40k-lore-chat

[storm jungle]

as usual better than mainline 40k stuff but nothing too exciting rn

[arctic talon]

his mini looks like

way too thin

lol

[dusk patrol]

Yeah

[arctic talon]

Compared to how bulky he is in art

[storm jungle]

He needs more uh

girth

[arctic talon]

yeah

his wings are also way too prominant in his mini

[dusk patrol]

I like em thicc

I like em chunky

[rocky gale]

Thing with Vashtorr is if you zoom in on any one of his components it would look cool, but like when you combine it all it doesn't work

[queen laurel]

I say i like the ogryn very much

[arctic talon]

Replace his wings

[rose thorn]

He loooks much better irl

[arctic talon]

with something else

he does look better irl

[dusk patrol]

Although I will say I like the concept of an emancipated looking dude throwing hands hard

[arctic talon]

but he still doesn't really live up to the art imo

[rose thorn]

Yeah

[dusk patrol]

Yeah I’ve seen some kitbashes

Which his wings replaced with stuff

[arctic talon]

if they wanted him emaciated and thin

[dusk patrol]

Looks better

[arctic talon]

they should have leaned into it more imo

[dusk patrol]

Yeah

[arctic talon]

less mass on the arms and legs

[rose thorn]

The face (and the paint job) are my only problems

[arctic talon]

make him ganglier and creepier

[rocky gale]

Like the wings are cool, the claw is cool, the hammer is cool but like all combined it doesn't really mesh well

[arctic talon]

his vox grill is too clean on his mini as well

imo

they're all spiky and jagged in art

like they're teeth

[dusk patrol]

He’s just a tad too

[rocky gale]

Hate the face though, like it's just awful

[dusk patrol]

Generic daemon to me

He needs a little extra in the corrupted tech department

But I don’t hate him

[arctic talon]

he's very meh as a mini

[dusk patrol]

And I’ve seen good kitbashes of him

[arctic talon]

I love how he looks in art

its one of those cases unfortunately

[dusk patrol]

Yeah

[arctic talon]

its like Old abbadon

looks good in art, the mini is uh

questionable

[dusk patrol]

Maybe if he had a helmet

I’ll always hate his yee yee ass haircut and face

[arctic talon]

lol

[dusk patrol]

Especially when there’s so many sick options for SoH helmets with top knots

I love everything else but ugh

[rose thorn]

Can you run Abby in to her chaos armies this edition?

I don’t remember

[dusk patrol]

I think they have to be Black Legion

[arctic talon]

Abby is in any chaos army

[dusk patrol]

Can’t recall though

[arctic talon]

rn

Doesn't need to be black legion

[dusk patrol]

Makes sense

[arctic talon]

Harkan locks out Bile and stuff though

Harkan is BL only

[rose thorn]

I remember he was the best model in chaos knights was Abby lmao

[arctic talon]

not that its an issue since most Traitor factions don't have exclusive minis

[arctic talon]

abby and his dogs

was the funniest fucking list ever

[rose thorn]

Yup

What about cypher thsi edition?

[rose thorn]

Honestly all of the other chaos knight models are so bad

And the dogs are so amazing

[arctic talon]

Cypher goes into any chaos army

Chaos Knights have always suffered from their war dogs

being way better then the big knights

[rose thorn]

Normal knights didn’t have that issue

Because the big knights buffed the little knights

But they removed that thsi edition

So small knight spam is the meta in both

[arctic talon]

no they still have that

for big knights

GW got rid of big knights buffing Big Knights

[rocky gale]

Yea the Bondsman abilities

[arctic talon]

which honestly

[rose thorn]

Oh I thought bondsmen died

[arctic talon]

they could prolly revert now

nah bondsman lives on

[rose thorn]

Oh they removed uh, mentor?

Or what ever the knight knight buffed is called

[arctic talon]

This is my single favorite art of Piltover and Zaun tbh

[arctic talon]

it was callled bondsman still this edition

Bondsman could just apply to big Knights

[rose thorn]

Ohh okay

[storm jungle]

that is one of my favorite arts in anything ever

never seen any other setting do this

[arctic talon]

Its so fucking cool

[storm jungle]

its even better on the wiki as you scroll down

and just go

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[storm jungle]

"oh..."

[arctic talon]

it keeps on going

[rose thorn]

Also have y’all seen owlcat YouTube posts

[arctic talon]

Yes

[storm jungle]

Yeah they are great

lmfao

[arctic talon]

they're super funny

[rose thorn]

Talking about nobility and stuff

[arctic talon]

All the art of piltover and zaun is super cool since its so vertically inclined

the whole undercity and uppercity

2 separate city states stuck together forever

[dusk patrol]

The good people and then the poors

I need to watch season 2 of Arcane

[arctic talon]

I love of the largest Hextech Hauler

which connects piltover and zaun

Shit is literalling called the "rising howl" because of how loud it is

[rose thorn]

I’d kill for the next dlc to be on a knight world

[arctic talon]

its tithe related

[rose thorn]

The companion being a knight less knight

[rose thorn]

Oh?

[arctic talon]

For Rogue Trader

next DLC companion is an arbite

and its related to the Imperial tithe

thats all we know

[rose thorn]

Oh

[rose thorn]

sweats in xenophile

[arctic talon]

glad to see people who don't want to pay public transportation fares are still represented

Question is if they're poor Piltovans or poor Zaunites

[rose thorn]

HAHAHAHSGSHS

[dusk patrol]

The important thing is there’s a 90% chance none of them survive

[arctic talon]

LOL

I do just love how vertical piltover and zaun are

[storm jungle]

the architectural detail is also great

they put actual thought into it which is surprising lol

[rose thorn]

Is this pre or post gentrification

[storm jungle]

Uhhh honestly id almost say a mix

theres a lot of victorian london + industrialism too (which is duh)

[arctic talon]

this is after Zaun is an independent city state

so post I guess?

