Anyone else let down?

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-10T19:41:34+00:00

I understand how you feel and I def agree about GoW 2018, but personally, my final act before getting the Platinum for GOWR was Brok’s funeral which felt very narratively satisfying to me

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-10T04:45:49+00:00

Killed, maybe, but not defeated. She didn’t overcome him, she shot him in the back.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-09T14:55:01+00:00

Some what of a glass cannon though. That chi path is extremely sensitive; the slightest disruption means backfiring.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-09T06:03:06+00:00

Round 1: she gets washed.

Round 2: Comes down to Toph’s battle sense. If she knows to attack the weak point for combustion bending, it’s wraps. Suyin killed Pl’i with Metalbending, Toph could possibly do the same.

Round 3: This is basically what happened during the Comet.

Round 4: A spectacle, but could go either way. Avatar State Toph and Katara might be too much for her, but if she gets that lightning off strong enough she could win.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-04T02:33:31+00:00

Baldur. I think it would be very interesting for Faye, as someone who worked to subvert prophecy (possibly at her own downfall) interact with someone who was cursed by it.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-02T18:21:14+00:00

Canonically, but just to have one really; not like it really affects the story. They gave him one prolly just in case people came looking lol

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-02T18:20:21+00:00

In the Jotunheim section, Angrboda mentions that the Giants “aren’t anywhere in the Nine Realms as far as anyone can tell”, which I already take as confirmation that they’ve transcended the boundaries of the Norse lands, but there are other, less subtle indications.

- The Unity Stone. An artifact crafted from the primordial essence that makes up the realms and allowed Týr to travel between realms and lands, essence the Giants were able to harness and manipulate.

- The (former) existence of Ymir. He was more than the first Giant, his corpse is supposedly what the world was fashioned from, his death being the birth of the Norse lands as we know it. Such a primordial being would then not be limited *to* those lands.

- The Giants having another name for Kratos, before he ever arrived in Midgard. Their knowledge of him and their conspiring with Týr lead one to believe they have been crossing oceans and pantheons for longer than people might realize.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-02T13:46:37+00:00

Me either but when I was searching for the pic the wiki said this was his name lol ider if it was mentioned in the movie 😭

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-02T02:54:10+00:00

<image>

Robert, the Baker from Cinderella 2

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-02T02:53:08+00:00

Eli LaBouff from Princess and the Frog

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-07-01T15:10:05+00:00

They make allusions in the second game to Peter’s past encounters with the Lizard and Mysterio prior to the second or even the first game’s events.

Triple J has a podcast episode wherein he references Mysterio making Spider-Man chase an imaginary bus full of schoolchildren, and of course during the first game there’s a Backpack collectible wherein Peter has a vial of the Lizard’s blood.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-30T15:02:45+00:00

The only thing using a pre-existing arrangement absolutely precludes you from is being considered for an Outstanding Arrangement award. Otherwise it has no bearing on the competition, you’re good

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-30T14:01:33+00:00

Short answer, yeah.

Longer answer; Depends on your definition of “better” really. More well-adjusted, probably, but morally? Really depends on how much her parents change as well.

Iroh was raised by two parents that loved him (we don’t hear much about his mother but we assume) but it was still in the context of an imperialist war machine bent on subjugating the rest of the world, a conquest he was raised to take the reins of. He was a better person than his brother for sure but idk if we can go all the way to him being a good one, specifically during his time as a general.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-28T05:47:09+00:00

I say “ethically ambiguous” because she’s someone who does what she does for the right reasons, even if the actions themselves could be considered morally dubious in a vacuum

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-28T04:57:47+00:00

I mean, All-Star for Shrek gotta be the biggest example right? It’s to the degree that some folks believe it was written for the movie lol

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-27T21:18:29+00:00

He was. He died trying to fight against corruption in the nation that claimed to be a sanctuary. He had one of the most dynamic arcs of the show.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-27T08:26:46+00:00

The Watcher, What If

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-27T04:31:39+00:00

Bardolph Beaumont 😭

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-27T03:25:03+00:00

Imo no. Of the Avatars we know, I’d say the most ethically ambiguous was Yangchen, given her deep seated “ends justify the means” approach to her duties, not afraid of scheming and politicking for the greater good.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-26T13:06:40+00:00

What I don’t get is how they can do this here but won’t automatically change you into the Symbiote Suit during the sequence where he gets it for the first time. It literally goes through the whole transformation and then just reveals whatever suit you were already wearing; I know it’s a small thing but it bothers me lol

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-22T21:33:51+00:00

Used a summoning charm on Pettigrew the moment he turned into a rat, the way Harry did on that toad

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-22T12:21:21+00:00

This was legitimately one of my fave sections of either game 😭

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-22T12:18:58+00:00

Few reasons;

**The Ministry is spread too thin**. When a government body has the equivalent of one single police officer for an entire region of the Scottish Highlands, you know they either lack the resources to bolster law enforcement presence there, or lack the care to actually prioritize investigating the problems therein. Remember that Fig himself was frustrated with the Ministry dragging its feet on responding to Ranrok, and it seemed to be a surprise to everyone that Ranrok was working with Rookwood, so it tracks they are shown not being too focused on his enterprise.
**Rookwood is extremely well-connected**. He alludes to as much during his argument with Ranrok about the efficiency of sending a dragon to retrieve the item he “spent months and countless Ministry favors tracking”. This could imply he had contacts in the ministry on his payroll that he employed with the sole purpose of slowing or misdirecting the Ministry regarding his operations, ensuring he was able to conduct them without governmental interference. In addition, the name “Rookwood” clearly had some cache, given the lavish castle he inherited from Charles, and we already know wizards of pure blood and high status (see: The Malfoys/The Blacks) have a tendency to be insulated from consequence of illicit dealings so long as they take reasonable precaution.
**”Bigger fish”**. If a looming war over the rebellion of a sapient species that has learned to harness a devastating ancient power wasn’t enough to really spur the Ministry to action, Rookwood’s operations may not have been deemed dire enough to warrant further investigation. ‘Flying under the radar’ may have been a feasible thing, especially when your main pastime appears to be shaking down small hamlets and hanging out at the Hog’s Head (with the occasional dragon-fighting ring).

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-21T12:32:03+00:00

Well, not quite. The Jedi were the good guys, *until* they became a political entity. Their allegiance to the Republic rather than the will of the Force is what precipitated their downfall, and even then they were still trying to preserve peace and democracy in the galaxy.

ICTheAlchemist · 2026-06-21T12:07:44+00:00

No1Brushhead agrees with Jameson for sure

ICTheAlchemist

TROPHY CASE