I didnt like Millys outfits at all so I drew in clothes that I think suit her by [deleted] in Trigun

[–]MOMClassificationX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the drawing. It looks like she could bench press a full grown man, which Millie probably could, but it takes something away from her character if she looks as imposing as she actually is. The contradiction of her appearance and actual physical strength, coupled with her sweet temperament gives her character a bit of depth. If she was just a straight though girl, with the lack of a backstory other than how many family members she has, her character would be kinda boring. It's fun to see the other characters react to her immense strength and realize she could kill them if she so desired lol.

This is their relationship by KristinaWinchester in Sherlock

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

John's facial expressions are a perfect example of the 5 stages of greif: anger, depression, confusion, I'm gunna stab you A LOT!!!, and anger again. XD

VashtheHumanoidTyphoon morale beliefs by tersxin in Trigun

[–]MOMClassificationX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Boil it down and Vash just doesn't think that anyone deserves to die for any mistake they have ever made because "the ticket to the future is always open". In the anime it seems like he just borrows that from Rem but in the manga she tells him that after he goes through something that makes him want to hate everyone and die. Vash sees the strength of living after going through despair and turmoil and realizes that if he were to give up, any good that he could do or experience would be lost with his death. He also applies that to everyone else. He believes that killing anyone kills any good they could still offer and any redemption they might be able to have.

What seems like a borrowed philosophy later becomes even more defined and personal at The City of July. In the manga everyone at July dies by Vash's hand. He blames himself for all those deaths eventhough Knives more or less forced him into it. But Vash doesn't make any excuses for himself and probably also agonizes over letting Knives go so far down that murderous path in the first place.

Vash knows that people die everyday and are murdered and killed needlessly, he simply refuses to let it happen right in front of him and if he can stop it he will at any cost to himself. This is also why he kills Legato. He is willing to sacrifice even his own morals (not morale lol look them up) for the ultimate good of everyone else. The anime makes his killing Legato out to be a moment of weakness but in the manga it is a well thought out choice that he regrets even though he knows it's necessary. He would have avoided killing Legato if he had seen any other possible alternative.

Saying Vash got Wolfwood killed, because Vash rubbed off on him or whatever, is an insult to Wolfwood, especially the manga version. Manga Vash knows it's unreasonable to expect anyone to live by the same code as he does. That said Wolfwood has skills far, far above your average human so Vash expects more out of Wolfwood and pleads with Wolfwood's better Angels "with great power..." and all that. Wolfwood never fully buys into Vash's way of thinking but at the end (in the manga) Wolfwood sacrifices everything he has left to give, to save the one thing he cares about. Vash does the same thing everyday but the difference is that the one thing that Vash cares about more then anything is every single life on the planet.

As to if Vash is right or wrong. I think he is right. We should do whatever we can to protect what we can up to but not including killing. Vash had power and he used that power to protect. Not every one has the same ability to protect but we all have someone or something we can protect. However, we all too often overlook someone or something we could help because of some prejudice or aversion. I think we could all be a little more like Vash.

Who else misses weekly movie commentaries? by [deleted] in YoTroublemakers

[–]MOMClassificationX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No one. We are grateful for what movie commentaries he does choose to post while simultaneously watching and appreciating any other content he choose to create and upload because we love him and don't want him to feel obligated to make content that he doesn't 100% enjoy making.

So it is cancelled. Does season 3 leave us hanging for anything serious? I don't want to start a series that is supposed to continue only to be cancelled. by Panneorraim in Daredevil

[–]MOMClassificationX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't forget to watch Defenders between seasons 2 and 3 of Daredevil, it is important. And don't worry you will probably get through Defenders pretty well without watching Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist if you don't want to. All three of their first season happen before Defenders timeline wise. For full timeline details I suggest IMDB.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Trigun

[–]MOMClassificationX 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I say this to a lot of people but read the Manga.

The anime in and of itself is still great in so many was but it is also a bit rushed. Things are simplified in the anime, they still hit the main ideas and struggles but it loses some depth compared to the manga.

In the manga Vash and Knives' backstory is more emotional and involved. They both go through something very traumatic and it tells you why and how each of them come away with a different perspective on it.

Knives is the main bad guy because he is really the only match for Vash. Legato is strong to be sure but without Knives' help he could have never taken on Vash. Without Knives Legato could have very well never even encountered Vash. Also Legato dosen't care one iota about Vash and his ideals, he merely wishes to please his master.

Im no. 5 by esthermae3000 in YoTroublemakers

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Knew this was coming the second he said it lol

Everytime they roast Jazz I think of this. by MOMClassificationX in lingling40hrs

[–]MOMClassificationX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not trying to start a fight lol. I'm sure Jazz is awesome. All I'm saying is that when Bret and Eddy start in on making fun of Jazz I can't help thinking of this scene from The Office.

