There are plenty of things that I've noticed I seem to be the only person in the world, that likes said thing. Everyone else seems to hate them/ not agree with it.. So here's a list of things, that "apparently", only apply to me..
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Animals
• I love dogs, and I don't like cats due to traumatic experiences in my childhood. Like I am literally afraid of cats. My friend has a cat, and one time he moved his paw, and I screamed, because I'm so afraid of them attacking me for no reason. Yet, everyone else in the world loves cats, and if you don't like cats, you're yelled at, and ostracized! (I've been called an idiot, as well as "There being something wrong with me", just for expressing my dislike of cats online.) See Reasons Why I'm a Dog Person Anime
• I prefer more unknown anime, over popular ones, as I find they tend to be more interesting than popular shows with 55 thousand episodes. (Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball, One Piece .. etc..)
• I did no love Sword Art Online. See my Review as to why.
• I love unknown anime like Saint October, Shangri-La and Trickster. Where as everyone hates them. Food
That everyone else seems to hates but me!
• Tomatoes • Candy Corn. • Cranberry Sauce
Food - I don't like
Alcohol -
Kids
I don't like kids. Internet
• I prefer using the search engine Bing, over Google, but everyone else hates Bing!
• I'm like the only person that thinks George Eads is attractive. (Although, as I've gotten older, I find less actors attractive, and more people IRL attractive.
• Everyone wants to date a young guy in his early 20's, I'd prefer to date someone older in his late 30's!
Other
• Unlike most people, I am good with names, but not faces. Apparently humans are supposed to be good with faces, and not names. This makes me question why it is, I'm so bad with faces? Names are easy, but the only way for me to remember someone's face is if I'm around them for long periods of time. If I'm working in a store, and a customer asks me a question where I have to leave them, and come back. I will come back, not knowing who it was that wanted help! The funniest part is when, I need a co-workers help, I'll tell them they were wearing pink, and blue, but they were wearing black, and white dots! I can't remember people's faces until I'm around them! But I have yet to meet anyone that is good with names like me, and It's also ironic considering I'm an artist!
• I like having work on Sundays because, when I was younger and used to watch cable television, there would never be any TV shows on Sundays. Back then Sundays always dragged on to me, they were just always boring! As an adult, even though I just watch shows online now. Sundays are still very boring, and a drag on. Since I work retail, I do work Sundays, but it's weird when I'm off on one, because it's just such a dull day for me. Everyone else loves being off on Sundays..... Bleh!
• Despite being a male in his twenties, I get hot flashes! However, I only get them on my face, and usually only around spring/summer... I have no idea why it happens... I should probably find out why... (Years later I realized this was a sign that I was eating too much sugar)
Video Games
• I'm one of the few people on the planet that absolutely hates Final Fantasy VII!
• I seem to be the only person to like the characters Quina, and Hope, in the Final Fantasy games.
• Poshul, a talking pink dog in the game Chrono Cross, is one of my favorite characters of all time! I even have a collectible of her. But everyone hates her!
• I'm a Sombra main in Overwatch, and everyone hates her because she takes actual skill to use... (And I OOP)
• I enjoy plenty of Video Games that no one likes, or have heard of.. such as the Suikoden Games, Kya Dark Lineage, Beyond Good & Evil, Malice, Sould Nomad & The World Eaters, Sly Cooper... etc.
Weather
• 90% of my friends love winter, and hate Summer. I absolutely love summer! I hate cold weather, 60 degrees is too cold to me.. I can't take it! But what drives me nuts is, everyone around me likes winter! Meeting someone that likes summer, is an oddity for me. I want more summer lovers in my life, is that a hard thing to ask?
See Why I love Summer!
If you asks what grinds my gears, one thing I could tell you, is when someone asks if something is "Any good"
Examples.:
1."I've never played 'Name of Game', is it any good?"
2. "Oh, I've always wanted to see that show! Is it any good?"
The reason why these kinds of questions drive me nuts is because... *Drum roll please*
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!
We all have different tastes, and opinions! So when someone asks me if something is good, I can only tell them. I don't know your personal tastes, or opinion, that's for you to decide. I personally Like-Dislike it, but you may not.
We all have different opinions, so all because I like something, doesn't mean you will. This question drives me up the wall.. especially when it's on a Question and Answer site. It's like, you're literally a random person that I know from a hole in the wall, how would I possibly know what your tastes are? I may love it, but you could hate it. Although the best case scenario is to say what it's similar to, and see if they like the media you're affiliating it with.
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I personally have many favorite characters in video games that everyone hates, I also love Anime, and Video Games, that no one's ever even heard of before! (And will probably hate anyways, because most of the population likes popular things. Poor 'Saint October')
There could be a time when someone asks if something is any good, and everyone says it's bad. But the irony is that, the person asking the question could have enjoyed the subject in question. You just never know!
In my opinion, the only time it's acceptable to ask someone if "It's any good", is when you have a very similar taste in Video Games, Tv shows, Books.. etc..
I have a close friend whom we agree on most stuff, and we watch many of the same shows. So when he recommends something to me, 99% of the time, I end up liking the show (Like when he recommended Shadow-Hunters to me) There was one show he recommended, that I couldn't get into (*Cough* The Magicians *Cough*).. There was also a time where I told him about a show, that he wasn't too thrilled of! (Mainly because the one girl on the show was annoying to him, and they constantly say "anal" on that show! "It's a British series called Crashing".)
So even then, there are still differences in opinion! But most of the stuff he tells me about, I like.
