: Castlevania canon wank
This is a tad old, but still pretty amusing.
For those who don't know, the Castlevania Dungeon is pretty much THE Castlevania site. It's gone a little downhill lately with the owner growing disenchanted with the series and a redesign that some parts still haven't recovered from, but overall it's still a great source.
The attached forums, on the other hand, are about the wankest bunch of fans you'll find outside of GameFAQs and 4chan.
The main thing they wank about is the current producer of the series, Koji Igarashi. He's made some decisions that pretty much split the fandom, and they're still going on about it.
( Background. Cut for boring video game story explanations, so feel free to skip. )
So a newbie walks into a forum with a list of reasons why Igarashi's storytelling sucks and the retconned games should've stayed. This leads to some discussion and talking about the games until ANTHRAX wanders in asking why they can't all just have their own little timelines. He and SCMZ (the resident dedicated Igarashi defender) fight it out for the next seven pages. Features all the usual canonwank accusations and defenses, plus ANTRAXX missing some of LoI's basic plot points and using the old NES manuals as a cite. Standard, hearty fare, but with a sense of over-familiarity if you've seen any of this before. (I make a small comment in this one about half-way through or so, but I didn't think it was enough to take it over to i_wank)
Bonus: So there's a new game on the horizon, and a Japanese magazine finally gives an official release date for at least ONE of the regions. Joy and happiness, yes? Well, no. ANTRAXX decides s/he doesn't like the female character's design and proceeds to ramble on about it versus a female character from the previous game's design for quite a bit, much to the consternation of the rest of the posters. Short and dies down at the end, but nice as a chaser.
This is a tad old, but still pretty amusing.
For those who don't know, the Castlevania Dungeon is pretty much THE Castlevania site. It's gone a little downhill lately with the owner growing disenchanted with the series and a redesign that some parts still haven't recovered from, but overall it's still a great source.
The attached forums, on the other hand, are about the wankest bunch of fans you'll find outside of GameFAQs and 4chan.
The main thing they wank about is the current producer of the series, Koji Igarashi. He's made some decisions that pretty much split the fandom, and they're still going on about it.
( Background. Cut for boring video game story explanations, so feel free to skip. )
So a newbie walks into a forum with a list of reasons why Igarashi's storytelling sucks and the retconned games should've stayed. This leads to some discussion and talking about the games until ANTHRAX wanders in asking why they can't all just have their own little timelines. He and SCMZ (the resident dedicated Igarashi defender) fight it out for the next seven pages. Features all the usual canonwank accusations and defenses, plus ANTRAXX missing some of LoI's basic plot points and using the old NES manuals as a cite. Standard, hearty fare, but with a sense of over-familiarity if you've seen any of this before. (I make a small comment in this one about half-way through or so, but I didn't think it was enough to take it over to i_wank)
Bonus: So there's a new game on the horizon, and a Japanese magazine finally gives an official release date for at least ONE of the regions. Joy and happiness, yes? Well, no. ANTRAXX decides s/he doesn't like the female character's design and proceeds to ramble on about it versus a female character from the previous game's design for quite a bit, much to the consternation of the rest of the posters. Short and dies down at the end, but nice as a chaser.
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