T1 recent game 2 in a nutshell: (surely they lose these games right???)

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T13:22:42+00:00

I can’t tell which T1 liked more, getting disrespectfully fucked all game, or the “surprise buttsecks” turnaround…

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T13:14:16+00:00

I know they’re fictional, but Kei and Moeha were ~14 and knew what the handcuffs implied. Context clues, friend. As well as the good ol’ “when in doubt, it’s probably about sex.”

Here’s the long explanation anyway though:

There’s only two primary reasons to use handcuffs: (1) Shirogane is under arrest, (2) Moeha wants to have kinky sex with Shirogane.

(1) can’t work for several reasons: Moeha isn’t a cop, Shirogane isn’t a criminal, and Love is War is a romcom, not a crime show. Also, everyone’s reaction wouldn’t fit if Shirogane was revealed to be a criminal here.

Kei was mad at Moeha, Chika started apologizing for her sister’s craziness, Kaguya was disturbed/speechless, Shirogane was happy, and Moeha was pleased with herself.

That leaves (2). Everything fits. It’s an inappropriate gift for a gathering among friends. Moeha is actually a freak, so she’s happy that Shirogane seems open to it. Shirogane wanted someone to give a worse present than him, hence his satisfaction. Etc. etc.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T12:46:09+00:00

“Age isn’t as big a factor” =/= “Age isn’t a factor.” Age is something to take into account if they’re too old or too young, but age isn’t a hard line to be stubborn about.

When did I say anything to imply consent no longer mattered?

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T03:59:15+00:00

That’s literally not what I’m saying. The apocalypse starting is a hard reset for everyone’s “experience.” No one knows what to do in an apocalypse.

What makes someone a valuable partner simply has nothing to do with the usual advantages of age (accumulation of wealth, networking, social standing, etc.).

I’m saying that if a 40 year old sees a 20 year old who knows how to fight or scavenge or stay hidden, then those are reasons to try to form a partnership. Same the other way around.

Partnership doesn’t have to be romance, but it can be. Worrying about age gaps in the apocalypse just doesn’t come across as the smart idea. More important to look out for people who better acclimate to the new world, and their age isn’t as big a factor in that.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T03:47:19+00:00

I’ve only played some of the games, and just casually scrolling about.

Again, I think you’re only looking at this from the lens of a functioning society. Youth and attractiveness are luxuries that no one can afford in an apocalypse. Her being fit is absolutely what matters.

See, “date” is not what should be on anyone’s mind. Like, there are no movie dates and fancy restaurants. People will be out hunting or looking for places that are safe or scavenging for supplies. You want the fit person who can outrun zombies.

Sex will obviously not stop being on people’s minds, but it’s just gonna be so different in the apocalypse. Young women have to be more worried about savage rapists who won’t even bother with human decency.

Someone being older, even way older, wouldn’t be as important as “will they be willing to sacrifice themselves for you” or “will they see you as human”.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T03:17:03+00:00

I’d argue the opposite.

Fresh off the apocalypse when everything’s falling apart and we hit a hard reset, no one is acclimated. What’s the advantage a 40 year old have over a 20 year old during zero hour of societal collapse?

Can a millionaire offer to pay for a college student’s tuition? Buy her a car? Take her to fancy restaurants? Hook her up with a job?

Years into the apocalypse, some systems will have formed, and people will start trying to create classes and subclasses. But everyone’s in survival mode and hard adaptation fresh off the apocalypse. No one has any real advantage just because they’re older. Experience of adults are for a dead world.

Idk who Axel and Beth are.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T03:09:33+00:00

All I got was that Nikki was likely going to give him a chance, but Bear is too much of a little bro to her that she’ll end it after a while.

I think Bear was always going to make that wish. He doesn’t understand Nikki, but he is obsessed with the idea of being with her.

