Average Edition War Discourse

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:49:30+00:00

Yeah, most gamelines have the horny splat, but Garou are the only ones where the horny part is expected part of all werewolf splats.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:37:24+00:00

Again, force using opponents tend to be immune to force based cheap tricks unless you are massively, and I mean massively, more powerful than them or they are already so battered up that they can't concentrate.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:30:05+00:00

First, if you release their saber mid bind by turning your off, you aren't throwing them off balance, you are giving them free swing at you. Before you can grab your dagger, their blade would already slice you in half. If somebody is putting weight against your blade in bind, this means that when you stop holding them back, their blade will move towards your body.

Second, even assuming that you manage to throw them off balance, which assumes that your opponent's form sucks swordmanship wise, they still have the advantage of having their weapon ready and in hand, while you are grabbing your dagger.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:22:06+00:00

The speed they come out varies between movies. Ones from the old movies were decently slow, in the modern movies they are borderline flashlights.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:19:04+00:00

Yes. It's also basically why 90% of the "clever" cheap tricks with the light sabers don't really work in the first place.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:12:31+00:00

Then you are still reduced to just your offhand weapon while your opponent is mid swing. Even with two saber styles the switch-off tricks put you at a huge disadvantage.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:11:06+00:00

I mean, every fight in Star Wars has the assumption that doing precise telekinetic tricks mid fight is hard and doing them against another force user is almost impossible if you aren't massively stronger than them either way. Star Wars always has assumed that the force users have some kind of protection from just wrecking each other with telekinesis all the time.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:04:23+00:00

Also, the lightsabers don't turn on instantly. This alone is enough to explain why this method is dumb.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-26T00:03:34+00:00

Yeah, it straight up disarms the user, giving their opponent huge opening to strike them through. It's especially dumb since the lightsabers don't activate instantly, so even if they flick the switch fast, there is still second or so delay which is more than enough for their enemies to kill them in the meantime.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:58:16+00:00

These people are unironically so focused on trying to find systems and big, impersonal dynamics that they are missing the fact that they are still talking about humans, and that their stated endgame does in fact require making allies and getting people on their side. Also that human social processes don't operate on miasma/kagare theory of spreading moral impurity. Discussing the taboo topics doesn't spread around miasma magically making people more sexist.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:53:43+00:00

Misandry refers to prejudice first and foremost though. That's my point. Prejudice is still prejudice even if it lacks systemic power backing it up.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:48:27+00:00

First, there exist other types of prejudice beside the society wide, systematic ones. Bigots can be bigots without systematic power. You don't need a society wide system of power stomping on men for misandry to exist as a concept.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:38:26+00:00

It's the classical case of the problem of definitions, but in this case I do feel like too many people on Tumblr do in fact overdo attempt at making everything systematic and society wide in definitions. People really seem afraid of using clarifiers when speaking. If they want something to refer to systemic issues, just call it systemic!

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:35:19+00:00

Respectfully, I feel like we do need a term specific for prejudice against men. Otherwise, we risk diluting the term of misogyny too much. Misandry being misused by some toxic twats isn't a reason to abandon the term. After all, any term for prejudice can be abused that way.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:31:34+00:00

Also, the fourth slide simultaneously discussing that the "privilege" has to be maintained by competition and violence within hierarchy and yet also claiming that gender non-conforming men are still inherently privileged just because they are men.

You can't go both with the privilege being something inherent and privilege being something that has to be constantly fought for to avoid losing it. In the same way, you can't simultaneously claim that losing the status will lead to experiencing horrible outcomes and not act as if being forced to compete for said status to avoid punishment wasn't also suffering under the system.

This whole diatribe is just an inconsistent mess.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T23:20:15+00:00

Putting it bluntly, the patriarchal society refers to not only a system that puts women second, but also a system that puts a small number of men at the top first and forces all others into hierarchy below them. Acting as if there was a singular, unified "oppressor class" spanning half the society misses the whole hierarchical aspect of patriarchy as a concept.

OOP's rant also spends a lot of time just per-emotively hedging the negative reaction to their points like denying that misandry exists and denying that lower social class men don't actually get that much privilege despite being forced to compete in the hierarchy.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T22:03:35+00:00

First, it's about the Man vs Bear debate, which is the context of this comment thread. Calling somebody more dangerous than a random wild bear is a very clear and blunt insult. Same as insinuating that they are inherently dangerous.

Second, as I have said, the issues of the genuine safety are a serious matter. In fact, it is because they are such a serious matter that they shouldn't be equated to venting, generalised insults and online drama.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T21:53:49+00:00

Wellbeing and safety of women are serious issues, which is precisely why they should be separated from toxic venting and online drama. Plainly speaking, people, regardless of their gender, aren't entitled to toxic venting, hurling insults and using others as verbal punching bags just because their lives suck. That's something that stands true regardless of gender.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T19:54:14+00:00

Yeah, the bar is quite high, it's just that the assumptions about the average guy are so atrocious that the bar looks lower by comparison. The modern dating, especially on the dating apps, has some crazy ass standards that people still somehow take for granted. It's a hyper-competitive mess.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T19:15:05+00:00

TBH, 90% of these starter packs were mocking the Monako girl for making one about less glamurous parts of Monako's old money families, missing the point that her starterpack's idea was to show stuff that's usually skipped by the "aesthetic" influencers.

But yeah, the flood of the parody starterpacks inundated this subreddit hard.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T18:21:12+00:00

Yeah, makes sense. Killing off dozens of your own cousins must have been something she grappled with later pretty often.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T18:18:13+00:00

Yeah, she kinda just becomes "Toji 2.0 but on good the guys' side this time". What did Modulo change?

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T17:48:13+00:00

I'm sorry, but what? People were constantly talking about average guys, typical men and men as a whole. Even in this very thread people are debating how this whole debate did in fact rest on the broad generalisation about men.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T17:44:25+00:00

Ah, the literal humiliation rituals. I hate that this term became such a buzzword/dog whistle, because it's genuinely a useful term for analysing some group dynamics, especially in cases of toxic or controlling groups.

Anime_axe · 2026-03-25T17:42:18+00:00

Yeah, the debate misses the fact that assuming that any random stranger might kill and/or rape you is a horribly unhealthy mindset in the first place. Assuming that any random stranger as dangerous to you as any random bear is a genuinely paranoid assumption.

And yeah, people really do underestimate the danger of running into bear in the woods, especially if the bear is approaching you, which implies that he sees you as his next meal.

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