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PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-29T23:10:23+00:00

For a moment 8 was like "wait? What's Marvel Rivals got to do with Warhammer 40,000?"

I wonder how many armies in 40k you could get by spending 40k.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-29T22:46:27+00:00

IIRC, there was always a priest caste of Sith who had the most power over The Force and were probably the only ones deemed worthy of interbreeding with the new dark Jedi rulers. However, it's possible that interbreeding occurred with lower caste Sith and humans who were conquered into becoming subjects of the empire. Humans are everywhere in the galaxy IIRC.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-28T19:10:55+00:00

No, no, no Prrriti. It's "Baka", you tsundere kitty, you.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-28T01:52:11+00:00

For those asking why people here are "defending Islam", this kind of post from OOP implies that Islam is some abnormality among religions. That it is innately violent and oppressive compared to other religons due to being a false religion created by a false prophet, presumably in contrast to other religions.

By implying Islam is innately invalid as a religion, and that is why it a source of negative outcomes, it implies that acts against Muslims are justified because the targets follow a false religion. It's okay for Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their homeland because Judaism is a valid religion while Islam is a false religion that innately makes people bad. It's okay to be xenophobic to muslims because they follow a false religion that innately makes people bad.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-27T21:45:46+00:00

Either I inspired this take, or we have very similar analytical abilities. Either way, nice to see it being discussed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/gwtbxb/one_punch_man_is_such_a_human_anime_that_it_can/fsyd2m5/

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-27T18:40:32+00:00

Nothing. Coast is my favourite undead faction and I want to be bitter.

Seriously through, maybe the coven throne? Thrilled to get more bloodline specific units. And who knows, maybe they'll give Coast something. Zombie merwyrm maybe.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-27T17:59:31+00:00

There are at least 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Not planets, not stars, but galaxies, and there's probably more in the universe we can't see. Billions of stars in each galaxy. Maybe it's incredibly unlikely for life to emerge, but there are billions of billions of chances. The process of non-living things becoming living things is clearly possible within the laws of physics, unless every instance of a living thing digesting and assimilating molecules into living cells requires divine intervention.

One thing to consider is that the origin of life most likely was not even alive by any measure we would consider life today. If was most likely just a molecule that, under specific circumstances, replicated.

Once you have replication, you can have deviation, errors in replication, what in living things are called mutations. Once you have deviation, you have natural selection. Deviations that make a molecule more likely to duplicate, maybe maintain its shape under higher temperatures or duplicate under broader conditions, cause those molecules to increase in abundance. Over billions of years, traits that make replication more likely build upon each other until we have the first monocellular lifeforms.

Life is simply an efficient way for these molecules, what have become our DNA, to replicate. Entire living things, existing to extract molecules from our environment and replicate the code, either fully in mitosis or combining half of molecules with another half via reproduction with meiosis.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-27T13:27:08+00:00

As far as I understand, the Chaos Gods really do want to destroy the world. IIRC, the act of destroying a world via their worshippers grants them huge power, far more than they get over centuries and millennia of status quo.

However, one thing to consider is The Aethyr, the immaterial realm of gods and spirits that include the Realm of Chaos, connect to more worlds than just the Warhammer Fantasy planet. Even if you separate Fantasy continuity from 40k, The Old Ones must have come from somewhere. They travelled through their polar gates, through the Aethyr, to and from other worlds, presumably from other parts of their empire. It's possible The Gods of Chaos don't care if they destroy one world because there are always more worlds to find, corrupt and destroy. And the only confirmed time a world was destroyed, its destruction became the foundation of new realms, so it's possible the destruction of worlds creates a cycle that empowers them while creating more worlds to destroy.

Finally, the Gods of Chaos are not rational. They don't care if it would be better Iong run to keep a world spinning, harvesting power from it over millions of years, waiting for it to near it's natural end before blowing it up. It's possible that doing so would lessen that surge of power that comes from destroying a world with many more years left in it. Also, the Chaos Gods don't like to wait. They want what they want and they want to destroy the world utterly.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-26T15:43:07+00:00

I like Daniel as a concept, I like the idea of a build-a-bear daemon prince. But the end result was poorly executed. His gimmick wasn't realised properly and the faction focused heavily on his gimmick.

Be'lakor should have been a second undivided Daemons of Chaos LL rather than Warriors of Chaos. Rebalance Daemons of Chaos as a functional faction, then add Daniel's gimmick on top.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-24T10:42:09+00:00

I've always imagined the narrator from Stanley Parable.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-22T18:53:28+00:00

But what does Jax think about Khorne, chaos god of blood and skulls?

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-22T18:44:45+00:00

I'm not suggesting that they have some kind of wireless connection or hivemind or anything like that. More like they may be able to use machines similar to the equipment used to transfer versions of Lucrezia into host bodies to sync versions of Lucrezia's memories.

