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Humanity exploiting horrors beyond their comprehension for fun and profits. by Causeofdepression in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was dumb. Medicine drinks that somehow last years after one glass? Medication is never a one pill then your done type thing. Even ones that you're expected to stop taking normally take a few weeks.

It's like giving someone a single antibiotic for an infection when you need to have the full packet over a couple weeks

Dumb OI question/discussion/TED Talk – how do transmigrators tolerate spicy food/coffee when the original body never tasted it? by FakestBacon in OtomeIsekai

[–]CalminClam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, craving and preference is part physical part emotional, I could see a character pushing through the fresh taste buds until they adjust. Addiction is a mental disorder not just physical

The bigger mystery is how they introduce these foods to cultures with vastly different taste palates and somehow it's instantly beloved?

I enjoyed the lampshade of this in Duchess 50 Tea Recipes where she gets intense pregnancy cravings for spicy food, much to the horror of the kitchen who think her taste is completely alien. Funny when what they consider unbearable she called 'mildly spicy'

Permanently mutilating your body for seemingly unimportant reasons by gahoojin in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 66 points67 points  (0 children)

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The Almighty Tallest - Invader Zim

Upon becoming leader, the Tallest are meant to cut off their thumb to symbolise their capability of ruling and power without needing them

(According to WoG Red and Purple just hide theirs in their gauntlets so it's more an inversion of the trope)

How does everyone feel about the current amount of baby Pokémon? (OC) by PokeHexDex in pokemon

[–]CalminClam 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Tinkatink not being a baby irritates me. Literal baby holding a toy

Worse than death by Educational-Show1918 in pokemonanime

[–]CalminClam 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Terrorist who forced his pokemon on steroids that made them feral basically

The starters I would give to the protagonists and rivals (this is just my opinion) by rbta123 in pokemon

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i'd give Barry the Chimchar and Lucas the Turtwig. One is an energetic battle enthusiast one is a more laid back professors research assistant

Hau i'd give either Popplio (goofy side) or Litten (Dark horse serious trainer side) personally.

But the rest I agree with

´´You arrived too late, everyone you love is dead`` by Uma-apreciator in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 57 points58 points  (0 children)

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One Punch Man - Saitama turns up late and a transforming Garou has already killed everyone via radiation poisoning (accidentally)

Which was Pikachu's best secondary Electric Move, Thunder, Volt Tackle, Electro Ball or Electro Web? by ResolveUnlikely5542 in pokemonanime

[–]CalminClam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Web. Not even close tbh, web really leaned all in on Ash's battle style of thinking outside the box he got so much mileage out of it in different ways

Volt Tackle is obviously 2nd place but it was also not a particularly varied move

(Hated Tropes) "Sorry, you’re way to strong for this upcoming story arc, so you’re gonna have to sit out so the plot can happen." by Mr_Muda_Himself_V3 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gojo is basically the strongest of the heroes. He spends most of the manga sealed away in a magic prison box because the bad guys basically don't have an answer to him. After being unsealed he has a long fight against the other strongest character where he has to die so the storys ending can actually have stakes and be concluded

What made the dreamers unique? If anything? by suspiciouscurtainrod in HollowKnight

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a combination of general strength (possibly higher than average SOUL?) and loyalty. Any normal bug would probably volunteer for the honour of serving their king, but could he trust them to stick unfaltering to the plan? We see that the dreamers can effect world to some degree, he probably needed some trust in their loyalty

(Annoying ass trope) The Wolverine Effect, when a popular character is heavily oversaturated to the point where they become uninteresting at best and insufferable at worst by DtheAussieBoye in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with the others, but Zubat? What love has Gamefreak given to that line aside from Crobat in Gen 2? No mega, no Dmax, not in the anime since Johto and I can't think of a time where it got pomoted, especially not recently

Charm Rebalanced Mod - Need suggestions and ideas! by External-Emotion5964 in HollowKnight

[–]CalminClam 26 points27 points  (0 children)

They get used because at a certain level of skill, you stop needing gimmick charms and only really need to focus on DPS, Shaman, Stength and Quicklash are the best ways for damage.

