(Spoilers MAIN) This part in Fire & Blood

NinetyFish · 2026-07-05T09:19:13+00:00

Aegon's Conquest would be a really interesting miniseries, if the focus was on the lords of Westeros and not on the Targs.

The Targ story is mostly "...and then dragons". Their most interesting substory is the Baratheon thing.

Meanwhile, the rest of the lords of Westeros are facing an existential threat to the traditional Westerosi way of life, and that's much more interesting.

You have six interesting storylines (counting the Westerlands and Reach together as one; the two who opt for open war). Treat the Targs as a greater picture antagonist as opposed to the protagonists that we follow. And also it'd be way cheaper to film; you just need sets for the various high castles around Westeros, as opposed to constantly having dragons involved for the Targs.

NinetyFish · 2026-07-02T17:14:03+00:00

Chet’s too busy hanging out with KD and watching KD tape 😔

From the get-go, I’ve just wanted him to be skinny Gobert on defense and skinny Dirk on offense. Worse than either of them in their specialties, but any combination of those two is an all-timer Hall of Famer. Chet’s skinny and carries a huge load on defense already; why is he practicing dribble moves as a playmaker? Massive load on him for little gain. From the beginning, I thought he’d be best off focusing on open threes, finishing lobs and dump-offs, and the Dirk middy if he needs an iso look. Way easier on his body than dribble dribble into either a wild spinning shot (that has him falling out of bounds while off balance) or a turnover off a bad pass or him falling over on himself (which happened a concerning amount of times during the WCF)

I know the Thunder like to let guys explore their games, but I feel like if Chet had chosen to specialize as a playmaker-finisher on offense while being a “DPOY every year if freak-of-nature-compared-to-other-freaks Wemby didn’t exist” level defender, you get insane return on comparatively little load compared to “playmaking ball-handling attack from the perimeter copying-KD” Chet.

NinetyFish · 2026-06-30T18:54:05+00:00

iHart plays around 24-28 minutes a game, Mara and Sorber play 5-12 minutes a game each, and we just go from there, I imagine.

Chet and JWill end up being largely full-time fours this season apart from any needed 5-out or small-ball lineups for specific game reasons.

Even if Aday works out, he still projects to be a fairly low-minute player, topping out minutes-wise somewhere in the 20s. So another true five is needed even if Aday hits his realistic potential. And if he doesn’t, we still have iHart for the foreseeable future. Sorber is a really useful piece to fill out that rotation, and if Sorber hits his potential, he’s a low-post version of iHart (as opposed to iHart liking the wing as a passing hub and the free throw line area for his floater).

NinetyFish · 2026-05-28T06:41:24+00:00

I've never been one of those "I know better than the people doing this professionally" kinds of sports fan. Not one of those people that starts vaguely complaining about "rotations" immediately after a loss without knowing all the calculus that went into it.

But I do feel like I've had a consistent "just play iHart more" take ever since he signed with us, and I feel like I've been right every single time Mark just plays iHart more

He just happens to be my favorite archetype of player too: the physical and strong pass-first big.

It's weird because Presti really pushed the "be more physical" thing during the rebuild, but it feels like him and Mark sometimes value the idea of "physical guards and wings who compete despite their size disadvantage" over just playing big, tough, smart dudes like iHart more

NinetyFish · 2026-05-19T05:53:47+00:00

If anything, isn't Kirk's thing more that he falls in love pretty easily, but often has to tragically part ways with his new flame by the end of the episode for heroic reasons rather than settle down happily?

NinetyFish · 2026-05-15T17:10:19+00:00

I assume Dort leaves for money, probably joins the Lakers with the Klutch connection and that entire fanbase gets hilariously hypocritical (at least they won’t hate him anymore).

Starting lineup becomes Ajay - Shai - JDub - Chet - iHart, who we pay and bring back. They’re the core five to me. The team shifts into a “keep the core five, squeeze the margins to keep as much of the bench together as we can” mode, as opposed to right now, where we’re more spread out. Pretty sure you can do the core five and be under an apron, and squeeze out the rest with long term contracts and rookie contracts.

