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Echo Bizarre
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I've been giving that YouTube thing a try. Mostly video essays about video games lately, especially RPGs.

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Then the Fantastic Four leaves in defeat and Johnny Storm compares Reed to Neville Chamberlain and Doom to Hitler. Frankly a bit insensitive considering Doom is Romani and his regime has never been ethno-supremacist but clearly Godwin's Law was alive and well in 1976
Four comic panels. Panel 1: wide shot of the Fantastic Four approaching their Fantasticar in the distance. Human Torch: "You may call me hot-headed, leader man, but it seems to me that the government's made a big mistake here! We know Doc Doom a lot better than Henry the K does!" Mr. Fantastic: "That may be, Johnny, but I'm sure Dr. Kissinger feels this is the best way to neutralize Doom's threat!" The Thing: "Neutralize Doom? Har de har har!" Panel 2: close up of Mr. Fantastic looking pissed off. Mr. Fantastic: "Listen to you two! You talk like revolutionaries! If you don't like the way I'm running this team, you can always go it alone!" Panel 3: Two-shot of Torch and Mr. Fantastic arguing. Human Torch: "Maybe we just will, Reed! You talk about how Ben and I sound, but you sound like Neville Chamberlain before World War II! He said Hitler wasn't going to bother anybody-- and Doom's just a modern-day Hitler! Panel 4: Torch is really mad, while Invisible Woman holds him back from behind. Human Torch: "He's sitting up here in the middle of Europe with only one goal, the conquest of the world! And now that he's got Namor--" Invisible Woman: "Johnny, please! Let's not fight among ourselves! It's Reed's decision to make!"
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Shout out to the time Dr. Doom stopped the Fantastic Four from kicking his ass by negotiating an America-Latveria non-aggression pact with special guest star Henry Kissinger

(Super-Villain Team-Up #6 and 7)
Three comic book panels. Panel 1: Dr. Doom stands at the top of a staircase with the Fantastic Four below. A man stands in the shadows of a doorway up behind Doom. The Thing: "It's Doom -- Waitin' for us!" Dr. Doom: "I warn you, Fantastic Four: Leave my castle immediately!" The Thing: "We'll leave, all right-- after we've fixed your little red wagon!" Panel 2: the shadowed man is HENRY KISSINGER! He steps in front of Dr. Doom. Kissinger: "No, Mr. Grimm-- you will do as Dr. Doom says-- for as your secretary of state, I have just concluded a non-aggression agreement with Latveria! From this moment on, no Americans may interfere in this nation's internal affairs! We need Latveria on our side-- to maintain our national security and world peace!" Panel 3: Mr. Fantastic and the Thing are shocked and disturbed. The Thing: "Wha-at? If you think--" Mr. Fantastic: "Don't, Ben! We've never bucked the government before, and we can't start now-- no matter what our feelings! This is over our heads!" A big splash panel for the next issue with the big title "Who is... the Shroud?" at the top. The image depicts Dr. Doom chatting with Henry Kissinger while Namor the Sub-Mariner sulks in front of them. The Fantastic Four walk out past Doom's portcullis in the background. Dr. Doom: "Well done, Dr. Kissinger! Your timely intervention stopped those hot-headed fools in their tracks!*" *Last Issue. --Marv. Kissinger: "These superheroes have enjoyed too much freedom to this point, Dr. Doom! It's time they learned that despite their great powers, they are still subject to the policies of their government!" Namor (thought balloons): "So! Latveria and the United States have formed a non-aggression pact. Barring the Fantastic Four and all other Americans from interfering in Doom's affairs! I fear the secretary of state has put expediency ahead of sound judgment-- but I am sworn to say nothing-- for the Prince of Atlantis is still Doom's slave!"
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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As it turns out there's an in-game glossary for all the terms, very convenient especially since so much of the game uses 2010 Japanese Internet memes.

I haven't watched the anime adaptation so idk how all this is incorporated there
Screenshot of Steins;Gate in-game Tips List showing the definition of "chuunibyou": "Chuunibyou, which is often abbreviated 'chuuni,' also refers to the fictional tropes that teenage males often enjoy, such as ancient conspiracies, superpowers (especially powers sealed in a character's eye or arm), Norse mythology, battles for the fate of the multiverse, etc. The consummate chuunibyou case will work such elements into his own personal 'backstory.' Okarin is a textbook example.
September 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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ok is this too cluttered for a YouTube thumbnail or not?

I'll probably do A/B testing with two others first and only add this in later if I feel it's necessary but if it's too much of a mess I won't bother
a recreation of the "Drake pointing" meme with the Detective from Disco Elysium in place of Drake, looking stern up top next to images of XXX Nightshift, Hopetown, and Project [C4] (announced successor projects) indicating disapproval and pointing with a smile on the bottom next to images of NORCO and Slay the Princess indicating approval
August 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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April 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM