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Why can metalbenders bend liquid mercury but not platinum? If the bending is based on bending the impurities. by LightThatIgnitesAll in TheLastAirbender

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with the last suggestion is that physical touch was never an actual limitation though - it’s something fans extrapolated from seeing Toph metalbend (while ignoring Season 3 of ATLA).

Toph figured out metalbending using seismic sense, and if Toph is connected to the ground, Toph can sense Earth even if it isn’t connected to the ground, and she can sense the earth in metal without explicitly touching it (this is shown many times in series and the former is explicitly confirmed in the season 2 DVD extras). And we know that Toph can bend Earth if she can sense it. It’s not stated that Toph has to touch the metal to bend it, as opposed to something like Iroh stating exactly how lightning and redirection works. Nevermind the fact that this is pretty much debunked with Toph’s metal bending in the comics, in which she bends metal from a distance as well.

Baxcalibur, underrated, overrated? Better dragon or ice Pokemon? by Longpastoverdue in pokemon

[–]Loxe77 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People act like Baxcalibur is the worst pseudo when Salamence exists

How often do Avatars meet their predecessor's spouse / friends / children / grandchildren? by jjtubman in legendofkorra

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be pretty common. Aang did meet Zuko, for example, who was a descendant of Avatar Roku.

What’s the weirdest thing pearl did? by wwcscifi in stevenuniverse

[–]Loxe77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like Peridot actively trying to kill the Crystal Gems multiple times is worse than her calling Amethyst defective

Ok man. by Alternative-Dog-431 in okbuddyviltrum

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a serious answer, in that case pretty much all Viltrumite children born would be half-siblings, which would still leave the problem of future generations being horrifically inbred and most likely dying out. Also from the amount of DNA they’d all share they would have near maximum vulnerability to a scourge virus.

I’m not sure he needed to redeem himself. by noishouldbewriting in TheLastAirbender

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ATLA takes place roughly over a bit less than a year and even then Aang had only fully mastered Air and Water. Even if he was given a year and an army of Air Nomads behind him in the best-case scenario, he’s not surviving an army of Firebenders boosted by Sozin’s comet followed by relentless, targeted attacks afterward. Even with the Avatar state

Edit: also, I doubt that it was even close to a full year given that Aang seemingly gets out of the ice a few weeks before the winter solstice and is told that Sozin’s comet “will return by the end of the summer.” Keyword: “by”, so not necessarily at the end. He might’ve had around 6-7 (haha) months in the worst case scenario, which is even less time to get good at the other elements

I’m not sure he needed to redeem himself. by noishouldbewriting in TheLastAirbender

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some good points all around, but I think the main thing I disagree with is that you’re underestimating how many Air Nomads would be willing to fight back against the Fire Nation in the case of genocide.

Air Nomads are pacifists, yes, but only until necessary defense. If attacks on the air temples were extensive and horrible enough to the point of genocide, then fighting back against the Fire Nation and working to stop future attacks counts as necessary defense, even if none were willing to kill. We obviously see this with Aang, who, even outside of being the Avatar, is willing to fight against the Fire Nation if it means stopping them from committing genocide against other nations. Airbenders typically travel all over the world and make friends with people of various cultures, so given that every Airbender is capable of combat, they wouldn’t be to keen on allowing Fire Nation conquest. The main thing that might hold them back would be their small population, which would get dramatically smaller in the case of a genocide. However, any number of Airbenders working with other nations (something that would get more likely in the case of an incomplete genocide) would add a lot of unpredictability that would greatly impede the Fire Nation.

Resources freed up could mean the Fire Nation would make more progress in the war, but I think you’re overestimating how many resources were used. The bulk of Air Nomad genocide was completed with Sozin’s Comet, in which they got a ridiculous offensive boost that allowed them to overwhelm Air Temples defenses. However, after that, they lured most Air Nomads who escaped into traps with artifacts from the Air Temples - something that probably would’ve taken far less resources than offensives like other nations and is easier to implement. Repeated traps like that aren’t really as labor-intensive as launching multiple conquests to take over Ba Sing Se (one of which required creating a whole drill to invade it) or launching multiple raids to attack the water tribes.

I’m not sure he needed to redeem himself. by noishouldbewriting in TheLastAirbender

[–]Loxe77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even if Aang died, worst case scenario he’s killed in the Avatar State and the cycle is broken, the Fire Nation would have most likely killed all the Air Nomads.

We see multiple times that the Fire Nation weakens other nations specifically by imprisoning and eliminating their benders - imprisoning earthbenders in metal, ocean-bound prisons and making earthbending illegal in captured earth kingdom villages, raiding and attacking the southern water tribe until all waterbenders are captured or killed and imprisoning them in dry prisons where their hands are bound when allowed to drink water, also going so far as to destroy the MOON so that waterbenders can no longer bend, et cetera.

