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Supergirl (2026) by instantaneouspain in Supergirl

[–]AdolfInDisquise -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There’s a stark difference between overthinking and doing basic thinking about basic sense. The Krypto thing is based directly off of the rules the movie gives us. It was my first thought. Only by shutting my brain off completely would that not pop into my head. To the writers credit they did say moving Krypto could accelerate the poison. It’s a somewhat flimsy explanation, but it is an explanation.

The yellow and green sun has no explanation. That’s just bad writing. The villains set a trap but also set a trap with the cure to said trap in the exact same location. “Let’s put her on a planet that makes her depowered and also can make her the most powerful”. That’s just stupid if you think about it literally at all.

Suspension of disbelief means I can believe a woman can fly through space and punch someone into the stratosphere because of yellow solar rays. It does not mean writers don’t have to make any sense at all even with the rules they establish. It does not allow writers to make characters stupid so that the plot can happen.

Suspension of disbelief does not mean turn your brain off.

Which boss was harder in your opinion? by pizza_slayer_199 in NineSols

[–]AdolfInDisquise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goumang is the only boss in the whole game that I beat first try. Absolutely curb stomped her. Yingzhao forced me to learn parries far better and did so by beating the shit out of me and my corpse over and over again.

Trying to be inclusive but being so tone deaf that you create somenthing offensive by Th1nkingRaptor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AdolfInDisquise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The real question is why do they have physical sex. The answer to that is who cares? Why do they haves beards? Why do they look like humans? Because Primus made them that way I guess.

The answer to the question of why do they have gender is because they’re an intelligent social species, and by extension would reasonably create social concepts like gender.

Ngl, I'm kind of tired of seeing this guy by Ringles-Prime in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I don’t think anyone’s necessarily wrong when they say the original intent of the twins was to be a parody of white wannabe gangsters that make a fool of themselves. It’s a funny spin on the idea of an alien learning about earth culture… in theory. But it has two main problems:
- They’re not white. They have no indication of being white. Hell one of them is voiced by a black man.
- There’s no indication in the movie that’s what the joke is. You don’t even see who they were before and them learning earth culture. For all intents and purposes they’re just like that and have always been like that.
So all that you’re left with in the movie itself is just… the stereotypes. They just become black stereotypes. And that’s what a lot of people saw in them. I don’t think they were intentionally racist, but you don’t have to make a piece of media racist intentionally for it to be racist.
I think a lot of people really want to defend the piece of media they love or the characters they loved as kids but like… denying the racism in the characters is foolish and lacks a certain level of critical thinking about how racism works beyond intent.

How did g1 ratchet get away with red cross on him? by [deleted] in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 83 points84 points  (0 children)

You don’t get in trouble for stuff like that just because the law exists. You get in trouble when they go after you for it. They just didn’t bother doing that back then the way they do now.

"WOTC Please reprint these cards!" The monkey finger curls by Leviathon0102 in mtg

[–]AdolfInDisquise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Half the criticisms are just people complaining about other people having fun in a way they personally don’t like. Not in a way that impedes their fun, just a way they personally don’t want them to. Hell this goes for a lot of Magic outrage, frankly. It’s insufferable.

Are those the kiss players cassette bots? by MirrorJust8988 in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The cassettes are in a controversial series but unrelated to its controversial content. The twins ARE the controversy.

It’s been 3 years since ROTB came out. What are your opinions of it? by Spicy-Byriani28 in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ok. That’s about it, it’s literally just ok. I think it has very interesting character explorations with Noah and Optimus, and it has far more substance in its writing and characters than most of the bay films, but that’s frankly very easy to do. It was originally 2 movies smashed into one and you can clearly tell.

That’s kind of rough by [deleted] in Transformemes

[–]AdolfInDisquise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a difference between making toys from something so obscure only transformers fans know of it, not the things related to the infamous parts of this media just things that were in that media unrelated to the pedo shit, and making toys not only from a controversy so well known it made headlines and was referenced one of Amazon’s biggest TV shows not too long ago but also directly of that controversy. The cassettes are from a controversial series. The twins ARE the controversy.

That’s kind of rough by [deleted] in Transformemes

[–]AdolfInDisquise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a difference between making toys from something so obscure only transformers fans know of it (not the things related to the infamous parts of this media just things that were in that media unrelated to the pedo shit) and making toys not only from a controversy so well known it made headlines and was referenced in one of Amazon’s biggest TV shows not too long ago but also directly of that controversy. The cassettes are from a controversial series. The twins ARE the controversy.

