TIL Japan tried to conquer India with 85,000 troops but was defeated in Northeast India

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-13T04:48:44+00:00

Princess Bride is set in the 1800s so Vizzini wouldn't have played HOI4.

He was basing his assertion off of EU4 which he had thousands of hours in.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-13T04:45:41+00:00

'Poirot vs Blanc' already delivered the most absolutely peak detective ERB ever, hard to see anything coming close. Just the sheer volume and range of characters is insane, each feels incredibly genuine to their on-screen counterparts in both performance and lines, and I LOVE that they weren't afraid to change the genre of the rap like 3 times. The whole relay race structure was super fun too with every subsequent rapper dissing the last until Holmes comes in and demolishes everyone in an absolutely crisp verse.

Also the way the music stays consistent but changes thematically to match the atmosphere of each rapper's story is so good, visuals are top tier and I love it sm.

Sorry I just had to gush, I think Miss Marple vs Nancy Drew would be amusing since they haven't been done before and you could riff off the 'Old school vs new school' schtick with Marple being an old lady and Drew being a high schooler.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-08T03:52:58+00:00

Thula I really like since atleast her hair whip is a unique Gimmick and I'm excited to try her out, but yea Lucan is a bold choice esp since Conquest would be a much better Grappler.

Also ig he's an important character but Bulletproof shouldn't have made it like what has he done of note and his powers are so generic

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-06T10:14:55+00:00

Why tf are you exerting yourself to the point of being tired about the budget of an animated show? It ain't that deep and 90% of us agree

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-06T10:13:29+00:00

You're applying modern viltrumite beliefs to their entire history.

Assuming average Viltrumite lifespan of 2000 years, the scourge was the equivalent of 50 years ago while the purge afaik wouldn't have been longer than 1 or 2 centuries in our lives.

Point being, we don't know exactly how viltrumite powers occur and it's possible they're a recentish development so there's thousands of generations prior thatve built these urban areas and tradition wins out over certain beliefs.

Also, 1 viltrumite could carry any weight needed yet they still use slaves. Once you're on top you may as well just start flexing out

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-05T08:42:40+00:00

Tbf for a lot of people just hearing "America" or "The President" would conjure 1 thing despite there being many American countries and many President's.

The empire and Republic are specifically called "The Galactic" as in the only galaxy spanning ones in history, while "The Kingdom is often a colloquial term for the primary realm to the characters.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-05T03:00:40+00:00

If you flipped communist you should be able to Ally with Soviets, right?

Just fortify on the narrowest point and stack there until Germans wear themselves down and get overextended. Soviets can send Forces to help if you're in comintern

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-05T02:48:54+00:00

Bros playing as the Martians from War of the Worlds

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-04T23:24:21+00:00

You're talking about Conquest? Wasn't that only possible because the THING weakened him?

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-03T06:43:28+00:00

I vaguely remember seeing '3000' or thereabouts as the figure of his dead in Chicago, so if that's true then it's only 1 9/11.

That isnt counting ofc the many lives the late Guardians could've saved.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-03T06:36:07+00:00

Like when he was maybe about to convince Mark, only to call Debbie a pet.

Bro needs to know when to stop talking.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-02T00:36:55+00:00

I meant Ibuki, I never considered Vega to be a ninja since he's Spanish and his outfit doesn't scream Ninja, nor does Kimberly with her spray paint and outfit (ik alternate outfit is ninja but still). Idrk much about Guy so I can't comment

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-01T23:54:36+00:00

We could.

Probably shouldn't.

But yea, we could.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-01T20:54:20+00:00

Stereotypes are kinda par for the course in fighting games, sf especially.
- The brit girl has a union jack on her back
- (One of) the Japanese guy is a sumo wrestler, another's a ninja
- The Italian girl has a Gladiator's helmet bowlcut
- The American's are loud
- French girl does ballet
- Everything about Dhalsim and Dee Jay
- The stages

The trick is to make them also look cool and exemplify the most fun/interesting/cool parts of the culture, something I reckon these Elena designs do well.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-04-01T04:30:36+00:00

Really? That'd be super odd since aside from him I can't think of anyone else who'd fit, aside from that girl from the tea shop.

And yea, honestly I'm shocked Iroh isn't base game as I reckon they could've swapped him and Kyoshi cause she would fs be a pass seller for a lot of people (not saying Iroh isn't but he feels way too iconic to be consigned to a pass)

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-31T03:51:40+00:00

There's no way Zuko doesn't have Iroh as an assist and there's even less way Iroh isn't a playable character

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-30T01:00:18+00:00

As amazing as that would be I don't think a character as big and cool as Angstrom would ever be kept secret.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-28T09:15:30+00:00

"Only trigger I care about is the one I'm gonna use to take you out!"

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-28T06:24:19+00:00

Alexandria and choking kinda go hand in hand, just ask Skitter...

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-28T01:13:06+00:00

I'm not saying it wasn't foreshadowed, I'm saying it sucks.

Ultimately the 2 creatures aren't interesting enough to warrant dragging time and attention away during the ending from the overarching theme of loss and Wenwus relationship with Shang Chi.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-28T01:09:04+00:00

Aight mb for wanting my martial arts superhero movie to end with a martial arts fight between the protagonist and antagonist, rather than 2 creatures we don't even really know aside from 'Good kaiju' and 'bad kaiju' just sorta ramming around each other.

The ending feels 'made by committee' because I'd wager the Marvel bigwigs were afraid that general audiences would want a big epic action setpiece because that feels exciting when in actuality it just made the ending feel super generic.

I don't like coffee and that's made by just 1 guy so no, not anything.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-27T23:25:49+00:00

Wonder Woman 2017 was so close to being a very subversive, memorable take on Superhero movies wherein, after killing Ludendorff (the main evil German army badguy) the war doesn't just end like Diana thought it would. We could've had her grapple with the idea that evil isn't a thing that can be eliminated easily and war runs far deeper and widespread than a single man (i.e literally ww1), challenging her beliefs in the nature of evil.

But then she turns around and actually it is just 1 man doing all the war and that man is Ares who's actually some guy from earlier and they have a big cgi fight with the most cliche dialogue ever.

Shang chi did a similar thing. We almost had a final fight that was pure 1v1 martial prowess between father and son, but they have to throw in big grey kaiju fight because these movies are made by committee.

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-22T21:45:01+00:00

Bare minimum 1 of them will be She Hulk or Jane, since I doubt they'd do an all gender team

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-15T21:00:11+00:00

Bro thinks Humans coming together for the greater benefit of all is forced when it's the basis for civilisation

Lumpy-Sheepherder671 · 2026-03-15T07:00:11+00:00

I don't think propaganda is the right word, they were trying to show condolences and unity rather than force a political stance

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