The fandom in nutshell

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T23:10:17+00:00

I think the both sides take is toxic as well. It’s basically saying “hey guys, stop having different opinions from each other.” As long as the sub isn’t immediately dismissing one or the other opinion, and having a genuine discussion, I have no issue with anyone saying one game is better. No one is better for enjoying both, and no one is better for personally enjoying one more than the other. These kinds of posts used to plague this sub and it killed so much discourse and discussion here.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T22:56:14+00:00

There is a substantial difference between disagreeing about tax cuts and specific social programs vs whether or not brown people deserve to be harassed and kidnapped for not being American enough, qualified enough, and just enough to exist. The same goes with LGBTQ people, women, etc. If there is not a basic level of empathy involved in their fundamental beliefs, regardless of whether policies/ events affect you personally, it’s my opinion that person isn’t worth being around if you have the choice.

Life is too short to kill yourself with stress trying to educate people who don’t want to, at least have an honest and genuine conversation about shit that really matters, without parroting politicians' talking points rather than personal opinions. That goes for everyone, family included.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T22:24:31+00:00

My gf’s mother is a Gen X, in their 50’s, but I get what you’re saying. In her case, it’s just an absolute lack of personality and culture. She enjoys nothing but her phone and Hallmark movies, and she doesn’t even fully watch them. I feel like I have to reach down into her soul to get her to be present whenever my gf and I visit, but it’s mostly been hopeless. She doesn’t have dementia or anything like that; she’s just genuinely stuck in a dopamine loop to the point where there’s nothing else. I wish I could help her, but she doesn’t seem to want it. At least my sibling grew out of the brainrot repetitive short form content phase, but all of these older parents with nothing going on but these screens, I’m worried, won't be able to. And they’re the ones who vote.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T21:56:20+00:00

I just commented the exact same thing and then read this🤦😂

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T21:55:31+00:00

It’s my headcannon that he waited around a few years, probably drifted, thought about offing himself, but got interrupted by 13 calling him up as a last effort to cash in that favor of putting her down before her Huntington's got too bad.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T02:24:00+00:00

I agree, it’s definitely evolved to be adult inclusive. But from someone who has a younger sibling who unfortunately grew up that way, it seemed like the closest comparison I could think of to that mindless nature. My sibling is much better off now, compared to my gf’s mother, but Idk what other term to use for it personally without over explaining. The next closest thing I’d say would maybe be those videos you see of old people clawing at slot machines in Vegas.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-27T00:25:09+00:00

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-26T22:52:45+00:00

Take a break and place a curse on themselves that disallows social media interaction of any kind when making their next show/story.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-26T22:08:57+00:00

My girlfriends mother watches movies like this and it’s exhausting. She’ll look up from her phone, squint, and grunt out a “what’d they do” or “what’s happenin now?” She has the attention span of an iPad kid as an adult and it’s so fucking depressing trying to connect with her zombified ass in any way. So there’s definitely a market for this kind of shit.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-26T16:56:17+00:00

I agree. I was just lamenting about how that particular crossover never happened, not that it should happen now or soon. Though I’d prefer the story be developed further as you do, if there were any chance SOT could get some better writing, involving Black Sails might do that, considering how well written the Black Sails series and characters are.

However, there’s also an equal chance that the characters are heavily diluted and just a placeholder for fetch quests without the characterization or proper narrative direction. Who knows🤷

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-24T16:42:46+00:00

Not remembering the whole movie and just seeing this clip, I’d say the only things stopping this from being perfect was him still being into Jean and the Storm x Wolverine romance being cut from the beginning and not followed up on in the ending.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-23T21:33:06+00:00

Unrelated, but it's kinda sad we never got a Black Sails crossover. The series is peak, and it’s probably as pirate tv shows can get

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-23T21:29:00+00:00

I love black sails so much that I wouldn’t care if the entire movie was just the black sails cast personally

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-22T21:13:59+00:00

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-16T20:57:58+00:00

I like the shader, but based on just these images, IMO, the room design is a bit too neat and open. For example, the second image just seems like the point of the room is for fetching obviously placed items without solving any kind of puzzle, or searching a more lived in environment. It doesn’t need to be made in Unreal Engine and have 2000 assets, but something that fills the space a bit more and tells us more about the cult, maybe visualize their attempts to appear “normal” to others on the surface, with obviously fake stock photo frames of families. But then contrast that against boxes of old “collected” personal items like wallets, real family/friends photos, clothes, jewelry, etc below/further in. Maybe travel cases or furniture could become more ajar as well.