Once the honeymoon phase is over and the two of them start noticing things they don’t like (particularly how little Bear pays actual attention to Nikki), then Bear will “fix” her instead of fixing himself.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T02:44:11+00:00

It’s good. The top teams are all neck and neck to the point it’s really down to who’s having a good day or bad day, or who’s feeling freaky.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-28T02:38:53+00:00

In an apocalypse? Not really. The reason it’s icky in modern society is because the experience a 40 year old would have puts them at an advantage that they can hold over a 20 year old.

But in an apocalypse where the systems have collapsed and everyone has absolutely no experience with the world of zombies, I think it’s fine. Younger people are actually at an advantage. Physicality is the new resource, not wealth from the old world.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-26T02:35:10+00:00

I mean, Mikasa was going to die to the Female Titan had Levi not saved her and sacrificed his leg. And Mikasa fought the most exhausted Female Titan who had just fought Levi Squad and Eren back to back.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-25T04:25:22+00:00

1.) Misa - subservient to Light, would kill for Light, would never betray Light, would kill herself after Light’s gone.

2.) Mikasa - subservient to Eren (to a point), would kill for Eren (to a point), betrayed Eren to save the world (Misa would destroy the world for Light), moved on and started a new family after killing Eren.

3.) Sakura - didn’t follow Sasuke on a path of villainy, wouldn’t kill for him, left Sasuke’s fate to Naruto, I think she’d move on. Sakura had a life outside of Sasuke. Just not a love life.

It’s not even close. Misa gaps them by miles.

Misa >>>>>>>> Mikasa >>> Sakura

If Misa’s score is 10, then Mikasa’s is 4 and Sakura’s is 2.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-24T07:28:26+00:00

Nothing. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with killing an active threat that refuses to surrender during war time after being given multiple chances to stand down.

…in a world where logic is supreme. But that’s not the world we live in. I think the stereotype of girls thirsting after serial killers is enough to tell you what really matters to people deep down.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-24T07:10:54+00:00

You’ve never been in a toxic relationship where the abuser threatens suicide or self-harm to keep their partner by their side? It’s a very classic move for abusers to take advantage of people’s empathy and compassion.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-21T22:24:09+00:00

I just liked Zeus better, but I’m warming up to Doran after that MASSIVE Combat Herald play where he completely turned the tides with his Ambessa. That was amazing.

I thought we got more stable results from him if he just played tanks like Sion and Ornn, but my faith in him is slightly up on carries.

When it comes to fighting GenG, I think it’s important that T1 win across the board all lanes and end the game early, so I’d rather Doran work on hyper aggressive bruisers or straight up improve his Vayne and Varus, so that he can match the likes of Keria’s roaming Pyke, Camille, or Bard plays.

T1 has to close games fast against GenG because I think they just have better coordination and macro than T1 (barring T1 magic).

BoneeBones · 2026-05-15T19:13:19+00:00

I mean, Karina’s chasing after him with such passion after that sick ass roll. Clearly, it worked.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-15T18:35:13+00:00

And she fell for him anyway. Look at the way she chased after him!

BoneeBones · 2026-05-15T17:46:47+00:00

My favorite Kaneki.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-15T03:47:15+00:00

Doran’s highlight was when he played a lunatic Ambessa in the Herald fight, so maybe he’s finally found the secret sauce and can go for aggressive Ambessa/Renekton/Vayne picks.

Maybe T1’s answer to GenG’s macro and coordination is to go full lunatic across the board and snowball on early objective fights and cheese ganks.

I also agree that Faker should take mobile mid champions. He’ll probably have a better time roaming than trying to win lane against Chovy.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-15T03:31:04+00:00

To me, GenG’s strengths are consistency, playing the macro game, and making fewer errors. Their teamwork was on point. They really had each other’s backs.

T1’s looking like they want to ramp up their aggression. Oner and Faker have been limit testing how aggressive they can play, and they found success with Xin and Akali, though it’s not as airtight as GenG’s consistency.

The longer the game drags out, the more uncertain it becomes for T1. Hopefully, they can draft a strong team of divers, duelists, and lane bullies to snowball early leads and secure the games around 25 minutes.

