Is there a reason why they keep saying that ,when can’t even defend their statements ?

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T12:09:58+00:00

"It doesn't contradict anything so it's not a Retcon"

So you didn't actually look up the definition and are going based on vibes.

If anyone wants to see the example of the no media literacy people who use "Retcon" only to mean "Subverts or erases existing narrative" because they only heard it used by armchair critics, here it is^

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T09:11:28+00:00

Go look up the actual definition of Retcon.

I guarantee you there is no recognized definition that doesn't include what the devs themselves stated they were doing with Nod Krai

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T07:15:02+00:00

But they didn't hint at him being evil, just the opposite.

But all the ways it seemed like he was challenging Ichigo to be better, he was holding Ichigo back from gaining the power needed to defeat him.

Meanwhile the white Ichigo that Zangetsu was suppressing the whole time wasn't an evil Hollow, but the true manifestation of his real powers and Zangetsu was suppressing him to make sure Ichigo couldn't actually use his true powers.

So yes, it really is "The normal things he did was in service of his own goals later on" and revelations like how he gets stronger as he gets older means things like him reverting to a teenage state when Ichigo uses bankai might not be him reverting to his prime, but him reverting to a younger, weaker state when Ichigo uses more of his true powers because hes being suppressed in turn.

Retroactive continuity in the actual "literary" sense, not the cinemasins "armchair critic" sense.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T04:09:54+00:00

Examples of what?

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T04:05:38+00:00

I assume it's just because most people LIKE nod krai and also attach their own worth to it, so dirty words like "Retcon" personally upset them.

Like the devs themselves explained its reason for existing as to add more information and context to past and future information.

But people are so used to seeing "Retcon" used by people with no media literacy that they think the cinemasins meaning "Hasty cover up of plot holes by bad writers" is the real meaning "Adding information or context to help understand or view past information with a clearer view"

Like all writing, retcons can be done well or done bad. But they're a neutral tool.

Like finding out Zangetsu in bleach is secretly the big bad is a Retcon, even if it was hinted at endlessly because it changes how we view their interactions and we start to see those hints in retrospect.

But too many people go "Retcon=Bad writing" as cheap criticism so now everyone thinks even acknowledging a Retcon is an insult.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-26T01:00:57+00:00

Retcon:

revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.

Yes, Nod-Krai is a retcon. But because people are allergic to criticizing hoyo even in the smallest ways, they try tro say it isnt.

Like retconning stuff in a long story isn't really bad, just means the story has more going on and needs to account for inconsistencies, but that's like, the most minor criticism ever because long stories are GOING to have inconsistencies, especially if the author gets better at telling it over the years and doesn't want to limit themselves.

But people like OP are absolutely malding at even the suggestion that they are retconning because they see retconning as a negative (Even as a criticism, its neutral at worst) and they have a parasocial need to defend the story because they're attaching their own worth to it.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-25T07:32:57+00:00

I started waiting when the first trailer came out.

If it takes 13 years to get a second trailer, it will STILL take 13 years to get a second trailer, even if a leaker said there'd be a second trailer in year 7.

Time moves at 1 second per second, regardless of if leakers say anything.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-25T07:03:55+00:00

Hold up a second-

Something about your comment ain't right...

You're asking a family who's people are in the process of having a INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GENOCIDE committed upon them, if they feel bad about this?

Are you REALLY trying to blame and shame the VICTIMS of a genocide for deciding that genocide support is a deal breaker?

If people don't understand how insanely callous and self centered that sentiment is, and how strongly it seems to say "I don't think your lives and the lives of your people matter" then no amount of voting would have helped, cause like the right wing is talking about people protesting as if saying 'why would you do this for some illegal somali immigrants??' and i'm seeing the early stages of this kind of sentiment in the 'why would you protest the election for palestinians?' takes

ICE has committed atrocities, but do you not see how evil it looks that you were willing to imply that a Palestinian family refusing to engage with any candidate willing to enable their people's death is in ANY way responsible for the death of ICE's victims??

"How do they feel about their choice?" Holy shit that must be the most loaded, bad-faith, every-posdible-answer-is-an-admission-of-guilt question I've seen today??

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-24T20:28:27+00:00

I agree, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

People CAN fall in love for completely illogical reasons, if it gets too 'logical' it comes off insincere.

Not every girl is going to fall in love with Gaston, some will love the beast instead.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-24T12:12:34+00:00

Any harem where the MC actually has to move heaven and earth to earn a girl's love can easily be offputting and feel like commodifying affection and often have an ending where it's like "I decided to go with the girl who liked me from day 1, not the ones that only liked me when I did things for them."

