Anime character smoking weed

I’m looking for advice because I feel like the first step towards becoming sober is just talking about it. I’m 20 and I attend a college that has a huge drinking college. Though I don’t go to the bar that much, I love drinking with my friends wherever it may be. For background, my mom is an alcoholic and went sober for 5 years before starting to drink again (not heavily) and my dad is a heavy drinker but not as heavy as me. About a year ago, I had a panic attack that ended me up in the hospital that I blamed on smoking weed since I had been doing that daily since I was 16. I’ve been drinking since I was 18 but not heavily and it didn’t start becoming a daily occurrence until I quit smoking weed. I started to become very paranoid when falling asleep and I felt like drinking was the only thing that would help me fall asleep. I began to drink about a 1/2 fifth a night and fall asleep but then something happened a month ago that has given me PTSD and made me an insomniac. Before this event, I was able to drink maybe 2 shots a night and fall asleep but after this I’m awake until 5 am every night just slowly taking shots. I told my family and they suggested I see a doctor and figure out what a plan of action would be but i’m nervous and not sure how long this will take to feel normal or what to expect. I also live with 3 other girls and have a boyfriend that I don’t feel comfortable telling what I’m going through but I need to be away and at school in order to do my classes and not just an 1:30 away at home (my apartment is an 1:30 from my moms) in order to sober up. I want to get sober badly but feel like I should wait until classes end in order to have months to dedicate myself to sobriety and save the embarrassment of having to tell my friends and boyfriend.

I saw some clips of this series on YouTube and i decided to start watching the anime i was expecting to see a good romance with nice character but i found a fanservice fest and a pathetic mc instead ,like it was so bad and cringe that i had to stop watching, does this shit get better because for what i've seen its probably one of the worst romcom i've ever seen

I absolutely LOVE YellowJackets so had to find this subreddit to discuss my obsession! Could honestly spend hours going over all the hidden details. But here’s a thought to chew on: what if there was no wolf attack?
This is something I’ve been mulling over for quite some time. I’ve watched the second season premiere and the first season several times and didn’t see this anywhere so here are a few things Ive picked up on:
1) Tai sleepwalks and does unspeakable things but can’t remember any of her actions when she’s conscious. There are only two times shown so far where she has become semi-aware mid sleep walking session: a) in Season 1 Episode 6 when she “awakes”and finds herself in the tree outside Sammy’s window and b) in Season 1 Episode 7 when she “awakes” in the tree while watching guard during the expedition. Both moments are told from her perspective.
2) When she wakes up while on guard, she believes something is off and her friends are in trouble. She hears faint noises and screams. She jumps down from the tree and disappears into what appears to be a fog below. Where did this fog come from and why is it not present in the following scene? She seemed pretty high in the tree and we don’t see her land. I think Tai jumping into the fog was her “jumping” back into her altered mind space. Also, aren’t the other girls fighting off wolves using torches? Despite how foggy it is, the fire torches being the only source of light in a dark forest would be easily identifiable. Speaking of the other girls…
2) As 3 teenage girls who had to fight off hungry wolves together, I find it odd that Misty, Mari, and Akilah never bring up that part. When they run to get help, they only mention Van’s injury. 3 completely different characters never mention they had to fight tooth and nail from becoming meal prep for a pack of hungry animals. That sounds like something that would at least be a topic for a week. Furthermore in that scene after Tai (allegedly) kills the wolf to save Van, the other girls run to see what happened with their torches completely gone. Did the other wolves just throw in the towel and run off? Or did Misty, Mari, and Akilah just wake up to the commotion and found a chopped and screwed Van at Tai’s side?
4) Every other instance of wolves throughout parts of the first season BEFORE the attack turnout to be false alarms. When she’s playing shadow puppets with Sammy, she’s spooks hers with a hand puppet of a wolf. In a different scene, she imagines a wolf is outside her home while looking out the second story window. Quickly grabs a knife and heads to out on to be met with nothing. Is it that much of a stretch to say that the wolves she imagined in the past during that “attack” were not there either? Like almost every other player on the team, Tai had her own issues. We already know she has no problem inflicting pain on others from that early moment in the show premiere where she trips Ally and breaks her leg.
4) Tai also fires a flare gun during the attack scene that seemingly goes out quick, which is odd. The red color lights up the scene while Tai is swinging the axe but is no longer present when she goes to turn over Van. When the girls show up, they are not bathed in the light from flare. Seems like a short time to me but I’m also not a wilderness person so correct me if I’m wrong.
I think there were no wolves and she imagined it all to validate her attack on Van. Like what’s shown in the recent episode when she bites Van’s lip, Tai seems to have a subconscious urge to hurt Van. I think it could be latent internalized homophobia, especially since she wasn’t out when the series started. That’s not even mentioning the other odd supernatural things she can see. What do you think?

Just started playing Human Revolution after I bounced off of it a couple of years ago, and the similarities are striking. Small hub world in a dirty city (in which the locations feel quite familiar), the different paths to each solution (shooting, hacking, ventcrawling, interacting w environment), your own 'cosy' apartment, the dialogue trees, the gray mc. And a living world instead of audio logs. Thank god.
Facial animations were better in vtmb tho. But dehr has a more fleshed out character. And mostly better (if flashy at times) cutscenes, which always were a bit janky in vampytown.
Just my ramblings, what came into my head. Probably not that unique of a take. But the only immersive sims that I played so far are the Thief series.

Are you looking for someone who's never gonna give you up? Who's never gonna let you down? Who's never gonna run around and desert? Someone who's never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye and hurt you?
Are you looking for a guy who will listen to your school/work stories with passion? Looking for someone who will actually make effort to be with you as much as they while still respecting your boundaries? Looking for someone who will take the time to plan some online dates? Looking for someone who will make you feel beautiful every single day in so many ways ? Well, look no further, you found him. I really wanna find that special someone who everything will make sense with, someone who all those love songs will make sense with, that someone who I will find the will and motivation to make cute small gestures of love to, who will make me a little more excited to wake up in the morning, looking forward to what the day has for me knowing that I will have them by my side (maybe not physically but in spirit). I will never shame you for what you think or what you believe in, except maybe if you don't like memes then SHAME ON YOU (kidding) I'm not here to judge you, we should accept each other for who we are.
Now that the cheesy intro is done, Hi! I'm a dental medicine intern, I like playing video games, i watch too much youtube, i like watching anime and sitcoms. I cook and bake sometimes, i'm really good at it (says anyone who has tried my food) i just don't do it often because of laziness. I don't do drugs, smoke weed or drink alcohol but it's okay if you do. I have so much love to give and yet i can't find someone to do that with. It's really hard to find a girl who will reciprocate feelings and especially to make some effort in a relationship and communicate well, or at least that was my experience so far. I have sadly been ghosted a lot and had a lot of unfortunate incidents, but oh well, i always keep in mind that something good will happen eventually. I do suffer from mental health issues but they're pretty much under control and i'm almost off the meds so i believe i'm going in the right direction. This will most probably be long distance at the beginning at least, until i finish my studies so we can divise a plan to move to each other, so if you can't handle distance, that's okay, this isn't for you. I know distance can be hard, but if you find a partner who will make effort to make time for you and plan cute dates with you and try to spend as much time with you as they can, then it's all worth it.
Here's what i'm thinking, cos based on the previous experiences, waiting 6 hours for a chat reply just kills off the vibe : We could do voice calls like daily at first, kinda like a speed date, get to know each other, ask each other questions, that sort of thing. I think that would beat going for chats at first cos usually i have to wait hours for a reply then we both lose interest.
You : -I don't really care about looks, height, skin color, body type, nail polish colour, eyelash length or body hair. Every girl is beautiful in her own way, you just have to know how to appreciate her. - You need to be able to cooperate with me since this will be long distance for the time being so we will have to work around our schedules and find time for each other. I know it sounds hard but it can easily be done if there's a will. - I know i said i will provide so much care and attention and love so i expect it to be reciprocated because one sided attention and effort is exhausting and even toxic. Plus it takes two people to maintain a relationship - I don't mind if you have tattoos or piercings or anything, it's your body and your choice to do what you please with it. I'm also 420 friendly and alcohol friendly as long as you're not doing anything to harm yourself. -After a few tries with posts, I'm pretty sure i want someone who's clingy, because that translates to someone who will WANT to spend time with me, someone who will check on me a few times a day, someone who will make a big effort to make time and to spend quality time together and that really makes a big difference to me. I also want someone who can carry a conversation with me not just follow my lead. -Communication, communication, communication. I think this one speaks for itself. I want someone who can i really have conversations with. Because the true test of a bond isn't when we're having pleasant conversations all the time, it's when there's conflict and the way you will react to those conflicts. I want someone who will make effort to make this work, not call it off within the first sign of an inconvenience. -I want you to make effort to talk to me especially at first because the first period of making that bond is really critical imo and it needs a lot of communication.
If you read till the end, you can send me your message with an INTRODUCTION about yourself (i reckon it's decent effort to write me something after i've written all of this), include the word Bananahammock in it so i know you read till the end, tell me something interesting about yourself, or like your plans for the rest of the year, you know, apart from us going out. * sheeesh * Please be available to text and get to know each other so we can build a connection

