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@MikeMillz34 @GameSpot To be fair, didnt he cheat on said wife and was a horrible husband?

@GameSpot That's because very few people want to play a game where your wife cucks you at the end.

Saros May Struggle To Recoup Its Budget, Despite Great Reviews - Analyst dlvr.it/TSVzrZ

@GerardoV17Alt Im expecting the most beautiful 7/10 ever

Beyond The Spiderverse is going to be a Visual feast, so incredibly peak, still have a ton of doubts about the plot

@WarMonitor3 The problem is pressure from China and other nations if US is blocking ships. US will hurt what little soft power it still has left

Iran Update/My Opinion On Where It Is All Going: After 6 weeks of non stop bombing of Iran by combined Israeli and American strikes conducing tens of thousands of Sorties, significant damage has been done to the Iranian military in particular its air defence capabilities, airforce and navy. Negotiations have appeared fruitless despite a recent ceasefire due to the incompatibility of two approaches Iran fundamentally is continuing to not give up nuclear enrichment and is now wanting full control over the strait of Hormuz to charge hundreds of billions in shipping fees to fund its military expansionism, I do not see diplomatic solutions working, and see this conflict restarting pretty quickly. Militarily Iran maintains Its ballistic missile launcher capacities only have being limited by half, the rest have been buried in deep underground complexes and likely are able to be recovered with Iran still posing a threat to the Gulf with remaining capabilities. In terms of its nuclear programme, this is unfortunately still in tact with a lot of enriched uranium and other enriching sites being hidden deep underground at buried facilities, hard to reach with current munitions available, strikes did manage to assassinate more high level scientists and take out facilities that were involved in enriching uranium but on this side more is too be done. Irans command and control structure initially severely damaged by precision strikes has largely kept intact due to its decentralised nature, Iran is able to continue firing back despite not direct command being available. Iran has also been able to maintain control over the strait of Hormuz mainly by launching sea based strike drones and shore launched shoot and scoot anti ship missile capacity. Iran has used the recent ceasefire to transfer more manpower and capability to the shores surrounding the straits to better hold it. Interestingly Iranian key island hubs like Kharg Island have been severely reinforced in anticipation of a US ground raid, but these defences were severely softened up by a large row of target airstrikes. US forces continue to build massive capacity in the region, including bringing an additional carrier strike group which has reached the med making that three in the region as well as massively building up ground troops, transferring thousands of marines, artillery soldiers, this does suggest that preparations are being made to invade islands around the strait of Hormuz. Notably over the last few days an uptick in military cargo flights to the Middle East has occurred as well as a renewed arming of strategic bombers which are stationed in RAF FAIRFORD in Britain with tankers damaged in the Middle East being rotated out for undamaged ones from bases on the US Mainland. Finally the US navy is moving to secure the strait of Hormuz by blockading Iranian exports, this will be done by frigates and destroyers like actively preventing ships moving from Iranian ports, attempting to economically strangle Iran, if this does not work I think group operations will follow. US navy destroyers yesterday tested this in practise by conducting freedom of navigation runs around the strait likely looking for mines, the conclusion was likely at the moment the strait is just too dangerous to secure actively with ships, much easier would it be to wait for them to leave to seize or board them. MY OPINION: I just simply do not see a diplomatic resolution to this conflict at this stage, Iran believes it has the upper hand with its renewed control of the strait of Hormuz it fundamentally is now denying to give up the nuclear weapons and its ballistic programme that started the war in the first place despite all teh strikes on it. The US simply cannot walk away despite its military victories clearly it would not have achieved any of its strategic objectives, this leads me to believe the war will start again with the goal of at least opening the strait of Hormuz. First the US will strike Iranian energy, in a way to get them to capitulate to non nuclear proliferation, if that does not work they will start interdicting ships, if that does not work I think they will try to seize Kharg Island and maybe other islands around the strait of Hormuz, unfortunately to me diplomacy is Cleary out the window, positions are just way to far away, especially with the new extreme leadership. Washington has to sell a victory to its domestic audience, walking away now would be a fundamental failure, although in some ways it may be a better option considering Iran could drag this war on for months affecting mid term elections in America even. I only see escalation moving forward, I hope I am wrong. WM

@MunstaMasta Manga discussions are the bottom of the barrel in terms of discourse to be fair.

Oh my fucking god even the glazers have stayed the same for 20 years😭

I know some people dislike him but he's a fantastic actor

Why is the show so ugly? Its not even the animation, the art is so trash compared to the comic

Thankfully, Trump is a Fake Demon. Still evil, but at least not as bat shit insane as he could have been.

@GerardoV17Alt @Daredevil @MarvelStudios @Kevfeige @JamesGunn @TheRock The random gunn and rock shout out lmao

At this point just release the episode now @Daredevil @MarvelStudios @Kevfeige @JamesGunn @TheRock

@FearM1ndKller @hernandy_s You'll still see bait slander posts with 10 million views in a few months from now. Better get ready

@DorianOver9000 @hernandy_s The same people who keep saying that the remake series will use AI just because the stupid studio ceo is promoting it but the true people who are working on the series denied it

This is like the fifth “first look” and not a single frame of actual animation has yet to be shown This is becoming worrisome

@beanzaru @RevClownn I definitely think they base things off of his color spreads though. Take that as you will.

@DorianOver9000 @RevClownn He's also said before that he doesn't really get as involved with the anime because he's so busy. It's just not nearly as worrying as a live action series bringing his characters to life, something that's never been done on this scale before with One Piece.

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@SPIDErrmaniscol @ReignOfPride I think its currently ambiguous unless you view pre timeskip anime as canon usopp, which is your prerogative

@DorianOver9000 @ReignOfPride Same I feel sorry for new people thinking usopp is white instead of tan

Usopp looks white than the Toei version I’m crying

@ReignOfPride Yeah from the anime but I dont think Oda actually has dark ink BTW given that nearly all of his color spreads has pale complexions. I'm just curious why people are acting like Oda, one of the biggest mangakas in the world doesnt have a say in any of this, like be fr.

@DorianOver9000 I don’t know because we’re all used to Usopp being tanned pre timeskip 😭

@beanzaru @RevClownn Okay my point is that it seems like when people complain about Ussop's complexion, they are never taking into account the slightest of chances that oda is involved in that decision

@DorianOver9000 @RevClownn He's mentioned multiple times he's part of the casting decisions and very recently clarified that he picks based on both looks and feeling of the actors he sees. He's more hands on with the live action than the anime because they're adapting his material into a riskier format.

@beanzaru @RevClownn Im just trying to understand the point in that. So he's not the one communicating with these anime studios and drawing the manga color spreads? Oda's input only matters when its live action? This whole discussion is a longstanding nothing burger

@DorianOver9000 @RevClownn He was the one who picked Jacob specifically for Usopp.

@kurrrto Does anyone know how involved oda is in this?

"let's just make everyone paper white since day one"

@DE_L0ver4ever @RevClownn I can only make assumptions. Dont have Oda's number on speed dial. On most of Oda's colored pages, he does make his characters usually caucasian. There's exceptions but yeah take that as you will. I do wish Oda would set things clear one of these days, but knowing him I doubt it

@DorianOver9000 @RevClownn then why did they cast a black actor to play him in the live action? he’s obviously black.

@RevClownn Hey I dont really mind either way. I really like him in the live action. I'm just saying that from my understanding, Oda has like 99% of his characters as Caucasian as default. I get why people are frustrated though