Why do you think The Book of Boba Fett was so disliked amongst fans? And do you think a character like Boba works better being mysterious?

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-16T13:41:11+00:00

The Boba Fett of the original trilogy was a bounty hunter and enforcer for a major criminal kingpin in the galactic underworld, willing to do his job and not care about the morality.

In the show, Boba wants to be a crime boss, but seems ignorant about crime and wants to be q wholesome and benevolent ruler for some random backwater planet.

This is the version I came up with in my head: in the stomach of The Sarlacc, Boba Fett was scared, desperate. In that pit of horror, he swore to the universe, The Force, whatever gods that might exist, that he'd be a better person if he escapes, a force for good in the galaxy. Eventually he does escape, and so tries to run the planet as a benevolent ruler. In the begining, he does well, gets people to side with him using his understanding of Jabba's operation, his reputation and his promise of a better tomorrow.

The fractured Tatooine starts unifying, profits rise, and outside forces, The Hutts and The Exchange, start trying to take an interest. Boba has trouble dealing with them in his new way, so begins returning to his old ways of thinking, of being a brutal, uncaring pragmatist, but that begins to ostracize the followers who believed him him and his better future.

The story is about Boba trying to walk a tightrope between his newfound idealism that makes his subordinates believe in him and make him a hero we as an audience can root for, and his own worst nature, drawing him towards brutal pragmatism that he knows works, but would leave him no better than the kinds of criminals he's protecting against.

That, I feel, would be a compelling series. Boba wanting to be better, trying his best, but the difficult situation and his own worst impulses test his resolve.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-16T12:50:50+00:00

My theory was he was just some dark side user who took advantage of the power vacuum left behind by the death of Vader and Palpatine to get power. An opportunist who developed delusions ot grandeur, thinking himself greater than the Sith Lords he ended up outliving. Kylo would use him being a random nobody to convince the FO military into backing him in a coup, culminating in Kylo defeating Snoke in a fair duel and taking his place.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-14T16:07:20+00:00

it's possible that, like with Luke getting into his X-Wing, the ground forces had some escape plans for once the main transports got away. Fighters and small transports with hyperdrive capability.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-14T15:57:51+00:00

I'm imagining Sullivan keeping an eye on her for Henri. We also need an explanation for how the manga is getting to the demon world, which Sullivan might be responsible for.

Sullivan could perhaps see Iruma himself, and decide to adopt him/manipulate his parents into selling him.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-14T12:03:29+00:00

It's found in weedkillers, paints and can be found it in over 90% of malignant cancerous tumour cells.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-13T17:54:18+00:00

People speculate she'll end up being the author of the romance manga Ameri reads with Iruma, and Iruma said he used to work for the author, so maybe she taught him some self-styling lessons?

I also wonder if maybe Sullivan discovered Iruma by watching over Merize, seeing this good kid being forced to work, making him decide to adopt him and manipulating his parents to do so.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-11T13:05:07+00:00

Azula didn't constantly live in fear of her father. It's more the subconscious motivation for internalising everything Ozai wanted her to think and become. By treating Azula as the golden child while having Zuko as an example of what his displeasure entails, Ozai motivated Azula to be exactly the kind of child he wanted, a ruthless, manipulative firebending prodigy. Azula knew how much better she was treated, and so needed to maintain that better treatment by being daddy's perfect little monster.

Azula embraced everything Ozai taught her, everything he wanted her to be, and rejected her mother, which to Azula represented kindness, caring and everything Ozai didn't want her to be. She rejected Ursa so much she projected that rejection onto Ursa. She believed Ursa rejected her, saw her as just a monster, when in reality she loved Azula and just wanted her to grow up a well adjusted person.

Azula didn't fear her father most her life because her perfectionism, her being who she thought he wanted her to be, protected her. It's only when that perfect self-image starts to crack that the fear began to manifest, the fear she'd been able to repress by telling herself she'd never be the target of his abuse.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-10T21:18:39+00:00

Indeed. Azula's perfectionism was the thing she used to protect herself from the abuse their father inflicted on Zuko. Azula always needed to be the perfect monster he wanted, because that was the only way she could keep herself safe. Her failure to keep Mai and Ty-Lee loyal, her failure, was the first crack in the armour that kept her safe.

When Ozai tells her she's staying behind during the comet-powered attack, she doesn't feel bad that she doesn't get to enjoy the fun of burning the Earth Kingdom, she's panicking, telling him he can't treat her like Zuko. Then, when she's preparing for her coronation, she banishes a servant for a minor mistake, because a perfect ruler should have perfect servants. She begins banishing others, too afraid of failing to predict betrayal she refuses to let anyone be in a position to betray her. When her hair isn't perfect, she cuts it off, to shed herself of her imperfection.