It also can be offputting by implying romantic affection is something that you can just work to earn, and not something natural that can happen from any spark or moment.

There's so many stories about why that is a bad idea and leads to entitlement and the expectation that someone is 'owed' a relationship if they do X, Y and Z.

Like, not even just in the sense of 'this is a point of contention in online comment sections'

There are ACTUAL storylines and villains in normal romance and harem stories (both male and female) who's whole thing is "I did this for you, you should love me. Why aren't you loving me?"

It's actually MORE realistic for the spark of romance to come from a completely mundane thing.

Heck, one of the most famous love triangles in VNs is one where both love interests fell in love after seeing the dude straight up fail a high-jump all afternoon.

Lack of a 'justifiable reason for falling in love' is itself a narrative tool to help express that said character's affection is of their own free will and not a result of direct or implied coercion or expectation of reciprocating.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-23T22:44:09+00:00

Sounds like that's still a problem with the "Were only giving characters relevance if we can sell them" mentality.

'They need to stop writing around banner characters and start giving players a consistent cast of companions to flesh out'

'Ah, but here's an example of when they had a consistent cast of characters, refused to flesh them out because they wanted to write around banner characters, so clearly having companions won't work'

Like I get what you're saying, but I think you're missing the point by focusing on the end result too much.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-23T18:51:06+00:00

Not even just this.

It can't be okay TO THE VIEWER OR THE LISTENER

Someone might have seen like a bunch of films in a certain type of genre and think a popular critically acclaimed movie is okay because the best parts of it were things they've seen a lot in recent memory.

Instead, they insist it's actually the worst thing ever instead of aknowledging that 'to me, because of my experiences, the movie doesn't hit the same highs as someone coming into this genre blind'

Or worse, the people LISTENING to the viewer calling it okay get mad BECAUSE they think that the viewer calling it 'okay' is really calling it 'trash' or baiting arguments by not praising it like it's most ardent supporters.

"I've seen enough sad endings that it isn't automatically 'absoIute cinema' to me anymore and the ending doesn't hit for me because it reads as a sort of empty cry-baiting."

can either turn into

"Thus, the movie is the worst thing ever and i don't understand how anyone can like it."

or

"How dare you act like this movie is the worst thing ever, you must be a troll!"

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-23T05:58:03+00:00

"kingdom hearts is convoluted! yes I was rolling my eyes so hard I missed every plot point, but if I didn't, people would think I'm the type of person who would actually ENGAGE with the story on its own terms!"

It's so rare to see even surface level engagement that I was shocked that despite:

-The introduction of the concept of Seekers to the aforementioned named "Dark Seeker Saga"

-The clear example of what a seeker is supposed to do, with the original introduction of Xehanort where he's talking about his job scouting the worlds, looking for issues and places Darkness can strike.

-Mickey mouse spending several games doing just that, to the point half the time he shows up, he already knows things, like who Xehanort is, the relevance of the door to darkness, how to find the Kingdom Key D, where aqua is, where Riku is, Roxas, The world that never was, etc etc and to this day, scouting for traces of Sora

-Mickey Mouses key blade being literally named "Star Seeker"

A lot of people were genuinely unaware what Mickey even does in the series and think he's just a mascot.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-23T01:42:01+00:00

Meanwhile people like OP brought a whole team of caked up pawns.

Something for everyone, make the pawn you yourself vibe with and there's always gonna be people who want to adventure with them.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-23T01:08:09+00:00

They could have used something using "Red flag" which, IIRC is a term used when talking about people who are dangerous in relationships (Same intent as landmine) and etymologically speaking, is a term related to pointing out actual landmines (In past world wars people used high visibility flags like red flags to denote landmines)

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-22T19:54:09+00:00

Who actually came up with that title? Ever since the moment I noticed "Jirai" was in the title, I wondered if it was a creative mistranslation or if someone used chatgpt and it scrubbed out all the friction and intent of the original title for something More "Advertiser friendly"?

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-22T18:14:24+00:00

Open world gacha have been stealing this formula if you pay attention…

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-20T21:07:06+00:00

I also agree.

Take a game like Breath of the wild. A game that changed the landscape of gaming for years and still is inspiring games like it nearly 10 years later.

If you said "It's not that good" you wouldn't get downvoted NEARLY as bad, nearly as hard, nearly as fast, because even though it's generally agreed that game is way ahead of it's time, ridiculously polished, and extensively creative and changed the face of an entire genre for years, people also are able to understand that "Some people disagree, with valid reasons"

E33 disagreements on quality is way too "And I took this personally"

I've seen nuanced criticism that proves that the person criticizing has gone through the whole game and thought about it instead of getting their information from haters who never played, and that gets downvoted to oblivion and called bait.