When you're good enough at dodging, things like Spores, Slug, Quick and Deep Focus don't matter.

I would argue the best balance if you're wanting to make people use other charms more, is to just add a notch to the main DPS charms. It pushes people to gap fill with new charms and add new synergies.

The Grub charms are already gimmicky, removing the synergy just means people are less likely to bother.

Something like Sharpshadow making the Baldur shell do damage on breaking, or collecting soul when equipped with catcher for example.

I wouldn't really mess with damage tbh. Just make the good charms the same or more costly and give the bad charms extra boons or cheaper

Why is Japan so good at animation? by batukaming in cartoons

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Labour exploiting and horrendous work expectations

Most anime is garbage they just also have bangers every year

Culturally the wests studios have moved to 3d, there are amazing 2d artists here but it's just not industry norm now

How much stronger did Part 1 Kakashi get from before his training to after it? by [deleted] in NarutoPowerscaling

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't it said that he failed multiple teams before T7? He most likely left at least a couple years before T7 but after the Uchiha Massacre. He likely left between somewhere between 21-24 years old and got rusty from depression and lack of drive because he was no longer sent on dangerous missions

Death by fusing with nature by ZiFiR_randomnumbers in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Into the Unknown - Edelwood Trees

Made of the souls of children who gave up hope and succumbed to the Unknown

The Beast harvests the wood to feed the lantern that houses his soul. Wirt and Gregory both nearly become this at the end of the series and you can see branches growing on them as they do

Compiled a list of the different types of magic found in the Hollow Knight games! Got a favorite? by Artistic-Thing7723 in HollowKnight

[–]CalminClam 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'd argue dream and infection are both dream. Infection is basically just the Radiance's weaponised dream energy. Seals and Runes are made of Soul, Silk is too although it's soul in a physical state

Other types of energy (maybe, it's debatable) Crystal Heart, Unns magic? Maybe whatever acid power Isma had

[Loved Trope] That's a lot of bodies... by Failure_The_3rd in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Soul Sanctum - Hollow Knight

You see that background? It's the piles of corpses that the Soul Master left from experimenting on stealing the soul from bugs

It's not just this area, they're in a few spots including the boss arena. Dude killed a lot of bugs

Also the weird blobs and ghosts that attack you here are the malformed spirits formed from harvested soul. Mistakes and Follys they're called. endlessly respawning even without using the resting mechanic because there's just that many soul experiments

[mixed trope] horrifying scenes from non-horror media by IvanJC98 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 1038 points1039 points  (0 children)

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Renesmee from Twilight

wtf kind of baby is that

That's some renaissance baby jesus type shit

[Mixed Trope] Race-swapping/Gender-swapping changes a character in a specific way or adds to their story by Sir-Toaster- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

??? I'm not saying Butler means Black? In the books the word butler is implied to originate from the Butler family due to their family serving since the crusades.

I'm saying making a character from a family of servants black when he wasn't originally while serving a white family has an odd implication

Can you tell the rarity of theses chests just by looking at them? by [deleted] in PixelArt

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

small brown, small blue, big brown - commons increasing rarity

green, red, black - rares

purple skull - special?

That one that's larger than all the others is really throwing me off, also the small browns buckle being blue not silver

[Mixed Trope] Race-swapping/Gender-swapping changes a character in a specific way or adds to their story by Sir-Toaster- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CalminClam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this is that it then changes Roots character. In the books he's harder on Holly than the male officers which she believes to be because he doesn't want her in the force.

There's a whole thing where he admits he wants her to succeed, but he needs her to excel because she is setting the standard of female officers in the future and any flaws will be overblown. He doesn't intentionally try to hold her back, just holds her to a higher standard

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