Posts made by Coin

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Ataru This season was beautiful, though I personally spent a lot of time with it in frustration. My favorite episodes are the episodes in which the "family" is together, fighting the evils of the night while struggling to not become part of it. (That said, the stand-off in the finale was fantastic.)

As much as I enjoyed the execution on Jekyll/Hide, Victor's always been problematic for me, but then again I'm pretty sure he's meant to be problematic to just about everyone.

I would TOTALLY watch a spin off series with Lyle at the center, though.

SPOILERS BELOW

I was impossibly frustrated and disappointed that the Creature was not a part of the final battle. If there's one thing he would have gone balls-to-the-wall violent about, it would have been saving the one woman who showed him true, unconditional caring and respect. And if he remembered all the things they went through in the asylum?

Shit. I just--that was super frustrating for me. Why was he not there? Why did the writers not find a narrative way to bring him into the fold? it would have been ridiculously easy, especially if they hadn't divorced Lily/Brona and Dorian from the rest of the cast so harshly. They had a large cast but it wasn't unmanageable (like Game of Thrones). it's a disappointment that the stories didn't intersect in entirely organic ways (I mean for fuck's sake, Lily and Ethan having a conversation was a must, and yet nothing...)

@Ataru said in Good TV:

I will say I find it funny that most people I've talked to .... their favourite characters are Lyle,Dr. Seward (I think is who you mean by Dr. Sawyer) and Catriona.

I'd actually watch a show based on those three encountering Victorian Gothic horror

Yes, sorry, Seward.

I wish I could go back to before I started playing LoL and just stream/do a series of videos of "Coin, the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Feeder".

I think people would love to watch me just get toasted again and again to the frustration of random people on the internet that I decide to match up with. and then I could post a TOP 10 WORST DEATHS, or records to "how long it took for him to (unintentionally) feed the other team so much that his own surrenders".

I mean, I don't play THAT badly anymore--but I did, and people's frustrations were hilarious.

@Ataru

You can quote it with > which will hide very long bits of text.

ETA: Or maybe not. Maybe it has to be VERY long. Hrm.

That said, I'm not saying it didn't END--it just didn't end satisfactorially for me. I thought Vanessa's ending was... I don't know. Lame. I mean, it was very well-acted, beautifully shot, the dialogue was wonderful, but the narrative was lacking in cosistency. I suppose she "got close" like Catriona suggested but it all seemed too... about-face-y. I don't know.

I was not satisfied with Frankenstine/Creature. They needed a last confrontation. Lily and Dorian were wasted, completely, by being entirely divorced from the rest of the cast (save Victor) when there was ample reason to have them be a part of the story, intertwine their goals with Dracula's (or against them), etc.

In general, the season left me with a huge sense of wasted potential, essentially, which is a horrible feeling, personally.

Jekyll could have not been there and it would have made absolutely shit-all of a difference. Like, seriously, nothing he did isn't something they couldn't have handwaived from Victor with some exposition. Jekyll needed his own story, not what is essentially a season-long third-bit cameo. Mr. Lyle had a far larger role. I did love Dr. Sawyer, and of course, the new Love of My Mediatic Life, Catriona Harteghan.

@Ataru said in Good TV:

Sadly Penny Dreadful is done. Apparently it was always designed as a 3 season show, basically a play in three acts. And I have to say it ended beautifully. I actually like that the creators aren't dragging it on and making the story up as they go along. Knowing that they had a concise narrative to tell from the beginning makes me appreciate it more. One of the best TV shows I've seen in a long time. And that last episode. Holy crap.

I was actually quite disappointed with the last season because the storylines that they started did not end, IMO, satisfactorially. They felt like dangling plot threads that were, at best, anticlimactic.

I liked the show overall, and the last season did have some gems (Vanessa's closed room episode and Catriona among them) but in general... it was pretty meh, to me. It also does not feel like it was a three-season show; it feels like they decided to make it such when they got the call that they weren't getting renewed, so they basically wrapped up a bunch of stuff that they could have continued well.

So many dangling story beats, though. Eh.

I really liked the show overall, again--but.

How 'bout that episode of the Copa America just now? Damn.

@Arkandel said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

@Coin said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

@Arkandel said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

@Coin I'm not referring to sexuality here but any significant departures for the character. For example I wouldn't like playing on a MU* that's portraying regular DC continuity but the Batman player is killing criminals because that's the version he wants, or where he's married to Selina Kyle.
But see, both of those versions have existed at some point. I'm not sure why they're less acceptable.

(Emphasis mine)

Because neither of those versions constitute 'regular DC continuity' which is what the premise for the game in my example was.

In DC, all continuity is regular continuity. Multiverse, baby.

