Discussion: The Intrepid Informer: Galaxy's Last Stand

I love David Nakayama art too much to say something bad.
Maybe Sister Psyche should not be that surprised and she should wear the shoulder rings, but I love this comic loading screens, I cant wait to see new ones added to TFs and Trials.

Nice chart. Only issue I saw off the bat is "Mom" from futurama is depicted as the exame of a "No family" villian but she has kids.

Oh, and another small note- if her lack of composure is because of being forced to listen to thousands and thousands of peoples fear and panic all at once, I'd think her response would be less "oh noes!" and more like... oh, I dunno... curled up in a ball screaming, or something.

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl I always assumed that the pattern was meant to be a kind of stylized psychedelic pattern, as a kind of play on her name and powers - plus, when you have lines on curves, it's very hard for them not to meet at some point.

Sets of straight lines, in a regular pattern, symmetrical on both sides, representing psychedelic? Not really seeing it. And yeah, they gotta meet at some point- but they don't necessarily have to all *concentrate* onto the same (pair) of point(s). Especially if it actually were a psychedelic one, which would be, well... random. Or emanating *out* from a specific fracture point.

And for earlier: She's flirty, yes. Her outfit is not. Her outfit is the superhero version of wearing short shorts with "Juicy" written on the *** in the middle of a snowstorm. 'Flirty' doesn't even begin to cover it.

It bears noting that it's not just the skin tone,(though as a person of color who also has been under light, a somewhat lighter-skinend one, at that, I can attest that no amount of flash will change the visual texture of my skin the way the light in this image is supposed to be doing) but the hair texture(it's blowing in the wind like straight hair, when if he had spiky hair as a black man it'd be more like This)
I always thought his hair style was a box version of this look

Now here's the thing: We cannot be detached from these things because they affect us on a daily basis. The world's not a perfect place, we've come a long way, but all the big -isms still exist. When we look at this picture, we don't just see one instance of a woman being sxualised simply because he's a woman or a person of colour's skin being white-washed because they're a person of colour. We see all the other instances of people being Othered simply for their differences, we see this happening over and over and over and over and over and over. Some of us are so discouraged they cannot muster up the courage to speak up anymore. Some of us are so fed up with this, we've internalised so much sadness and anger over this, that yes, we are emotional. Then we see people who don't bat an eye-lash about these things still happening, about how normal this became that we wonder if we can even make a difference.

And before that comes up again, no, I'm not accusing David Nakayama of wanting to subjugate women and people of colour. Very few people actively, purposefully stick with the big -isms. It's some of these ideas are just so deeply ingrained into us that we don't percieve them as these big -isms. They became totally normal for us and we don't see where the problem is. They're ideas we literally grew up with, that were with us since we were born. Me? A couple of months ago I thought the R-word was awesome for just casually dismissing people and things I didn't like until one day I stumbled upon an intellectually-disabled-rights activist. I started researching their plight, I reflected on all the ways I've Othered and discriminated them without even knowing.

That's what I hope will happen when I speak up. That people just take a second to reflect on themselves. Just think for a moment. If people did that, I'd be happy. Hell, I'd be elated!

*has to make this random gameplay-story integration joke*

You know, as stated, it's less the artwork in the end I suppose and more that Sister Psyche's costume baffled me for the climate she was in.*
But I suppose as a psychic she can easily block out weather issues, but it must suck on teaming that she needs to throw up Personal Force Field every so often just to keep warm. (Not to mention piss off her teammates)

*thinking about it, BABs and other Freedom Phalanx or Vindicator members *cough*SWAN*cough* are also pretty big offenders of being dressed a bit poorly for New England climate.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

I've gotta agree with the above poster. I can't honestly see anything wrong with this artistic interpretation of the cataclysmic event that is taking place in Galaxy City. Sister Psyche is overwhelmed with shock, and Back Alley Brawler is filled with rage, all while witness to a massive explosion that emits.....bright light.

Love it!

And damn you Andy New Ocho, i just looked out the window. . . . thinking the doorbell went off