Elena Ichinomiya

You know, when we talking about kids movie back in the day, we can list them all easily from Home Alone to Lion King. You name it. Some of the sequel may fell off the favor but you can bet people still refer it as good kids movie. The crazy part is if we think about it again, some old kids movie be it live action or animation do have some dark part which you may think that's too much for kids to understand. Frankly though? That's what kids movies back then is about; to tell you something that sometimes, in order to achieve happily ever after, there's always a catch. Why the Queen want Snow White dead? Why jealousy is bad? Why Scar let Mufasa die and lie to Simba? Honestly it felt that way for me when I was a kid; to see the beautiful world and it's rotten side of things. Do you think Shrek is all happy dandy? Do you think Barbie movies in 2000s is just a girl wanting to be pretty? It is, but not without set of conflict. So why do I bring this up is because there's this local family movie happening in my region, using AI at some part, but dead on the entrance. Pelangi Di Mars (Rainbow Over Mars). Yeah I know ED has movie section but I only talk movies in between than gaming so I won't gonna bother making new threads. Boy, if you think Home Alone 3 was mid and Ready Player One and PIXEL are outdated fossil, this movie may make them Oscar worthy nominee. First off, I don't mind if you use AI for assisting, heck we use AI for picture editing before OpenAI showing their ugly butt and give AI bad name, it was cool. Now in that movie, you can pretty much guess were the visual directly came from and what kind of AI anomaly happen on screens. You guess it, DEAD EYE stare for every characters saves the the protagonist...but to be real with you, even the human actor seems confused, maybe she isn't used to act on green screen? Likely so. Even during the trailer, something smell off. Remember that one time you see Harry Potter Deathly Hallow trailer and somehow lots of people glazing over it as if they already watch the movie? Or movie review site who make score as if they already got the movie before everyone else? Yeah, this is just so unreal, it's ridiculous. I didn't know this movie exist until my friend mention it and ask if this is good movie to watch along with the students. I told my coworker to at least watch the trailer, some kids movie can be quite like South Park after all. What my coworker say afterward? "It's not looking good, is this really a movie?". Now the movie is set in futuristic where you can live on Mars...for some reason. In 2090...for some reason. We can't even make space shuttle work without being too moody mid-air but hey, that's sci-fi for you. Now being imaginative is not a sin. But how the movie carry the narrative through many one-liner and jokes that is so cheap, it make dad joke and puns sounds like tear jerker. Just imagine latest movie blockbluster filled with Subway Singing Rodent meme...how long do you think the joke would last? In case you asking, the movie is about FAMILY SEPARATION, but you'll hear more jokes and Gen-Z thing than story being told. No joke, you'll see good minutes of robot dancing than curiosity about protagonist missing family. Yeah sure kids gonna chuckle in the theater, yeah sure parents just glad their kids liking it...but if all they want is entertainment, you can just put up any Disney classic or even DORAEMON movie and be done with it. What make kids movie impactful is not because of visual alone you know, the narrative must be there and it must be strong. "But Elena, narrative movie is boring!" you may say. Okay? You want VISUAL ONLY with emotion? Fine, go back a bit and watch WALL-E which btw most of it DOESN'T EVEN HAVE DIALOGUE, and emotion is all there. Heck, intro scene of UP! despite only last a minutes, it's already set a story from the get go by visual alone. And those are KIDS MOVIE btw. Compare that to this...this local...oh my god... Then of course anything always has Stan among them. Calling critic as anti-nationalist who hate local