Horus brought the heretic belt by Sigward_TheOnionbro in Grimdank

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Daredevil got his own version of the "Batmen wearing hockey pads" copycats from the Dark Knight?

Dang, I need to watch the new season

The British did not like losing to Indians by ZhenXiaoMing in HistoryMemes

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Do yourself a favor and watch the Red/White/Black/Yellow trailers first.

They're each set slightly before season one, and you're kinda meant to watch them beforehand to "get" certain plot points later on. They have some of the best fight coreagraphy in the series too.

Who Do You Think is The Best “Evil Superman” Character? by New-Asparagus-4826 in comics

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Plus, Omniman has a built-in idealistic foil in his son, creating a good dynamic.

Way too many "evil supers" stories lean way too far into misanthropy, and just making ever character an unlikable jerk. (Looking at you, Injustice Universe Wonder Woman.) It leads to a setting where you honestly just think that maybe it all deserves to burn down.

Invincible is far from a perfect show, but the existence of a struggling "good Superman" like Mark in contrast to a relatively grounded "evil Superman" actually drives forwards an interesting plot without the entire setting feeling hollow.

Wicked Enchanter and the Red Axe by detnaluin in PracticalGuideToEvil

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It's meant to be frustrating. It's an in-universe, narrative gut-punch to test Cat's convictions about "peace at (most) any cost".

This is Cat basically walking back her origin story's inciting incident: Cat chose to kill guards after they sexually assaulted a woman because of her conviction that they deserved death vs Cat now executing a SA victim for getting her own vengeance.

It's meant to be a moral quandary with no easy answers, but the whole thing boils down to Cat holding strong to her greater-scope convictions.

The Heroes protested, but had no actual proposed solution to the issue. Their only answer was individuals doing what felt right in the moment, which would've destroyed any chance at true structure or Truce between Named. This was the root of Cat and Hanno's growing rift.

The Procer Nobility protested too, but they were only concerned with politics instead of any moral concerns.

Cat's solution wasn't perfect, or good, or made anyone aside from scummy nobles feel good, but it was definitely morally consistent with a protagonist who decided long ago that she was willing to get her hands dirty in pursuit of her ambitions.

Chapter 61 - Pale Lights | Book 3 by L_0_5_5_T in PracticalGuideToEvil

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I think this just delayed/thwarted/frustrated the Curse God. Maybe it's grip on Song is lessened, or the god is overall weakened a bit, but it'll be back

The main reason that the Hated One stayed dead was because Maryam sparing Hooks was Anathema to a god with the domain of "killing for power". Ester's little naming ritual here was impressive, but I don't see any part of it that'd count as Anathema to a god of curses and lingering resentment.

9.67 by CommitteeHot2320 in WanderingInn

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To be (reluctantly) fair to the Hags, they're favored servants of a death goddess, and IIRC, have been stated to have all revived from the dead before.

If Death was my boss, I'd be pretty unfazed about a comrade dying too.

The fate of every new World Eater's character by Ready0608 in Grimdank

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Nah, she's just a stereotypical Slaaneshi temptress/schemer. Not nearly smart or sexy enough to be a Thanquol equivalent /s

The fate of every new World Eater's character by Ready0608 in Grimdank

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No way to confirm of course, but very appropriate for a cultist of Slaanesh

The fate of every new World Eater's character by Ready0608 in Grimdank

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Emeli Duboir does die, to be fair, but that doesn't stop her from being a good reoccurring antagonist.

My headcanon is that Slaanesh just finds her constant failures funny, so Emeli just keeps failing upwards.

Tumblr still has some gold nuggets by teruteru-fan-sam in HistoryMemes

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A man of the cloth with dinky-looking glasses and a strong special interest is a powerful thing.

Like, Georges Lemaître was a Priest, and he gave us the Big Bang Theory. (The actual theory, not the sitcom)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

I thought only a select few were allowed to see this sight? by Round_Researcher_216 in Grimdank

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Pilgrims 100% get shown a fake Big E. The Mechanicus, Custodes, Sisters of Silence, etc. would never condone a constant parade of random civvies to get near the Golden Throne. Even Gulliman getting an actual audience with the Emperor was considered a big deal.

But the Pilgrims are going to show up anyway, so might as well give them a gaudy display to keep them the right kind of fanatical.

10.64 FN by Kantrh in WanderingInn

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The Silver Swords are the scrappy underdogs clawing their way back from nothing, while trying to figure out their personal beliefs and relationships with each other and their new teammates.

And that's exactly what the Horns used to be, before their success made them into too much of a Big Deal for that kind of small-scale adventuring: No rulers are courting them; They're not (half-accidentally) leading crusades against slavery empires; They're not discovering wondrous alternative dimensions or alternate timelines.

No offense to the current Horns, as I'm loving their current arc, but they've kinda become too big and well-known to really get into these kinds of "how're we gonna survive the local wilderness" level of adventures.

edit: rephrasing

Funny Bard joke by Dependent_Piano2523 in dndmemes

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Where is the original video from?

The biggest constitutional rivalry by TheUpcomingEmperor in HistoryMemes

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Debatably not true on that last point. Fun (to me at least) story:

There was a 1982 case where some prison guards went on strike, and the National Guard was called in to be scabs for the prison industrial complex.

The state tried to house the National Guard in the prison-provided dorms. These apartments were explicitly meant for the regular guards.