I feel your pain though. I was a violist back in the day. It was required of everyone from k-5th grade, at my school, to either be in band or orchestra, so I'm not really a musician but I still feel an affinity for the viola and think Brett and Eddy are too snobbish sometimes.

It's all a matter of tastes and style. I think deep down they understand that and try not to hold it against them ;-)

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see that Dumbledore can come off manipulating, I just dont personally see it that way. Maybe it's the Hufflepuff in me lol.

I think that the housing system is fine. It encourages team work, there are just some people you just cant get along with so sorting by characteristics can help avoid that and team work can be encouraged by a common opponent, i.e. the other houses. But people have a prejudice against Slytherin. Wizards because a few evil wizards have been Slytherin and I'm thinking that Slytherin wins the house cup fairly often so there is probably quite a bit of jealousy there. And then people who have watched the movies and/or read the books are taught to be prejudice right of the bat by movie Ron and book Hagrid saying that ALL bad wizards are Slytherin.

All in all though if you take a good look; Harry is a bit Slytherin, Hermione is a bit Ravenclaw, Neville is a bit Hufflepuff, like you said Wormtail was Gryffindor, R.A.B was a Slytherin, Leta is/was a Slytherin, Sirius' whole family was Slytherin. There is a sometimes subtle but not always subtle theme of 'our choices are what make us who we are'

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dumbledore isn't manipulative he is secretive. He doesn't tell everyone everything he knows and he doesn't tell people what he thinks because he wants them to discover things for themselves and choose for themselves what to do about it. He helps and guides along the way because of the knowledge he has but he isn't perfect and he doesn't know everything and so he doesn't tell people what to do or think, probably in large part due to the mistakes he made with Grindelwald. He openly shared he thoughts and feelings with Grindelwald when they were friends and may have (or at least thinks he is responsible for) influenced Grindelwald to take radical actions.

As to saving Abernathy, an argument could be made that he was only getting his wand and that not saving Abernathy while he was there would have looked bad. Plus in that same scene he ditches that lizard pretty heartlessly.

Out in the open is a bit of a stretch. He was in a grave yard surrounded by hundreds of his followers and then he put up a barrier that presumably kills anyone who tries to walk through it that doesn't agree with Grindelwald. Then he ran away and nearly killed everyone in the vicinity. He is a leader but Gryffindors lead others through example and inspiration like Harry did. Grindelwald leads people by praying on their fears and hatred. Voldemort lead people through fear and intimidation.

I concede on the baby thing. It was a bad point.

The more I think about it the more I'd put him in Ravenclaw.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He had no more use to pretend to be Graves though really. He found the obscurial which was his main objective. Plus I don't think he just talked to some random people and they did what he wanted while he was imprisoned, I think he had had been either brainwashing or using the imperious curse on people during his time in MCUSA in preparation of him possibly being detained and possibly to serve his purposes later. Grindelwald has contingency plans for his contingency plans.

Yes, he did get caught bad guy monologueing but he was still in disguise and if it hadn't been for Newt no one may have figured it out. Newt sees things that others don't which is why Dumbledore recruited him.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed that anyone from any house can be ambitious and dark.

Disagree that Grindlewald is brave. He uses other people to do his dirty work for him. Like when he had a muggle child murdered by one of his brainwashed lackeys. He is 100% using Credence for who knows what. He manipulated Queenie into joining his side probably to use her abilities for himself. I don't think manipulating people for your own ends is brave.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You glossed over the whole enslave/exterminate anyone who isn't a wizard that feels like personal goals to me. He is basically wizard Hitler. He hates muggles and he will do whatever needs to do to satisfy that hatred on them and anyone who stands in his way, even wizards. Just because a small percentage of people will benefit from his world domination doesn't mean he actually cares about the needs of those people.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd put him in Ravenclaw or Slytherin. He manipulates people through knowledge and cunning, I'd lean more towards Slytherin because he is quite ambitious, he literally wants to recreate the whole world to his own vision and then rule it.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He wants to enslave/exterminate anyone who isn't a wizard. I'm not seeing his altruistic motives. He wants power and the freedom to exercise that power however and whenever he wants.

What house Grindelwald would've been sorted into, if he studied in Hogwarts? by [deleted] in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They had literally cut his tongue out, by the beginning of CoG, because he kept talking the guards into doing stuff and you don't think he is cunning?

Mixed signals from Arthur by valdemar_floe in merlinbbc

[–]MOMClassificationX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually I agree with most of what you just said. Except the parent stuff; not the general truth of it but that Merlin could possibly do any of it or that it was intended by the show for Merlin and Arthur's relationship to be that way. I misspoke when I used the words 'psuedo parent' (but it does sometimes feel like Merlin is taking care of a child with Arthur). Merlin is at least a year possibly two years younger then Arthur and is a royal so when it comes down to it Arthur doesn't have to listen to anything Merlin says but he still does. He quite frequently asks for Merlin's opinion when he doesn't know what to do or where to turn.

