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Squall Leonhart ([personal profile] unshelledbullet) wrote in [community profile] batheon2012-06-10 07:30 pm

It's been a couple months...

so it's time for a new

PIMP MY CANON MEME


Levi, explain.

This is the PIMP MY CANON meme, where you have the opportunity to show off your canon and perhaps even find a new one to get into!

On the flip side, ask about something that interests you! Want to know where you even begin with Homestuck or why it's called a Keyblade when it is very clearly a blunt object? Here is the place to ask!

How do I pimp my canon?

First of all, it's PIMP MY CANON (caps, color, and bolding not optional), and second, do so in whatever ways you deem fit. Write summaries, link videos, screenshots, fanart, playthroughs, whatever you want! Add on to your friend's comments with additional stuff of your own!

The only thing I ask is that you not put too many large images in your post and link to videos rather than embed them. This is so the page doesn't take for-freaking-ever to load and doesn't become inaccessible due to oversaturation of gifs and stuff.

You may also want to keep spoilers to a minimum, but that's your call.

Also make sure your coding works, because nothing sucks more than making a totally awesome ad for your canon only to have a missing bold tag mess it all up. But then again, we all have comment editing now, don't we?
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[personal profile] angelphones 2012-06-11 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
HEY YOU.

Do you like demons? Do you like treating demons like Pokemon gotta catch 'em all? Do you like strategy RPGs? Do you not mind blasphemy?

Then Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor might be for you!


I'm only gonna talk about the first game here since I'm still stuck on the second game.

The basic rundown: Holy crap there are demons running around the Yamanote Circle of Tokyo and no one can get out.

The less basic rundown: You take the role of the protagonist (that's this character I play as) and run around with your two friends, trying to find a way out of the lockdown and figure out what's going on. You get demons to fuse and skills to gather. You also get to punch gods in the face.

It also has an awesome soundtrack. (CAUTION: Comments contain spoilers.)

It comes in two versions: the DS version is just called "Devil Survivor" and the 3DS version is called "Devil Survivor: Overclocked". The 3DS version has voice acting, more demons, and an extra day for some of the routes.

They're both $30 USD on Amazon last I checked - you might be able to find them for less depending on where you look.
Edited 2012-06-11 01:18 (UTC)
bufudine: (hey. a naked girl :|)

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-06-11 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Have you ever wished you could fly right up to God and punch him in the face? Well, your wish can be granted in Digital Devil Saga 2!

This is a game known for its cannibal main characters, but contains only ~30 seconds of actual gore. Instead, the game focuses on themes like friendship, how many people Sheffield has banged, order versus chaos, the meaning of life, and how to make Heat suffer as much as possible over the course of two games. The camera also loves Serph's ass, so you will be spending a lot of time staring at it. But it is a very nice ass.

True to Shin Megami Tensei tradition, there is So Much Tragedy. Also teethboobs. Luckily(?), there are no penis chariots in this game.

So dust off your PS2s and give this duology of cannibal demons, great butts and overwhelming sadness a try!
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[personal profile] rainbowarch 2012-06-11 01:25 am (UTC)(link)


DDS.gif
not_heavens_adam: (Tease~ Wink)

[personal profile] not_heavens_adam 2012-06-11 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Vassalord



Gay vampires and unresolved sexual tension out the wazoo~ A priest-in-training vampire hunter has to deal with his flamboyant and in-your-face roommate....who happens to be a vampire, while also hunting other vampires in the name of the Vatican.

It's got humor, drama, angst, religious overtones, an amazing over-arching plot, and eyecandy! What more could you ask for in a series?

Seriously, the protagonists are absolutely gorgeous

And for those of you who are more about audio, have an audio clip of their insanity The art is gorgeous and the characters are amazing. Also, it's only 5 volumes right now, go read it! You can find it on Mangafox
Edited 2012-06-11 01:30 (UTC)
bakegarasu: (rare and radiant)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2012-06-11 01:29 am (UTC)(link)


Sway, to and fro, sway!

