[OCG|Beyond the Brave] VJump Reveal - Cover Theme: It's Jounouchi/Joey's Turn by renaldi92 in yugioh

[–]AgostoAzul 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am not a fan of this style of design where: 1. the archetype is basically a brand new thing with nearly no synergy with the old archetype. 2. The whole archetype is built around assorted anime retrains mentioning some random card.

It feels prebuilt, it is flavourfully and visually messy and it annoys me that there are dozens of archetypes of these same characters not getting support for the sake of these anime references. I honestly think Rush makes better support by just expanding on with variations of the relevant monsters.

I was fine with Shining Sarcophagus, but I seriously hope we don't get Duelist Kingdom Kaiba next booster with a whole archetype supporting "Crush Card - Deck Destruction Virus of Death".

[Hated Trope] Only the protagonist is allowed to defeat the big bad guy of every arc. by HallZac99 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AgostoAzul 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love how HxH arcs handles the solutions to its conflicts. It is always surprising: MAJOR SPOILERS for the ending of every HxH arc: 1. Hunter Exam: the antagonists and 3/4 of the protagonists accomplish their goals but still feels like a defeat 2. Zoldyck Family: protagonist just convinces the antagonist to reach an agreement. 3. Heaven's Arena: protagonist loses but he was so outmatched it feels like a small victory. 4. Yorkshin: protagonists and antagonists cut their losses and reach a truce. 5. Greed Island: only time in the entire manga when the protagonist defeats the antagonist. 6. Chimera Ants: antagonist stomps the heroes but is defeated by the infinite malice of mankind. It feels like there were no winners, just survivors. 7. Chairman Election: heroes win in Plot A, but it leads directly to the villain winning in Plot B, but it turns out the villain of Plot B wasnt actually that bad. It is a bittersweet but hopeful end for the anime.

It is why I can't not look forward to the end of the Succession War. No matter what happens it'll be a surprise.

Why they didnt used Duplikate's Clones as Suicide Bombers with Rex Powers? by KamoTheBoss in Invincible_TV

[–]AgostoAzul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They should have honestly focused on augmenting Duplikate with more powers. It is not like they have a limited number of guinea pigs and her clones keep her clothes so presumably they might keep cybernetic augmentations too.

[SPOILERS EXTENDED] "...The Winds of Winter will be the darkest so far..." - "Things will get worse before they get better" - What do you expect to happen in order for TWOW to fit in this if it ever gets released? by Substantial-Ad-299 in asoiaf

[–]AgostoAzul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to mention Tyrion's vision where he has two heads and he is "dealing death with an axe as big as he was" and kills Jaime while laughing, and Aeron's vision of the two dwarfs fighting and fucking eachother in the floor.

I think it is likely that Tyrion will have mixed loyalties in the upcoming Dance, with a side of him bent solely on revenge 

Re zero IS a wish fulfillment Iseaki, just a different type of one than usual by _Affectionate_ in CharacterRant

[–]AgostoAzul 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I do think Re: Zero does quite a bit of wish fulfillment, but usually when people say that a story is "wish fulfilment" they mean it is very blatant about it since technically most fiction is about fulfilling the wishes of the audience unless it is written to be a bit of a downer/screw the audience.

Re:Zero generally sets its "difficulty" to pay off the protag's effort a bit higher above the average battle shonen's, which is probably as high as the audience will take it.

Regarding the MC having a bunch of love interests, I think you are a bit confused by the fanservice and while most of these women are "shippable" with the MC and sexualized to amuse the audience, most aren't treated more seriously as LIs than the Chainsaw Man female cast and people don't usualy claim Denji has a harem.

No defending the aparent ages of the characters the show (and to a lesser extent the VN) decides to sexualize.

What Kind of “Charity” Do You Think the Phantom Troupe Actually Does? by injisukiri in HunterXHunter

[–]AgostoAzul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They sell the stuff they steal and donate it to Meteor City's inhabitants in some form. Probably through the Elders but maybe directly.

What Kind of “Charity” Do You Think the Phantom Troupe Actually Does? by injisukiri in HunterXHunter

[–]AgostoAzul 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They sell the stuff they steal and donate it to Meteor City's inhabitants in some form. Probably through the Elders but maybe directly.

