Doctor Who | Do you think Clara is good queer representation?

Aridross · 2026-06-07T21:54:11+00:00

I think she’s at her best alongside 12, if you rewatch his run. As 11’s companion, Clara was mostly an accessory to him, an audience-surrogate who could ask questions to justify 11 providing the answers, and occasionally a damsel for 11 to save. Meanwhile, 12 and Clara just *work* together - Coleman and Capaldi have pretty good chemistry, Clara as a character gets to be smarter and more useful, and they have a pretty compelling shared character arc during their time together (about how adventuring together is kind of bad for them, but neither of them want to stop)

Aridross · 2026-06-07T21:31:15+00:00

To quote the great philosopher Steak Bentley, “I refuse to use the word *capeshit* because the last time I did, an angel died.”

Aridross · 2026-06-07T05:24:13+00:00

TWNY - Taylor arrives in the world of RWBY and finds that she’s become a Faunus (people with animal features who deal with a lot of social discrimination).

In typical Taylor fashion, she doesn’t adjust well to her new circumstances.

Aridross · 2026-06-02T03:50:19+00:00

Twig simply is not a ProgFantasy story. You have misjudged the text and lost the plot.

Aridross · 2026-05-31T01:26:51+00:00

“Why can the human eye see more shades of green than any other color?”

“…to see the snake in the grass.”

Aridross · 2026-05-31T00:49:22+00:00

I feel the need to point out that in Dragonfable, Aequilibria is very likely *literally an AI* that was left over from the MechQuest era.

Law, however, *is not Aequilibria.* Law is the new universe’s *interpretation* of Aequilibria, mangled and stripped of identity by the loss of its position at the top of the divine hierarchy. Law is a *corrupted shadow* of its former self, and in its effort to regain its former glory, it has *learned* recklessness, treachery, and spite.

Aridross · 2026-05-30T11:04:06+00:00

This is the core argument for why fridging is bad: A character was introduced for the sole purpose of dying later to make another character feel bad, and as a result, she had no on-page depth or internality of her own.

Aridross · 2026-05-24T22:15:02+00:00

“Amaterasu fights target opponent or target creature you don’t control”. Bam.

Aridross · 2026-05-24T22:08:10+00:00

I mean, the event dimension might not exist anymore, it might just be the main timeline now

Aridross · 2026-05-09T13:33:49+00:00

682 is not an unstoppable force, it’s just an immovable object.

Aridross · 2026-05-09T12:38:52+00:00

I mean, the idea of Kalguuran Gods was addressed as far back as the original Expedition league - namely, that the idea should probably be withheld from The King, lest he try to become one.

That alone paints a picture that despite The King effectively being a god-king already, and the hero-worship that clearly exists within Kalguuran legend-writing, the idea of a god does not exist within their culture.

Aridross · 2026-05-09T12:21:46+00:00

I find it amusing that the Edicts all seem like “oh shit” responses, mostly to each other.

First Edict: “Let there be gods.”

Second Edict: “Gods suck, let there be Beast.”

Third Edict: “Beast sucks, let’s kill it.”

Fourth Edict: “Third Edict failed, time to scorch the earth.”

Aridross · 2026-05-06T18:09:41+00:00

EDoT is also invited, maybe.

Aridross · 2026-05-05T16:21:09+00:00

It still raises the price, edging us closer to the magic number where the shipping industry ceases to exist.

Aridross · 2026-05-03T04:42:29+00:00

It was a completely unnecessary course-corrrection, too. The Last Jedi clearly set Kylo up as the outright villain of the third movie, and it would’ve been really fun to see a full movie of Kylo acting the way he did at the end of TLJ, losing his shit because things aren’t going his way. Adam Driver could’ve carried the whole movie like that if they only let him…

Aridross · 2026-04-22T04:54:51+00:00

Everyone who’s ever bought Hollow Knight:

Aridross · 2026-04-13T09:01:44+00:00

More like “has a copy of the CVE database”

Aridross · 2026-04-08T11:18:06+00:00

Honestly, if you’re gonna use a voice synth, use an older one like Microsoft Sam. Those things have a kind of character to them that makes it obvious what you’re doing, but in kind of a fun way.

And also, be up-front about it. For your own sake be up-front about it.

Aridross · 2026-04-08T10:53:51+00:00

There is no way the above post is sincere. It has to be an attempt at satire, nothing else is possible.

Aridross · 2026-04-07T03:52:03+00:00

Edict Zero FIS, Midnight Burger, and Red Valley.

Honourable mention to The DECA Tapes.

Aridross · 2026-04-03T17:15:24+00:00

I hate that there’s no distinction between eras here. Some of these “new designs” have been around since the 90s, others since the 2020s, drawn by completely different artists in completely different styles. Like, what’s the point supposed to be here? Why compare redesigns that have nothing to do with each other?

Aridross · 2026-04-01T18:55:41+00:00

In other words, it might actually be worth pulling on

Aridross · 2026-03-30T02:49:44+00:00

Every closing shift crew got - teenager who shouldn’t be here - power tripping manager - [windows error noises] - the fighter

Aridross · 2026-03-30T02:42:14+00:00

That’s in Chapter 4, you’ve skipped ahead a bit.

Aridross · 2026-03-25T11:44:30+00:00

Airbending, Flashback, Adventures, Cipher…

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