Beast's Lair History

[Deathhappens]

I once tried finding my first post on this site
Then I realised I'd rather not know exactly how long I've been here.
Then I realised that's not even accurate anyway since I'd been lurking on occasion for years earlier.
Time flies.

[Ideofago]

I first knew of the forum in 2019 when I downloaded the Fate TL. Everything else happened after my join date.

[Mattias]

I'm pretty sure my first post was in Five's Fem!Shirou CYOA, since I'd been lurking for about a year by that point and only joined so I could mess with Mike's "All Sakura, All The Time" plan.

Which, I guess means that I joined up out of spite.

[Highwayman]

LotGH isn't too long, only 110 episodes for the story proper and another 50 or so for the gaidens. The longest thing I've watched recently was Star Trek DS9, and I think that comes out to around 360 anime-sized episodes. I've really got to rewatch LotGH...

I had the LotGH OST in my car's CD changer for years. It motivated me to learn more about classical music. I really do need to rewatch the series, especially since I was too focused on the /a/ memes at first (Bittenfeld making forceful breakthroughs, the battleship Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli, Yang's alcoholism, the fever dream that was Golden Wings...)
The gaiden were a bit of a step down in animation quality as I remember. You could save time and avoid them.

[Five_X]

I don't remember if their animation quality was worse, but the stories really are great once you've finished the main OVA. Or I think there's some watch order that deftly weaves them in alongside the main 110, but that's too complicated for me.

[Tepanyakigo]

To me, BL is kinda like a pub I've been going to for many years.

The clientele keeps changing, but there's always a familiar scent, a face, a memory.

and the necessary "derail" from time to time which is amusing and educational for people who are into lore

[Ideofago]

I did absolutely not expect to be seeing Legend of the Galactic Heroes here. It makes perfect sense, but it still feels weird.

[Snow]

How is the stocking theater thing STILL going on? It's a part of the ecosystem but still quite puzzling.

[Five_X]

Stocking theatre?? I genuinely don't know what that is and now I feel like I've missed out.

[Bloble]

Sockpuppets?

[Snow]

Yeah, sockpuppets, I tried to be funny.

[Five_X]

Ohhh, coming back to it it makes more sense now that I discovered food's tragic and untimely re-death. I just saw "stockings" and immediately thought of Rin.

[Ideofago]

Is there anything else you should even think about?

[Snow]

Ohhh, coming back to it it makes more sense now that I discovered food's tragic and untimely re-death. I just saw "stockings" and immediately thought of Rin.

Six months (?) is a good life I'd say! But it's been YEARS, how does he do it???

[Five_X]

Guilty as charged, it's been more than a decade and Rin is still iconically sexy. I'm weak...

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Six months (?) is a good life I'd say! But it's been YEARS, how does he do it???

I'm amazed, he posted just like the old days and it took so long. He deserves a long-service medal or something at this point, he's dedicated to the cause.

[Ideofago]

Cold take: Rin is more attractive in Ufotable's style, even if (at least I think) it is not as good as the novel's.

[Comun]

It's important to come to everybody's attention that Araya's Dry Cleaner's last post was in What Keeps You Coming to BL, and his last word was "food".

Sweat and cum-box, with a hint of rancid food.

Masterful timing on Petri's part. The end cut couldn't have been more beautiful.

[Snow]

Cold take: Rin is more attractive in Ufotable's style, even if (at least I think) it is not as good as the novel's.

In the novel sprites there's something very slightly off about her proportions, and not just hers. Ofc not nearly enough to be ugly or 'wrong' but I think it might be how long the hands are (that might just be the pose), or the very thin and straight legs? Anyway ufo definitely fixed the legs, even if I like the sprite faces and general lankyness of the sprite artstyle more.

[Petrikow]

I was indeed planning to find the perfect punch-line all along, and not being an idiot.

[Snow]

It's important to come to everybody's attention that Araya's Dry Cleaner's last post was in What Keeps You Coming to BL, and his last word was "food".



Masterful timing on Petri's part. The end cut couldn't have been more beautiful.

Like poetry really. Good work btw.