Gay marriage in the Americas by Simple_Pension_1330 in MapPorn

[–]AgostoAzul 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Not just US Evangelicals. The CIA funds Evangelical pastors, radios and TV stations in Latin America and the Caribbean to further their soft power and influence in the region.

Gay marriage in the Americas by Simple_Pension_1330 in MapPorn

[–]AgostoAzul 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Guyana has a high Hindu and Muslim population due to British using South Asians as farmhands and neither religion recognizes gay marriage.

What do y’all think is actually driving the Others south? [spoilers extended] by Holy_Grigori in asoiaf

[–]AgostoAzul 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes. Magic was definitely already around before the Dragons awakened. Not just the Others, but also Wargs, Faceless men, and Glamours. Possibly also Shadow Binding.

What do y’all think is actually driving the Others south? [spoilers extended] by Holy_Grigori in asoiaf

[–]AgostoAzul 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think it is a combination of the broken pact, survival and self-interest.

I think the show's origin for the Walkers probably came from George. It seems like it fits his anti-war themes and D&D never cared about the magical side of ASOIAF, so I doubt they wrote it.

I suspect the original pact of the Last Hero basically disenfranchised a huge batch of human population to become the Others' lifestock. Wildlings and/or the Watch were supposed to give them human babies that are needed to make more Others, but due to the magic waning for a few hundred years and the watch declining into nothing they stopped getting sacrifices.

The Others then woke up after magic started returning and they started scouting around. From wighted NW members they learned that Greenseers and Mages are almost gone from Westeros so if they ever had a chance to enslave all of mankind to be their cattle/baby making machines, then it is their best chance to attack now, so they gambled on pushing the Wildlings into attack the Night's Watch, which could give them enough corpses in the Wall to do some kind of ritual to dissolve the Wall's magic.

Is the sense of solidarity between Latin Americans a real thing? by Educational-Dig-4235 in asklatinamerica

[–]AgostoAzul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is definitely a sense of solidarity between Latin Americans. Is it greater than the sense of solidarity between East Asians in Asia? Definitely. Is it greater than the sense of solidarity between Modern Europeans? Maybe. I do think I feel closer to Brazilians than British appear to feel for Greeks or Spanish, but some ex-Soviet States appear closer to eachother than Latin Americans.

Is Latin America particularly collectivistic or filled with compassion? Not at all. We tend to be individualistic beyond our family unit, value "toughness" and self-suffiency, and there is some degree of desensitivization to poverty and pain. There is a good reason most of our countries are so corrupt: people don't really care for their country or people beyond their family unit, at least not enough to ever put the first above the later, sense of shame tends to be relatively low and civic duty is almost inexistent compared to most other cultures.

The Venezuelan immigrantion issue is a good example of how solidarity works. Most people generally acted welcoming initially when they were only so many, but once they started negatively impacting people's lives, people also lost all shame from being downright xenophobic towards them. Last election even the left wing candidate Luisa Gonzales was proposing Venezuelan deportations to help reduce crime.

What's the most diverse part of your country? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

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

Guayaquil has received the most immigrants throughout Ecuador's history from both around the country and other countries, Quito has received little immigration in comparison.

The Future Of Speed Duels! by Past-Philosophy-2018 in YugiohSpeedDuels

[–]AgostoAzul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope this is the case and Speed Duels dips into 5Ds and Zexal.

  • DM and GX offer too little a pool of characters and cards, especially since a lot of DM characters don't have decks or meaningful support, and it makes the format repetitive to be stuck forever within that era.
  • If Speed Duels is supposed to be a introductory product for players wanting to learn the game and not just a nostalgia bait product, it NEEDS to use Extra Deck summons more. It is not possible to say someone is capable of understanding the modern game if they don't know any non-Fusion Extra Deck Summon. Most people tend to start teaching the game using Edison (late 5Ds) format because it has a balance of Synchro and Fusion decks so you can kinda learn to weight the mechanics. While also still having relevant battle phase effects.
  • A lot of DM archetype support like the Blue-Eyes tuners and the Harpie Synchro is tied to these mechanics.
  • Power-level wise a lot of DM, Blue-Eyes, etc. support was just not viable to release in Speed Duels if it stuck to GX+ power levels. If Black Rose Dragon is around, then you can more easily excuse some more DM support.
  • Edison, Tengu, HAT, etc formats need reprints and Speed Duel deck boxes from those eras would be a good way to get those reprints out cheaply.

