u/arcanehelix

Just wondering. Is there a reason why this isn't more common?

Never made such a huge trip before, but is it feasible to take i.e. a train at 9am from Leuven / Brussels to Paris for a day-trip, and then be back in Leuven at night? The time it takes for Leuven / Brussels to Paris (2 hr) is the same it takes to travel from Leuven to Dinant (which I have done before).

My interests are architecture / musuems.

Would love to hear the experience of ppl who did so. Would you also just recommend staying in Paris for the weekend apart from making it a day-trip?

As per title.

Any good cafes where it opens till like 8pm or later? Its summer now, the Sun doesn't set early.

Would love to study there!

Bonus if they have great coffee and not those instant coffee generic brands...

1. What is a 1:1 ratio good for? The RPC also has a 1:1, but its 3'9 screen is larger and so GBA can fit. 3'5 1:1...i'm not sure what can be played on it.

2. Can the chipset support shaders for GBA or Arcade systems?

3. Why does the 2000mAV battery only lasts 5-6 hours? My RPC has 5000mAV, but it lasts DAYS. With shaders.

As per title.

Europeans, any experience on how long AYN ships? I heard horror stories of shipping taking up to 6 months.

I got my RPC in 3 weeks with express shipping lol. But AYN doesn't seem to offer express shipping...?

I need it to arrive by July latest as I am moving to a different country by September...

Fans who have read the comics from start to finish, especially BRPD.

Anyone feels like they got hit in the gut after reflecting and processing the full storyline?

Hellboy as a franchise started off on a rather optimistic note, with your typical comicbook "happy ending" - Occult Nazis defeated, ghosts and demons clearly beaten. Typical superhero stuff, and the events all felt colorful and childish, with characters like Lobster Johnson etc.

Then as the franchise and series matured, losses and wins became blurred...the friends Hellboy made along the way, most went through their own character arcs, from being a cannibalistic tiger, to being possessed by vampires, to having identity crises...and just like real-life, the comics stopped giving clear "happy endings"; it was common for these character arcs to just remain unresolved. You had a feeling that most of them were coping with their own internal struggles.

Then there were plotlines like the threat of a vampire uprising, the resurgence of Occult Nazis etc...but towards the end, during the BRPD arc when the Apocalypse did happen...

Man, it felt like all the early events of the Hellboy franchise didn't mattered in the grand scheme of things. The Apocalypse DID happen. Earth was reset. Humanity almost wiped out. Most of Hellboy's friend simply died, there was no plot armor.

All the little early stories, from exorcisms, to stopping vampires, to banishing demons or helping cursed people, to Hellboy's own romantic heartbreak or wrestling fiasco in Mexico...it amounted to NOTHING in the grand scheme of things. They lost, plain and short.

Its like looking back on your life and realizing nothing mattered in the grand scheme of things just a nuclear bomb drops on you.

P.S. The ending is akin to Sopranos or even Joker 2. It felt out of character, and a bit of a bail out.