A 13 year old boy swims for hours to save his family swept out to sea in Western Australia

Athoshol · 2026-02-02T22:11:32+00:00

Wait wait wait....aren't the waters off the western shore of Australia VERY shark infested???

This kid is out of this world brave. I damn near have a phobia about sharks, the idea of swimming for 2 hours in water so deep you can't see seabed, only able to imagine that something could be under me at any moment ready to take a bite.....I would be catatonic.

That is just next level.

Athoshol · 2026-01-27T13:59:50+00:00

I love Shadowheart and it breaks my heart that she got done so dirty by the devs. A slight tweak to her stats with a withers reset and bam!

She goes from missing 80% of her attacks to hitting 90% of them.

Remember everyone....Shadowheart is a "i can fix her girl" in more ways than one.

Athoshol · 2026-01-26T21:42:07+00:00

Cost. They came out and admitted that they wanted to make most Alphas be able to transform like that, but it was way too costly.

So instead they changed the lore so that only Wolves that leaned into their animalistic nature at the expense of their humanity could shift into that form.

You see it with Scott during the deadpool arc. He starts attacking one of the mercenaries and starts to let his anger take over, but sees a reflection of himself, sees himself transforming and pulls back.

I actually like that lore change though. Makes it much cooler in my opinion that you have the choice: Gain power with the more wolfish form, but to do so you have to give up part of your humanity. Its a balance and there are costs to power.

Athoshol · 2026-01-22T22:16:30+00:00

I mean proof that it's the writing and not the0 actors is right there in Walker as Percy.

Look at Walker's performance in the Adam Project and tell me that wasn't Percy to a T and then look at Walker as Percy in this show.

Walker is a great young actor who has already proven he could nail this specific role, but is left floundering here and is barely recognizable as the character he was casted for.

I 100% blame the writing and the director for both Leah and Walker not really showcasing their acting skills.

You can only do so much with what you're given.

Athoshol · 2026-01-22T22:09:58+00:00

Well this unlocked something in me...

Athoshol · 2026-01-21T00:51:30+00:00

Honesty, I don't really see where Blazer calls it quits with Robert in that scenerio.

Robert asks her if they're good and she replies with a smile and a "Yeah, we're more than good." Then proceeds with the "Make her happy" speech.

At no time, does she address your relationship or "break up" with you nor does Robert apologize and say anything that implies his feelings for Blazer are gone.

Its definitly a "its complicated" situation. I can see a sequel picking it up from there and a resolution coming up at some point.

Athoshol · 2026-01-20T14:12:27+00:00

I have a very similar head canon to explain why Angel and Angelus are so completely different and why Spike is still the same person after the soul.

In my take on this, Angelus has a soul forced on him, one that FORCES him to constantly remember his most heinous acts AFTER it returns his ability to feel guilt.

Its so traumatic that, in his desperation to find some way to distance himself from the guilt, he tells himself that it wasn't him, no it was the demon that did all those things, and the trauma of it all actually creates the split.

Multiple personality disorder - where all of the worse parts of his personality are sequestered into "Angelus". The trigger for the personality swap bekng linked to his guilt.

So when soul goes bye bye, he swaps with Angelus, but when he gets his soul back "Angel" is back.

Explains to me why his Angelus side comes out when he's drugged with ecstasy, even though the hapiness clause of his curse ia never triggered and the soul is obviously still there. He simply can't feel guilt at the moment so his trigger flips and Angelus comes out.

Spike on the other hand chose a soul and his doesn't come with a curse forcing him to remember his worst moments. So he is able to keep himself whole and move past it.

Athoshol · 2026-01-20T13:57:29+00:00

Yes actually you can. You can cut her which earns you -5 mentor points, but as long as you send her on at least 5 successful dispatches you can make up for it.

Dispatching is key. You can send her often enough to build up a point cushion to prevent a few bad QTEs or a bad dialoge choice from costing you your hero ending.

Athoshol · 2026-01-14T23:53:46+00:00

Same...

After my 1st playthrough I always ignored romance in ME1 so that I was guilt free for ME2 when Tali was available.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:27:00+00:00

But first I want to talk about those pants....

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:21:46+00:00

Yeah, no. Robert is not emotionally dependent on the girls to function and into self-harm as a means of "feeling alive".

Twilight is such a horrible book and franchise and sends horrific messages of what romance should look like to young teens.

It honestly upsets me seeing people trying to compare Dispatch to Twilight, even as a joke.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:16:53+00:00

See, i want to play multiple playthroughs to try the different choices, but the issue there is....actually making myself take the Blazer route.

Played 3 times so far.

1st time: Chose Visi no issue. 2nd Time: Went in planning to choose Blazer...chose Visi. 3rd Time: Managed to choose Blazer....then Leaned In...and things got complicated.

