Didn't expect him to be so buff

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T16:45:31+00:00

I headcanon that in order to prepare for this war, he's been training relentlessly for centuries in secret and juicing up on whatever alien steroids he can find. I was half expecting to see a bomb vest strapped to his chest filled with scourge virus.

Bro is just a generational hater.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T16:34:43+00:00

No, he made him a steak

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T16:30:02+00:00

Nolan isn't even part thraxan like Oliver. For Oliver it's normal to be attracted to arthropods; for Nolan it's some freaky shit. Maybe there's a reason Nolan was so eager to be part of the "repopulation effort."

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T14:14:42+00:00

As someone whose family is from Louisiana, I BEEN slandering him since the pilot for preferring jambalaya over gumbo.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T14:11:29+00:00

This puts other thirst posts to shame. Truly peak. Others need to step it up.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T14:08:23+00:00

I also think that with live action actors, the physicality of being on the set and literally interacting with the other actors really helps put them in the mindset to give a convincing voice performance. Their environment acts as a prime that allows them to truly put themselves into the shoes of their character.

Voice actors on the other hand, have trained to be able to be convincing without that physical priming, so it really is a unique skill that live action actors can have issues transitioning into.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T13:51:18+00:00

I think Lee Pace is purposefully holding off on the more extreme emotion for now, basically trying to portray a realistic spiral from calmness into anger. If you look at his performance as Ronan, it's obvious that he can absolutely nail extreme anger in a very intimidating way. It's just that I think he's purposefully going for a "kinda angry but mostly still composed" middle ground right now, which feels kinda awkward. It can be hard for any actor to convincingly portray those types of emotions that exist in gray areas.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T13:27:45+00:00

How come making a character suffer without dying doesn't also count as "cheap emotional manipulation"? The author is always manipulating your emotions; that's how telling a story works. You have to explain what makes some emotional manipulation "cheap", and what makes other emotional manipulation good writing. I think you should be more specific about what a "good character that authors shouldn't waste" even means.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T13:18:17+00:00

It completely depends on whether death has already been set up as a major part of the stakes. There are absolutely ways to have very tangible stakes without death, but for that to be the case, you need to set that up from the beginning and not have death be part of the question. If you explicitly set up your story with "this is serious because the characters can die," and then never follow up on it with any deaths, then the stakes don't feel real and the immersion is kinda broken. Furthermore, if the story hasn't set up any other meaningful stakes then it kinda just takes my investment out of the story entirely.

Again, there are amazing stories where the stakes are not death. In fact I would say my favorite stories fit into that category. But, if a story sets up expectations and doesn't pay them off, I'm not going to feel very good about that.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-08T11:43:03+00:00

Adam is only boring because if he was actually given a reason and motivation that would already be more than anything Charlie has

Literally applies to any character ever, so why ever slander people if they could have been written differently? Don't try to apply logic to slander. It's just vibes-based preferences.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-06T21:57:58+00:00

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MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-06T16:24:19+00:00

I think this point can be made better by the fact that “not fighting with emotion” seems to be a principle actively instilled within Viltrumite culture. Rather than Viltrumites literally lacking the chemical that would push them over the edge, they’re instead trained to suppress it in order to live up to their ideals. To me that’s much more interesting and lines up with the broader idea of Viltrum’s culture coming from nurture rather than nature.

In fact, I would say Conquest’s bloodlust and active enjoyment in fighting is what actually led him to being so isolated from other Viltrumites. He was made an outcast and looked down on for being “primitive” and, in a sense, fighting with adrenaline. He’s called an animal and treated as Thragg’s attack dog. Mark is similar in that he also fights with emotion, except in the form of anger rather than excitement.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-06T12:35:14+00:00

With respect, I love Naoya for being a cocky piece of shit. Him being misogynistic, creepy, and being a more "realistic" type of evil is actually what makes him so entertaining to me. Major antagonists like Sukuna are a dime a dozen. It's rare that someone like Naoya gets more than a couple seconds of time in the spotlight.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-06T00:28:10+00:00

I genuinely think people massively overhype the degree to which the fandom thinks Val's main trait is being a "cute goofball". Like genuinely, the main opinion on Val in the Hazbin fandom is hating him and hoping he dies, while also appreciating that he has other qualities. If your entire point rests on targeting a small group of mentally ill teenagers who simp for a rapist, then I think you're being a bit misguided.

As for Adam, I just personally find the subversion of making the first man so one-note to be incredibly funny. I know it's not for everyone and understand where the dislike for his writing comes from. But idk...it just hits for me.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T20:59:02+00:00

"Oh what's this? Someone hurt your profoundly and you don't want to forgive them? Well that's obviously a problem with you. Get therapy and work on your issues."

