DeathscytheX

TL;DW all those diverse hipsters prove you hire on talent and not lifestyle and race. Clowns named a ship Vessel, and its navigator is a fucking rock named Geode. Such low effort.

Nice list for fragrances DX. I follow a few more in that community. Have you tried any of the YT fragrance community's own personal launched fragrances? I went to 2 of those meet-n-greets in Manhattan hosted by BFL and Redoles. 

It was a fun movie with great special effects and awesome fatalities... and that was it. Horrible acting outside of Kano... but that didn't matter. The pacing and Cole sucked. Cole should have never been in there. He wasn't in the games, he was so out of place... and his first victory was stupid without spoiling it, you know why.
The pacing... it was all the pacing. Started out strong... then lets go searching.... then lets train... then boom everyone fights at the same time... no focus on individual fights.. then ok.. we won.. time for MK2. Such an abrupt ending. It was pretty jarring. The original movie was better.

Looks like it'll be another season of Clone Wars but starring the bad batch. I'm cool with that.

Its because our government is more dysfunctional than at any point in history. Say what you want about Trump... he exposed it for what it was. There was literally no reason to reverse the executive order on insulin prices and now they're skyrocketing again because Trump bad. Biden is a fucking husk of a human being. You can't tell me thats the same person that debated Ryan in the VP debates when Romney was running. Each time the party switches they're just going to undo everything the last admin did and its gonna be a seesaw non stop every 4-8 years. Who is even running this nation? The debt is astronomical because neither party cares anymore. We have a super dependence on the Chinese for so much stuff now, we have to tread lightly. 

This movie was fucking awesome!
 

Fruits Basket openings have all been winners as have the endings. Whoever has been choosing the songs needs a raise because they're doing a damn good job.
Hmmm, it'd be hard to me to even pick between all the good openings over the last couple years (and even from this past winter season, there a few damn good ones) but I'll see your five with five of my own
I'm starting out with the best of my five and that goes to Sincerely from Violet Evergarden (you name dropped it so I'm here to drop the opening). From the minute I heard it I fell in love with the song and I can't hear it without tears streaming out of my eyes (yes I'm an emotional wreck when it comes to VE).
Next on the list goes to Chaos Drifters from No Guns No Life Season 2, While I love Motor City from Season 1 I'm obsessed with this song and it's actually one of my most played songs on Spotify (god damn banger it is).
Third on this list goes to Rise from Shield Hero, fucking banger of an opening (as is Faith, the second opening but I personally prefer Rise). Surprisingly enough this opening is what actually sold me on watching the show since it does a pretty good job of encapsulating what the show is about (and lets face it, Naofumi is probably one of the most relatable protagonists in any isekai show to date).
We all knew this was going to happen since I absolutely adore the show and three of its four openings, it's Mayday from Fire Force. As DX can attest this show is freaking awesome and I feel Mayday does the best job of encapsulating that no only in the animation but the song as well. I adore Inferno (opening 1) and Spark-Again (opening 3) but Mayday is just fucking amazing.
And last but certainly not least my fifth pick. This song was literally an obsession of mine from the moment I heard it (and we discussed this much earlier in this topic I believe) and that would be Shadowgraph from Boogiepop Phantom. MYTH & ROID have quite a few amazing songs (Jingo Jungle from Saga of Tanya the Evil, Voracity, Hydra and L.L.L. from Overlord) Shadowgraph has resonated with me and completely sucked me in. The ending from Boogiepop Phantom (Whiteout) is also amazing but I'm sticking to openings here.
While not part of the top five thing I also wanted to post one of my favorites from the 2021 winter season. While not my absolute favorite (that belongs to The Promised Neverland's S2 opening (even if S2 is a dumpster fire but I won't get into that here)) it's from one of my favorite Japanese Rock bands (in fact this is there first ever anime opening) and I feel they don't get anywhere near the attention they absolutely deserve. Different by Band-Maid, these girls absolutely kill everything they do and this is no exception and I'm so glad they were chosen to do this for Season 3 of Log Horizon.
 

Gonna be a redundant post sorta... but with my anime watching getting more active now that dubs are more fequent even if they're a few weeks behind. Here are my top openings of the past few years.... maybe more distant since its a blur since COVID started.

Cop Craft - Man this show was so much fun. Just a good ole buddy cop anime... kinda like Bright on Netflix.... but better? Def worth a watch.

