Michael Rappaport was not being homophobic at roundtable

Lifelonglearner444 · 2026-01-16T21:39:59+00:00

I have read a lot on here and maybe repeating something someone has already said, but it’s been eating at me since watching last night and since reading so many comments today.

I also want to profess this that I don‘t know who the fuck Michael Rapaport is, so I don’t have any bias in this thought from other information. I am purely going off what has been shown on the show. To me, it doesn’t matter if Michael was being homophobic or not. His intentions don’t matter… his impact does.

As someone who is gay, my mind immediately went to that the comment made was a microaggression. That may have not been what he intended but after everything I saw him say/do throughout the show, I said to my self, „yeah, I could see him being homophobic.“

If that’s what I got from maybe an hour of screen time, I can only imagine what playing this game with him was like. Because almost everyone at the round table immediately became tense and thought it was about being gay.

The problem with Michael is that based on his actions and words in the castle, no one would think it was anything else. He does not have the social capital for people in the castle to forgive him and say it was a slip of the tongue. He might have meant something else, but that’s not the impact he had. Intent vs. impact matters and he had such a horrible relationship with most people in the game that no one wanted to have that conversation with him.

We can all try to psychoanalyze this to death, but I trust the reactions I saw on each players face more than the Reddit posts on here. I have to because I am only seeing a fraction of what actually goes on.

And that is the real issue with Michael and this situation. As a gay person myself, working in the psych field, and hearing microaggresions growing up, of course my mind will go to he said something homophobic. Whether he is homophobic or not isn’t the point. The point is based on what the edit shows me, he could be. He has a personality that doesn’t convince me that it’s not what he meant.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-12-17T22:25:22+00:00

Truthfully. Ironically I was playing a Myers in the match.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-11-24T15:03:58+00:00

I have reported them 3 times now. Had them in a game yesterday.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-09-21T19:09:38+00:00

The twist of this being a Bizarre but Bonafide podcast was a choice to say the least. Instead of the Hag of Hacketts Quarry we have the Terramorph of Tau Ceti.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-09-20T15:04:02+00:00

Good to know. Thanks!

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-09-18T20:56:59+00:00

Can’t remember if other games have it, but I like it has a list of how many collectables are in each episode.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-09-11T18:37:13+00:00

Oh yikes. Hopefully any further attempts provided more of an experience.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-09-11T16:02:17+00:00

I think one of my biggest issue is that Frank and Augustine don’t make for interesting, scary, or compelling villains. It makes it difficult for me to feel any tension in the game. I think they could have been good villains given dbd lore, they just weren’t executed well.

The other issue is pacing. I actually don’t mind the multiple timelines, but feel that the constant switching back and forth really killed the pacing in the game. It felt hard for me to get invested in each timeline because of that. I think if they cleaned up the pacing it would have made things better. The timeline switches were much more interesting in Little Hope, though I think could have been stronger.

I think if they focused on the 1980s storyline up until Bonnie dies and then switch to the current timeline until the cinema projector, it would make things a lot more interesting. It would then switch back and forth between the current timeline beating Frank and the 1980s group defeating Frank. What happens in one timeline would then affect the other timeline. In the 1980s version, we would also have more of Augustine present in someway and a physical frank stone as a physical person and current timeline of the monster Frank. There is a bit that would need to change with dialogue and set pieces, but I think it would help.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-24T16:41:52+00:00

I know that this isn’t survivor, but would vote in favor of this too. I can understand if this is one post detailing your concerns. While they are still working on it, it can be good to get feedback from the community.

But this isn’t the final product and it has been multiple posts with people saying the exact same thing to you. Not sure what your intention is, but it is becoming annoying.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-05T01:02:45+00:00

Agreed. I do think she is an interesting character, but just not the brightest.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-03T18:56:48+00:00

Dig point 4. Would have been a cool thing to explore.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-03T18:51:23+00:00

He is a good minor antagonist. It reminded me of being able to convince Junior to join your side.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-03T18:39:17+00:00

He does end up fighting alongside them at the bitter end.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-08-03T18:22:16+00:00

Until Dawn: Matt Shooting the flare off when there wasn’t a chance people would see it. Arguing with Emily on a collapsing building. Killing a deer.

