Colorful Delusions

on Mahoromatic:

Finally finished watching Mahoromatic. It's... too typical of a harem anime. :/ It would have no distinguishing characteristic at all if Mahoro didn't add all the individuality and the action to it. I was very disappointed in Mahoro, really. I was hoping more of a manga Sousuke Sagara type personality. Then again, she's female, thus not reacting the same way he did. Still, she could have kept up the seriousness a bit more... Fighting was appreciated, but those scenes could have lasted longer. It was okay, interesting enough to get me to finish the series, but I guess the pre-watching promise ruined it for me. Its music was fun though. I can see myself downloading the mp3s soon. I'd say buy the soundtrack, but I'm not that rich yet. Mahoromatic also does not seem to bother with censorship at all. I'm not going to expect this on TV anytime soon.(unless it already did. No Animax on my stupid cable, so XP)

On Stilt-man:

Stilt-man must be the most formidable villain in the Marvel universe! R2 says so himself!

R2: Marvel is bringing back Stilt Man just so they can kill him off
Raziel: YAY!
Raziel: Stiltman must kill off Superman temporarily then die a glorious death after a long one on one duel against Galactus' pink armor!
Raziel: who cares that Superman isn't in Marvel too!
R2: ...
R2: Punisher is gonna kill Stilt Man
R2: by blowing him up
R2: stilts and all
Raziel: after a long kickass battle against the entire New Avengers and winning, right?
R2: no
R2: he gets written off early
R2: besides, the New Avengers are disbanded after Civil War
Raziel: yeah, they had to assemble again temporarily to fend off Stiltman!
R2: ....no.
R2: Punisher takes him with C4 taped to the leg
Raziel: after all his other weapons of mass destruction failed, of course! He had to resort to that in the end!
R2: Punisher doesnt have weapons of mass destruction
Raziel: close enough
R2: only in that one shot "The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe", where he steals on from Castle Doom and later uses it to kill off the X-Men, Magneto and Apocalypse
Raziel: yeah, that one didn't affect Stiltman at all either
R2: he killed Stilt-Man off-panel
Raziel: of course! It was too great of a scene for any artist to draw and give it justice!
R2: ...no, Stilt-Man is a footnote
R2: a minor character
Raziel: he should be! If he was a major one, the story would be too anti-climactic. Imagine all the build up, then Stilt-man takes care of the problem before a minute passes!
R2: ...that's what Dr. Strange is for
Raziel: yeah, Dr. Strange would be without a job if Stilt-man was more active on duty
R2: ....HELL no
R2: Kingpin wouldnt hire Stilt-Man because "no matter what equipment or weapons you may have, I do not hire idiots. YOU are an idiot."
Raziel: he sure was unconventional, eh? No one bothers with him thinking him as a fool before they get PWNed. I'm sure he planned that too
R2: ...he has NEVER won a battle with heroes.
R2: even minor ones
R2: hell, the Great Lakes Avengers just gave him a beating a few months ago
Raziel: He must've gotten bored and had to raise their self-esteem so they can put up a more worthy fight against him next time!
R2: *kicks*
R2: enough. Stilt-Man is a C-List villain whose ultimate fate is to be blown up by the Punisher within 2 panels
Raziel: heh, if they put up his rank, they'd have to make him appear more but things would get too anti-climactic. Of course he had to die, it would shame the heroes if he had to put up a real fight!
R2: *slap*
R2: you just dont get it
Raziel: I'm agreeing with everything you say, in case you didn't notice
R2: you're blowing it up so Stilt Man is a Galactus-level threat
Raziel: and what's the problem with that? you still said it!
R2: ...
R2: Stilt-Man is closer to Squirrel Girl than Galactus
Raziel: wel, you know how Squirrel Girl fended off Marvel's heroes with acorns!
R2: ..she didnt
R2: she's a member of the GLA for chrissakes
Raziel: well, she could have if she tried
R2: ...what good are acorns against Thor?
R2: or Wolverine?
R2: hell, Spiderman?
Raziel: if it hits 'em on the head and makes that comical hollow sound

On El Goonish Shive:

It's a webcomic, and I put it in my "webcomics to read on my spare time" list. Nothing else to say.

posted by Raziel @ 8:31 AM