u/lulufan87

In the USA. I'm brand new to collecting. Magic Knight Rayearth is my favorite anime period, and I want to own it on blu ray.

I see it was produced by diskotek, which makes me happy. I see that it's about $250 - $300.00 on ebay/amazon. On mediaocd, it's about $100.00, but it's backordered.

I had a similar experience with Space Commander: Cobra, I was going to buy it for $100.00 but it just came back into stock in MediaOCD for ~$50.00 a few days ago.

How long should I wait on MediaOCD to have MKR back in stock for $100.00, or should I bite the bullet and budget out the $300.00 for an ebay purchase?

Really appreciate any responses, I'm completely new to all of this.

We're baking a big batch of cornbread for my spouse's company BBQ. Doing some testing today and although the flavor was spot on, the texture was just incredibly dry, even with butter and honey added on top.

Recipe is from Spicy Southern Kitchen:

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1 cup buttermilk

2/3 cup honey

2 large eggs

4 tablespoons unsalted butter,, melted

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup cornmeal,, I used yellow cornmeal. Be sure you do NOT use self-rising

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

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Make sure one of your oven racks is in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Grease an 8-inch square pan (or a round cake pan which is what I used) with butter or cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, honey, eggs, and butter until honey is fully incorporated. In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.

Pour wet ingredients into dry and thoroughly mix the two together.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown. Cool in pan for 5 minutes.

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Do the proportions seem off, or anything? It uses honey, should we also add sugar? Or just more buttermilk?

Alternatively, if you have a recipe you like that uses those ingredients, we'd love to hear it.

Thank you!

Basically as the title says.

I'm watching Escaflowne the series at the moment. Full disclosure, I did watch it twenty-two years ago, but it's still blowing the fuck out of my mind. All I remembered was the character designs and the music.

The music, the animation, the creativity, the world-building, the characters, the journey. Everything has me riveted.

What did you watch for the first time/first time in decades that had your jaw on the floor for just how good it was?

Just out of curiosity, what kind of content would you like to see?

I'd love to see her be painted by other queens. My impression is that she did it once and the audience was so cruel about the look that she never did it again. If my read on that is right, it's extremely sad. Seeing Plastique or Krystal Versace etc. paint her would be incredible.

You?

Mine:

Hoshi no Koe/Voice of a distant star: Early film from Makoto Shinkai, director of Kimi No Nawa. He made it in his basement using Photoshop to animate. It's not a polished film, but it's haunting and emotional.

Chivas 1-2-3: A short series from the creators of Sorcerer Hunters. Everybody is named after a liquor and there are boobs everywhere. See also 'Louie the Rune Soldier', which has a similar vibe and is by the creators of Record of Lodoss War.

Ai Yorshi Aoshi: A Love Hina romcom harem clone, which I typically don't go for. But there's something so good-natured and calm about this one, with a nostalgic vibe. Beautiful character design on the main heroine.

Samurai Deeper Kyo: A bog-standard Rurouni Kenshin clone. I can't defend it, but it's great nonetheless.

Peacemaker Kurogane: Legitimately surprised this has no english-language BD. An amazing series with cool characters, lore, and fights, all based on 'historical' fact. Based on a gorgeous manga. A bit BL.

and as a bonus

Kobato: A series that CLAMP made after their heydey. About a kindergarten teacher who may or may not be dead/a minor deity. Better than anyone gives it credit for and cut short too early.

You?

For me it goes:

-gale

-karlach

-shadowheart

-astarion

-lae'zel

-wyll

Gale wins due to his character growth and incredible astral sex scene. Wyll loses just because he needs more content, specifically some kind of wedding or pseudo-wedding.

What's your ranking? Or at least your favorite? And why?

I don't know where else to put this.

I have severe OCD and started a new med last year. Not going to mention what it is, but it's an anti-psychotic. It completely annihilated some of the worst things OCD has done to me and it saved many interpersonal and professional relationships that are important to me, but it's also made it impossible to DM.