[storm jungle]

the fact that both societies mix together makes it a bit harder

[arctic talon]

Zaun wasn't an independent city state until like 5 to 10 years ago in League Lore

yeah

the two cities are bound together due to their history

[rose thorn]

Ah

[arctic talon]

Zaun could exist without piltover but it wouldn't look the way it does

and Piltover could exist but it wouldn't look the way it does without Zaun

[storm jungle]

yeah the seediness comes from the utopianism

if that makes sense

its very symbiotic which is the intent here

[gray umbra]

|| isha existed so warwick could finish his botrk https://youtu.be/R3HCzWXDpk0?si=a58rajAjZwAbbHpQ ||

[arctic talon]

the upper levels of Zaun are really nice as well

[arctic talon]

💀

you can see how as higher up in Zaun and lower in piltover you go

the cities mix together asthetically

[dusk patrol]

Me, forcing someone in Zaun to change their lighting to literally anything but green.

[arctic talon]

No

Impossible

[dusk patrol]

(They’d rather die)

[arctic talon]

do you want blue light

like some filthy rich pilty

smh

gas and chemtech lights only

[dusk patrol]

If my lights aren’t taking years off my life from proximity, what’s the point?

What do you think I wanna grow old in this shithole?

League conflicts me cause I love its lore and it makes me wanna play but then I play and ugh

[arctic talon]

lol

I still find it funny a big ass ram is the best method of breaching a door

for enforcers

[queen laurel]

The battering ram method is always a good one

Why make it complicated if you could make it stronger

But i'm going to be honest i expected them to mechanize it at least

This guy looks like it is nothing more than pure gains

[arctic talon]

Tbh he's wearing a hextech suit

probably augments his strength beyond the fact he's yoked lol

[dusk patrol]

You’re up against the wall, AND I AM THE FUCKING WALL!

[arctic talon]

GET THE FUCK BACK UP

[celest dome]

Is that from Arcane/LoL ?

[arctic talon]

Its from Legends of Runeterra

the Cardgame

[celest dome]

Which is not the same thing ?

Or are they different setting

[arctic talon]

its the same setting yeah

just the source of the art isn't from either

sorry

[celest dome]

[dusk patrol]

I assume Arcane isn’t quite at the stage with that level of tech or is just getting there

[arctic talon]

Arcane isn't yeah

Piltover and Zaun have a massive industrial + tech boom

after the two become independent of each other

[dusk patrol]

Don’t they eventually unify again or something? Or ally to some degree.

[arctic talon]

they are allied yeah

but they are 2 seperate city states

they have a "unified" crest for when they're celebrating their shared holiday of Progress Day lol

to show how the 2 cities are forever intertwined

Zaun and Piltover are 2 separate political entities and both are Oligarchies

Its just that Zaun's official government is a council of Chem Barons while Piltover's official government are Family houses who've risen to prominence

also Zaun doesn't have a proper police force instead relying on Chembarons to police their own zones as they please

[dusk patrol]

Sounds lovely

[arctic talon]

they do a terrible okay job

just ignore the literal turf wars

the initial goal of Zaun when it was formed as a unified city state was to become an equal to Piltover in both respect and economically

for respect yeah they got that, for the scale of the city they also did that, they just haven't gotten equal economically yet because Piltover is a filthy rich trading port that taxes and tariffs literally everything that gets transported through it(except for Zaunite goods)

[storm jungle]

It also helps that since Arcane was such a success Riot went from saying its not canon in S1 to saying its canon later on lol

[arctic talon]

tbhj

[storm jungle]

which is pretty funny in hindsight

[arctic talon]

They need to change like

2 characters

and then Arcane slots into canon fine

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

Camillie needs a total rewrite

and Seraphine needs a few changes

otherwise Piltover and Zaun don't need too many changes

[paper haven]

How is season 2?

[arctic talon]

very good imo

[dusk patrol]

Good apparently

Helps when you have an effectively infinite budget

[arctic talon]

Tencent money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

[dusk patrol]

Not complaining, at least I get to enjoy it

Still wild

[arctic talon]

250 million dollars

[paper haven]

So does GW but look how that plays out

[dusk patrol]

They don’t have this kinda budget

[arctic talon]

GW doesn't have as much money

yeah

[dusk patrol]

This is a very unique case

[arctic talon]

Also there's a lot of small details

in Arcane Season 2

[dusk patrol]

GW does fine for what they can with their animations, Arcane is a passion project basically made by a guy who can demand that kinda money

[storm jungle]

GW are extreme cheapskates but also have nowhere near the budget people like Riot have.

[dusk patrol]

It’s not reasonable to expect anyone to be able to spend this much on a TV show

[storm jungle]

What eternal said above is practically true

they literally have infinite money

lol

[dusk patrol]

It’s actually absurd how much it costs

[arctic talon]

biblically accurate Janna is going to destroy the Noxian Fleet

[storm jungle]

GYATT

[dusk patrol]

It looks like it too, but yeah it’s just

[arctic talon]

source is it came to me in a dream

Arcane also had a lot of money go down the drain when they were planning it out originally

[paper haven]

Then there may be hope

[arctic talon]

and the artstyle and animation style

completely shifted

[arctic talon]

Shuriman Wind Spirit

jump scare

[storm jungle]

Best 40k can do is short series' like Pariah Nexus etc, the problem is the writing always sucks and has no freedom like Arcane exploring the actual world

like we would never get a free-series like Arcane in 40k

they always gotta sell minis somehow

[dusk patrol]

Tithes has been good imo, probably the best stuff they’ve done. But the Amazon stuff will probably end up being close to that if it goes through

[arctic talon]

I find it funny the spirits in League of Legends lore like to take more "human" forms when interacting with their followers

[storm jungle]

Its good its just short

[arctic talon]

but just go fuck it eldritch horror mode when actually fighting

[dusk patrol]

WH+ is never gonna be able to do something like Arcane, even Disney doesn’t do that stuff really

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[dusk patrol]

It’s a lightning in a bottle case.

[storm jungle]

Kind of.

