Gavin

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]God damn it, Matsumoto why'd you get in the way of Don's attack ? We'd have finally got to the Deicide part of the whole arc.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Yup, crossed the stuff out when I read the chapter properly as opposed to the spoilers which proved a tad vague. Things seem to be shaping up rather interestingly, can't say I'm a huge fan of these sort of past arcs but it does clear up some of the stuff that's been hinted at for quite a while. Honestly though I'm still seriously freaking annoyed that Jiraiya didn't take guardianship of Naruto, so we'd better get some kind of explanation as to why from Kishi. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Simply consuming other beings for their spiritual power is what Hollows do, and now that Aizen is supposedly a perfect hybrid I imagine this option is open to him.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]He's going to absorb Ichigo's power exactly as he said he would: by consuming Ichigo himself. All Aizen wants to do at this point is push Ichigo to become as strong as he can before said consumption to get the most out of it. Seems like Aizen's intention in Karakura all along was to consume the Top 3 Espada too as was evidently disappointed by the level of power they possessed and thus didn't see them as worth consuming. I don't think Aizen even needs Gin any more, and I think Gin is acutely aware of that fact too. I've thought for a long time Gin would betray Aizen in the end and I'd say he'd getting pushed closer and closer to that betrayal.[/size][/font]

[size="2"][font="Tahoma"]Very useful information Kei, may have to give it a go at some point beyond my usual fooling around.[/font][/size]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]No guarantee that it's Ryuken just yet, odds between it being him and Don Kanonji seem about split (especially given Don wears black boots similar to what we saw in that last panel). If it is Ryuken I expect we're going to see exactly what he meant by "talent" when he informed his son that the latter possessed none.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Indeed, Germany-Holland final seems to be taking shape and certainly it would be great to have an all European final. I think regarding Germany-Argentina, the Germans just locked them down well enough to prevent anything major from happening, yet again Germany seemed to lose steam during the midpoint of the match but by God do they ever come back and give a performance. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I'm rather perplexed by that as well, Ageha has never shown any kind of aptitude with Trance before, so really shouldn't he have to master that before he goes on to attempt to master Nova ? As for Amamiya, again she only seems to use two of the three base forms of PSI at any give time, depending on which personality is in charge. May I also say I'm rather disappointed how similar Psyren is becoming to Bleach.[/size][/font]