The fact of the matter is, you can't ask someone if something is any good, everyone has their own opinion. We're all going to agree, and disagree on different things. Not to mention, there are plenty of websites with show/game/other, sites that show user ratings. Such as Anime-Planet, or Gamespot. If everyone loved it, or hated it, it'll show.
The best way around this is to do your own research, find out what it's about, and see if you like the plot, the characters, and the art style. You can always give a show a spin, or read an excerpt from a book/comic, and for games, you can always watch a let's play, and see if you like it.
This was a little rant & rave that I wanted to share.
After watching Daredevil on Netflix, I thought of how many blind heroes there are, that I know of? So far, that's three, but here is a list of them!
Morgan
Suikoden I
A blind gladiator who appears in the first Suikoden game.
He is first met at a temple, where he meditates. He notes to the player, that he was born blind. This is however false, it's not until the prequel, Suikoden V, that we find out that he was an enslaved gladiator in the country of Falena. He was so powerful, that he won every match. In order to go against the odds, his eyes were forcefully removed. Despite this, he would still win with the use of honing his inner being, and was shipped off to another country. Morgan was able to escape due to a storm, and washed up in the country of Toran (Where Suikoden I takes place).
Toph is an Earthbending Master. (Which is the ability to manipulate the earth, such as making giant earth pillows pop out of the ground.. etc)
Toph was born blind, and the daughter of high status parents. She was able to learn "Earth Bending", by animals known as Badger Moles. She's able to "see" through the vibrations in the earth.
Toph is a great fighter, and earth bender. She also learns how to "Metal Bend", and eventually teaches others how to do so as well.
Matt Murdoch, or "Daredevil", is a lawyer by day and a vigilante by night.
When he was 9, he saved a man from getting hit by a vehicle, unfortunately, the vehicle had dangerous chemicals on board, causing Matt to lose his eyesight.
Eventually, he was trained to fight by a blind man named Stick.
After college, Matt became a lawyer. But at night, he becomes the vigilante hero "Daredevil".
Due to losing his eyesight, he has heightened senses, and uses them to his advantage. He uses an array of martial arts, and a stave to fight his enemies.
Esmeralda, a narcissistic woman living in an inn, in the town of Antei. She joins the hero once you retrieve an opal for her.
She is the most useless character in the game, she does have a pretty dress though...
When creating a Suikoden story with my friends, my friend gave the idea of a crazy version of Esmeralda. That was when my own Esmeralda was born, I liked her so much, that I started to brand her off as a separate person.
Then, there is Esmeralda from the anime "Saint October". She is probably my favorite fictional Esmeralda, that is not my own character, she's just so strange and funny! A villain that was hired to fight the good guys; she's a total wacko who loves to say "Chi Chi Chi" instead of actually laughing. She also has a thing for the one priest guy, which can be really funny at times.
I know that the name field was pointless, but to be fair, the dragon Esmerelda's name is spelled differently!
Interesting Facts
1. Most characters with the name Esmeralda are associated with the colors Pink, Purple or Green.
2. Upon looking for other characters named Esmeralda, many anime characters named Esmeralda all have Blonde hair. Check this out & and this.
3. Esmeralda's seem to be very prim, proper, royalty or narcissistic, and weird.
4. Some tend to be performers, like Dancers or Circus Performers.
Now kids, remember this, because I'll be sending out a 1000 question quiz, about characters named Esmeralda, so don't forget! Make sure to study! 😜
I love Boomerangs! They are my favorite weapon of all time in games, and shows. I've been in love with them ever since Millie from the second Suikoden game! I've always thought they were cool. You throw the boomerang, so you never get close to your enemies, and then it comes back so you never have to refill your weapon either. Of course there are many flaws, like it would never work in real life because it would hit the target and fall. But, I do theorize that if the boomerang is either going faster, or is stronger than the object to hit, it can actually knock the target down. As an example, if you threw a boomerang, at a "wanky" little tree branch (about 2 inches thick), the boomerang would be going fast enough, and strong enough to fling into the tree branch, probably bend the branch, or even break it, and continue to fly. now, if you did this to a tree, it would just "boop", the tree and fall. What I really like is, Sango from the anime Inuyasha, does something similar. She uses a giant boomerang, that's probably 6 feet tall, and every time she uses it on a giant monster, it's used in a way that makes sense. She doesn't hit the enemy directly, but to the side of the enemy, where it would still have enough speed and power to come back. (Like in the anime, one time, she throws it at a giant serpent, or snake monster [I don't remember what it was], and it only attacked the very outside of the creature, somewhat bruising, it, if you will. Because it's so big, and heavy, I believe she easily knocks down human sized foes rather quickly.)
Millie
In the show The Arrow, Captain Boomerang appears, and he actually has many boomerangs under his coat, he uses them like sharp knives, and some of them come back in certain circumstances. I think this was the most realistic way to bring Boomerangs as an actual weapon, in the modern day. I like that people are starting to give them a realistic aspect to them. I've always been fascinated by them and I wish they would be used more in video games, and other media. One of my favorite anime, Shangri La, has Kuniko Hojo. She uses a giant metal boomerang, and it's strong enough to cut through a tank turret! Kuniko uses her metal boots to kick the boomerang, in order to stop it. (If she grabbed it with her hand, it would probably tear her arm off. The metal on her boots, would probably soak the damage, so it would stop the boomerang) Shangri-La is one of my favorite anime, but not only because Kuniko has an awesome weapon, but also because it's an awesome anime!