Hiring good writers is not that hard

the problem is again marketing

[arctic talon]

Volibear normally

[storm jungle]

we gotta push forward minis first

which is fine

but like lol

[arctic talon]

Volibear when mauling his brother to death

[storm jungle]

also

stop posting monsterfucker content

[arctic talon]

No

[storm jungle]

bastard

[arctic talon]

The Frejlord spirit gods are all animals

what did Riot mean by this

[dusk patrol]

It’s not as simple as “press the good writers” button though, Arcane has a head who’s super passionate about the project and can steer it. You need a specific formula to make this stuff work, and money often isn’t the real barrier for good writing a lot of times.

[arctic talon]

Arcane also is fine with making its characters extremely flawed(by an in universe standard)

which a lot of things don't like to do imo

[dusk patrol]

Which is why you see so many other absurdly expensive projects or smaller ones have shit writing or are boring even if the people behind it have been great in the past

The Franchise is an example I’ve been watching recently of an amazing writer director whose kinda shit the bed with this one imo.

[arctic talon]

You can't stop me, its all official Riot art

[storm jungle]

YEAH I KNOW

[arctic talon]

Riot making all the newer prestige skins thirst traps is funny

especially warwicks

[dusk patrol]

Um please keep it in off topic, thank you

[outer wave]

Kinda hate this splash art ngl

[arctic talon]

Its very passive

[dusk patrol]

lol art is very hit or miss for me

[arctic talon]

for someone who's not very passive at all lore wise

I like all of the modern splash arts personally

Skin splashes are always a cointoss

[outer wave]

He just looks like man who is bear rather than a bear god if that makes sense?

[arctic talon]

Yeah

[outer wave]

He has this weirdly human anatomy and not just

[arctic talon]

it is the more "human" apperance

[outer wave]

Bear

[arctic talon]

that he interacts with his followers with

[outer wave]

Give him more bear attributes!

[arctic talon]

but it is very humanoid

also riot is still skirting around what hextech crystals are after the Brakarn retcon with Skarners rework

and I'm starting to assume its just crystalized dead people from the Rune Wars and other magical catastrophes

[languid meadow]

singed my insane beloved

[arctic talon]

Singed my warcriminal GOAT

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/if-you-take-this-path-they-will-despise-you-singed-arcane-detest-hate-gif-23854114

[arctic talon]

imagine an entire nation known for being peaceful wanting your head mounted on a pike

[arctic talon]

https://tenor.com/view/wink-singed-arcane-turn-around-behind-you-gif-23774630

[languid meadow]

who up using chemical warfare in a world that mostly uses swords

can't wait for act 3

[arctic talon]

mfw all the noxian generals invading ionia want to call me a war criminal but are afraid of doing so because they're terrified of me hiding chemical weapons in every single noxian outpost in Ionia

[storm jungle]

I do love like

"I started a literal crack epidemic because I want to save my daughter"

BRO SHUT THE FUCK UP

[arctic talon]

Singed is using Orianna as an excuse lol

he does love her but he also has a love for you know

what he does

[storm jungle]

being Fantasy Mengele?

yes

[arctic talon]

this is the ||second time in his history he's working under a Noxian warlord developing chemical weapons||

[dusk patrol]

Look someone’s gotta be the chemical weapons guy

Might as well be him

[arctic talon]

so true

[languid meadow]

he's in it for the game of being an evil scientist

[rose thorn]

“What a cool and compelling character I can’t wait to try him in league!”

[arctic talon]

his playstyle

[languid meadow]

Singed gameplay is hilarious

[arctic talon]

really makes you feel like a meth head

literally runs around gasing you

and then chucks you away into more gas when you try to catch him

[celest dome]

Maybe that tell more about us than it tell about the art

[dusk patrol]

Not sure he’s handling those chemicals with the right care….

Gonna be real

[celest dome]

Not even covering his nose

[arctic talon]

I hope he gets a visual update

at some point

he's soooo old

[dusk patrol]

Well yeah how else is he supposed to sample the goods?

[gray umbra]

I was wondering if he was gonna proxy the cultists like minions

[arctic talon]

gota get a hit of the good stuff

[dusk patrol]

I wonder if his schnoze even still works

[gray umbra]

But alas

[arctic talon]

that literally melts people alive

[dusk patrol]

He’s really got a huge schnoze

[arctic talon]

actually singed's chemical weapons are literally just a 40k plague bomb

it melts people and metal alive

and then you set it all on fire

[dusk patrol]

Helluva thing to carry around with you in glass bottles

Which are designed to break on impact

[arctic talon]

i still find it hilarious Renata and Silco

were developed independetly

and both of them had purple chemtech

though in Silcos case its shimmer

[languid meadow]

Purple is just that goated they used it twice

[arctic talon]

its a very striking contrast to the usual green

so I can see why

[viral halo]

what game is this from

[arctic talon]

League of Legends

(The lore)

[languid meadow]

Arcane act 2 major spoilers || Warwick was great in every scene he's in and his theme is so cool, also the emotional moments with Jinx and Vi are also great.||

Unlike edgerunners you should not get into league

[arctic talon]

||shame singed jabbed him with whatever the fuck was in that vial||

[arctic talon]

nah you should play League

Its fine mostly

[viral halo]

edgerunners almost made me cry

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-rogue-one-krennic-this-c-lose-gif-10935154

[storm jungle]

his theme is so fucking DOOM/Wolfenstein

its super Mick Gordon-esque

i love it

[languid meadow]

the whole prison part is just

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[arctic talon]

my favorite mauler of people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGssFVA3auQ

oh also there's spoilers in the comments from Arcane

so don't look at them

[languid meadow]

I can't unsee the foxy jumpscare every time I think of his video

[arctic talon]

I mean

he literally does jumpscare you

https://tenor.com/view/warwick-jumping-rework-league-of-legends-lol-gif-15075286

[storm jungle]

they also literally recreate that pose

[arctic talon]

yeah

[storm jungle]

i forgot which part it was in

[static wren]

500 slo motion music videos

all the original ost for arcane is goated

[arctic talon]

I agree

[static wren]

me when act 3 ends with some variant of bicentennial instead of an emotional pop song