Are you looking for someone who's never gonna give you up? Who's never gonna let you down? Who's never gonna run around and desert? Someone who's never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye and hurt you?
Are you looking for a guy who will listen to your school/work stories with passion? Looking for someone who will actually make effort to be with you as much as they while still respecting your boundaries? Looking for someone who will take the time to plan some online dates? Looking for someone who will make you feel beautiful every single day in so many ways ? Well, look no further, you found him. I really wanna find that special someone who everything will make sense with, someone who all those love songs will make sense with, that someone who I will find the will and motivation to make cute small gestures of love to, who will make me a little more excited to wake up in the morning, looking forward to what the day has for me knowing that I will have them by my side (maybe not physically but in spirit). I will never shame you for what you think or what you believe in, except maybe if you don't like memes then SHAME ON YOU (kidding) I'm not here to judge you, we should accept each other for who we are.
Now that the cheesy intro is done, Hi! I'm a dental medicine intern, I like playing video games, i watch too much youtube, i like watching anime and sitcoms. I cook and bake sometimes, i'm really good at it (says anyone who has tried my food) i just don't do it often because of laziness. I don't do drugs, smoke weed or drink alcohol but it's okay if you do. I have so much love to give and yet i can't find someone to do that with. It's really hard to find a girl who will reciprocate feelings and especially to make some effort in a relationship and communicate well, or at least that was my experience so far. I have sadly been ghosted a lot and had a lot of unfortunate incidents, but oh well, i always keep in mind that something good will happen eventually. I do suffer from mental health issues but they're pretty much under control and i'm almost off the meds so i believe i'm going in the right direction. This will most probably be long distance at the beginning at least, until i finish my studies so we can divise a plan to move to each other, so if you can't handle distance, that's okay, this isn't for you. I know distance can be hard, but if you find a partner who will make effort to make time for you and plan cute dates with you and try to spend as much time with you as they can, then it's all worth it.
Here's what i'm thinking, cos based on the previous experiences, waiting 6 hours for a chat reply just kills off the vibe : We could do voice calls like daily at first, kinda like a speed date, get to know each other, ask each other questions, that sort of thing. I think that would beat going for chats at first cos usually i have to wait hours for a reply then we both lose interest.
You : -I don't really care about looks, height, skin color, body type, nail polish colour, eyelash length or body hair. Every girl is beautiful in her own way, you just have to know how to appreciate her. - You need to be able to cooperate with me since this will be long distance for the time being so we will have to work around our schedules and find time for each other. I know it sounds hard but it can easily be done if there's a will. - I know i said i will provide so much care and attention and love so i expect it to be reciprocated because one sided attention and effort is exhausting and even toxic. Plus it takes two people to maintain a relationship - I don't mind if you have tattoos or piercings or anything, it's your body and your choice to do what you please with it. I'm also 420 friendly and alcohol friendly as long as you're not doing anything to harm yourself. -After a few tries with posts, I'm pretty sure i want someone who's clingy, because that translates to someone who will WANT to spend time with me, someone who will check on me a few times a day, someone who will make a big effort to make time and to spend quality time together and that really makes a big difference to me. I also want someone who can carry a conversation with me not just follow my lead. -Communication, communication, communication. I think this one speaks for itself. I want someone who can i really have conversations with. Because the true test of a bond isn't when we're having pleasant conversations all the time, it's when there's conflict and the way you will react to those conflicts. I want someone who will make effort to make this work, not call it off within the first sign of an inconvenience. -I want you to make effort to talk to me especially at first because the first period of making that bond is really critical imo and it needs a lot of communication.
If you read till the end, you can send me your message with an INTRODUCTION about yourself (i reckon it's decent effort to write me something after i've written all of this), include the word Bananahammock in it so i know you read till the end, tell me something interesting about yourself, or like your plans for the rest of the year, you know, apart from us going out. * sheeesh * Please be available to text and get to know each other so we can build a connection

