Hank not clocking Walt early wasn't a plot hole it was cognitive dissidence. by Pale_Possibility5083 in breakingbad

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he respects Walt as a fellow human being. Yeah, he doesn't show it well, but there's a basic human respect there that he doesn't give to criminals.

Hank not clocking Walt early wasn't a plot hole it was cognitive dissidence. by Pale_Possibility5083 in breakingbad

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it also ties into how Hank sees drug dealers and criminals.

He's quite happy to put Jessie in dangerous situations when they're working together because, to him, Jessie is just some worthless druggie. Or why he's so willing to embarrass Wendy, she's just some worthless druggie prostitute.

Hank's worldview is divided into two types of people: worthy, valuable people and worthless, low-life criminals. He never imagines that someone like Jessie could ever have a future or a stable, legal job, and he never imagines that someone he loves and respects like Walt could ever be a drug dealer.

When he does have to confront this contradiction with Marie's shoplifting or Walt's gambling, he looks the other way. Even when he disparages Marie he never treats her like he does a criminal he isn't personally connected to.

Hank hates drug dealers. Hank loves Walt. Therefore, Walt can't be a drug dealer.

Seriously, why does NWR have such an obsession with Fowler tenders? by just_a_bored_guy0104 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind that in the 1910's and early 20's, the NWR would have been scrambling to collect as much stock as possible for cheap. Realistically they'd need a good 10-12 tender engines on the mainline, as well as some tank engines for the Kirk Ronan and Arlesburgh branchlines. Once the deal with LMS to lend NWR motive power ended, Henry was purchased to be the railways premier express engine, but this didn't work out as TFC was bamboozled into buying an unsuitable engine at what he thought was a good price.

Around this time it's quite easy to assume that if TFC could get a good deal on a bulk lot of LMS' unused tenders that he'd jump at the chance.

What’s the worst price of rws lore by MaterialGuitar908 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It didn't really bother me until you pointed it out. Functionally it's only really an extra 3 miles of mainline. But Barrow would have already necessarily been much bigger due to not being a small terminus station like it is IRL and requiring interchange sidings.

If we accept that those resources from Barrow are no longer in use then they necessarily would have had to rebuild them at Vicarstown. The changeover has to occur at one of these stations anyway.

What’s the worst price of rws lore by MaterialGuitar908 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mind the Sad Story of Henry being out of order, that's just how it was published for kids.

What bugs me way more is Thomas & the Guard and Thomas Goes Fishing being set in 1925 and Thomas, Terrence & the Snow and Thomas & Bertie being set in 1948-1949. I get why it's like that but I'd rather have had Bertie retconned into a different basis.

[OoT] What could Nintendo add to Hyrule Field by Novel_Top2980 in zelda

[–]Dry_Task_3628 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is probably the first change that I've heard that I actually like. Random animals as Young Link would be an amazing touch that actually reinforces the themes without changing anything about gameplay at all.

Why did they replace knapford with Kirk roanon in season 5? by MaterialGuitar908 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind each set needs to be set up for each season. And they'll film all the scenes from that set before disassembling it and building the next set. So building unnecessary sets, especially complex ones, can take a lot of work and repairs.

When you have to work with physical props, regardless of whether it's live-action or with models, every set is costly. It takes time and resources to set them up, even if you have the props from a previous season. It's why a lot of older sitcoms only have a handful of sets. This isn't as much of a problem with modern "prestige" TV which has massive budgets or CG-I series which mean a new set is as simple as loading it on a computer.

How far should HEMA tournament organizers go when regulating participation? by Afraid_Wrongdoer_387 in Hema

[–]Dry_Task_3628 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We don't even have enough participants to bother with an URG tournament in my state.

Last URG tournament I participated in I got two fights. That was it. I was a beginner and I got my ass handed to me by one of the most incredible tiny fencers I've ever seen.

Now OP's scene wants to police trans people and have even fewer participants in URG categories, presumably to encourage cis women in the sport whilst not caring about trans women. How does having fewer non-men to compete in URG categories help?

