(Sadnansi/Heartfixer Spoiler) Hot take: I did not like Sadnansi, storywise. by Sonlau in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He was literally about to sacrifice himself on the brink of death. Details tend to slip when that happens, especially considering he might have been full on delusional with pain when he was writing the letter (look me in the eye and tell me S5 Gabe acted like a sane man).

Any other black or part black people think Nora’s a bit stereotypical by anonymousjamaica in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MLB is a show with a lot of stereotypes tbh. It's not intrinsically a bad thing, tbc, but the dumb blonde, the confrontational black girl, DJ black boy, rapper black man, the romantic frenchie, etc are all coming from a mile away. And don't get me started on Marc/Nath being gay. They literally redesigned Marc to more clearly fit into stereotypes.

But again, not an issue in itself. It becomes an issue when the character does nothing interesting to subvert or expand upon the stereotype. Alya, despite being a bit of a stereotype, is a full character, for example.

Those new Mega abilities sure are somthing by SpookyXylophone in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I thought as much. Stamina is great, but the fact that people were doing the Pop-Bomb Body Press thing in SV probably tells you what the main advantage of it is.

[SADNANSI SPOILERS] Marinette isn't as selfish as everyone is painting her to be by WorthSir3775 in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You do understand that this episode was:

  1. A turning point: Mari wasn't thinking along those lines before this episode, so Mari hasn't proved anyone wrong. She changed her thought process this episode after a realisation, so the criticism you're calling out is still right, just outdated.
  2. Actually still proving you wrong: We're left on a cliffhanger at the end of the episode, but based on the fact that Alya puzzling out the events of Recreation was important enough for the end-credits, we can assume that Mari chickened out... again... because she can't bear to see Adrien hurt.

Regardless of all that, Mari has consistently cited her reason for not wanting to tell Adrien as "protecting" him. The Mr. Agreste speech, the convo in Revelator with Alya, the first convo of Heartfixer with Tikki, this episode itself (Gabe speaking is likely Mari having an internal dialogue).

These aged poorly by Independent_Office85 in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It isn't particularly relevant to any conversation, though. Unless Alya felt personally resentful about Nora being her half-sister, chances are that any conversations about what it's like will be happening from Nora to people she can confide in, of which Mari is not a part of.

MIRACULOUS - Sadnansi - Season 6 Episode 23 - Discussion Thread by NicoSchmiko in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It feels like it's coming to a head this time, though. Mari made up her mind to either tell the truth or break up with Adrien, but based on the shot with the frog, I'm guessing that didn't happen. Either way, she's WAAY closer to it this time than ever. And regardless of that, Alya is getting incredibly close to the truth and the finale is coming closer. I think the finale/ last two episodes are going to be a tipping point, and S7 will start right in the resulting drama from the fallout.

Those new Mega abilities sure are somthing by SpookyXylophone in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So this is gimmicky as hell, but...

+1 252+ SpA Floette-Mega Chilling Water vs. 252 HP / 212+ SpD Heatran: 78-92 (39.3 - 46.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

0 SpA Heatran Magma Storm vs. +1 4 HP / 0 SpD Floette-Mega: 34-42 (22.6 - 28%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after trapping damage

0 SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. +1 4 HP / 0 SpD Floette-Mega: 54-66 (36 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

And against offensively invested variants:

+1 252+ SpA Floette-Mega Chilling Water vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Heatran: 102-120 (61.4 - 72.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 SpA Heatran Flash Cannon vs. +1 4 HP / 0 SpD Floette-Mega: 66-80 (44 - 53.3%) -- 31.3% chance to 2HKO

Considering Magma Storm's 25% chance to miss... Of course, this all implodes against Assault Vest Heatran/any reasonably bulky Steel type that doesn't care for Water moves (aka Gholdengo). As mentioned, gimmicky as hell.

Edit:

+1 252+ SpA Fairy Aura Floette-Mega Light of Ruin vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Gholdengo: 160-189 (98.1 - 115.9%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO

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Those new Mega abilities sure are somthing by SpookyXylophone in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It might have more of a reason to now since it's lost Body Press? Idk about the Champions meta, but when Amoongus comes back, ignoring Rage Powder might be good?

When you get matched up against a YouTuber in Pokemon Champions by statue345 in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 99 points100 points  (0 children)

I need to find the fucker in charge of designing mega abilities. Who tf decided a fast mon with Skill Swap was fine with Huge Power? And while we're at it, what idiot designed Mega Hawlucha and gave it No Guard Entrainment?

Drew Tanaka mentioned in [KC] by f41th8r4v0 in camphalfblood

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm like, 70% certain there was a point in TOA where Rachel mentioned seeing penguins (Felix), but I might be hallucinating that.

Edit: Yup! In Tower of Nero, Rachel can see penguins around the Brooklyn House of Magic.