[storm jungle]

Cant beat Snakes which is my top fav atm still

[arctic talon]

also I like how all of the music can be used royalty free by creators

except for Enemy

[arctic talon]

Only like 20 something people died smh

[storm jungle]

also a child

fuck that moron

[arctic talon]

yeah so what

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

smh

[languid meadow]

I mean do the chemtanks even count as people anymore

[arctic talon]

Chembaron kid lived a life of luxary

[arctic talon]

Does a methed up bioaugmented cyborg count as a person, I'd say yes personally

[languid meadow]

idk I think it depends

[storm jungle]

cant believe they got an ogryn variant in S2

[languid meadow]

To ashes and blood is also great

[arctic talon]

Also in Ashes and blood there's shuriman

*Ancient Shuriman specifically

[static wren]

snakes is the best song implementation in arcane and im bias as hell against songs with lyrics in shows

[storm jungle]

saaaaame

its also like

the only song

that made me go "LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO"

[arctic talon]

Its so full of energy

its so good lol

[storm jungle]

[languid meadow]

Hellfire intro is still the best intro of the season

[arctic talon]

what the avearge person thinks the middle east looks likes/j

[languid meadow]

I like paint the town but it has yet to top hellfire

[arctic talon]

that intro is so good lol

My only complaint is it isn't longer

[storm jungle]

The white men strike again

[arctic talon]

Okay jokes aside Shurima at least has

[dusk patrol]

Too nice

[arctic talon]

much more interesting geography then just sand

it has places with snow, and grass

and mountains

[storm jungle]

mfers going into mideast expecting deserts when half of it is rocks and mountains

[arctic talon]

it also had an inland sea until the runewar

Shurima literally getting nuked by magic didnt' help either

turns out when you kill all plant life the desert encroaches

who could have guessed

[tough haven]

https://tenor.com/view/solid-snake-metal-gear-solid-scared-solid-snake-gif-26553659

Fr?

(Im joking)

[storm jungle]

does Shurima ever get invaded by noxus regularly

[arctic talon]

motherfuckers asking where the river is

[arctic talon]

a large chunk of its coastline has gotten invaded

[dusk patrol]

That doesn’t seem right

[storm jungle]

okay good i gotta make a meme

[dusk patrol]

Nations only have one biome

[arctic talon]

but Noxus doesn't want to push further

[languid meadow]

a miniscule amount of trolling

[dusk patrol]

That one dork saving the scientist dude with magic, not realizing the mess he made

[arctic talon]

mountain and tree jumpscare

[dusk patrol]

[languid meadow]

trees are made up by big green

[arctic talon]

Shurima is pretty diverse geography wise, the giant desert in the middle is because someone decided to interrupt an acension ritual and nuke most of it

[dusk patrol]

If trees are real, why do we make all our parchment out of flesh? Explain that.

[arctic talon]

uh

[spring cairn]

they should've made arcane

but without the whole being lol part

i think it would be really good

[tough haven]

Yeah if it wasnt associated with LOL I might like it

[arctic talon]

Noxus motherfuckers when you ask them to stop invading surrounding territory for a single second

[arctic talon]

have you even watched it 💀

[dusk patrol]

He’s a Dota 2 Loyalist

He would never

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-wag-no-no-no-gif-27552536

[tough haven]

I have, but league is so ass it genuinely turns me off

otherwise very good

[arctic talon]

[dusk patrol]

Tbh I don’t give a fuck about Lol largely and I love it

[spring cairn]

personally the league artstyle just repulses me

[tough haven]

Idk what it is but its some kind of mental block

[dusk patrol]

The only cringe part is sometimes you have to listen to Imagine Dragons

[spring cairn]

it is very well animated

[dusk patrol]

They do that because all great things must have a flaw or it angers god

[spring cairn]

the artstyle is just inherently dog to me

[tough haven]

like how I can 100% logically enjoy the premise, plot and execution of an anime, but I literally cant bring myself to watch it

[arctic talon]

I like League's artstyle a lot

but subjective taste

[tough haven]

Same

[arctic talon]

and all that lol

I also like League of Legends and DOTA2 but my love of Moba's is a can of worms

[storm jungle]

Wait i almost forgot

[tough haven]

No clue what causes this but literally if you took most anime content and just dropped it into a different media format I'd probaby love it lol

[arctic talon]

LOL

[storm jungle]

[spring cairn]

the average anime starts and it's kinda cool but then the dreaded sexual assault enters the premise

[dusk patrol]

I think they call that too many concussions, or brainrot

[gray umbra]

I just cant do tiny magic girl who is 600 yrs old

[storm jungle]

i mean

theres a reason its a meme for a reason

its fucking disgusting

japanese people also can be real freaks no offense 💀

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/freaky-dog-im-fr-an-eater-qazira-dog-tongue-freaky-dog-tongue-gif-14576727459878736156

the freaks

[dusk patrol]

Unironically one of my favorite things about Attack on Titan is how the romance is understated and there’s basically no fan service

[languid meadow]

jojo so it's a bit ironic but it fits

[dusk patrol]

Because holy fuck there apparently only one alternative

[tough haven]

It might be me just associating super overdone romances and fan service with anime and then turning me off of all anime

[spring cairn]

my favourite part of AOT was the online discourse after it ended

[dusk patrol]

Oh god

[storm jungle]

what even was the discourse again

the ending being bad?