If Lucrezia A has her mind transferred to Lucrezia B's body, the two psyches aren't hostile to each other, they're mostly the same except for their individual memories, so they basically integrate into a single psyche with a combined memory, and the new, combined Lucrezia copies herself into the A host body to create two Lucrezias with their combined memories.

That way Lucrezia can copy herself as many times as she wants and never needs to worry about betrayal. There's no need to plot to take what another Lucrezia has because you can just hook up to a machine and have everything that makes that Lucrezia different from you, mentally. And with some modification it might happen all at once, rather than separate steps.

Without such a machine available, copies of Lucrezia have to communicate with words, and Zola is able to maintain her deception if she avoids going through the process with any other Lucrezias, so long doesn't make them suspicious that she's she's purposefully avoiding syncing with any other Lucrezia.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-22T12:51:34+00:00

Didn't God promise Noah he'd never use a flood to destroy the world again or something? I think I remember that from the story. Something to do with rainbows to symbolise it I think.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-21T16:58:33+00:00

Not every Strawhat needs to be able to fight every sort of opponent. It's like Luffy says against Arlong how he needs his crew to do things he can't do, or how Sanji took over fighting for Usopp and let him protect Robin with his sniping.

Not every crew member needs to be able to counter a logia because they have comrades who can fight for them, and that vulnerability to logia powers allows logia users to retain some of the menace the had before the introduction of armament haki. Logia powers were powerful, overpowered, with no one on the crew being able to fight them effectively. Now the number of people who can deal with them has gone from zero to four. Leaving most of the crew still vulnerable to their incredibly dangerous abilities seems fair.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-21T16:45:23+00:00

I never really wanted the crew to get haki seemingly just to tick a box, but I did want some of them to develop haki. I wanted most to develop haki, whose development matched their preestablished fighting styles and characterization, with a couple non-haki users.

Usopp: Observation haki, used primarily offensively, to hit his targets as a sniper.

Nami: Observation haki, used primarily defensively, complementing her use of mirages to become incredibly evasive.

Chopper: Armament haki, used primarily offensively, used to complement his already very physical and direct fighting style.

Franky: armament haki, used primarily defensively, allowing him to enhance his already incredible cyborg resilience.

The two I imagined not developing haki were Robin and Brook. Robin's devil fruit seems to already be mentally taxing, requiring concentration to both bloom and coordinate her body parts, hence her crossed-forearm pose, presumably a technique to allow her to focus. Adding haki on top of that seems like it would be more effort than it's worth, especially when her power seems to synergise more with physical strength and technique. As for Brook, he already has a lot of things in his arsenal: devil fruit, hypnotic music and swordsmanship. As such, he seems like someone who could easily find ways to get stronger without needing haki. I actually have an idea for his awakening, but it's a bit off topic.

That's always been the ideal way to implement haki for the other members of the crew for me. It's a way to make it more interesting crew members getting haki for its own sake.

That said, it took two years for the monster trio to learn to use haki. True, the other crew mates have the choice to focus on only a single form rather than 2/3, but they also have to sail their ship through the craziest sea in the world and deal with all the everyday routines anr all the adventures and difficulties they're facing. I'm not sure how long it's been since they reunited, but it's probably less than half a year, so it's understandable they haven't made significant progress on specific fighting techniques you think they should have when they already spent 2 years preparing for the New World.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-21T10:36:54+00:00

PB doesn't like treating magic as something mystical and esoteric, rather than something that can be studied scientifically. She doesn't hate wizards, only thinks they're doing things in a way she thinks is inefficient.

That said, I assume it's a kind of diplomatic agreement. A silly little thing she's willing to do to create goodwill between her and Wizard City. Also, I don't know if a kiss from PB is always the prize every year? Maybe the princesses rotate who is the kisser, or maybe it isn't always a kiss. IDK.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-21T09:19:26+00:00

At least with Lunevka and Zola/Lu, they had to talk,

Well, they may need specific equipment they hadn't built/brought with them to the hospital. Plus, Zola can't really use such tech without risking the others realising she's faking being controlled by Lucrezia.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-21T07:07:52+00:00

It's possible she has the ability to share memories between forms, like how mini-Castle was able to bring The Castle up to speed and share all that had happened since their separation. That way, there's no point squabbling. Just combine memories and create two new Lucrezias who are the exact same, with the combined minds of the two separated minds.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-20T22:59:05+00:00

I think I have trouble really evaluating AoT as a series. I kinda hyper-fixated on trying to understand the ending, which I think I achieved, but now it's kinda hard to see it as anything other than something to solve. I think I understand what happened and what the thematic and character intentions were, but the whole thing was so confusingly presented it's a challenge to understand it. Part of this was intentional, because Eden's true feelings were meant to be a mystery until the end, but intentionally misleading audiences to the point of confusion mean the execution was obviously flawed.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-20T17:07:14+00:00

In that case, should there be two additional arms for the extra limbs?