Do you like any or all of the following:

- Mecha?
- Demons?
- CGI?
- The Yakuza?
- Canons that run on Rule of Cool?
- Short canons?

Then you might be interested in Karas!


Made for Tatsunoko Productions' 40th anniversary, Karas is a 6 episode OVA that follows Yosuke Otoha as he fights the former Karas (protector) of his city who is now fucking up all the things.

It has some extremely awesome fights, but unfortunately some of the plotlines don't end up resolving. Still, it's a solid story, and one that leaves a lot open to interpretation.

... There is a decent amount of gore, and one Eye Scream moment, so if that bothers you, you might want to skip it.

The eternal question: Sub vs. Dub?

First of all I hate this question, but it comes up anyway. They both have their good and bad points, but I will say that the English dub is very good and the bad guy is played by the guy who was Shaggy in the live action Scooby Doo movies I kid you not.

Dubbed version is here. (The guy calls the first half of the OVA K.A.R.A.S. for some reason. Revelation is the second half of the OVA.)

Subbed version is here.
Edited 2012-06-11 01:30 (UTC)

Fairly Oddparents

[personal profile] crackpotcrocker 2012-06-11 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
What happens when you take the fairy tale of Cinderella, make the main character a boy, who wears pink, and has two magical fairy godparents?

Why you get -

Main Theme

A ten - year old kid, uses magical fairies magic to deal with problems before spiraling out of control! Not to mention as well, dealing with one of his many everyday enemies. These include school bully Francis, sadistic and manipulative babysitter Vicky, and fairy-obsessed Sadist Teacher Mr. Crocker. Along with the frequent lessons on, be careful what you wish you.

Comes ~ The Fairly Oddparents! By Butch Hartman.
Yes, Butch Hartman! Creator also of Danny Phantom

Not to mention Timmy's other lessons that he learns, yes for a very crack show, their are lessons! Such as;

Loving someone for what's inside no matter how hideous they are on the ourside. [Spaced Out]

Don't time travel. Just don't. [Father Time, Secert Origin of Denzel Crocker]

Don't take credit for something you didn't do. [Dream Goat]

Always stand up and face your fears. [Timvisible]

Their life isn't easier then your life. [A Mile in My Shoes]

'The Truth' and The Truth [Abra Catastrophe


And many many more!

Featuring the voices of;

Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle) as Timmy Turner
Carlos Jaime Alazraqui(Rocko) as Denzel Crocker, Dinkleberg and Juandissimo
Daran Norris (Knock Out) as Mr. Turner, Cosmo and Jorgen Von Strangle

AND MORE!

The mun highly recommands the first 5 seasons of Fairly Oddparents, really you can skip seasons 6 - 8, you're not missing anything.

However, the live action movie is worth taking a look at. Considering it's not bad for a cartoon to real life film and the characaters are written how they use to be back in seasons 1 - 5.

FOP, is on Itunes, as well as Netflicks and NickToons :3

Not to mention some rather catchy songs;

Shiny Teeth and Me

Wish Come True

Great to Be A Guy
Edited 2012-06-11 03:30 (UTC)
tsundyne: (ffffff: ffff ffff fffffff)

[personal profile] tsundyne 2012-06-11 01:32 am (UTC)(link)


just gonna throw in this lovable douche too
tsundyne: (!fanart: he's ok with this)

[personal profile] tsundyne 2012-06-11 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
also obrien is totally tsunning
tsundyne: (isn't that cute)

[personal profile] tsundyne 2012-06-11 01:35 am (UTC)(link)


whoops i'll toss this out there too
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[personal profile] amnesiadragon 2012-06-11 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Dragons and dog-men and wings, oh my!



First of all, understand that this Ryu is not (officially) connected to any other Ryu in the series. Think... the Legend of Zelda series, and that there's a different Link in (almost) every game. There's fan theories on how all the Links are related, but a huge chunk of it is still speculation. (Less so now that there's an official timeline floating around, but still.)

So it is with the Breath of Fire series.