[quote name='CaNz' date='30 June 2010 - 01:02 PM' timestamp='1277899377' post='696207'] Id rath[color="#000000"]er [/color][color="#000000"]drive a ground turner through my foot then deal with anther college committee.[/color][/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]TVTropes ability to consume hours in what feels like the space of minutes has finally had a positive use.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Spoilers for this week: [strike]Rather than show us something cool like what exactly the Kyuubi was talking about when he mentioned the Rikudo Sennin regarding Naruto we've [spoiler]skipped back 16 years to the night Naruto was being born, apparently it's a big secret, but not so much that Uchiha Mikoto (Sasuke's mom) isn't able to tottle along and watch the event. After he's born Kushina's seal has weakened and Minato attempts to reinforce it (and obviously fails), while some masked ANBU guy steals baby Naruto stating that he wants to prevent him being used as a human sacrifice/jinchuuriki.[/spoiler] So really we get roughly one page/a number of final panels of new material and a load of stuff 99.5% of people had already worked out. Although we still don't get any explanation of why Naruto's parentage on his mother's side is known but not his father's by most people despite Minato and Kushina being an acknowledged item, either that or they do and the vast majority of people from Konoha are huge dicks because what better way to treat the son of the man who saved everyone (and who has a demon in his gut) than by making him a miserable outcast. Seriously I think Pain would've made a far, far better argument to Naruto if he'd just said "these people are idiots, they suck, you know it, I know it, I did the world a favour".[/strike] [b][Edit][/b] OK chapter read properly and to be fair Kishi did actually give us quite a bit of new information and [spoiler]trolled us completely with the potential of Naruto having another village to connect to and learn from, only for them to be all killed off in a single panel during some unmentioned war (yeah Konoha are just super allies)[/spoiler], oh that and Naruto is [spoiler]Tsunade's cousin, so we have yet another potential guardian who couldn't be arsed doing their job, along with probably a load of other Senjus.[/spoiler][/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Spoilers for this week: [spoiler]Shirosaki returns wearing Ichigo's horned mask and Tensa (because he is unworthy of the name Zangetsu) tells Ichigo he's sick of him being a mopey, depressed little wuss and is going to kick his ass until he either grows a pair or dies.[/spoiler][/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Wow, gotta love college committees. They sent you a formal letter telling you to be somewhere at precisely 10:00 a.m., and if you're so much as five minutes late you will not be seen, then they turn round and arrive at 10:45 a.m. and seem utterly surprised at the group waiting for them believing the meetings were not to start until 11:00 a.m. but rather than attempt to get ready more quickly to accomodate those who've now been waiting an hour for them they continue to slowly get ready to begin at 11:00 as they had planned. Finally, and most insultingly, they proceed to put up the list of I.D. numbers as to how the meetings will proceed and anyone in the third and final list might as well go do something for about three hours because you won't be seen before that.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Lady Shy' date='30 June 2010 - 12:07 AM' timestamp='1277852853' post='696161'] [youtube]zc5ztwJvfUA[/youtube] [/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]This offends me... ...The Internet Is For Porn is a much better song from that musical.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][b]Basilisk:[/b] Romeo and Juliet, with ninjas. [b]Berserk:[/b] Things can't get any worse. [b]Bleach:[/b] Nobody but the villains die/Your sword cuts the moon/Aizen has just trolled you. [b]Claymore:[/b] Warrior women with large swords. [b]Code Geass:[/b] Fabulous rebellion of Lelouch Lamperouge/Jeremiah Gottwald: 200% Motherfucking Loyalty. [b]Darker than Black:[/b] Emotionless contractors often become emotional. [b]Full Metal Panic!:[/b] SOUSUKE!!! *insert comedic violent act* [b]Gundam 00:[/b] GUNDAM: Peace through superior firepower. [b]Naruto:[/b] His way of the ninja/Could equally be titled Sasuke. [b]Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann:[/b] Men who pierce the heavens.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]It was a bad call from the assistant ref sure, but personally I think people are forgetting they have the advantage of a high speed camera to slow down something which literally took place over half a second. That said I fervently hope that a mistake like that one will lead to FIFA putting more assistant referees behind the goal as well as possibly going as far as a video referee to aid with questionable calls, while Ireland effectively were laughed at when we asked for it in the event of Therie Henry, I imagine the English will generate a more convincing response from Sepp and his cronies. As for Germany/Argentina, I reckon the Germans have enough in them to come out on top again.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Queue's Rocky training montage... ...and naturally it never occurs to Ageha to get everyone to learn Nova before they go hit WISE's HQ.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Sure, zanpakuto's outer forms change during the transition from shikai to bankai but we've never been given any indication at all that a zanpakuto's "spiritual", for the lack of a better word, form changes and to be honest I find the whole thing to feel like a traditional ass-pull from Kubo to try to spice things up.[/size][/font]

[quote name='DisrespectWomenEarnALiving' date='27 June 2010 - 09:00 PM' timestamp='1277668810' post='696049'] [url="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/"]So is this racist then?[/url] [/quote] [quote]White people like the World Cup because it allows them to pretend they are European for a few weeks[/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]*Raises eyebrow* I'm reminded of a Richard Pryor quote from See No Evil, Hear No Evil.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Now that I'm away from my English friends: FOUR ONE!! FOUR ONE!! FOUR ONE!! Great game, Germans seemed to lose it a little after England first score but thankfully came back and put the English away, brilliant goals all of them and Muller's first was probably the best of the entire World Cup so far.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Indeed. I'm hoping for a German win as I now have money on them for overall victory.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Swearing is probably my worst habit, one which I'd actually quite liked to get out of.[/size][/font]

[quote name='gallowsCalibrator' date='21 June 2010 - 09:23 PM' timestamp='1277151839' post='695753'] [font="Comic Sans MS"]Three episodes later (TTGL spoilers): [center][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuQ3fg9knGo[/media][/center] And yes, the movie version, because despite its shortcomings they did manage to surpass the original series in that final battle.[/font] [/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Movie version fails. Took Simon's understated GAR and attempted to ramp it up to Kamina's completely unreachable GAR with light effects and a growly voice, thus failing for all eternity. *Takes your Sith Lord card back* Son I am Disappoint.[/size][/font]