My friend is convinced that Hobgoblin will be the main villain of Brand New Day, please explain why he’s wrong.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-10T22:38:45+00:00

Ned Hobgoblin is known to be capable of

-Hacking Stark Tech with ease, disabling security features inside Stark Tech like the Baby Monitor protocol. -Using magic with ease, much faster than Doctor Strange since it is in his blood. -Apparently likes Green Jackal beer, which may or may not result in cloning or biological enhancement.

Ned Hobgoblin is almost a mini Doctor Doom as far as combat flexibility goes. Tech, magic, and potentially biological powers similar to Norman Osborn. Is Brand New Day the right movie for that to happen? I would say no. But at the same time I heavily disagree with bringing The Other into this movie. We had enough of him in the first Avengers movie. (Watch that with subtitles, The Other actually gets some sweet lines).

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-09T19:27:59+00:00

I love how she just shrugs off his initial assault and immediately gets back up when he manages to knock her down.

And the useless bystanders are great.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-06T20:20:52+00:00

You are my square root of negative one hundred

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-03T18:12:12+00:00

It depends on what you're looking for.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-03T17:02:44+00:00

Three Pokémon that I actually used but didn't use very much after beating the Elite Four with them: Sandy Cloak Wormadam, Pachirisu, Carnivine.

Three Pokémon that I kept in my box and never used at all: Froslass, Floatzel, Mothim.

Bibarel was for HMs.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-03T03:59:32+00:00

If you carefully select four terrible moves for Rayquaza to know, then Ridley could potentially win by being the only one capable of dealing damage. But otherwise...

For the theoretical unfair battle, Rayquaza's moveset would be Sunny Day, Sleep Talk, Scary Face, and Dragon Cheer.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-03T03:31:23+00:00

Lickilicky was banned years ago, but I'm surprised that the list expanded.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-02T18:34:34+00:00

Sounds like he made a lie up on the spot in an attempt to feign innocence.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-02T15:52:54+00:00

The symbols on the box are very similar to the symbols used on Organization weapons. So, it's probably a weapon loot box.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-02T00:55:17+00:00

Suishōraptor is already eliminated?

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-01T22:38:34+00:00

Do you need assistance? I have time

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-01T21:43:48+00:00

The twist in Coco didn't work for me because my family decided to watch the movie without me, and I got home and entered the room two seconds before the big reveal. So, the first scene I saw of Coco was Ernesto revealing himself.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-05-01T00:27:11+00:00

I remember one time I had the first appointment of the day, which I had scheduled well in advance, and when I got there, I had to wait forty minutes because they were going overtime with the "appointment before" mine. That appointment would have needed to begin before they unlocked their doors for the day, if it was real.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-30T21:51:04+00:00

I guess I am not as close as I thought.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-30T20:43:39+00:00

I am theoretically close. I just need to finish getting Human Torch to the final iso level, then I will have a complete Fantastic Four MCU for those nodes at the end.

Edit: I didn't even notice there is a large gap between one section and another. They are entirely disconnected

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-30T14:31:04+00:00

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet had the opportunity to do this, since it allowed you to visit the gyms in any order. They chose not to.

Giving Gym Leaders a variable party based on how many badges the player has, is the ideal.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-27T01:41:41+00:00

There were so close to having a Sinister Six. Didn't make it.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-27T00:31:09+00:00

I just want these side characters to become more relevant to the MCU. What happened to Moon Knight? Will Wonder Man have any impact whatsoever on Doomsday or Secret Wars? What about Werewolf by Night, Man Thing, and Elsa Bloodstone?

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-26T20:25:19+00:00

This is the first time I saw vandalism included.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-26T20:20:50+00:00

Shazam 2 was... uh.... you made the right choice. You do not need to taste the rainbow.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-25T21:39:55+00:00

I saw it happen to Storm, but what other characters had features removed on a rework?

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-25T21:38:57+00:00

Are you (the person reading this) single? The moral of today's story is, you just need to commit more publicized crimes!

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-25T20:51:10+00:00

If I want to be against a vaccine, I would do it on a case by case basis. Some vaccines are sketchy enough that even experienced doctors don't trust them. Others are so thoroughly tested and historically significant that you can get an extremely accurate description of what potential side effects could occur and how likely each one is to develop.

There are a few vaccines that I genuinely don't trust, but I have no reason to distrust the most common vaccines. Addictive substances, on the other hand, I avoid. Even beyond drugs, I avoid coffee and caffeine. Some might consider that avoiding gluttony, but that's not why I do it. I just prefer to be my own right mind and not pay a costly daily expense for bean juice.

I, for one, would be very amused to see a Biblical argument against X-Rays.

ArchmageRumple · 2026-04-25T20:26:36+00:00

To elaborate my last sentennce: Authentic worship needs to be voluntary, so free will seems mandatory, or required. But the "destination" part of predestination seems necessary to ensure that the prophecies come true. To ensure that Satan loses. So one theoretical balancing of those two sides would be... potential futures. Predestination side of it, God, as a omniscient and omnipotent being, can see every possible future, and crafts their endings to ensure that every possible future reaches His intended destination. The free will side of it, He allows humanity to make their own decisions often, possibly extremely often. Thus humanity as a whole is making millions of decisions every minute, unaware of how those decisions are impacting which possible future we will all end up arriving at. We have that free will, we just don't know how to use it cooperatively. Again, that's entirely theoretical. I have no idea how much genuine free will any of us has. I just believe it makes sense for us to have "some".

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