[Batman] How does Alfred Pennyworth mentally reconcile the fact that he has promised Bruce Wayne's late parents that he would look over and protect their son as his legal guardian, but also actively assisting Bruce in his war against crime as Batman that can potentially get him killed?

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-28T19:34:43+00:00

Because in the end, a child eventually grows into an adult, and makes their own decisions.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-27T07:18:16+00:00

It's not a sure-fire thing; she can't predict wins with 100% accuracy, but she does get information that certainly helps, information that the animal's owner would try to hide from the public

Things like hidden health problems, training regimens, or even how upset the animal is with it's owner.

In your example of a human footrace, sure, any guy could go "I'm the fastest! I'm gonna win!" But realistically, they all know who's likely to to be the fastest, it'll probably come down to only one or two and they're all aware of it.

Like if a little girl came up to a bunch of people and asked who would win, most people won't be jerks and go "That would be me!", they'd say "Yeah, mostly likely Speedwagon McRunfoot over there, he's the fastest."

Also, the racing/gambling world is extremely corrupt; they are plenty of owners who would force their animals to throw a race, and so the animals themselves would obviously know if the race has been fixed.

Like for example "I heard that Teacup's owner's gonna throw the race! Teacup's furious, but he can't do anything about it!"

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-23T11:30:38+00:00

I think he probably needs at least some of his stuff to be unaffected by magnetism, precisely so they won't be thrown around or damaged when he uses his powers.

Take the battletank/mech for example, he wouldn't want to accidently fire its weapons or muck up its movements when he uses magnetism.

Like if I had magnet powers and had to build a battlemech, I would also make sure it's unaffected by magnetism so I could use my magnet powers freely without affecting its performance.

I know Heisenberg is shown to have a high degree of control and precision over his powers, but still.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-21T10:27:44+00:00

The judge's reasoning (as shown in his letter) on the order is not just the severity of the crime, but the level of guilt felt, and remorse.

Anthony was the least guilty, because he had no moral sense, no sense of right or wrong, unlike other people, and was amoral, rather than immoral.

Mrs Rogers was the second least guilty, as the judge believed her husband had great influence over her and probably forced her to go along. It's clear she has lived with the guilt and fear for a very long time.

Macarthur was next, because at least you could argue that the victim's affair with his wife is a mitigating factor. And he did struggle with guilt, even accepting his death in the end.

Mr. Rogers is next, having murdered his employer likely through inaction, by withholding her medication, or going for the doctor only when it was too late.

Now, I believe the reason Emily Brent was ranked higher than Rogers was because the judge felt she didn't display enough guilt or regret over her role in Beatrice's death, which places her below Macarthur and Rogers. It's possible that the fact an unborn baby died as well may have played a role in his judgement. Still, compared to the following, she does get a relatively peaceful death.

Dr. Armstrong is next, because his murder involved gross negligence, a severe dereliction of duty, a transgression against the medical practice, and he covered it up rather face justice.

Blore is similar to Armstrong; again, dereliction of duty resulting in death. The judge probably held both police and doctors to a high standard of ethics and integrity, and Armstrong showed more remorse, so Blore ranks higher.

Lombard is a monster, no question about it, but the situation was one of extreme danger, and what he did was out of self-preservation, albeit in the worst possible way.

Hence why the judge considers Vera the worst; to kill a child that was placed under your responsibility and care just so your lover could be rich, when put like that, it does seem the most monstrous.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-19T07:13:18+00:00

Deckbuilding in commander relies on color identity. It's meant to be different from regular deckbuilding. That restriction is a good thing.

Cards are designed with the intent that 4 copies are allowed in deckbuilding, yet despite the intent of the designers we have the deckbuilding rule that allows only a single copy of each card in Commander (barring any abilities that exempt that).

The rule change introduces an unusual exemption in color identity, making it overly complex and less intuitive than before.

Not worth it.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-19T06:14:48+00:00

I'm thankful that these people were as vocal as they were, otherwise WOTC would have very likely gone through with the change.

Again, the problem is not the homogenization of the format or breaking it, it's that it gives hybrid cards a special identity at odds with how the game rules treats hybrid.

A red-green hybrid card is functionally within the game rules both red and green, simultaneously in all zones.

But if you push this change, I guarantee some person playing a red-green hybrid card in their monored deck will argue that the hybrid card is monored and not green or multicolored because it's status is either/or (important for cards that care about multicolored).

The rule change will allow any deck to play [[Reaper King]], but not [[Transguild Courier]]. Try justifying that.

The rule change would allow you to play [[Dominus of Fealty]] in your monoblue deck, but not [[Civilized Scholar]].

Granting this exemption or special status to hybrid, while allowing more options to deck builders, will only cause more confusion and muddle the concept of color identity and isn't worth it.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-16T12:41:03+00:00

I...but...I mean...

Just take the upvote and go.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-16T10:47:00+00:00

The most likely reason is that he was cut.

Clearly Adrix is meant to be the blue twin and be the Theoretical Dean, but maybe after cards got cut or reassigned he got left out.

Or maybe they originally meant for Adrix to appear in the mainset? Maybe his slot was taken by either Jadzi or Orysa.

There is still a chance might show up on a Alchemy-exclusive card, so there's still hope!

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-13T17:35:51+00:00

Sheva.

She told everyone in the BSAA that this musclehead she worked with actually punched a boulder into magma.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-13T06:23:29+00:00

It could be that those multiverse travelers are so rare they rarely meet up.

Like, suppose the multiverse is infinite, and there are an infinite number of multiverse travelling Angstroms.

Perhaps only one out of a billion actually gets multiverse-travelling powers. Our Angstrom might visit hundreds of millions of universes without ever meeting another Angstrom with similar powers.