creativity? Bro, what? You guys for real? When the last time you guys watch a good movie, a good family movie, a good Christmas movie? Because I'm pretty confident, you won't watch this if there's other option. What's even more funny is, the fact that this movie released alongside TWO HORROR movie is beyond me. But considering how low tier this movie is, I guess the horror is for the locals who realize this is the highest bar of animation their countrymen can offer. Using AI, good visual, served on silver plate without the steak. Hate local creativity what the fuck!? Guys, if you see shit, would you talk about rainbow? No of course not! When it comes to taste, market never lies. Kids ain't that dumb, at least those around 8-13 years old can grasp what is good. Heck, you telling me if this movie released side by side with Shrek 2, which one do you think more appealing to their eyes? Put this movie poster alongside Finding Nemo or Cars, which one do you think they gonna choose? Bitch got lucky because not many kids movie are screened during that Holiday, or maybe it was their intention to avoid widespread flak. Now that I think about it, why the posters remind me of NO MAN SKY!? Now if some of you dreamers actually Indonesian and saw this and think, "Yeah, it underperform because it was released during Eid Al-Fitr Holiday". Fuck you, look at the other horror movie I mentioned that screened alongside this movie. Guess who hit the rock bottom both financially and critically? At least those horror movie still get some thumbs up for trying, I checked. I'm not saying that out of blue, I'm saying that because the Director just outright accuse the buzzer is the cause of the movie failing...when the movie WASN'T EVEN RELEASED! Add that with the fact those statement come when the allegation of the movie early review being sus, this is not helping! What are this guy mad about? Hey madman! If you hate your arts being criticized, then don't publicize it and keep it for yourself! Picasso... Look, I'm happy to know my country...artists make sci-fi movie, because we usually release romcom and horror mainly. I applaud them for real. But to defend it to death on wrong side of the hill like that? And to lean on bias? Yeah, you create a good looking shit, but is it a good shit that people will rent out on either YT or Netflix to show their kids? You don't have to pick what's trending IRL to be put in the movies and think it would make it relevant. Like I mention before, Ready Player One and PIXEL who rely on old nostalgia, it doesn't last much because not everyone know the old trope of 80s to millenial gaming terms. Somethings are not worth carry over. But original line, is. Just because you make movie for kids, make it with kids in mind, not toddler who can't even tell who is their mother. This movie visual may won the day...but would it still hold up side by side with other local movies that released prior? Visual eventually got outdated, but storytelling, last movie longer. Look at Lion King, look at Finding Nemo, look at Cars. If they were shitty kids movie, we all won't refer to it today to suggest to watch along with our kids because that's how it is. "But Elena! That's western kids movie from big studio-" fuck you for second time, look at Tom & Jerry 1993 movie. Look how even people back then butcher that kids movie for being bad. Still think there's tip on the other side of the scale? No, because when it come to taste, not even Pinocchio can bullshit his way out of it. If you want to make kids movie, make it with kids in mind. Don't bother with what their parent think, do you think Disney give a fuck when adding kissing scene on classic Snow White in an age where boys and girl couldn't be seen together unless married? Same goes for us adult, if you make movie but fearing some other type of adult won't be pleased, eventually no one will be pleased. Lastly, DO NOT PROVOKE AUDIENCE. There's nothing like bad PR? Look at Marvel now, even a giant can tumble over a block of lego! Anyway, this local movie is ass, move along...

