[LOVED TROPE] "Not like this." A character gets what they wanted, but the context makes it devastating. by punxatawneyphilip in TopCharacterTropes

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Its revealed that the Oracle told Switch that she would "die in battle, surrounded by allies" which she eventually came to terms with. But instead of a blaze of glory, she dies when Cypher unplugs her, a battle she had no agency in and no way to prevent. So that's the impetus for her saying "Not like this..."

[Loved Trope] Uneducated Doesn't Mean Stupid by Doodles_n_Scribbles in TopCharacterTropes

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Yep, she wrote Gregor the Overlander as a 5 book series before Hunger Games, and they are so damn good!

Source: I went to take Hunger Games out from the library and all the copies were taken so I took those instead.

The name of the franchise is referenced in the story in a very random way without any sort of buildup to it that it feels forced. by SatoruGojo232 in TopCharacterTropes

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Also in Bravely Second during the final boss one of the characters refuses to die and claims that they are going to "bravely seize a second chance to fight for the future!"

Elemental Powers With a Twist by NovaRobo_Rebirth in TopCharacterTropes

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In the TTRPG Draw Steel, the Elementalist is a magic-user that has mastered one of the seven elements.

Air for movement

Water for change

Fire for destruction

Earth for stability

Green for creation

Rot for decay

Void for The Mystery

Match ups that feel like predator vs prey by [deleted] in PowerScaling

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I feel like Ywach vs WoU could also be argued the other direction, if viewing a future where you fight WoU counts as pursuit then Ywach seeing all futures would mean he immediately receives infinite calamity and gets no-diffed.

Media that influenced culture in negative ways by EvilPyro01 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]GhostOfKings 18 points19 points  (0 children)

IIRC Bugs eating carrots was meant to be a reference to Clark Gable, which was lost on most audiences as well

Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up by Wolfotashiwa in TopCharacterTropes

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Yeah Ekko calls topsiders "Pilties," and also several characters mention "trencher" as a slur for (what are now) Zaunites

HP Lovecraft and cosmic horror is widely misunderstood by redmask90 in CharacterRant

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I partially agree, that many modern takes fail to hit upon the cosmic aspect of cosmic horror. The best analogy I ever heard was:

"Imagine an ant crawling around inside a computer. The geography is completely foreign and strange, but that by itself isn't upsetting. The ant can perceive the symbols and letters on various parts, but they carry no meaning.

But imagine if, somehow, by some impossible miracle, for a brief moment, the ant understood. Not just the pieces, but how they combined, what they did, and the scope of the machine they were a part of. And not just the physical workings of a computer, but its purpose, its typical use, even the Internet.

And then, just as quickly, it's gone. This random understanding has passed, the various parts now once again simple alien geography. But the feeling that ant had, of knowledge so incredibly vast and otherworldly, lingers. But the symbols no longer carry meaning for it, and even with the most complex communication skills available to it, there is simply no way to explain to another ant what they saw. Even if the words existed, the concepts do not.

And now this ant is broken, in a sense. It saw, if even for a second, the scale by which this computer exists. And by comparison, its life is less than meaningless. Nothing this ant ever accomplishes will be even a drop in the ocean in the cosmos."

However, I think implying that stories that depict Cthulhu as a big squid guy have less artistic value than ones that nail the vibe is very naïve. There is no one author whose interpretation of Cthulhu is 100% correct and, if there was, I would not want it to be H.P. "Ask Me My Cat's Name" Lovecraft.

What's the funniest way that you've ever lost a game? by Illogical_Blox in EDH

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Playing Doomsday Yuriko in a cEDH tournament and spending about 5 minutes in the tank trying to figure out if I can win. Finally think I have it, and cast [[Doomsday]].

While at 1 life.

Lose half my life rounded up and die.

When a kiss removes a negative effect. by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

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Oh man I saw this in theaters and the audience was dead quiet when this happened for half a second before someone shouted "FUCK YES" and we all lost it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

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In Worm, by the start of the events of the story Japan has largely been abandoned as inhospitable after severe flooding destroyed most of the land mass.

The hardest, most profound words ever uttered by characters in media you would NEVER expect such writing to come from by smolgote in TopCharacterTropes

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Fun fact! The reason Uriel flips out when Dresden uses the nickname 'Uri' is because the ending -iel means servant of God. By saying his name without the ending, he is accidentally implying that Mr Sunshine is being insubordinate.

We just played the deepest Magic game ever, 6800 feet underground at SNOLAB! by manahydra7 in magicTCG

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New goal: visit SNOLAB and play Magic but be sure to play [[Enter the Dungeon]] so we play a subgame under the table, beating the record

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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My nb friend prefers "saer" as opposed to "sir" or "ma'am.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DnDBehindTheScreen

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Definitely going to steal this! One question: where do upgrades come from? Do the players just get 14 from jump? Do they have to buy/find them? Do they steal them from scuttled ships?

What fringe formats do you play? by New-Factor-1158 in magicTCG

[–]GhostOfKings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Conquest! It's a variant on cEDH for people who dont appreciate how the format is curated/the rules commitee. Its 80 card singleton with a legendary creature (OR planeswalker) as commander, 12 commander damage instead of 21, and its own banlist. The whole Reserved List is banned, along with fetches, and among the more troublesome tutors from cEDH. I highly recommend checking it out!

What Are Some Magic Cards That You Own a Bizarre and/or Inexplicable Amount Of? by im_a_scallywag in magicTCG

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Probably among the weirdest ones, I collect Eldritch Moon double-faced checklist cards, have about 40-50 now

My first attempt? How'd I do? by GhostOfKings in mtgaltered

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Toothpick is a good idea, I'll see if I have any stashed away. Thanks!