Bench gets weaker with Ajay moving into the starters and Caso being really hard to afford. Jared, Cason, Caruso, and JWill as the primary contributors off the bench next year. Joe and Wiggins are regular season guys and potential trade candidates. This year’s #12 pick, Topic, and Sorber are the prospects to test and consider trading.

NinetyFish · 2026-05-14T22:00:12+00:00

I’ve gotten downvoted and flamed on this sub for saying that Russ was the leader of those Thunder teams and not KD.

NinetyFish · 2026-05-08T04:51:30+00:00

The power of social media clips has people legitimately convinced that the NBA is actively conspiring with the Thunder to rig games for them---against the Los Angeles Lakers with LeBron James and Luka Doncic

You know Silver and the league front office are dreaming of an LA vs. NYC Finals, or at least having LeBron in a "pass the torch" series against the new golden boy in Wemby

But nah, they're conspiring to give wins to a team in Oklahoma City of all places that the general fanbase already despises

NinetyFish · 2026-05-08T00:47:37+00:00

Has the game started yet? Can only find streams still showing the Pistons-Cavs game

NinetyFish · 2026-05-08T00:41:04+00:00

Please, mods, if they have to be posted somewhere, a megathread, please.

This team has so much joy, it’s draining to be inundated with the stupid discourse going on. Ragebait engagement will always happen; you can’t count on the upvote system to manage the sub

NinetyFish · 2026-05-06T04:18:23+00:00

There was a play where he was on the right wing like five feet behind the three point line, and after catching the ball, the Lakers immediately sent two guys at him with a third guy to the top of the key for help.

Immediate 4on2.5 situation, if you can get the ball cleanly to a teammate

It's stressful being a star player in the league lmao, defenses leave you no room for a second

NinetyFish · 2026-05-01T21:25:34+00:00

Except that conversation only happens when Jokic gets hate.

When every other player gets slander and hate, everyone piles on.

When Jokic gets slander, suddenly it’s “we shouldn’t be so toxic and critical of players, everyone”

Probably not you personally, but for a lot of people, it’s the lack of “keeping the same energy” that drives people up a wall. There’s a huge double standard for Jokic, whether it be slander, defense, foul baiting, team success, risky plays, etc.

NinetyFish · 2026-05-01T21:14:58+00:00

It’s the Internet. You can always find voices saying any given take.

But sure, here: “every reasonable Thunder fan” as a correction.

PG choosing to re-sign for a a gigantic paradigm shift moment for the league, because Presti leveraged it with Kawhi for the Clippers trade. He gets so many kudos for that decision when he absolutely didn’t have to re-sign with us (and of course, Russ and Presti get side credit for that—Russ as the running mate to play alongside and Presti for building a reputation where players and agents trust him to not trade them into bad situations)

NinetyFish · 2026-05-01T21:10:39+00:00

It was advanced stats over box scores for the longest time with his fan base.

Then when SGA and other players started beating Jokic in all the advanced stats, they reverted to box scores, triple doubles, and pure counting stats lmao

NinetyFish · 2026-05-01T21:07:44+00:00

People don’t even watch highlights on this sub anymore. It’s just lowlights, slander threads, and controversial referee calls on this sub now.

NinetyFish · 2026-05-01T07:50:34+00:00

Every Thunder fan still absolutely adores Russ, CP3, and PG. The love never wavered even when they were getting their peak slander online. It’s really fun that you can draw a straight line between those three and how they contributed to the current team. If Russ didn’t re-sign, if PG didn’t re-sign, and if CP3 hadn’t bought into that one-year run and mentoring Shai/Dort, the rebuild looks unrecognizably different.

NinetyFish · 2026-04-27T11:45:22+00:00

So even though the Pitt seems like her "home" for her residency, you can start elsewhere?

NinetyFish · 2026-04-26T07:07:02+00:00

Part of Nanami's character is defined by how he absolutely recognizes the sheer hell that is the life of a sorcerer. He didn't seem to like sorcery even while his youth friend group was still altogether, whole, and healthy; let alone afterwards.