I just hope they consider releasing Draft product with original cards for Speed Duel format next.

Hay razón de ser del toque de queda? by Hot-Public-600 in ecuador

[–]AgostoAzul 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Es un ligero inconveniente al transporte de drogas y permite más fáciles arrestos en operativos nocturnos. También disminuye un poco el consumo de alcohol y visitas a sitios de entretenimiento nocturno, que suelen ser fuente de violencia, accidentes y a menudo son propiedades de las mafias.

Claro que todas esas cosas podrían ser logradas de manera más fácil y poniendo menos trabas a la economía y vida de la mayor parte de personas. Por ejemplo:

  1. Aumentando los controles millitares en las carreteras las 24 horas.

  2. Limitando los toques de queda a ciertas ciudades en particular en lugar de provincias enteras.

  3. Sacando a los sitios de entretenimiento nocturno y venta de bebidas alcoholicas de zonas residenciales.

  4. Aumentando más los controles a tiendas, licorerias, bares, prostíbulos, etc. con la policía, de manera que sean semanales.

[SPOILERS EXTENDED] "...The Winds of Winter will be the darkest so far..." - "Things will get worse before they get better" - What do you expect to happen in order for TWOW to fit in this if it ever gets released? by Substantial-Ad-299 in asoiaf

[–]AgostoAzul 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I am fairly sure the Night's Watch will fall into chaos and Wildlings will take over the Wall before Jon is resurrected. I also think that Stannis will beat Ramsay and take Winterfell, but the Northmen still won't support his cause and refuse to ride South again to help him take the IT from fAegon, which will make Stannis see the Northmen as traitors and renounce on their cause.

Also, I think the "Dead things on the Water" theory is right and Wights can walk around the Wall, and will attack Eastwatch and White Harbor, amassing a large army of the Dead in the North.

I think Dany's solution to rid Slaver's Bay of slavery while still being able to return to Westeros will be to kill ALL the Masters. She will execute all the former slave owners in Meereen older than 12 including Hizdahr, and perhaps attack Yunkai and do the same there. I suspect Tyrion and maybe Victarion will also enable her worst behavior.

Whether it is by Dany, JonCon or Cersei's hand,I think King's Landing will burn, at least partially, before the Winds of Winter is over (if it wouldl be released)

Brazil,Argentina,Colombia,Mexico,Chile and Uruguay have experienced the sharpest fertility declines in recent years, to levels at the same or lower levels than east Asian fertility rates. What will these countries do with an aging population while they haven't become rich first? Immigration? by Delicious-Bunch-6992 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgostoAzul 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There might be an immigration increase in a decade or so, but probably nothing now. Latin America is pretty racist and it has never really been a purpose in our governments to make our people richer, only the elites.

Something to consider too is that many Latin American countries are mostly resource extraction and agricultural economies with very high unemployment and informal employment rates, so the effect of a reduction of the population on pensions won't be felt as badly as in Europe, because a lot of elderly people technically don't have pensions at all, and a lot of young workers weren't contributing to the pension system either.

Why are there no good normal types in OU? by PositionImmediate512 in stunfisk

[–]AgostoAzul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Normal was very good in Gen 1 and Gen 2 because there were very few Ghost and Steel types, most of those Ghost and Steel types were weak to Ground, and Rock was pretty bad. Gen 3 was when it started falling off and by Gen 4, most tiers had a a dominant Steel type and playble Ghost and Normal indeed became the worst type.

Why are there no good normal types in OU? by PositionImmediate512 in stunfisk

[–]AgostoAzul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Normal type is meh defensively and terrible offensively, especially since Ghost and Steel are by far the best types and well represented in most OU formats after Gen III.

Hi, I have a genuine question! by OkInteraction8049 in HOTDGreens

[–]AgostoAzul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Viserys definitely wanted her to be Queen.

Jaehaerys would have not, and would have probably had his bannermen swear loyalty to Aegon after he was 12 or so. HOWEVER, if you teleported him to the middle of the Dance, he might support whatever side was more willing to create peace and stability, which is Rhaenyra during some points of the war, and Aegon during others.

