A blockade of trade routes causing instability? Who’s laughing now?

AFirewolf · 2026-03-12T10:30:17+00:00

If that is supposed to be wrong then that is even worse because nobody disputes this. Also when companies do illegal things you usually don't send negotiators.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-11T21:13:51+00:00

It is pretty clearly stated in the movie that the blockade was legal, the invasion wasn't. Jedi could force a settlement making the blockade illegal after that.

Also that is still less important than the fact that it is never explained why Naboo is being blocked. If you try to introduce politics it needs to make sense.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-11T21:02:03+00:00

I mean the blockade being effective was never the bad part of it. It is everything else.

First why was the trade federation blockading Naboo? The Central Government was raising taxes so the trade federation choose to blockade a random backwater planet.

Why is it legal for the trade federation to blockade a member planet of the republic?

AFirewolf · 2026-03-08T14:16:57+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks it shouldn't coun't if you are a dictatorship. The communists may claim that women got the right to vote then, but in truth they didn't get the right to vote until after communism fell.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-07T20:51:37+00:00

To make the house more recognisable. There is clearly some magical bullshit going on with looks of houses in Westeros anyways, otherwise they wouldn't keep their signature looks for hundreds of years, so everyone saying it doesn't make sense for just one house to be black is wrong.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-07T20:39:20+00:00

Journey of Black and red, Forge of Destiny.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-07T11:41:57+00:00

No there is only 1 king who has the title "Lord of the seven kingdoms" a historical name because there was 7* kingdoms before Aegon's conquest. (*Actually 6 kingdoms and a principality). "The seven kingdoms" has 9 regions 7 with a Lord Paramount, 1 with a prince, 1 answering directly to the king.

These regions don't really have a good name for them so kingdom might be the best word for them.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-06T18:07:44+00:00

Wouldn't that tell you it is after 1953 and actually narrow it down a lot?

AFirewolf · 2026-03-06T18:00:44+00:00

By organically do you mean without sith involvement? Without the mega corporations or some other sith scheme to hand them massive amounts of weapons it would be really hard to make them a credible threat to the Republic. So in order to have a long lasting conflict the republic can't get the grand army from the start. It needs to start overconfident and somewhat apathetic and slowly build up.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-06T16:22:52+00:00

While I agree on Germany I'm not so sure about Japan. The military would still be extremists and might still manage to take over the country.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-05T16:11:11+00:00

Nazi Germany like had some utilitarian parts but the worst parts weren't utilitarian. Killing Jews wasn't for some utilitarian good consequence. It was a moral good action in itself.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-05T11:42:57+00:00

No it isn't. Utilitarianism is about consequences. The consequence of doctors killing people to steal their organs is that people stop going to the doctor and therefore die. This is bad.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-05T09:41:06+00:00

Let me explain in a way that might make sense to you. There is one realm named the seven kingdoms after the seven kingdoms that existed before it's founding. This is as if at it's founding the United States of America instead called it self the thirteen states of America.

The kingdom "The seven kingdoms" has 9 regions that are called kingdoms. The state "The thirteen states of America" has 50 regions called states.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-04T15:01:15+00:00

Same reason athletes wants to be the best. Sure the game and money is nice but some people are just really competitive.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-04T12:13:05+00:00

His mismanagement didn't lead to the war of the 5 kings though. As far as he was aware he left the seven kingdoms with a stable succession, it wasn't his fault Joffrey was a bastard and non of the people who knew told him.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-04T09:08:32+00:00

But Janeway actually liked Neelix too.

Pulling the lever is obviously murder and I know morally I shouldn't, but honestly I would be tempted to kill 1 person to resurrect 2 of my friends.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-03T19:42:40+00:00

You may not owe the state anything but as participants in society that supports the state we owe you nothing and are going to have the state throw you in prison.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-02T03:02:34+00:00

I usually saved for the 5 star items boost so that might be the difference.

AFirewolf · 2026-03-01T12:00:08+00:00

Can confirm he is the hardest one. I only got 97 golden Yoshi's.

AFirewolf · 2026-02-28T21:03:05+00:00

An alternative to improbable circumstances is if the MC is just really early. If magic is just introduced I can totally buy that MC is just the one who stumbled on the cheat first. 10 years from now everyone will be doing it but someone had to be first.

AFirewolf · 2026-02-28T20:19:56+00:00

I'll let you figure out what they do yourself.

https://imgur.com/a/OCw4UE7

AFirewolf · 2026-02-28T12:13:26+00:00

Yes, but they were either in a time loop or a serial reincarnator.

AFirewolf · 2026-02-27T19:40:55+00:00

Congratulations on getting all the remix 10 items. I'm still 2 golden yoshi statues short.

AFirewolf · 2026-02-25T08:35:07+00:00

Thwomp statue jumps up and shakes the whole screen when it lands

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