Fruits Basket - So many fucking feels man... so many good openings and outros. At the end of the day I gotta stick with the one that started it all... such a beautiful melody. Violet Evergarden will always be a king of animation quality.. but man FB is really good in that department too.

ZOMBIE LAND SAGA - The only pop idol anime I really got into because of its interesting premise. I love this OP so much.

Fairy Tail has so many banger openings... say what you want about the series and its power of friendship. Its not perfect... but man I love all the characters and most of the arcs. It is what it is... but this OP toppled the Grand Magic Games one, which I never thought would happen. It's so fucking good.

And the winner of it all is Attack of Titan's final season... There aren't many OPs that can encompass the theme of what is currently going on in a series... its fucking eerie, its dark, its uncomfortable... plus the imagery used fits so well as per usual with AoT openings. And without really spoiling anything at that.
 
 

I never got the first Spider-Man but since this came with my PS5 bundle here is my quick take

Pros:
The game was hella fun. Movement, combat, abilities. All good. The skill tree was kinda lame, but it didn't matter. You always had a choice to go in and fight or stealth. This game is hella easy for the most part because stealth is so good. Basically enemies never look up.

Cons:
This game was clearly meant to be just an expansion. It's not worth $50. Its apparently half the length of the first game... its very short. Its a shame too because the story, voice acting, and just the game as a whole is great. They should be charging $30 for this game not $50. Wait for it to go on discount. Also the last boss fight has a section that inexcusably frustrating. I don't like when they change the game worlds rules to make a boss more frustrating.

Just curious what you watch on YT when it comes to influencers/reviewers. I have various interests in hobbies so I'll share what I got.
Politics
Tim Pool https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwNTXWEjVd2qIHLcXxQWxA

Knives/Watches
Nick Shabazz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM_f7DAr6zzIHHYggsq8CrA
The Urban Gentry https://www.youtube.com/user/theurbangentry
Guns
Hickok45 https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45
Demolition Ranch https://www.youtube.com/user/DemolitionRanch
Colion Noir https://www.youtube.com/user/MrColionNoir
Cologne
Gents Scent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IImcLkUdmURWtQhxu8VwQ
BowTie FragranceGuy https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDarianhill
Big Beard Business https://www.youtube.com/user/BigBeardBusiness
Jeremy Fragrance https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKrJ5NSA9o7RHYRG12kHZw

Anime
Glass Reflection https://www.youtube.com/user/GRArkada
Mother's Basement https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBs2Y3i14e1NWQxOGliatmg 

Angry stuff
Overlord DVD https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeCJB88u93eq91U0rlJsW-A
The Quartering https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfwE_ODI1YTbdjkzuSi1Nag

Gaming
Arekkz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfwE_ODI1YTbdjkzuSi1Nag
Tectone https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnSoX7NkOBcOX0Gfw_yjAw
Westie https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1e6iW4ojbhn0gUCyvjawKg

Educational/Mystery/History/Science
Brew https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQGtUcRjHTQLTTu-5s9_4Q
Ridddle https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ep0Y4T5rvUuIfjKN1wqTw
Anton Petrov https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciQ8wFcVoIIMi-lfu8-cjQ
Bright Insight https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIlJ9eYylZQcyfMOPNUz9w
Astrum https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9b7aDP6ZN0coj9-xFnrtw
LEMMiNO https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRcgy6GzDeccI7dkbbBna3Q

Down the Rabbit Hole
The 5th Kind https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSURWtaqrVyYNxaw8E90sQ
Coast to Coast AM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVmlEoDSeImXV5aPz8EvP0A
Scary Mysteries https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE86yS_VM7qjiICqRPmwLQ

People cheating on their spouse drama
rSpace https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0VjNM-ULRLWmbgAWlV27g

WHOA WHAT?! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Character design recycled be damned, the manga was a lot of fun from what I read. I really need to get back into it before this starts.

