Christmas Rob
@robbarracuda.bsky.social
32. EIC @surrealresolution.bsky.social; Host of #DecibelBoost. Drummer for Amenorrhea. Cosplayer. CSM brainrot. contact: [email protected]
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Bleach: TYBW (second cour) - one thing that this section of the arc really makes clear is how often Bleach's tendency towards Proper Noun Overload™ gets in the way of what are conceptually some pretty interesting powers and fights.
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Bleach: TYBW (second cour) - one thing that this section of the arc really makes clear is how often Bleach's tendency towards Proper Noun Overload™ gets in the way of what are conceptually some pretty interesting powers and fights.
December 11th. #albumaday2025. HEALTH - CONFLICT DLC // Drowning in the same kind of synthetic melancholy as much of their output, this one actually brings back a bit more of the heaviness with way more saturated industrial riffage than a lot of what we've heard from them in recent records.
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
December 11th. #albumaday2025. HEALTH - CONFLICT DLC // Drowning in the same kind of synthetic melancholy as much of their output, this one actually brings back a bit more of the heaviness with way more saturated industrial riffage than a lot of what we've heard from them in recent records.
December 10th. #albumaday2025. Taylor Swift - Fearless // A natural extension of her first record, building off a similar compositional style but with more poetic lyrics and a bit less country twang in her voice. I'm not in awe over it, but I don't mind this record too much.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
December 10th. #albumaday2025. Taylor Swift - Fearless // A natural extension of her first record, building off a similar compositional style but with more poetic lyrics and a bit less country twang in her voice. I'm not in awe over it, but I don't mind this record too much.
December 9th. #albumaday2025. Taylor Swift - self-titled // ...I'm only doing this since December doesn't count towards any of my listening metrics and I can maintain plausible deniability
Anyway, trying to start Swift's discography from the beginning in 2025 is a really weird prospect.
Anyway, trying to start Swift's discography from the beginning in 2025 is a really weird prospect.
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
December 9th. #albumaday2025. Taylor Swift - self-titled // ...I'm only doing this since December doesn't count towards any of my listening metrics and I can maintain plausible deniability
Anyway, trying to start Swift's discography from the beginning in 2025 is a really weird prospect.
Anyway, trying to start Swift's discography from the beginning in 2025 is a really weird prospect.
So that was definitely a fun way to spend the day! Really curious as to what comes next for the future of this park, but things are off to a solid start.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So that was definitely a fun way to spend the day! Really curious as to what comes next for the future of this park, but things are off to a solid start.
And then the last stop of the day was the Dark Universe section aka the village of Darkmoor. The setting was dark and dreary, definitely felt fitting of the idea that the classic Universal monsters still existed in this time.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And then the last stop of the day was the Dark Universe section aka the village of Darkmoor. The setting was dark and dreary, definitely felt fitting of the idea that the classic Universal monsters still existed in this time.
While there's plenty of proper rides and attractions to experience, for me the main point of interest was the stage show "The Untrainable Dragon", which was utterly magnificent! Fantastic music, great choreography, really cool animations/dragon effects. Definitely a must-watch.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While there's plenty of proper rides and attractions to experience, for me the main point of interest was the stage show "The Untrainable Dragon", which was utterly magnificent! Fantastic music, great choreography, really cool animations/dragon effects. Definitely a must-watch.
And of course, dragons. There were many a dragon to be found all around!
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And of course, dragons. There were many a dragon to be found all around!
After all that came the Isle of Berk (How to Train Your Dragon), and man this was a really cool land. The architecture and scale was impressive as hell in capturing the art style of the movies.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After all that came the Isle of Berk (How to Train Your Dragon), and man this was a really cool land. The architecture and scale was impressive as hell in capturing the art style of the movies.
Of course the main attraction was the DK mine cart roller coaster. There's a bit of an odd feel regarding the forward momentum of the coaster on average, but it definitely captures the feel of trying to survive the games' mine cart stages. Also, Cranky and Squawks animatronics ^__^
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Of course the main attraction was the DK mine cart roller coaster. There's a bit of an odd feel regarding the forward momentum of the coaster on average, but it definitely captures the feel of trying to survive the games' mine cart stages. Also, Cranky and Squawks animatronics ^__^
Wound up grabbing the themed banana/pineapple float later on in the day. Very cold and maybe a bit overly sweet, but definitely refreshing on a hotter day.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wound up grabbing the themed banana/pineapple float later on in the day. Very cold and maybe a bit overly sweet, but definitely refreshing on a hotter day.
Zipped on over to Donkey Kong Country afterwards. Very appropriately tropical, letters and barrels and bananas everywhere.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Zipped on over to Donkey Kong Country afterwards. Very appropriately tropical, letters and barrels and bananas everywhere.
Decided to have lunch at the Toadstool Cafe, and while I got the Mario Burger (pretty tasty), the menu is predominantly Italian. They have a pretty good tiramisu and some mushroom-shaped garlic knots.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Decided to have lunch at the Toadstool Cafe, and while I got the Mario Burger (pretty tasty), the menu is predominantly Italian. They have a pretty good tiramisu and some mushroom-shaped garlic knots.
