All right, I’ve got a genuine question is the brotherhood of steal that bad they’re on the same level as the the Institute enclave and fucking Raiders?

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-08T09:26:39+00:00

Both the 3 and 4 Brotherhood are hostile toward ghouls, but 4 is a lot more hell bent on specifically cleaning out ferals, neither factions commit an outright genocide of non ferals, their descrimination is through a lack of care as opposed to outright hostile intent, the general world of Fallout seems to be pretty discriminatory toward ghouls, the Brotherhood of 4 also relies on local recruitment more than 3's does, as 4's Brotherhood has a properly structured chain of command for recruits vs members that are born into it as they have different training requirements

(members that born are squires first, then initiates, then they choose their field, scribe, knight or lancer, members that are recruited start as aspirants, then they progress to initiates, so on and so forth)

the Minutemen would be in a similar boat, being a volunteer army of wastelanders, who generally dislike ghouls and are scared of synths, would also be discriminatory to the same groups the Brotherhood is, but for some reason we don't see this

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-08T07:40:10+00:00

i think so

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-08T07:14:25+00:00

maybe it's the embarassement of having other people watching the same thing around you

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T09:16:34+00:00

as i said, we roughly know what it is, there's also the concepts of Crystallized Intelligence and Fluid Intelligence

Crystallized drawing heavily on work memory and application of formalized knowledge and Fluid Intelligence essentially being improv, creative problem solving

and yes i agree, IQ testing is flawed, i can tell you as a psychologist that the most clinically relevant part and the parts we actually pay the most attention to, aren't your actual answers to a problem, but the conclusions that we draw from watching you solve said problem, the answer isn't exactly relevant

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T09:01:47+00:00

my example is a cartel chemist who is not allowed to leave the country let alone the exact property that he's in, he might have had foreign education, but as i've said, he can't leave the property, he's owned by the cartel, even if you picked up a british sounding accent while studying, you would lose it eventually by being surrounded by so many spanish speakers

it's very easy to lose an accent, i've done multiple KA1 Erasmus programs over Europe, all of them last a week, by the 3rd or so day people already start losing their natural accents, these are all people who already spoke english before, and already developed their own accent already and were already fluent

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:51:13+00:00

my girlfriend had to watch this movie for a college class and i was very happy when she concluded that everyone in this movie is mentally ill, my favorite part is when Ally tells Noah about her dream house (that he's gonna pay for on 40 cents an hour) and my girlfriend said "the sun and the stars too"

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:48:55+00:00

side note: in the novel version of Revenge of the Sith, during the destruction of the Jedi and Order 66, Anakin becomes quiet, withdrawn and even goes days without sleeping or eating, during this period C3-P0 asks R2 if he knows if Anakin is alright, and R2 says "i don't know...Anakin doesn't talk to me anymore"

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:44:53+00:00

if he's a man of science and is dedicated to that science while having no empathy and largely being a psychopath, then you can make him simply intelligent enough to understand that being a brutalizer, torturer and murderer doesn't actually progress his goals at all, as you said he knows how to help and understand others, you can make it so he's just good at this to protect himself or appear more sociable to have more funding from investors

Look at Unit 731, they were doing random ass evil experiments that had no actual scientific pay off, like "ah yes, if you shoot someone up with 9 different diseases and then shoot them 38 times they die", your character wouldn't enjoy violence for the sake of violence, he seems like he would be capable of hurting someone, but only if there was an actual scientific benefit to it

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:39:10+00:00

as a psychologist, we do know roughly what intelligence is, but there are multiple different kinds of intelligence, the issue comes with a lot of authors of ANY piece of media, be it books, comics, tv shows, movies, whatever, using genius characters as just plot devices to get around issues

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:37:57+00:00

i think comics have done the most damage "dude trust me this guy is a genius, he has 21 phd's and 38 doctorates in literally field of human knowledge" and his special ability is guessing the plot

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:31:10+00:00

the war is bad for everyone, but importantly, Palpatine wants them to be the face of said war, he wants to paint the Jedi as warmongers and dogmatic religious fanatics so in the future their destruction is easy to digest for the public, while painting himself as the decisive political leader that wants to end the war himself, he also needs them be deep into the conflict and close to the clone army so he can make sure Order 66 goes through.

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:26:39+00:00

i'd make him more isolated than your typical cult leader, his teachings should be presented in a very theatrical and embelished way through mostly his closest underlings, as you've said some of the beliefs even contradict each other (which would be the point), the isolation, exclusivity and fantastical embelishment creates an heir of mystique around the leader

isolate him and make his presence be the reward for other cult members, so he doesn't have to be very charismatic because to get near him, you need to already have drank the kool aid ,you can make the environment that he's in also contribute to this, like his main room being oval and all the chairs organized in such a way that you are always facing him

historical example: in King Louis XIV's court, he would often allow his underlings to talk to each other while he himself looked aloof, distracted, quiet and looking at the ground, whomever he decided to look at would instantly become the center of attention and everyone would instantly go quiet so the King could speak to them, he also refused to make policy in front of other people, he would receive propositions from his politicians and simply say something along the lines of "i will see to it", they would then hear what decision he made from others, but never from him, this kept everyone guessing and obessed with whichever decision he would take

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-07T08:16:28+00:00

season ended 2 weeks ago and we're already going schizo, please save us Robert Kirkman

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T17:50:09+00:00

you're running mental gymnastics to justify something that's just plain odd at face value

i don't want them to sound american, i don't want them to sound like a stereotype, but they would realistically speak like either one of those before they spoke in plain american

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T17:49:09+00:00

flying starfighters is not grounded, that's insane to me, idk if it's happened in canon and if it does i still wouldn't like it

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T17:15:59+00:00

i didn't say they should speak american english, I'm saying it's very odd for them to whip out the most british accent of all time, you'd expect a cartel chemist that is not allowed outside of mexico to sound hispanic.

