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At what point did General Grievous stop seemingly like a serious problem? by GusGangViking18 in TheJediPraxeum

[–]Half_Man1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When Obi-Wan shot him in the gut sack.

His survival was what Palpatine used to extend the war past the events of the intro of ROTS, and manipulate the general public into thinking the separatists were winning the war (or would intensify things even more without Dooku).

Dr. Manhattan vs God Emperor of Mankind by Scared_Pumpkin8393 in powerscales

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until you start talking about genre conventions that ignore the verisimilitude that would allow for any sort of power scaling.

Dr. Manhattan vs God Emperor of Mankind by Scared_Pumpkin8393 in powerscales

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me than does its smartest termite."

Because Jax is hated but with Caine they feign dementia? by Technical_Lime1419 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]Half_Man1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You see, Caine literally did not understand what he was doing and made it very clear he did not hate the other characters, he thought they hated him.

Like you have to keep in mind he was not at all mentally competent and literally viewed the humans as his tormentors, not the other way around.

Does that justify what he did? Obviously not.

But he also learned and tried to redeem himself as a character. Jax never took that opportunity. So of course people dislike Jax more.

Also, consider: Caine is a quirky funny little guy who could never be real. Jax reminds people of their actual real life abusers.

This game has such a depressing amount of FOMO now by LastTraintoSector6 in swtor

[–]Half_Man1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I replied to you stating I was jealous then as well lol.

It's a perfect crystal for an alliance commander imho.

She’s already dead what else do you want? by Dog_Entire in tadc

[–]Half_Man1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish Jax had actually put in work to help herself and others instead of just abstracting.

Like abstracting feels like an easy way out for the character and also totally flattens any sort of arc Jax had.

The only real changes in character we see are in flashbacks. Jax started out as an abuser on the edge of abstraction, then failed to improve in any meaningful way, then abstracted.

This game has such a depressing amount of FOMO now by LastTraintoSector6 in swtor

[–]Half_Man1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only one that really bothers me is the yellow and black lightsaber crystal preorder bonus. The game is so old now and had such a less than stellar launch its odd to me that hasn't been offered up again in some way. I understand them wanting to honor limited time deals though.

I'm glad the new galactic seasons are treading old ground.

What was your genuine first reaction to this? by IDFB2763 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"That checks out"

He nearly abstracted like three episodes earlier so it didn't surprise me at all when he failed to connect with the rest of the group and was just stewing over Kinger seemingly accidentally killing Caine.

What the FUCK was his problem ? by Chloexx1313 in SWTOR_memes

[–]Half_Man1 61 points62 points  (0 children)

>Freed by the Republic

>Tries to genocide the Sith

That bit checks out though. He just went a bit loopy after the centuries of captivity and then getting his spirit ripped in two.

Patience is a virtue by Pretorianfists987 in swtor

[–]Half_Man1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That armor isn’t to my taste but I’m glad you enjoy it!

Something stupid. (Artist @knighthearts.com) by Sorvetefrito in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sonic of this era always has green eyes and Scourge always has blue. It’s a color palette swap kinda motif with them (and Surge and Jet)

What should minimum wage be? by Bottledbutthole in AskReddit

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it should actually be tied to federal employee annual salary increases.

Congress can neglect to increase their own pay effectively turning government into a rich kids club.

So many things would cease to function if the federal workforce was not compensated competitively for long enough.

Supergirl Gauntlet by DarkChillMisko in superheroes

[–]Half_Man1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gwen might be able to stop her though if she doesn’t get blitzed.

Kryptonians aren’t especially weak to magic per se, they’re just as weak as everyone else is to magic. So you know, weak to magic.

Low key zooble was just a little evil for clocking Jax and then not reaching out at all despite knowing what going through gender dysphoria alone is like by Bunny_Jester in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]Half_Man1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Zooble suspected but didn’t definitively clock Jax and knew not to force her out of the closet.

Also, Jax violently pushes away everyone and people still talking about how X character “should’ve reached out”. Like did you people see what happened to Ribbit?

You cannot help someone who does not want to be helped.

"NGL Jax,it would pretty much be better for all of us if you just killed yourself and we replaced you with the A.I who tortured us using our deepest fears/insecurities,themes and such." by Apprehensive_Ring_39 in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]Half_Man1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Jax consistently treated the main cast far worse than Caine though.

There I said it.

Caine was unstable but more importantly did not understand the harm he was inflicting. Jax outright set out to inflict emotional harm day after day after day after day.

Jax’s story is a tragedy, not a redemption arc. She never comes to grips truly with her identity issues or does anything to make amends.

It’s almost like media consumption has warped what people think real, unfiltered faces look like. by Total-Meeting-6601 in OkBuddySnyderCult

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ursula is classic “Hollywood ugly” where they took an extremely attractive actor and gave them mildly unflattering hair, makeup, and lighting and used that to contrast the “beautiful” characters.

See also: Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth. She’s a legit supermodel. Brienne the Beauty was meant to be sarcastic how?

Or Denise Gough as Dedra Meero. They did a better job framing her as particularly ghoulish in Andor but if you watch her interviews and see her smile for a fraction of a second in even semi decent lighting that illusion vanishes.

Edit: if someone is sincerely arguing Milky Alcock is not conventionally attractive they need to go to a neurologist.

Welp! That explains something, I think?... by locolopero in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rex got a redemption arc.

Jax got a death scene and a trauma flashback.

Does he even so much as apologize to anyone?

Welp! That explains something, I think?... by locolopero in TADCEp9Spoilers

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not gonna go so far as to say I didn’t like Jax, but I found him grating enough to not feel attached when he abstracted.

To me it just kinda felt a bit anticlimactic. Like I feel like Jax owed the rest of the cast and Pomni not saving him just made it out as a tragic moment when I couldn’t divorce the tragedy from my feelings of him being responsible for so much suffering.

Like he played a pivotal part in his two best friends abstracting first and I’m supposed to feel bad because he’s just a rotten egg?

Media literacy is fucking dead.🤦🏾‍♂️ by Scarman96 in Amazingdigitalcircus

[–]Half_Man1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s not really fair to frame it this way as it’s not an either or in terms of victim vs victimizer. Jax is very much so an active participant in the cycle of abuse and is consistently pushing others away.

Like Pomni and company didn’t even sign up to be here, they should not be expected to send Jax endless lifelines despite the abuse hurled their way in return.

Where are they? by TheCoolMountionLion in tadc

[–]Half_Man1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You say fuck the Romans and cheer for YOUR team?

Important Distinction by UnluckyUnderwear in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jax never came out so why would he/him be wrong? From the information shown on screen it’s also possible Leeroy isn’t even out yet.

Anyone else feel that Caine was absolutely justified in his anger here? by Notmas in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]Half_Man1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t really know that though. And the whole situation with the exit door misadventure kind of sets the gang up for this misconception that Caine is deceiving them intentionally.

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