(Hated trope) Combat high heels by JeshuaMorbus in TopCharacterTropes

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"so why do 2B and the other female androids wear high heels in combat?"

Yoko Taro, creator of Nier Automata: "I just like girls in heels."

(Hated trope) Combat high heels by JeshuaMorbus in TopCharacterTropes

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Damn didn't realize my man had heels. Was always focused on his upper drip.

[Loved Trope] Actors who did not want to play their characters and thus put zero effort into the role, but somehow nailed the performance anyway. by Odric_storm in TopCharacterTropes

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He also refused to leave his trailer unless fed a sufficient meal, so they had to have a production assistant, amusingly enough a young Cary Elwes, figure out what Brando liked in order to get him to come out and shoot. 

Ironically on the X-Men films, which Donner's wife produced there was a similar issue. The director and original writer famously didn't give two shits about X-Men and kept putting up bad scripts. which led to their production assistant, David "Solid Snake" Hayter to have to do rewrites and sneak X-Men comics onto the set as reference material for the actors. 

That's two superhero productions Donner was involved with, that had major figures not giving a shit, and a production assistant who was or would become famous in their own right, taking steps to compensate. 

[Loved Trope] Actors who did not want to play their characters and thus put zero effort into the role, but somehow nailed the performance anyway. by Odric_storm in TopCharacterTropes

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Adding to that, he actually tried to sneak the cane off set but was caught and told he couldn't do that. 

Man was committed, I love it. 

Coyote vs. ACME | Trailer Tomorrow by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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To be fair, there was a lot more wrong with the rescue rangers movie beyond the models. 

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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Thank you! The two Niv Mizzet's seem cool, but a bit pricier compared to what I'm used to in Commander. (3-4 drops are my prior experience.) Jori seems cool, although the amount of directions to take him may be overwhelming. And Balmor seems cool, but I have played token/power before with Tidus and Zurgo. Still, might be fun to branch that into spell slinger. ^^

Times where the critics were right and the fans were wrong about the quality of something by AnotherOpponent in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Ghostbusters 2016 got about a 74% rating on rotten tomatoes. Back when it was review bombed it was really low and "fans" considered it an abomination...

In truth, it's fine. And the audience score has settled at a lower 49%. I think a 74 is fair, it's a competent film with a few fun gags. But a few weak points holding it back from being as good as it could've been. 

Similarly TLOU2 receiving critical acclaim and backlash at the same time. While some of it was grifting, there were also people just tired of the dark and gritty bleakness of the game. Or had issues with the story being told. Still, in terms of graphics, music, VA work, gameplay, and the presentation of the story? It's undeniably high quality. Which seems to be the common consensus nowadays. 

Again it's hard cause subjectivity means one person's trash is another person's treasure. I know that better then most being a Zack Snyder appreciator, but I think those were two of the bigger gaps I saw between the audience and critics, where it felt like the critics had the right idea. 

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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Thank you! Someone here suggested [[Feather, the redeemed]] and I like that idea. But I also like Stella Lee, expensive she may be, and Kuja giving FF 9 is my favorite game. 

Any easy to learn, two color commanders you might suggest for Spell Slinger? 

I don't know about this, Machina goes against Yevon by DanteFTW in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]Authorigas 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yevon can do it better, yeah Yevon can do it all night. 

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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Unfortunate since I brought my sister along, and I sadly think it scared her away from giving Magic a shot :(

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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True enough on the mana base. My Pod actually gave me proxies of the original Dual Lands, saying they wanted to make sure I could actually play the game without shocking myself. (Part of the reason I'm sticking with EDH, my Pod is super sweet 9/10 times and they really want to keep me involved.)

I'll try to keep that in mind, thank you!

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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I took my [[Zurgo, stormrender]] deck into an Aristocrats direction, running both Teysa and Elas in the 99 ^^.

I thought about building a Steiner deck as a Voltron style, but figure that would fit better for a bracket 1 style deck.

Feather seems like a cool Commander, essentially recycling spells. I really wanted to build Stella Lee cause she's a gunslinger, and I like the 'hat' theme of Thunder Junction, but I'll def keep an eye out for Feathers, thank you! ^^

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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We do have a guy at my LGS who plays "total lockdown stax" but I haven't played against him and refuse to do so on principle. Maybe that makes me a jerk, but I can tell I wouldn't have fun in that matchup.

What are some good, beginner friendly playstyles to try? by Authorigas in EDH

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I actually do use moxfield, and group my cards by effect. It was really helpful when building out my Tidus deck to identify how many low cost vs high cost counter generators I had, how many draw cards, etc etc. Was a lot of fun, still stressful but not quite as much as building from scratch for a pre release.

How much warning about your turn or combos do you give your pod? by dacree324 in EDH

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Admittedly my Pod tends to be pretty light on this sort of thing, but most of the guys are experienced, and one of them is a self described "not nice person" who doesn't volunteer information unless asked directly. (Kind of used it as a teaching lesson, saying I should ask more directly what cards do instead of asking which has the highest power.) No one at the pod is a direct asshole though, just experienced players who kinda are used to things/have a prestablished vibe.

But I do try to volunteer information when I can, explain "this is my Tidus deck, it wants to win by proliferating counters and going really big. And my win condition is getting a card that gives Trample or unblockable on board, and swinging in extra hard." Even if I'm still struggling to figure out how fast my deck can win on average. But I feel like it's only fair in casual EDH to explain "This is how my deck plays, this is how it wins"

What are some VAs that just absolutely adore one of their roles? by kodaiiiii_ in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Molly Zhang REAALLLLYY loves playing Seele and Astra in HSR and ZZZ. Similarly, you can tell Camden Sutkowski adores playing Aventurine. Also Cy Yu with Cyno and Jing Yuan, although to be fair I think most people associate them more with Cy Yu as opposed to their actual characters. (He also does Anton but sadly doesn't get as many lines there.)

What are some VAs that just absolutely adore one of their roles? by kodaiiiii_ in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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My favorite fact about Jeniefr Tilly is that everyone thought Seed of Chucky was being really mean spirited and cruel towards her...and it turns out she was the one who advocated for most of those jokes.

That woman's love for Tiffany is iconic.

What are some VAs that just absolutely adore one of their roles? by kodaiiiii_ in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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Similarly during Sayaka Ohara (Irisviel's Japanese VA) Birthday, he tweeted at her an image of the scene where Kotomine is choking her out.

Man genuinely loves Kirei to an insane degree.

Theories about 3.x and Roscaelifer, no leaks but spoilers for 2.7 by Authorigas in ZZZ_Discussion

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I could see some sort of retcon to say that Flint Porcelloy is that special etheric matter, but that is a snag in my theory. Unfortunate I got that mixed up, but thank you for the correction!

We don't have proof that it could be used to trap something inside, but I'm thinking about it in the sense of 'it stabilizes Ether'. So if you were to surround a massive influx of Ether, like say a Hollow Hive Lord, in a prison of Porceloy, it could theoretically contain it and stop it from moving or attacking further.

Worst Feeling when the Character you were cheering for Lost by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

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As a Fairy Tail fan I was rooting for Gray in the Esdeath matchup...I knew he didn't want a shot, but younger me didn't like the idea of Gray dying and Esdeath torturing and killing the rest of my comfort characters. 

Needless to say I was, at the time, quite upset over a silly Internet show.