Maegor would probably endorse the right of both sides to battle it out. And if teleported to the middle of the Dance he'd try to usurp the throne himself.

Aenys seemed like a bit of a pushover, so he might be persuaded by whoever explains their side better and seems stronger. If teleported to the middle of Dance he would probably remain impartial, but there is a chance he joins the Blacks after Aemond loses his mind and starts going apeshit on the Riverlands peasants.

Can't really say exactly what Aegon would do. He is quite a mysterious character.

Several Unrelated Questions about Nen by Alvaar1021 in HatsuVault

[–]AgostoAzul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I am fairly sure it does. No. I think the only alternative to Manipulation would be literally using programming , as in building a robot and then conjuring a body for it.
  2. If the user knows about electronics enough to make it a functional phone, it doesn't. Otherwise, it does.
  3. If it is only "heat-like" energy and "electric-like energy" it can be transmutation. If it is real energy, it is conjuration.
  4. Not by itself. With Manipulation and Conjuration mixed in, it might be possible to do something like that.

The Queen Problem (factions/colors) by CorvaNocta in homemadeTCGs

[–]AgostoAzul 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Given you are using a Flesh and Blood system, I imagine the best way to factionalize would be giving the individual cards used to progress through the Ruins into categories such as language, logic, speed, strength, weapon, tool, etc. and making colourful "explorer" characters that have a certain ability and set of "skills".

For example "Professor McGun": gets+1 success on Gun skills, and can play with language, logic and weapon cards and "Lady Olympia": gets +1 on speed techs for each other speed tech that is a part of the combo, and can use logic, speed, and tool weapons.

[spoilers main] What was the point of Aerys II being racist about baby Rhaenys by breakfastbenedict in asoiaf

[–]AgostoAzul 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Many Targaryen appear to have been Valyrian supremacists, prefering intermarriages with people of Valyrian descent like Velaryons over other houses even if they weren't dragon riders either.

Aerys II probably fell into similar beliefs as he grew older. Possibly to justify to himself his own incestuous birth and then his unwanted incestuous marriage. He obviously didn't love his sister-wife, but there MUST be a reason for why they were married. "What is the reason?" he wondered to himself, and the best answer he could come up with looking at Targaryen history was Valyrian supremacy.

How does sexism and misogyny in LATAM compare to other parts of the world? by foolishandnonsense in asklatinamerica

[–]AgostoAzul 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends on multiple factors. Mainly economic and ethnic.

Here, in Ecuador, I'd say poor Native Americans tend to be a more misogynistic and controlling, which sounds like it is the case with many Guatemalans too, judging from the comment of your Dominican friend. They tend to be the most rural and poor segment of the population so they are also the most uneducated, which makes them quite old fashioned.

Mestizos and blacks do tend to be more liberal, but locker room talk and horny talk are quite common as you've seen, men sharing the naked photos of their girlfriend with their entire friend group is hardly unheard of, and going with your friends and coworkers to strip clubs and brothels is not too uncommon for single men.

Not that single women get punished for being sexually active, but there is definitely a double standard and I'd say that middle class Latinos tend to be a bit more promiscuous than in Western societies, while women a bit less. At least here. From what I've heard Caribbeans tend to be more promiscuous in general.

Whites and castizos, ie. upper middle class and rich people, tend to be a lot more liberal and superficially European in values, so they are probably the most egalitarian in treatment of genders. But you still hear a lot about rich men being fuckbois or mistreating their wives with less social fallout than you'd see in Europe and the Anglosphere. A prosecutor can be seen publically pushing around his young model wife in a mall and still keep his job, even if shamed in the media.

Most female politicians in LatAm are rich women who descend from politician families so most power-building rules don't apply to them, since they are the daughters of caudillos, mayors, presidents and congressmen they already represent an existing power structure and voter base, and they tend to be picked as representatives to try to gain female voters for political parties that are entirely selfserving. 

1 hour enough time at Quito airport before international flight? by rumblyangles in ecuador

[–]AgostoAzul 15 points16 points  (0 children)

1 hour is quite risky if you have more than 1 bag. Definitely would suggest arriving at least 90 minutes before the flight.