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What is Trigger's best previous anime
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AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Hargrimm posted:

I wonder what the girl named Ichigo's number is

015, for ichi(1) go(5)

so we had hi(1) ro(6) and na(7) o(0) mi(3).

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AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

nah, they are def talking about hot dogs

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Prediction: they will flip "wimpy MC thrown into a Black Widow situation" into "MC is actually The One and not only survives but also starts plowing through as the Darling of multiple Franxxs, harem hijinks ensue". It's the most have cake and eat it too scenario I could come up with.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

I mean, it could have been worse, they could have had the cockpits arrange them in missionary position.

In fact, I'd argue the doggy style was intentional, and I'd buy the 002 pegging 016 theory.

This show is freaking weird look at the above sentence I just wrote lmao

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Blaze Dragon posted:

Hiro is fine, he has a clear personality and motivation.

gently caress the kid that constantly antagonized him though, I hope he dies. He's probably super jealous because his code number is horribly low and apparently the higher, the better (hope that gets explained soon) but that gives him no right to treat others like he did.

He's just a generic kid bully, he has time to grow out of it. If it helps you can imagine him coming from an abusive single parent household or something, rather than wishing a kid death.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

I tried making some out-of-context GIFs and speeding them up because I thought they'd look funny, but ended up scrapping the idea mid production because I don't need to invite the FBI up my rear end

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

yea my original post was supposed to mention "adolescent self-esteem issues" somewhere but I hit submit then was like :effort:

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

suggestive-bacon.gif

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

couldn't resist

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Expect My Mom posted:

if possible, could you please tie these together



Expect My Mom posted:

....and them make them avatar sized......

it's a lot of frames, let me try a few things~

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Expect My Mom posted:

lmao, dont sweat it at all, thank you tho for indulging me lately

I enjoy the challenge

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Expect My Mom posted:

lmfao hell yeah, thank you

i'll try and remember to do this tomorrow

I thought up an alternative loop that could also work:

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

After review, I've re-adjusted my expectation. I'd only take 4:1 on pegging, with the even-odds frontrunner being a different position like reverse cowgirl.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Darth Walrus posted:

Probably a helpful thread for future show discussion - long story short, Trigger isn’t heavily involved in this show outside of design and animation, and all the writing is from A1’s end. So at the very least, predicting how this will go based on Trigger’s past output is unlikely to be too useful.

https://twitter.com/vermillionair3/status/955077081414668289

1) In what way is this twitter person a reliable source?
2) The tweet itself contradicts what you said, regarding design.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

the 'A' in A-1 stands for rear end

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

an actual dog posted:

Sakuga Blog did a rundown of FRANXX, which does a good job of saying who did what. The director is best known for Idolmaster.

This is much better than the random twitter person, thank you.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

SpazmasterX posted:

As for the heels idk all the machines have stilt legs maybe it's a sensory thing

It looks like both the pistils and stamens have specialized shoes to lock into the franxx when, uh, in position. It's not clear though.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

darealkooky posted:

I read it less as "he can't get it up" and more "she can't get it in", it would tie better into her struggling in pain to move with them connected, and the implication with his past partner being thrown out but he gets to stay because he has Awesome Protagonist Powers/Boner

"Why'd it stop [being erect]? Move, move! Damnit, why is this happening? I was able to pilot [dat other chick's rear end] back then!"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know. It just stopped [being erect]."
"Was it my fault?"

I'm really struggling to read this any other way, but by all means, convince me.

Also her struggling pain feels more like a "what's she got that I don't have?" type of ego/self-esteem issue.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

It's possible my opinion swayed because I'm p sure I overhead that exact conversation at work one time at lunch from a bunch of older dude co-workers, as they were discussing the merits of Cialis vs Levitra vs Viagra. And then they started talking about their kidney stone experiences and I threw up a little bit in my mouth. welp that's my story.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Rodenthar Drothman posted:

I'm in as long as it's interesting and not just "no it has to be this one person to grab my butt handles."

Nah it won't be this, in fact, Prediction: 002 operates by having the stamen not touch the butt handles and just backs up into them and dry grinds on them to control the FranXX, as this is the most have cake+eat too solution I can think of at this time.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

I'm not a fan of ham-fisted exposition-heavy episode 3s that could have been episode 1s, but it wasn't too bad.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Eela6 posted:

DARLING in the FRANXX - Some Incomprehensible New Realm Of Hyperporn

:lol:

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

NotALizardman posted:



Check out Genista in the bottom left. Someone is under performing in the sex robot, and I'm guessing Kokoro is pretty touchy about it.

It looks like the meter that passes over the top is for the pistil, if it follows the same convention as the HUDs, so (edit)yea that'd be Kokorothe low level is Futoshi then.

edit: lol this means their dialogue of 214: "Did I do it right? I didn't suck?" 556: "Nah, you were fine" implies that she was faking it :laffo:

AnacondaHL fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Jan 28, 2018

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Raxivace posted:

Maybe the hyperporn of the Franxx world just doesn't contain kissing of any kind.