Although in real life Boomerangs are not used as weapons, but actually for sport, or an item to scare away birds and other animals, usually in the means of hunting. The aborigines actually used a weapon called the "Throwing Stick", which was used to attack prey, and this weapon inspired the boomerang. They've never had a throwing stick in a game before, from my knowledge. Which would be very interesting!
I think it's funny, because my three favorite game series, Suikoden ,Chrono Cross and Kya Dark Lineage. All of my favorite characters, or one of my favorite characters have a boomerang. I always thought it was funny that my three favorite series always had a character with a boomerang.
Faylen
As mentioned earlier, my favorite Suikoden II character is Millie,and uses boomerang as her weapon. She was the one that introduced me to the wild world of boomerangs as a weapon! Check out one of my earlier posts, which is also one of the most viewed on the blog, that I made about her! "Who is Suikoden's Millie?" Then you also have Faylen, another character from the Suikoden franchise, that appears inSuikoden V. Who has a big metal boomerang. The interesting thing about Faylen, is that she has a metal glove on her right hand, which adds the realistic element, of her having to catch it, without cutting her whole hand/arm off. (Similar to Kuniko's boots). There is also the addition of Sialeeds, and Sharmista, in Suikoden V Whom have Chakrams, a circular weapon that is thrown. In many games such as Suikoden, or Tales of the Abyss, characters that have chakrams, have the capability of having the chakram come back to them, like a boomerang. Interestingly enough, Suikoden V allows characters to use skills to buff themselves in battle. Sharmista, and Sialeeds have a "Long Throw" ability (Which is the rare chance to attack all enemies because of it's boomerang like qualities, similar attacks can be seen in Chrono Cross, and Final Fantasy 13), Faylen does not have this. (I theorize it's because she has a Treasure Hunt ability, that cannot be removed, since she's a bandit character.) In it's spiritual successor, Suikoden Tierkreis, various characters can use a boomerang as their weapon, including the main character. Unlike the original Suikoden games, where the characters keep their weapon and upgrade it by going to a blacksmith. Tierkreis has the characters swap out weapons for stronger upgrades, the Chakram, is one of the upgrades. The character Taj, starts with one. A few of the Boomerang upgrades look similarly to previous installment's weapons, there is one that looks like Millie's, Faylen's, and Sialeeds/Sharmista. The rest are all original, and one even looks like a Ninja Shuriken, which has been used as a normal long range weapon by Sasuke, in Suikoden II. (For images of the Boomerangs in Suikoden Tierkreis, check out the Weapon gallery on the wiki!)
In Chrono Cross, there is Van, a painter who wields a boomerang. His first special ability, has him throwing all of his boomerangs at the enemies. (Van is one of my two favorite characters in CC, and not only does he have a Boomerang, but he is also a painter! I thought it was funny because I also like art.). There is another character, Mel who I like too and uses a boomerang.
Funny thing I noticed as I'm editing this post, Millie, Faylen, and Van, are all the same age, they are 14. Suikoden V takes place much earlier (9 years earlier) than the second game, so technically, Faylen & Millie are different ages. But in their games, they are both 14. at that moment in time. When I first played Suikoden II, and Chrono Cross, I was about 10 years old. I also related to them due to being a similar age to them at the time.
Kya Dark Lineage, the main character Kya, uses a boomerang like weapon to defeat monsters. She uses the Boomy, which she conveniently also uses as a hair clip when not in use (In the picture, it's the yellow item she has in her hand.). She can also use it as a close range weapon, similar to a knife. However, she can only use it against small creatures, larger enemies she cannot hurt them with it (She can however hit them with it, and if far away, if there is another enemy nearby, they'll fight each other, it can be rather funny!).
So, now you know why I love boomerangs so much! Plus some extra info! I even have a book I purchased called how to make a boomerang, apparently there's a way to make a boomerang out of a rectangle type stick!! What!!! I bought it like three years ago, I haven't made any boomerangs yet. (I'm very lazy.....)
In my opinion,Teen Wolf is the new Supernatural, and here are my reasons why.
• It's a Supernatural drama with a large fan base.
• Both shows have had main characters die, and like to add new characters to the mix that also die... There is always a new character dying each season, and at least one main character comes back to life.
• Both deal with the Supernatural in general, ghosts, werewolves, magical creatures of the sort... where as most sci fi shows are in medieval times (Legend of the Seeker), set in the future (Defiance) or just have some sort of fantasy element to it (Warehouse 13).
• They both have a popular slash pairing. Supernatural (Wincest) & (Destiel). Teen Wolf (Sterek).
• They are both very lgbt friendly, having gay secondary characters such as Charlie in Supernatural, or Danny (Later Mason) in Teen Wolf.
• Both have a big following with dedicated fans.
• They both start off very raw and basic, but turn into much more than one would think.
Kiss of the Scorpion, or "O Beijo do Escorpião" as it's called in Portuguese. Is a Portuguese soap opera that stars a woman named Rita, who finds out she has a long lost sister named Alice (Which is pronounced Al-eese), Alice seems like a nice girl, but there's more to her than her fake smiles.
I'd like to redirect to the thing that got me interested in the show, particularly a gay couple in it. I've only watched the gay storyline, but I was thinking of watching the whole series.. but it looks like the gay couple is the only part that's actually in english subtitles. What can I say, everyone loves the gays!
I can try youtube subtitles, but sometimes they come out weird. For example, if a character says "Let's go out to eat", the subtitles will say "Let's go and racetrack on shuffle" and I'm like, well that doesn't make sense...
