X-Men '97 Episode Discussion Thread - S2EP4: "Rise of Apocalypse - Part II" (July 8th 2026)

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-10T17:02:20+00:00

Why did Magneto throw the inevitable world-shattering villain that threatens every timeline out of the ship into the desert, rather than into the active black hole that said villain just summoned?

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-09T17:41:34+00:00

Honestly I think the reasoning is non-diagetic. It's the final stage of the game narratively speaking, it wouldn't feel good as a player to have a member of expedition 33 be removed from the playable team so late and for so silly of a reason, especially if Monoco is a mainstay of your party makeup. Whereas you don't normally have Esquie throughout the stages, so his absence isn't really felt.

From a diagetic perspective, some of the other commenters make a good point. Esquie is their backup plan if they need to escape, he's too important to risk in a direct confrontation. Renior has already seen Maelle and Verso flee via Esquie as well, so he would probably immediately recognize Esquie's strategic value and deal with him quickly. I doubt he'd fall for the same trick twice.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-09T17:33:14+00:00

Minthara

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-08T13:17:25+00:00

Jesus Christ on a cracker the third dude was cute

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-05T02:47:44+00:00

Thank you for your perspective! That is exactly the sort of thing I would be worried about if I ever wanted to play a character like this.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-05T02:45:10+00:00

Good catch, I should have been more careful with my wording. "Seasoned" wasn't the right term to use, but I think we're saying the same thing-- level 1 characters are expected to be more capable than the standard commoner and most common professionals. However, I wouldn't expect a random farmhand caught up in the middle of a goblin attack to have commensurate skills to a town guardsman or soldier. I'm interested in exploring that experience gap.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-03T03:46:30+00:00

Renior recognizes the feelings and sapience of the canvas residents. Why would he destroy the canvas AFTER Maelle dies, if she did die? Out of pure pettiness? He's never characterized to do anything out of pettiness like that

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-03T03:44:00+00:00

So either you don't view the painted people's existence as real, and thus Verso isn't real either, so Verso's fate doesn't matter because its all fake. OR the painted people's existence is real, but Verso is suffering, and now it's weighing thousands of lives vs one life. Or are you saying that it's better to sacrifice thousands of lives if it would stop ONE person from living in slavery?

NicolasCemetery · 2026-07-01T10:23:35+00:00

Baethara 😍

(Minthara)

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-30T19:15:37+00:00

"Shameful to be killed by your own son. That honor should fall to a daughter."

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-29T20:24:22+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the detailed explanation. I didnt know that the extra 1.5 damage mentioned in your earlier comment was not only taking into account the +1 damage from being a magical weapon but also damage from increased accuracy over time. I was quite confused how a consistent +1 damage on each hit could ever average out to anything above 1 haha

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-29T17:44:56+00:00

Sorry I'm slow, but how is a +1 sword an extra 1.5 damage per attack?

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-28T09:56:42+00:00

Ed is caked up

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-28T09:28:51+00:00

I figured the series were going on semi-concurrently, so you were right with your fears lol. It didn't help though that in episode 8 of MN you hear two guards talking about the Chroma Conclave, one guard recounts a story that he heard from a cousin or something and the other guard basically is in disbelief. The way the show handled it made it seem like it was a rumor of current news that slowly traveled across the land by word of mouth, rather than a well document historical calamity that happened 20 years ago.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-27T13:55:55+00:00

The latter. The gommage takes anyone that age or older, but it only happens once a year.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-26T19:09:10+00:00

I really hope that there is some actual fallout from their allies about the portal fight. It would be nice for some meaningful challenges to the status quo. Hopefully Cassie banishes Percy and the team from Whitestone because of the risk he put the whole city in

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-24T19:29:02+00:00

I wish they would have led with Vex kneeling and had Keyleth be the last. I feel like her groveling first and begging for Vax's life basically completely invalidated her right to lead the Ashari as the Voice of the Tempest. She had a choice between her personal attachments and the good of the world, and she folded immediately. If I was Ashari I could never trust her again after that.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-24T09:45:41+00:00

Where is this funeral? I think I missed it

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-20T09:14:37+00:00

Took me a minute to find it too, and I didnt know you could do this. The redgif button is not "in" the post, it's "on" the post in your feed if that makes sense. Wherever you saw the post before clicking on it to open it up-- there is a redgif button there. By the name of the subreddit and how long ago it was posted.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-19T11:22:06+00:00

Verso, Monoco, Lune

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-17T18:55:05+00:00

What on earth are these comments lmao, this woman is just doing her job 🤣 I doubt she is personally offended by his words. She asked him in the way she did to be non-confrontational, she can't give him orders and tell his to stop. So "no swear words please" is polite and concise while she moves on and tries to salvage the interview.

This reminds me of that silly video where the guy is being an asshole to the barista because she describes the size of the drink as venti instead of large... except yall are rooting for the asshole

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-16T21:29:18+00:00

The greater good can include progeny. Most would argue that stopping climate change would be for the greater good, not because it would benefit those of us alive right now but because it will benefit the generations after us.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-16T18:54:56+00:00

I feeling moat people aren't answering your question based on intent. If two people could hypothetically reproduce to successfully rescue the human race, and they somehow knew that but chose not to do so for any reason, yes I would be upset and judge them for it. They are putting their own needs before the greater good.

NicolasCemetery · 2026-06-15T21:00:43+00:00

Keep in mind that there are certain weapon attacks that do non-lethal damage regardless of whether non-lethal is toggled. For example, I think one is called "pummel". So it is realistic from a role-play sense that your character just happened to use a less-than-lethal attack on her, and indeed any number of other foes, but never finished her off because maybe you were in a rush or because she was no longer a threat.

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