Of course the big immediate draw was the Mario Kart dark ride which threw me for quite a loop. It's essentially a shooting gallery dark ride much like Men In Black or the Toy Story rides at Disney World, but the ride system uses a more virtual kind of setup.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Of course the big immediate draw was the Mario Kart dark ride which threw me for quite a loop. It's essentially a shooting gallery dark ride much like Men In Black or the Toy Story rides at Disney World, but the ride system uses a more virtual kind of setup.
The design was magnificent: so much going on all around with the various enemy animatronics (Piranha plants, goomba stacks, loops, etc.), pipes and power-up blocks everywhere, and there were lots of interactive mini-games/collectibles requiring a special power-up band, which i 100% did get <w<
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The design was magnificent: so much going on all around with the various enemy animatronics (Piranha plants, goomba stacks, loops, etc.), pipes and power-up blocks everywhere, and there were lots of interactive mini-games/collectibles requiring a special power-up band, which i 100% did get <w<
Alright, now that I'm home, time for a fuller thread about the Epic Universe:
Naturally the first stop for me was Super Nintendo World. Had the most unique entrance point, going through an escalator in a warp pipe that takes you to Princess Peach's castle and then the land as a whole.
Naturally the first stop for me was Super Nintendo World. Had the most unique entrance point, going through an escalator in a warp pipe that takes you to Princess Peach's castle and then the land as a whole.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Alright, now that I'm home, time for a fuller thread about the Epic Universe:
Naturally the first stop for me was Super Nintendo World. Had the most unique entrance point, going through an escalator in a warp pipe that takes you to Princess Peach's castle and then the land as a whole.
Naturally the first stop for me was Super Nintendo World. Had the most unique entrance point, going through an escalator in a warp pipe that takes you to Princess Peach's castle and then the land as a whole.
I'll probably post in more detail later, but one thing I will say: I was very surprised to see that Super Nintendo World actually had *Pikmin* dotted across the area in these blink-and-you-miss-it locations.
December 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'll probably post in more detail later, but one thing I will say: I was very surprised to see that Super Nintendo World actually had *Pikmin* dotted across the area in these blink-and-you-miss-it locations.
How I'm celebrating year #32 on this plane of existence!
December 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How I'm celebrating year #32 on this plane of existence!
Smiling Friends, season 3: I liked it a bit better than season 2. Some of the wildest animated setpieces of the series, and it was interesting that the season dived heavily into the history of Smiling Friends as a company. Favorite eps: Mole Man, The Glep Ep, Silly Samuel, and the Halloween episode.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Smiling Friends, season 3: I liked it a bit better than season 2. Some of the wildest animated setpieces of the series, and it was interesting that the season dived heavily into the history of Smiling Friends as a company. Favorite eps: Mole Man, The Glep Ep, Silly Samuel, and the Halloween episode.
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World -- I liked it a bit better than the second one; solidly bittersweet conclusion to the trilogy, definitely the best looking of the films by far, but certain plot threads and characters like the antagonist Grimmel felt a bit underdeveloped.
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World -- I liked it a bit better than the second one; solidly bittersweet conclusion to the trilogy, definitely the best looking of the films by far, but certain plot threads and characters like the antagonist Grimmel felt a bit underdeveloped.
December 8th. #albumaday2025. Moron Police - Pachinko // The band's latest full-length is once again a joyously varied sonic odyssey: a prog-rock journey throwing synths, gospel choir vocals, all kinds of riffs and drums and stuff into the fold. Hard not to have a big dumb smile when listening!
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
December 8th. #albumaday2025. Moron Police - Pachinko // The band's latest full-length is once again a joyously varied sonic odyssey: a prog-rock journey throwing synths, gospel choir vocals, all kinds of riffs and drums and stuff into the fold. Hard not to have a big dumb smile when listening!
December 7th. #albumaday2025. Moron Police - The Stranger and the Hightide // Missed this EP a while back, but I got around to it now. 4 tracks here containing the band's usual eclectic songwriting with a focus on more cowboy western-style musical flourishes.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
December 7th. #albumaday2025. Moron Police - The Stranger and the Hightide // Missed this EP a while back, but I got around to it now. 4 tracks here containing the band's usual eclectic songwriting with a focus on more cowboy western-style musical flourishes.
How To Train Your Dragon 2: a solid enough follow-up. The animation quality stepped up a bit with even cooler setpieces and dragon designs, but the narrative was doing a bit too much at times (the stuff involving Valka felt a bit clunky in how it was incorporated).
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
How To Train Your Dragon 2: a solid enough follow-up. The animation quality stepped up a bit with even cooler setpieces and dragon designs, but the narrative was doing a bit too much at times (the stuff involving Valka felt a bit clunky in how it was incorporated).
Finally working through Chapter 4 of Deltarune and GDI SANS--
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Finally working through Chapter 4 of Deltarune and GDI SANS--