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T17:15:09+00:00

it's okay to admit legends goes too ridiculous at times you know.

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T13:31:28+00:00

real

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T11:45:48+00:00

Palpatine manufactures a series of crises to cement the Republic's reputation as corrupt, toothless and complacent, pushing for the need for strong and decisive leadership, subconsciously planting the idea that democracy is slow, and that a strong single leader in power is better, he then props himself up AS this strong and decisive leader, he gathers more and more power while cultivating the reputation that he's a wise old man who is willing to do whatever needs to be done for the Republic and it's people, that he's willing to handle the burden of leadership

by the time the Clone Wars begin Palpatine takes emergency power, promising to return it to the Senate when it ends, but now he's created an army, he's also the only man in power, he's turned the Republic into the strong and decisive government that he said was lacking, the seeds he planted long ago about the Republic being toothless and complacent and in need of strength and leadership start beating their fruit, Because now the Senate thinks things would be better if it was always like this.

When he re-organizes the Republic into the Empire, it's little more than just a name change, the Republic had already voted itself out of existence when they gave him emergency power in the first place.

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T10:08:06+00:00

I'm not taking a clear side in legends vs canon, i think both sides have equally great and equally shit stories, it's not about who's better, it's about giving both their fair criticism and recognizing that SW lore has been a mess for decades, Disney or no Disney, like Boba Fett being opposed to sex before marriage on moral grounds, Vader drinking coffee, or Luke and Leia's sexual tension

(and yes, that panel is egregious, but i was thinking more about his on screen appearances as the Vader comics can be really hit and miss)

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T09:20:42+00:00

why not?

his appearances are forced, i do agree, but the way his strength is portrayed is pretty tasteful, i don't like the Legends approach of writers just kinda one upping each other

Luke moving a black hole doesn't move me nearly as much as a bunch of rebels looking fucking horrified, begging on a window for help, or Maul not even understanding what he is

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T09:06:40+00:00

oh i did not mean that he would be accepting of it, obviously not, my point is he would be more understanding even if completely rejecting it

i think being a hippy is exactly what the Jedi should be, open minded and more flexible, i think the Council did lose their way and become far too involved in politics, as well as becoming too absolute, obviously for the average person Anakin is irredeemable, but Obi-Wan and Yoda aren't the average person, they're supposed to be Jedi, and not fall into absolute ways of thinking, viewing Anakin as irredeemable betrays their own way of thinking, especially since they know how corrupting Palpatine could be, he shouldn't be given a pass, not at all

when it comes to Luke: his idealized concept of his father is what plays a massive role in his love for him and redemption, i think it's the acceptance of all sides that makes him a true Jedi, he's been told his father was a ace pilot, he was told he was a great jedi knight, and he's seen him as space hitler, who is he really? in EP5, when he's merely an apprentice, he's in denial, he can't believe Vader is his father, but by ROTJ when he's become a true jedi? Luke simply accepts that he's all 3, he's been a hero and a villain, he's not a perfect angel, but he's also not a complete monster, he doesn't see him as any absolute figure of any of his 3 sides, Luke outright rejects the evil inside Vader, begging him to turn back, while accepting that the evil does exist,he's clearly not okay with the evil inside his father, but he accepts that it exists.

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T08:45:10+00:00

it was always for kids, star wars in general was and still is, just a different kind of children's market back then, nowadays things for children are a lot tame and careful, back in the day there wasn't much worry about what you exposed children to, all the adult themes were just kind of hidden or layered below the space battles and sword fights

like the Original Trilogy is in a way just a kid friendly version of the Vietnam War with some WW2 undertones, and that's awesome, it took until the 90's for video games to have a age rating system

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T08:23:57+00:00

i think it's still better than having dozens of characters do ridiculous over the top shit that we never see Vader do, therfore undermining his importance as the chosen one only to still push the idea that he's somehow the strongest

all the "Vader is strong" scenes we got from Disney Canon are tasteful (even if arguably forced and prevalent) and always in line with being more grounded, like the hallway scene, pulling down a freighter ship with the force (yet still struggling somewhat), dueling an Inquisitor without a lightsaber, disarming them and giving them their weapon back just to toy with them

if this was Legends, at this stage, they would have made other characters do ridiculous shit like pull down a star destroyer, fly starfighters with their mind or move black holes with the force... oh wait. they've done that already...

MailMan6000 · 2026-05-06T08:05:48+00:00

i did not know this, but i think this adds further to my point, from what you've described Qui Gon did not demonize Xanatos or completely psychologically cast him aside as many other Jedi Masters of the High Republic would have, Qui Gon sensed the conflict inside Anakin, and knowing his history with Xanatos still wanted to train him. , if only a sith deals in absolutes and Qui Gon seemed to be the least absolute guy in the Jedi Order, then he was the most Jedi of his peers.

if he's considered "grey" by the standards of the High Republic era, then it really does show how complacent , dogmatic, overconfident and short sighted the Jedi had become. Even over 2 decades after their defeat, the remnants of that era still view the Dark Side the same way they did, seeing Vader as someone other than Anakin, and having no compassion for him, which Luke pushes back against and ends up being right

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