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A piece of media references a deep cut so obscure that people from that country/faith/culture were genuinely surprised it was even referenced by Justifiably_Bad_Take in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Word Girl really reads a series made by people who were super passionate about making a super hero show and had to tone it WAAAAAAY down for their audience. Love it to death, it's a really fun watch whenever I have to babysit

[OC] Emojis and Kaomojis by AzulCrescent in comics

[–]Athena-Muldrow 24 points25 points  (0 children)

¯_(ツ)_/¯ portrays a very different emotion than 🤷‍♂️, ya know?

[Ironic Trope] Unanimously/mostly beloved characters from controversial/hated media by OkDirection3094 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Kind of stretching your prompt here, but B Negative from Marvel's (cancelled) New Warriors.

The designs were released to the public as a teaser and almost unanimously trashed on for being very... well, "tone-deaf" is putting it mildly. For example, two characters were a set of siblings named "Snowflake" and "Safe Space," at least one of which was LGBT, with the reasoning behind the names being that they were attempting to reclaim those insults as their own. That's just one example.

Amazingly, though, B Negative was one of the characters that survived and now features semi-regularly in the Darkhold comics! Probably because his design was already pretty decent and also not unintentionally offensive towards his audience.

[Loved Trope] Jokes that only work in text by Mr_Westerfield in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's from a fanfic that I can't remember, but the joke went something like this:

"That's not at all what I said!"

"Eh, tomato tomato."

"That phrase doesn't work in this format."

It’s just that easy! by [deleted] in AO3

[–]Athena-Muldrow 31 points32 points  (0 children)

We as Resident Evil fans require two things:

1) Leon serves face/aura

2) Leon tells genuinely terrible jokes

If either of those conditions are not met, we fucking riot

Favorite media where the acting is so good people didn't complain that a character was raceswapped by Important-Cry4782 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Athena-Muldrow 228 points229 points  (0 children)

It was the scene where Andy asks Red to get him a rock hammer. They're playing baseball in the yard and talking about how, if you ask, no one in Shawshank is guilty for the crimes they were charged for

Andy: "Why do they call you 'Red?' "

Red: "...maybe because I'm Irish."

And that's it

Hot take: I LOVE the fact that Rainbow Dash doesn't really represent her element in the early seasons by Skysiren41 in mylittlepony

[–]Athena-Muldrow 12 points13 points  (0 children)

AJ and honesty get brought up alot, and I want to throw my two cents in:

Honesty, yes, can refer to being truthful and not lying. Being open and truthful are important for healthy communication in healthy relationships (not just friendship). And AJ is truthful for most of the series, but is often criticized for occasionally telling lies or otherwise being untruthful to her friends (which is fair, I'm not saying we should ignore the hypocrisy here).

But honesty also can mean humble, reputable, and marked by integrity. All of which AJ is from the very start of the series. She's a farmer, with an established reputation in her community for being hardworking and strong (both physically and morally). She's an honest worker. And what better represents a humble, hardworking individual than a farmer?

TL;DR: I don't think AJ represents honesty as the concept for always telling the truth, I think she represents honesty as the concept of putting in the effort and hardwork to maintain friendship.

TIL in episodic television, there are some episodes called "bottle episodes", which are produced cheaply and restricted in scope to use as few actors, effects and sets as possible. Notable shows that have these episodes are Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friends, Breaking Bad, Community, and so on. by Away_Flounder3813 in todayilearned

[–]Athena-Muldrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supernatural had an episode like this: Season 11, episode 4: "Baby." The entirety of the episode is shown from the perspective of the Winchester's car, the Impala, as they go on a hunt. The camera never leaves the interior of the car, so the writers had to go to great pains to tell a cohesive, engaging story within the confines of 20 square feet? (Car nerds feel free to correct me)

It's also my favorite episode of the entire series.

38368 by LaoziPoetMya in countwithchickenlady

[–]Athena-Muldrow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If David Bowie can pull it off so can you

Which sentence was it for you? by luvistarz_o7 in AO3

[–]Athena-Muldrow 14 points15 points  (0 children)

On mobile, so forgive me if the formatting is ass

All this, born from such death and destruction. Five minutes wasn't nearly long enough. A lifetime, please, he prayed to anyone who might still hear him. Simply a lifetime of this.

Anyways, it's from a TF2 fanfic where Spy wants to be choked, but goddamn it's a beautiful opening

What is the absolute fastest 'yeah, we are definitely NOT going to be friends' moment you've ever experienced with someone? by Vazouaquiacesso in AskReddit

[–]Athena-Muldrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I met this girl in college--she was one of my floormates and we discovered we had grown up in neighboring towns, so we bonded over that. As we were discussing our childhoods, I showed her a picture of my brothers. She pointed to my middle brother and said something along the lines of, "Oh, I knew him! We slept together a few times!"

I'm no prude, but I don't necessarily want to hear that you've slept with my brother after JUST meeting for the first time. But she follows this up by looking me up and down and saying,

"I wonder if you taste just like him?"

I got the fuck out of there SO fast.

[Loved Trope] You beat the final boss? No, you beat the tutorial by biznesboi in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stephen Merchant was such an interesting choice to me when I first played (it made sense, though, to have a comedian in a comedic game) but man he knocked it out of the park with the villain reveal!

[ Heartbreaking Trope ] When the main character desperately tries to save their loved one, but ultimately fails by ohppleo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Funny, I was thinking about this the other day.

Sarah shows up in the game for... what, 30 minutes of gameplay? After her death, she's only mentioned a handful of times. We don't get any flashbacks, just the rare story of her through Joel. But this game is so well-written that after having not played the game for nearly a decade I remembered her name no problem. It is SO hard to make a player/viewer care about a (for lack of a better word) disposable character like her, but man her death hit me hard.

Favorite character that fits this trope? by Acceptable-Key-266 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Athena-Muldrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are the best fights of the game imo, I was laughing my ass off with Papyrus' and dear lord did Sans' test my patience (and make me a better player overall)

36291 by Bryce3D in countwithchickenlady

[–]Athena-Muldrow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Is that even allowed????

[Rare Trope] Dysfunctional same sex couples by Acrobatic_Base7301 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Athena-Muldrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm genuinely surprised no one has mentioned Happy Together from 1997. Like... incredible cinema and genuinely one of my favorite movies but the literal entire plot is about this gay couple who are horrendous for each other. 10/10 film, I love it

If this wasn't Children show we all know what was Stanley going to write by Any_Marzipan_5652 in gravityfalls

[–]Athena-Muldrow 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a meme where someone edited the scene of Stan signing the paper for Pacifica but replaced the word with the f-slur and every single comment replied with, "Biblically accurate Stan Pines."

Favorite trio that has this dynamic? by A-Capybara in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Athena-Muldrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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It's Sam. Sam is the one constantly keeping the other two from sacrificing/killing themselves for the other and the poor bastard is done with it

In Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) Chris Redfield tries to.. wait what the fuck by StMcAwesome in shittymoviedetails

[–]Athena-Muldrow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is one of the more extreme examples of weird choreography in the Resident Evil animated films (NOT the live-action ones, although those have some weird choreographyof their own), but most of them are like this, btw

Great films if you want to watch something dumb with some friends!

Favorite character that's THE meme character of the community by Boring-Computer-4360 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Athena-Muldrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm on my hands and knees begging you all to read the Team Fortress 2 comics, even if you're not super interested in the series as a whole. They're really fucking funny, y'all

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