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Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

We're getting Majora's Mask in here.

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Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


The Moon is going to kill you, sucker!

Argus Zant
Nov 18, 2012

Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?
holy loving poo poo

that is some goddamned hardcore poo poo right there

like, not only will that wipe out humanity, that poo poo would stone-cold kill the Earth itself

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Say hello to Antispiral Nia.

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

MrAristocrates posted:

I was never able to make sense of Nia's role as the messenger

It was so the Antispirals could give her a skintight bodysuit, clearly.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
If only Piccolo was here, he'd solve this moon problem

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

MrAristocrates posted:

I was never able to make sense of Nia's role as the messenger
It's a complete fluke of genetics. Someone would have the "Become the Messenger When The Humans gently caress poo poo Up" gene activate whenever they hit 1,000,000 no matter when it happened, and it happened to be her.

Ruggington
Apr 21, 2012

I can't believe nia's a dead anti-spiral

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


JT Jag posted:

It's a complete fluke of genetics.

Oh, okay, I missed that line the first time I watched

That's just really dumb

Chibs
Jun 28, 2004

bring it back :guillotine:

Ruggington posted:

I can't believe nia's a dead anti-spiral

hosed up if true

Argus Zant
Nov 18, 2012

Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?
do you see this poo poo? They even have motherfucking AT Fields!

Der Waffle Mous
Nov 27, 2009

In the grim future, there is only commerce.

Argus Zant posted:

do you see this poo poo? They even have motherfucking AT Fields!

Its almost like its a homage or something.

Chibs
Jun 28, 2004

bring it back :guillotine:
drat you, getter robo

Argus Zant
Nov 18, 2012

Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?
nobody likes you, Ross

nobody

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

gently caress THIS ROCK.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Dude threw a rock.

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

Rossiu

You're a dick

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


gently caress off, Rossiu

Polygynous
Dec 13, 2006
welp
what a dick

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Yeah Rossiu is a huge loving punk and this arc is really frustrating

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Years later and this is still stupid as poo poo.

Argus Zant
Nov 18, 2012

Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?
what the gently caress are you talking about, you stupid loving fuckface? now is not the time for finding a loving scapegoat; now is the time for figuring out what the gently caress we're going to do about the IMMINENT END OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH BECAUSE THE MOTHERFUCKING MOON IS GOING TO CORE THE loving PLANET

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
are they at the arc punch yet

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Argus Zant posted:

nobody likes you, Ross

nobody

I liked Rossiu when he was younger and kind of looked like the main dude from Xenogears. Now he's just an rear end in a top hat. :(

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


I still can't get over how contrived the Nia thing is, sorry.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer
I wonder if they cast Johnny Yong Bosch just so when they got to this part he could just go be sinister and use his Lelouch from Code Geass voice.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
Sooo yeah, we're getting into why people don't like second half Rossiu now.

Second half Rossiu is an rear end in a top hat but I'd argue he's a good character (good characters being defined as characters that are memorable and get a reaction out of you, one way or another) and his actions are a reasonable extension of what we know about him from the first half.

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

MrAristocrates posted:

I still can't get over how contrived the Nia thing is, sorry.

Nia exists to be a contrivance.

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

JT Jag posted:

Sooo yeah, we're getting into why people don't like second half Rossiu now.

Second half Rossiu is an rear end in a top hat but I'd argue he's a good character (good characters being defined as characters that are memorable and get a reaction out of you, one way or another) and his actions are a reasonable extension of what we know about him from the first half.

Rossiu has the unfortunate problem of being a guy who tries to be calm and rational in a world that is anything but.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

MrAristocrates posted:

I still can't get over how contrived the Nia thing is, sorry.

Yeah it's pretty dumb. I mean, I think saving the Earth is plot motivation enough, it's not like you have to throw icing on the cake to make Simon fight the Antispirals.

Rhonne posted:

Rossiu has the unfortunate problem of being a guy who tries to be calm and rational in a world that is anything but.

Yeah, he thinks in real world solutions for a world wherein robots are literally powered by fighting spirit. I actually do like his plot arc though just because it all comes to a payoff in the end.

TwoPair fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Jan 18, 2015

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

Someone already posted it, but here it is again, Lordgenome's backstory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2CiFbmQEg

Probably my favorite Parallel Works.

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
Will you be my deadman?

Der Waffle Mous
Nov 27, 2009

In the grim future, there is only commerce.

Rhonne posted:

Rossiu has the unfortunate problem of being a guy who tries to be calm and rational in a world that is anything but.

Like I said, he's basically Frank Grimes.

In a more serious story his reactions might be reasonable.

But this is a story about fighting spirit and solving problems by punching them in increasingly silly ways.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
Making your friend a scapegoat and then leaving them for death on a planet that is going to be firebombed by aliens is not reasonable.

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

MrAristocrates posted:

I still can't get over how contrived the Nia thing is, sorry.

Yeah, I think it would have worked better if they made it so Lordenome's "daughter's" were always anti-spiral sleeper agents or something. The whole "she just happened to be the 1 in a million human to be anti-spiral" thing is a little too silly, even for Gurren Lagann.

Beef Waifu posted:

Making your friend a scapegoat and then leaving them for death on a planet that is going to be firebombed by aliens is not reasonable.

I just said he tries to be reasonable, I didn't mean he always is. At this point in the story he's pretty much in full "freaking the gently caress out" mode.

Rhonne fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Jan 18, 2015

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


The more I think about everything about the second arc of GL the less I like it. I'm realizing now how little from this part actually worked for me.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
This is not to bring up the myriad of prisoners in that prison who were all probably locked up like Viral was for what were basically petty reasons.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

MrAristocrates posted:

The more I think about everything about the second arc of GL the less I like it. I'm realizing now how little from this part actually worked for me.
I'm ok with pretty much everything from the last quarter of the show.

Even the ending.

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>

Beef Waifu posted:

This is not to bring up the myriad of prisoners in that prison who were all probably locked up like Viral was for what were basically petty reasons.

BUT THE GREATER GOOD

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Argus Zant
Nov 18, 2012

Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?
this is pretty much the point where Deadman Wonderland starts to go off the rails and slides into mediocrity

which is rather surprising, considering that this is only the 3rd goddamn episode

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