Are you looking for someone who's never gonna give you up? Who's never gonna let you down? Who's never gonna run around and desert? Someone who's never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye and hurt you?
Are you looking for a guy who will listen to your school/work stories with passion? Looking for someone who will actually make effort to be with you as much as they while still respecting your boundaries? Looking for someone who will take the time to plan some online dates? Looking for someone who will make you feel beautiful every single day in so many ways ? Well, look no further, you found him. I really wanna find that special someone who everything will make sense with, someone who all those love songs will make sense with, that someone who I will find the will and motivation to make cute small gestures of love to, who will make me a little more excited to wake up in the morning, looking forward to what the day has for me knowing that I will have them by my side (maybe not physically but in spirit). I will never shame you for what you think or what you believe in, except maybe if you don't like memes then SHAME ON YOU (kidding) I'm not here to judge you, we should accept each other for who we are.
Now that the cheesy intro is done, Hi! I'm a dental medicine intern, I like playing video games, i watch too much youtube, i like watching anime and sitcoms. I cook and bake sometimes, i'm really good at it (says anyone who has tried my food) i just don't do it often because of laziness. I don't do drugs, smoke weed or drink alcohol but it's okay if you do. I have so much love to give and yet i can't find someone to do that with. It's really hard to find a girl who will reciprocate feelings and especially to make some effort in a relationship and communicate well, or at least that was my experience so far. I have sadly been ghosted a lot and had a lot of unfortunate incidents, but oh well, i always keep in mind that something good will happen eventually. I do suffer from mental health issues but they're pretty much under control and i'm almost off the meds so i believe i'm going in the right direction. This will most probably be long distance at the beginning at least, until i finish my studies so we can divise a plan to move to each other, so if you can't handle distance, that's okay, this isn't for you. I know distance can be hard, but if you find a partner who will make effort to make time for you and plan cute dates with you and try to spend as much time with you as they can, then it's all worth it.
Here's what i'm thinking, cos based on the previous experiences, waiting 6 hours for a chat reply just kills off the vibe : We could do voice calls like daily at first, kinda like a speed date, get to know each other, ask each other questions, that sort of thing. I think that would beat going for chats at first cos usually i have to wait hours for a reply then we both lose interest.
You : -I don't really care about looks, height, skin color, body type, nail polish colour, eyelash length or body hair. Every girl is beautiful in her own way, you just have to know how to appreciate her. - You need to be able to cooperate with me since this will be long distance for the time being so we will have to work around our schedules and find time for each other. I know it sounds hard but it can easily be done if there's a will. - I know i said i will provide so much care and attention and love so i expect it to be reciprocated because one sided attention and effort is exhausting and even toxic. Plus it takes two people to maintain a relationship - I don't mind if you have tattoos or piercings or anything, it's your body and your choice to do what you please with it. I'm also 420 friendly and alcohol friendly as long as you're not doing anything to harm yourself. -After a few tries with posts, I'm pretty sure i want someone who's clingy, because that translates to someone who will WANT to spend time with me, someone who will check on me a few times a day, someone who will make a big effort to make time and to spend quality time together and that really makes a big difference to me. I also want someone who can carry a conversation with me not just follow my lead. -Communication, communication, communication. I think this one speaks for itself. I want someone who can i really have conversations with. Because the true test of a bond isn't when we're having pleasant conversations all the time, it's when there's conflict and the way you will react to those conflicts. I want someone who will make effort to make this work, not call it off within the first sign of an inconvenience. -I want you to make effort to talk to me especially at first because the first period of making that bond is really critical imo and it needs a lot of communication.
If you read till the end, you can send me your message with an INTRODUCTION about yourself (i reckon it's decent effort to write me something after i've written all of this), include the word Bananahammock in it so i know you read till the end, tell me something interesting about yourself, or like your plans for the rest of the year, you know, apart from us going out. * sheeesh * Please be available to text and get to know each other so we can build a connection

Mac-royal 1. Lore wise- vr battle royal, you can die, and if so, you get pulled out of vr, take headset off and watch your team via computer screen. When your team buys you back, the headset blinks green and you put it back on.

2. first time you pick up a gun for your account- inspect animation( can go to gun customization and choose to play the first animation again 3. Gun can jam- caused by bullets hitting gun, no rng, rng bad. 4. 60 people- solo 60, duo- 30 teams, trio- 20 teams, quad- 15 teams 5. Smaller maps than apex and warzone, jump out of a plane and use a glide suit, no slow fall, roll to break your fall and zoom into first person 6. Gun merging, tier 1 base, iron sight, 2, sight and 1 slot, 3, two more slots, etc. devs will game balance, they are spear heading 7. Pre lobby your in your room, you can customize it how you want, and look around from your chair, you can click onto the pc and customize your people. Guns will be customized here, attachments and skins. (Probably post launch on the room stuff) 8. Character shards- get when you find easter eggs for character pre reveal, along with a emote that suits them, and you can get universal character shards via high placements and leveling up, separate from regular currency, can be bought with regular currency, after a while the price will drop (r6s style) less shards needed, more forgiving to new comers 9. Buildings are destructible- add maybe a little bit of the ground can be burrowed into, and you can find hidden buildings, sewers, etc. 10. Underground bunkers containing special skin loot with fancy tracers or slight stat alterations 2min and will be put on tier 4, so you can merge for a more refined version, or have two people use it, and there will be 3 locations each match that has the special weapons for that location, make it a risky gamble. Could make a vault system like apex where you need a key to get in 11. No fall damage, can’t redeploy gliding suit, can slide down building and jump off the side, no unlimited wall run, and can double jump, gravity boots to run up walls (requires running start, otherwise regular wall climb), bo3 bar for energy. 12. Characters put on for support, making small shields around a ally to block some damage, defense to build walls (destructsble) and demolition people, boom time. 13. Grenades- 1 type equipped only cool down- frag, thermite (burn down doors and floors) and sticky (extra stick damage), closer you are to the grenade, more damage. 14. Ability will have multiple charges or be powerful. Long ability recharge, damaging recharges faster, ability cells- 2 inventory slot does not charge ult. Maybe pill design. 15. Special anti camp tools, hammer of dawn esk lazer. Only damages buildings, not ground or people. 16. Ttk bit faster than apex- evo armor is a must, reward them for good skill and timing, sniper damage is reduced for armor counting after 2 hits, first two full, then slow decay 17. Health is smaller, and will regen semi fast, storm will hurt shield first then health 18. 8 inventory slots, death sploads loot on ground, small shield 1, big 2, ability cell 2, grenade cell separate 19. No knock down shield, can give up, will drop dog tag that enemy can use to discount buying their friend back, for 25% off, if your team uses it on you, its 35% off, can pick up team mates and break down walls. Can’t use weapons or ability, no advanced movements (wall run double jump, etc) move at a slower rate revive is 8 seconds, but possible revive item or character that can revive faster (doesn’t stack) 20. Buy back- enemies drop money and a dog tag, used to buy back your friend or upgrade loot, can buy a ping to the nearest weapon that you want inside the ring, can buy ring intel 21. Map- cyber punk city, with a central park- refrence cyber punk edge runners, fortnite cyber city, add in some abandoned buildings near the outskirts and a area under construction, not many tall buildings, add in schools and other usual city things 22. Level up- some currency, you win a match 2 universal character shards, second place 1 shard 23. Store- can buy real money currency for skins only, regular currency can be used to buy all things in the shop 24. Heirlooms- 2 types, 500 wins or 5000 kills for type 1. X amount of kills in a match, or x amount of damage (base on ttk) 25. Ranked,7 devisions, bronze silver gold plat diamond, challenger, and guild master but top 500 special emote which will never be unlocked again. 26. Challanges- you can unlock skins by completing a gun challange or voice lines by doing a character challenge 27. Gold guns- base skin will be regular gold gun, but if you have a skin equipped it will do a special animation as it transmutes into it’s gold variant. 28. Characters, we will need them. Open to ideas on them 

Also. Feel free to suggest changes i added some stuff not said in the video and y’all are welcome to pitch ideas as well.
Macro video

This is a super long post, but there is a TL;DR at the end. I encourage everyone to read.
Prior to EoC, getting from place to place wasn't always as easy as today thanks to abilities such as Surge. A good Agility level could combat this by making you recover run energy faster, but unfortunately for Agility, it's 2023.
Agility's benefits these days is bare minimum to none at all depending on the player.
Shortcuts are likely the first and foremost thought when it comes to Agility, but I hate to break it, but shortcuts are nothing more than just a gate with a cute animation. A gate that costs an "x" amount of time an order to cross it. The worst part about shortcuts is the inconsistencies they cost in order to even access some of them (as well as some just having the chance to fail).
Some of the worst offenders are:

• The Port Phasmatys low wall (A whopping 92 Agility). This shortcut is a small wall that is no taller than the player character's chest. On the outside it's at least shoulder height but we are at Level 92 at this point.
• The Islands That Once Were Turtles shortcut (63 Agility). This "shortcut" is literally ankle height. It's JUST a brick and I'm not exaggerating.
• Shortcut to Talvery Dungeon (52 Agility). This shortcut can be Surged around faster.
• Shilo Village stone shortcut (74 Agility). Along with the previous shortcut, these are near identical to the Lumbridge Swamp Cave's Stepping Stone shortcut. This is a problem because the Cave's shortcut requires literally only Level 1 Agility, showing the player character can clearly surpass such obstacles (or at least they should, but it is still not failproof).

