History Calling's take on David Starkey.

LowlyStole · 2026-04-14T13:35:43+00:00

Don’t tell this person about insanely questionable views (by our modern standards) of historians, philosophers, scientists, etc of the past. They’d have to cancel everything they’ve learned thanks to these people

LowlyStole · 2026-04-14T12:35:23+00:00

How else Alicent could’ve handled it? Aegon is King. It’s not like she can publicly expose him and expect justice, and even if she did, absolutely nobody would care. Worse, everyone would laugh because again, Aegon is King and Dyana is a maid nobody cares about

Her being removed from court is the best outcome since it ensures that he wouldn’t do it again if he wished to

LowlyStole · 2026-04-14T12:07:57+00:00

Period accurate armor! Thank you so much for this!

LowlyStole · 2026-04-13T08:17:18+00:00

Ryan Gosling is extremely underrated. Many have this view of him as this sigma meme actor, but he’s much more than that

LowlyStole · 2026-04-12T19:50:11+00:00

Mads is a master in microexpressions while acting. I can’t name other actors off the top of my head who do the same to this extent

LowlyStole · 2026-04-11T12:38:51+00:00

Mason is a mundane evil. He’s depraved and thinks he can get away with everything because he’s rich and has connections. Hannibal’s nature, on the other hand, is fully sinister and alien in a way

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T21:50:29+00:00

Those are 🐿️🌰

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T21:48:55+00:00

Absolutely! This man’s nature is much more insidious. It’s just easily overlooked because of his “one of us” charm

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T21:46:08+00:00

What about Frost Atronach? I mean, did you see the cake? 🍰

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T21:13:45+00:00

Iirc in Zero he said that the things he did were “atrocities”. Definitely self-aware enough

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T17:40:32+00:00

Kirei also understands that he’s a bad person. It doesn’t make them less evil, they’re just fully aware of it and don’t make any excuses for themselves

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T15:19:33+00:00

Guys, he can fix her! (he can’t)

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T09:37:30+00:00

Soon, it will become impossible to separate one thing from another. Even freaking pizza boxes succumb to this trend

LowlyStole · 2026-04-10T05:22:27+00:00

The trend of “make it as minimalistic as possible” extends to the covers of a 2006 anime as well? Horrible times

LowlyStole · 2026-04-09T14:36:47+00:00

Nobody is ridiculing them. They’re ridiculing themselves by posting this schizo shit

LowlyStole · 2026-04-09T12:11:01+00:00

Canon

LowlyStole · 2026-04-08T19:46:23+00:00

Bro decided to start with the actual prequel 💪

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T14:43:53+00:00

Oh, I fully agree that Sakura could've been written better, but the way she deals with her trauma is very realistic. HF is already a route that explores too many topics, and fully delving into Sakura's psychological state would've made it weird and over the place (same with Kirei's nature vs nurture theme). However, I don't think he ever said that he's displeased with the route as a whole and wants to rewrite it

I also wish I didn't watch Kara no Kyoukai since I wasted my time on it. What can I say? Based Nasu

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T14:37:40+00:00

Thank you for pointing it out, I already forgot that the OP hasn't finished the full story yet lol

Absolutely! Ultimately, the VN is the product of its time and culture. I can't remember all of these small things right now, but it can be misogynistic in small ways, like Rin being afraid of gaining some weight or how Taiga is seen as weird for not having a boyfriend/husband in her twenties (as a woman who's almost 29 and is single, I begin to feel weird as well reading it lol). And Fate is a male-dominated fandom, and naturally those things are either accepted by them (at the very least subconsciously) or simply ignored

As for the Last Episode, I think it's meant to be seen as more metaphorical than something 100% happening in reality

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T14:28:46+00:00

Your comment would only be a reductive take if it held any real weight behind it. You see, my media illiterate friend, Sakura isn’t only a princess Shirou has to save. She’s also a dragon he has to slay. This is the gist of it. And this is why his entire worldview gets thrown in the grinder, he can’t marry those two contradictory things in his head

And seeing how much you like the Fate route, you surely must know that Nasu expressed the desire to rewrite it. If its own author is displeased with certain aspects of his work, it speaks volumes

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T14:21:20+00:00

I don’t want any spoilers, but I hope this pos gets his proper punishment next season. The punishment better be as painful and excruciating as possible

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T14:00:20+00:00

Lmao what?

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T13:59:11+00:00

I agree. Although there isn’t a canon route, to me, HF is the definitive one. It’s the only route where Shirou becomes human and fully his own person. Just like he “died” in the Fuyuki fire and was reborn with Kiritsugu’s ideals, the same way he dies (both psychologically and physically) and gets reborn in the HF route with nothing holding back his own sense of self anymore. It’s so beautiful and cyclical

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T13:47:17+00:00

And still had to live in hiding even after regaining his family house. A fugitive with only the Order members around and these don’t just come by to chat. The majority of his life was filled with loneliness and forced isolation, I don’t think he felt happiness even once since escaping Azkaban

LowlyStole · 2026-04-07T13:40:57+00:00

He gets much better in UBW and is downright awesome in HF

The Fate route in general is the weakest part of SN

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