State of the Lemur - 04/17/2015 · 10:42pm Apr 17th, 2015
Ben Affleck's the Tall One
So I went to Megacon last weekend... wasted money... started a shrine.
All in all, it was a great weekend. I was even able to get out of jury duty. Somehow, it didn't feel as miserable as the Saturday of Megacon '14. I mean... I know that just as many people were there this year, if not more, but somehow it felt... manageable. What's more, the cosplay this year seemed extraordinarily amazing. Go figure.
I could ramble on and on about the Dead Pool conga dance, the kid vomiting buckets in the middle of the vendor isle, the laughably short line to see Hulk Hogan. But, rather than bore all of you with the rampantly purple vomit of a pretentious author, I think I'll just let some crappy out-of-focus cell phone photos do the trick:
Perhaps the one true highlight of the day (aside from the lightsaber duel) was stumbling upon this guy's art booth. Artist Abe turned out to be a super cool dude who's really-really into Disney and Comics (F'naaaaaaaaaaaa). Not only that, but he was insanely friendly and would even draw super-quick sketches on the back of purchased prints as a way of saying "thank you" for visiting his booth.
He even got Ariel's squishy head right!
I took two of his prints home, and they now adorn the wall behind Mir's rig... er... I mean my rig. Doing cell phone pics don't do them justice, so I'm gonna share them anyways:
I bought this print solely for the skirt-physics
That's AA's Pic on the Left, but the Epic Belle is pretty Schlick too
All of his stuff is super expressive, cute, creative, and--best of all--fun. Even when it's sexy, it's fun. After all, that's the way sexiness is supposed to be Isn't that right, FLORIDA?!?!. So, if you haven't already, go check out Artist Abe's stuff, and be sure to support your local artist whom a self-inflated lemur gratuitously copies/pastes art samples from. F'na.
Aside from that, I got some other schwag that I totally won't regret owning years from now when it's time to hang myself before the incoming Chinese land invasion.
Now Best Pony Can Share the Dust Around Sedna
THE SHRINE BEGINS...starring Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman
I have no business putting this in the blargh, but since a sniveling, fuzzheaded, robot-huffing best friend beat me to it with his own post, I feel like I gotta get the rambling over and done with.
I friggin' lurve Daredevil. Lurve him. He's my favorite comic book superhero, right above Tim Drake and Booster Gold. Before poni rolled around, I was wasting my dollars on tons of Bendis, Miller, and Brubaker runs. Daredevil's like... the gritty niche of B-List superheroes that happens to get GOOD writing and GOOD storytelling. I adore him for the same reason that I adore Princess Belle; he's the Dr. Pepper of his genre, sorta... milling about in the shadow of Pepsi and Coke and doing God's dirty work.
I've only seen one episode of the Netflix series (I've committed to watching it with a family member and I don't want to be rude and skip ahead). And although I'm a bit iffy on the characterization of the main peops, I certainly agree that they LOOK the part. Seeing Matt, Foggy, and Karen sitting together at the table at the end of the first episode was certainly goosebump-worthy, and knowing that they went above and beyond to include Turk in some of the criminal ass-kicking scenes was like a total "YES! THEY DID IT!" nerd moment. So... from the perspective of someone who's just begun his inching climb atop the mountain, I must say I'm impressed. It's a little bit funny this feeling inside that so many superhero cinematic universes these days have to be orchestrated in the non-linear format we were introduced to in Batman Begins, but I think this formula works awesomely for a serialized drama... especially one that you have all access to. I mean, lucky us, eh? #firstworlddiapers
It just goes to show... if you wait long enough for nerd culture and the Internet to stretch its legs... people can be passionate in bringing anything to life. Years from now, when we're raving over the latest gritty movie in the "Teletubbies: Reloaded" action series, we'll look back on 2010 - Chinese Invasion and wonder just why did we think that adult men digging pastel horses was such a big thing? Meh... go figure.
Panties.
A pretty awesome review of Austraeoh has gone up. I don't suggest that everyone should read it. And that's because of spoilers.
Still, if you don't ever plan to read or finish the Austraeoh series and you're not afraid of being severely spoiled right off the bat, you can go check out this thought-out and concise review of the series over here.
Once again, the only reason I'd issue caution is... y'know... spoilers. The review itself is pretty spiffy, not to mention well-detailed, and I'm uber flattered... even if I didn't read that much of it.
And for that, I guess I'm pretty pathetic---for not reading their whole review, that is. I mean, I suppose I should invest my time and energy into perusing something in its entirety before even recommending it to someone, like these individuals have. All I really do on this site is write and share, and I suppose that's a selfish thing.
So, it's quite rewarding to know that there are plenty of marsupials on Fimfic who will gladly and selflessly give their time and resources to thoroughly read a large body of written material--purely out of the joy of their hearts--and then provide their peers with thoughtful commentary. After all, the Internet is far too terribly encumbered by sarcastic whistle blowers who'll ambulance-chase popular content and then rebroadcast it to the apathetic masses with copious amounts of cynical drivel that tries its feeble best to create a semblance of humor. After all, if you piss on something long enough with your rancid insides, it'll start laughing at its soiled self because... hell... it's better than slitting ones own wrists. Well, at least in some cases.