Although I find some other characters boring, I do find some other characters interesting aside from the two guys. That, and it gets confusing at certain parts because people get mentioned that you don't know, it'll be like this person dies, and I'm like.. who is that.. do I know her.. was she nice?
Anyways...............
I was following the story of Paulo and Miguel. Paulo and Miguel are best friends who also happen to pilot, and co-pilot private planes as their job. Paulo is gay, and he is closeted to most people except for a few people, such as his sister Teresa, or his friend with benefits, Leo. Despite being his best friend, Miguel has no idea Paulo is gay, and that's because Miguel is a homophobe! To add more wood to the fire, Paulo's boss hates gay, people and WILL fire anyone who is gay. So Paulo not only has to keep his sexuality a secret from his best friend, but also his boss and everyone that works there!
Miguel is played by Duarte Gomes, and Paulo is played by Pedro Carvalho.
I'm going to write a basic run down as to what happens in Paulo and Miguel's storyline, I'm going to avoid spoilers, and I'll try to make things vague if needed, except for the obvious fact that Paulo and Miguel end up together... If you didn't think that was where it was going, well it was....
First I'll tell you about Paulo and Miguel's personality,
Paulo is very sweet, very serious and kind.
Miguel is very energetic, party boy, and a womanizer.
Miguel and Paulo's storyline is very well written in a serious manner, Miguel goes through a whole lot of changing throughout the entire show, he reacts very much like other people could in his situation. The show also tackles some problems that LGBT people face, like homophobia, not being able to donate blood because of your sexuality. The writers knew their facts, and it's interesting to see a show that has real aspects, where as other shows may just focus solely on romance or where everyone, and their mother is gay.
A few episodes into their storyline, Paulo and Miguel get incredibly drunk. They end up at Paulo's house, and fall on Paulo's couch. One thing leads to another, and they end up sleeping together!
Paulo tells Miguel he slept on the couch to avoid Miguel's homophobia.
After a comment Miguel makes about being worried about Paulo's "Gaze", the look on Paulo's face just tells you, you know the boy wants that booty again so bad..
Miguel leaves the house not knowing what happened, and Paulo is safe for the mean time. Paulo's sister Teresa, says that Miguel is going to get his memories back eventually and realize what happened that night when they were drunk!
Teresa points out something very important to Paulo, if Miguel is straight, he would NOT have reciprocated kissing Paulo, and sleeping with him. She thinks there has to be more to it! He would have been like, no thanks! So there is definitely more than beats the eye, eventually Paulo realizes there is more to Miguel's sexuality than he thinks.
When Miguel does remember everything, he is fuming. Paulo and Miguel get into a fight and Miguel puts it upon himself to make Paulo's life miserable!
Paulo reveals to Teresa that he has been in love with Miguel for years, which is also why he would not commit to his friend Leo, and only fooled around with him.
Miguel absolutely hates Paulo for quite a while, Miguel becomes a very hate-able character. He is out to get Paulo, and he even tries outing Paulo to his boss so he can get fired, but if he does, Paulo would do the same to Miguel because they did sleep together after all!
Thanks to Paulo's friend Marta, he does not get outed the few times, Miguel tries to out Paulo to his boss. Marta acts as a beard for Paulo in times of need, which pisses Miguel off, but also makes Miguel incredibly jealous too!
Near the end of the feud, Miguel does start to question his sexuality, but he doesn't understand right away because he's always been into women. But when Paulo's plane crashes, he is presumed dead, Miguel finally realizes his feelings when his hatred for Paulo turns into love.
Miguel talks to a therapist about his sexuality and his other problems, after Paulo is "dead" he comes to the therapist again.
Therapist (Afonso): I wasn't expecting you here..
Did something happen?
Miguel: Yes...
Everything happens, lately...
And this time, I may have lost the only person I truly fell in love with..
and I don't.. I don't know how I will keep on living after this.
But just how it is in most shows, Paulo is not actually dead, and the story goes on. Miguel is very relived to get a phone call that Paulo is fine, except for a few minor scratches.
When Miguel and Paulo meet after everyone thought Paulo was dead, they have a very cute reunion and eventually leads to something else....
When they're starting to get jiggy with it, they get cockblocked I mean "interrupted" by Paulo's friend Marta.
They tell Marta that they're together now, and Marta brings a good point. How are they going to keep working at the private jet company if they have recognized their feelings for each other, there will always be some sort of romantic lighting for the two of them. Even if they're together, and Miguel has changed, their boss is still a homophobe who will fire people if they're gay.
When they go back to their job for just a conversation with their boss about the plane crash, they decide once they leave to have some fun in a hotel. There's a very cute scene and they become flirty little school girls, they say some really adorable things at the hotel.
Miguel (To Paulo): And that my life without you doesn't make any sense...
So cute, I can't even..
But, there's just one problem..... there was a spy who overheard their talk about being in a relationship!
Their boss stalks them, and finds their hotel room! He barges into their room when they're getting into robes, and getting all cute! Their boss disguises himself as a waiter knocking on the door, Miguel thinks that it must be the Champagne. But instead comes in the boss, screaming and yelling, telling them they are fired, and he doesn't want "Fairies" working for his company.
After the cuckoo bird is gone, Miguel says a line that both guys repeat throughout the rest of the show, which is very cute.
Miguel: Together, we can face the world!
The guys are out of a job, which I thought would happen from the beginning, they just put so much emphasis on the possibility of Paulo losing his job because of his sexuality. I thought there would be more to it....