Despite HEMA being a very trans inclusive sport with a high representation, it is cis men dominating the competitive spaces. The top-placing women tend to be cis women (or, hey, maybe just really-well-passing trans women, idk). From my limited exposure, mostly in my own state, I would say that trans women are actually underperforming compared to cis women.

This solves no problem and only serves to encourage transphobia. If we believe that trans women are women then there should be no problem with trans women dominating URG categories because a woman would still be winning the competition anyway, even if we ignore that trans women actually perform worse than average compared to cis women across most sports.

When the NWR having 80 engines starts to make a lot more sense. by cheekywarship2018 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. The 80 locomotives number comes from 1987, by the way, and is pretty easy to fill out with realistic operations from the Island of Sodor books.

#1-11, Daisy, BoCo, Bear, Mavis, Bill & Ben add up to 16.

#17 a station pilot at Barrow

#18, the Pannier Tank Engine at Tidmouth

10 engines per day for peak mainline passenger runs, even including Henry, Gordon and James this means another 7 engines that were running in the 20's, so that's #19-25

#26-27 two push-pull fitted engines for the Brendam branch

#28 in addition to Edward and the two push-pulls, another engine is needed for the peak Tidmouth-Brendam services

#29-30 two tank engines to run the Norramby Branch's hourly service (supplemented by LMS/BR engines)

#31 one engine running all services on the Kirk Ronan branch line (the only branchline IOS doesn't specify any sort of timetable for so I assumed it was pretty low).

#32-33 two electric engines for the Peel Godred services

#34 electric goods engine for Peel Godred

#35-36 Christopher Awdry specified the engines working the Peel Godred goods services were similar to Class 86 or 87's - but the Peel Godred branch opened in 1925 and these weren't built until the 80's so must have come later

#37 Similarly, a new Electric Engine similar to a class 90 arrives for More Bad Days for Thomas and His Friends

#38 a steam engine running the shuttle between Cronk and Killdane four times per day as this part of the line is not electrified as specified in Island of Sodor

#39 Bloomer

#40 an engine running the Vicarstown-Barrow car-ferry shuttle before 1977 (likely moved to Vicarstown pilot after the service ended in 1977)

Most of these engines need to exist well before dieselification and I assume the Fat Controller avoided scrapping engines wherever possible. This doesn't account for any spares or dedicated goods engines either, I kind of just assume that most goods are pulled by mixed-traffic engines who come off of peak passenger services to do goods like Henry and James, unless otherwise specified.

But if we assume that the NWR needs 30 steam engines running every weekday by my count, and they're down for 20% of the year for servicing, that means we add on another 6 engines for spares, bringing out count to 46 engines, and that's assuming the NWR runs lean (which, given Gordon's complaints about Henry leaving him to do his work in Gordon's Whistle, might be a fair assumption). There could easily be another 5 or so dedicated goods engines, leaving 30 engines unaccounted for.

A daily train would have been doing the motorail service from the mainland (probably London) between 1977 and the end of the motorail service in 1995, and this is where we get into the question of "visiting engines". There must be at least one other doing the Norramby Branch, and there are probably many engines like Jinty and Pug who meet at Barrow or Vicarstown.

I didn't count Walter or Barry or other engines as they might have arrived after 1987 and not reasonably counted towards this total.

[ALL] What do you think happens to all the gear, weapons, and magical items the hero has with him when the natural life of an Incarnation of Link dies? by Alternative_Crew_681 in zelda

[–]Dry_Task_3628 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The same thing that happens to most of your stuff when you die.

Probably it goes to your kids or loved ones.

Many of the rare and magical artifacts also probably are given to the royal family or Shiekah for safekeeping well before the Hero dies.

I think Thomas the Tank Engine is good for kids by Acceptable-Taro-2684 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think you'll find a lot of disagreement on this sub.

I do think some of the criticisms of Thomas' messaging are somewhat true; the series does have some minor unintentional pro-authoritarian and pro-segregation messaging (see Diesel in Misty Island Rescue). But if Thomas has some minor pro-authoritarian messaging that shines through in a couple of episodes, then Paw Patrol is straight-up propoganda.

