Ah, I see. Well, in that case, I think all 3 points are valid, since I'm sure the Bayformers redesign was ALSO intended to sell more toys. :3 I've only seen the 1st Bayformer movie, which I've been told is the "best" of the series. People obviously have very low expectations for Michael Bay, since I thought it was…

Ugh. You reminded me that I need to finish (well, get past the tutorial stage) in Fall of Cybertron. I think Guild Wars 2 came out shortly afterwards, and I forgot about Transformers. :P

I've never been a Transformers fan (unless watching a few episodes of the original series when I was in kindergarten counts) until I saw TFP. I gotta agree, I loved Optimus's initial design. Call my cynical, but the Beasthunters redesign was done just to sell toys. And to make it less obvious that they reused his…

Agreed. I watched the first Bayformer movie, the one that was supposed to suck the least, and I felt like the entire production team must have ADHD. The robot designs were so busy and full of stuff, my eyes just couldn't figure out what to focus on.

Pfft. Optimus has been rockin' the little blue manties (or skirties?) through many design iterations. No point getting upset now.

Enzyte.

While I agree that the core Pokemon handheld games would be a lot cheaper, don't forget the TONS and TONS of merchandizing available for Pokemon. And the Skylanders-lite Pokemon Rumble U game for the Wii U, which doesn't require you to buy the NFC figurines, but is a bit more fun with them.

Yes, this. Granted, this is anecdotal and based on my personal experience with one douchey guy, but the momma's boys are often the most spoiled and MRA-ish.

Ugh. I had a male coworker who had admitted to stalking a girl admit he had a crush on me. And then when I rejected him, since I'd made it pretty clear up until that point that we were friends (he pretended he didn't remember this), and he was 10 years older than me, and he dropped this bombshell on me right after I…

Okay, duh. I knew that, of course. Obviously.

Objection! To counter, I offer exhibits A:

Maybe NumberTenOx is referring to the scene in My Neighbor Totoro where the two girls are seen bathing with their father? I haven't watched a Miyazaki film in a while, but I would definitely remember if there were any sexualized poses or fetishizing panty shots. Anyway, it seems like more of a lack of cultural…

I'm not sure if I want to recommend your post, because that would imply I am in favor of dogs eating cat poop with spice on top...

Whoa, thanks for letting me know. I'll be extra careful with the leaves the next time I eat whole strawberries.

Ugh. My sister's pug eats cat poop too. But not dog poop, because he has his standards.

My cat steals strawberry tops—the little leafy bits left around a tiny bit of the berry top after I've eaten the rest. I'll eat a bowl of strawberries and put the leaves in the bowl, and my little fuzzy thief always steals one and runs away with it. But then he just drops it on the floor and loses interest. He just…

Eh. Fair enough, I guess. Personally, I like 'em, but I still like having a Gengar and Gyarados in my team. :3

So we're getting a Mega Gyarados AND a Mega Gengar, and you're not happy? :<

ATLA cosplaying is a lot of fun. I cosplayed Korra (the next Avatar) at a con over the summer, and actually got to meet the voice actress for the character while I was in costume. (I hadn't planned it that way, either. I was just there to see Phil Lamarr, and didn't really pay initial attention to what other VAs were…

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