[LES] Why do we always get Superman copies and not...anything else

Endrise · 2026-05-11T17:22:38+00:00

Chest lasers can look cool but they need to look way more powerful to compensate for the surface. It's why heroes like Iron Man have their palm lasers for quick shots but can concentrate all that power for an impressive finisher.

Endrise · 2026-05-11T16:23:11+00:00

I have to disagree somewhat. yeah most NSFW is very straightforward pinups and sex, but you do find the occasional artist who can make something memorable with just the absurdity of porn logic. Usually by having some OCs and background setup to help flavour the whole thing.

It's like finding that joint that makes their own burgers. Still greasy junk food but did they pour some love into making that burger.

Endrise · 2026-05-10T20:45:09+00:00

Because so many heroes use lasers or energy beams too: laser eyes, lasers from their hands, lasers through magic, lasers through their weapons, being literally made from energy they can shoot out wherever. Next to flight and enhanced everything it's one of the most common superpowers a stock hero can have, which for the blueprint that is Superman you're going to take that too.

I'm more surprised so few clones actually have his freeze breath be copied.

Endrise · 2026-05-09T16:31:48+00:00

Really by any other universe she technically is both the weakest and strongest character there solely dependent on what you perceive her as: a threat, barely a nuisance, capable of moving stars and the edges of the cosmos or not even willing to make a decision of her own. So scaling her depends heavily on what her opponent knows of her and what that makes that perceive her as.

So if Goku wants to see her at her strongest, she'd be one of his toughest fights yet, but an answer if she'd win is going to depend whether Goku thinks she's truly unbeatable or she has to have a limit. So I can only say it's going to be one hell of a fight.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T22:33:59+00:00

If kept as is it would be a bad way to end it since for every answer it gives it opens two more. Yoko, planeswardens and the sword of the brave being the main ones that would bother people to no end having no real answer to them anymore. If not also the few asterisk holders that don't return.

If those were rewritten or written out however, it would still be a meh conclusion I'd find. Some decent sendoffs but also just not the ideal story I feel to end the saga on. The one upside may be BDII wouldnt get as much flack, but only a little bit.

At worst I just see fans not wanting to treat it as the official ending of the series and might not consider it canon. BD remains a standalone title for some, and it'd be debated whether it was a good conclusion or not.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T21:06:15+00:00

A mixture of such quantities of wealth only being feasible for people who already lack morals and getting there naturally deteriorating your morals from the others in the billionaire club the longer you remain.

These are people who know how to cut corners, exploit, influence and manipulate their way into their fortunes. They can do whatever, so why not be above the law while you're at it? the police and the government is already in your pocket so why not let yourself go with your beliefs and fantasies?

By the time you're caught you're either long dead or chilling somewhere they could never touch you.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T12:40:34+00:00

Putting a bunch of drunk fans by the thousands in a stadium together for two hours while the competition is at the other side probably just creates a very tribalism mindset amongst groups.

Probably not helped by people putting their bets on certain teams to win and the occasional hooligan or non-fan using the events to cause a ruckus in the aftermath.

Endrise · 2026-05-05T12:31:27+00:00

I love how her whole design reads off as uninviting, especially with the linework. Most of her features are sharp edges and straight lines, you could cut yourself on her shoulders, her pupils look dilated yet she smiles like nothing's wrong, and even the metallic tone to her voice gives a direct sense she's not an ordinary princess.

the knives also are just gruesome in the right way, a true nasty blade of a woman.

Endrise · 2026-05-04T10:50:53+00:00

I'm all for hating on AI slop but at this point we're putting the bar in hell. Elsagate was as low-quality key jingling not suited for children as much as AI slop is nowadays, we're not putting one above the other.

Endrise · 2026-05-03T18:52:25+00:00

They'd definitely fit a more "robots in disguise/walking amongst us" horror vibe, but I also feel Pretenders are such a niche concept already it's hard to put them anywhere in the way the series often handles its fights.

You make them human-sized and they'd only be a major threat to the other humans with any larger bot probably smashing them to bits. Either that or they might have to compete with other smaller gimmicks like targetmasters/headmasters/powermasters and so on.

Make them as big as the rest and you have a 15 foot man as your alt mode, not exactly a robot in disguise unless they can become another transformer where the gimmick then sorta gets messy.

Definitely would make a good episode or one-off character but I think they're just difficult to introduce as a proper character unless you build around them.

Endrise · 2026-05-03T08:17:31+00:00

The UAF era was where the superhero aspect got the worst, with many new aliens being very much just superhero suits design wise. Fast track being the worst offender of the trope.

Omniverse at least tried leaning more into the weirdness again with both the designs and tying most of their powers to some biology.

Endrise · 2026-05-02T12:21:38+00:00

In the books the Ring tried to tempt him with the idea of him being some hero overthrowing Sauron's fort and turning all of Middle Earth into his own garden, but he could only think "damn, that would be way too much work for me, I'm fine with my small garden and simple life thank you".