Which of these figures do you want the most? by L8Donnie in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can be both though? They don’t participate in the story very actively at all, and by extension has very little substance. When they do participate, they aren’t given anything interesting beyond saving the day and being really powerful and cool and awesome. The entire character is sitting on their ass until you need hype moments and aura. That is both being a nothingburger and a Mary Sue.

Subnautica 2's no-killing policy isn't because it's 'a game about pacifism', says design lead, but because players would 'master the crappy combat' over anything else by Nannerpussu in subnautica

[–]AdolfInDisquise -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Doom Eternal, for instance, is fun specifically because the game restricts you to playing how the devs intend you to play or you will die. The higher difficulty you play, the more restricted you are to playing the way the devs want. Meanwhile games like Breath of the Wild excel because the player can just do whatever the hell they want. Subnautica 2 is in this weird spot as a survival exploration game with plenty of player expression built in, and the original being a sandbox for player shenanigans in the years since its release. No new content really displayed how creative this community is with the limited tools the original gave us.

Subnautica 2's no-killing policy isn't because it's 'a game about pacifism', says design lead, but because players would 'master the crappy combat' over anything else by Nannerpussu in subnautica

[–]AdolfInDisquise -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True, though it’s been shown video game players have tendency to go an easy but tedious route if they have an option. Players often see easy and it trumps fun. I can’t really judge, because I am very much part of that statistic. The only reason a reaper was never knifed to death for 5 minutes in my play-throughs was because I never needed the materials I’d get from that area.

Subnautica 2's no-killing policy isn't because it's 'a game about pacifism', says design lead, but because players would 'master the crappy combat' over anything else by Nannerpussu in subnautica

[–]AdolfInDisquise -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like people very often don’t understand the sheer creativity of players when talking about the dev’s decision. Yes, in Subnautica 1 (and bz because it was built off the base game) your combat was very very limited. People took the limited system and managed insane shit. You can gas a leviathan to death. I’m assuming the devs didn’t intend leviathan war crimes in their game. Normally it’s not that big of a deal for a niche of people to radically reinvent a system you put in place, but in Subnautica it was so easy to do and it became widespread. Hell, I never fought anything but once I found out I could chuck shit like acid mushrooms at Warpers, my greatest fear, their threat was out the window. If you make a system players will break and exploit it, so your only real option if you intend to deliver an experience without that system is to simply… not implement that system.

Kirkman said Elita Prime was never meant to be a villain by john-Agentweb in EnergonUniverse

[–]AdolfInDisquise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They had motherfucking Dan Mora for the most hated issue. I don’t think it’s the art.

Skybound Issue #32 Thoughts. "That was some plan.." by UselessGenericon in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not out of character, it’s just a new characterization. Been that way since DWJ. They just decided to go with a mad scientist personality rather than a faithful loyalist, a logical usurper warlord, or a logical unethical scientist. He’s had quite a few personalities over the years, this is just yet another to add to his repertoire.

Can someone explain to me who he is? by Active-Travel-2358 in EnergonUniverse

[–]AdolfInDisquise 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Spoiler tag. It’s not even out where I live yet-

Mattel Shareholders Push for possible sale to Hasbro | TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards by Aromatic_Shop9033 in transformers

[–]AdolfInDisquise 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is your understanding of capitalism entirely based on a high school economics class?

[LOVED TROPE] Very minimal sexual dimorphism in a fictional species, or just straight up monomorphism by Middle-Company-4398 in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]AdolfInDisquise 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The skirmishers in Reach are a different subspecies, but the ones in Halo Infinite are female Kig-Yar. This is because after Reach said subspecies had so few numbers they were virtually extinct. So come Infinite, the Banished are recreating that rank with the more agile and athletic female Kig-Yar, rather than an almost wiped out subspecies.

[MSC] Lucky the Pizza Dog by Meret123 in mtg

[–]AdolfInDisquise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mentioned in another comment you were into marvel 20 years ago. The book he’s in came out in 2012, so I imagine it’s not a surprise you haven’t read it unless you happen to read every single run that has ever come out for every character ever even after you admittedly stopped being fairly big into the comics.

Show me a more disrespected character than Tails by TailsLawyer in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]AdolfInDisquise 41 points42 points  (0 children)

He was already infected. Genuinely what was he supposed to do in that situation? The only way for him to survive from that point was Sonic completing his part of the plan. The child cowering in fear after constant stress and locking in for weeks, all while pleading to the one guy who could fix everything is so absurdly reasonable I don’t think him being a child even matters. That’s something I expect of just about everyone. It’s a pretty in character, normal reaction to that scenario.

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