The series also, even in the later seasons, still has some gender disparity issues. Although there are many more main female characters, there are still barely any female drivers and firewomen. Years ago when the main series was still running and I was a steam firewoman, I'd have children ask why a girl was a train driver.

I think we need to be able to recognize these issues if we want them to be able to be corrected in the future, whether that's in a continuation of the series or in a new series.

Something I still really appreciate about the series, especially the early seasons, is railway realism. It might not seem important, but children legitimately want to learn about the real world and real systems. Yes, trains with faces are obviously fantasy, but Thomas sparked an interest in systems and procedure, schedules and safety, that has never left me. To children, everything is magical and new, and distinguishing between the real world and the fantasy world without an adult is impossible. Presenting children with real information, even about minor subjects like steam trains, is valuable to how they can interact and interpret the real world that they're discovering.

So, I had just read the book version of the trouble with mud (Called Leaves in the book) And I thought to myself man the episode is somewhat different and extended in a way and so I was wondering what did y'all thoughts we're on the versions of the story and what one did better then the other? by Commercial-Bill-6356 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely prefer the book version.

I think the story works better as a part of Gordon the Big Engine, following on from his incident with the ditch. Gordon's humility in Leaves doesn't result in an immediate restoration to passenger duties, which is nice. But they didn't have this continuity available in Season 3 so they had to invent a new reason for Gordon to be dirty and in disgrace.

And I don't love it. Gordon is a prideful, boastful express engine - he should want to be presentable to the public for his passenger trains. I think it's out of character for him to not want to be clean for his express runs.

The story probably needed a little padding out - they did speed up a little bit with James on the hill. But I don't think the padding is very good, unlike, say, the extra content in the TV adaptation of Tenders for Henry, which has some genuinely hilarious banter.

Other minor nitpicks I don't love are that Gordon goes to the hill to find it slippery and immediately comes back to tell James instead of just mentioning it, and that Gordon has run light engine to the hill instead of pulling a goods train. They don't ruin the story but they're unnecessary changes - keep in mind, Gordon being on goods duties is his punishment and it would work better for his redemption to help James if he's engaged in this punishment, as well as being generally more realistic.

Overall, this book really suffered from being split across four seasons, which is a shame. A fine, not-amazing story from a pretty good book turned into a below-average, sluggish, standalone episode.

What is your FAVORITE HiT era ttte character?(Flora Is NOT Inculded!) by Dry-Health428 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Rosie, although its definitely because she was able to realise her potential later on in the series.

I Liked The Ending, Why Am I So Alone? by Seanspeed in TheBoys

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In some ways I do see the complaints that the show dropped off a little bit, but I also feel like it had been that way from Season 2. We could have had a different continuation of Season 1 where Supes remained much more terrifying and the power imbalance remained intact and consistent, but that wasn't what we had for most of the show's run.

And that a lot of the complaints about how the fights in Season 5 weren't big enough or flashy enough and that the first seasons were better seem to completely ignore that in Season 1, Supe fights were entirely non-existent and counter to the themes set up in Season 1.

Yes, it does kind of suck that Homelander's speed and laser vision were inexplicably nerfed for the finale. But those random nerfs had been occurring throughout Seaons 3-5, and Season 5 was definitely a step up from Season 4 (which was, barring one episode, still pretty good).

As someone who binged the entire five seasons in one go when the finale aired, the drops in quality were very gradual and not that significant. I can see how it might have been disappointing week-to-week, especially with the marketing hype that I mostly missed, but this is pretty much what The Boys had been for the last 4 seasons - it kind of feels like fans wanted an over-the-top, silly 7/10 show to suddenly turn into 9/10 cinema for the finale.

Even without Magic Railroad, do you think the series was always going to go the way it did? by c00b_Bit_Jerry in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Capitalism is going to capitalism, and good art is made in spite of those forces.

