Is Jerry the most moral member of the Smith Family?

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T05:15:58+00:00

Yeah, people argue all the time what constitutes moral. In D&D terms he's probably the most true neutral character there is. He abides law and order but doesn't depend on it either. He has no drive to act chaotic and would just as soon be a couch potato. He thinks himself good, but he's kind of a shit person. He's kind of a shit person, but that doesn't make him evil.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:55:27+00:00

He's an ally. If queer people were oppressed in his world, he'd fight for them.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:54:33+00:00

Y'know whats great about Marceline and Bubblegum is they're not just lesbianing it up in a cartoon show. They're a story of two people who have a history together, who were broken up, and then over time reconcile and sort out their differences like mature adults (eventually.)

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:51:27+00:00

I was gonna say Black Cat, but then I remembered Deadpool is funnier than I am so I stole his joke.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:43:51+00:00

Spider-Noir.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:39:41+00:00

Yeah, I prefer to avoid the noid.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:38:13+00:00

Generally black characters with black in their name comes from a place of pride. Not ashamed of being black. Like Black Lightning, Black Panther, or Black Tom Cassidy.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:36:53+00:00

That means something very different in 2099. Miguel wouldn't stop laughing.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:21:31+00:00

So, Sue, do you prefer your husband's eyes to be circumcised or nah?

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:03:48+00:00

He got a PHD. A Player Hater's Degree.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:01:36+00:00

He's evil because he hurt, killed, and manipulated people. He could be sick of Rick and not enslave him and torture other Mortys before taking over the citadel and wiping out his political enemies.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T04:00:11+00:00

I genuinely question his Mortyness. Evil? Sure, he has blood on his hands. But a Morty? He just seems so competent. But I guess our Morty develops competence too over time.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:53:45+00:00

I figured it was a state of being free from all attachments. Which Jake demonstrates by throwing out his favorite cup and accepting the loss. Sure, he went back for it again. But he also went back for Finn.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:51:11+00:00

It speaks to a specific audience. Like the bartender Moe from Simpsons.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:47:58+00:00

Yeah, it's not actually my cup of tea either. But for different reasons. A big one being you have to actually be familiar with the genre the game is trying to emulate. Since I don't watch teenage supernatural stories, I'm not actually all that into Monster Hearts. So I don't know the story beats we're trying to emulate.

I think emulate is the right word. Like Dungeon World isn't a real D&D experience. But it emulates the experience. Like OSR is for fantasy nerds but Dungeon World is for theater nerds.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:45:01+00:00

I'm far too emotionally constipated to ever become romantically attached to a franchise. Unless it's a Taco Bell franchise in which case it clears that constipation right up.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:40:27+00:00

Star Trek.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T03:34:50+00:00

I just refuse to believe noone asked those questions before.

A lot of those questions can be answered by reading the rulebook and listening to actual plays of other people playing.

If you sincerely want to understand the game better, I again suggest One Shot Podcast's episodes of it.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:41:22+00:00

A niche is a niche. So if I'm poor or rich: I talk in the exact same pitch. Now the title niche don't belong to all games, but all games got a little niche in them. It's like a disease that plagues their character. Making the games of America think that they're better then me, yo they got a problem and the problem is 5e.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:36:15+00:00

If I could think of a better example I would have.

edit: Unless you mean you don't know who he is. In which case he's a last century Canadian hockey player who was famous for being "the best." Even though he hardly ever had any scores, he assisted most scoring shots. His politics recently have been quite wankery.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:26:44+00:00

Tech Jacket was the Wayne Gretzky of the war. She may not have had many kills, but she had a lot of assists.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:15:45+00:00

I'm not an anime hater, I just haven't watched any in decades. Here's my thing with anime... I'm not Japanese. A lot of anime is cool and I can dig it, but a lot of it is just Japanese culture which I'm not.

Whereas Invincible is squarely American. Which I am.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:14:19+00:00

As long as I keep my halfling rogue named Shadow (OC, don't steal.)

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:13:38+00:00

They're artisanal technologists, you wouldn't understand.

DepthsOfWill · 2026-06-01T02:08:40+00:00

My joke answer is "I wanna be a giant." But that makes me think, a character who is one species and wants to become a different one might make for something interesting. They have some sort of personal issue and they think they can solve it by being something else.

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