[spring cairn]

genocide good

[storm jungle]

LOL

[gray umbra]

Aot was the only thing i could finish watching

[dusk patrol]

Uh people didn’t like Eren being a dork in the end

[arctic talon]

Ah noxus the only place where you can get drunk on frejlordian beer, called a slur in a Shuriman, robbed by an Ionian bandit, spit on by a piltovan merchant and shived by a Noxian soldier

All in the same day

[dusk patrol]

When his whole arc is he’s kinda a fucked up individual

[storm jungle]

to be fair

i think my hero academia (I show i never bothered ever watching) ending was better

mcdonalds employee

[arctic talon]

It was literally written genocide = good originally

Lol

[storm jungle]

KEK

[dusk patrol]

It had some issues and was a little rushed but it wasn’t near as bad as people made it out

[arctic talon]

They rewrote the ending

[gray umbra]

Eren exists to be a khorne berserker and glorify genocide

[arctic talon]

And it became less ass

[storm jungle]

I mean i did wish Eren won

but not because i abet genocide

im just an psychopath

[arctic talon]

“Thank you for becoming a mass murderer for all our sakes” still is like top 5 worst lines ever written

In any form of media

[gray umbra]

Nah we just consume so much slop, anything that is different will satisfy our dopamine receptors

[arctic talon]

Lol

[storm jungle]

Exactly

but no im legit a sociopath

[spring cairn]

that baby across the globe deserved death for what his ancestors did or did not do to Edlians

[storm jungle]

gimme more mass-deaths in fiction

[dusk patrol]

I wanted him to win because Eldians are obviously Jews and the Goyim have it coming.

(Eren kills more Eldians than anyone else and I would have been a poor schmuck who got flattened)

[languid meadow]

thats what being a discord mod does to you

[arctic talon]

Give us Noxus invasion of Ionia

We will see the classic “Kill them until they are family”

[storm jungle]

I cant wait for the next Arcane ngl, im so glad we are going to Noxus

[arctic talon]

It’s unclear where

[storm jungle]

its deffo Noxus

[dusk patrol]

But yeah I mean the morale is obviously Eren is fucking insane, which is why every character groups up to kill him largely and his followers are shown to be fucking insane.

[storm jungle]

lets not kid ourselves

[arctic talon]

Imo all signs point to noxus

[gray umbra]

Oh boy i cant wait to watch the yasuo yone storyline rehashed for the 4th time

[storm jungle]

Hes basically just a cringe kid so i guess it works

mostly

[languid meadow]

I mean either noxus or damacia but 98% noxus is my bet

[dusk patrol]

He basically never got to be a person, his whole personality is a weird time paradox

[arctic talon]

Noxus is the most culturally diverse region anyways

Just uh don’t ask

[dusk patrol]

Which got taken over by his fucked up genocidal self

[arctic talon]

How it got to that point

🔪

[storm jungle]

isnt Cocxus basically just fascist romans anyway

[arctic talon]

No

[storm jungle]

WHAT

[arctic talon]

Since it’s a representative democracy

Lol

[dusk patrol]

Mike Cocxus

[arctic talon]

They do take a lot of Roman stuff

[storm jungle]

Uhh

[spring cairn]

Cocxus and Ballus

[arctic talon]

But it’s a meritocracy

[storm jungle]

does democracy basically mean "you can take the malfoy seat if you cna kill me"

[arctic talon]

No

They have votes

[dusk patrol]

Who can forget their founder

[arctic talon]

If you cheat

The punishment is death

[dusk patrol]

Biggus Cocxus

[storm jungle]

holy shit the satire goes deep

I MEAN

yeah cool

[arctic talon]

Lol

[storm jungle]

[arctic talon]

Noxus is an idealized meritocracy while being a violent shithole

It’s great

[spring cairn]

Death penalty for corruption ?

[arctic talon]

Yes

[spring cairn]

seems based

[arctic talon]

Of the painful kind

[dusk patrol]

Based

[arctic talon]

If you get caught you didn’t deserve to be corrupt

Idiot

Smh

[dusk patrol]

Dumbass

[gray umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/draven-smile-weapon-fun-gif-16664551

[languid meadow]

hate

[arctic talon]

Worst(best) Draven skin

[spring cairn]

clash of clan barbarian

[storm jungle]

holy shit

its Kano from Mortal Wombat

[arctic talon]

The main ruling council was initially put into power after they killed the old Emperor

Lol

[storm jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/wombat-moment-gif-17950728288530672465

[storm jungle]

LOL

nice

[arctic talon]

Now they vote for it every 5 years

[dusk patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/kano-real-realkano-gif-21439197

[arctic talon]

Might and vision have remained unchanged

Since the coup

[dusk patrol]

Careful: may induce arousal

[arctic talon]

Guile has changed multiple times

The current Guile is a woman(probably) who never shows their face and wears a veil constantly

Also they’re really good at murder and sneaking around

In a most infamous case they kidnapped their assassins brother and replaced themselves with him so their assassin murdered their own brother

[rose thorn]

(gladiator draven)

[arctic talon]

Lol

[rose thorn]

crazy taht they just, didnt maek a skin and tried to charge money for it

[arctic talon]

Hey he he’s topless and has a loin cloth

[spring cairn]

all this talk about an animated series made me want to re-watch that one lovedeahtandrobots episode with the soviets vs the eldritch horrors

[arctic talon]

[arctic talon]

Love death and robots goated

[rose thorn]

fr

[spring cairn]

i think that's my fav episode by far

[rose thorn]

mines the oen w/ the monster arena

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/s118-love-death-and-robots-the-secret-war-nikolai-zaharov-love-death-robots-gif-3530560076201375921

cinema btw

[rose thorn]

whoops

soryr

i deleted the thing

[languid meadow]

np

[storm jungle]

Valhallans vs Daemons my beloved

[languid meadow]

secret war is just really great

[spring cairn]

why can't they just do a whole movie with this

it's perfect

[dusk patrol]

Love death and robots is amazing, can’t wait for secret level

[rose thorn]

oh is it made by the sam eteam?

[storm jungle]

Nah uh

[dusk patrol]

Money

The cost of all those are insane

[storm jungle]

Secret Wars was made by the witcher trailer CGI team iirc

[spring cairn]

i'll finance it

[paper haven]

There's a Valhallans vs daemons story?

[storm jungle]

in Love Death and Robots perhaps....