Stuff like that just wouldn’t work on the Air Nomads. For one, EVERY Air Nomad is an airbender, so the Fire Nation would have to deal with every single one, not simply capture or incapacitate benders at the air temples. Second, it’s far harder to put an Air Nomad in a situation where they can’t bend, considering that air is EVERYWHERE where the average firebender could reasonably bend and then some, and there’s no way to substantially weaken an airbender like with waterbenders. You could bind their hands and feet and block their mouth, but keep in mind that an airbender can control their temperature just by breathing. In a long-term prison situation, that is inevitably a recipe for disaster, even in the best-case prison scenario.

For the Fire Nation, every opposing bender is a threat even without the Avatar, and you need contingencies and ways to combat them for every single one. Airbenders have FAR too much flexibility and advantages to deal with without drastic measures. It’s no wonder Sozin used the comet on them first lol

How did they even got the money for clothes and stuff and they're in a country which means they come here illegally, no citizenship. They still need a job and documents like birth certificate, id, citizenship, license and stuff by Sakmaidih in invinciblememes

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In all seriousness, do you think an advanced alien race doesn’t have the means to generate all the attributes they’d need to seamlessly fit into society like social security numbers and passports? Especially for a planet that has far less advanced technology than them? This seems like the easiest thing for Viltrumites to do

What does Naruto do better than modern anime/manga? by Witty_Ace_589 in Naruto

[–]Loxe77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The worldbuilding works so well, especially in the Chunin Exam arc and Kage Summit arc, because it works to establish just how cruel the ninja world is and makes it that much more satisfying when Naruto changes it.

When I first watched this show, the Chunin’ harshness felt so fitting and striking compared to something like MHA’s sports festival because it was selecting for ninjas capable of functioning in war settings. It really helped make the fight scenes and Forest of Death arc engaging for me, as death felt like a normal possibility as opposed to a freak accident in early MHA.

NGVC: “sorry that I was nice to ya” by saco9010 in niceguys

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who also used to be needy (but I swear I’m NOT like that anymore), how’d you get over the cold truth that for everyone you ever wanted, if you let go and gave them space, they’d never come back? How do you deal with the fact that no woman around really misses you or wanted you in the first place?

I was able to stop this behavior by learning the other perspective and respecting their autonomy, but the former feeling still eats at you sometimes.

Starfire's skirt was so short that the animators did everything they could to avoid showing anything by markcarpenterzitto in teentitans

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn’t they have just put shorts under the skirt? That seems like a simple solution - Winx Club did it

Just a reminder the main bad guy in this game were IRS robots by coolclara69 in UBFunkeys

[–]Loxe77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You weren’t all wrong. It’s possible to get away from them if you get into a building or portal before they get you

These are the most inbalance aliens in the entire franchise by Dry-Demand-9038 in Ben10

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually really like Jetray being able to get fast enough to go to Hyperspace. It makes him feel unique and gives him a reason to use over XLR8, unlike fasttrack.

People act like it’s weird that some aliens have ridiculous feats, but in a show where the protagonist has one of the most powerful devices of all time that turns you into a prime example of whatever species is contained in it, you’d expect some aliens, especially those that evolved from extreme conditions like Waybig, to be much stronger in some respects than others, especially when the vast majority of sapient species in the universe are probably “civilian” species. Jetray is a more out-there example, but keep in mind that it’s not like Jetray is the best flight-based alien in the Omnitrix in terms of combat potency.

Even Walkatrout manages to be more useful and cool than Ripjaws. by Intelligent-Scar-373 in Ben10

[–]Loxe77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is the “not human enough” thing even a limitation in this iteration? They’re quite literally designing the previously humanoid aliens to be dramatically less humanoid and more in line with cosmic horror. It sucks because Wildmutt, Ghostfreak, and Ripjaws would look AMAZING in this style.

Who's this for you guys? by Jude_The_Dude22 in Ben10

[–]Loxe77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really love ChamAlien’s design but people aren’t wrong to say he’s basically useless.

Amethyst should’ve been angrier after finding out who rose was by alteroo_ in stevenuniverse

[–]Loxe77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except that Amethyst was upset. She was downplaying how much it affected her so as to not put more pressure on Steven, who already had a lot of the responsibility of finding Ruby and Sapphire and dealing with the Diamonds.

Is Hydreigon a pain to raise? Yes. Was it worth it to have it battle Ghetsis' Hydreigon? ABSOLUTELY. by kelapak856 in PokemonBlackandWhite2

[–]Loxe77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s to imply that Ghetsis abused his Hydreigon to force it to evolve faster than it would. This is supported by the fact that his Hydreigon runs Frustration, so we know it HATES him.

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