Anime:
Besides also watching Geoff (Mother's Basement) and Tristan/Arkada (Glass Reflection) I also follow
AniNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchUOUW-eNmDfDqMS_AiZew (mostly for Overlord and Shield Hero content)
CDawgVA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsZ_0SkFdi551iYTG04R2g (mostly for his stupid antics, he's mostly just a JVlogger now)
Gaming News/Videos:
JackFrags https://www.youtube.com/user/jackfrags
Matimi0 https://www.youtube.com/user/Matimi0 (occasionally, I watch his stream more then his youtube channel)
LevelCap https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelCapGaming (don't watch him as much as I used to since he became more news centric)
TheRussianBadger https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRussianBadger
The Escapist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine (mostly for Zero Punctuation)
Also follow YongYea as well
FFXIV Related:
MrHappy1227 https://www.youtube.com/user/Xehanort1227 (mostly for guides and news)
Ethys Asher https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2UQ_EJkAAlzXkcTfDj-2g (FFXIV Lore Daddy, follow for all that juicy FFXIV lore)
MTQCapture https://www.youtube.com/user/MTQcapture (guides)
Final Fantasy XIV https://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV
News:
Internet Today https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZVCV9xhrCyz4hPehvb4Wg
Philip DeFranco https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
Building Stupid Shit (not sure how to classify these):
michaelcthulu https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelcthulhu (builds ridiculously huge weapons, rather entertaining)
Hacksmith Industries https://www.youtube.com/user/MstrJames (the makers for that lightsaber vid I posted)
Music Oriented:
Chillhop Music https://www.youtube.com/user/Chillhopdotcom (I've really gotten into lofi lately)
Vincent Moretto https://www.youtube.com/user/HaarasNC (man does some killer metal covers of Ace Combat music as well as others)
Frog Leap Studios https://www.youtube.com/user/leolego (does some killer covers)
As well as multiple other ones mostly centered around piano covers of anime openings and endings (I'll provide links if anyone is interested).
Science/History:
Biographics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
Forgotten Weapons https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons
VLog Oriented:
Abroad in Japan https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44  (just because I find Japan interesting and I like Chris's personality)
Random Nerd Shit:
FilmComicsExplained https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisWUR5UCMcxz_4zT6mI3kA
Certifiably Ingame https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJutYkYphYcGo-xbqyQJeYA (mostly for his Star Trek and Star Wars lore video's)
EckhartsLadder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6F1mQGuaXiDj5otWBmIjg (mostly for Star Wars content)
40K Theories https://www.youtube.com/user/remleiz (even though I don't play Warhammer I find the lore fascinating)
Streamer Related:
Streamers Reloaded https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDT1meaKQ_D1HjhTGULNbew (I spend way to much time watching streamers and for some reason streamer drama just amazes me hence why I watch it)
I also watch a lot of other youtubers this is just a small snippet of what I watch (plus some of the others I really don't know how to classify into a category as they cover more then just one thing). Not to mention the recent rabbit hole I fell down and wish I never did (I've gotten into vtubers and I don't know whether to be disgusted in myself or just resign myself to this weird fad).

I could get lost in Brew auto playing into the next episode for hours

My youtube recommendations vary over the years, I'll watch some creators and then drop them for a while as I check out other stuff. These are the current channels I've watched the most of over the last 6 months.
 
Gaming:
YongYea (Game news, but I haven't been watching him as much lately)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6iAerLNE-0J1S_E97UAuQ
GameSack (great reviews of retro games)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6LaAC9VckZYJUzutUW3PQ
Slope's Game Room (I've been watching the retro game documentaries)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC455p7ts9lh8IWi5zuf_8tQ
Cinemassacre (Angry Video game nerd, they haven't been as good as the old episodes)
https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesNintendoNerd
Gaming Historian (More great video game documentaries)
https://www.youtube.com/user/mcfrosticles
 
Comics:
Comics Explained (basically comic book story documentaries explaining entire story arcs)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxQmKgrkUv4S7P5w0pLayw
 
Movie & tv series reviews, breakdowns for easter eggs:
New Rockstars
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yRILFFJ2QZCykymr8LPwA
Everything Always:
https://www.youtube.com/user/clearlyhereagain
 
Comedy:
ExplosmEntertainment (Cyanide & Happiness)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWXCrItCF6ZgXrdozUS-Idw
 
BBQ:
Ballistic BBQ
https://www.youtube.com/user/sd4547
HotToBBQRight
https://www.youtube.com/user/howtobbqright
Guga Foods:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfE5Cz44GlZVyoaYTHJbuZw
 
Science & Education:
PBS Space Time (Amazing series)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (One of the best animated science channels ever)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q
Brew
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQGtUcRjHTQLTTu-5s9_4Q
BRIGHT SIDE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4rlAVgAK0SGk-yTfe48Qpw
 
Handyman and home improvement videos:
Home RenoVision DIY (This guy's videos are amazing)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnorhjQR4zJkT7AVNhu395Q
Vancouver Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbZdXox6mKHdcT2QdVT-goQ
 
Exercise: (I mostly watch videos for no weights exercises)
ATHLEAN-X™
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0TLA0EsQbE-MjuHXevj2A
Jeremy Ethier
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCERm5yFZ1SptUEU4wZ2vJvw
BarbarianBody
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCduSVNApvBELfswY_ElMkOw
I also like to do women's Pilates exercises but I haven't narrowed down specific youtubers for those yet. I mostly watch old dvd videos we owned that I transferred to digital format and stream off my plex. lol.
Edit (I forgot to add my plant and lawn care category, lol. I might re-edit this later).