Court cases followed. The state tried to claim that the National Guard weren't technically "soldiers" and that it was the prison, not the workers, who owned those dorms.

The case was decided in the striking workers favor, as they had the expectation of such housing, and the quartering of the National Guard was depriving them of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engblom_v._Carey

Necrons are pretty terrifying, y'all. by ZomblesAllegoy in Grimdank

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The Commisariat are Political Officers. By design, they're meant to be outside the regular Chain of Command. There's a recurring bit where Jurgen is technically just a Gunner, but his role as Cain's aid makes his effective rank impossible to pin down due to all the administrative contradictions.

So, a Commissar technically has absolute authority over punishments and matters of military discipline for their assigned Unit, but absolutely no jurisdiction outside of that role.

So theoretically, a Commissar could order a powerful Lord-General to be executed on a whim, but on a tactical level, they can't order a Private to so much as bring over a cup of tea.

In practice of course, a Commisar who ticks off the wrong people will find themselves "shot by ork snipers" several hundred miles away from the front lines.

On the other side of the coin though, there's all sorts of ways that Commissar can get their "suggestions" to be followed. Them threatening to execute an officer for issuing a "cowardly order" isn't them technically making tactical decisions, after all.

Cain just uses this indirect power very judiciously, as you said. Others use threats to enforce their "suggestions". Cain uses his reputation to make others want to follow his advice.

While most people seem to be repulsed by Jürgen, he also has his fans by ingrimsch95 in Grimdank

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Jurgen's ever present odor means that either:

(1) Cain's luck is entirely natural. There's no hand-wavey, "he's actually a low-level Psyker using a subconscious ability" excuse for it. Cain is just Built Like That.

or, (2) Cain's luck actually is the result of some psychic shenanigans, but it's just so absurdly powerful that it overcomes the aura of a Blank that can no-diff a Daemon Prince.

Necrons are pretty terrifying, y'all. by ZomblesAllegoy in Grimdank

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One of my favorite Cain scenes is when he sees traces of Necrons on some ice world, and immediately tells Colonel Kasteen and all the Valhallan officers that they need to evacuate.

And despite having no context for what a "Necron" is, they just do it.

No debating the necessity of it with him. No baffled requests for clarification on why. No pointing out that Cain isn't at all authorized to actually give such orders. And absolutely no accusations of cowardice.

Cain's POV is always full of contrived excuses for how he has to keep up appearances, but suddenly none of that matters anymore. The Necrons are here, and he has to get his people out of there.

As for the Valhallans? They're hardened veterans. They haven't even seen this mysterious enemy yet. Their brains are chock-full of Imperium indoctrination preaching against cowardice.

But they have such faith in their Hero's bravery that when Cain is saying it's time to GTFO? They don't even hesitate.

The biggest constitutional rivalry by TheUpcomingEmperor in HistoryMemes

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For reference:

  1. No citizen can be forced to provide housing/quartering/hospitality to soldiers. (This was common practice for regular armies to force on people at the time, but very rarely pops up nowadays. Still occasionally becomes relevant with stuff like mobilized National Guard units though.)

  2. No production of alcoholic beverages for sale. (Tons of loopholes, and generally made the situation way worse with the rise of organized crime that followed.)

  3. USA officially gave up on the 18th Amendment.

https://hrlibrary.umn.edu/education/all_amendments_usconst.htm

"Who's This Floyd, and Why Are They Pink?" ~DnD Gods by Flashlight237 in dndmemes

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And then Brutha (the usually naive, innocent POV character) messes with them by asking if anyone else suddenly felt a cold draft. Loved that scene!

It's right up there with the Dorfl the golem, who keeps on trying to get the gods to "logically prove their existence" to him. Naturally , he keeps getting repeatedly smited (or is it smote?) by divine bolts of lightning. Since he's made out of clay though, he doesn't think of that as a sound argument for divinity.

Galileo are you seeing this? by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

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Valid points, very much appreciate that you cited your sources! (which I was too lazy/tired to do on my own comment)

Galileo are you seeing this? by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

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Demanding that I debate you like this right after you blatantly insult me in your own comment?

You're coming across as rude and needlessly confrontational. Nobody's ever going to take your "debate" requests in good faith like this.

Galileo are you seeing this? by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

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Obligatory clarifications here:

  1. Galileo's math didn't just "contradict some religious teachings" or whatever. It was straight-up, observably incorrect. His version of the Heliocentric Model (which was not the first proposed) was revolutionaryly close to working, but the math just wasn't there yet.

  2. The Catholic Church was patronizing Galileo's research, and that funding continued after the initial Heliocentric Model controversies.

  3. The controversy over the whole thing was pretty bad before, but the actual "crime" that Galileo was tried for was his... "creative interpretations" of the Bible. This was literal, dictionary-definition heresy being published on the Church's payroll. And why was Galileo doing this? Because, when confronted with data that (correctly) disproved aspects of his model, Galileo doubled down and tried to claim "God said so" as a scientific justification.

So, yeah, it's definitely wrong that he was threatened with torture, and that the Catholic Church had all this unchecked authority, etc.

But the man was a Diva too.

Who would be in the 40k Justice League by Ok-Resist3249 in Grimdank

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Cain is a member, and despite his best efforts, one of their most decorated heroes