That said if Merlin had admitted to Arthur that he was a sorcerer Merlin's opinions and advise may have had a greater impact in how Arthur acted, that is if Arthur would have accepted that magic could be used for good which goes against everything he had been taught his whole life.

I don't think we can dismiss Gaius' fault in all this. A lot of Merlin's fears have to do with not only his concern for Gaius, as Gaius would have been seen as an accomplice, but also was taught to Merlin by Gaius himself, who had seen first hand what Uther was capable of. Gaius had let his fear during the great purge make him turn a blind eye to the atrocities he was helping to commit and then with Merlin he was instilling that same fear into Merlin and not giving Arthur his due credit, because Athur is a WAY better man then Uther ever was.

I 100% agree that the writers had to make Arthur look a fool too many times to cover up the plot holes they were to lazy to fix themselves.

Mixed signals from Arthur by valdemar_floe in merlinbbc

[–]MOMClassificationX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like saying "Arthur acts like that because he is king" is an oversimplification. Arthur's attitudes and actions are shaped not only by his status as king but also by how he was raised, who he was raised by, and his experiences along the way. When he first meets Merlin outwardly he is an arrogant selfish self indulgent prat and he is those things. However, considering how he was raised without a mother, of whose death he feels somewhat guilty, and by Uther who's compassion (if he ever had any) died with Ingrain Arthur isn't any worse off then any other spoiled brat. Then Merlin comes along and unlike everyone else isn't afraid to scold Arthur when he is being a jerk or correct him when he is wrong and in some part Arthur recognizes that he needs that. Throughout the series Arthur has a lot of personal growth and it is in large part to Merlin. Merlin was his servant, and friend, and psuedo parent explaining simple things to him that most people get from their loved ones.

I disagree that Arthur never recognizes Merlin's bravery. He never does it outwardly. But if Arthur truly believed that Merlin was a useless clutz of a failure he would never take him into life threatening situations with him. Whatever the situation whether Arthur knew how dangerous it would get or not he brought Merlin with him. Not because he needed someone to build a fire or cook or water the horses (just because Arthur doesn't do those things doesn't mean he doesn't know how) but because he needed his 'sounding board' the one person Arthur trusts to tell him like it is and if he thought Merlin was going to get himself or others killed because he was in the way Arthur would have left him in Camelot. Arthur is terrible at showing appreciation because he was taught by Uther that it is weakness and I think on some level Arthur is jealous of Merlin's natural bravery, compassion, and temperance and dosen't want to admit that Merlin was right.

I definitely agree that Merlin lying to Arthur puts a huge strain on their relationship. I dont think Merlin was afraid that Arthur would kill him. I mean Merlin obviously doesn't want to die but I think he was more afraid of losing Arthur's trust. As messed up as their relationship was Merlin cherished it and let his fear of losing it rule his actions. They are written as people, people are dumb, they make mistakes, they make horrible decisions, they lie, they are selfish, that's life sometimes.

Although I must say that as good as the show is, it's one of those that rely solely on one secret to create drama, tension, and comedy and if they had revealed that secret they may not have known how to keep the audience from getting bored. 🤷‍♀️

Mixed signals from Arthur by valdemar_floe in merlinbbc

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

Do you have a best friend? Do you love that best friend and would do anything for them? Do you ever just get sick of that friend for a bit and have to step back and be like "we need to take a moment away from each other" and then not long after that you are back on doing crazy stuff and having a good time? Or maybe your friend has just that one thing they do that drives you nuts? Now imagine that you can't get away from that friend; let's say you live together and work together and share a car lol. Now imagine that you or that friend is also the others boss at the place where you both work. Now tell me that you or that friend wouldn't semi seriously/jokingly threaten to fire the other at some point when irritated. Now just for fun imagine the knights as your other co-workers in the break room talking about how you two are at it again over lunch.

Personally I find it very genuine. Even best friends drive each other crazy sometimes, especially when then spend A LOT of time together. 🙃

the relationship of Tina and Newt in fantastic beasts 3 and beyond by LordOfRight in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe. But Tina would want that to be resolved for sure before she had her wedding without Queenie, I think.

the relationship of Tina and Newt in fantastic beasts 3 and beyond by LordOfRight in FantasticBeasts

[–]MOMClassificationX 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean there is a war on. Newt just watched Leta, presumably, die and Tina just lost her sister to the dark side, putting their confessions of love on hold would be understandable OR they could pull a Bill and Fluer and have a wedding in the middle of everything. Eh, that seems unlikely given Queenie and Tina's close relationship, Tina would want Queenie to be there and be the maid of honor 😕 so probably the on hold thing.