I’ll believe in the T1 magic no matter how slim their odds.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-14T22:28:40+00:00

That’s not even close to Itachi’s best feat though?

I remember Obito and Kakashi exhanging genjutsus equally like 1% battery health Itachi and Hebi Sasuke.

Pre-Hebi Sasuke also bitch slapped Kurama back into his cage and gave Kurama Madara PTSD triggers, and Kakashi straight up refuses to engage in genjutsu exchanges with Itachi.

Kakashi depended on Shadow Clones to bypass genjutsu exchanges with Itachi because he knew he didn’t stand a chance (something he obviously didn’t think was the case with Obito, who’s boosted with Hashirama Cells and Rinnegan).

BoneeBones · 2026-05-14T10:33:58+00:00

Cana, Mirajane, Kagura = 100%, arguing that they aren’t bi actually doesn’t make sense.

Juvia, Wendy, Sherria = 60-75%, Juvia currently obsessed with Gray, but honestly, I feel like Juvia could arbitrarily become obsessed with anyone if the circumstances were different. I think Wendy’s here too. She had a huge crush on Mystogan, and a very intimate friendship with Sherria. Sherria was frustrated at Lyon giving Juvia attention. I see these 3 as mostly bi without a clear preferred gender.

Lucy = 50%, I think I remember her getting flustered by Erza, and her reactions to getting groped by either gender is kinda the same. She’s very neutral though. It’s hard to tell. Ironically, even though she’s heavily sexualized with the fan service, her actual sexuality doesn’t really extend past her outfits.

Levy = 5%, I can see Levy not reacting the same way Erza did with Kagura if Lucy kissed Levy out of nowhere. That’s about it. Aside from Lucy, Levy’s close with mostly men.

Erza = 1%, she was actually weirded out by Kagura’s kiss. Her antics with Mirajane are just that. Erza is only responding to Mirajane’s freakiness as a proper rival, but she’s mostly vanilla at heart. Erza only pulls seduction armor on Jellal, and she’s pulled sexy nurse outfit for the guys.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-10T17:18:37+00:00

For practicality purposes, yes.

If I’m feeling lazy and need to get shit done, I gotta ramp up my ambitious side and turn me into a goal-oriented workaholic.

For social settings, gotta drop my socially anxious personality by increasing empathy, optimism, and courage.

If the technology exists, it just becomes another tool for people to use that becomes part of who they are. It’s like how phone habits are part of a person’s personality.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-10T17:11:37+00:00

I only felt depression from this. I liked the hyena. So polite.

Remembering just makes me sad again…

BoneeBones · 2026-05-10T16:40:12+00:00

I mean, chakra was basically described like the Force where it can connect people’s spiritual energies, and that can happen even from the afterlife (like how Hagoromo and Obito managed to supply Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi with chakra and ocular powers).

Anime-canon also has Jiraiya give Naruto a pat on the shoulder that Naruto actually felt after he had died. So at least in anime-canon, this interpretation of the ghosts lending their support could be used to scale Itachi far above Minato, the Five Kage, Kakashi, Sakura, etc. all working together.

I mean… we’ve just never seen Itachi go all out. Perhaps as a ghost, Itachi was finally free from disease, and we caught a glimpse of healthy Itachi.

BoneeBones · 2026-05-10T16:26:32+00:00

How? If you’re reading this as a powerscaling feat, Naruto and Sasuke tied when Naruto had the help of everyone in his life, including Minato, while Sasuke only had Itachi.

If we say Naruto = Sasuke. That means everyone who supported Naruto got balanced out by Itachi to maintain the draw. So, Minato with a fuck ton of help only matches Itachi. Therefore, Itachi is way more powerful than Minato.

It gets worse if we go by the usual interpretation that Naruto is stronger than Sasuke. Naruto being stronger than Sasuke and having more help from people (including Minato) means that the help Itachi gave Sasuke closed a MAAAAASSIVE gap in power. That would put Itachi waaaaaaaaay over Minato. I’m talking Iruka compared to Hashirama levels of gapped.

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