[dusk patrol]

It’s got some of the same people involved

[paper haven]

Oh. Secret war. Roger

[rose thorn]

i generally try to disassociate with anythign related to destiny so i know nothing about secret levle

[spring cairn]

can't wait for the concord episode

[dusk patrol]

It’s primarily done by Blur

But they brought over some of the people or have some of the same people as LD+R

[storm jungle]

Im gonna fucking laugh if it ends up being good/great

[dusk patrol]

It probably will be unfortunately

[spring cairn]

you know it will be good

it's a given

[paper haven]

Kill team kill is by far my favorite episode of that

[dusk patrol]

Visually they’ll all probably be great

Idris Elba as a Space Marine

[arctic talon]

Have you seen the environment concept art for concord the gamr

[dusk patrol]

Rare Idris Elba with an English accent moment

[storm jungle]

Yep its not bad at all

[arctic talon]

It’s all very pretty

[paper haven]

https://tenor.com/view/aggression-gun-fire-gun-shooting-shooting-attacking-gif-26208878

[storm jungle]

god that episode

least violent catachan deployment

[spring cairn]

i have to re-watch it all now

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-freeman-half-life-hl2-half-life-2-its-peak-gif-12159832417840386635

[arctic talon]

Ambessa has taunt interactions with her “type” in League

[paper haven]

Fine like team 1 has been ripped into greasy strips of Man-jerky?

[storm jungle]

Inquisitors when i gotta ask them why they are making a killer robo-bear

[storm jungle]

man actually ngl

id love a valve sponsored Love, Death and Robots animation for something from half life

[gray umbra]

Its to counter the word bear-ers

[storm jungle]

but i guess the fans provide that enough

[storm jungle]

GETOU-

[gray umbra]

[paper haven]

It's a honey badger.
Honey badgers don't give a fuck.

[arctic talon]

I’m still mad they didn’t make sett honey badger themed

It was honey badger or wolverine half vastaya

[paper haven]

They're all idiots I love it

[arctic talon]

And we got wolverine smh

[dusk patrol]

How…optimistic….Mr Freeman..

[storm jungle]

Id rather be put in stasis at this point

⚰️

[rose thorn]

when deos secret levels drop?

[storm jungle]

this week right?

[rose thorn]

taking bets for the worst one

my bet is either the 40k one or the destiny one

[late whale]

Concord

[dusk patrol]

December I think

[rose thorn]

ilu 40k, but this is just gonna be more pharo nexus

[spring cairn]

i think they will all range from ok to great

[dusk patrol]

Probably the one with all the cheesy “believe in yourself” dialogue

Mega man one or whatever it is looks a little goofy, but they’ll all be pretty.

[spring cairn]

actually the worst one will be the playstation world thing

[storm jungle]

sir this is Discord

[dusk patrol]

Even if the dialogue sucks

It’s Blur

It’ll look so good you won’t care

[rose thorn]

wasnt htat game killed a week in?

[dusk patrol]

Few weeks in but yeah

[spring cairn]

the multi million dollar blunder

[arctic talon]

The 40K one was really liked by test groups apparently

[rose thorn]

can they legally have one in there

[late whale]

Yeah but I think they’re still doing a episode

[spring cairn]

it was planned in advance

[rose thorn]

for concord

[storm jungle]

to be fair like

your average 40k fan is excited by anything

they are literally star wars fans

"I CLAPPED BECAUSE BOLTER"

[rose thorn]

except women

[storm jungle]

LOL

i mean not wrong

[spring cairn]

the entire episode was done before concord launched

[dusk patrol]

It looks cool it’s not complex

[rose thorn]

from waht i seen concord isnt even that bad of a game

[late whale]

It just had no sauce

[arctic talon]

Concord was fine as a game

[rose thorn]

it just was several years too late

[late whale]

Middest of mid

[dusk patrol]

Big man smash car, bioluminescent blood. Space marine Idris Elba

[arctic talon]

It just sucked character design wise

[dusk patrol]

Yeah it was

[arctic talon]

Which is an issue

[dusk patrol]

So bland

[arctic talon]

Because it’s a hero shooter

[dusk patrol]

And ugly but also high quality

[rose thorn]

oh wow its just overwatch

[dusk patrol]

It’s such a bizarre game

[spring cairn]

sony insisted that they switch from cartoon-ish to photo realistic

[rose thorn]

art design wise

[dusk patrol]

Nah it wasn’t really

[dusk patrol]

If it was it may have be successful

It’s like

Generic but ugly

The colors are also

It’s just bad idk

[spring cairn]

imagine this but cartoon and cell shaded, and you can kinda see it

[rose thorn]

i feel like this game wouldnt have flopped if it stayed around for like

3 more months

if dust world still gets updates

[spring cairn]

i mean, there wasn't enough players to get a match in most regions so

[rose thorn]

lmao

[arctic talon]

Imo the game would have done way better

Without being photorealistic

[spring cairn]

Sony made them switch to photorealism

the devs

[rose thorn]

also it seems to be suffeirng from twilight syndrome

[spring cairn]

this is what happen when ur owned by sony

[rose thorn]

far right extremeists hating it because its 'woke' and normal poeple dont liek it beacuse its mid

[gray umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/dame-dame-da-ne-dame-yo-dr-coomer-coomer-hlvrai-gif-2334455543307747637

This is the only photorealism i need

[rose thorn]

SHIP BREAKERSSSS

IT REMINDS ME OF SHIP BREAKRS

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/half-life-snark-who-up-who-meme-gif-18406141753525215082

[rose thorn]

need ot finish half life 1

[paper haven]

Concord, the modern ET

[storm jungle]

Snarks used to scare me when i was younger

[spring cairn]

they scare me because 4 of them can kill a US marine

[storm jungle]

I mean yes

Xeno Supremacy

[spring cairn]

when their beak looks relatively harmless

[gray umbra]

Headcrab zombies freaked me out as a 6 year old

[spring cairn]

idk how they do it

[storm jungle]

Me on an abrahms tank before a fucking flying manta ray flies over and blasts me to shit

[paper haven]

To be fair, it's not that difficult to kill a US marine.