But the absolute worst offender is the River crossing to Tree Stronghold (61 Agility). This "shortcut" is literally just a stile. A stile. I don't think I even have to explain why a stile out of all things should not be this high.
"Isn't Teleportation also just a time-gate with fancy animations?"
Yes and no.
For teleportation spells, absolutely, however Magic is an absolutely valid combat skill and a good source of income.
Even if you don't level Magic at all whether you're a skilling pure or decide to go the Way of the Bonk, there are still options such as Magic Tabets which have no Magic requirement at all to use and can be bought from other players.
"What about Ironemen who can't buy teletabs?"
My partner in Guthix, this is Evolution of Combat! Lodestones exist! There's also many other forms of teleportation too that can be bought from vendors, crafted, or earned as a reward.
Next is the actual methods to train Agility and already we run into some huge glaring issues:

• It's nearly unprofitable.
• It's both punishing and inconsistent due to luck.
• It's horribly repetitive, even for Runescape.

The list of the Agility Courses being offenders is just too high, so I'll name some courses that are actually a step in the right direction:

• Burthrope Agility Course and Gnome Agility Course. That's right, both of the initial starting courses. Why? Because they are failproof. They are a good introduction to Agility. They are not perfect, but they are good for starting. I do think only one beginner course is necessary, but still good to have.
• Wilderness Agility Course (specifically with Demonic Skull). Although dangerous, this course's XP rate scales with your current level.
• Hefin Agility Course. Once again, failproof. Furthermore, the Velocity Mechanic as well as literal shortcuts during the course make it one of the best to run.

The absolute best course, however, is Anachronia: Island-wide agility Course. The rewards it can offer ia absolutely nothing to scoff at and can even be extremely profitable. Sadly it still has flaws.
"What about Agility Arena? The Pirate Hook (left) is over 100M!"
True, the Pirate Hook is well over 100M whereas Double Surge is over 75M. Both roughly take the same amount of time to get, but that's being generous to Agility Arena since failures are still possible, death is a possibility, and you can even miss the tickets. This is all assuming one would have the Karmaja Gloves 4 as well. You can fail on Anachronia, but even a failure will still advance you to the next section. Also the XP rates of Agility Arena are abysmal in comparison to Anachronia.
"Why don't you just use Silverhawks?"
Silverhawks only exist as a cheap bandage solution to fix the horrible mess that Agility is. And when I mean cheap, I mean it. Seriously. If you made a new character and give them Silverhawks, it would only cost (currently) under 60M to go from 0 xp all the way to level 99 Agility. This isn't even including Bonus XP, Double XP, any XP boosters of any kind, or the multitude of feathers dumped on you from dailies. And before you even say "well 60M is a lot for a new player", just selling a single bond could solve that. Silverhawks are just a horrible way to bypass all the work that was put into the skill (alongside proteans as well).
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Okay that was a lot of complaining, but let's talk about things that are now good and promising about Agility.
The (extremely few) weapon benefits!
Some weapons actually benefit and scale depending on your agility level such as the Crystal Weapons and cam provide nice bonuses.
Skill combos!
Although they're not too useful these days, having a high Agility can provide benefits to some Hunter, Fishing, and Thieving (another mostly useless, inconsistent, and heavily luck based skill) activities. Why does it have to stop there?
Let it combo with other skills!
Herblore can have a chance to give an extra potion dose because your quick mixing granted greater yield, Cooking can avoid food being burnt, Firemaking can let you bolster the flames further as you quickly avoided letting the fire from going out, Woodcutting can have auto catching birds nests depending on tree and Agility level.
Abilities!
Although Surge and Escape were originally combat skills and how Dive is a diet Bladed Dive, I feel absolutely fine with having Agility having skills. If anything, Agility should have a completely new ability tree with its own set of abilities. Perhaps it can feature an ability similar to Defenders and have a chance to reduce damage taken, perhaps you can rile yourself up and temporarily increase adrenaline gained, increase crit chance, or accuracy. Maybe an ultimate ability where you clear and are briefly immune to negative stat drains (to combo with potions like saro brews). This could probably fit inside the Defense tab.
I'm aware that Agility is not a combat skill and to keep it that way, it should have no skills at all that increase one's own lifepoints or decrease an enemy's. Similar to Surge, there should also be skills that can be used outside of combat like how Magic has some non-combat spells.
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What needs fixing? Agility Courses and Shortcuts.
Firstly, shortcuts should be scaled with how impressive the skips are. I refuse to believe that it takes less effort to parkour over crumbling statues in Morytania than to step over a low wall in Kuradal's dungeon. Shortcuts need to get progressively cooler and riskier after each one. Not being able to do a shortcut that near anyone could do in real life is just insulting.
Obstacle and shortcut failures should just be completely removed forever. One of the worst mechanics is being punished for something you had no control over. This especially hurts on Expert Gnome and Barabarian Courses which force a full restart due to RNG. A change is absolutely necessary.
Newer skills have a very good feature: being afk-able, but rewarding players for not. Skills like Divination, Archeology, and the Mining rework all reward a player for looking and Agility can use this too.
In order to reach the perfect course, we need a mix of Hefin and Anachronia: something profitable, but also rewards paying attention.
Anything profitable or something that provides a buff to the player is worthwhile and players can spend their time doing the courses because it's rewarding and not punishing. All Courses deserve its own Velocity meter, except it extends to the entire course, not just an obstacle. Perhaps players can catch "Velocity Sprites" that appear similar to Seren Spirits during the auto laps or something similar to keep the streak going, otherwise they'll have to manually run courses again to build their velocity back up. This will reward the player for quickly reacting to the quick time event (which I feel is fitting for Agility).
As for rewards, why what better reward is there than the new Agility abilities? Let the player learn and be able to trade said abilities with other players similar to Double Surge and let that be the way they unlock the new Agility ability tree.
"What about the Surefooted Aura/Greater Surefooted/Agility Cape?"
They both can be changed to fit the new Velocity Sprites mechanic. The Aura and cape could both extend the amount of auto laps one can do by +1 each, up to +4 auto laps with Greater Surefooted and Cape, letting you stack both whereas having both beforehand would not only be pointless, but having Surefooted at all when you have access to Agility Cape is even more pointless.
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TL;DR: Agility needs a rework badly and a rehaul of agility courses is necessary while things such as abilities and skill combos could be introduced to Agility to make it worth leveling up aside for accessing Max Cape.
Thank you for everyone who read, I'd love to hear your comments on how to approve Agility, whether it's Course rewards, new abilities, skill combos, or something completely different!
Edit: I'd like to thank the Reddit FC for giving me help and advice for this post. <3

Early 2000 me watch this film on DVD, black background with colorful flash of light, smoke, ink in water, animals, etc. Me remember a butterfly and maybe a bee or frog, checked BBC documentary and National Geographic but found nothing. Me think it could be a random disc but I remember watching as me growing, it seem like it's for toddler to learn their color but with no speaking only classical music. Please help me

