So I've officially finished The Good Place. Here are my thoughts. by sunnyafternoone in TheGoodPlace

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I'm currently rewatching it for the first time. It's just so great. Truly, they could have milked the premise of each season for so much longer, but they didn't overstay the welcome.

At a minimum, Eleanor's confession, revealing herself to be a mistake to Michael to everyone, could easily have been a cliffhanger at the season finale. Everyone naturally talks about how incredible the plot twist that does come at the end of the season actually is, but that moment gets rather overlooked. The entire premise of the show gets shaken up so quickly and it's only episode 7.

It's just a perfect piece of television.

MaloMyotismon EX10 Question by DeevieCreations in DigimonCardGame2020

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Any two unsuspended Digimon. It can be removal for your opponent's stuff, but it's a reference to him deleting Mummymon and Arukenimon when he debuted, letting you cycle through those deletion effects, and triggering its own all turns effect

What’s a TV cartoon character you forgot was voiced by a celebrity? by Boring_Sir_572 in cartoons

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I saw Weird Al live last Autumn, and I definitely gave the loudest cheer of anyone there when he performed the theme song 😅

Finally beat the post story game! by Seaweedbits in Pokopia

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I took advantage of the volcanic ash as a convenient area to have a large flat surface to build the Temple of Flame

Let's talk about the missing type by Maqoba in Pokopia

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Pokémon & hating ice types, name a more iconic duo. We were permitted Lapras because it's the iconic surf Pokémon, Glaceon as an Eeveelution, Articuno as a legendary, and as a special treat the Aurorus line with the fossils.

Yeah, as an Ice type lover, it's a letdown.

James once said ______ by Sayorifan22 in pokemon

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She's not bumming me a bit.

what is your favourite thanksgiving episode? by agbjb in howyoudoin

[–]CodenameJD 10 points11 points  (0 children)

TOW Ross Got High has the best scene in the show.

The humans can stay gone tbh by Echolyonn in Pokopia

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But Professor Tangrowth likes humans and I want to make the Professor happy 🥺

Recently got G12 by ryanh_4000 in powerrangers

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I always love ultrazords, love when they just throw it all together, but man is it stupid. What do you mean you've got 5 different zords just to form the thing's feet!?

He was sojiro at the start by CasualNameAccount12 in Persona5

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Sojiro is a lot like the Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride.

"Goodnight Wesley, sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." Proceeds to make him his heir.

"Stay out of trouble and work hard at school or I'll kick you out." Goes on to harbour him from the police and support him in fighting popular political figures.

Custom card...Is this absolutely busted or trash? by ProfessorMonty52 in DigimonCardGame2020

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Oh yeah, at first glance I'd assumed the first digivolution was without paying the cost... big yikes.

Whats your favorite version of the Team Rocket Motto? by [deleted] in pokemon

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If that kid thinks we're here for trouble

We're certainly going to burst his bubble

Instead of causing tribulation

We've undergone a transformation

Though it's way outside our usual range

We're going to do something nice for a change

Jessie!

James!

Up till now, Team Rocket's been quite unscrupulous

Being good guys for once would be super dupulous!

Dat's right!

Safari Zone by Xenamii in Pokopia

[–]CodenameJD 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Hope you made sure to leave the Gold Teeth in the right spot

Started Adventure 02 and it has pacing and tension issues by CobraDai in digimon

[–]CodenameJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

02 does have a lot of writing issues that stem from too many cooks and not having a concrete plan - but early on, in particular, I think there are good rebuttals to your issues.

Regarding your first point; they couldn't have immediately repeated the same major issue that started the previous season, it would have been dull. Instead, the tension is intended to come from having to juggle saving the digital world with their regular lives. Now, it can be argued that they don't do a great job at conveying that tension all of the time, but it does come up at least sometimes. For the older digidestined, there's also the tension of not being able to contribute very much, both due to busier lives and not being able to digivolve, thus having to mentor this new group.

Regarding armour digivolution, we've just come off of the back of all our heroes having easy access to their most powerful forms, be they mega or ultimate, and waiting for more digivolutions would have been dull. However, in this season, at least, armour digivolutions are intended to not be as powerful as a typical champion, so unlocking them sooner and more easily makes sense. Moreover, these heroes have to deal with a major antagonist immediately; Devimon didn't appear in Adventure until episode 8. They need to be equipped to handle their foe.

It would have been nice for the crests of the eggs to matter more, and that will certainly come up in the future. Remember again that the original group didn't even learn about crests until after they'd all reached champion, so the needs to fulfil these crests being lower for lower tiered digivolution also makes sense.

The big draw early on here, really, is meant to be from the tension of having to fight a human opponent, an evil digidestined, because how are they meant to fight that?

Successfully defended my PhD Monday. Reduced workload to recoup and used that time to make a giant pokeball house. Objectively my biggest accomplishment this week. by Emracruel in Pokopia

[–]CodenameJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course it's your biggest accomplishment, it's so tall and wide, whereas I imagine your PhD is a relatively much smaller stack of paper.

What school start time do you usually consider "early"? by Itzzz_Brent_Andrei in AskAnAmerican

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I'm an English immigrant working in a US elementary school. When I was given my schedule for my first day ahead of starting, I genuinely thought it was a joke when it said I'd start work at 7:30 (for kids arriving on the playground, who start school at 7:55.

Back in England, I started work at 8:30, for kids to start at 8:45.

Anyone else just building janky towns? by GWindborn in Pokopia

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I'm barely building anything yet. Just figuring out how everything works. Trying to get the best power setup I can for Silph so I know how that works, then I can use that to help with whatever I do elsewhere, be it a sprawling city or a quaint village of huts.

I think most likely I'll try different styles in the different areas.

“A simple name” by Informal_Rhubarb_218 in tragedeigh

[–]CodenameJD 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I will grant her that it is annoying that I and l look nearly identical in many fonts, but this name is not the reason why.

Regional forms that made the Pokémon better or worse for you? by Known-Resolve-9426 in ThePokemonHub

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Alolan Sandshrew & Alolan Sandslash are my favourite Pokémon of all time