[storm jungle]

I legit closed the game after you get out of the testing chamber and go up the elevator to encounter them for the first time

[spring cairn]

yeah but they basically kill people by pinching them to death

[storm jungle]

I was REALLY young tho

[arctic talon]

I need this fruit irl so I don’t need to take edibles

[spring cairn]

(also they explode)

[gray umbra]

Theres something about the unclear early 2000s pixels that had an effect on your imagination as a kid

[arctic talon]

W

[storm jungle]

^

its because of the lack of detail, it makes you fill the holes yourself

[paper haven]

Imagine being pinched to death.

[dusk patrol]

The game had like a few hundred players and dropping, the first week

[spring cairn]

be snark, get out of the nest

[dusk patrol]

It wasn’t getting saved

[spring cairn]

start living

12 seconds have passed

[dusk patrol]

It was cheaper to cut the losses

[spring cairn]

fucking explode

fuck my snark life

[storm jungle]

its either that or

get grabbed by MIT scientist

[arctic talon]

MIT scientist jump scare

[spring cairn]

at least these ones live a bit longer

[gray umbra]

degree in applied physics

[storm jungle]

all to push a cart

[gray umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/half-life-crowbar-bash-bashing-gif-24267947

[storm jungle]

even barney fucking mocks Gordon for it, chad

[storm jungle]

LMAO

Nerd vs Bradley

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/half-life-combine-cat-pick-up-gif-27154907

[arctic talon]

Lol

[celest dome]

I nearly won a crowbar

Cops said I couldn't keep it

[storm jungle]

LMFAO

[low gazelle]

WTF IS JAYCE DOING

[storm jungle]

HES DOING WHATS RIGHT

DESTROYING TWINKS

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/more-twinks-gif-5375053662735082927

[arctic talon]

MY GOAT

DEFENDER OF TOMORROW

[low gazelle]

WTF IS A HAPPY ENDING

[arctic talon]

[rose thorn]

League of legends Lego when

[arctic talon]

https://tenor.com/view/mauga-approach-baptiste-omw-gif-6130445191738093481

[low gazelle]

(im seceretly a jayce fan)

BUT SO CLOSE

[arctic talon]

Jokes aside I need act 3

In my veins

Now

[languid meadow]

Act 2 spoilers

[arctic talon]

||tbf Warwick got injected by Singed anyways, it was going to fail inevitably ||

[low gazelle]

People freaking out about kait and vi like they didnt watch s1 or sum

But wtf was that scene with maddie

[storm jungle]

people have sex sometimes

[arctic talon]

Rebound relationship

[storm jungle]

you fuckhead

[arctic talon]

Next question

[storm jungle]

[low gazelle]

||And she folds on cupcake||

[storm jungle]

also im pretty sure the popular theory is like, since Oppenheimerdinger, Jayce and Ekko literally got stuck in the Warp, J saw the future somehow and how Viktor probably destroys the entirety of Piltover and prob beyond, hence why hes traumatized and wants to stop him

[arctic talon]

Yes

[storm jungle]

hes in full Tony Stank mode

[low gazelle]

ohhh that makes sense

[arctic talon]

Also oppenheimerdinger goes crazy

LOL

[storm jungle]

LMFAO

I KNOW

[gray umbra]

The commune died when viktor "died" and singed said he was gonna die anyway if he kept doing his jesus bit

[low gazelle]

IK THAT IK

BUT THE RECONCILIATION AS<GAKFG;

[arctic talon]

This is heimer’s atomic bomb

[storm jungle]

YOU WORSHIP A FALSE IDLE YOU PIECE OF SHIT, YOU ARE NEXT

[low gazelle]

Bro im finna crashout

[storm jungle]

🔨

[arctic talon]

They’re all void corrupted is my bet

[storm jungle]

yeah deffo this

[arctic talon]

There so much void imagery

In the commune

[gray umbra]

Yeah probably. Either way at some point viktor goes full robot hitler

[arctic talon]

The ||hexcore is absolutely void corrupted||

[low gazelle]

"Arcane is a cool show I should check out the game its based on"

[arctic talon]

JOIN THE GLORIOUS EVOLUTION

[storm jungle]

Oppenheimerdinger scolding Jace/Viktor for innovation while he makes warlord titans in the lore

fucking least psycho admech member

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/jayce-chad-league-of-legends-arcane-gif-14236811558886663150

Jayce sweeep

[spring cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/caption-memes-gif-20367208

[low gazelle]

Oppenheimerdinger is such a good name

[young pecan]

I am a registered Jayce defender

Fuck all the Jayce ops

[arctic talon]

"Ah, Piltover. As a boy, I looked up to you, the shining 'City of Progress'. But as a man, I see its corrupt foundations, built atop the suffering of our home, Zaun. Today, we herald a new era of Zaunite innovation--and you will be the first to witness our rise!"
-Viktor

[storm jungle]

Im EXTREMELY sure they based his name on Oppenheimer lol

[arctic talon]

Prolly lol

[gray umbra]

Honestly im waiting for the teemo show where he goes full on vietnam war

[low gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/predator-arnold-schwarzenegger-hand-shake-arms-gif-3468629

Jayce defenders:
Eren jaegar defenders:

[young pecan]

||I saw how everything was going so right at the commune and my first thought was "I know this is going to go so wrong, but how?"||

[gray umbra]

"Im so sorry" proceeds to step on your entire caravan yaeger

[arctic talon]

Weakest glorious evolution member

[young pecan]

The Arcane writers don't make happy moments, they make happy moments to accentuate the horrible moments

[arctic talon]

Real

[low gazelle]

TRU

[arctic talon]

The ending will be happy enough

Is my bet

[young pecan]

Do you ever notice that

[arctic talon]

But we will have agony first

Lol

[young pecan]

NOTHING is ever nice that doesn't go bad

[rose thorn]

THANK

FUCK

[young pecan]

Not one thing

[low gazelle]

ARcane writiers: Hey how much trauma and ptsd do we want to trigger and give people?

Yes.

