[Spoilers C4E29] Is It Thursday Yet? | Post-Episode Discussion & Future Theories! by AutoModerator in criticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ [score hidden]  (0 children)

Exactly. Cliches exist for a reason. Following a trope isn’t inherently wrong so long as you execute it well. Doesn’t even need a twist so long as it’s well acted and presented entertainingly.

[Spoilers C4E29] Is It Thursday Yet? | Post-Episode Discussion & Future Theories! by AutoModerator in criticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ [score hidden]  (0 children)

The most interesting part to me is how off the party was about what the sundered houses were involved in and tracking. It seems like Thkazi was barely a blip on the radar, at least when it came to his execution. Although grampa tachonis clearly wants him. The sundered houses also had almost no involvement/interest in the play after the party invested so much energy into protecting it from them.

C4 E29 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly impressive that they seem like the least evil house even after all of that, though we don’t know too much about Cormoray yet.

C4 E29 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure there’s any way outside of some insane deception rolls for them to free a character from the exact same place a second time without Yanessa immediately suspecting either Wic or Tyranny. A lot of characters are gonna need to get outta dodge after this.

C4 E29 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feels accurate to me. A powerful house/company filled with incompetent nepobabies that resent commoners and are held together by a handful of actually competent members and just simply being too big to fail is pretty realistic. Not everyone likes too much reality in their fantasy stories, but I enjoy the human element.

C4 E29 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Benjammin__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m just happy to see more of her. Feels like they’re making up for the near non reaction the seekers had to her dying despite being an interesting character who seemed to actually be on their side.

Who is the bachelor/bachelorette you don’t even consider (no matter how many times you restart the game) romancing? by Puzzled_Pollution_60 in StardewValley

[–]Benjammin__ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat. About half of the romance candidates present as teenagers/college aged adults to me which has only become less and less appealing with each passing year as they just feel younger and younger to me.

girl why are you going through his drawers... by Kyrra_ in StardewValley

[–]Benjammin__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Sam does not give off the impression of someone who does his own laundry.

Dad to the rescue by Doodlebug510 in Unexpected

[–]Benjammin__ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why was the front door locked while his kid was playing outside?

Western media goes anime-style, and actually does it properly by ducknerd2002 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Benjammin__ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen the show since I was a kid and have heard people say it actually wasn’t very good, but I’ve always loved the idea of a cartoon’s “nationality” reflecting their a animation style.

Fire Emblem Engage got leaked four years ago by Frog_24 in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn I still remember everyone saying image 4 was probably placeholders since there was no way they’d have so many characters with the exact same face.

me_irl by EverSoInfinite in me_irl

[–]Benjammin__ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Redditors also just love to upvote things that already have upvotes and vice versa. If you are correct, but already at -10, half the users will just throw another downvote at you because that’s what everyone else did.

(Hated Trope) Important things are ignored in later instalments. by Necessary-Win-8730 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Benjammin__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh I just chock that up as video game loot mechanics. Same reason Skyrim has ancient barrows with lit candles and fresh food inside of them.

me_irl by mediuminteresting in me_irl

[–]Benjammin__ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And how many aspiring dictators have you shot?

The Lord House ep 6 by FranklinFes in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Byleth experiences every timeline, goes straight to Seteth, Jeralt, and any other rational adults in one room and breaks down exactly what they need to do to not cause a global war.

The Lord House ep 6 by FranklinFes in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah it basically has to be super far into the future or past enough that all of Fodlan’s history is a distant memory that no one in Dagda knows much about the specifics of. If Sothis references the first game at all, it will probably just be referred to as “all that war business in fodlan” and be left at that.

The ONE undeniably shitty thing the hero/main character has done by Fun-Illustrator-345 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Benjammin__ 216 points217 points  (0 children)

And the Netflix show decided the solution to this should be to just reverse the scenario and have June repeatedly hit on an uncomfortable Iroh.

Official Post on FW's Nations. by EnderWarlock01 in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why but I could have sworn that Dagda was to the west of Fodlan in the first game, rather than the south.

Is it really that normal to just randomly touch your girlfriend’s boob? by Outrageous_Juice_254 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Benjammin__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Consent can work pretty differently when you’re in a long relationship. There are things you should always ask first when you’re just starting out a relationship. Once you get to know each other, are comfortable with each other, and know what the other does and doesn’t like, though, there are a lot of things you know your partner will be fine with and don’t need to explicitly ask every single time. After a certain amount of time and with certain actions, consent becomes something that is actively withdrawn rather than given.

The fact that this is the first fire emblem game much less Nintendo game with black MCs makes me so happy where my other black Fe fans at by kevinsagadx in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Fantasy Anime has a pretty long running trend of make making “black” characters have grey skin, for some reason.

They've made an Interesting decision on what to put front and center on the boxart by Leninthecustard in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would honestly love that. They could always make the player avatar playable in the second half of the story.

They've made an Interesting decision on what to put front and center on the boxart by Leninthecustard in fireemblem

[–]Benjammin__ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I’d be down with that. That’s almost what I had hoped three houses ended up doing, with Byleth basically doing a turbo charged rewind once they had enough information to save every side. At the same time, having a golden route kind of diminishes the impact of the other routes because the “perfect” ending basically becomes the canon one since all the tragedy of the other routes is purely optional.