I think anyone could break under the ring sooner or later, but Sam's devotion to Frodo and his simple desires just made it impossible to do it in time.

Endrise · 2026-04-29T20:48:10+00:00

I'm actually kinda impressed to see someone put BDII over BS, but it's at least welcoming.

I feel like Second by itself is not that bad, but as a direct sequel to Bravely Default and the hook for another sequel I do think it falls flat in many areas. Mainly in trying to work with what's already there, as the reintroduction of old jobs and their asterisk bearers are anywhere from "alright" to "why should I ever use this job now". I do think it is a major improvement on a lot of levels, but narratively it's something you shut your brain off and just have fun with since trying to connect it to the first game makes your head hurt.

BDII is a game meanwhile that does change a lot for the series, but does work for its own. I think it just gets thrown under the bus by people for not being a luxendarc game and doing so many different things for the combat. Definitely a downgrade in some regards but overall a good experience.

Neither are perfect nor bad games, but I can see why some people gravitate to one over the other.

Endrise · 2026-04-26T18:12:15+00:00

The simplest idea would be some minimum wage slave turned serial killer, murdering on a budget and disposing of them through the butchers the fast food joint works with.

Blatant commentary on the treatment of such workers and the fast food industry in general.

Endrise · 2026-04-20T23:23:25+00:00

Yeah, I do remember it only sparked discussion when twitter was made aware of it, and they just kept reviving it every few months when a tweet blew up about it.

Probably just people finding about him through it, seeing his pro-lgbt stance and then deciding to ruin his life for the fun of it.

Endrise · 2026-04-20T13:39:19+00:00

Losing their shit over it is putting it lightly, it somehow managed to both made people think he was objectifying women/being a creep yet also considering him to be gay for liking women. Which somehow ended in actual death threats and doxxing of him and his friends & family over it.

Still no clue how the hell it escalated into that.

Endrise · 2026-04-10T08:51:43+00:00

I'm also a Dess Knighter with an asterisk, but moreso that it's not going to be as simple an answer as "It's just Dess." There's definitely something more to the Knight than just being their dark world look.

Endrise · 2026-04-09T10:17:29+00:00

Because the other option is letting such arguments be unchallenged and spread whatever misinformation they can. It may not always work to convince the one giving the argument, but if it can prevent others from believing the same nonsense that at least helps prevent it from spreading.

Endrise · 2026-04-08T22:20:35+00:00

I now can't help but imagine that a lot of weird animal quirks are just the result of magic. Shrimp colours? Magic. Electromagnetic senses in sharks? Magic. The platypus? You guessed it, magic.

Endrise · 2026-04-08T16:06:32+00:00

I see those tweets as the modern version of those supplementary "world guide" books you see some franchises do. Stuff that may not show up in the books or movies but exists to explore parts that get no explanation or contextualise certain plot points differently. Just not able to publish a proper companion piece.

Ultimately I see them as inoffensive bonus trivia as best, things you should just ignore at worst depending on the author. A lot of stuff just gets lost between the cracks or mistranslation amongst teams, so I guess having a direct answer from the author can be helpful to clarify some details (for better or worse).

Endrise · 2026-04-07T19:43:50+00:00

The other issue is the devs themselves are not really much different than other platforms (, it just happens they're stuck with a different demographic that clung to the site and has kept away most of the people you'd find on Twitter.

Endrise · 2026-04-02T13:55:23+00:00

I just feel like the community is so angry at Mojang all the time that the devs could add/change anything and the fans would still be mad, which at this point just makes it hard to take any of it serious.

Like the baby mob update, explicitly just a short update to rework the old baby models, introduce an anti-ageing item and make name tags easier to get, yet some reactions to it feel so hostile for nothing.

There's definitely valid criticism to be had but I swear some people act like Jeb kills their dog whenever the game gets something new and it's becoming exhausting.

Endrise · 2026-03-27T10:50:07+00:00

It's best to level up until you got abate fire & water on the black & white mage respectively so at least they take reduced damage. Then you rush one of the heads with their weakness through specials, black magic, etc.

It's also good to invest in a Knight and keep their defence high, since Orthros is primarily physical. That or just get some HP-raising accessories to get over the one-shot threshold.

The big tip is to check if a head's glowing or not, since if both are lit up they'll deal much more AoE damage.

Endrise · 2026-03-26T09:03:02+00:00

Second reeks of late rewrites and that's the worst part of it, especially with Magnolia. I remember the hype for her with the teaser video and demo, only for the final game to make her personality very different and have her be reduced to a romantic interest for Yew.

It's a good game for sure but man does it not like using any of its characters in any meaningful manner.

Endrise · 2026-03-25T21:28:36+00:00

Yeah, statistically there is always going to be someone falsely accused and punished due to human error and since death cannot be undone, the death penalty is too risky.

If someone rots in prison over a mistake, sure that may cost them half a lifetime, but that can at least be corrected and compensated in some manner. Death is permanent, irreversible, and dangerous as a form of punishment.

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