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[WillowLuman]

South Park is pretty good (though it is obscene comedy, like most adult cartoons). I can think of no cartoons aimed at adults that play out like live-action drama shows, though. Korra might be the closest there is, though it's not marketed as such (nor does it entirely play out like one).

[Neonivek]

South Park is pretty good (though it is obscene comedy, like most adult cartoons). I can think of no cartoons aimed at adults that play out like live-action drama shows, though. Korra might be the closest there is, though it's not marketed as such (nor does it entirely play out like one).

Spawn is the only one that was ever made... and WOOSH was it dark.

Though yeah I'd love a non-comedy cartoon show targeted towards adults, but one that doesn't go anywhere close to as far as Spawn does.

But I meant more...

and while Invader Zim was dark... It wasn't obscene. It didn't need someone to explode in a lump of gore only for their gore to fall into someone's mouth and them to eat it...

for the joke to go across.

[smeeprocket]

Not exactly true. I mean it may be true of invader zim where it's funny but the jokes get repetitive (I watched the series as a marathon which exasperated it a bit) but something like the Max if you've seen or read it has a fair amount of depth & psychology to it.

Invader Zim was made by the guy that did Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, which is an awesome comic, though I am not sure if he still does that one in particular, I stopped being able to afford comics ages ago.

The guy who made the Max has done a number of comics, including one about like 5 women going to a party whose car dies and then they get attacked by masked men, and ultimately one of them gets tossed to the dudes to be gang raped so the others can get away. Why did I keep buying those (except the last one)? I don't know. But everything he makes has at least one female character that has been raped and then found inner strength. It seems more weird to me than pervy, like why?

I'm not trying to bring up rape or feminism really, I just enjoy comics and wanted to mention related comics.

We should have a comic book thread.

[Neonivek]

Because there are no topics that are unacceptable to bring up nor any sort of character that is flawed to the point of being unusable...

It is all about Framing

It is why Enoby Darkness Dementia Raven Tara Way from the Fanfiction is some unlikable bully with a total lack of self-awareness who is treated by the fanfiction as some incredibly desirable person in spite being abhorant. While The Web Series uses the exact same character down to almost every detail, but changes the framing and makes her more pathetic but sympathetically so her grating qualities are not played off as a positive and she can grow as a character because of it.

Both the exact same character in almost everyway (outside a few superficial details).

[ggamer]

So adventure time is basically the progression of Finn's life

The first couples seasons are disjointed adventures with very, very slight hints at an overarching plot. The bad guys are evil, and the good guys are good, but the ones inbetween are confusing and a bit scary.

The next couple are like a pre-teen learning about the world. Finn starts to become low-key curious about his origins, good guys seem a little more grey (or stupid), bad guys seem a bit more innocent (or stupid), and there's an actual evil introduced that is not at all played for laughs- very jarring, and makes Finn wise up real quick.

The last couple seasons are Finn becoming an adult: he sees his friends and his enemies for what they are, he faces the overwhelming evil of the Lich, and he discovers more about himself and the world around him. He experiences very real emotional and physical trauma, and spends the entire past season dealing with it in his own way. Finn's an adult now; he isn't quite as exuberant as he was as a child, but he's a good person at heart, and him and Jake do whatever they can to help whoever they can.

Basically adventure time went zero to a hundred real fuckin' quick, considering the past couple episodes.

[Comrade P.]

So I watched episode 29 of season 6.

That looks like a one big Bioshock reference. With original bioshock atmosphere. In Adventure Time.

[Neonivek]

So in the Lemonhope episode

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Did anyone noticed that Flannel is likely Princess Bubblegum in disguise?

Even down to him having similar initial as her?

Edit: I quoted instead of spoiled... Even though the episode is OLD!

[ggamer]

oh what

oh my god I literally just noticed that

[Neonivek]

Well not only did he have a tell

But F can also been spelled ph

[Sergius]

So in the Lemonhope episode

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Did anyone noticed that Flannel is likely Princess Bubblegum in disguise?

Even down to him having similar initial as her?

Edit: I quoted instead of spoiled... Even though the episode is OLD!

I did notice it, apparently is a somewhat known fan theory, and there are many other similarities.

It's either her, or maybe just "symbolically" represents her.

[Neonivek]

Or her father

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Teen Titans Go SERIOUSLY likes to troll me.

Quite a few of its jokes are switching to other BETTER shows.

It did a small clip in BAS style, it had a section in Teen Titan style, and now the characters from Young Justice are just inserted right into the universe with BARELY an art style change and their original voice actors.

It is like the show KNOWS that I would prefer a really great super hero show right now... and just constantly taunts me with this fact.

But all I get right now is the bad Avengers show and the even worse Hulk and the agents of smash show...

[Putnam]

I think it might be more the writers preferring to have a really great super hero show right now and complaining that they can't make one.

[Glowcat]

http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/112732303027/turtle-duck-date-night-this-is-my-piece-for-the

* Glowcat rolls around frothing at mouth due to fresh Korrasami injection

[WillowLuman]

More Korra stuff = good. Also, those boats are d'awww

[Neonivek]

And there we go in your face Legend of Korra

An actual homosexual relationship in a cartoon that is still going on that doesn't need a last second "ohh yeah they are totally gay" after it was over ruining several of the themes set up (such as the expectations of romance being detrimental to a relationship)... and with a character with strong homosexual themes where it is used to inform her character.

Shame it had to be in a show no one here watches...

Ohh Steven Universe...

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If you are interesting in the show... the quality of the episodes are VERY scatter shot. Some of the episodes are actually really good (Both season finales are amazing) but some are REALLY bad... and the show's average episode is very weird.

Also Lars is probably the one person who gets a lot of screen time compared that they do nothing but make him seem like a bad guy.