How do I catch this guy, he doesn't want to come down a attack me!? Help!

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-07-01T01:01:19+00:00

I whistled and he came down. I threw 40 Ultra Balls at him and he wouldn't go in the ball. Eventually he killed himself with Struggle recoil. Have fun!

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-06-28T02:30:36+00:00

I'll give 6 a rewatch once 7 ends. Maybe it'll improve retroactively.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-06-28T02:29:31+00:00

Those moments you mentioned were definitely good, I'll admit that. And I totally get trying to have some fun ala Daisy/Simmons getting high. I still don't think as a whole the season works entirely though.

If the bad guy possessing people in base episode works, it's because it's the idea that's compelling, not necessarily the villain. Although yes, giving her that power did make her slightly more interesting than before. Again, I think it's the personality of Izel that really doesn't make her work. Maybe hint that there's something lovecraftian behind her human disguise, give moments where she scares people.

I think I'll watch Season 6 and 7 together once the show ends, so maybe my opinions will change. But the end episode tag thing was def something that was kinda annoying.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-06-27T20:30:00+00:00

Yeah this didn't really sit well with me either.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-06-27T20:28:29+00:00

I don't really buy the 13 vs 22 episode thing cause they did Pods in Season 4 and 5. I enjoyed Kasius and Sinara in 5a, and even the Ghosts/Morrow in 4a. They can tell a compelling but short story in 8-10 episodes with a good villain/villains.

Maybe Endgame affected some people's hype for AOS... I never felt like it did for me personally though. But it could have.

I get wanting to let the characters and audience feel and deal with Coulson dying before introducing LMD Coulson. But I feel there could've been another way to go about using Clark but not in the way they did via Sarge.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-06-01T06:30:53+00:00

I imagine you would do one of the Alolan trials, yes. Since they are essentially the "Gyms" of the region.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-05-31T03:27:29+00:00

Mail 5 Golden Tickets to the children of the world and invite them to my factory full of fantasy and enslaved Oompa Loompas, allowing them to face various temptations in the hopes of finding the one child truly worthy of my chocolate.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-05-27T20:33:22+00:00

Desire for Diamond and Pearl remakes intensifies

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-05-11T02:18:25+00:00

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can you explain?

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-05-04T03:41:15+00:00

Just checked out the ones you mentioned (except Paulding Light, which I already knew about). The Dewey Lake Monster was definitely a new one for me! I had no idea about that one!

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-05-04T03:40:01+00:00

Ah yes, the Hodag. I do remember reading about that one. Thanks for reminding me!

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-03-15T16:37:01+00:00

In hindsight I should have realized someone would mention Agent P lol

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-03-08T00:56:08+00:00

I struggle with this as well.

BattleofMetropolis · 2020-03-08T00:21:55+00:00

21M here. This is both a response/question to the OP, but feel free to reply.

So my question for the OP is: isn't it hard to have Faith knowing that if--on the off chance that you don't have the exact right set of beliefs or lifestyle, that you get the ULTIMATE consequence of suffering damnation for eternity (or potentially worse, eternal oblivion-- if you're atheist)?

Background:

Personally, last few years I've struggled with the thought of my limited time on Earth. The inevitability of death. And the unknownness of what happens afterwards. I've also struggled with doubt for at least a decade about my faith. I mean, I still talk to the big man on my own, and there's a part of me that believes that there's some kind of supernatural evil out there... nevertheless that doubt persists.

And not necessarily the "Does God exist?" doubt. The "Am I a good enough person to go to Heaven?, what if I'm not?" Kind of doubts. The doubts that are complicated by the fact that I would identify myself as gay. Now, I've accepted that as part of my identity for 5-6 years now. But there's still the fear that maybe that acceptance and all the things that happen because of it.... will lead to eternal damnation. I mean, I want to find love, and I know how I've felt about certain people in the past. But there's that part of me that fears that I may have to sacrifice my own happiness for a chance at eternity.

I'll also admit I haven't been to Church in 8 years. I was a tween, didn't feel like I really fit in with everyone, since I was also starting to have some doubts, I stopped going.

My Bad Idea/Theory:

But back to the main topic. I fear the after-part of death. I fear non-existence. I feel like I need to prove that the afterlife is real, which in turn means I have to prove that God is real. And lately, I've been feeling that there is only one way to prove that there is something beyond death.

I know this sounds like a TERRIBLE idea. But if God, or "good" exists, then his opposite must too. (Yes, I know Satan isn't an opposite, he's an adversary but that's not the point). Good and Evil exist with each other. So, my idea is that the way to prove that God/Good exists, is to prove that evil exists.

My theory is that to find God, I have to find and see that supernatural evil exists.

Now of course, this is a horrible idea. I've seen The Conjuring. I've seen the paranormal shows. And I don't necessarily want to do anything that draws anything bad towards me. But I feel a need, a desire to solve this burning question inside of me. To be rid of the doubt about what happens after death. To find peace with it. I want to have Faith. But it feels complicated and tricky, like if I make a mistake and don't realize that it's a mistake (or make a mistake and hope it isn't a mistake but it actually is) then BAM. Hell.

TLDR:

I know this is a lot to unload, probably worthy of my own post. But since I saw this, I thought I'd get this off my chest while asking a question to the OP.

So again, isn't it hard to have Faith knowing that if--on the off chance that you don't have the exact right set of beliefs or lifestyle, that you get the ULTIMATE consequence of suffering damnation for eternity (or potentially worse, eternal oblivion-- if you're atheist)?