"Comparing him to plantain as in...what? His cock size or his mental? Or his shoes?" Just another attempt with my RP partner when making adult humor RP.

New xbox joystick for my PC. Last one it got pop off after a good 6 years of service.

"You're not gonna german suplex a Princess now, are you?"

We all been there, saying some strange thing on a whim or because you were too sleepy but still insist on replying and ended up with bunch of nonsense that once you sober up, you goes, "Man, I wrote like ChatGPT 0.1" during RP. Spill it, what is your whacky lines or quotes in RP that is so off putting, you swear both you and your RP partner will remember it until ED become corporate site. Obviously I go first. Here's what I said once upon a time in RP site somewhere, let it be remembered that Elena once said in RP there's a cultist group that name themselves as... Pussy of Heaven. ...my 2020 self and me will never get married for that.

My old beaten up yet still working laptop. That thing carry my day in ED since day one.

If only I'm a Mon-arch Whatever I-want-just-sim-ply-point-here-and-po-int-there-like-the world-is-complete-ly mine. If only I'm a Mon-arch Got them riches-got-the-ti-tle-and-ob-vi-ous-ly-along-with ab-solute authorities If only I'm a Mon-arch I'll be on-top-of-the-world-and-sur-rounded-by-many-many-of-my very own subjects The joy of being Mon-arch Simply snap-my-finger-and-waive-my-hands-then-just-sit-there-while-watching-the-world-just-sim-ply burn! But I am not a Mo-narch I'm only a-ple-bi-an who-only-live-as-no-thing-more-than-mere-ser-vant-of-my-very own-mo-narch I can only dreaming... Dreaming and im-agine-how-it-felt-like-to-live-the-life-of-mon-archy-and-rule-with-my-very own-desire. --- If only I'm a Mon-arch I'll be on-top-of-the-world-and-sur-rounded-by-many-many-of-my very own subjects The joy of being Mon-arch Simply snap-my-finger-and-waive-my-hands-then-just-sit-there-while-watching-the-world-just-sim-ply burn! But I am not a Mo-narch I'm only a-ple-bi-an who-only-live-as-no-thing-more-than-mere-ser-vant-of-my-very own-mo-narch I can only dreaming... Dreaming and im-agine-how-it-felt-like-to-live-the-life-of-mon-archy-and-rule-with-my-very own-desire. --- *Happy yowl* But I am not a Mo-narch I'm only a-ple-bi-an who-only-live-as-no-thing-more-than-mere-ser-vant-of-my-very own-mo-narch I can only dreaming... Dreaming and im-agine-how-it-felt-like-to-live-the-life-of-mon-archy-and-rule-with-my-very own-desire. Na na na na heeyah, na na na na heeyah, na na na na heeyah, na na na na, I-am-sim-ply-just-ple-bian-heeyah! Na na na na heeyah, na na na na heeyah, na na na na I-am-not-a-mon-arch-at-all heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na heeyah! Na na na na...it-was-no-thing-but-a-childish-dreams~

Frozen banana that I forgot was in the freezer. I put it there because I prefer it cold...

This should be on my gaming threads but since it's not exactly video game 100% I'll put this here. It's short thought anyway. So, have you heard about this...Genie 3? The AI that was promised to be able to create games of your desire be it hardcore to casual? Yeah, the news finally hits and it was funnier than court jester you can name on. And they came in numbers too. Basically the AI was supposed to be able not just generate world but also allow you to play within it with automated generated content from the Genie 3. But what you get is just a sightseeing "video" games where it was so unoptimized that you can only walk about less than minutes, low resolution texture, less than 25 FPS and nothing else. Yeah, not even MENU at all. It was crazy and even more so because whole "tech bros" invest so much in it because they think Google won't dare to screw this up or rug pull them. Bro, have you ever read Google venture with gaming space? Stadia, anyone? What make you think they can create games? With AI no less! Even Unity rip-off and shovelware game still have some gameplay to be called video game, but this? This make visual novel genre look like blockbuster! At least something will happen if you press a button!

Apparently my phone file explorer screwed itself and fail to open/recognize document. So I download Xiaomi file explorer (thank god). I just realize the screwed up file explorer is made by Google...what the hell guys!? How could you screw your own system!?

Boy, if you ever read a manga or any localized comic once upon a time, try walk back your memory lane and remember how wacky the use of language people use back then. I just do that with Doraemon and boy, ain't that something else? I remember there's a time where Doraemon straight up call Nobita "you dumbass naughty kid!" which is...my god. Did I read that when I was 5!? Now of course with rerelease with better book cover and better localization, the language is decent, but still funny. So yeah, try to get the old issue comic and see if your childhood is very full of sunshine and rainbow as you remember. Because boy, do I love it when at one volume, there's a part of conversation between characters that goes... "Hey, let's have some fun making something?" "Making what?" "Baby" 1990 publishing is wild scary wonder, I tell you! Now that I think about it, I remember Sailor Moon character relationship was localized in confusion so much, causing each character love interest is changed as...relatives? Goodness me, thank god I prefer Digimon!