Now! On to the sharing!

Some of these links contain major spoilers.

This is a video walkthrough by buruno on Youtube, who also has a bunch of nice supplementary videos up.

If you prefer screenshots, Daeren from the Something Awful forums did a Let's Play, which you can find here.

There's a ROM of the English version (and the Japanese version) on EmuParadise.

Something-Or-Other Scanlations has scanlated the Breath of Fire manga! You can read it here at Manga Fox or download it from the scanlation group's site here.

Here is a script of the game!

I also have a PDF of the official strategy guide (in color!), so if anyone wants me to upload that for them, just let me know.

Dragon Tear is one of the (very) few Breath of Fire fansites that's still around, and it's probably one of the best, if not the best site. It has forums that are still fairly active, and also something that I find incredibly useful - translations of rare Breath of Fire material!

If you're looking for fanart, the BoF Search is probably your best bet. However it's all in Japanese, so keep that in mind.

I totally don't have a post with this stuff up and ready to go at a moment's notice on another Ryu journal, what are you talking about? >_>
rainbowarch: (☈ - "Guide Dyaus through" ...Seriously!?)

Final Fantasy VIII: Gunblades Don't Actually Shoot In This Game

[personal profile] rainbowarch 2012-06-11 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Located just a short distance from the coastal town of Balamb is Balamb Garden, an elite military institution that will help you become a top tier mercenary!

Accepting students as young as the age of six!

Final Fantasy VIII, the eighth game in the Final Fantasy series, is for the original Playstation. It is the story of Squall Leonhart, one of these elite mercenaries who through a series of events, gets caught up in some kind of time and memory shenanigans and okay the plot of this game is silly.

But that's okay because the plot really isn't what this game is about.

It's about Squall, grouchy teenager extraordinaire, who learns to work through his emotional baggage and become a functional human being. The game gives in depth looks into Squall's inner thoughts, the ones that he will refuse to voice, and much of the focus is how he interacts with his allies and enemies. For someone who dislikes socializing and whose job involves killing for money, Squall is surprisingly perceptive on the subject of human nature.


He understands what's important in life.


FFVIII has a unique gameplay system that is completely different from the standard JRPG. Levels exist, but are for the most part, meaningless because enemies also level up with you. The focus is on increasing your stats by using magic to augment them. This mechanic, called the Junction System, seems complex at first, but a little bit of experimenting and you'll be coming up with all kinds of ways to absolutely break this game. In effect, it's actually a pretty easy game to get through because just a little bit of focused junctioning means that nothing will stand in your way.

Also, card games.

Squall likes card games.

It's canon.

Previous one I wrote is probably better

contemptibility: (✛ high up above it and see)

the legend of the legendary heroes

[personal profile] contemptibility 2012-06-11 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
aka Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu.



... Despite the name and above gif, it is, in fact, not a comedy anime. The existence of someone like Tiir might've tipped that off. :|a Or, well. It's fond of humour, usually accompanied by a flashback to someone's tragic past or some good old rampant slaughter. Yeah, this series is very fond of mood whiplash.

The plot is not entirely definable without massive spoilers, but the basic premise is that the two... heroes are forced to go search for ~Hero Relics~... which probably sounds like the most generic plot ever, except that the overall story actually has very little to do with that, whoops. Basically, it's mainly about trying to persevere in a Crapsack World, meaning that everyone's lives really suck but they deal and try to move forwards anyway. So, it's a fairly cynical and dark series, but with a hopeful undertone.

More importantly, eye candy. Among other examples.

