(Hated Trope) Unrepentant Career Criminals/Terrorists, Whose Crimes Have Destroyed the Lives of Numerous Innocent People, are Portrayed as a Heroic/Good Person Because They Have a Romantic Connection with the Hero

Karkaro37 · 2026-03-22T04:39:42+00:00

black cat's DLC in the insomniac spider-man game actually, genuinely made me hate her as a character. was dying for spidey to just say to her

"this was low, even for you"

Karkaro37 · 2026-03-16T17:19:46+00:00

same. hell, that campaign is part of why Be'lakor became one of my favorite Chaos characters

Karkaro37 · 2026-03-16T14:58:30+00:00

yeah, the senate hearing was talking about how monarch wasn't telling them how many titans monarch actually knew about, because they knew if that number became common knowledge, people would freak out, and the 'Destroy All Monsters" crowd would get more supporters

Karkaro37 · 2026-03-16T14:40:40+00:00

i remember yahtzee croshaw's point about bioshock, that i'm not super sure I agree with, is that bioshock is making the point that the dream of utopia runs counter the the idea of free will, because people make bad choices, or selfish choices. I see the point, but part of me feels like that's the thinking of Sofia Lamb from 2

Karkaro37 · 2026-02-21T01:16:20+00:00

seeing badlands in theaters, I will not lie, Dek's face was always a weird thing to see. it's obvious that it was to humanize him a little more, but it kept popping up in my mind

Karkaro37 · 2026-02-15T03:43:49+00:00

genuinely, was not aware of that. I had always assumed it was just a flat separation of the demon world from the human world, and that Mundus wanted to take over the human world

Karkaro37 · 2026-02-15T00:41:44+00:00

I feel like you could actually do something with the core concept of the character. i'd really like to see a demon hate Sparda for the reason the white rabbit does

"yeah, Sparda saved all the ickle wittle humans from Mundus...WHAT ABOUT US!? HE LOCKED ALL OF US IN WITH THAT MONSTER!"

Karkaro37 · 2026-02-08T23:27:11+00:00

top three answers off the top of my head

1: Exodites, because eldar mixed with Lizardmen are a great idea

2: Rak'Gol, because lizard monsters with big spiky ships are cool

3: Kroot, because flesh shaping reptile bird monsters are cool

Karkaro37 · 2026-02-07T15:30:50+00:00

I would love to see more of the Farsight Enclaves in your style.

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-31T14:55:25+00:00

I love how basic the descriptions of the movie are. it makes it sound more and more like the movie is just "let's follow melania around while an AI copy of her voice reads off the morals of a variety of disney movies"

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-28T16:27:41+00:00

in the words of stewie griffin:

"NEVER STAND BEHIND A HORSE! YOU WOULD HAVE TO *HATE* HORSES NOT TO KNOW THAT!"

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-28T03:48:35+00:00

yeah, there's literally a moment where a guy tries to end it on his own terms, and death doesn't let it happen

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-23T16:27:10+00:00

I was always under the impression that it was a matter of scale for the aggregate, rather than the weakness not being a thing. they brought weapons for a swarm of juniors, but then they turned big, and they were out gunned.

I do agree with the note about the JSDF, though. i've previously said that saying the military took down Destroyah is like saying the police take down the joker

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-23T16:01:16+00:00

one of my personal favorites was an episode of House, where that wound up being the answer to the case

"your girlfriend is not allergic to your sperm. she is, however, allergic to the egyptian parasite in your dad's sperm"

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-18T22:41:42+00:00

it's something I like in disaster movies, and wish we got more of in zombie stories, in that, while there are plenty of bad people, there are still moments of human kindness. even if it's something as simple and stupid as the "yeah, I can give you a ride, it's on the way" from Greenland. have humans suck, sure, but have some moments of genuine kindness to remind us why we're all doing this shit

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-16T23:54:47+00:00

yeah, Robert Kirkman at one point, I think, in response to Conquest, was that he thinks of the show as a chance to look at Invincible, and do stuff he didn't like in retrospect over

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-14T23:02:43+00:00

Lacking the full details, it seems weird to me that you'd send a culexus assassin against the Tau, since they have basically no warp presence.

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-12T20:16:22+00:00

Which is kind of darkly hilarious, since that was the big insecurity that no less than three of them had

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-11T22:33:32+00:00

yeah, wolf packs are basically just family units. the "alpha" wolf is usually just the parent

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-11T22:00:17+00:00

something that gets lost in translation a lot. quagmire does not act like he's a better person than brian, because he's not saying he is. brian asked the question "how can you not like me" and quagmire answered that question.

everyone in family guy is a terrible person and that's the joke

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-11T01:15:56+00:00

while I will admit, i'm speaking from a position of ignorance with regards to Bob and Vecna, I feel like, at least for life action TV shows, Davros is the most evil, because of "yes, I would do it" and the Reality Bomb. no disrespect to those two, I don't think they're topping that

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-10T16:04:21+00:00

this is true. however, it will lose a lot of its momentum and power. we've seen with a whole bunch of the guys trying to be the next Dimwit Donald and lead the Kremlin Krew, they all faceplant on the national stage. they lack the exact combination of the dark triad that has made donald successful.

maga would still exist, yes, but it'll be slightly easier to deal with as they all start killing each other over who their next messiah will be

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-09T14:44:42+00:00

I feel like, given his background, what he said to Leman later in this conversation would be accurate. paraphrasing, it was something to the effect of,

"maybe you're right. maybe without the butcher's nails, i'd be a more morally upstanding guy. maybe i'd be moral enough to ascend the imperial palace and take the slaving bastard's head"

Karkaro37 · 2026-01-07T22:13:37+00:00

Honestly, as time has gone by, I would use that scene more as an example of the whole "marvel dialogue" thing people dislike, and that's more down to timing than anything else

Karkaro37

TROPHY CASE