PROBENDING PLZ

I think the issue is that Bruce Wayne and Batman are two sides of the same coin. That's to say, they are solutions to some endemic problems in Gothams, but they are solutions to different problems. They are the same person, however, and a person that seems to lack self awareness at that.

Batman is the solution to the…

Don't worry, I think Panda's got it covered

"Do you have any 'tough friends' to stick for you?"

#YouCanBeMyBodyGuardThough

Me: "Excuse you, Ashley lit up punk cult zombies with lamps and she was totally rockin that medieval armor"

Ashley: "They made me hide in a garbage can"

Me: ".........................."

Fair enough. I noticed that we everyone really seems to be talking past each other. Some are talking about threats, some are talking about journalistic ethics, some are talking about gamer identity, some are sitting here scratching their heads. Truthfully I'm just thinking, abandon ship, swim to shore and start…

That's a goal, not a game plan.

That's some "Bechdel Test" level thinking right there. That was a pretty succinct way of pulling a common mechanic that is often masked by it's ever-changing context out and holding it up in front of it audience. Thanks for the reminder.

There's a term for that, but you generally have to work really hard to earn it: Self Awareness

May I just plaster this, like, everywhere? This is the most succinct breakdown of hobby and identity I have ever seen.

That's my point. There's always more work to be done. The consumer doesn't always recognize that

Wait, shouldn't you be showing it to the Ali- OH GOD NO

*everyone turns and looks at Rock*

Misato: "FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU-"

It's "done" until there's a bug, or an OP character, or a bad stage. Then all of a sudden it isn't.

Some of us are part of the problem. Then there's some of us that are so busy "not being part of the problem" that we can't be part of the solution.

Bayonetta took the trappings of things people felt they could take for granted, (haute couture, model culture, vogue, etc) saturated it with courage and self-actualization and let it bake until it had that lovely crunchy layer of sexiness and appeal.

They played all of it's over the top aesthetics completely straight…

This is the Miku Hatsune the world needs..........