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I kinda dont want TtMaster to get jobbed cause I really like his character and design
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# ? May 16, 2015 06:24 |
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Patware posted:I also really want to dig into the lore of The Tanktop, even though that would ruin the mystical certitude of it. It's not really that complicated. You can wear it as an undershirt, or by itself, or as pajamas. It has no sleeves, so it allows full range of movement. It's simple. It can look good on any gender. You can probably use it as a tourniquet. You can potentially use it as pants. Its versatility is unrivaled in the field of upper-body wear.
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# ? May 16, 2015 07:10 |
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The tank top is the lunkheaded machismo of the old-fashioned action hero, the hot-blooded willpower that frees the mind of self-doubt, distraction, belief in limits, and other moderately complex abstract concepts such as strategy and pattern recognition. It is the idol of a fool who understands only strength and the enemy before him, who triumphs solely because of his muscles. In other words, it is the exact attitude that inspired Garou to admire monsters and despise heroes!
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# ? May 16, 2015 07:36 |
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Bongo Bill posted:The tank top is the lunkheaded machismo of the old-fashioned action hero, the hot-blooded willpower that frees the mind of self-doubt, distraction, belief in limits, and other moderately complex abstract concepts such as strategy and pattern recognition. It is the idol of a fool who understands only strength and the enemy before him, who triumphs solely because of his muscles. In other words, it is the exact attitude that inspired Garou to admire monsters and despise heroes! So what you're saying is we're about to see the birth of the legendary Tank Top Monster, Garou?
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# ? May 16, 2015 08:09 |
RyuujinBlueZ posted:So what you're saying is we're about to see the birth of the legendary Tank Top Monster, Garou? Now I'm going to be disappointed as gently caress if this doesn't happen.
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# ? May 16, 2015 09:28 |
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There is no mystical lore. This is a universe where if you love crabs hard enough you'll turn in to a crab monster. These dudes just love tanktops and fervently believe the freedom of movement it offers gives you much greater power. They believe it so much it's true. That's it.
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# ? May 16, 2015 11:21 |
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So what you're saying is that everyone in OPM is an Ork.
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# ? May 16, 2015 15:04 |
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Klades posted:It's not really that complicated. You can wear it as an undershirt, or by itself, or as pajamas. It has no sleeves, so it allows full range of movement. It's simple. It can look good on any gender. You can probably use it as a tourniquet. You can potentially use it as pants. Its versatility is unrivaled in the field of upper-body wear. How are you using your tank top as pants?
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# ? May 16, 2015 15:45 |
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Gyges posted:How are you using your tank top as pants? Maybe he means as a dress. Or wearing it upside down and just enjoying the full range of lower-body movement.
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# ? May 16, 2015 15:56 |
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Gyges posted:How are you using your tank top as pants? I saw this once. You'd think it would be ridiculously impractical, but all the people at the wet t-shirt contest thought it was a great idea, so what do I know?
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# ? May 16, 2015 16:15 |
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Gyges posted:How are you using your tank top as pants? I think it's fairly obvious considering the placement of the holes
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# ? May 16, 2015 16:57 |
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Eej posted:So what you're saying is that everyone in OPM is an Ork. Can you imagine the tank top hero that wears a red one? He'd be the flash but looked down upon by his brothers for not being ripped.
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# ? May 16, 2015 17:21 |
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tsob posted:There is no mystical lore. This is a universe where if you love crabs hard enough you'll turn in to a crab monster. These dudes just love tanktops and fervently believe the freedom of movement it offers gives you much greater power. They believe it so much it's true. That's it. So you're saying this world behaves with the same laws as Planescape: Torment.
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# ? May 16, 2015 18:55 |
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dipwood posted:So you're saying this world behaves with the same laws as Planescape: Torment. It's the same concept of Tulpa, Thoughtforms and Egregores. It's a common theme, wishful thinking influencing reality. JRPGs and Final Fantasies do it all the time (X and XIV immediately come to mind). Japanese writers in particular seem to favor it but there's plenty of western fiction using it as the basis for their world too, American Gods being a good example (as well as every work that uses the theme "Gods exist because people believe in them").
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# ? May 16, 2015 19:28 |
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Saitama accidentally affronts the Lady of Pain. What happens?
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# ? May 16, 2015 19:51 |
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Bad Seafood posted:Saitama accidentally affronts the Lady of Pain. She mazes him, duh.
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# ? May 16, 2015 19:57 |
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On reflection, I probably should've worded that question differently.
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# ? May 16, 2015 20:00 |
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Super Serious Series Maze Running
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# ? May 17, 2015 06:11 |
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Bad Seafood posted:On reflection, I probably should've worded that question differently. I know what you were going for, but Saitama isn't the type to do poo poo like worship the Lady, randomly kill people, or try to break/take over Sigil. Pissing off the Lady is kind of hard, you really have to do something BIG (or worship) to actually get her attention. IF it happened she couldn't eviscerate him, but she could pretty easily just portal him someplace else so yeah.