Oof, my heart...

God damnit I'm tearing up just watching the trailer, fucking christ what has this anime done to me (that or I'm just over emotional from starting my 4th rewatch of VE (don't judge me, I need to watch the BD's and make sure they're up to snuff))? Can it be April already?

Oof, my heart...

Just curious what you watch on YT when it comes to influencers/reviewers. I have various interests in hobbies so I'll share what I got.
Politics
Tim Pool https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwNTXWEjVd2qIHLcXxQWxA

Knives/Watches
Nick Shabazz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM_f7DAr6zzIHHYggsq8CrA
The Urban Gentry https://www.youtube.com/user/theurbangentry
Guns
Hickok45 https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45
Demolition Ranch https://www.youtube.com/user/DemolitionRanch
Colion Noir https://www.youtube.com/user/MrColionNoir
Cologne
Gents Scent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IImcLkUdmURWtQhxu8VwQ
BowTie FragranceGuy https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDarianhill
Big Beard Business https://www.youtube.com/user/BigBeardBusiness
Jeremy Fragrance https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKrJ5NSA9o7RHYRG12kHZw

Anime
Glass Reflection https://www.youtube.com/user/GRArkada
Mother's Basement https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBs2Y3i14e1NWQxOGliatmg 

Angry stuff
Overlord DVD https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeCJB88u93eq91U0rlJsW-A
The Quartering https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfwE_ODI1YTbdjkzuSi1Nag

Gaming
Arekkz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfwE_ODI1YTbdjkzuSi1Nag
Tectone https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnSoX7NkOBcOX0Gfw_yjAw
Westie https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1e6iW4ojbhn0gUCyvjawKg

Educational/Mystery/History/Science
Brew https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQGtUcRjHTQLTTu-5s9_4Q
Ridddle https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ep0Y4T5rvUuIfjKN1wqTw
Anton Petrov https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciQ8wFcVoIIMi-lfu8-cjQ
Bright Insight https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIlJ9eYylZQcyfMOPNUz9w
Astrum https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9b7aDP6ZN0coj9-xFnrtw
LEMMiNO https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRcgy6GzDeccI7dkbbBna3Q

Down the Rabbit Hole
The 5th Kind https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSURWtaqrVyYNxaw8E90sQ
Coast to Coast AM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVmlEoDSeImXV5aPz8EvP0A
Scary Mysteries https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE86yS_VM7qjiICqRPmwLQ

People cheating on their spouse drama
rSpace https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0VjNM-ULRLWmbgAWlV27g

Yes please....

Kinda unrelated... but I miss the days when technology kinda forced the tone of Star Trek battles.... unlike Star Wars, they were more like lumbering slow paced naval battles with big payoffs. While its cool to see 36 phazer beams and 50 photons flying out of star ships... eh. I kinda miss the tension.
These two will always be my favorite.
 

I hear you there. It's always perplexed me since the Kelvin Timeline was introduced (JJ's Star Trek movies) that tech seems more advanced back in the 23rd century then it does in the 24th. It also perplexes me where they put all those damn phaser banks (the Enterprise-E, a Sovereign class starship and most advanced ship in the Federation as of Nemesis has 12-phaser banks and yet you see ships from newer series set earlier in canon sporting arrays like a laser light show).
Sadly though tension and introspection don't get viewers anymore so it's the flashier the better. Good choice in battles as well, two of my favorites as well from the movies.

Kinda unrelated... but I miss the days when technology kinda forced the tone of Star Trek battles.... unlike Star Wars, they were more like lumbering slow paced naval battles with big payoffs. While its cool to see 36 phazer beams and 50 photons flying out of star ships... eh. I kinda miss the tension.
These two will always be my favorite.
 

Kinda unrelated... but I miss the days when technology kinda forced the tone of Star Trek battles.... unlike Star Wars, they were more like lumbering slow paced naval battles with big payoffs. While its cool to see 36 phazer beams and 50 photons flying out of star ships... eh. I kinda miss the tension.
These two will always be my favorite.
 

There were action figures?!