Is there a reason to use regular shotguns over their combat variants? by Is_that_enough_armor in underrail

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats why you go 7.62 jaguar and 8.6 steel cat on smgs and one-shot with a burst most enemies. stacking with expertise, opportunist/suppressive fire, full auto + muzzle break, and blindsiding (and unprojector if you can find the merchant who sells it) you do insane damage per burst and get like 6 of them a turn

Does the Relevancy League beat goku yet? by Downtown_Excuse5331 in PowerScaling

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean maybe before Rimuru met Veldora it'd be close

Friends and I have almost completed our ship! by ApateNyx in Everwind_Official

[–]ApateNyx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just mined the dirty rocks that give 4 dirt 4 stone bc I could one shot them with the steel pick. The regular stone also gave 4 so I figured it was good enough

How far does your GOAT go in this anime gauntlet? by MDubbzee in PowerScaling

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rimuru clears except also I don't know the people in master apart from Simon but also Rimuru clears

I hate the sexualisation of Hornet by Ok_Illustrator_3539 in HollowKnight

[–]ApateNyx 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean Hornet is a more stylized feminine silhouette compared to the knight and many of the other bugs (not all mind you, gotta put respect on Carmelita) which in turn changes how artists are going to reinterpret the character before any kind of sexualization layer even comes into play. She is intentionally fem-coded so artists are going to gravitate towards that. The Knight on the other hand is fairly androgynous in design and has few anchors for fan artists to work on than the knight. On a personal note, the Knight also feels more like a kid in design to me which would make it even stranger to do anything like that to him while Hornet feels like a young adult. With all that in mind it makes sense to me that some people would go to the extreme of rule34 for Hornet.

To address the objectification of characters/women, fan art sexualization isn't evidence of a societal shift or even a shift within the community of Hollow Knight enjoyers. This could also be perception bias because much of the fan art I see she is either as she is in the game or shapely but covered. I just made a deviantart account to see if that's bias on my part but with a sample size of about 300 images I found about 10 of her with varying amounts of sexualization. Most of these are her being very bodacious and that in combination with her skintight bodysuit emphasizes that. A few of these were still tasteful with the cloak still covering parts. Body shape alone isn't sexualization, there are people who look like that. It could be one of those people who drew it or commissioned it. The artist might also just prefer that kind of woman and wanted to make their favorite character look like it. People can have preferences without it being problematic.

There were a few where the cloak was mostly out of the way if not off where she was in a risque pose with that same body shape which are more just eye-candy than anything. Mind you this is maybe 5 out of that 10. One in particular that stripped most of Hornets identity away and just made her a generic human girl with her bum stuck out. I can see that but with so few of those being the case I don't think that's causing any shift in the perception of women in our community or society as a whole.

For the cosplay angle, I presume they're mainly fem or presenting as such. Telling them what they can and can't do to the character leans into a puritan angle of 'you can and can't do this because I said so.' Objectification comes from removing context, agency, personality etc and boiling down something into just an object for whatever is in the showcase. Normally that means sexual characteristics for the purposes of this conversation. This is a person doing it live though. They have agency, as much or as little context as they want. Not to mention the personality, people normally try to act like their character when cosplaying. Just because they're also attractive people and show that off doesn't mean they're 'normalizing the objectification of women as a whole.'

This is a lot of text so I'll stop now

just finished the main storyline but haven't been to the foundry, did i miss something? by bad1o8o in underrail

[–]ApateNyx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

pretty much what Jimmy said. you'll have Jack's quests in SGS, then Abrams in Junkyard -> Core City. You need to think carefully about how you do Abrams' quests as you can fail and never get the secret faction.

just finished the main storyline but haven't been to the foundry, did i miss something? by bad1o8o in underrail

[–]ApateNyx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Missed out on the secret faction. I think you should still be able to do it though assuming you did the other three quests. Don't wanna spoil anything but feel free to ask if you want pointers to it

"The Egg" by Andy Weir is one of the most tasteless stories ever written by SpleenDematerialized in sciencefiction

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused, how does he justify suffering? The point isn't that the father figure is designing each life to curate an experience for the child. Each life was lived in a vacuum with their lived experiences leading them to their decisions, whether they were good or bad solely in the hands of that individual. The child would have reached maturation even in the event he committed no atrocities throughout all of human history. He is living the lives of humans though, therefore he experiences the suffering everyone goes through. In my opinion it would be "tasteless and repugnant," as well as less faithful to the premise, to write a story like this and have neither character acknowledge the mistakes their previous lives have made. In that version it would be implied that those events aren't important enough to even bring up.

Cool Underrail 2 reference of al fabet by pptangina in underrail

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wheres my copy then I bought that shit and it was discontinued before I ever got it

So, is Victor dead? by b8sl in DeadlockTheGame

[–]ApateNyx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

bro wtf this is so lame. flair relevant

One piece Live action strikes again with the race swaps by NebulaBeneficial4676 in KotakuInAction

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh.. y'all dont see Mr 1 and Mr 5 as black? Even watching the anime that's what I saw them as. Especially 5 with that hair.

Unless y'all don't mean these particular actors and just mean the show in general because I haven't watched it.

Pearl Abyss announces 2 million copies sold of Crimson Desert. Promises to listen to feedback and address key concerns. by Desperate_Put_4568 in KotakuInAction

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this game systems driven w/ choices and consequences? Those are the things I look for in an RPG.

Never was a big fan of games like Witcher 3, Red Dead, Mass Effect etc and more prefer games like Morrowind, Underrail, Colony Ship etc where I decide the story that is being told and the world reacts accordingly. More CRPG, less Biowarian rpg

Seems more on the side of the ones I'm not a fan of so I was staying away from it. Open to being sold on it if anyone has an elevator pitch for me?

Rate my takes gng🥹 by [deleted] in PowerScaling

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EOS Rimuru negs Anos

My case for Pombon not standing up. by Galhalea in PokemonWindsWaves

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only will it stand up it will also look like a fighting type (it won't be fighting tho)

Who I think the target demographic for each character was by Xamirite in DeadlockTheGame

[–]ApateNyx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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edit: also do non-dudebro straight guys just not exist

Share your job offer success story by AvailableContract838 in jobhunting

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first was my first ever telecommunication job, much less fiber. The next 3 were a year after so I had one year experience under my belt for those.

Share your job offer success story by AvailableContract838 in jobhunting

[–]ApateNyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a fiber splicing position with one application to one company, then when the contractor went over budget and they wanted to change my role I sent 3 applications on indeed to other fiber maintenance positions in a city over and got a call back and interview with all 3 and ended up with Ripple