I can no longer improvise or roll with the punches. I just "..." when my players do something I wasn't prepped for. Players even started (kindly, I truly miss my group) suggesting actions I should take because it took me so long to react. Prepping is impossible because I space out constantly. My memory is fogged and I can't remember combat rules very well without referencing them constantly, especially for spells. People who had been on anti-psyches will understand what I mean. It slows you down.

I needed this med to save my life, but I feel so sad. DMing was central to who I am as a person. I DM'd both personally and professionally-- like for actual money during after school programs and for events like birthdays-- for twenty years. It's how I made friends and it made me feel valuable and respected as a person.

No advice needed. I have it tagged as such because I have to, but I don't think anyone can tell me anything I haven't already tried.

I'm just sad.

For the purposes of this discussion, Pokemon doesn't count. They're amazing games, I'm just curious to see answers that aren't Pokemon.

Mine was Lufia: The Legend Returns/Lufia III.

It had a party full of fun, memorable characters, awesome and approachable anime-style concept art, a rich world, a story that started out stereotypical and then ended up being surprisingly emotionally impactful, and a cool combat system that was somewhat grid-based without technically being a tactical jrpg. I fell in love so hard that I've never really gotten over it. It was the first game I played that had the walking -> airship progression and I'll never forget getting in the airship the first time and realizing I could go anywhere.

It's one of those games I remember being in eye-popping color and then have to laugh when I go back and replay and see the actual graphics. It sure was beautiful at the time, though.

I finally played FFVI a few years ago and realized how much Lufia III 'borrowed' from it, but at the time I had no idea.

What about you?

I recently got a tv that can play 4k for the first time, so I've been slowly collecting 4k anime films, mostly retro. I saw Perfect Blue was an option. It's been years since I saw it and all I remember about it was that it was a cool psychological thriller about an idol, so I picked it up.

Holy shit. I completely forgot nearly all of the film. The >!stalker(s)!<, the psychological unwinding of the main character, the cruelty of the former fans, the complete indifference of grinding her under the wheels of the idol/model/film industry. The way you understand exactly how she's feeling at any given moment, all of her fear, shame, and anxiety and the pressures that make her do what she does.

Maybe because I avoid the horror and thriller genres generally, but I haven't seen a film this intense in a long, long time. I feel dazed after watching it. What a masterpiece.

Pokopia is awesome, but the constant building can be overwhelming at times. The wish event alleviates that for me somewhat. Talk to pokemon, get wish, fill wish, repeat. It's mindless.

The only thing I don't like about it is placing furniture that doesn't match a pokemon's house. I'm so persnickety about how I make those interiors, it sucks to plunk an iron bed in the middle of a berry-themed room : /

Not necessarily a downer ending, just intense movies that mellow out in the third act. Hoping for something fun, but I'll take any suggestion.

For context, I'm doing a movie night where one person in our group picked a high-octane film (the Wachowski sisters' Speed Racer) to start with, and another person picked an extremely low-key down-tempo film (Angel's Egg, a sort of philosophical, melancholic anime) to end with. They're basically opposite movies and the contrast will be jarring, so I thought for my pick something that starts high but ends low might help to bridge the gap. For the life of me I can't think of anything, though.

If the film is a bit surreal, that's a bonus, but it doesn't need to be.

Thanks all. I know it's a weird request, but people here seem so knowledgeable.

I'm building a tall structure. Sometimes I lay down a line of blocks, realize they were off by one, and then have to go back and remove them.

Laying them down takes a few seconds. Removing them with magnet rise takes forever, and with rock smash I remove them so quickly I accidentally remove the ones under my feet and fall into the water below if I don't slowly go one by one.

Rant over.

I know it's a bit rough, but will someone please tell me how to say "Shut the fuck up, you're brilliant" in French?

My husband frequently insults his own intelligence by saying "I'm not a smart man" / "I'm an idiot" etc.. I respond "Shut the fuck up, you're brilliant." Now he's learning French and he insults himself in French. I'd like to respond in French.

Is there an equivalent?