Nah, it exists, it's just





bogged down in procedural red tape.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

3:1 that Hiro gives her the name Oni, 5:1 on Honey, and 7:1 on Reiko or Ritsu

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

"was he getting pegged or not" was literally the cliffhanger of episode 3, y'all got some weak faith if you think it's "confirmed"

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

chiasaur11 posted:

Apparently, (and, since I don't speak Japanese, this is grain of salt territory) there was a double meaning with the "sweet" line, with the second meaning being, basically, weak or soft. She was both saying that Ichigo seemed pleasant, and pretty much predicting how things went with the piloting.

This was my take as well. 002 was straight up teasing 015's, erm, lack of experience

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

skasion posted:

They shoulda called this show Darling out of the FRANXX

Darling all up on dat FranXX

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

puschel posted:



Yes, yes he does.

Understanding posted:

Hey guys, I think this show's about sex.



this show may be about sex

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Sarcophallus posted:

I will delightfully toxx my account if there is even a smidgen of explicit homosexuality in this show. I have no idea how all of you are missing the central theme so incredibly hard. Someone quote my LGBT wish fulfillment post, it's relevant again.

Anyway, enjoy the extreme heterosexuality coming your way.

Look, I get the whole wish fulfillment thing, but Fuckin lmao if you gave me even odds $110 to win $100 that there was a same-sex pairing in the robots at some point in the series I'd take that in a heartbeat laughing all the way to the bank.

The central theme of the show has been "status quo not working, need to do something drastic such as having a near useless not-official stamen to ride with the wild pistil" with partner mixups and different other concepts to follow.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Raxivace posted:

I think people may be overstating the basic premise here a bit. The shady government nonsense and all that is secondary to the focus on 02 and Darling's relationship. Like its even right there in the title of the show.

This show is not going two cours looking at just their relationship. It's the main focus, but stuff will happen around it.

Like, I am in no way whatsoever an LGBT seeker of justice or whatever, but I am a smart gambler. Looking at everything shown so far, even without the context of other series (e.g. I have no idea about anything in Gundam or other mecha shows), it is crazy to me that someone would do a :toxx: thinking something is heavily favored, when I'd probably even lay a -200 on a same sex piloting occurring.

In other words, if they change nothing plantation 13 is hosed and all the characters die, which would be interesting but I don't think it's likely the story goes that route. 02 and Hiro can't stay there as bodyguards forever.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Sarcophallus posted:

Willing to toxx on it?

Not for $0 in return, as stated I don't think this is better than -200. I'd bet 2 forums upgrades for 1 though.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Brought To You By posted:

And I'm more than willing to believe that with all the symbolism we have here about child and sex, that there is a very good reason why I only males and females are stated to be able to activate a FranXX. It is still playing off the concept of Yin and Yang and different sexual energies that men and women have. Someone in this thread pointed out to me that while the men wear a Y, chromosome on their shirt, and the Women wear X's. Their ceremony gown provided the other chromosome related to them, and the FranXX being female in design would be the product of a male and female union.

But for the people betting on there being a same-sex pairing inside of the Mech, in face of all the marriage symbolism and heterosexual theming and imagery, I just don't see it myself. I think there is more room for speculating on how the pilots will interact outside the robots.

Abe didn't commisiom this series not to get people making kids is all I'm saying. :shrug:

The heterosexual reading is one level too deep at this point imho. The flower metaphor is more straightforward. Not every flower has a pistil and stamen inside of it.

Not to mention, since the dudes become X's anyways, why not try two female X's if they have a stronger relationship, if everyone is hosed anyways?

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

tsob posted:

I took it that the nines were the pilots numbered 01 to 09 i.e. the single digits and elite of the elite; with 02 obviously being one and them wanting her to back to them. Not a squad all sharing a number. Which would make identification hard if nothing else, since the pilots are apparently known by their numbers in most instances. If they just called 09 in battle, how would the kids know who they meant within the squad?

Two people can be named John and fight in the same unit, this is kinda silly.

Also yea, the FranXX name makes for a convenient battle-time unique nickname.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Ibram Gaunt posted:

There's a way higher chance of a lesbian couple than a gay male one...i disagree with these odds.

This, I would have taken those points in a heartbeat lmao

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Hiro just ended with a spiel about being part of the team. I don't think they are running away without some sort of falling out, or outside forces making them leave.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

DisDisDis posted:

I feel like we glossed over this one with all the even weirder poo poo getting posted but I just wanna say its really fuckin funny haha

I am happy my sarcastic word choice generated such joy :shobon:

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

if I ever use that many quotation marks concentrated in a post please just ban me and remind me to kms tia

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Brought To You By posted:

I'm reading that thread myself now and the argument I see (that I also agree with) is that saying a show is WORSE for not including homosexual relationships is a poor stance for a reviewer or viewer to take.

yo this is just a meme, hth.

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AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

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RME posted:

why are posters like this

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