Miguel is really upset, so Paolo makes breakfast in bed for him, which Miguel doesn't understand because him liking a guy is still new to him, and no one's ever done that for him before.
You have to understand that Paulo is pretty much the perfect guy, and Miguel is very lucky!
Both Paulo, and Miguel are worried about the fact that not only are they out of a job, but they're both out of their dream job. They have to figure out something, and they both say, as long as they're together they can do anything! They still get into silly arguments, and Miguel is still trying to figure out whats what with himself, and his sexuality.vHe doesn't think he's gay, but he does love Paulo. Basically, Miguel's sexuality is Paulo, and I'd make a meme out of that if I wasn't so lazy.
A couple of cute scenes and episodes later, the boys find out about a diving store that's closing soon. The money they made from working at the airlines is actually enough to buy the store and remake it as their own!
They quickly become the new owners of the store and they get some of the young adults they know to help them out in the store, two including Paulo's niece, and Miguel's nephew.
In this show Miguel, and Paulo's sides of the family all know each other and it's funny because the two guys end up together, which connects the family even more.
Miguel is a little bit surprised when a woman from a neighboring store already knows that Paulo and Miguel are a couple, and he has a revelation that people are eventually going to know the two guys are together. But the woman is happy that a young happy couple takes over the store to give it new life, and Miguel just has to come with terms that other people will know he's with a guy.
There's a little bit more fluff, but also a little bit more of Miguel understanding who he is.
As the show winds down, the two eventually get married and have a cute wedding ceremony in an airport.. of course!
I really enjoyed the show, at least Paulo and Miguel's arc, I am still interested in seeing the whole thing though. (2019 me here, I never got to it, and since it's been so long since I saw it, I've lost interest in the rest of the series. lol)
I'm still fangirling over the show too, I didn't get over it yet and I didn't want to start anything new until I finished this blog post!
I do find that I set myself up for the show, I thought it was going to go a completely different way than it did. So I had expectations that never happened, which made me realize I should go into tv shows without any expectations because that just leads to failure, what really happens and what you thought would happen are two different things.
I do feel like the feud between Paulo and Miguel went on far too long, it went as long as about 12 episodes 34 episodes of the Paulo and Miguel arc. So half of the time they were fighting, and Miguel hated Paulo, but I feel like there should have been more loving. I think Miguel should have gotten over himself sooner, because then him hating Paulo started to get old and dragged on... and then we didn't get enough episodes of them in love; because by then it was almost over.
I feel like Miguel went through three stages in the show, and they can be explained all by a few words each.
The first part of show (Episodes 1-10): Energetic Partyboy
The second part of the show (Episodes 11-21): Giant douche-bag.. whosalsoprobablysecretlyjealousthatawomaniswrappedaroundthearmsofHISMAN!!!
The last parts of the show (Episodes 22-34): Calm, confused, but in love.
One of the interesting things about the show was how Miguel changed throughout the series, it's really interesting to see the kind of character development that he went through. He became a different person each time, just always changing.
I watched an interview by the actors who played Paulo and Miguel, surprisingly enough, the actor who played Miguel was more open minded about the experience, than the Paulo's actor.
If you'd like to see the whole series with English subtitles, check out this youtube channel that has them all!
There's even a behind the scenes videos where the actors go into the show a little bit more!
Also, check out one of the songs that plays on the show.. I don't know if it's Paulo and Miguel's theme song, or if it plays throughout the entire show... but it's awesome and it just always reminds me of the two now!
Something I've noticed is, I usually don't like popular things. Call me a hipster all you like, but I just don't find interest in many popular games, or shows. I also don't think it's cool how popular media steals so much of the spotlight (But I guess at the same time, if something else took it's place it would be popular instead).
People's favorite anime tend to be the really popular anime like Death Note, or Sword Art Online, and stores will milk these franchises to the bone. People will talk about it non-stop. That's alright to sell merchandise, and love a particular form of media, but I just find that the non-popular video games, anime and other media tend to actually be 10 times better than the most popular entertainment franchises.
The annoying thing is, I can get merchandise of stuff I don't like, up the wazoo. But anything I do like, there's almost nothing for. You can have tons of Super Mario items, but not a single Kya Dark Lineage
item, for example. There are fans for everything, but fans of
certain things get gypped because they like something that is not
popular enough to merit some cool merchandise for the fans! The sad thing, is that with unpopular shows or games, you don't always get cool merchandise for that show or game.
On the other hand, there are popular forms that I do like, for example, I find that Madoka Magica was a very well written anime with a plot twist in every episode. But I find that the best programs and games are the ones that aren't as well known, such as Shangri-La , Hatenkou Yuugi, Suikoden or Kya Dark Lineage for example are all amazing anime, or games, that no one knows about!
Meanwhile, there are other things that are milked like no tomorrow, and come out with the same boring story, and characters. They're the most popular thing in the world, and I have no idea why! (My example is Final Fantasy VII, I hated Final Fantasy 7, I thought it was the most boring game ever, but everyone and their mother loves it!)
This also includes anime, especially anime with many episodes such as Bleach or One Piece get milked with over 1000 episodes. The shows I'd love to see just a second season for, will never see the light of day again!
It's funny, because I remember someone once saying that the anime with lot's of episodes are "bad", and the anime with a small amount of episodes are "good". It's reverse for places such as America, where shows with a short amount of episodes are "Bad" and the shows with lot's of episodes are "Good". A sneak peak at cultural differences.