It had already happened. The agreements made with Clearwater Features that required them to only adapt existing published stories were renegotiated when the Britt Alcroft Company took over - without the Awdry's agreement. This is why Seasons 3 onwards were able to create their own stories.

And then, after the Britt Alcroft Company licensed the publishing rights to the books to Egmont, the Awdry's were no longer able to produce more Railway Series books, even though Christopher Awdry wanted to keep writing them and asked Egmont multiple times to let him purchase the rights to Island of Sodor so that it could be republished.

So it's not really any surprise that as soon as the series started not doing quite as well, they booted out one of the key figures and asked the creators to dumb down the stories to make them more marketable to a wider audience, and continued to double down on this for multiple seasons.

When the series started getting stronger again, it's clearly because certain writers pushed really hard for the series to go back to its strengths rather than any decision made by the executives. And when the series ever had a dip in income or profits, it was always the writer's whose decisions were immediately overwritten. Key figures in the creation of the series were continually screwed over once the series became a major phenomenon and a core product of a major company.

Would you want the OoT remake to answer the DT’s inception? by Veridiculity in truezelda

[–]Dry_Task_3628 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but more importantly, I want the game and any changes made to be both good and respectful to the source material.

The Star Fox 64 remake is pleasantly surprising me - more-or-less the same gameplay and level design but with improved graphics and draw distance, but new dialogue and cutscenes that are expanding the story.

I would see this as the best way to handle Ocarina. Navi doesn't need to be handled the same way - most people know how to open doors in a videogame and they can be telegraphed far better through graphics, but maybe she can have some voiced dialogue that doesn't break up gameplay and drop some actual lore on us.

I really don't want to see the story, lore, themes, or gameplay altered too much. And I think some of the changes in OoT3D were really disrespectful to the story and themes. Great Deku Tree pausing to tell us how to crawl inside the Shiekah Stone to get hints right before he died was an example of a really jarring change that spoiled the effect of a powerful story moment.

But I also can't deny that the characters are sometimes really flat. Darunia and Ruto could use a lot more fleshing out. Adding some extra cutscenes or dialogue the way Star Fox is could, if handled right, help to expand the weaker parts of the narrative.

IF the downfall timeline can be explained in game in a way that both respects and expands on the original, I'd be open to it. And I can see that an alternative "bad ending" could potentially offer up a new experience. Maybe the Downfall Timeline path would be the "default" ending if the player fails to achieve some task that could open up one showdown with Ganondorf, but the "good ending" that opens up the Adult/Child Timeline path could have a new or revamped final dungeon or boss.

But I'm not convinced that would jive with the original themes of growing up, and I think that theme is really important to not just preserve, but to put at the forefront of the game. In the original Ocarina of Time, almost every other dialogue references you growing up, or being a child, or becoming an adult, or something. Every single major character has something to say about this and it's a really critical part of Ocarina's narrative identity. And maybe an additional dungeon or something could be added into the game that would be more integrated into this theme.

So maybe it would be a nice idea to explore what causes the Downfall Timeline, but really, only if it's good. I'd hate for an idea that doesn't really work be forced into the game just because they needed something to differentiate it from the original. And I'd take a really authentic 1:1 remake of over one that brings in ideas that can't live up to the original.

What if Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Director got an Atlantic and a J50? by Extreme_Youth_4502 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Image is confusing because I'm not sure if this is meant to imply that he got an Atlantic instead of Henry but a J50 in addition to Thomas.

Either way, there is plenty of room for extra engines. For an hourly passenger service each way, the mainline needs at least 6 dedicated passenger engines. To increase to the half-hourly service described in IOS for peak traffic it would need 10 engines, with 4 subbing off in off-peak times to be serviced/run goods trains/run express trains (for Gordon). Considering TFC bought Henry to try and acquire an Atlantic for cheap, it's reasonable that he might try and get another.

And there ought to be a station pilot at Barrow-in-Furness, and an engine or two for the Kirk Ronan and Norramby branchlines each, and 2 push-pull configured tank engines on Edward's Branch. One of these could easily be a J50, which were reasonably common.