I haven't posted on this site before but I hear people can share their experiences and deepest thoughts on here. So I hope I can find some peace of mind knowing I can share my stories and life changing experiences with the possibility of others being able to relate. Also this story is an extremely long one that takes over the span of a year. So prepare for a long read if your down for it. So with that being said I will begin telling you the story of how one particular guinea pig changed my life. It was March 19th 2022 almost close to my brother's birthday. My mom without my acknowledgement purchased a grey and white male guinea pig and hid him in our basement to surprise my brother on his birthday. When I came home my sister came to me all excited telling me about my brother's gift. I was not in the least bit thrilled cause I knew I would have to pay for it's food and other basic needs. My mom isn't one to care for him do to him being in the rodent family. We brought him upstairs and presented it to my brother. Of course he was not interested in his gift and stated he would have prefered a puppy over a guinea pig. My sister then claimed him and decided to name him Ponyo. You know like after one of those Studio Ghibli films. After doing some research we discovered guinea pigs being social and decided the next day to get him a friend. So the next day we went out to a local pet store to find Ponyo a friend. As we all walked in we discovered a tank filled with black and white guinea pigs. All were short haired but one in particular stood out from the rest. It's fur was long, fluffy, soft, and flowing. I hesitated to get it because the tank stated they were female. However my two sisters begged me to buy her. I asked the a store worker if they had males and they pulled out a box from the back room. There was 4 small sickly looking males. None looked as good as the females in the tank. So after some time I gave in and allowed my siblings to get the fluffy black and white guinea pig. The worker then opened the tank and scooped up the little fluff ball. Its screamed in fear almost as if begging to stay in the tank with it's herd. However, when it was placed in my sister's arms it went silent and limp in her arms. My sister then look up at me and stated that this guinea pig was the one. We purchased her and brought her home. My sister then named her Nezzie after the character Nezuko from the anime Demon Hunter. I rolled my eyes but it's their animals not mine. We then introduced Nezzie and Ponyo under supervised play dates until Ponyo was old enough to be neutered. From that day on I go to work and come home to tend to their cages in the living room. On week 2 their personalities were starting to show. Ponyo was the energetic idiot with rocks for brains who loved to zoom around in his cage. Nezzie was a bit more docile with a bratty diva like attitude who demanded attention and food. One day I turned on the TV and the two would sit in their cage during one of their supervised play times and actually watch the TV. The more days past and both started showing me signs of not only being self aware to an extent but also being complex emotional creatures capable of forming bonds. Before I knew it a month goes by and they started to wheek at the very sight of me. Nezzie especially demanded that I pick her up and hold her. She would melt into my arms and purr when I stroked her fur. Ponyo however hated being picked up and would run from my hands. Nezzie once started to wheek one night until I came over to her cage. She came to me and I picked her up. Turns out she just wanted my attention. If I didn't give into her demands she would sit in a corner and pout, chattering her teeth. She later learns to just bite the bars of her cage non stop as that often would give me no choice but to give in. Over the summer I would have them out in the back porch in a playpen. Once during dinner my family would watch them run around as we ate outside. Soon both my parents started to warm up to the idea of having them around. However soon things started to take a turn for Nezzie. I found an abscess in one of her hind legs. I then took her to the vet and had it removed. She healed up and I thought it would end there. The vet told me Ponyo and Nezzie may not be getting along but of course both were inseparable. Both would call out to each other if separated and would sleep, eat, and play together. Then one day in June I was watching them play in the playpen as usual when my mom came out to talk with me. Now I'm not sure if I told you just how smart guinea pigs are but they are in fact very smart. The moment I turned my back to speak to my mom was the moment Ponyo took his shot. He got her pregnant and I was unable to stop him in time. To make matters worse her abscess came back in the same exact spot in her hind leg. I took her to the vet and had her treated again. Also during this time the air conditioner broke and I had to take the guinea pigs into my room where I had a mini conditioner set up in my room window. Almost every night Nezzie would stand right next to me at the end of her cage to watch me work in my computer. One night in particular was when she was nearing the end of her pregnancy she came to watch me work looking absolutely shit faced. I knew that pregnancy can be exhausting but never even considered it would be a grueling process in animals too. Anyhow her leg healed up and soon on July 29th at 7:30 am her babies were born. I woke up to the sound what I thought were puppy like noises. Funny how newborn Guinea Pigs can sound just like little puppies. It was also during this time that Ponyo was finally able to get neutered as he was at long last considered old enough for the procedure. After Ponyo healed up he was finally able to permanently live with Nezzie. No more play dates and wheeking for each other every night after being seperated. We ended up naming her babies : Billy, Bee, Stella, and Sweet Pea. Now here is where the painful part of my experience comes in. Nezzie ended up picking on Sweet Pea and one day bit him on the face. I was at work at the time so I had to base what happened on my sister's word. I came home and saw him in the corner of the cage whining and struggling to breath. I picked him up to look at him and my sister kept telling me to take him to the vet. But of course the vet is closed during this time. Even so the vet is not skilled to work with a baby this small yet alone one in the rodent family being of this size. I held him in my arms and after some time he died in my arms. I placed him back into the cage so his family could see him. I then began to feel pain like that I had never felt before. I knew I had to bury Nezzie's baby so I took the body away and placed in in a toilet paper roll. I taped both sides shut and took it outside into the back yard with a shovel in my hands. I cried so hard as I began to dig the hole. I had failed to take care of you I thought and his last moments were in my arms. It's was in the dead of night when I buried him and couldn't even look at my father in eye because I felt like such a wimp for crying over something to small. Sweet Pea was the runt of the litter and my best guess as to what happened was that Nezzie rejected him. I later went to bed and when I woke up the next day I instantly felt much better. Seeing the other babies growing and Nezzie being chased around by them just warmed my heart and was able help me heal from the loss. When the babies were 4 weeks old I had them placed for adoption on a Guinea Pig Finder site. The two boys Billy and Bee were instantly adopted together but Stella being the only girl of the litter was having trouble finding a home. That's when I one day walked into the local pet store to ask if I could place a flier for Stella. As soon as I mentioned of a female Guinea Pig a staff member came running out of the back room. She was jumping for joy was she wanted to know more of Stella. I showed her a pic and she immediately showed me her guinea pig herd that she had at home. That moment was when I knew I found Stella her forever home. Of course all adopters had to wait for at least 2 weeks being the babies were still a bit too young. It was during those 2 weeks was when I purchased Nezzie and Ponyo's bigger and permanent CC Kavee cage so both could live together. On September 14th Stella was officially a month old and was ready to go to her new home. I watched as Nezzie and Stella as they ate their last meal together in their cage. After a few videos and photos it was time to bring her to her new family. I took Stella out of the cage and placed her into the carrier. Another goodbye tho this time it's with a happier ending for Stella then with Sweet Pea. I got teary eyed as a drove her to the meeting point where I would hand Stella to her new home. When I arrived to the store where the lady worked I handed Stella over. I then couldn't contain my emotions any longer and began to cry like a fool in front of the staff in the store. I gave Stella my last goodbyes and left as the lady took Stella to her car and we both drove off to our separate ways. Later that night she sent me videos of Stella jumping for joy in her new herd. 3 days later and it was Billy and Bee's turn to go to their new forever home. After a few pics and videos it was time to go. I placed them into a big cardboard box and had one of my sisters with me. We drove to the meeting point and met the new family. They had a little girl with curly blondish redish hair