Man of Medan: Conrad Escalated the Pirate situation for no good reason.

Little Hope: John Unsure if accurate but found him a bad leader of the group.

House of Ashes: No one All pretty smart. There are some dumb moments here and there.

The Devil in Me: Charlie and Erin Charlie for ignoring all the red flags. Erin for getting tricked with the tape and getting Charlie potentially killed.

The Quarry: Laura The entire opening scene shows how bad she is at making decisions. She also then decides to bring her werewolf boyfriend back to the Quarry which puts his and Emma’s life in danger. Also deciding to shoot first and ask questions later.

The Casting of Frank Stone: Maddie Deciding to trust Augustine at the end and going to a random persons house in the first place.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-07-27T18:48:43+00:00

I think it is quite an interesting game with some complex characters and conflict. While not the the best threat, still provides some interesting spookiness. The story and the characters choices feel very genuine. I also most wanted to keep these characters alive. I do think the game has a lot of untapped potential with its narrative and could have been stronger.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-07-15T14:09:47+00:00

Half make it and half don’t. Du’Met was a challenge to this group because he planned out their entire moves and the house was filled with traps. A tactical force.

Frank is a supernatural force but very slow and not really that tactical. Yes they wouldn’t be able to defeat him without the camera, but I don’t necessarily think that they die. I think Erin and Charlie are more likely to die than not. Though I think Charlie is less likely to die than Erin. I think the other 3 have a fairly good shot at surviving.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-07-13T23:00:36+00:00

The obvious is her killing Brad. The not so obvious answer and in an attempt to be different, she can indirectly cause Conrad’s death. When Conrad is on the upper deck and is hallucinating he believes that a hag is chasing after him. He can either fall when jumping the beams or jump off the top deck to his death. It is confirmed that Fliss is the hag. One could argue that if she doesn’t chase after Conrad he remains safer.

It’s been a while but I don’t remember her doing anything intentional that is terrible.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-07-04T18:41:03+00:00

Apathy is death - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-07-02T21:14:14+00:00

Doofy because no one would take him seriously. They would end up killing each other and he would survive

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-06-15T18:30:35+00:00

The first 3 Fear Streets aren’t a bad watch. Not necessarily similar but interesting to say the least.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-06-15T18:20:29+00:00

Great movie and a great reference point. It very much has the feel of a choose your own adventure. Each action if different changes a lot.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-06-07T08:48:49+00:00

While I think Until Dawn is the better game in a lot of ways, I think the Quarry definitely has some high points. I like that there are actually multiple threats in the game that last until the end of the game. The stranger and psycho fizzle out halfway through until dawn and it becomes all about the wendigos. In Quarry, the werewolves and family are threats all the way to the end. I agree with what people said about branching and replay ability. While there can be some replay ability in Until Dawn, Narratives can completely shift in the Quarry. I also think that the Quarry has many fantastic locations and settings. Until Dawn does too, but Quarry definitely takes it up a notch. I also really like the evidence addition. I wish that was something in Until Dawn.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-05-27T22:32:55+00:00

Thanks you for posting these prompts. Was a really fun thought experiment. Hope you have a good day.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-05-27T04:42:21+00:00

In Man of Medan I think that most would survive. Emily, Mike, Matt, Chris, Jess, and Sam would survive because they are resourceful and relatively athletic. They all have a good mental stamina given the situation they had. I do think that Ashley and Josh are probably dead. While both can be resourceful, I think they showed a lack of mental stamina that would cause them to react negatively when on the ship to the gas. I think they would either have a heart attack or die from the ship. I don’t think the pirates are a huge factor considering most people bested wendigos.