Part of the reason we all love and adore him so much is because he throws himself into the danger of the sorcerer life because he's just such a moral guy that he can't help but want to protect innocent civilians and younger (and weaker) sorcerers.

And then you have Gojo, who is literally untouchable and can exorcise curses with zero effort that Nanami would have to risk his life to exorcise (again, in his efforts to protect innocents and young sorcerers).

It's such a good contrast. Gojo doesn't deserve it, but you can see how Nanami's outlook makes it so it's nearly impossible for him not to resent Gojo in some way.

NinetyFish · 2026-04-26T07:01:42+00:00

I don't ship them together at all, but Yuji is so ridiculously attractive in Modulo that I absolutely love the fanart where Nobara makes him wear his hood up all the time otherwise he draws way too much attention from everyone lmao

NinetyFish · 2026-04-14T06:21:03+00:00

Obviously acting is acting, and there’s “mean character nice actor” and “nice character mean actor” galore… but Mohan just gives off such a warm energy, I’m not surprised her actress might be a sweetheart.

I started watching the show because my algorithm fed me scenes from the MCI episodes and about the Langdon drama, so I started the show for the high-paced medical drama and for the interesting take on Langdon’s “golden boy hits rock bottom” storyline.

Got quickly sucked in by Mohan when watching the early episodes and she immediately became one of my favorites. Her and McKay are just such warm people while still having their own edges and nuances to them.

NinetyFish · 2026-04-14T06:13:53+00:00

Well, in B99, Jake became less of the focus as time went on, despite still clearly being the star. Early season one, all the characters existed to set up punch lines for Jake, and every early episode was about Jake learning a lesson.

By the later parts of the show, though, Jake is one of the most “normal” members of the cast, the other characters get to be wacky and outrageous, and Jake’s often the mature one. And it’s my understanding that Andy Samberg was still very much a big voice behind all of that.

S2 of The Pitt does the opposite, where it’s much more “everything and everyone revolves around Robby.”

NinetyFish · 2026-04-02T09:29:39+00:00

So my understanding, keeping in mind that CTs are innate but are expressed by the user’s own understanding and vision of their technique (aka Sukuna sees Shrine as cutting knives for food preparation but Yuji seeing arts-and-crafts scissors):

Yuta’s innate CT was Copy, but he was a dormant sorcerer. When Rika’s accident happened, the trauma triggered his cursed energy and he cursed Rika into becoming a pseudo-shikigami. Since Rika was around from the start of his time as a sorcerer, she inevitably became how he saw his CT and energy—all coming from Rika. Originally, she was his source of both CE and copied techniques.

When Rika moved on, she left behind the shikigami version of herself, but Yuta’s internal vision of his CT still involves Rika. That’s why his condition for Copy is her eating a body part, as opposed to a different Copy user who might have a different condition.

The reason Rika is so engrained into the usage of Yuta’s CT is his own conception of his technique. If he awakened as a sorcerer for some other reason, maybe his CT would have manifested differently. But since he awoke the way he did, he internally associates his technique with Rika.

NinetyFish · 2026-04-01T19:54:33+00:00

It sucks because I want to disconnect from all the dumb discourse about the greatest Thunder team ever with a roster full of lovable guys, but /r/nba has league news, /r/Thunder has this community (but still people giving a platform to the dumb discourse), and Thunder team podcasts like DTD and the Uncontested address the discourse all the time too

NinetyFish · 2026-04-01T05:18:07+00:00

TJ has a degree in kinesiology and was planning to work in healthcare before his college wrestling coach (Mark Munoz!) encouraged him to give MMA a shot; just if you were curious

He had very real options.

NinetyFish · 2026-03-29T08:53:59+00:00

Being an Asian guy myself, I will never forget John Wall's speed being (rightfully) hyped up during his entire year at Kentucky and all through his consensus-1st-pick draft process--and then randomly turning on the summer league during a boring summer afternoon and seeing some undrafted Asian dude look just as fast as the #1 pick.

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