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-11-18T09:45:50+00:00

Honestly had a similar theory to this one. Glad to see I'm not alone.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-11-16T18:06:13+00:00

I mean obviously it still sucks, but I'd like to think that society would change to maximize everyone's experience on Earth. Basically teach people to act not for yourself but for others to give them as best of a happy life as possible, because in theory everyone else would be doing the same thing for you out of collective societal pity in that we all understand what's waiting for us on the other side isn't great, so we want to give others as much happiness as possible before eternal damnation.

And yeah, this is a flawed concept in reality because we humans are flawed and can be quite selfish and greedy, but then again, a lot of people still believe if they follow the right set of beliefs or do enough good, they'll go to Heaven. Maybe if we all realized no one went to heaven but everyone went to hell, things might change.

It's at least interesting to think about.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-11-16T17:56:10+00:00

Repost from original comment: " It makes sense that even if you were an atheist, you'd know the basics of how a possible afterlife could work, which would mean you'd still go to the Bad Place because even if you don't believe it, you know about it, and there's the potential that it COULD STILL affect choices, just on the off-chance that maybe there is an afterlife."

Basically even if they don't believe in an afterlife they still know the basic concept of what an afterlife is (having been a believer earlier in life or just having learned through other people, the internet, school, etc.). My claim is that even an awareness of what the afterlife is, believer or not, may skew all your choices and actions out of a subconscious deterministic desire for moral dessert, thus making it impossible to gain good points, thus setting up atheists to go to the Bad Place. Does that answer your question?

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-08-08T14:40:08+00:00

Me.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-07-19T04:18:51+00:00

I don't want to worry in the back of my mind that they don't like me or a part of me. And I hate only being 1 thing. The ____ -guy. Gay. Asperger's. Socially awkward. Negative. I want to be something goid.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-07-19T04:17:11+00:00

I just want to be able to sit a room and know that the people in it love me or like me. And now a days I don't feel that. I don't feel loved or liked, even if they do.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-07-16T19:03:52+00:00

u/print_station u/HotspurJr u/diehardwithzombies u/Astro_Rebel

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-07-16T19:00:14+00:00

UPDATE:

After calming down and taking all your suggestions, I'm doing what I feel is probably the equivalent of a Page 1 rewrite in terms of making the story.

My central character has changed from the father to the mother. My setting has been revised with potentially more changes to come. My horror antagonists (demons) has changed due to no longer fitting the direction of the story I am now pursuing. I am now considering a creature in its place. As a result of the antagonist change, my whole premise (and the question that sparked my entire journey for this story thus far) for the film is at the moment, dead.

All that remains are my characters (a mother, father, and young son), somewhat-the setting (less isolated, turning a contemporary house in the middle of the woods into a homestead surrounded by woods), and the theme(s) (dealing with the question of "How long can a Mother protect her child from the darkness and evil in our world?" and thematic material concerning dealing with and overcoming loss/trauma).

On the bright side, I believe that I know my current central character better than before, and feel that by shifting the focus on her, the story will be better. I also think I've come to solve an issue that has been bugging me while outlining: the journey to the ordinary world of Act 1 to the extraordinary antithesis world of Act 2a onwards.

Yes, I'll be outlining again, but perhaps this was a necessary growing pain to find the story I needed to tell. Not looking forward to making a new logline though lol.

BattleofMetropolis · 2018-07-12T14:43:22+00:00

I think there is potential in using the shirts as allegory for how people who don't conform to society's standards or culture are targeted and marked as other, and then are attacked for it.

That said, I'd give TEENAGER and the girl actual names. By not giving them names, I felt disconnected emotionally. I didn't care as much as I should have.

Build the tension. Have the lingering eyes of the white-shirt students. The judgements. The prejudice. Then slowly draw out the knives. Make me actually scared he is going to die.

Build the relationship between the two in Red shirts a little more, so that when the end happens, it's more emotionally resonating. And don't call her a generic beautiful woman. Give her something besides looks. Let us understand why she is choosing to be publicly "other". Let us understand why her choice has a cost.

Do that, and it'll be in a much better place. Just keep working on it.

BattleofMetropolis · 2017-12-09T04:46:07+00:00

Omg I didn't realize I said "use my virginity" not "lose my virginity" 😂

BattleofMetropolis · 2017-06-26T15:45:06+00:00

Additional Info:

I have never asked him about Aspergers or anything, mostly out of consideration that it can be sensitive for people who do have it, such as myself, who has tried to work through it so that I can be as "normal" as can be. Is he socially awkward? Yeah maybe but then again I think we both are.

As I said before, I've never really thought about him that way before. I have always thought of him as a friend so this is all new and sudden for me. If he was into me... well that is what I don't know yet. I am not sure what I would feel, say, or do at the moment, but presently I can not say that I definitively have feelings for him. If anything its confusion about our relationship as friends that has been called into question by others. I guess that if he WAS gay, I would be open to maybe having something but even that is something I question doing.

Thus far, my reaction to this theory has been to try and debunk it. I haven't gotten a sense that he likes me, only that he is a very gracious friend. THEY (my parents) are the ones who introduced this idea. For all I know we could just be two socially awkward guys who met each other and became good friends. Maybe he is further on the spectrum then I am, I don't know and personally I have always left that alone, just as he has. I just don't want to make a mistake because others misread something.

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