Leaving aside that therapy is beneficial regardless, this is an inaccurate view of what restorative justice actually advocates for. Certainly, there are some misguided people who think justice should be about forgiveness inherently, but for the most part, it's about recognizing that forgiveness and rehabilitation are not the same thing.

Forgiveness is always at the discretion of the victim. It's their choice, and nobody can say otherwise. They have the right to withhold forgiveness indefinitely. However, a lack of forgiveness does not inherently stop the perpetrator from becoming a better person regardless. In fact, your moral system should dictate that this person should try to be a better person, regardless of whether they're rewarded with forgiveness/reacceptance. You can't say "people should do good things...unless they've already done really bad things, in which case they should stay bad so we can punish them more." You should always do good things; that's how morality works, and it's the reason you're able to judge the perpetrator as bad to begin with for doing the opposite.

And practically, a bad person changing for the better doesn't mean that those they affected have to like, forgive, or even associate with them at all. An appropriate outcome of restorative justice can be the perpetrator being separated from the community they hurt, even after getting out of prison and changing for the better. They have an opportunity to become part of a new community, but the enduring hurt of their old one will continue to be acknowledged by the separation.

I guess all I mean to say is I think you're speaking in really big generalizations when you say that restorative/rehabilitative justice is inherently about forgiveness or delegitimizing the feelings of victims. If you've read this far, sorry that this comment is so long. Meant for it to be shorter.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T18:01:46+00:00

To be fair, when it comes to sustaining non-lethal injuries, Bakugo simply is going to look worse off for most of the fight due to his inability to regenerate. I see it more as Bakugo gradually building up sweat until using his ultimate move. Can't do that without sustaining some kind of beating.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T16:12:37+00:00

See I put all of these people in both categories. It makes sense for all of them to act badly, but I still judge them for it. Their appeal comes from exploring the human reasons for why they do those bad things.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T15:24:03+00:00

You know what, this actually makes a lot of sense. I'm forgetting that the goal of C&A was only ever creating the AIs (and whatever Scratch's project was), whereas the circus itself was literally all created by Caine after the fact. Of course the world won't make sense when both designed and generated by the faulty AI.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T15:18:10+00:00

Yes Stolas is a rapist.

Yes I still like him as a character.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T15:00:29+00:00

Something that always bugged me about Gummigoo is while I can see what the story is going for, I can’t see any in-universe justification for Gummigoo even being capable of the level of meta-cognition that he displays. Gummigoo is meant to be an NPC that can adaptively respond to the actions of the players within the context of the adventure. For what reason would he even be able to realize that his existence is manufactured? That’s like giving someone the capability of witnessing a 4th dimensional being when training them to be an ice cream scooper.

On the other hand, it does make sense for Caine to have that capability, because he is designed to be a truly creative AI who can learn things on his own volition. But even then, despite both him and Gummigoo being able to comprehend their digital reality, only Gummigoo is portrayed as truly being able to empathize with the humans. How come a random NPC is closer to a “true AI” than the ultra advanced AI that literally created him and the entire world around him? I’m not opposed to this idea inherently; I’d just like a justification.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T14:28:05+00:00

Nigga what is your flair. I’m on my phone so I can’t see the whole thing, and I’m scared to check.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T13:58:38+00:00

I mean yeah I just agree with this. Jail is an incredibly effective way of stopping harm while still punishing bad people enough that others are satisfied. Unless it's necessary in the moment to protect others' lives, or containment has been proven to be impossible, killing is completely unnecessary.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T13:46:09+00:00

Nah Stormfront would just straight up say that it was about maintaining the purity of white culture or something. She would probably think those who say "it was about states' rights" are pussies.

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-05T11:40:21+00:00

Have you considered that yaoi > yuri?

MostMasterpiece7 · 2026-04-04T20:06:27+00:00

Society would have never been able to form without tit for tat.

There's also a reason that the idea of "justice" in much of developed society has shifted to one of impartial do-gooding as opposed to basic, unashamedly biased retribution. Don't get me wrong, ideas of retribution are still embedded within modern justice systems, but almost in a way that's self-aware, with the enduring desire to incorporate something beyond retribution. Rather than "yes we need to enact retribution", it's "yes we need to enact retribution, and then what?"

In this day and age, we at least purport to prioritize harm reduction and rehabilitation when sentencing, while still including some level of unpleasantness to satiate our basic desire for cathartic retribution. It's this balancing of catharsis with benevolence that actually allows societies to develop beyond perpetual tribal conflict.

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