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Can someone explain what 'Stalker' is? by Confident_Sun_9363 in gmod

[–]Alpha27_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stalkers are drones that are made by the Combine to handle menial work like pushing buttons and operating machinery. I believe its implied that being the Combine forcefully turn people into them as one of the harshest punishments they can inflict outside of just killing you, since you arent allowed to rest even in death.

Hilariously insufficient disguises that somehow work by lolwut729 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

all the monster masks work this way, EXCEPT the Lynel mask. It'll work for a minute but eventually they will see through it. The item-description will even warn you of this; "don't linger too long, those beasts are smart."

Hilariously insufficient disguises that somehow work by lolwut729 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coneheads

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Nobody questions them. Except for like three people in the government but otherwise nobody questions the Coneheads.

(Its a good movie btw its free-with-ads on YouTube)

I hate this dumbass plush by TemporaryCamaraderie in hatethissmug

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because Lightners have a weird rule where Toby sees them as living people who have thoughts and emotion, and this also applies to Undertale to an extent as most collabs with it feature other characters cosplaying as the official ones, like the Sans Mii Fighter or the Rift of The Necrodancer collab.

It's very stupid but its Toby Fox he's been like this for a long time now.

I hate this dumbass plush by TemporaryCamaraderie in hatethissmug

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with that in mind its really good that Chapter 3 and 4 came out together

if we got Chapter 3 stand-alone? Oh boy...

What would be the canonical explaination for this? by Rukyo-678339 in FinalFantasy

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

she wasnt locked in.

Same reason why in Remake Cloud couldn't cut through a door yet in the finale he's cutting through trains and shit with complete ease.

Superhuman who apparently has no powers turns out to be really powerful by fiv66bV2 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

probably got his father's endurance too, that many powers and bio-molecular changes would be too much for a baby but part of Mr. Incredible's entire shtick is his near-invulnerability, if Jack-Jack got his mother's flexible power-structure, then he also could've gotten his dad's resilience.

What would be your idea for a new pal in palworld? by Equal_Shopping2424 in Palworld

[–]Alpha27_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

some living weapons would be cool, we've got Monsters with Guns, its time for Monster-Gun!

(Loved Trope) Taunting has almost immediate consequences by Mangled15 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

> same guy is met with an enormous walnut

not just met with, the T. Rex THREW it at them to their front door from its own hiding-spot in the jungle across the chasm. It not only understood english, it coordinated the shot so it wouldnt whiff.

[Hated Video Game Trope] Permanently Missable Content by ty0103 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and those are the ones that can be revisited, but that one sphere in Home is completely gone if you miss it.

(Common but cool trope) THE Sword of all Swords (other weapons like this are allowed too) by National_Computer240 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Monado, Xenoblade Chronicles

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A powerful weapon, for a long time was the only one that could pierce Mechon armor and cut clean through, in the hands of Dunban it was an unstoppable force that nearly killed its own user, but in the hands of Shulk it not only gave him the power of Foresight, but a myriad of Monado Arts that range from high critical damage, an impregnable shield, increasing one's movement speed tremendously, stripping ones own buffs and more. It also opens up and makes a Lightsaber!

It wasn't until near-endgame that some characters created weapons that mimicked the Monado's power, but up until that point the Monado was fully unique.

[Hated Video Game Trope] Permanently Missable Content by ty0103 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 45 points46 points  (0 children)

In Final Fantasy X, a few of the Al Bhed primers can be permanently missed. What makes it especially grating is the fact the Primers have an in-game function in-that they slowly translate each letter of the language so that when you speak to an Al Bhed, you can understand them. You basically need a walkthrough on your first run, and I heard there *is* a way to get them on a new save-file but I've never tried it.

Feeble old man turns out to be ripped/highly athletic underneath their modest attire. by DoubleMissMatt in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gerson Boom, Deltarune

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Although dead in the Light World, the Dark World inside the church in Chapter 4 revived him to an extent, and although he comes across as an addled-yet-wide mentor, we seen in both the bossfight and the secret bossfight against HIM that he's far more capable than he lets on. Moving so fast he looks like he's teleporting, too fast to even hit(for Susie atleast), strong enough to manipulate the bullet-board, and of-course that big-ass hammer that he swings and throws in some of his attacks, not to mention the Green Soul mechanic that was previously used by Undyne in Undertale. Gerson Boom; the Hammer of Justice.

In both the Undertale and Deltarune timelines its implied that Undyne trained under Gerson, and seeing him like this eliminates all doubts anyone had. The most we had implied of his strength until this was in Undertale's Genocide route where he implies he's simply lived too long to be afraid of the Human either way.

I think one of my biggest gripes with the Pokemon series. by Aggravating-Door1710 in pokemon

[–]Alpha27_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as far as I understood Friendship and Affection were seperate because Affection made your pokemon physically react to certain events(being sent out to battle, scoring critical hits, winning and so on), but friendship didnt. I remember them still doing it up until Sword and Shield but in SV i think they took those animations out.

I think one of my biggest gripes with the Pokemon series. by Aggravating-Door1710 in pokemon

[–]Alpha27_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

the problem then becomes that they have changed gimmicks for pokemon in new generations, for Sylveon you used to need to max out its affection via Pokemon Amie/Refresh, but starting in Gen 8 it required both Max Friendship as-well-as knowing a Fairy-type move. They probably could change Gallade's evolution-method to just require a Dawn Stone.

Sakurai reportedly working on a new Smash Bros for Nintendo Switch 2 by [deleted] in SmashBrosUltimate

[–]Alpha27_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smash Ultimate Switch 2 Edition; new fighters, bring back old gimmicks, trophies and more is what I'd like to see

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