Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Captain Cadaver]

Pretty decent track for what it was, though its short length and lack of variation certainly holds it back.

 

[Keedounan]

Alright, first of all, how do you find this ending?

https://youtu.be/9mUcDMZviJY

Second of all, how would you rank the Ericscon kids from Telltale The Walkkng Dead? I know you said they weren't very fleshed out compared to past characters (which is true), but surely some of them stood out compared to others?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

1. It's a good song with unique visuals, though that's par for the course with FMA:B. I wouldn't cite it as the best ending of the 5 (I'd give Shunkan Sentimental that prize for the music as well as having the most animation out of the lot), but it's not the worst. If ranking the endings, it'd go 4 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3.

2. Well, tackling the main ones:

Violet

Violet is a pretty mixed bag. Her initial events in Episode 1 has her come off as the typical edgy teen and her backstory revealed by the route of saving her in Episode 2 doesn't help much there, at least on the surface level. Her backstory does suggest she has some level of dissociative personality disorder that is explored at a decent degree, though her opening up to Clem during the fishing trip in Episode 1 does is a bit rushed no matter how you take Violet's psychology. She doesn't stand out too well when the idea of characters building up walls to stop them being psychologically vulnerable in this world has been explored in far more fleshed out ways in prior seasons (eg. Molly, Jane, etc.) but she plays her role decently at least and the grave when going down the route of not trusting AJ to make the right call and having Violet be on the bridge in Episode 4 was a nice touch. 5.5/10

Louis

Louis is a lot more of a stand-out character than Violet with far more pronounced and defined character traits such as his love of music and attempted flirting with Clem that allow him to be the one to alleviate tension in that environment, something that's a nice touch when remembering back to Carver's words about Reggie. His backstory also says a lot about why he acts as he does when his selfish, spoilt actions damaged his parents' lives and helping others would be his form of atonement. Him also coming to terms with Marlon's failings also make for a decent arc for his character. The most dramatic point for his character would come from letting Lilly's group take him at the end of Episode 2, leading to the ironic fate of him losing the ability to talk that was his main asset, yet still seeing how committed he is to aiding his allies compared to if you let Violet have the same fate. 6/10.

Marlon

Marlon, whilst certainly not likeable, is somewhat of a tragic character. He had little choice but to take up the role of leader when nobody else would and is too afraid of shame to go back on his decision when learning he's not cut out for leadership, highlighting a sense of realism in that kids with less experience than most of the main cast in prior series certainly aren't going to be able to defend an area alone. He also works well as a surprise villain compared to previous ones such as the dairy farmers or Joan as there wasn't any dialogue that pushed it in the audience's faces that he was the bad guy prior and allowed for more subtle build up. 6/10.

Aasim

Aasim is someone with less to say about him with his characterisation mainly being the straight man to events going on around him and his trait of valuing history. However, those alone are enough to make him compelling as the type of character not really given focus in prior seasons, with his embarrassment at the truth or dare game helping show that despite his attempts at maturity, he's still a teenager in body and mind. 6/10

Tenn

Tenn has some interesting traits to him such as his value of art and his view on how the world will go in cycles, though him dropping the ball at 3 crucial points does make him more of a plot inconvenience if anything. The ending with him surviving chalks it up to his trauma, which can work for the situations with Minerva, though still doesn't justify him dropping the ball with Lilly. 4/10

The rest of them are quite one-note in their actions and aren't really worth discussing in length.

 

[ahill1]

What do you think about this video from Alan Moore? He speaks a little about art and magic. It's in English, only the title is in Portuguese.

[youtube]UVGJzVZVMzo[/youtube]

 

[Captain Cadaver]

He has a lot of truth to what he says when looking at the magical component in the figurative sense, as it's important that any sort of art has a purpose and meaning behind it beyond being mindless entertainment for the audience to obediently consume. His talks of equating magic and art as united in the literal sense, however, does more harm than good by actively advertising the occult to those within the creative careers. This is quite a disturbing idea when thinking of those who will take these words literally, as many with experiences with such topics have made mention of both the dangerous and amoral actions associated with occult teachings (Christopher Lee interviews on the topic are a prime source of this).

