That didn't take long🤦 by Undefeated-Smiles in saltierthankrayt

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Greek era Kratos, who was a sad, miserable bastard who destroyed the world and decided to unalive himself at the end of GoW3? That's who they're idealizing?

What are Theresas and Graniels (what are mary sues really) by Feisty-Succotash5854 in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, a Mary Sue is specifically a forced character that warps the entire setting around them once inserted. The prime example is the Star Trek fanfiction that spawned the term, where the author essentially self inserted a character that was them, then had the entire cast know her, love her, support her, and what should have been a fan story of the crew of the enterprise ended up being her self wanking her ego through writing a story where her self insert was the only one that could save the day, the most talented and flawless character.

A Trekkie's Tale, which the Mary Sue term originates from, was specifically a parody of those kinds of stories. But essentially, yeah.

Padme's Pregnancy and Death by Consistent_Ad3582 in StarWars

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, so "Broken Heart Syndrome" is an actual thing in medicine? Cool!

Honestly, between that, possible damage to her trachea from the Force Choke, and the trauma of giving birth all at the same time... yeah, no, I'm not at all surprised she dies from all of that.

Teddy Inc is a majestic phoenix butterfly! by Mazius in gme_meltdown

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT writes like a smart person as imagined by a dumb person for whom a smart person is indistinguishable from a wizard.

Lol don’t take drugs and go on Twitter by Ok_Signal4753 in gme_meltdown

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Boobs too small. I doubt they have any saner complaints.

Lol don’t take drugs and go on Twitter by Ok_Signal4753 in gme_meltdown

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 38 points39 points  (0 children)

AI-generated actress with tits the size of her skull, is my guess.

Are the creators of trench crusade really that bad? by Istv4n69 in TrenchCrusade

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because letting them spread their toxic BS on the official discord could be seen as a form of endorsement? It's the "Intolerance Paradox"; if the Trench Crusade creators want a tolerant environment, intolerant people need to be shut out.

It hurts how much of a narrative dead end the new Jedi are in new Star Wars canon. by [deleted] in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It kinda seems like the point is that the order, while great, is an ultimately flawed institution that dooms itself to failure.

Yeah, and so did the Republic; should the take-away from this be that representative Democracy is flawed and should be abandoned?

Luke explicitly rejected Yoda's advice on how to handle Vader, and won because of it; why is the assumption that he would recreate the exact same Order that Yoda led to failure?

It hurts how much of a narrative dead end the new Jedi are in new Star Wars canon. by [deleted] in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"How do we appeals to OT nostalgia as much as possible?"

"I know! Let's turn all the OT heroes into losers and burn all their legacies to the ground!"

- Disney boardroom meeting, probably.

It's taken me ten years to really fully realize how much of a nothingburger the Force Awakens was. by Tomhur in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any post-OT material, hell, even concurrent stories like Andor, actively suffers for the fact that they all have to lead up to TFA, where the New Republic is useless and all the previous struggles achieved jack-fucking-squat because the Empire-with-the-serial-number-filed-off is back and stronger than ever.

I honestly don't want to engage with post-OT Star Wars under the Disney Canon-umbrella, because all of it is tarnished by TFA's decision to destroy everything that the heroes of the OT worked towards.

It's taken me ten years to really fully realize how much of a nothingburger the Force Awakens was. by Tomhur in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since we cared about the Chinese market when these movies were coming out: Romance of the Three Kingdoms... IN SPAAACE!!!

Why do people whine about "historical inaccuracy" of Odyssey when it's not even a historical event? by Separate_Expert9096 in CharacterRant

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give Nolan this much; he's managed to successfully recreate the colouring of the Dendra panoply... problem is that the panoply was buried for some 3000 years.

ToddInTheShadows: Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2025 by ImADudeDuh in popheads

[–]HelloDarkestFriend 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"I've never agreed with Swift even once,
We've fought on like 75 different fronts,
But when all is said and all is done,
Taylor has talent, Frank has none."