who handed me a letter. I gave the family the two guinea pigs along with some toys and food. Surprisingly I didn't cry or feel sad at all this time. I think it was because I was better prepared for that moment due to Stella. Later I drove home and cleaned out the boy's old cage and took Ponyo back out from is temporary set up and into that cage. I read the letter the girl gave me and it was the little girl thanking me for giving her the guinea pigs and promising to take good care of them. Shortly after Nezzie and Ponyo's cage came delivered at the front porch. The Kavee CC cage and the Guinea Dad mats all came in and soon after it was all set up, Nezzie and Ponyo were at long last able to live together. Both Nezzie and Ponyo started to popcorn and run around their new cage. After they settled in I was able to clear the room of their old cages and actually start to enjoy the company of the two, the way it was intended to be. No more babies and no more vet visits. Billy and Bee were both renamed Cookie and Caramel and Stella still remained as Stella. From that day on I would go to work and actually look forward to something when I came home. Every night I came home and both Ponyo and Nezzie would come running up to me at the end of their cage to greet me. Nezzie often would wheek every time I would walk in my room, EVERYTIME. When ever I would pet her in her loft she would stretch out her body and even roll over slightly so I would be able to rub her belly. Nezzie was a little dog in a rodent body. She had no fear of me or anyone. Tho Nezzie and Ponyo both hate the sound of my car keys. When they would hear the sound of keys they both would run under the loft for cover. It's also around this time when my siblings and I began to teach Nezzie and Ponyo new tricks. After some trial and error we managed to teach them how to stand for treats or food. So whenever it was close to their veggie time both would stand up. If they see me reaching for a bag they stand thinking I'm going to give them treats. Summer has come to a close and soon fall was in air. Soon it was time for for Halloween. My family went to pick out pumpkins and sent me pic of Nezzie with the pumpkins. She looked to cute. We even had little costumes set up for them too. After the mini photo shoot we all placed them back and I gave them Pumpkin to eat for the first time. Both loved it very much. It was a routine with me and them. Work, come home, clean the cage, feed them, give them attention, be on my computer for a bit, sleep, and repeat. Both often try to stick their noses through the cage bars when ever I would eat something. Once Nezzie tried to nibble at my chicken nuggets and I had to explain how she couldn't eat those. When it was their feeding time, Nezzie of course becomes a menace. As I pour the pellets she would try to stick her head into the bag. I would even try to push her out of the way and she would come charging back to the opened bag of pellets. Ponyo only acts this way when it came to the hay. But like all animals it seems that all speak the language of food. Unless I have food, Ponyo would have nothing to do with me. For 6-7 months they lived together in that cage. They had their Thanksgiving and Christmas together. Ponyo and Nezzie were even in our new years photo. So within the year they became an official part of my life and family. I felt so strongly towards both of them. Here I was from not really liking them to out right loving them as if they were my children. After the new years however was when Nezzie started to have health issues again. She one day started limping in the cage and didn't want to go to her food. I had to bring the food to her. I gave her some critical care and she was feeling much better after that. I of course had to take her to a vet but the local one was closed. So I drove her to another clinic. After some inspection they then told me they had some bad news. They informed me that they found a mass in her abdomen. They told me they believed it could be cancer but are not sure as to what it was. My world was shattered at that point. So I drove home with Nezzie and she later recovered from her limping. She magically started to go back to normal after they gave me some medicine to give her for 2 days. A month goes by and all is well. However my car had some repair issues so I was without a ride. I was completely dependant on my parents for transportation for work or anything else. Even so my parents have their own daily schedules to tend to. So as much as I wanted to have Nezzie's mass looked at I couldn't work the time of day to do it. 5 weeks later my car at long last was fixed and I could independently travel on my own terms again. But it was too late. By the time I was ready to plan an appointment to take Nezzie in she later took a turn for the worst. She slowly started to lose her appetite do to the pain she was in. The next day she stopped eating all together. She stood under the loft wimping in pain. So I scooped her up and rushed to vet without an appointment made. Turned out he was booked and needed to make room for Nezzie when he could. The lady at the counter told me I could wait outside as it would be awhile. In my heart I knew today may as well be her last day. I walked back and forth on the outside sidewalk as I waited for them the call me on her results. At 4:30 they called me and told me she passed. I came back inside into the waiting room and they lead me inside one of their back rooms. The vet then handed me Nezzie's body in the carrier. Her body was still warm but lifeless. He told be she passed but my gut told me he found something serious and just had her put down. They gave me a little jar of her hair and two white cards with her paw and nose print. After I paid the vet's bill I began to cry as I carried her out the office. My poor poor Nezzie who I watched grow up, became a mom, and soon my companion was gone. She was one day as happy as can be then less within the span of 2 days decline rapidly only to die. As I drove home I had difficulty seeing the road as my tears were making it difficult to see. I informed the family as to what happened. We first got Nezzie on March 20, 2022 and she died on March 22, 2023. Was this life's cruel joke? Why take her from me just days after she just turned a year old. She had a whole life filled with more love and cuddles to come and life stole that from her. I placed her body in the cage for Ponyo to see. I wanted him to know what had happened. I watched as he tried to wake her up, licking her face, and nudging her. I later went to the store to by tea cloth and rope to bury her with. When I came home I saw Ponyo in the corner of the loft staring at Nezzie's body from afar. I then took her body and wrapped it up and placed in in the outside fridge. I cleaned the cage so Ponyo wouldn't be able to smell Nezzie's scent anymore. The next day I had to go out and on the way back home I picked a bunch of dandelions for Nezzie. I pulled her body out the fridge and carried it to the back yard with a shovel in one hand. I dig a hole 2 to 3 foot deep. I had a cloth laid out and placed some hay on top for Nezzie to lay in. I then surrounded her body with the dandelions I picked earlier b/c she loves to eat them. I placed some new toys, pellets, and treats for her too. After my sister came out, we both mourned over our loss and I wrapped Nezzie up with all her goodies before placing her in the hole. I then placed a cake shaped chew on top b/c of her recent birthday and wished her a happy birthday one last time before I finally buried her. For two days it rained non stop and I myself was clouded by grief. Life's cruel joke. It's was days after she turned 1 and nature decided to kill her. All I felt was my heart drop as I was in total shock. I wanted to die, I no longer had the will to live. for 2 days I couldn't eat or sleep. I kept thinking about my Nezzie. How it's all my fault, and that I didn't do enough for her. As of currently am starting to heal from this loss but it did leave a lasting impression on me. No, it was Nezzie who left an impression on me. She came into my life and made it a little less miserable. As a kid you have lots to look forward to but the older you get the less there is. Less new experiences, less happiness, and less overall optimism. As an adult you see the world for what it really is, when all life is met with the tragic ending of death. There is no lasting friendships, only those you work with in dead end jobs. My life has become dull with no real motivation to push forward in life. I have become isolated without a companion and Nezzie filled that void. I was no longer depressed nor as lonely. Now that she is gone I have to get use to her not being around. Ponyo is all I had left. Tho he is not as affectionate as Nezzie was I still love him just as much. But he needs a new friend as do I. I will forever miss Nezzie and her little licks and cuddles. She loved to lick my face and arms. As I said before she was like a little puppy in a rodents body. Even tho now she is gone, she showed me that not all is lost. Others like Nezzie are out there, just like people. Goodness is as rare as a winning lottery ticket these days. Nezzie was one to show me that. She is a now a constant reminder of just how fragile life within time can be. I learned to appreciate the little time we have and the tho sad to say goodbye, I too will one day go. I just hope I could be as good as Nezzie was. R.I.P to my baby and hope to see her again soon.