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# ? May 17, 2015 14:47 |
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Elentor posted:It's the same concept of Tulpa, Thoughtforms and Egregores. It's a common theme, wishful thinking influencing reality. JRPGs and Final Fantasies do it all the time (X and XIV immediately come to mind). Japanese writers in particular seem to favor it but there's plenty of western fiction using it as the basis for their world too, American Gods being a good example (as well as every work that uses the theme "Gods exist because people believe in them"). As near as I can tell, it's basically the polytheism part of the "D&D dun it" school of fantasy., though I don't know where it got there from off hand.
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# ? May 17, 2015 15:38 |
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I'm not sure Garou has actually killed anyone yet
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# ? May 18, 2015 04:41 |
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Jintor posted:I'm not sure Garou has actually killed anyone yet No?
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# ? May 18, 2015 04:46 |
Are all those people dead or just beaten up and unconscious?
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# ? May 18, 2015 05:04 |
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# ? May 18, 2015 05:10 |
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I think the Garou arc is worth a year of keeping the Murata thread spoiler-free.
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# ? May 18, 2015 06:27 |
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T.G. Xarbala posted:I think the Garou arc is worth a year of keeping the Murata thread spoiler-free. Yeah I agree, just to be safe I removed it.
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# ? May 18, 2015 06:47 |
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I'm wondering if monsters are considered people. at the least saitama seems to have some rule where he'll gladly rip the eyeball off a blubbering crab creature who ate too much crab but for some reason won't punch speed of sonic sound (lol) into a building. that might be partially because apart from his second appearance where he blew stuff up to try and provoke Saitama, Sonic hasn't really committed any mass acts of douchebaggery and Saitama basically treats him at most as a pest
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# ? May 18, 2015 07:20 |
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I can't believe that the real hero of the series, Licenless Rider, just blew everything like that. Lame.
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# ? May 18, 2015 07:22 |
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Bad Seafood posted:Saitama accidentally affronts the Lady of Pain. He punches her once. fin Jintor posted:I'm wondering if monsters are considered people. at the least saitama seems to have some rule where he'll gladly rip the eyeball off a blubbering crab creature who ate too much crab but for some reason won't punch speed of sonic sound (lol) into a building. Some of the monsters use to be human but gave up/lost their humanity. I think the reason he doesn't kill Speed of Sonic and the cult armed with Hulk Hands is that they're still human. He's not going to bother catching a notorious assassin like Sonic because its still a hobby. He's not out there for justice or to keep the street safe, he's just out there to fight monsters because that's what he thinks heroes do.
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# ? May 18, 2015 07:40 |
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It's not that Saitama doesn't have a sense of justice, it's just that he's a pretty laid-back guy with too much time on his hands.
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# ? May 18, 2015 07:44 |
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Clearly Saitama doesn't consider him a threat. On the other hand, he keeps improving! Maybe if he keeps stringing Sonic along... Also, this keeps him focused on Saitama, and thus not causing others any problems.
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# ? May 18, 2015 08:06 |
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Let's not forget that one time he destroyed an entire city because he didn't look where he was punching. Saitama is a hero for a hobby and he plays pretty drat loose with his moral compass.
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# ? May 18, 2015 08:33 |
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Speed of Sound Sonic also doesn't really seem to be a villain. At worst he's an assassin, and even then Saitama's presence in his life has turned him into an anti-hero at worst. He's basically Deadpool with sexier hips.
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# ? May 18, 2015 08:53 |
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:Speed of Sound Sonic also doesn't really seem to be a villain. At worst he's an assassin, and even then Saitama's presence in his life has turned him into an anti-hero at worst. He's basically Deadpool with sexier hips. When he was introduced he was working as a professional bodyguard, and he also fought the Sea King people. To me it seems that He's not really bad or good, he is just a mercenary. The only illegal stuff he has done to date has been to try and get One Punch Man to try and fight him.
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# ? May 18, 2015 09:53 |
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:When he was introduced he was working as a professional bodyguard, and he also fought the Sea King people. He did break out of jail too though.
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# ? May 18, 2015 11:10 |
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RareAcumen posted:He did break out of jail too though. Ehhh, if somebody makes a giant hole in the wall, who WOULDN'T try to use it? Only reason the other prisoners didn't try is because they know they're not fast enough.
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# ? May 18, 2015 12:26 |
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"Oh he's not a bad person, he just gets paid to murder people"
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# ? May 18, 2015 12:57 |
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Yeah, it's hard to hold busting out of the ultramax against himIlluyankas posted:"Oh he's not a bad person, he just gets paid to murder people" I thought Mr Monier was a legit business guy and so when SSS is introduced as his bodyguard he is an actual body guard and thus preventer of death. If Monier is a mob boss or whatever your interpretation makes more sense I guess.
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# ? May 18, 2015 13:04 |
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NowonSA posted:I can't believe that the real hero of the series, Licenless Rider, just blew everything like that. Lame. I dont disagree with anything LR did in this situation.
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# ? May 18, 2015 13:20 |
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Illuyankas posted:"Oh he's not a bad person, he just gets paid to murder people" To be fair, if you get Speed of Sonic Sound sent after you, you're probably a pretty bad guy. Nobody hires a world class assassin/ninja to take out saints.
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