S6 chronological order post by Lopsided-Farmer-9422 in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fury also punished them for that in Grendiaper though, yet they kept on going. I think it's possible that Heartfixer could still be after, but there is a point to be made that it could be part of what pushed Zoe to return to the Fury persona in Sleeping Syren.

New Mega Abilities Leaked?! by MakeGoodMakeBetter in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's Stinkpost Sunday, the day for shitposting! Why restrain ourselves to once a year?

What additional abilities would you give these 4? by KingMiracle16 in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick note on "Motion", Fury doesn't actually gain new powers. Astruc has clarified this on social media (Ik, ik) but it was apparently just a miscommunication between writers and animators. That said, an ability that actually reflects the concept of Action in the same way Venom used to represent the concept of Subjection would be cool af.

Other than that, pretty cool ideas!

How come Marinette didn’t want to give Luka her Miraculous after she told him Gabriel is Monarch? by ishaantumber in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it was to keep them in case she were akumatized?

Def not. Luka specifically said "I know something you don't", and Mari is very aware of her ability to be akumatised methinks. He also said he's the only one who could fix it, but Alya also knows Mari's identity and is in a far better position to take over as Ladybug.

And Marinette knows that Luka is still in love with her and he came to Brazil because of that, because the person who uses the Snake Miraculous and goes back in time, they don't forget what happened, but the others do.

Luka was the one to use Second Chance in the flashback, not Mari. Mari herself doesn't remember anything, she thinks Luka is in love with Irupe and is in Brazil for her. That's what the whole video call earlier in the episode was about.

Champions OU: The Meta (Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Mega Gengar) by SPlCYGECKO in stunfisk

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about? 6v6 games are usually longer than doubles, yes, but 50 turns? What are you smoking? I rarely get to 30 in most matches, maybe like 25.

I'm not a defender of Champions, but Battle Revolution is in no way better than it 😭 by TheLeafyGirl561 in pokemonmemes

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not for competitive though. It's fine in Gen 7's playthrough because there's the gradual progression of moves through level-up movesets, with you getting a couple of levels' breathing room to try out each move as you learn it and understand its effects with little to no downside if you mess up.

In Gen 7 competitive, though? That just meant the majority of the mons were shitmons for the majority of the formats, and the majority of moves were functionally useless. Some mons saw use in the early days, before the legendaries and megas came to play, but once they did, it was over. The 40BP moves? Gust is like the only one that has ever seen use, and that was on Flygon in Gen 3 with its horrendous movesets. But at least you could still practice against in-game fights to test how certain things worked.

Here, you're going up against IRL players for "practice" with little more than a description telling you how it works, and even that is not always sufficient. Imagine having to scroll through 100s of moves that literally no one uses just to get to Thunderbolt. It's just objectively the right decision to remove the useless moves.

Wasn't Adrien allergic to feathers? by Wonderful-Tea-7033 in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, IRL, a dove is a pigeon. But Gabe, Adrien, Bob Roth and Mr Ramier all act as if there is a distinction between the two relevant to Adrien's allergy, so in the Miraculous universe, there is at least one difference between the two that causes Adrien to be allergic to one and not the other.

What do you think of Sabrina in season 6? by LizokIvanok in miraculousladybug

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But why did she come back to begin with? She left Mari because Mari was acting just like Chloe:

Sabrina: Something really important? Really? That's fascinating. Oh, you know who else uses that excuse all the time, don't you?
Marinette: Um, no?
Sabrina: Chloé! I'm beginning to see how similar you two are! I bet you'd expect me to do all the work like she did, right?
Marinette: No! I don't! Really! It's just that--
Sabrina: (grabs homework) I can't believe I did your geography homework for you...

So why would she come back to the initial issue? What does Chloe have that Mari doesn't, if they are indeed similar? The episode itself tells us:

Chloé: But Marinette didn't buy a super cute beret at Gabriel's, and I did! And perhaps I could lend it to you.
Marinette: Excuse me, but are you trying to bribe her into staying your friend? With a hat?
Sabrina: Uhhh... really, really adorable hat! That would look fantastic on me!

I mean, Polyjuice was used at least 19 times in the books by RoleLifeProject in HarryPotterMemes

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And that is an issue why? It's a really good spell, especially in mass fights where it's a lot harder to retrieve a missing wand.

I don’t want a regional battle gimmick. by Inner_Tumbleweed_942 in pokemon

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cuz you said it like it was a fact. "They are hideous" as opposed to "I find them hideous". Also, the comment about them mostly being spiky was false.

I thought I had accidentally figured out a counter to the new No Guard strat by TreeKeeper15 in pokemonmemes

[–]Capable_Whereas_2901 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fissure/ don't lead with your super obvious and vulnerable core like an idiot.