[arctic talon]

Lesbian cops first act as a couple is domestic violence/j

[rose thorn]

If only the chariot would die too

That model is asss

[low gazelle]

All the arcane characters act and seem like real people dude

[arctic talon]

It’s great

[low gazelle]

They did such a good job

[arctic talon]

They’re all horribly flawed individuals

[low gazelle]

YEA

[arctic talon]

Each due to their own upbringing

[low gazelle]

ALSO VANDER BRO

[arctic talon]

Suffering

Builds

Character

[low gazelle]

||Warwick not having a proper backstory then them confirming its vander||

LIKE HOLY SH

[gray umbra]

Silco is a femboy in dat flashback

[languid meadow]

HE'S A TWINK NOT A FEMBOY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/693362593758445608/1303635098683445248/sleepyautumn__-_1854050821970768261.gif

[low gazelle]

Silco was a good boi

[dusk patrol]

Silco is always a twink

[low gazelle]

^^

[dusk patrol]

Once a twink always one

[low gazelle]

I despise caitlyn tho

Also

https://tenor.com/view/vi-arcane-season-2-pit-fighter-vi-arcane-emo-vi-arcane-smearing-black-makeup-gif-15428423410347404419

THis

[crystal forum]

or until they hit 30

[arctic talon]

Goth Vi

Goes crazy

[low gazelle]

Dude the memes

[arctic talon]

Silco was past 30 and still a twink

[crystal forum]

lucky

[languid meadow]

"Whats wrong with my pAnTs?" cinema ngl

[dusk patrol]

No

Once a twink

Always a twink

[arctic talon]

“How’s the divorce going”

[gray umbra]

Theres only one good thing about silcos death

We finally got past jinx's daddy arc

[languid meadow]

Loris is the best character

shows up for 3 episodes

leaves

based ngl

[low gazelle]

7 years in prisons vs 1 breakup

[arctic talon]

Loris is the most based cop so far

[storm jungle]

Im literally getting a 40k comm

of that shot

[arctic talon]

Goated

[storm jungle]

of him stoppign that tanker's punch wih his shield

its so fucking good

[arctic talon]

Ngl Vi screaming into the water is a mood

Lol

[languid meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/vi-arcane-season-2-arcane-season-2-drunk-gif-6617953382102428993

[low gazelle]

Vi is probably the most traumatized

[arctic talon]

Least brave piltover enforcer

[arctic talon]

Prolly

[low gazelle]

Wait

[storm jungle]

Shes gay shes already halfway there

[low gazelle]

nah jinx lost 3 dads

[arctic talon]

The enforcers are kind of like on a deranged level of bravery lol

It’s kind of funny

Like I get they’re faceless goons

[low gazelle]

Vander, silco, vander again

Then jinx

Lost her little sis

[arctic talon]

But it’s fucking hilarious how they see certain death and just run at it

[low gazelle]

IF JINX DOESNT HAVE A CRASHOUT

[languid meadow]

Ah yes let me || face down the giant werewolf man with a riot shield gets torn in half ||

[arctic talon]

Jinx is already mentally ill enough

[low gazelle]

Im not a big fan of the government

[paper haven]

Silco's my favorite character

[arctic talon]

Silco is great

[storm jungle]

I love people who like

[paper haven]

Well. Was

[storm jungle]

defend Silco

HES LITERALLY NECROMUNDA ESCOBAR

[arctic talon]

I love the scene with him, Sevika and Finn

[low gazelle]

RIGHT

[arctic talon]

And how he clearly wasn’t in control at all

[low gazelle]

BROS A DRUG PEDALER

[arctic talon]

And he’s like breathing super heavily lol

He’s literally a Chem Baron

All Chem barons are scum

[low gazelle]

SINGED IS EVEN WORSE

[storm jungle]

"Vander im so sorry you are dead im gonna mourn you at your statue"

COCKSUCKER YOU KILLED ME!!!!!!!

[arctic talon]

Singed isn’t a Chem baron

He’s literaly mengle

Lol

[storm jungle]

MENGELE

LMAO

[arctic talon]

I misspelled it

[storm jungle]

STARTING A CRACK EPIDEMIC TO SAVE HER DAUGHTER

[arctic talon]

I’ve been day drinking smh

[low gazelle]

Bro thought he was the next al capone

[arctic talon]

Shimmer is a safe drug or some shit

Idk

(Average shimmer addict)

The side effects of shimmer are even worse then what they show in arcane

Your skin literally melts off

[low gazelle]

I hate that one twink who betrayed vi for drugs bro

[arctic talon]

Eventually lol

[paper haven]

Is he a good person? God no.
Does he make things worse for everyone? Probably, yeah.

[arctic talon]

He got the ball rolling for an independent zaun

So the average zaunite can thank him for the boot on their neck changing from an enforcers

To a Chembarons enforcers

The tragedy of Zaun

[paper haven]

I love regime changes

[arctic talon]

Going from being oppressed by the upper class to being oppressed by the upper class again

Except now it’s a bunch of Chem Barons who are totally upstanding people

And won’t melt you alive in an acid vat

But hey the living quality is way better for the zaunite middle class

[gray umbra]

gotta give this one dimensional character some level of effort

[arctic talon]

(Don’t ask about the poor)

[paper haven]

Hilariously, the chem barons are outright shown to be selfish and probably don't care about the revolution at all

[gray umbra]

singed has existed since 2009 and his thing has always been "gas chamber guy"

[arctic talon]

I think it’s funny all the Chem barons from Silco’s “era” are all dead or imprisoned

His first lore was literally him gassing a village

[languid meadow]

schmeeech noooooo

[arctic talon]

Lol

[arctic talon]

https://tenor.com/view/smeech-arcane-league-of-legends-gif-9472985640298246833

Meth head yordle

[low gazelle]

So we got
Hextech jesus
Oppenheimerdinger
Police brutality
Chemical warfare
Facist regime
werewolf
shizo
Gambling arm

[languid meadow]

defeated by gambling

[arctic talon]

His soul went back to the bandle wood lul

[paper haven]

Chemical weapons? In this economy?

[arctic talon]

Which one is facist regime cait?

Or Ambessa

Lol