I've been seeing my therapist for about 4 years, and she was very helpful in the past. She went on leave for a few months and before she left I panicked a bit, wondered if I'd be okay without my weekly appointment with her. I quickly realised however, that I was fine. There were some things that I wished I could bring up to her that my "temporary" therapist didn't know about (and it would have taken way too much time to catch her up on the particular issue) and that was difficult, but I was fine.
When she emailed me letting me know she was back and wanted to know if I wanted to continue working with her I said yes without any hesitation, I was so relieved!
That being said, I've been dealing with some shitty feelings, a lot of anxiety, and she is aware. She has a set of questions that she asks at the end of every session, one being if I have any suicidal thoughts. I usually say "kind of, same old same old, no plans", but lately more like "yes, but then I realise I don't want to traumatise a train conductor or get cut in half, or cause an accident by jumping off a bridge". To that she just writes notes and goes onto her next question. This isn't the first time that I've mentioned suicidal thoughts in more detail that she hasn't reacted at all. I didn't think about it at first, but days later I realised "wait... how is that not a red flag to her? Has she thrown in the towel, convinced that I won't actually do anything so it isn't worth addressing?"
Instead she is suddenly VERY concerned about my casual weed smoking. It seems to have come out of nowhere. She's always known that I smoked weed, she knows I take pills, that I used to do worse shit and I miss it. How is me mentioning a specific way of committing suicide nothing to sneeze at, but she's up in arms about smoking weed?
Whatever the deal is, i think our therapeutic relationship has reached an impasse.
I'm wondering how I should go about this. I don't want to be disrespectful, because she was very helpful to me in the past. Sometimes when I'm struggling I'll think "What would _____ say if I told her this?" And it helps a lot. In a way I feel like I can predict her responses before she even gives them.
Wow, so sorry... this was much longer than I meant it to be. Anyway, any insight would be much appreciated!

