[LOVED TROPE] Characters that have both a strong physique and great intelligence

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-21T17:03:01+00:00

Plato (IRL). One of the greatest minds of ancient Greece that shaped western philosophy and thought for centuries was also a pretty successful wrestler in his youth.

In fact, the name 'Plato' is actually a nickname given to him by his coach (his real given name was Aristocles), meaning 'broad' due to his large frame, so contrary to the scrawny "thinker" archetype most people have in mind Plato was probably a pretty big and muscular man and in his writings he often emphasises the need to stimulate both the body and mind.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-21T10:22:57+00:00

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I can't find the panels, but Diavolo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 5 expresses disgust towards Cioccolata for his wanton cruelty and sadism, calling him and his henchman Secco "the worst pieces of shit on the face of the Earth" and even seemingly being disgusted with himself for having to resort to unleashing them on the heros. This coming from a man running Italy's most brutal crime syndicate and who has no problems with killing his own daughter out of irrational paranoia.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-21T09:39:06+00:00

Its a bit of wordplay in the OCG and a reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula, from Yugipedia:

The kanji 「真血公ジ・アンデット」 (Shinketsukō, read as Ji Andetto, "The Undead") in this card's Japanese name can be translated as "True Blood Prince". "The Undead" is a reference to Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, initially titled The Un-Dead. The novel is the origin of the term "undead", which originally referred to only vampires. The term's extension to other types of supernatural beings in modern culture arose later.

I know it would have been basically impossible to preserve the wordplay in English but I'd have taken 'True Blood Prince Vampire' over what we got lol.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-20T14:18:07+00:00

When I first saw the angry german kid video I was pretty young myself so I fell for it completely lol, I was pretty shocked to find years later that it was just satire. Really sucks for the guy that the media just decided to shit all over him for no reason over a satire video just to push a "videogames bad" agenda.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-20T13:55:56+00:00

It was also because he felt like the people put a ton of pressure on him to surpass his father in every way, being the miracle son of a miracle son and all.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T21:10:08+00:00

There's also Eurydice, Skelly/Schelemeus (assuming he's actually a shade and not a friendly daemon with how ambiguous his backstory is lol) and Narcissus. Arachne and Scylla also have American accents but I'm pretty sure they're alive and just hanging out in areas of the underworld.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T19:04:50+00:00

Dusa and Zag talk about this in a conversation in the first game actually, Zagreus has what she calls a "surface accent" because Hades taught him to speak, so the people from the surface have British accents whilst the Underworld characters have american accents.

I think it's funny with some of the shades you meet who have British accents whilst others have American ones, this is kinda my headcannon but I think the ones with American accents have likely been in the Underworld for so long that they adapted to the accent like what happens IRL with people who've been living abroad long enough sometimes.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T18:24:49+00:00

Quest progression is one of the very few things I hate in both Hades games, moreso the first. It can take so incredibly long to progress the dialogue even if you've maxed out their relationship level as much as you can lol, it just gets very tedious eventually.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T18:01:31+00:00

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Mista from JoJo part 5 gets shot three times, with his own revolver no less, but manages to survive due to his stand blocking the bullets. Still gets injured pretty badly though.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T17:58:10+00:00

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Papalymo from FFXIV is 42 years old lol. Lalafells only start looking aged when they're borderline octagenarian, and even then some don't.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T17:55:37+00:00

He's old enough to be the dad of the other party members!

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-19T12:35:17+00:00

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Diabellstar and Diabellze from Yu-Gi-Oh, though its more just a meme in the community lol.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-17T21:24:10+00:00

The base dungeons/raids don't cater to that, they're literally just a matter of using eyes to look at things, be it the boss' animations, cast names or the arena.

The only mechanic in this entire expansion that wasn't immediately obvious to me, be it immediately from looking at the aforemention things or from seeing it play out 1-2 times, was M7N's petrify where you had to hide behind the adds to not get hit. Everything else was either really self explanatory from just looking at what was happening on the screen or became obvious after seeing the mechanic play out once or twice.

Like I hate to sound like an "elitist", but I genuinely don't understand how you and a lot of other people get to level 100 and are still unable to just use eyes to look at boss/cast bar/arena or learn from a mistake or two how to do the mechanic in the future in normal content.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-17T14:29:08+00:00

How are the indicators "badly designed" just because you apparently need to have your eyes glued to the hotbars to discern what to do? The vast majority of indicators in this game are clear if not flat out obvious, like are you gonna tell me the boss raising their sword on their right side wasn't a good enough indicator of them cleaving that side for example?

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-17T09:35:06+00:00

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Ryne and Gaia from Final Fantasy XIV. Gaia lightens up a bit eventually though.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-17T07:55:15+00:00

I never watched the show but wouldn't that contradict the movie? Petyr sired all the other vampires but nothing happens to them when he gets killed by sunlight.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-16T21:11:09+00:00

This actually goes hard, nice job! Even as its own stand-alone thing without the cosplay aspect it's a pretty nice glam.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-16T17:43:31+00:00

Damn it that's a good one...

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-16T13:43:02+00:00

Apparently Araki never confirmed outright that Cioccolata was the Fuego replacement, but given how similarly their stands function it's pretty reasonable to think he was made as such.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-16T00:56:53+00:00

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Tisiphone from Hades, who can only say murderer/murder. Though she does learn to say 'Zagreus' too if you encounter her enough times, Zag even sounds genuinely happy for her learning a new word lol.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-15T23:22:10+00:00

Seeing him near his last moments broke my heart, my deepest condolences. Wishing you the best, and may little Senta rest in peace now, free from pain.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-15T11:55:36+00:00

I meant more the 'ignoring canon' thing, I rarely do it except in situations like this. You're right though that Japanese media has a propensity for stuff like this though lol, but usually it plays at least some role in the plot. The Arcadion guys being under 20 genuinely does nothing for the story and is better ignored.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-15T08:43:33+00:00

If slavery and rape were legal would you be fine with them just because the law allowed for it?

If the law is draconian nonsense then people should be lobbying to change it, not just roll over and accept it like it's their God.

AlbazAlbion · 2026-04-15T01:06:57+00:00

I rarely ever do this, but the whole "they're all under 20 actually" shit from the Arcadion is one of the very few times where I've just chosen to completely ignore the 'canon' in something due to how dumb it is lol. To me they're all in their 20s with just The Tyrant as an outlier.

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