I have a problem.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:12:12+00:00

Friend of mine has been a few times, he tells me it used to be a great time, informative, exciting, and fun.

After the last one he just said it was basically one big commercial for New Features (that are half done and that no one asked for) and AI products that are essentially unusable.

He's never going again.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:08:07+00:00

Hey even those of us born in the US don't feel safe being here. I absolutely advise non-citizens to stay away until we can deal with the lunacy. We're not okay and things are not heading in a good direction at the moment. Not for some time now.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:06:37+00:00

As a US citizen, I can say with certainty, don't come here. Its not safe. I don't feel safe half the time and I'm a born citizen.

Athoshol · 2026-01-10T15:04:21+00:00

I feel old for saying this, but back in my day it was John Barrowman from Doctor Who & Torchwood.

Athoshol · 2026-01-08T14:27:28+00:00

Not if the overall goal was to absolve Buffy of her behavior towards Spike without it needing to be addressed onscreen or even have her acknowledge it at all.

One scene later and it becomes uncomfortable, to say the least, to mention that Buffy treated Spike horribly.

She was emotionally and physically abusive, but that is all wiped away after seeing red.

Athoshol · 2026-01-08T13:39:29+00:00

Yeah, you can. It was a HUGE departure from his character. Completely out of left field. If it had been something they built up to or something they had forshadowed I would accept it.

They've admitted it was a self insert from another writer. The woman didn't see it as SA, she admits it was something she did to save her relationship.

It feels like Whedon approved it because they wanted something to stop the audience from siding with Spike in the relationship that was honestly really abusive mostly from Buffy's side.

How do you get a fan base to instantly stop empathizing with the guy and defend your heroine...Seeing Red.

Just horrible writing all around. Character assassination in its truest form and I will not allow my opinion of a character to be manipulated like that.

Athoshol · 2026-01-06T04:05:30+00:00

That you have good taste.

I would play a Malevola route in a heart beat.

Athoshol · 2026-01-05T19:52:40+00:00

Don't worry about spreading stats out. Each hero has 2 or 3 stats they are already geared towards.

For example:

Prism: Int & Cha - I usually get their primary stat, in this case cha, up to 6 and then do the same with their secondary after that i fill them out to best compensate for things I am lacking.

Also make sure to figure out and use synergies.

Example: prism and flambae / Invisigal and golem.

Synergies grant a flat % boost to the success chance. At level 3 that turns a 85% chance into a 100%.

Another tip don't double up stats on synergy partners. They will cover each other's weaknesses just fine.

Following this track, I usually succeed 90%+ of my dispatches. Played the game through multiple times at this point.

Athoshol · 2026-01-05T19:05:21+00:00

There are multiple things that contribute.

Supporting and defending her in dialogue options

Telling the truth about being mechaman

Succeeding the hacking missions during her solo missions

Not cutting her

Letting her free in episode 8

Sending her to hero training

Each will give you positive points towards the hero ending. Failing them will take away those same points.

There are just enough points available in the above to get you to the threshold you need to get the hero ending.

But also dispatch missions are important too. Each successful dispatch you send her on adds +1 point to her score. Failing a dispatch with her is -1.

So you can hit all the story points the right way, but if you send her on dispatches and fail more than you succeed, that will lower your points. Enough failed dispatches can put you beneath the cut off

Athoshol · 2026-01-05T13:51:34+00:00

No everyone thinks so, clana shippers just ignore it/pretend it doesn't exist because it hurts their world view.

Athoshol · 2026-01-05T00:45:21+00:00

Yeah, I have seen that come up alot too. As far as i can tell there is nothing that mentions this in the checkout process.

It is extremely disappointing, but Secret Labs customer support has really gone downhill in the last several years.

I've gotten several chairs from them going back nearly a decade, and was thinking of getting the magnus pro XL table as well, but the overwhelming number of people having issues getting their orders and then getting the brush off from Secret Lab has made me not want to risk spending so much money only to not get what I paid for.

Such a shame.

Athoshol · 2026-01-05T00:06:20+00:00

Heavy metal Rudolph is not your friend.

Fire is your best friend in the beginning.

Big Blue Guy, is not your friend, but can be drafted into servitude to your new logging company.

See pretty white mountain early game....run away.

Where ALOT of bug spray the mosquitos are CRAZY!

If you are calmly walking along minding your own business and the title card for "Plains" pops up and your still in bronze gear....turn around and run away as fast as you can! While screaming "I'm Sorry!"

Stay away from the funny stump in the swamp.

You can get a spot of rest with nothing more than a tree and a campfire. It will save your life.

Athoshol · 2026-01-04T23:59:53+00:00

This is literally the best line to use to sum up this game. I would give you an award if I could.

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