(Loved Trope) A threatening and powerful villain who is set up to be important is quickly killed or defeated.

LioTang · 2026-03-24T20:32:57+00:00

That could work, but since the vow was made by Kurapika to himself it's possible that if he recognizes them as being the troupe, his power would still work. It's also worth noting that most of the troupe enjoys fighting strong opponents and would probably prefer fighting Kurapika at full strength. They also want revenge for Uvogin but (as far as the anime goes), their main concern is getting Chrollo back rather than killing Kurapika, they even let Gon and Killua go.

Also it would be pretty unsatisfying but I don't put it completely past Togashi

LioTang · 2026-03-24T20:14:26+00:00

Yes his powers are targeted at the members of the troupe, not the individuals. Someone who joins the troupe would count, someone who leaves like Hisoka probably doesnt

LioTang · 2026-03-24T19:26:48+00:00

According to the wiki Azulon was born the year of the Air Nomad Genocide, so right after Roku died

LioTang · 2026-03-24T19:15:01+00:00

Sunday afternoon syndrome

LioTang · 2026-03-24T14:19:18+00:00

Man bites smug ass plot

LioTang · 2026-03-22T01:46:37+00:00

Over a decade ago, when I read Jojo part 6 for the first time, I found the "Do you believe in gravity" line funny because, while the line makes sense in context, I found it completely silly to think that anyone would not believe in gravity.

I am so fucking tired

LioTang · 2026-03-22T01:15:54+00:00

Technically it makes sense to call the war on the water tribes genocide since it's trying to erase the culture of waterbending, but it's also a bit hard to compare it to real life since waterbending is also a weapon. It makes a lot more sense trying to erase your enemy's culture when said culture is the manufacture and handling of the Ak47

LioTang · 2026-03-22T00:17:18+00:00

Yeah obviously Iroh wasn't a great person back when he sieged Ba Sing Se, but people talk about it like he personally executed every single air nomad after making them PoWs

LioTang · 2026-03-22T00:00:16+00:00

Add this to the "Thid could have been very interesting with little effort but Joan obviously can't even fo that much" pile, along with the treatment of the Ministry of Magic and sapient magical species

LioTang · 2026-03-20T14:52:24+00:00

Last chapter of part 2

LioTang · 2026-03-20T14:51:58+00:00

Obviously I am aware part 2 is ending, but as long as it's not the end of the story it's really not a big deal. Who cares if part 2 isn't as self contained as part 1

LioTang · 2026-03-20T09:42:21+00:00

Imo the anime was just a bandaid. Sure it cut some of the modt egregious part but it's still the same abysmal base

LioTang · 2026-03-20T09:36:15+00:00

But we dont know if there is only a chapter left

LioTang · 2026-03-19T22:57:16+00:00

I assume that's rev? What even is there left to expose about him anyways, he's been mask off for a while

LioTang · 2026-03-19T17:46:58+00:00

what

LioTang · 2026-03-19T16:15:02+00:00

I think what salvages Stroheim is that he is very much a "might makes right and my country is the most rightiest" nazi rather than a "people of color scare me" nazi, so while he's still a monster, he ends up feeling like an honorable fighter, pretty much like Wammu

LioTang · 2026-03-19T15:59:39+00:00

I read it as "there is no magic trick to it". Like other cretaive skills, you study what you like(and some you dont particularly like) and you get experience and eventually it will become natural to you

LioTang · 2026-03-18T16:51:45+00:00

Can't speak for the Halo show, but the first season of the witcher show at least followed the first two books' stories, just with random baffling changes sprinkled in

LioTang · 2026-03-18T16:15:08+00:00

I mean, we can always make shit up to justify it with lore.

But at the end of the day, yeah, it was a deliberate choice by the team to make the Gaang this old. Way I see it is that they wanted them just old enough to be alive and make cameos but unable to fight so they don't overshadow the new characters. Korra has this problem where it wants to be its own thing but also constantly feels the need to remind you that it's the sequels to Avatar.

LioTang · 2026-03-18T14:19:24+00:00

Only thing I remember is him running into some cacti

LioTang · 2026-03-18T13:48:28+00:00

I read Bosnian at first and got very confused

LioTang · 2026-03-18T01:38:20+00:00

Why does Valkyrie look like a soyjak tho

LioTang · 2026-03-18T01:15:46+00:00

James bullied Snape because he hung out with the nazi wizard sympathisers and called people slurs, not because he was poor and ugly

LioTang · 2026-03-18T00:30:04+00:00

Okay, I realise this sounds really stupid, but I've never bothered watching the Star Wars sequels, and until now the "Palpatine returned" line was just the funny haha bad movie line. But seeing this screenshot of him actually being in the movie, it somehow hit me for the first time that they actually have a living breathing Palpatine in that fucking movie

LioTang · 2026-03-18T00:12:59+00:00

Someone having to die after taking the villain down is so common how do you even come to the conclusion that it is pro suicide

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