The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Noblejanobii]

Well, you balance it by reminding the audience that they AREN'T human. You know. Fire breathing, being able to lose a few limbs and be juuuust fine, etc. Those kind of things. You definitely need that emotional attachment though- and to do that, they need to be relatable.

Yeah exactly. That's why I think I like Gijinka comics so much. They look and act human but then they go due non-human things and it's like "ah yes you're not human".

[Nekomata]

Yeah exactly. That's why I think I like Gijinka comics so much. They look and act human but then they go due non-human things and it's like "ah yes you're not human".

Yeah, I know the feeling. Like when a character in MTMTE gets caught in an explosion, loses an arm, or takes a lot of shots I freak out momentarily until I remember "OH RIGHT. These guys can take a crapload of punishment and walk away from it. Losing arms isn't gonna kill. Robots can get new arms."

That said, when someone DOES die, it tends to be pretty brutal and depressing. </3

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah, I know the feeling. Like when a character in MTMTE gets caught in an explosion, loses an arm, or takes a lot of shots I freak out momentarily until I remember "OH RIGHT. These guys can take a crapload of punishment and walk away from it. Losing arms isn't gonna kill. Robots can get new arms."

That said, when someone DOES die, it tends to be pretty brutal and depressing. </3

Yeah I get it. It's somewhat amusing because I'm so used to characters being stabbed and living in comics and books that in a series that I love called Falling Kingdoms whenever some dies it's just like "AHHHH WHY" because like they always stay dead.

[Nekomata]

Yeah I get it. It's somewhat amusing because I'm so used to characters being stabbed and living in comics and books that in a series that I love called Falling Kingdoms whenever some dies it's just like "AHHHH WHY" because like they always stay dead.

It's always painful when characters stay dead. I mean, I believe dead = dead and bringing someone back to life cheapens the significance of death in a story- and lessons the thread of it- but my goodness, there are some characters who've died that I am praying will return in some form or another.

There's an alternate universe in the LL timeline that was accidentally created by the Ship's Genius* where the war never started and I'm praying so hard that if they ever go to that alternate universe that some of them might still live there (Which, from what we know of that place, doesn't seem likely.) I just don't want a "He's not dead anymore." means of bringing characters back. I'm still suffering from the season 2 finale. ;-; And that one unnecessarily brutal death earlier in season 2.

I swear the writer of MTMTE is a genius at finding new, horrible ways to kill off characters. </3 Sometimes it's just in flashbacks or minor/background characters- but my goodness, if these weren't robots, I'm PRETTY sure this comic would be rated M and completely banned by Hasbro by now. But they're just robots, so it's okay.

*Citation needed