"Originally, I had posted an image of Cloud, from Final Fantasy VII, saying "I'm not a WHORE! Cuz whores get paid n stuff!" (I don't know who made it, nor do I have permission to post it, so I took it down)
I also hate it when people are like
"OMG THIS IS LIEK THE BEST GAEM EVAR!! IF U DNT LIKE IT, YOU HAVE NO SOUL, K!LL URSELF!"
to a popular game....
My instance this time, is Legend of Zelda. I played I think LOZ Seasons for the gameboy, once a long time ago and I didn't care for it. I am interested in getting into the series however, but there was something that bothered me once. Someone said that they "hate it when a hardcore gamer has never played Legend of Zelda before." I am a hardcore gamer, and I mostly play RPG's. I also only grew up with Playstation games, so I find this statement to be just flat out rude, and kind of ignorant. People like what they like, and there is also the fact that sometimes you don't have money for certain things. But that is like if I said the same statement about the Suikoden series, it's my favorite series and in my opinion the best game/s of all time. But I wouldn't say something as rude as the above quote, not everyone is going to like something, or be interested in it, and all because you like something doesn't mean other people have to play it.
It is just not cool when people push their opinions as a fact.
(Side Note: I got to play Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, in 2018. It's by far, an amazing game. So yeah..)
Another thing that really bugs me is, all of the tv shows that I like get canceled! Shows that I really enjoyed shows such as Happy endings, and Pushing Daisies, I also liked Sean Saves the World...
Two other shows, Mystery Girls and the Mysteries of Laura, I like, but everyone seems to hate them!
The reason why I don't really watch television anymore, is because most of the shows I liked get canceled! It's like, why even bother investing time in them then?!
This ESPECIALLY applies to characters as well! There are plenty of characters that I absolutely LOVE! But everyone hates! Examples are Quina from Final Fantasy IX, Orihime from Bleach and
As much as I love these characters from popular franchises, they are very hated within the community. Orihime is actually on Anime-Planet's top 10 hated characters! (As of 2019, she is 16th on the list)
Quina
I know I must have been a little ironic, and contradictory, but what I was trying to get to is, I just feel like popular shows and games aren't always what they are cracked up to be. While other times they are popular for a really good reason! But I also find myself usually enjoying media that is not well known, and I think people should invest more time and effort in the things that aren't as known.
It also bothers me to see everyone talk about all of the popular things, and never the shows or games that aren't as popular. I have a friend who has mostly only seen anime that is popular, and I am helping her by recommending anime that aren't well known that I have seen.
I notice on anime sites all anyone can ever talk about is popular anime.. but it's just like, where is all of the talk for other anime?!
I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of seeing characters use the same kind of weapons in Anime, Video Games, Comics, Sci Fi and Fantasy shows. Mainly Swords and Guns.
I've always found both guns and swords to be boring weapons of choice, and are very overrated. They are constantly used in video
games, anime, and other media. I've always been one to like more unique, and original weapons, which is
probably why I like boomerangs so much, you rarely see them in video
games as a weapon!
Cherri, a character I made when I was in college. Her weapon? The Flier.
Essentially, the idea was, the orange thing around her hand, would be
able to fly off, and into an enemy, and fly back.
In the media, the hero and other characters almost always have a sword or a gun as a weapon, maybe even a bow or a magic staff.
Any character wielding a weapon that is seldom ever used is almost only ever used by a character that is either not in every episode, issue, chapter or in the game often. They're always that one guy, that gets killed in the only episode they've ever been in.
For example, there was an enemy in the tv series "Arrow" who used throwing knives as a weapon, he was quickly killed by the main protagonist. (This happens again in season 7, in the last episode. This time the person doesn't die, but just disappears.) The long running anime "Bleach" had a character who used a boomerang as their weapon, it was an enemy and he was only in one episode. The anime "Hunter X Hunter" had a cool character, his weapon were daggers that he could throw like a boomerang, he was easily killed by the series main antagonist Hisoka.
These three characters had such cool weapons, but they only had a very short screen time. Meanwhile, the main characters to those shows all had a conventional weapon (The Arrow = Bow/Arrow), (Bleach, most characters have swords) (Except Hunter X Hunter, the series protagonist uses a fishing rod, so that is indeed different.)
There are even video games where every playable character has a different version of the same weapon, which in my opinion is just plain and un-creative, and boring. (EX: Wild Arms 3 [Guns], The Last Story [Swords])
I don't mean to hate on bows, I do like them. But seeing 80 characters with a bow, and or gun in an RPG, and no other long range weapons, is annoying for me to see. There's no creativity in weapons!
Togari from Hunter X Hunter had curved knives that would come back like a boomerang when thrown. A spin on a usual weapon.
It's true that sometimes there is a show, game or other that has a main character with a unique weapon, or just a weapon that isn't very used. But it doesn't happen often, and plenty of times it's a series not many know about, such as Shangri-La. Which is one of three anime to have a main character with a boomerang as their weapon (The other two being Inuyasha, yes a cult classic and Vividred Operation an anime with abysmal reviews. Shangri-La is in the middle of the two, ratings wise, as well as order of creation.). You might be able to count Daichi, from Captain Earth, but I haven't seen it, so I don't know the details.
Not to mention, the only time I've ever seen a knife thrower in an anime, was Merrill from Rune Soldier.
Plenty of people complain that shows and other forms of media have lost interest because everything has been done before, but I think that if you give characters different weapons, they could lead to different results. If characters have weapons that aren't used as much, we can get different kinds of battles, battles we haven't really seen that much of. It would be a taste of fresh air; to see something different in the world of swords, guns, bows and magic staffs!