Evening loom over the city. The excitement of new year has long gone, as quick as it comes. The rush hour on the streets once again fill the urban sighting, reminding us where we belong. The hurried pedestrian come in an out of subway, eager to reach their homes, and some, the embrace of a family. Skies remain dull, as if it reflects on the urban living beneath. But it doesn’t compare to a lady who walk somewhat in slow pace amidst rushing pedestrian. Lanna is in deep thought. Not about her work, it was alright. Not about dinner either, someone already on it at home. The concern that bother her mind Is the very person who cook the dinner tonight. Mieli. Since she moving in with her, she handle most of the chore at her place. Laundry? Mieli got it covered. Cooking? Say any menu and she would try her best to get it ready on the table, piping hot. Lanna told her there’s no need for that but Mieli insist that she feel restless if she not doing anything at home. Though Lanna appreciate the girl resourcefulness, she didn’t let her move in with her just to play maid. So a week before new year, Lanna decide that she plan to put actual spark in their new relationship. The problem is, Lanna is somewhat stiff for a partner and Mieli is pretty much her yes-woman; she never objects or throw suggestion that would sounds against her idea. But Lanna want this to work. But now a week has passed, and today mark the middle of the January on calendar, yet she still not manages to put more color in their relationship. It’s annoying, should she give up? But she already promised Mieli and the girl told her she wants to see where this would go. As cringe as it can get, she just can’t bear the sight of those hopeful eyes become dull with disappointment. Mieli just had this aura about her. Not that Mieli is a pushover let alone spoiled person mind you. “I should’ve ask her out” she said. But where to? They already visit pretty much dating spot in this city. Lanna schedule is pretty much tight this month so going away from town is not the option on the table right now. “Maybe…I should make dinner for her this time?” She thought but the last time she cooks, it only inconvenience Mieli “I almost burn her tongue with that pasta…” Lanna grumbled. Before she know it, she is already in front of her apartment door. She knocked in which Mieli open the door, greeting her with the same smile, same familiarity…yet always gives different kind of warmth inside. Lanna just walk past her and laid on the couch, sighing as she throws her bag away. “Long day at work?” Mieli said. “Same as always...different days…” Lanna said. Mieli smiled and ask if she want to eat something specific. “I thought you already made one” Lanna said. Mieli sheepishly replied, “usually yes, but maybe this year, I should let you choose rather than shoot in the blind”. Lanna tilt her head, “what gives? It’s not like you ever burn the kitchen or make any weird food since you move in”. Mieli chuckled before she replied, “I decide to play as full time housewife for you this year”. Lanna went quiet. Housewives? Was that her resolution? Before Lanna ask if Mieli is teasing her, the girl speak up first. “I admit; it was a challenge. Usually I would wake up early to prepare breakfast and bath, now I tried to wake at same time as you do. Oh and I did think about calling you while at work but…I got cold feet because I might bother you”. She then added, “I even had trouble on how should I greet you when you come home. I mean, no way a housewife would greet their lover with a deep bow like a servant”. Lanna wasn’t sure how to put this. “Mieli, isn’t it too much of a stretch for a new year resolution? You can just settle in with learning new recipe or getting a better gig to pay our rent” she told the girl. Mieli sighed, “after hearing your resolution, I decide to make it my goal too. Don’t get me wrong, I like how things are between us. But…is it weird if I want us to be more…bold?”. Now that got Lanna thinking. For once, Mieli act without permission. Usually she always throw a thought to Lanna. There’s even at one point she ask Lanna if she could go ahead to sleep before her. Regardless, Lanna is now aware she’s not alone with the thought of how to make more spark in their relationship. Funny because turn out, they both had trouble fulfilling it. Since Lanna don't have any suggestion in mind, she decide to give Mieli some slack. “We could” Lanna said “maybe this is the spark we’re looking for” but then she added, “what if we jinx it?" Mieli smile remain etched to her face, “If it were, I’m sure it’s for a good reason”. Lanna couldn't argue with that, "Then let's make it count" As gentle embrace wrapped around Lanna, Mieli voice welcome her in new form of love. “Thank you. And welcome home, darling…”