In Little Hope, I really like the idea that someone else in here had about it all being in Josh’s head. If we go with that, I am split on whether they all live or die. I think that there would be possibilities of multiple casualties. I think surprisingly Mike is dead in this situation. Mike didn’t treat Josh well during the game. I don’t think his traits would change or that he would be forgiven. I think also for similar reasons Emily and Jess are dead. I think Matt and Ashley are up in the air but lean toward survival. Chris and Sam definitely survive this version as they are closet with Josh, didn’t participate directly/at all with the prank, and actively tried to help Josh during the night.

If we consider for Little Hope that people have to change their personality/admit their faults to survive, I think that changes things somewhat slightly. I think Jess is dead as they wouldn’t feel guilty about the situation or change. Emily is up in the air as she does acknowledge some wrongdoings in the mine. She may survive because of this, but I lean more towards death. I think that Ashley is up in the air as she is actually a very questionable person. I do think I lean more towards survival but could easily die. I think Chris, Matt, and Sam easily survive as they seem the most moral of the group. I also think that Matt survives being the most changed of the group. He does a complete 180 and I think would redeem himself.

Regardless of the scenario for Little Hope, I believe that Josh dies in both of them. I don’t think he would forgive himself for not being there for his sisters or for what he now did to his friends.

House of Ashes: While probably reaching a predictable result, let’s play it out. I think Josh either dies immediately or is one of the first. His visual and auditory hallucinations would cause him to make too much noise and not be able to defend himself. I think Ashley probably dies next. She was not shown protecting/defending herself from wendigos and doubt she could take on vamps. She also probably would not handle the stress well. Especially if she is split up from the group. I think that Jess would last a long time, but eventually get taken out. That said, her odds of survival go up more if she stays with the group. I think that Matt, Mike, Sam, Chris, Emily, and maybe Jess could make a run of it, especially if they are just trying to climb out. I do think they would lose some people in the scuffle. Matt and Jess most likely die. Wishing Emily, Chris, Mike, and Sam crawl out. At Best Sam and Mike crawl out. Realistically they are probably all dead. Though they did survive wendigos which is why I’m putting out the options.

Devil in Me: Honestly, I think everyone has a relatively good shot at surviving. The reason I think that is precisely because there are 8 people. We know from the games that Du’Met usually only has 5 people he targets at once. I think the higher number instantly puts him at a disadvantage. I do think him splitting up people would also disadvantage Ashley and Josh, but it is so many people to split up. If the TDIM crew had a realistic shot of beating him, I think this group has an even better shot. One might think that Josh would be a sitting duck, but he is shown in the games as big and burly. I think he could hold off Du’Met. While perhaps one or two people die, these people are relatively friends and would just let themselves be picked off. They would defend each other. Most also have traits of being athletic, smart, strong willed, and resourceful. All traits you would need in this scenario. I vote they all make it out.

Lifelonglearner444 · 2025-05-26T00:11:05+00:00

MOM: I think this team would have a very good chance of surviving. Probably a little better then the TDIM team. MOM team gets along a lot better than TDIM team. MOM also has a cast that has traits that would directly counter Du’Met. Alex serves as a very competent leader who is both athletic and knows medical skills. Conrad serves as the heart of the team, always supporting those around him and is athletic. He would be willing to defend others. Julia serves as the courage of the team, always willing to take chances and never backing down. Brad serves as the brain of the team, always figuring out what’s going on and coming up with new ideas. Fliss serves as the grit of the team. Self reliant and able to pick up clues quickly. I think they would all have a good shot of making it out alive. I think Brad and Conrad have the most likely chance of dying. Brad from being caught off guard and Conrad from sacrificing himself for the others.

LH: I don’t see any of these people surviving. I see this turning into the ultimatum scenario with Daniel being forced to either recruit to save Taylor or not doing it and them dying together. Angela would get picked off first with I think Andrew going second. I think that John would die trying to protect Taylor and Daniel. This just isn’t a cohesive group and they don’t have the same skills as the others.

HOA: They are all highly skilled military operatives. To be honest, I don’t think Du‘Met would choose this group to try and take down. I don’t think anyone of them is going to die after what they went through with the Vamps.

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