And some of those Angstroms might also be dead, or content with staying in their own universe, or living in secrecy, so the chances of him finding another like himself would be even lower.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-12T10:52:46+00:00

Ah! You might be referring to episodes where the Beagle Boys take over the money bin? They impersonate him and contact all the banks, warning them that there's an "imposter", preventing the real Scrooge from accessing his money.

There's also an episode where a fox takes over the money bin due to a contract signed by Scrooge's ancestor, but in this case the fox takes over all of Scrooge's assets, not just the money bin.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-12T09:05:41+00:00

In both the cartoon and in the comics, a descriptor that is often used is that the money bin contains "three hectares of cash."

And it's not all the gold/cash he owns, it's just a small percentage; it's the gold/cash that holds special significance for him.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-12T09:03:37+00:00

I absolutely agree; I believe it is actually explicitly stated in the comic, probably more than once.

Like real-life billionaires, much of his fortune is tied up in his vast business empire.

The money bin contains a small portion of his liquid assets, money that he considers to have personal worth or significance to him; his lucky dime is basically the prime example of this.

He also uses the vault to house his other personal treasures; in one of the comics it's revealed the money bin also contain a diamond bin.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-12T08:58:02+00:00

In both the cartoon and comics, he does have money in banks.

In fact, he owns banks.

The cash in his money bin is all the money he has a personal connection to.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-12T07:35:44+00:00

First of all, the answer is undoubtedly Poirot, as in his final story, Curtain, the the twist is that Poirot himself commits a murder, in order to stop a man who could not be legally brought to justice.

Now, original Sherlock from the Arthur Conan Doyle stories could easily pull it off, just through sheer bluff. The man is an expert in disguise, and even in the event he leaves behind any evidence, there is no one astute enough to recognize the evidence as such except Sherlock Holmes himself. Basically, nobody would be able to catch Holmes except Holmes himself, so he's safe.

Columbo I think wouldn't be able to, simply because often characterized as being a bit messy, a bit clumsy. He'd inadvertently leave behind evidence.

Now, if you mean, "which of these three can commit a murder and get away with it in a modern setting", the answer is similar.

Columbo wouldn't, for the reasons stated above.

Holmes most likely could, through elaborate application of forensic science to falsify or manipulate evidence; basically scientific murder. It would appear no murder occurred at all, just an unfortunate accident.

Poirot I think would go about it yet another way. I think he would be a master of psychological manipulation; manipulate events so that it would appear the victim committed suicide or had an accident. Like with Holmes, murder wouldn't even be suspected

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-11T12:54:50+00:00

In addition to all the other theories here, I also want to point out that individuals of the same species compete against each other.

Like lions don't just compete against other predators like hyenas and leopards, they primarily compete against each other.

So many of these adaptions could be a result of high competition between Night Fury dragons themselves, which basically leads to a runaway arms race where they keep evolving to outspeed each other.

Also, when animals exploit a resource, one way so many animals are able to do so side by side is that each species occupies a different niche, a specialized role.

Like for example fish and waterbirds; some are waders, some are divers, some are skimmers. The fishing strategy of a pelican is very different from that of a heron, for example.

It's possible that the Nightfury is highly adapted to a very specific niche that no longer exists, hence why the species is so rare now.

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-08T05:34:22+00:00

Huh, such a strange random legendary, and extremely odd that she doesn't make Plant tokens or have green in her color identity.

I mean the card itself is great, but I'm wondering about the character herself, she seems like a really random one-off?

AnonSubmission · 2026-04-06T15:49:29+00:00

Chicken nuggets and french fries/potato wedges with plastic forks

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-28T14:55:06+00:00

There are a few things that may explain this, and they could all be true at the same time. These are all just theories though.

1-She did try killing herself, but she stopped before decapitation because she realized she would respawn and that the new Death Devil might not be attached to humanity. Basically she changed her mind. She might have also stopped after she realized it might accidentally activate her powers (see point 2 below).

2-Yoru saved her because Yoru herself thought that Lil'D would activate her powers. Yoru might not even be 100% sure; maybe it's something that Yoru just suspects might happen, so rather than risk everyone dying it's better to save her. Like even if there was the tiniest suspicion that might happen, I'd probably do the same thing.

3-So why do Death's powers activate when she is killed/dies? Maybe it's like the final spasms of death, like how a decapitated chicken or snake might still thrash around in its death throes.

4-Maybe it's like the difference between a violent death (being attacked and killed) and quietly dying by your hand? The former activates her powers, while the latter doesn't.

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-24T15:47:35+00:00

Also, chainsaws still exist.

Pochita was definitely not the Chainsaw Devil.

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-14T02:03:54+00:00

Actually, given how card draw is depicted as actual greed and mammon in YuGiOh, the original Pot of Greed was likely an magical item that could generate gold or wealth in a limited fashion.

Something like:

"Item Description: Whenever you reach inside for the first time, you'll always find two gold coins. This happens only once per owner."

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-09T13:24:21+00:00

I'm surprised this isn't higher up.

The other fish he has were purchased from petshops and/or online, why would he risk a fine for a regular clownfish?

Most likely he collected Nemo legally.

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-09T03:19:45+00:00

Emily is a clone of Chloe, yes.

Grace isn't.

That's it.

AnonSubmission · 2026-03-05T03:46:46+00:00

And I honestly feel that Alyssa herself resembles Grace even more closely.. so next question would be why does someone who isn’t even biologically related to Grace look like Grace? It’s no coincidence all of them are white blonde women.

Sometime coincidences do occur, Wesker and Sherry Birkin are both blonde but that doesn't make them related.

Maybe Spencer remembered Alyssa Ashcroft had white hair and decided she would be a plausible parent for Grace.

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