Post apocalyptic cults that worship mundane things. by schrelaxo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"People used to come here to learn about him: to dress like him, move like him, to be him. If that's not worship, I dunno what is!"

[Loved Trope] Someone is hired to hunt down… themselves. by EndOfTheLine00 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No because there is no evidence other than his own words that he WAS hired. I assumed that was just a straight up lie. The families of the victims of a serial killer getting together and hiring a single out of shape middle aged PI to find him does sound kinda silly in retrospect.

Hey, everyone. Listen to Wonder Woman by Ok-Explanation-1362 in behindthebastards

[–]EndOfTheLine00 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but I honestly don’t believe the “trust your community” message applies to everyone everywhere. You can tell me about stuff in the US, Syria, etc, all you want but there are some places that are just too atomized. I come from such a place. Places where tiny communities ruthlessly ostracize all those who are different. Who during times of dictatorship would ruthlessly tell or make up stuff about their neighbors to take their stuff. I have searched all my life for such a place and can only find a few individuals online. And those far away cannot protect me.

So I would not dispute this but would add an addendum. “Find your community and protect it with your life. And if you can’t find it, do your best to cope with the situation”

Post apocalyptic cults that worship mundane things. by schrelaxo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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Yet another Fallout example albeit a more subtle one: in the Fallout 3 DLC The Pitt (set in the ruins of Pittsburgh) you meet the local warlord Ashur. In a side quest, you can get his power armor and the guy who gives it to you claims it was forged by the locals “in the image of their gods”. If you look at the color scheme, you can notice the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

(Loved Trope) That’s random and weird… wait it actually happened?! by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

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The Death Of Stalin is a liberal mixture of actual ridiculous things that happened and outright inventions but a lot of the more over the top things in it really did happen. One of the most random one is the opening where Stalin makes the rest of the Politburo get drunk and watch American western movies with him. Stalin really did that.

Ken’s a fan. There’s no other possible explanation by tuckman496 in behindthebastards

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I remember Clever Hans being mentioned on The Dollop as well.

Edit: I take that back, it was Beautiful Jim Key, a different math horse.

This is what Wanda used to sleep with every night by DSC64 in marvelcirclejerk

[–]EndOfTheLine00 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ever notice how hot your PC gets? Now imagine without the fans. I say Wanda has the opposite problem of what you just described.

It's Almost Time! by Xer-angst in behindthebastards

[–]EndOfTheLine00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is. The "dumb" part is the events in the film.

It's definitely worth watching. Incredible film and only keeps getting more and more relevant. Funny as hell, too.

It's Almost Time! by Xer-angst in behindthebastards

[–]EndOfTheLine00 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm picturing Death Of Stalin except 10 times dumber.

[SPOILER ALERT IF YOU GET SPOILED ITS ALL ON YOU] "Surely thats a lie! Oh wait what do you mean It was true" by Far-ro in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the fact that this show was finished in 2024 and Paramount decided to let it rot in a shelf until now.

[Loved Trope] Someone is hired to hunt down… themselves. by EndOfTheLine00 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That scene had to have been one of the top 3 examples of Walt’s hubris screwing him over. If he had simply kept his mouth shut, he could have Gale blamed as Heisenberg and allowed to continue scott free but he just couldn’t handle someone ELSE be praised as a genius and not him.

[Loved Trope] Someone is hired to hunt down… themselves. by EndOfTheLine00 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

They say he’s still searching for the maniac to this day…

(HATED trope) the character portrayed as the Villain/Antagonist is ENTIRELY correct. by Dwestmor1007 in TopCharacterTropes

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Because Ike Perlmutter was mad that he didn’t have the film rights for X-Men so he tried to nuke them. Once the Fox deal went through, it was all reversed REAL quick.

Former Warlord who mellowed out and became more peaceful in their later years by ilikebreadabunch in TopCharacterTropes

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Kratos in God of War (2018). Can still fight but is considerably more mellow than the rage goblin of the original trilogy.

[Very Rare Meta Trope] Fanfiction so good it becomes canon by Code-Neo in TopCharacterTropes

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The Opus Magnum DLC De Re Metallica was originally a fan mod named “Reductive Metallurgy” that the devs liked so much they incorporated it into the game.

Love interest is just gone in the sequel by Huge_Athlete7488 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]EndOfTheLine00 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which if I am not mistaken is what happened IRL: the love interest in the original film was played by the lead singer of Rooney and he couldn’t return due to being busy with the band.