Also, commentary by Cal. c:

Be warned that the anime is adapted from an unfinished and mostly untranslated novel series, so unless you are prepared to do a lot of searching, you will probably understand nothing by the end of the anime. (yay)
bufudine: ([sheffield] art of persuasion 8))

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-06-11 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Jan that vocaroo link is broken



... also where can I get LOLheroes :>
bufudine: (cock goes WHERE? :|)

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-06-11 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
YOU'RE NOT ME--

wait, wrong game.
windfang: (❝The God of Melancholy❞)

Asura's Wrath

[personal profile] windfang 2012-06-11 03:50 am (UTC)(link)


The world of Asura's Wrath is one that mixes brutal combat with an amazing story that divulges loosely into Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The story focuses around a fallen Demigod named Asura, who's betrayed by his former comrades. While this might seem like a simple tale of revenge and loss, there's a certain unique complexity about Asura's Wrath that's not commonly seen in most videogames. The characters are more zanny than the next, some of the Gods look as if they literally stepped out of a Buddhist painting and the same could be said about most of the enemies you face.

Asura's Wrath is primarily a "beat-them-up" game, but they do it with style. Also the DLC content for this game s rather holy.

Check out some of the art for it here but start ogling those fancy cut scenes at the youtube link above. This game s utterly amazing.
Edited 2012-06-11 03:57 (UTC)
windfang: (❝Remember your  oath❞)

[personal profile] windfang 2012-06-11 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I JUST GOTTA SAY, I LOVVVVVVVE KARAS! I really do. OMG! What the hell are you doing rping as Otoha? THIS IS EPIC!
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[personal profile] bakegarasu 2012-06-11 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
asdfk I fell in love with the series after I finally watched Revelation. ;w;
Edited 2012-06-11 03:57 (UTC)
contemptibility: (✛ beaten and broken)

[personal profile] contemptibility 2012-06-11 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
... WHOOPS that's what I get for not checking

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THIS




also um let's see you don't live in NA right so I don't think you can view the Funimation uploads on Youtube so

HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS? The subs have this weird ugly contrast thing that they fixed for the dvd release so I apologize for that sob.

/crawls back to bed
windfang: (❝You're late again...❞)

[personal profile] windfang 2012-06-11 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
You too? My god, I have to find a way to express how much I love Karas to you. That anime was the BEST THING I ever seen Studio Tatsunoko do.
yurine: (danger// Fearless)

[personal profile] yurine 2012-06-11 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Scratch my other post! Here is how I express my undying love for this series!!!!
bakegarasu: (as i pondered weak and weary)

[personal profile] bakegarasu 2012-06-11 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
... S C R E A M.

I mean what.

Sob is she even appable...
yurine: (ready// Go Karas)

[personal profile] yurine 2012-06-11 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
What what in the what?

I'm not even sure. She's the will of the ENTIRE city of Shinjuku.
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Tales of Legendia

[personal profile] asea 2012-06-11 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well, okay. :|a
Norma: Tell us, Nessy! What color underwear is G-Girl wearing today?
Grune: Let's see, today they're... Oh... I seem to have forgotten them.
Norma: What?! O...okay!
Tales of Legendia is an ancient PS2 game about a guy with a sister complex who spends half the game screaming said sister's name, not unlike the notorious Veigue from Rebirth. He likes to play who's-the-bigger-jerk and is cursed with encountering the weirdest things. Along his journey there are shiny flying fish people, singing kung fu otters and bouncers, demonic goats, lizards in santa suits, a boatload of sexual innuendos, and good old racism.

That boat is where the entire game takes place, by the way. It is very pretty.

Also, the music is boss. Most fans will tell you that Legendia boasts the best OST out of the Tales of series. Though the encounter rate is painfully high (no, really, it's high; don't underestimate it), you can at least enjoy the lovely music!

If you aren't interested in Legendia for its profound story revolving around letting go of the past, give it a try for its shameless humor! It has a colorful cast full of metaphorical trolls. Moses ([personal profile] banditking) is the one that gets picked on all the time because he's stupid and smelly and says dirty things like "horny woman" and no, that's not what he actually means, get your mind out of the gutter. While we're at Vatheon's tiny cast, Walter has anger management issues and manhandles girls without really meaning to.

And if you love character development, there's a chapter dedicated to each member of the main cast. They're freakishly sad. You'll probably wail in at least one of them, and at the most all of them. Angst in my crack? I know. Tell me about it.