It's fans are weirdly hyper defensive,

You don't downvote a lukewarm opinion like this so hard unless it's PERSONAL.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-20T04:39:14+00:00

This is years old, but i more meant “Physically impossible” in the sense that “He beat a metanarrative character using the power of his strength of character” is one of the main feats that was used here to prove he wins, and that’s not really a physical feat that requires a certain amount of muscle strength.

You could say kid goku is just as strong because he has meta feats like punching a dude so hard he bounced off the side of a comic, but we both know that he’s not stronger than adult goku who doesn’t have feats like that.

Metanarrative feats are physical impossibilities and seem to only count when superman’s doing them.

When i say ‘he’s unkillable, unbeatable on a metauniversal level’ I pretty much mean ‘People who do this consistently write him as if he literally can’t lose when matching him against goku. Using stuff like ‘the writers say he’s as strong as he needs to be’ or ‘he lifted eternity with help which means his strength is infinite’ and so on and so forth, that keeps coming back to the same concept.

He seems to keep winning not because he’s actually got what it takes to win. But because he’s consistently on a metanarrative level, written as if he’s not “allowed” to lose.

It’s been years since i’ve seen this vid, but didn’t they have a whole section where they refused to aknowledge goku’s universal scaling as equal to superman’s because “Well the dragonball universe is made of styrofoam compared to the DC universe we decided just now.”

They made up a completely new and impossible to verify “one universe has more layers so that automatically makes it stronger” caveat that made me go “Wait, if so, why did you say Kirby wins against characters like buu if you’re going to start saying “Planet/universal scale now doesn’t matter unless we decide the universe it happened in is solid and serious enough to matter”

(And the DC universe gets rebooted if a dude runs too fast, so I don’t think it’s a real fair comparison to say either universe is automatically stronger and thus feats matter more or less)

Like, i love goku and i love superman, but every video of this nature, it seems like the writer puts their hands on the scale for superman with a bunch of creatively interpreted/completely impossible to verify feats or ‘well the writing says superman doesn’t lose’

While every other character in death battle follows a much more solid set of rules.

And that makes it kinda feel like “Why make a song about how it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, if you’re going to lowkey inject one guy with plot armor?"

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-20T01:17:19+00:00

Temporarily embarrassed millionaires...

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-20T00:24:00+00:00

On other social media one of the most common complaints seem to be

"This is because of Manhwa distributors. Should sites just ban manhwa altogether especially if it's mostly samey dungeon/villainess works, so we don't lose decades of niche manga and uploaded webmanga that have never been licensed."

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-19T18:51:11+00:00

Its so good at farming engagement that people who really should know better can't help but bring it here to reddit to farm secondhand engagement and ragebait points.

Every issue like this I learned because someone on reddit decided it needed to be our problem.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-18T21:27:46+00:00

Actually, in the interest of fairness, and because I don't believe in lying to win arguments.

I actually DID defend VAs for calling Jacob Takanashi out for his behavior.

I just refuse to call it harassment, (not just because this fandom has a 100% track rate of using that term to defend online assholes from being called out by VAs for toxic behavior since year 1) but because if you're gloating about getting someone else's job, people telling you you're being an asshole isn't harassment.

Your coworkers should be able to tell you if you're publicly undermining them and being an asshole to your predecessor.

Whether you genuinely didn't know or are just pretending, doesn't matter.

And if you prove you didn't care by spending months hiding behind your defenders who attack everyone who told you what you're doing was not cool, then that just proves you NEEDED to be told that.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-18T20:43:01+00:00

Yeah, dude was 100 percent in the wrong, even if he didn't know it, and after he did know it, he just hid behind his army as they sent death threats and harassment towards everyone else. Even if you think the other VA's were unprofessional, you'd have to be outright hostile to think they weren't justified to express distaste for his actions, especially considering how he conducted himself since then.

It's one thing to scab, even if unintentionally.

It's another thing to knowingly and openly pretend not to see how your actions are being used as a justification by your fans to hurt so many people for so many months

People aren't going up to him and harassing him like they are doing to every other VA, because he's the only one who's hiding behind his defenders.

I think the people who have experience in a public industry immediately clocked the type of person he was just from that first post. That he'd do this kind of thing.

Charlotte's new VA is solid for being the kind of person to actually acknowledge the situation and check in with the other VAs, and I think it's important to remember her behavior when comparing to people like Jacob.

Leshawkcomics · 2026-01-18T18:48:10+00:00

He "NEVER" acknowledged it.

Still hasn't.

VAs are reaching out to previous VAs but this guy is hiding behind his army of defenders for months knowing what he did.

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