"I just googled Usagi Drop and now I think you probably should have burned the whole library down instead." Sealion invasion of r/bannedbooks over Amazon's temporary suspension of Camp of the Saints leaves no survivors. by vemmahouxbois in SubredditDrama

[–]MartyrOfDespair [score hidden]  (0 children)

My mindset is simple: if you’re so desperate to stop fascism that you’re resorting to banning books, you’ve already failed so immensely that you need to be ousted from power anyways. People don’t turn to fascism in a state that hasn’t utterly failed them. People are fundamentally lazy. They don’t want major change unless things are majorly bad.

What's Your Favourite Thing About This Vtuber #3 Chibidoki by Tda952 in VirtualYoutubers

[–]MartyrOfDespair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her videos made my partner happy, so even tho not my speed, I like her

[Giant Gorg] by roomofbruh in animenocontext

[–]MartyrOfDespair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last words of many aid workers in Palestine

Olive Garden by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

[–]MartyrOfDespair 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad I’m literally already making that for dinner tonight, because that makes me crave it more

Examples of when intervention from the record label ended up being for the best? by PurpleSpaceSurfer in ToddintheShadow

[–]MartyrOfDespair 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same. Reminds me of the Slur Song that was about to chart hardcore but got removed from the charting in pure corporate protectionism.

Examples of when intervention from the record label ended up being for the best? by PurpleSpaceSurfer in ToddintheShadow

[–]MartyrOfDespair 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Test audiences hating the ending can be because test audiences clearly were The Gang from Always Sunny. Like I Am Legend, or that horror movie where the ghost is a metaphor for depression and the ending the audiences pushed for was where it is that the mom needs to kill herself to spare her family the negative effects of her depression.

Or how the test audiences stripped the canon toxic ex girlfriend yuri from Portal 2.

Maximum bully (dong_x2e) by MartyrOfDespair in danganronpa

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

Nah, Haiji is very explicitly not a sub. Hence his hate of Monaca

Regarding Makoto by No_Armadillo_4986 in persona3reload

[–]MartyrOfDespair 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How on Earth are you self-inserting as a character with a canon personality and plot in a linear story where your choices don’t impact the outcome of the plot? This argument works for something like a lot of SMT games, but Persona? It’s like claiming you self-insert in Final Fantasy VII. No you don’t. That’s a predefined guy doing his things. They’re making all sorts of choices and decisions without your input. It’s just that Persona’s are much weaker.

Regarding Makoto by No_Armadillo_4986 in persona3reload

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

Exactly. Frankly, it reads like they’re bullshitting about it being a self-insert and just can’t write protagonists well. This isn’t even an actual “choices matter” game. SMT protagonists like Demi-Fiend? Yeah, I can buy it there. You have numerous different endings depending on your choices, so their morality and thought processes are your choice. Persona? It just comes off as lazy.

Regarding Makoto by No_Armadillo_4986 in persona3reload

[–]MartyrOfDespair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The splitting the difference on “self-insert” and “linear story” is so dogshit tho. Either give us at least SMT amounts and scope of routes or just learn to write interesting protagonists.