I'm rambling so I'll stop there and spare your eyes.
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[personal profile] bakegarasu 2012-06-11 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
In the butt?

And the lack of backstory sort of stuff is a problem I think?
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Simple and Clean~

[personal profile] seablaze 2012-06-11 05:50 am (UTC)(link)

Welcome to Kingdom Hearts where everything is suffering smiles. Pretty much is about people who use a giant key as a weapon to combat darkness in other worlds. A better summary can be found here.
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Re: Simple and Clean~

[personal profile] double_edged 2012-06-11 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
That gif sounds like a lot of people before they turn on the internet.
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The Wheel of Time

[personal profile] radiantwingedone 2012-06-11 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Do you like books? Do you like long lasting series? Do you like high fantasy? Do you like series with 14 books, each over 700 pages? If yes, one, you're crazy welcome to the club!
Two, this fits!
three, if you want to wait for forever and a day, there is a comic adaptation slowly coming out.

Robert Jordan's

The Wheel of Time


This book series started in like. May of 1990. Book 14 is promised to be here Jan 2013, and it will be the last one. Particularly because Robert Jordan died. Oops.

In anycase, this series involves a continent that is never named in canon, and how several thousand years ago, a guy with three names (and the so very ominous title of The Dragon) went insane and killed all his family. Oops.

Cut to present day! Our starting setting is a back water town so back water they don't even know they're part of a kingdom. Three boys talk about how its nearly the start of a new year, they all just turned twenty, and how there was this creepy guy in all black staring at them. Oh, but a peddler just came to town with nightflowers and a bard gleeman! and this really pretty lady - like out of gleeman's tales! - has shown up with some bodyguard or something. Perfectly normal for year's end/spring festival, right? Maybe Rand will finally be betrothed to Egwene, Mat will let loose a badger on the village green, Perrin will continue his apprenticeship...

Ravens are supposed to be able to stare at you and calmly sidestep your rocks, right? Right..?

Obviously not. The protagonists realize this, and then.. .. shit hits the fan. Fathers are injured, farms burned, and the news is that The Dragon has been Reborn - and his coming will break the world even as he saves it.

The three boys run off, with that pretty lady and her guard, stalked by their town healer and Egwene, to go prevent The Dark One from "blinding the Eye of the World", and two years later the three boys have managed to end up as some sort of royalty, Tarmon Gai'don is coming and...

It's really hard to explain goofily, there's so much dark and OH DEAR GOD WHY. to this series. Well. Mat rants about boots. and women. and goats and lace and... how he's not a noble even if he is married to an Empress. It was an accident. Honestly. How was he to know that was his half of the vows? Well, not exactly rants, but close enough.

What this series does very well is keep the fact that people do have a lot of trouble understanding each other. It is so frustrating, how poorly these people communicate! That also makes for "FINALLY" when they get it. Rand and Perrin are better at dealing with women, I wish they were here. Mat and Perrin are better with women, I wish they were here. Rand and Mat are better at talking with women, I wish they were here.
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[personal profile] fulmination 2012-06-11 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
SQUALL WE HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD

SHUT UP I'M TRYING TO BEAT THIS KID AT CARDS.
rainbowarch: (☈ - Get out of my sight)

[personal profile] rainbowarch 2012-06-11 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
I WILL FIND WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE RANDOM RULE AND DESTROY THEM
bufudine: (human life doesn't sell cheap :|)

[personal profile] bufudine 2012-06-11 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Boo that's a shame, but I'm perfectly happy to watch off that link and--

--WHUP I HAVE A HORRIBLE WEAKNESS TO MAGIC BEING CAST FROM GLYPHS I GUESS I'M WATCHING THE REST OF THIS.

/puts blanket over
messianic: (Curing all wounds but mine)

[personal profile] messianic 2012-06-11 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...JAN WHAT DID YOU LINK WHY DID YOU WHAT
contemptibility: (✛ and chased from the land)

[personal profile] contemptibility 2012-06-11 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
... BECAUSE

ILU? c: