merman and a human being soulmates before. But the proof was right there as your (whatever sign of a soulmate you want to use) showed the human was your soulmate.
Luka brings Mermaid Mari to a costume party
Mermaids and human work together to save the oceans
Rescue the human from drowning
14. In the depths
Abyss AU: underwater research team finds more than they anticipated
Deep sea mermaid 
15. Mermaid Hanahaki
you start losing your scales and then the ability to breathe underwater and will get stuck as a human if your love goes unrequited for too long
16. Dragon/Mermaid
RULES
This is a Lukanette blog and a Lukanette event. Some form of Lukanette must be included. Romantic, platonic, pre-relationship, even breakup fics are fine, as long as no other ships involving Luka or Marinette are included, except as past relationships. The decision about what qualifies for reblog rests solely with the LBSC moderators. If a piece hasn’t been reblogged within a couple of days, either the mods felt the piece didn’t meet the criteria or it was simply missed; you are welcome to reach out in the asks to inquire which. 
NSFW entries are permitted but characters must be of age and content must be properly rated and tagged. 
Posts that don’t follow these guidelines will not be reblogged. 
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??? day as a second century warlord not to toot my own horn but part 2 of second century warlord is going to blow yall out of the water. i splurged on an ultrafine $20 da vinci brush. my art style has improved dramatically over The Hiatus (postgrad) and i've updated all the clothes to be more period-accurate (bc i didn't do enough research the first time around...shhh....). if this was a movie this is where the protagonist gets a final-quarter powerup, pulls the sword out of the rock and discovered that He Had Everything He Needed To Succeed All Along (friendship + incredible violence)
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gifmourningu · 8 months
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Star Twinkle Precure watch guide
A list of episodes that let you know which episodes are less interesting and skippable.
I have to say this season was overall very engaging compared to most other Precure seasons; as a result there's not going to be a lot of skips here. The main issue with this season is episode 36, which I'll discuss under the read more (will contain spoilers).
Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development or background -oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.
1 — Cure Star
2 — Cure Milky
3 — Taurus Pen (+ Hikaru/Lala development)
4 — Cure Soleil
5 — Cure Selene
6 — Leo Pen (Lala focus)
7 — Repairing Spaceship 
8 — Libra Pen (Elena & Prunce focus)
9 — Capricorn Pen (Madoka focus)
10 — Villain powerup (Hikaru focus)
11 — New Finisher (Hikaru focus)
12 — The girls make a movie (Lala/Hikaru focus + Comedic)
13 — Lala goes to school (Lala focus, also good context for the next ep)
14 — Scorpio Pen (Elena focus) 
15 — Capricorn Pen + Blue Cat Entrance (Madoka focus)
16 — Madoka’s Archery Finals (Madoka focus) This episode isn’t bad but basically rehashes the same lesson in episode 9 that shows Madoka embracing her friends as her support. Don't worry, she gets a really good episode later.
17 — Virgo Pen (Yuni focus)
18 — Hikaru’s mom the mangaka (Hikaru focus)
19 — Gemini Pen & Planet Rainbow (Yuni focus)
20 — Cure Cosmo
21 — Cure Cosmo part 2 & Aries Pen 
22 — Tanabata & Hikaru’s dad (Hikaru focus)
23 — Fuwa Panic (Yuni + Elena focus)
24 — Aquarius Pen (Madoka + Yuni focus)
25 — Festivities (Yuni + Lala focus)
26 — Pajama Party in Space 
27 — Water Planet (Yuni + Ayewan focus)
28 — Fixing the Rocket (Elena/Madoka focus)
29 — Cancer Pen part 1 (Lala + Madoka focus)
30 — Cancer Pen part 2 (Lala focus)
31 — Pisces Pen (Hikaru focus)
32 — New Finisher
33 — Fuwa wants to be useful 
34 — Elena guides a cactus alien (Elena focus)
35 — Student Council Election (Hikaru focus)
36 — “But Stealing Is Always Bad Even When You Were Stolen From First :(” (Yuni focus) This episode is. Oof. I disagree very much with the politics of it. Check the read more for spoilers and discussion.
37 — Costume Party (Kappard + Lala focus)
38 — Cosmo Twinkle Imagination (Yuni + Ayewan focus)
39 — English Speech Contest (Elena + Tenjo focus)
40 — Milky Twinkle Imagination (Lala + Kappard focus)
41 — Selene Twinkle Imagination (Madoka focus)
42 — Soleil Twinkle Imagination leadup (Elena + Tenjo focus)
43 — Soleil Twinkle Imagination (Elena + Tenjo focus)
44 — Christmas (Covers Elena’s decision for her future + cool fight in the sky)
45 — Star Twinkle Imagination (Hikaru focus)
46 ~ 49 — Finale
Below is reasons for my issues with ep 36: ↓
So this episode unfortunately falls into the pitfalls of false equivalency that we often see in media, namely the idea that if you do something against your oppressors you're as bad as they are. The other issue is that Yuni's whole situation tracks very closely as a metaphor for indigenous survival against colonialism and genocide, which makes this episode even worse. To top it off, we also have a cop character who wants to capture her that is basically posed as morally good because "stealing is bad" is their overall message.
"Stealing is bad" is a moral that you would expect to find in a kid's show for sure, but when paired with the history of genocide it translates terribly.
Recall that:
Yuni's original culture is the only one inhabiting her home planet, which they came to after being chased away from other planets. In other words, they are historically a persecuted minority.
Yuni is the only current survivor of genocide against her planet by colonial forces Notraider (who specifically say they want to take over all planets and milk them for their resources).
The Notraiders (through Ayewan) then stole all of her culture's artifacts and then put them on the black market
The black market is run by the Mafia
Auctions are held for the equivalent of billions of dollars (juu oku in yen), and there are billionaires. Which implies space capitalism and the plundering of other planets in general. Billionaires do not exist without the mass accumulation of wealth, and there are slums mentioned which Yuni donates to.
Yuni's culture's items have been stolen from her people and sold against their will. Yet, for some reason, if she's to steal them back, that's just as bad as the original plundering of her planet. This is simply false equivalence. Hikaru insists that she needs to ask for her items nicely back from the mafia, of all things (if they're the mafia they're in the business of killing people for money. Hikaru, hello?). To further this kids' moral, Yuni is reduced to begging for her culture's item back from the mafia boss, even promising to pay for it. Why should she have to pay for something that he shouldn't even own to begin with? It's just disrespectful on all levels.
Meanwhile, Hikaru, who lives in Japan, is part of a colonialist legacy herself who have similarly stolen land from indigenous people as well as their artifacts. All over the world, in the United States, and in Japan, governments in power have plundered indigenous graves for cultural remains and items and have not returned them despite repeated petitioning from said indigenous groups. Basically, asking nicely in the real world takes forever and forces indigenous groups to jump through 239480 hoops, all the while subjecting them to continuous destruction of their heritage. Yet the violence of them being taken in the first place is never questioned; it is accepted, while indigenous groups are demonized for standing up, trying to protect their lands.
Honestly, this episode was really bad. Its only saving grace is that Yuni says she won't stop traveling to get her items back, though it's unclear if she's planning to ask for them "nicely" back every time. Frankly, she should be allowed to steal them back. The billionaires who paid millions of dollars for the artifacts won't miss the money — the dragon guy sure didn't. Yuni is literally Robin Hood, and she doesn't even amass her own wealth; she takes back her cultural items and donates anything else she takes from rich people to the poor. I'm sorry, but this isn't even morally grey. She's doing everything right. The dog cop character is convinced Yuni needs to be locked up... why? Is this really the best use of the interstellar police forces' time rather than fighting than the Notraiders? It's not like any of them showed up to investigate what happened to Yuni's planet afterwards. She has literally gotten nothing from them and is being demonized for crimes against the market.
Anyway, given that it's a kid's show, at least Yuni's people are restored in the end, and by Ayewan herself as a form of a reparations. Since Ayewan undid everything she did (this would be impossible in real life) and worked to help Yuni's people afterwards, the rest of the Yuni / Ayewan plot gets a pass in my mind (even though that also runs on false equivalence). It's really just this one episode that is a mess because it refuses to deal with the structural oppression that exists and that Yuni is fighting against.
It's a shame, really, since otherwise Star Twinkle is a very solid show whose themes of embracing individuality and difference between people is incredibly powerful. Hikaru herself is great in every other episode other than this one, and wonderfully neurodivergent. So anyway, here's your warning for episode 36. Recommended skip if you don't want to spend your time fuming.
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