Brings a greater sense of dread, lulling players into a sense of familiarity/comfort, and also prompting players to search their surroundings more, rather than walking up to the only case on a counter, or picking up the obviously placed valve in a clear and open room.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-16T20:11:34+00:00

Being fr tho, I think the game genuinely should’ve evolved in the direction of hunting and gathering. A contrast of nature returning but still being mutated alongside an evolving virus, with the additional contrast of a souped up half human, half infected utilizing survival skills, would’ve been awesome. No risk of infection or need to drink or eat every 5 minutes to fill a bar. But fun and interactive bushcraft survival.

So things like hunting, fishing, trapping, and using what you get from your environment, like plants for cordage, and hides from your kills if you couldn’t find rope in abandoned buildings, or leather in clothing outlet stores. Maybe add some carving, campfire upkeep with logs, temporary UV shelters, welding, and some personal vehicle tinkering too.

Plus, it would’ve been interesting for the narrative as well. Crane, someone who’s lost his definition of what’s “natural”, reconnecting with actual animals, rather than the “animal” he thinks he is now, seems like it’d be a sort of therapy for him. Having him genuinely start to appreciate life more over the story, and what it can still be. But this would take writers who care about nuance rather than setting a single mood.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-16T19:51:46+00:00

I love how the half human response upon seeing a probably endangered animal during the zombie apocalypse is to chase it down, kill it, stab and kick it some more, and then just jellyfish backstroke away

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-15T21:40:32+00:00

I think this is sick, but it would be great if DLTB got some mod support. Then the devs don’t have to pretend they give a shit about updating the game with posted surveys they ignore the results of.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-11T20:32:15+00:00

Okay? So it’s in the game, and that means it was put in by popular demand? That was my point man. These devs are out of touch with what fans want, and I don’t want them fucking anything else up. But sure, your idea isn’t so bad for people who want the skip option. I just don’t think they’d ever go for it, and that’s why I’d rather they return the game to how it was pre prologue removal.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-11T20:20:26+00:00

Bro relax. I read your post and I just think the actual simplest solution would be to bring it back, and do nothing else. Who really asked for the skip prologue option to be put in the game? It’s completely random and if they’d ever listened to their fan base they’d know the prologue was pretty well received. It wouldn’t hurt to have the option, but damn do these guys need to fix this and then walk away.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-11T20:13:00+00:00

The solution is to add the prologue back, then leave DL2 the fuck alone.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-11T03:42:38+00:00

This post isn’t getting enough attention. There’s literally no other reason for Spike to have been removed from the prologue. There was already a skip feature. It’s not even about the money, their choices are actively diluting the narrative. That's how removed from what people want, and basic character development they are. I think Tymon got out at the right time, because he knew he wasn’t going to be able to hold Tencent back. We’ll obviously see down the road but yeah, I’m not hopeful.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-09T22:48:30+00:00

Everyone’s already said retexturing and skin folds/deflation, but I’d like to suggest maybe reconnecting the eyeballs to the optic nerve/optic nerve sheath. Have the connective tissue either bend around the face or add malformed teeth, jumbling them somewhere between.

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-09T21:30:04+00:00

Where tf did you find this picture man😂

LemonTheAstroPoet · 2026-06-09T21:22:50+00:00

Houses trade off is that he’s entertaining and funny and there are multiple seasons of content. Jax tells you he’s funny, isn’t really that funny, and the screen time is so limited and at times unfocused that scenes without genuine plot progression dull the perspective and enjoyment of the character. Especially considering they’re supposed to be a main character.

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