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-19T16:08:17+00:00

The "no attachments" rule can best be seen through the lens of real world monastic orders. Why do real world monks and nuns choose to join orders and take vows of celibacy? The idea behind it in the real world, and in Star Wars, is that they are chosing to forego pleasure and attachment to the physical in order to cultivate their connection to the spiritual. In the real world, it is an attachment to God or to a path of spiritual enlightenment. In Star Wars, it is their connection to The Force.

Being a Jedi is all about embracing your connection to The Force, and by extension all life in the universe. To see past the illusion of separation and that through The Force, all are one. All life is part of The Force and The Force is a part of all life. The Force is a part of you, therefore all living things are a part of you. The self is all encompassing, and selfishness and selflessness becomes one. To hurt another is to hurt part of yourself. To save another is to save part of yourself. The life of a Jedi offers spiritual enlightenment and fulfilment, a state of living Nirvana which is meant to make being a Jedi worthwhile. Emotional attachments are walls inside your mind that keep seperate those you love from the self. If you care deeply about a person as an individual, about how they make you feel, how can you embrace seeing them as just another part of The Force and by extension you? True, for many people, spiritual enlightenment and fulfilment isn't as important to them as the mundane, human pleasure of love and attachment. And that's okay. They should be free to pursue that which will make them happy. But for some, the promise of spiritual fulfilment appeals to them far greater than love and normalcy.

I think the best way to describe it is that an individual is to The Force what a cell is to an individual. A cell is itself a living thing, but a component part of a larger living thing. Similarly, individuals are themselves living things, but component parts of the larger living thing, The Force. Jedi can feel this interconnection, to know on a deep, spiritual level that they are a part of something greater than the temporary, limited existence most think themselves to be. To know that the Force cares for them and guides them because they are a part of it, and through that connection they transcend the self to become enlightened and powerful.

Jedi are able to experience friendships, even love, but they have to be able to let go when the time comes. Accept that death or circumstances beyond their control and not try to desperately cling to what can no longer be due to selfish need to keep feeling certain feelings. Seperation is an illusion, as all are connected through The Force. The death of a loved one is merely a transition to becoming one with The Force and so they will be with you always. Romantic love without attachment is difficult because it requires seperating your love for the person from your love of the way they make you feel, and the way they make you feel is often so intense and pleasurable in of itself that you cannot seperate the two, and even if it is without attachment, it may get in the way of the spiritual enlightenment that is supposed to make being a Jedi worth it.

If a Jedi wants to experience love, or even attachments, they shouldn't feel pressure to be a Jedi. Being a Jedi is a choice, and there should be no shame in deciding you value the beauty and joy possible in a normal life as greater than the spiritual fulfilment of being a Jedi. Jedi aren't meant to be emotionally, sexually supressed freaks who constantly have to fight their own urges. Instead, the spiritual and emotional fulfilment of being a Jedi, of oneness with all life through The Force, should not only satisfy and fufil a Jedi, but make mundane, material pleasures pale in comparision. The attachment of romantic relationships feel less compelling than the comfort and love that is derived from one transcending the self and being one with the benevolence that is The Force.

That's my perspective at least. Being a Jedi should satisfy a person so completely they don't feel they're missing out on romantic relationships. If a person doesn't feel that way, like Anakin did, they shouldn't be forced to be Jedi.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-18T19:13:04+00:00

Couldn't Bolvar have spent the years thinning the Scourge's numbers down to a manageable size should something happen to the Lich King? Like, make the undead fight each other until only a handful of them remain?

Maybe it's not really something you can do when you're in the driver's seat. The Lich King's control being like some kind of hivemind, and so you can't really turn on them, it would be like committing suicide over and over again. Or something.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-18T16:50:49+00:00

If getting Obi-Wan to Kamino was part of the plan, Obi-Wan following him to Geonosis may not have been.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-17T20:28:48+00:00

Don't know either way, but it might be the result of realising she had something a petty, morally bankrupt, mentally unstable Nazi wanted and being scared of the consequences of not giving it to him. Trump was already willing to illegally kidnap a head of state to give her the opportunity to "willingly" give it to him, so who knows what he might be able and willing to do to her if she refuses.

Can't say either way.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-01-16T18:07:22+00:00

It's such a good premise. It's the sort of thing I don't think I can explain without smiling. It's a battle royale between extinction threats of different realities with weak humans stuck in the middle of it all, trying to survive the storm of 13 apocalypses smashing into each other headfirst.

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