I would have liked to have more time to flesh out this review. To do it a little more justice, but I wanted to get this out there. Whatever you think of it, it is my opinion. Your opinions are of course welcome and I'm happy to debate and talk about the points made here or just the anime in general. I do like One Piece, in the end. Lets all be respectful of each other is all I'm saying.
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One Piece
This section is more so point out Oda’s writing style than part of the review in earnest.
I feel bad anyone watches 1050 episodes of one piece. I mean I did, but if anyone else is thinking about it let me save you like, 420 Hours/17 days.

1. Set out for Island.
2. Arrive at island.
3. Split up for no reason.
4. Realize Island is ruled by dictator and citizens mistreated.
5. Find reason why specific people can't fight, Lost/Perverted/Stupid/Stuck/Hungry etc. to avoid actually power balancing characters.
6. Make luffy fight bad guy.
7. Luffy is either missing a power they have or too weak so fabricate luffy's exit from battle.
8. Luffy miraculously develops power he didn't have.
9. Luffy beats bad guy.
10. Set out for island.

This is the entire show. You can boil it down to what specific bad guy, and extremely lowkey character development that borders on your English teacher talking about how two characters under a light signifying an intelligent conversation.
The interactions between characters is like, weirdly hard to figure out or notice, or it's cryptic for no reason. To the point that there are whole you tube channels dedicated to deciphering the relationships between characters.
It felt like rather than established story lines between characters being consistently observable or impactful Oda was like, whenever I need a new character or feel like there's not enough connection I'll just suddenly create a whole person nobody has ever mentioned before or plop in a memory nobody has ever brought up for no reason.
It feels like really lazy writing in an already scripted step by step anime that almost openly showcases Oda's inability to power scale the characters so they can fight together in most every altercation.
One of my favorite Arcs is thriller bark. Why? Because Oda introduced an enemy and the crew worked together to defeat the enemy. Everyone had a role. Power scaling was present and each characters strengths were being used. That fight was a premiere moment in the anime it seems, for a reason. The same way Zoro and Sanji fighting together in the Davy Back fight felt more iconic than other fights.
Exit Strategies to support poor power scaling really hurt the story and character development and interaction.
Basically we have the Water 7 Arc repeat itself over and over again. Oda will make up incredibly stupid circumstances or reasons why the crew can't ever be together. Will actively not use part of the cast for huge stretches of the show or will just blatantly remove a character from the story/combat by actually time outing them in the most lazy dumb ways possible, which he relies on so heavily that he decided the mechanics he uses to remove the characters are actually traits of said characters.
Franky- A shipwright who always has to fix the ship, stay with the ship, park the ship, build the ship, invent stuff for the ship, so he can't always be with the crew.
Chopper- Scared. Penalized for using rumble balls so he can be removed altogether from the story/combat whenever faced with an enemy he can't feasibly compete with.
Sanji- So much a pervert that he will look his captain in the face and tell him to screw if Oda introduces literally any woman. Giving him the ability to be removed from the story/combat at will.
Zoro- Apparently directionally challenged so Oda can have him open the wrong door at any time and remove him from the story/combat. This one is particularly blatant as seemingly whenever it's convenient Zoro ends up where he is supposed to be or doesn't have any issue figuring out his way.
Luffy- Is an Idiot/Hungry/Power penalty as well as the weakness to sea water at least that is shared with other fruit users not that it hardly ever comes up with anyone but him. Luffy has the most of these flaws because he needs to be removed so he doesn't MC slap around lower ranking enemies.
Nami- Scared.
Ussop- Scared.
Brook- Arguably one of the only characters without too many of these freebie exit strategies built in. Actually has good solo feats.
Of course these aren't always used. Usually the "Scared" Members are split up and Brooke is added incrementally so they can do something useful since the gap between people who would challenge the monster trio and these characters is so unimaginably wide.
After watching 1,000+ episodes I ended up caring less about this and just trying to look at the characters as though they should genuinely be this way although I suspect after being held captive watching these people for 17 days I just got stockholm syndrome and also grew tired of spending my time being upset that I can't see my favorite characters or interactions because Oda would rather take short cuts with aligning combats like a bad Dnd DM.
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Animation/Design
Early episodes of shows that have run this long obviously started off rough. Judging the animation of one of these shows by todays standards shouldn’t be done without taking that into account. And if we’re talking about the Wano arc you would think I would cut it some slack here, but let me explain why I won’t.
Looking at other long running comparable shows like Naruto, the animation from those early stages of the 2000’s began to crisp up into more fluid, colorful, advanced animation styles around the same time. Naruto Shippuden and about halfway through Bleach, which both land around 2008-2009.
If you look at One Piece by comparison, the general consensus is that One Piece didn’t start having anything approaching Naruto/Bleach level animation until around episode 600. 600. Which had airdate of 2013. Half a decade after other similar anime began to look more modern. Of course a lot of this is down to the fact that Toei is a notoriously stingy animation company, which doesn’t serve as any kind of excuse. One piece has been extremely successful and popular for over 20 years and they still lagged behind animation and design vs their competitors until, well, now. The Wano Arc came too late, it’s as though they saved all of the genuine effort of animation for the very end of the show which is woefully sad. Generally speaking, in my opinion, One Piece has the absolute worst history of animation of any long running globally successful anime. Whether it’s down to the studio or not doesn’t change that for me.
I’m not considering this in my actual review of the design of the anime, but I do find the repeated use of animals for the majority of characters and villains in particular to be extremely uninspired and boring. Not all are obviously and this is personal preference and there are probably some justifications for it lore wise, but I wanted to mention it.
Characters-
The straw hats themselves are all very lovable, diverse in goal and personality. I enjoy the small interactions they have in certain moments. Which aren’t really a build up of their relationship unless you sit down and analyze it. Moments like Zoro telling Chopper to be a man, and Sanji agreeing with Zoro that Usopp needed to apologize. These aren’t culminations of the relationships or dialogue that they have shared before which I’ve already criticized, but if you just follow the theme of what the characters are described to be like, the polarity between characters and conversely the meeting of minds between two similar characters in certain situations are satisfying.
While I like that the theme with a lot of villains in One Piece is to have a sort of almost redeeming characteristic or drive behind their malice due to life experience, I don’t believe it to be very complex or interesting. Some of the villains in the show literally are just doing what they want because they can because they have the power to and I find that and these sort of formative bully experiences making whole characters to be astoundingly boring.
The general opinion from people is that characters like Doflamingo and Katakuri are supremely written villains.
These are two very different types of characters, neither of which were very compelling to me. Doflamingo was originally described to me as though he were chaos incarnate and that was the theme of him. This isn’t true (Even if it was that wouldn’t have made his character better). In reality Doflamingo was the victim of the wrath of the Celestial Dragons, who he grew to want to destroy along with the world order. Which was a genuine motivation and a good hook and starting point for a complex character. Unfortunately all of that was thrown out the window when you realize Doflamingo is a hypocrite, treating others the same way or worse than the origin suffering of his character. This took Doflamingo from being an interesting character with fluid allegiances and potential and turned him into an idiot hell bent on achieving the same power and unleashing the same wrath on everyone else that he felt as a child. Which is extremely transparent, not complex, boring and unfortunately a dead end for Doflamingo.
Katakuri didn’t have it too much better as an origin although he took it a more desirable direction. Katakuri was judged for his looks as a child, as an adult he found himself in a situation that had him become a natural enemy to the Straw Hat pirates. He was protective of certain people and capable of empathy, which led to his character being more complex and giving him more potential within the story. I’ve heard the argument that in spite of his empathy he allowed Big Mom to reign over whole cake island with an iron fist and cause it’s people to suffer, which has some weight to it. However at least Katakuri has the motivation that so few ever truly loved him while the rest were genuinely awful to him as he always expected. He kept his circle tight, and his empathy for those he loved and respected. Katakuri ends up being a good character despite the fact that everything that makes him who he is hinges on the idea that people make fun of his face in a world where there are living inanimate objects and half the villains are animals which is just extremely underwhelming and lazy.
If characters aren’t motivated by absolute power, or being bullied, they are motivated by one or the other side of Pirates or the Navy in situations where specifically that pirate or crew, or navy or admiral were evil. Which is again, completely transparent and your just left thinking, yes, this person also thinks all the people in this group are bad because of one experience. This sounds like I’m criticizing this too, which I am. I will say though it isn’t lost on me the worldbuilding being done here and the parallels it draws to racism, sometimes in a more understated way and sometimes extremely direct like in the case of the fishmen.
Similar to the way racism is showcased by characters experiences, the world nobility demonstrate the rampant classism in the world of One Piece. All of this is to say that I understand there is worldbuilding at play here, which I can appreciate. My criticism however is how characters are used to push these narratives time and time again. Instead of having a more complex history and more unique and personal motivations similarly to the straw hat pirates who all uniquely have motivations unrelated to anyone else in the anime that aren’t driven by the same simple, lazy ideas of revenge on the pirates, the navy, the nobility, or general dominance.
There was some good and bad to get us to this point, I will say too many of the villains have the I want to rule everything or I’m following orders mentality which is lazy from a story writing standpoint. Big Mom and Kaido just want to control everything, Rob Lucci wasn’t any different. Doflamingo was basically the same. I would say it’s a waste of the potential of the characters but the main issue I have with characters in this show is a greater sin than lazy I’m bad because I want to be villain writing.
Oda’s formula of island hopping leaves a lot of characters in the dust, which makes me less interested in knowing them. I don’t believe this formula needs to be maintained.
Story-
Continuing from my last point. The story of One Piece could have been begun and ended on the first island. That is because from the moment I realized we were headed to another island, to find another downtrodden society under foot of another villain who is one arbitrary power or skill ahead of Luffy and the same tired narrative would repeat itself over and over and over. Honestly I think you could Assign every character and location a letter and make a new story arc just by scrambling them up. It is supremely lazy, and supremely wasteful.
As I said before my biggest gripe is that if any character was written to be particularly likeable or interesting it wouldn’t really matter. Certain big players in One Piece reappear a few times throughout 1,055 episodes and I’m grateful at least they appear, but their appearance is always secondary and not much more than a plot device for a straw hats progression or an explanation as to why this new person that fills a plot hole has appeared suddenly and is known by people who never mentioned them once. Which is all to say that even when these characters return, it is still a waste. Zoro finding himself meeting Mihawk again just to train. Marco returns to aid everyone in combat on Onigashima just to appear and is subsequently and very obviously nerfed which allows him to be present but not actually useful therefore not impacting the story seriously.
In the end, the cast is a rotating line-up of bad guys with simple motivations versus those on the side of good who so happened to be on whatever island is being persecuted and the straw hats.
The story of One Piece as I saw it concerns itself more with drawing lines of connection between characters than it does actual plot that transpired between characters and impacts the story. All the big twists outside of whatever section of the island hop we’re in that progresses luffy’s power and rise are basically a guess who of relations. Who has D in their name? Who suddenly has a brother? Who suddenly has a daughter? Who was on Whitebeards crew? Who was on Rogers crew? Buggy and Shanks were on the same crew?!
Everything shocking is either a power you didn’t know someone has, a family member you didn’t know someone has, or some made up on the spot connection the main cast or a notable character has.
In Conclusion-
These are the reasons I feel like I wasted my time with One Piece. I ended up enjoying the cast, I even liked some of the fights. As an anime fan I enjoyed watching Luffy do something new or seeing someone who needs an ass beating receive it. Of course, of course it was an enjoyable experience, of course I like the anime. I could have done without it though.
When there isn’t a new episode of One Piece I don’t really care. If it ended today it wouldn’t really matter to me because I think if we’re being honest with ourselves, we know exactly what will happen next. We know we will end up on another island, with another likeable group of persecuted people being trampled on by another villain Luffy isn’t quite strong enough to defeat. We know we will meet characters with simple motivations and shallow backstories, and we might even like them. We know we will leave them behind when luffy inexplicably awakens a new power or obtains one the villain has and wins a fight that will take the straw hats off to another island where the same thing will happen.
The bottom line is that there is one thing for me that has always indicated that a story was incredible. There’s one particular wish I have, every time I read an amazing book, or I finish the last episode of an anime that was fun to watch, or touched my heart.
I always wish I could forget every scene, every word, every chapter and just experience it all one more time.
But when it comes to One Piece, well, that sounds awful.

Used to smoke weed all day everyday for 4 years straight. Was completely addicted to it and one day I just quit after getting psychosis. I left my boyfriend of 6 years and stop talking to all my so called friends. Now I’m alone and boring. I miss my old life and I miss my ex but weed is too much for me and he smokes everyday. I wish it didn’t affect me like it does to most. I’m so tempted to smoke again. It makes it easier to have something in common with people. I feel like a loser because everyone smokes. Idk what I’m doing with my life…

Hey my name is Kaye and I'm 32. And honestly I have no friends that blaze anymore.
I am looking to meet new people to hopefully smoke up with. No one in my life blazes these days and I'd like to chill and chat about life or just sit and whatever.
I am pretty nerdy, and live super far south (Heritage Valley) but I do drive and work near Sherwood Park.
I love cats, books, coffee and weed. ❤️
I mostly use edibles these days due to my job and trying to be healthier but I still smoke occasionally.
Honestly since the pandemic and moving back (lived in Lethbridge for 10 yrs) it's been hard to make friends that don't have a million things going on and can never chill.
Anyways hope this post is allowed here. It's not a dating thing or whatever.
I hope everyone is having a great night!