It's just there as a pun.

They get better once you level them up. I always liked Zubat, because I figured if something was annoying to me, I wanted to use it to annoy others. And because I have a soft spot for bats and Poison-types.

I do commissions, too! And they're cheap!

This version (meaning the Rock movie version) is also based on a comic book with a gay Hercules. They apparently made the decision to make him straight without asking the (now, sadly deceased) author. Alan Moore is urging anyone considering going to the film to boycott it, which is what I'm doing. I'm sort of upset…

I still think that between F2P games making more money, managing Steam, and the stress of creating something that will live up to the hype, they've already long since cancelled it. But who knows?

It's entirely possible this was drawn by a writer, trying to rough out concepts for the professional artists to later expand on. It's not unheard of. Some writers can draw a bit, some artists have some good writing ideas.

I was initially worried upon hearing that Team Ninja was working on this game, because their idea of "balancing the gender ratio" is "we'll add more female characters, but they're going to do nothing but stand there and act as fanservice." Which is kind of gross, tbh, and not really being helpful when it comes to…

It's actually gotten to the point where they made a "Valve can't count to three" joke themselves:

Ditto. The only Wes Anderson films I've seen are Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom. But I loved the heck out of those two.

I admit, I don't actually know every film spoofed in this post, can someone give me a rundown?

Don't worry, I've read 'em. I chalk it up to Moby Franke doing the mercs' designs, and then Michael Avon Oeming and Heather Campbell designing Pauling. Or something.

Maybe I should post some of my TF2 artwork on TAY...

Yeah. Both girls didn't quite match the art style. Pauling looks more like Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite.

Doesn't mean Pyro isn't some other girl.

No, to my knowledge, she isn't.

Scout hit on another blonde girl once, but that comic wasn't canon.

Pyro stands up and blasts the monster with fire in the final battle while Pauling's protecting Scout.

If I had to guess, it's because IDW owns the comic book rights to both franchises, and they're admittedly a bit shameless with most of their crossovers. They crossed over Angry Birds with five different franchises this month to promote their new AB kids' comic.

I think if Nintendo ever does their own anime, I'd like a Smash anime, but I think as a warm-up, just to test what they can do with animation, I'd like a WarioWare slice-of-life show. I don't think the games, as much as I love them, have ever utilized its charming, funny cast as much as I'd like them to.

I think I may hold off on Madoka for now, if only because I've been really anxious lately, and I don't think I could deal with a downer anime. Sailor Moon seems (mostly) more positive.

I don't need it explained to me. I already understand. I thought you were saying "it's relevant because Miyamoto thinks gay relationships are gross, so do I, he's correct", that's why I got upset.

Agreed. I have a friend in an open relationship (he's gay, she's a lesbian, they still love each other very much) that works fantastically, so I'm not against them, but both people have to be on board for it to work. I had an ex who wanted to be open (although his definition of "being open" was "I can sleep around,…

They do, for a few shows, like Baccano! and Black Lagoon.