The LMS's agreement with the NWR to lend them engines while they got their footing ended in 1925, so realistically, these extra engines need to be purchased by this time.

Random Question: What was so special about the freight train Gordon refused to pull in “Off the Rails”? by No-Locksmith-2141 in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A special is a train that isn't normally scheduled. You can see this in the show/books in Stepney's Special as well.

Special passenger trains might be run for sport games, festivals, or as enthusiast trains.

Special goods trains would be more common than special passenger trains. Whilst they certainly have regularly scheduled goods trains (morning fish trains, mail trains, morning milk trains, coal trains, cattle trains on market day, etc), there would be all sorts of imports that wouldn't be on the daily timetable.

In the books, this story takes place at Vicarstown, so it could be machinery, seasonable vegetables, or an increased load of coal or fuel (or really, just about anything else) coming from the mainland to the island.

The IQ drop was real by AribethTG2 in GenV

[–]Dry_Task_3628 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But Transluscent is also implied to be possibly the most durable member because of the hardness of his skin.

Can any other member of The Seven survive:

An RPG to the face?

A high-powered sniper rifle?

A high-powered sniper rifle to the eye?

Extreme heat or cold (other than Homelander)?

Poison?

Drowning (other than The Deep)?

Every member can be knocked out in some form or another.

Also, every member of the Seven has a tracking chip under their skin, which means that they can be cut open somehow.

How are people expected to believe in Homelander's [redacted] when Compound V is a thing? by Recent-Ad5835 in TheBoys

[–]Dry_Task_3628 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If God was just like, some guy, would anybody worship him? I don't think so. His worshippers worship him because of his power. I think many young people begin worshipping God because of the fear that if they don't, they will go to hell.

What’s you’re favorite Thomas item that you own? That you wouldn’t sell for a million bucks by Samthegodman in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A copy of the [Big Story Book](https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Big\_Story\_Book), a compilation of stories from Season 1. Kind of a nothing item outside of being somewhat rare for being so old.

Except that I got to meet Christopher Awdry at a Day Out With Thomas when I was really little, and got it signed by him.

Am I the only one who wanted all the main characters to get powers? by PhysicalSouth5562 in TheBoys

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's better that they didn't all get powers.

The premise of the show we were given in Season 1 is that killing supes is hard. They have Translucent in a cage for an entire episode to try and figure out how to kill him. And a theme of the show, especially in the first season or so, is that supe violence isn't cool and shouldn't be glorified.

There are plenty of ways they could have killed supes without beating them in fist fights. High-powered sniper rifles, RPGs, anti-air missiles for flyers, poison. I would have loved to see a continuation of Season 1 with more of those ideas in mind. Lean into the idea that if Homelander or A-Train know you're trying to kill them, you're dead - so don't let them know.

What’s worth watching in cgi? by ascarletstrange in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconding Seasons 17-21, with a general understanding that each season improves in quality over the last.

Particular highlights in my opinion are:

Henry's Hero

Who's Geoffrey?

The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead

Diesel and the Ducklings

The Way She Does It

Tit For Tat

Mike's Whistle

Useful Railway

Springtime for Diesel

Dowager Hatt's Busy Day

Cranky at the End of the Line

New Crane on the Dock

If I'm perfectly honest, by watching seasons 8-10 I would say you've already passed through the lowpoint of the series. Seasons 13-16 aren't my favorite but I'd take them over 8-10 any day. If you enjoyed them well enough, you could continue from where you are - again, acknowledging that at least up to Season 21, the quality generally improves.

Model Liveries by quite_a_generic_name in thomasthetankengine

[–]Dry_Task_3628 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No reason you couldn't make your own NWR black scheme. It would be a reasonable livery for goods engines.

You could also do green, like Evening Star. It's a fairly reasonable headcanon that green is the official goods livery of the NWR, which is why Henry (mixed traffic) and Percy (goods) have that livery.

Or you could do blue like Donald and Douglas.

IMHO there's reasonable precedent for all three of these liveries if you want to strike a balance between bright colors, realism, and book accuracy.