But, thankfully, that is not the case here, and I implore you marsupials to give these purveyors of literary analysis the time and dedication they deserve, as they have equally given my lengthy, "based," and admittedly flawed material the deep scrutiny it humbly desires. Still, for all of their discrete discussions, the story stands to be broken down a little bit more. I suggest bringing up points about how the climax to Odrsjot was needlessly graphic and edgy at the cost of believability and character development. You can even restate the commonplace (and well-deserved complaint) that the plot of books II - V have felt incredibly stilted in comparison to the initial 200,000 word entry (which visited several creative vistas in 1/4 the span of the unnecessarily lengthy sequels). Another topic of serious conversation is the rather lackadaisical process by which the fanfic east horse series has been written, with gratuitous typos and miss-used vocabulary that still remains unedited to this day. Stuff like this brings up common issues such as: "quality vs quantity," "popularity versus poignancy," or "by what standards are a fic considered 'good.'" I do believe far more well-worded lemurs on this site have already discussed the topic at length.
I've never been much for deep discussion and debate, as if you can't tell from my constant narcissistic princess spam. But that doesn't mean y'all can't add to the intellectual debate, specifically by contributing to the in-depth analysis that these fellow pony fans have already initiated. Just beware of spoilers, and remember to be kind, tolerant, and thought-provoking. This site only has so much bandwidth, after all. I'd go there and comment on my own story myself... but, uhh... I'm a little too busy doing more important things at the moment.
Like contributing to the world's methane supply.
Was it a perfect episode? No. By no means.
But, for the sake of sounding four times as pretentious as I already do from before the previous header, I'd say there's a point to be had here. How does one deal with imperfection? Or... more to a point... imperfection within friendship?
One could see the disaster that the Mane 5 were unfolding in Twilight's Castle from a Canadian Mile away. That's not to be disputed. When I first watched it, I was horribly frightened that the entire 2nd Episode of Season 5 would just be a silly repeat of Suited for Success (which, by the way, is still one of the best episodes ever... but only because it's in Season 1). Thankfully, the characters have matured well enough to... y'know... [recognize when what they're doing is bullshiet.
And do they fix their problem immediately? No, they argue about it... even to the point of getting super heated. And--what a coinkydinky--this already more or less happened in the previous episode. You might recall the Mane 6 gathered around the muffin eating table in... uhhhh... Stalliongrad(?). The writing made a big friggin' deal about how each of the girls had differing, individual opinions and yet--despite their arguing--they maintained their camaraderie and friendship.
Well, I'd say this is more than evident in "Castle Sweet Castle." Only, in this instance, they're not acting as an example to Sugar Belle and the rest of the mark-less villagers. Instead, their occasionally abrasive personality clashes are being shown in the buff--as t'were. What's more, the episode shows that they can get past their glaring imperfections and focus on what makes their friendship so special: themselves, or chiefly their memories of companionship.
If nothing else, it's a great way to show that the characters have actually moved on from their previous faults. It's a growing thing... a mature thing. And it's sure as hell a lot better than doing a Nietzsche damned clip show. (Insert sound of shivering breaths here). So while it may not have been the best episode... it was a very necessary episode... for where it was placed, I mean. If this installment was anywhere but the second slot of the Fifth Season, I'd probably be yawning at the mere mention of it today. And even despite all that, it was far too cute and slice of lifey to ever possibly be mad at. What's more, it gave us more kitty!Applejack... as well as a shitload of kickass memes:
This is the best dayum comic ever
-SS&E
Miller Daredevil is love. Miller Daredevil is life.
>dat Beymax cosplay
Dear God, can you imagine what would happen if that guy farted in that suit...
All those nice cosplays.
Annyywayyss...
Third episode of the new season of poniponi is behind us, with the fourth on the horizon.
I'd have to agree with you, Skirts. Third episode wasn't "Oh Celestia that was drop dead amazing", but it had to happen. The girls are growing up, after all. Their personalities, wildly different, clearly came at a head during this episode.
But despite their bickering and fighting, they worked it out in the end.
I, for one, liked this episode. Sure, it wasn't the greatest. But it was rather cute, a little funny and it gave the fandom a whole new list of memes to nosh on. Those feels, too.
Reading the review, I nearly lost it after seeing this picture:
i.imgur.com/D4r28Ap.jpg
Good 'ol Monty Python reference. The "summarize Proust in 15 seconds" skit.
Megacon? BRUH, I was there! I wonder if I saw you? Or the other way around. Small world man.
I don't think speed dating is something I would want to do at a nerd convention.
But then again, I suppose it's for those who don't know any better.
It seemed to me like Spike was a little less of a butt monkey in Castle Sweet Castle. This is the first time we've seen him being useful since... The Crystal Empire opener. Wow.
You write more in a blog post than I do in a month. Keep on keeping on, Ya crazy marsupial lemur thing.
*coughs* You do know that Dr. Pepper is just a subsidiary of Cadbury, right?