The world needs more variety, and characters having the same weapon as usual is just not fun and gets pretty old, pretty quickly!
The following is a list of weapons that I think people in the entertainment industry should use more of! Beware, it's a big list! I have been writing down different kinds of weapons in a book of mine, to use for my own story purposes. They're both two pages with both sides written on!
Anything that has never been created, that I thought up will be a secret, but everything else goes!
Weapons that are rarely used:
Blowgun
Bo-Staff
Book
Boomerang
Cards
Chakram
Club
Disk
Fans
Flail
Javelin
Kadenma
Kunai
Mace
Needles (Multi Purpose, stab or throw)
Nunchucks
Sai
Scythe
Shuriken
Sickle
Slingshot
Throwing Axe
Throwing Knives
Tonfa
Whip
Wrench Weapons that are never used or rarely used: (You may have to look some of these up)
Anchor (EX Logg, Suikoden V)
Amei Piercers
Bag
Ball ( EX Wakka Final Fantasy X)
Banana Peel
Black Eggs
Bombs
Cannon
Chain
Doll
Finger Pointer (Welch Star Ocean)
Fireworks (See Panda King Sly Cooper 3 or Yoimiya in Genshin Impact)
Fishing Lure/Fishing Rod (See Chrono Cross, Korcha and Hunter X Hunter, Gon)
Flower (See Simone, Suikoden II)
Fly Swatter (Why hasn't anyone done this yet?! This would be good for an anime about a bug invasion!)
Forks and Spoons (Quina Final Fantasy, Leena Chrono Cross)
Meteor Hammer (Velvet from Odin Sphere uses this weapon)
Hooks (ARG e Matey!)
Jarts (Lawn Darts, they were banned because people were injuring themselves because of them.. great idea for a weapon if you ask me!)
Magic Seal (This can be seen in like ghost hunting anime)
Poison Powder (See Sango from Inuyasha)
Pots & Pans (Hai Yo, Suikoden, Leena, Chrono Cross)
Rubberband (To fling with my dear!)
Scissors (I believe Scissors were a weapon in a Billy and Mandy game on the Cartoon Network website)
Sling
Spiked Ball
Taser
Twin Hooks
Yo-Yo
Feel free to use these ideas to your own advantage!
Here are some characters from games, who do have very creative weapons!!
1. Welch from Star Ocean, uses a finger pointer as her weapon. She appears in several games in the series.
2. Riou, the protagonist of Suikoden II has a unique weapon known as Tonfa's. The only other character I have ever seen with the weapon is Elie from Rave Master, her Tonfa also doubles as a laser pistol.
Ironically, there are two characters named Eilie and Ellie in Suikoden II.
There is a character named Hoi in Suikoden II, his weapon is also Tonfa's, but only because he was impersonating Riou.
3. Fee from Atelier Iris II, her weapon is similar to Riou's, she can actually throw her weapon like a boomerang.
4. Tira from Soul Calibur has a giant ring as her weapon.
5. Quina from Final Fantasy IX uses an oversized fork as their weapon.
6. The anime Severing Crime Edge has the main character wielding Scissors, which is definitely different.
7. Characters like Serge from Chrono Cross, and Kyril, from Suikoden Tactics, have a cool weapon called the Swallow.
It's a staff like weapon, with blades on the ends. It's a really interesting weapon, and I've only ever seen these weapons in those two games.
To demonstrate, I'm also posting another character I made in college. Cherry, a twin of the earlier character, with a swallow type weapon!
So, today was the last episode of the Sci Fi/Syfy show Warehouse 13. As I am typing this, there is only 15 minutes left of the show, and I am taking the commercial breaks to start this post...
Warehouse 13 is a show about, you my have guessed it, a warehouse! Each warehouse holds magical items known as artifacts, all with their own unique powers. After certain events, a warehouse gets closed down, and they find a new one. The last episode of W13, they start talking about moving to Warehouse 14.
The artifacts in the series are very interesting, and all different from each other. One can create tornadoes, while another item can make a person shape shift. Some artifacts are very dangerous, while other's...not so much. The cool thing is, the items are usually based off of people from actual history, and the artifact in hand is most likely an item that was used by the historical person in real history.
Special agents take care of the warehouse, as well as scour the world, looking for new ones! Not only do they have special agents, but they also have a "Caretaker", someone who is magically connected with the warehouse. Mrs. Fredericks, is the caretaker of Warehouse 13, and can sense if the building is in trouble. It's hinted that the character, Claudia, would become the caretaker of Warehouse 14, as she had some connection with 13.
In one episode, Mrs. Frederick shows Claudia, an artifact being made, due to an event that was unfolding. In the later season, she becomes somewhat of a mentor to Claudia, since she will become the successor.
In the series, we only get to see Warehouse 2, and Warehouse 12, but there is an info dump on each Warehouse in the middle of the series, so you get to know a little bit about them all. The earliest warehouse, warehouse 1 was active in 336BC, for instance.
The show is just filled with amazing artifacts with awesome powers, great characters and lot's of lore to it.
It's a show, that really hasn't been done before. Magical items that have to be protected from evildoers, and sometimes themselves. No futuristic themes or zombies, just magic items with magic powers. It was something I actually find interesting in the sea of overused themes of post apocalyptic worlds and alien space ships, something different from most of the other sci fi shows on tv.
Yes, I know there are shows, and games with "magical items", but not to the extent where it's the main focus. These items can make an average person, somewhat of a superhero!