Hello there you chronically RP addicts, been a while since I write something stupid here. The rule remain the same obviously, I write stuff, you can take it or leave it as fact, okay? Every thoughts is subjective and for all I know, I may not believe what I'm even saying here! But you know what? I rather doing this nonsense than rubbing people the wrong way or kicking everyone inbox to demand replies because my goodness me, some dreamers really want to be the talk of the town that bad. Okay, where to begin? Right, this caught my fancy the moment I make my return to ED, what do I checked first? RP list? No. Private RP list? No. Group RP? I don't even part of any. Club RP? It was actually the last thing I check. TOS? That's the second one. Without further ado, let me tell you how baffled I am when venturing around... RP Preference Sheets Let's be real here, that thing? It is double edged thing ever created by a man. One day it goes up, then next it goes down like Robert. To be real with you, I was wondering if I should write down my RP preference on my bio instead of preference sheets because, hey, pretty sure we all know what scare people of writing one. Yep, that's right, the stars. You might be thinking, "Elena! I've been good boi/gurl! Don't need to check me out!" well thing is, people change, alright? Some of my RP partner who at least attentive about their venture here would make some changes to their preference sheets. But the problem that hinder some of us is obviously the rating. And I'll be blunt with you here, some if not most review? Is all misfired. As the rule stated, you should review your RP partner skills, not them as person. And that's what gets me. Because believe it or not, I pay no mind if you're 5 stars or down to three, you still a good kid in my book. But the 1 stars, is what gets me. You see, during that time, I encounter the review bomb that goes either... No RP even start yet (just mald over the botched discussion which IMO is hollow review) Criticizing others schedule (guys, internet is NOT free, we all had job/life, wtf) Ghosted when they're not really (it has definition) The number 3, I know I keep repeating this words so much years ago but I gonna say it again. IMO... Ghosting is... When your RP partner left you hanging with vague excuse every single time you confront them When your RP partner left you hanging yet they jump around the sites almost everyday while they claim they were "busy" when in reality they just lost interest and thought you would just forgive and forget kind of person When your RP partner...well simply too humiliated to admit they can't continue the RP but choose silent Ghosting is NOT... When your RP partner left you hanging because change of IRL schedule, causing the reply slowed down When your RP partner took hiatus and really get off the sites during that time (Leave of Absence for example) When your RP partner told you they can't continue the RP I have to stress the very last point because I did find some whacks who lambast RP partner because they were told to the face by their partner that they can't resume. That isn't ghosting! Heck, do you guys know how many RPer here who want openly honest partner like that? It would be one thing if your RP partner keep discontinuing RP with you but we're talking ghost here, and your RP partner still had the balls to told you they're not interested to go on. What do you expect them to do instead? Ghostwriting for you? So yeah it was wild because instead of marking the 1-star RPer, I mark the reviewer instead to avoid having RP with them at all cost. Imagine you wave red flag yet you had your body painted red also. Talk about crying out loud. So yeah...crazy time to read 1-star RP preference. And I have to stress again, I don't think dropping review when the RP is still on discussion held no merit to be taken seriously. Especially to some of you who drop the bomb simply because the said partner has weird taste during discussion. Do you forget where we at? I'm not saying ED is weapons free PVP server, but to bomb your RP partner because they like something or giving input that you don't agree with during discussion of all point in RP? How on earth you even got RP partner in the first place!? Duplicate account beibeh!

Test. Is this thing back online? Hey. Hey! HEY!! "Alright I think I'm good from here Tem! Now onto yet another Elena Rant Without Cause episode..."