 

[Future Warrior]

Do you think Z should have included more insert songs the way the first Dragon Ball anime did?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

It would've been nice, though finding the right timing is a difficult thing to do and what insert songs it did include in the Cell Arc helped sell the scenes, particularly Unmei no Hi. Overusing them would end up being as bad as not using them at all, considering Part 1 DB did overuse Dragon Ball Densetsu a bit to the point it lost its lustre after the 3rd time. Kai definitely found excellent timing and choices for insert songs, so some sort of amalgamated soundtrack of Z's score and two insert songs with the insert songs of Kai would be amazing.

 

[Papasmurf]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_size

How do you feel about the fact that Asians apparently have bigger brains than Caucasians?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Assuming it can be seen as a correlation to average intelligence, of which can be seen in animals with how some of the smartest ones have the largest brains, it's not too surprising. On average, Asians tend to outdo Caucasians when it comes to technological advancements and subjects that require more focus on logistics/statistics such as numeracy, the brain size correlation matches up.

 

[ahill1]

1. If you were the president for a day, what would you do?

2. How the world would be different if no one could lie?

3. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and how would you use it to change the world in some way?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

1. If you were the president for a day, what would you do?

There wouldn't really be much you could do, since any ideas proposed would take far longer than a day to be passed and most likely be reversed by your successor if wanting to make any major changes.

2. How the world would be different if no one could lie?

Politics would be far different and viewing things from an objective level, be it social matters, history, art, etc. would become far easier to do without bias. It would of course lead to many people's feelings being hurt, assuming you couldn't word your thoughts in a more eloquent manner and had to be more blunt about them, though it may lead to society becoming more logical and rational as a result with it also being easier to decide who to trust.
Most of the wars of the 20th Century also likely wouldn't have occurred in any capacity, particularly World War One.

3. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and how would you use it to change the world in some way?

Well, that depends how haxed we're talking. Since it's only "in some way" I'd assume something like Janemba-tier reality warping is off the table. Of the more basic ones, I'd probably go with teleportation for travel convenience and being able to save people from difficult situations such as war zones. Ideally, I'd prefer something like being able to accurately display past events as a means of showing which parts of history weren't influenced by the victors and those in power, though that may be going too far in giving someone a one way ticket to omniscience.

 

[GreatSaiyaman123]

Assuming Marvel wouldn't have done the Iron Man Jr and played their cards right with Spider-Man, would you rather have seen Spider-Man as a teenager or adult in the MCU?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Definitely an adult. Seeing Spider-Man grow and deal with adult problems in the comics and such adaptions as the 90s cartoon and Raimi trilogy are what made his character appealing and a major reason I'm not fond of him being revamped as a teenager in the MCU who lets himself get too sidetracked by first world problems. An adult Spider-Man can still carry the core traits of his MCU self such as his inexperience compared to the other superheroes and desire to carry another's mantle when establishing he only recently obtained his powers as of Civil War.

 

[ahill1]

Do you think that social medias in general are damning to society?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

For the most part, yes. Not only have the main forms of social media become pretty big time-wasters for the populous, but most of them and the corporations controlling them create a pretty big slant. Twitter is the prime example of this, with those expressing anything that isn't catering far left radicals either being banned for "hate speech" in the most petty manner or lambasted by the SJW mob for so much as offering criticism. It also doesn't help that along with that, the privacy policy of many social media sites is pretty worrying with the likes of Facebook providing data to third parties and essentially selling away information on its users. In other words, social media is perhaps the internet's biggest example of the Orwellian nightmare being brought into practice.

 

[SSJ2]

Who favourite avebger?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

As far as the MCU goes, probably Captain America for reasons mentioned on Page 177 of this thread. Tl;dr, his arc had far more consistency than Tony's, who went through a major character regression after the first Iron Man movie until the events of Civil War (especially in Age of Ultron) and it took until Ragnarok for Thor to have many layers as a character.

For the comics, the roster and continuity has changed too much for me to give a definitive answer, though Iron Man tends to be the one who's written with the most consistency.

 

[SSJ2]

You dont like the guy with the bow and arrow?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

He's obviously too OP

Seriously though, Hawkeye was OK when he got some fleshing out in Age of Ultron and was, surprisingly, one of the stronger elements of Endgame, though his characterisation really doesn't amount to much beyond being a family man and his friendship with Natasha.

 

[ahill1]

do you think childhood was better and more remarkable back in your time as a child than now?