I'm really sad to see Warehouse 13 go, as it is an amazing show with a different concept. The show has lot's of parts from various episodes, that could actually make room for a spin off/sequel. They actually meant to make one a few years ago, but they never did. It would have involved a recurring character, H. G Wells (Based off the famous author, who in W13, was a woman.), and her adventures in the past. They could have easily made a spin off from a previous Warehouse, or even the future warehouse.
It's funny, because I always pictured all of the years the show would be on, and all of the cool ideas they could come up with. Unfortunately, they cut it much shorter than I had expected, especially with a 6 episode season 5. (This is a "SyFy" show, and they always cut their shows short, unfortunately.)
To end this post, I LOVED Warehouse 13, and I hate seeing it go. It was a different concept not really used before, something unique and different.
It's actually Warehouse 13's reason why I got into Teen Wolf, as I wanted to expand my sci fi library.. But I still want to expand it more, especially since Teen Wolf is taking over Warehouse 13, as it is on at basically the same time and day as Warehouse 13.
I'm thinking of getting into Lost Girl next...although I also have to get back to anime too!
I find it funny how every time I like a show, they get canceled, but every show I don't like gets renewed for 100 more seasons! Which happened again for two shows on the CW. A show that I liked, The Tomorrow People got canceled, a show that I didn't like, the 100 got renewed. Even though both shows had about the same amount of viewers.
The Tomorrow People
So, there was the show called the Tomorrow People (US version). It was on the CW, and it starred Robbie Amell as the lead character Steven. Basically he was a part of a race known as the Tomorrow People, who had three powers known as the three T's, Telepathy, Telekineses and Teleportation.
(Steven could also stop Time, so he had 4 abilities "Temporal manipulation").
The Tomorrow People, were on the run, but also fighting against a company called Ultra, who were trying to eradicate the Tomorrow People.
In my opinion, the Tomorrow People was a good show. I thought it was interesting, the characters were cool, and their abilities were also pretty cool.
Although I liked it, I did find that they could have done better with the story, but what they really needed to empathize on more, was the shock factor. There was a character that died in the middle of the season, and although it was shocking, it was only shocking for a few moments. Where as Teen Wolf, and The Arrow had shocking character deaths that were so shocking, you were still thinking about it a week later! I think that they could have added more to it to make the death more shocking, and just heart wrenching like they did with The Arrow, and Teen Wolf.
But other than that, it was a fantastic show, and I think it's annoying that it has been canceled! I feel that although it wasn't the best, there was still room for lot's of improvement!
The 100
The 100 is about 90 years in the future, humans destroyed earth, and now live in a giant space ship orbiting earth. 100 teenage to 18 year old prisoners get sent down to earth to see what it is like there, and to see if humans can start to survive there.
When they get there, you have the stupid kids starting wars, rioting and doing their own thing. Then you have the heroine, who is trying to figure out what to do in order to contact the space ship, to tell them what is going on, after their communication system broke.
Eventually they find out that they are not alone, there is in fact, humans who survived the apocalypse on earth. Not only are the 100 kids fighting amongst each other, but they also have to worry about the aborigine's that lurk in the shadows. Most of the drama in the beginning, is 100 fighting each other. This show probably has one death an episode. Overall, It's all about the kids finding out how to survive, especially in this world that isn't as friendly as it may seem.
I actually never meant to watch this show at all, I did not think it sounded interesting, I am just not a fan of the whole space theme. Even if it's not actually a space type of show, but I am also not a fan of the whole survivor theme either.
I ended up watching about the first 4-5 episodes, I stopped because I had to work the past two weeks and then when I could watch it, I just didn't feel like it.
The show almost always has something shocking at the end of each episode, and that is pretty good, almost every episode of the 5 had me with my mouth dropped to the floor.
But I just found the whole premise and the whole story just so boring! I can't really explain it, but I just do not find it entertaining! Maybe because it's not a magical type of show, there's no magic powers or strange monsters lurking in the dark. it's just another post/after apocalyptic sci fi show.
Thank u NEXT!
I also tried Defiance last year, and I could not get into that one either. The only thing cool about that show, in my opinion, was the female lead character used throwing knives as her weapon. I love me some throwing knives! There's also the fact that I had a crush on Grant Bowler for a while....
What I think is weird, is that The Tomorrow People and The 100 were actually head to head with views, the 100 only beat the Tomorrow People by a little bit, why not renew them both?
So of course the show I actually liked is the one that gets canceled, and the boring one I don't like doesn't. Of course this is good for fans of the 100, but I will not be tuning in anymore because it just doesn't entertain me one bit!
(As I edit this post in 2019, the 100 now has 6 seasons, and revealed a couple of LGBT characters, and I will aplaud them for that. Still not interested in it though. )
It's a shame because I love supernatural, and action shows, Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Warehouse 13, The Arrow. It was cool to add The Tomorrow People to the line up, but now that it's been canceled, the list of cool Supernatural/action shows that I watch, has not increased, but it's decreased since Warehouse 13 is ending it's run!
My only hope is for this new show that will be on NBC in the fall called Constantine, and the Arrow spin off "The Flash". (Edit from 2018, thank goodness they made Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl.)
I don't know, I feel like the world needs more supernatural, sci fi and action shows. But not ones about Zombies, surviving, space or post apocalyptic things, because those do not interest me, and they are incredibly overrated! I want Magic, I want Medieval, I want supernatural, I want mysterious creatures. I do not want Zombies, space or desolate planets!
Check out my post about Zombies, and why I think they're overrated! "Le Link"