And anyway, my previous reply clarifying what i thought @DnvnQuinn meant was because you seemed to basically just make it about what you were talking about instead of inferring their actual point. You had already stated the other opinion (which is why all you did was quote it). No one contested your opinion (until I decided to because you brought it up again, for no reason, and I like trolling you)!

@Arkandel said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

@Coin I'm not referring to sexuality here but any significant departures for the character. For example I wouldn't like playing on a MU* that's portraying regular DC continuity but the Batman player is killing criminals because that's the version he wants, or where he's married to Selina Kyle.

I don't think that's silly but YMMV of course.

But see, both of those versions have existed at some point. I'm not sure why they're less acceptable.

@MarsGrad said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

Maybe I'm reading this badly, but I feel like this thread has descended into everyone arguing on the same side against people who posted once or twice at the beginning and haven't turned up since, and misinterpreting what side everyone else is on.

And plus, isn't it an Advertisement? I feel like this is no longer about this specific game, and more about what people find acceptable as far as thematic limitations go.

Welcome to MSB.

@Arkandel said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

@DnvnQuinn

@Arkandel said in Flights 'n Tights MUX:

Otherwise if the MU* is supposed to reflect regular continuity then play the damn character as per that continuity.

No one is saying people can't make a game portraying anything they like. Just that if it's supposed to be based on a specific continuity then it should reflect that continuity's characters.

If it's not then of course people can play anything they want. Shang has any known variation of canon characters imaginable for instance and I see nothing wrong with that.

Your argument is silly at the end of the day, because essentially, they can say "this game follows canon continuity, with the exception that the characters can and are encouraged to be gay". That's it. I haven't read their news files but it is at least implicit, if not explicitly, so. And that's enough.

In any case, I think @DnvnQuinn meant some of the other complaints, re: "what, no room for lesbians?" etc. I could be wrong, but hey.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Coin said in Good TV:

Catriona Hartigan is the New Cool.

That depends entirely on whether or not there's a Season 4, I think. Which seems...questionable. At best.

Why would it depend? She's still the New Cool. DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME.

I her. She's great.

in fact, most of the female characters of Penny Dreadful have been very compelling.

And man, Jekyll, Victor, and Dorian made a horrifying trio.

@Arkandel said in Good TV:

@lordbelh "S6E9 Battle of the Bastards currently has a perfect 10/10 rating on IMDB with 34,000 votes"

...Holy shit.

This is unsurprising as the amount of satisfaction that the episode gives long-time viewers is insane. Between the bits with Dany and the bits with Jon/Sansa, it's pretty crazy.

@Miss-Demeanor said in Dead Celebrity Thread:

Shit.. now who's gonna play Chekov?

Hopefully, no one. This is one of those moments where you retire the character, at least from that continuity.

"Where's Chekov?"

"Oh, he decided to be a novelist and took a desk job."

"Kay."

I'm sad. Kid was great.

I think it's indicative that no one had anything really bad to say about the game until they came here, advertised, and people who'll never play there and aren't interested in it decided to bash and downvote it.

I mean, sheesh, guys. I get that you feel the game doesn't have a place for you, but, uh... it doesn't have to just to be allowed to advertise here.

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

Last night was some fierce tv. Game of Thrones? YAAAAS. Penny Dreadful? YAAAAAS. (But also nooooooo.)

Catriona Hartigan is the New Cool.

I have been informed by the powers that be that if we do that, we have to pay them the prize money.

Guys someone keeps posting here but I can't see it

i can't see anything here. Did someone post?

Must not have been anyone of consequence.

You should embark on a quest to gain the tutelage of the Great Wizard @Thenomain.

Like all legendary tutors, he will be a cold, heartless master, whose interest is far more focused on leaving behind a legacy worthy of his name. In time, however, he may come to truly care for you as a student.

He doesn't have a beard, though, so it may be a crapshoot.

(He can be a little testy, too. Grr!)

@Roz said in RL Anger:

Hello, anniversary of my brother's suicide. Fancy seeing you again this year.

All of my condolences.

@Shlappy said in Kushiel's Debut:

@coin Hey, fair enough, man. It wasn't meant as a dig. Your Option #4 struck me as a little confusing. Feel free to elucidate or don't. Either way, I'll certainly take that under consideration and give more thought towards presumptions I'm making before posting. Sound advice.

My Option #4 was because from everything @VulgarKitten had said, I'd gotten the distinct impression her commentary was directly inspired by what she read here; it wasn't a statement based on my own activity, involvement, or opinions. It was also an option that was highly plausible for anyone on these forums wanting to opine on the situation, since we do that a lot here (express our opinions about something based solely on what we read here and not our own experience).

I was just fleshing out the options, since it was incomplete.