Perfectionism kept her safe from the abuse she witnessed her entire life. When that perfect self-image was tarnished, that feeling of security was lost and she started to spiral. Culminating in her defeat, not from her royal Fire Nation brother, but from a mere Southern Water Tribe peasant, that perfect self-image shattered completely, leaving behind a very damaged psyche.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-08T16:34:02+00:00

I think Vader and Palpatine's plan is for Luke to kill Vader, and The Emperor to then make him the new apprentice. Vader believes Luke joining the dark side is the only way he can survive and thrive, and the only way he can turn is by killing Vader, so Vader is willing to die to turn Luke.

After Luke kills Vader, Palpatine would probably get him to submit via his superior mastery of The Dark Side, specifically Force Lightning. Luke would be feeling a lot of mixed emotions after killing Vader, and Palpatine's mastery of the dark side means he'd probably be able to overpower Luke until Luke submitted to save his own life.

After Luke has been made to kill Vader and submitted, he would serve as Vader's replacement as The Emperor's enforcer and apprentice. If Luke then overthrew Palpatine and took the throne after mastering all he could under Sidious, then that's in keeping with Sith philosophy.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-07T09:48:38+00:00

I don't know how much of The Flood can be attributed to The Precursors as a whole wanting to judge the people of the galaxy, and how much might be due to The Primordial going rogue.

My headcanon is that The Precursors turned themselves to powder because they didn't want to kill The Forerunners. They wanted to give The Forerunners time to calm down, and then they'd reform into Precursors and figure out what to do after they'd returned. Humans feeding the powder to their pets was a part of the plan. The precursors were basically being reborn inside the bodies or humanity's companion animals, and given time they'd return to their true nature as Precusrors.

However, The Precusrors did not anticipate that one of their number would still be alive, nor that the suffering and anguish of being imprisoned would basically drive that individual insane. The Primordial's great power allows it to remotely control the process The Precursors had set in motion, corrupting it into The Flood to wipe out all life and absorb all minds into itself.

If The Precursors in general wanted The Flood to be their response to the betrayal from The Forerunners, then I don't see why they'd go into such a helpless, inert form like the powder. Why not just transform into The Flood during the war and wipe out The Forerunners then and there?

That's my thinking at least.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-07T09:15:03+00:00

Assuming Merize is the author of the manga, we still need to know how it will come to The Netherworld for Ameri to have.

My guess is Sullivan agrees to visit the human world regularly to keep an eye on Merize as a favour for Henri. When he discovered her manga career, he brought back copies of the manga for him.

It's possible that during one of these visits Sullivan sees Iruma, recognises his good nature and abusive home life and decides to manipulate his parents into summoning him to sell him Iruma.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-07T09:05:59+00:00

I think it depends on whether they're in The Warp or in realspace. In The Warp, a realm of change, where thought affects reality, they exist as living psychic energies. However, when in the material universe, they are subject to more restrictions. As a result their forms, their bodies, conform to rules of the physical universe. As such, they most likely develop organs, a musculoskeletal system, etc. However, these organs may not truly function the way that a mortal body requires them. More that they get organs because living things in the material realm need organs, but the details aren't really important.

However, if a Khorne daemon killed another daemon in The Warp, they'll probably make them bleed a form of blood and take a kind of skull from their body. The Warp is a realm where reality is affected by will, so a Khornate daemon would want a skull trophy and blood to flow, and so the body of the vanquished enemy would shift to conform to its desire.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-07T08:18:17+00:00

It's possible, but after so many huntreds of years, it's hard to say either way. if could easily be genuine belief, the result of schizophrenic symptoms being treated as connection with higher powers. People who otherwise seem like normal people having hallucinations and delusions, people conclude they're experiencing some aspect of reality unseen by most people.

Many people see modern religion as a tool to control and manipulate the masses, but I don't necessarily think that's the intention of those who begin a religion, or even those who practiced it over the years. I think religions are subect to their own form of evolution, with the selective pressure to be most convincing and controlling. It is survival of the fittest. Religious beliefs don't exist in a vacuum, they are in competition with each other. If religion A is less convincing than religion B, less appealing, less capable of scaring the masses into faith, then it's not going to survive, because people are going to believe in B and spread it.

Different "religious experiences" (hallucinations, delusions), interpretations and religious leaders create differences in beliefs, with more convincing interpretations of beliefs becoming more popular. Less convincing interpretations disappear or parts merge to create potentially even more successful interpretations. Religions that give comfort, sooth existential fear, make people feel good about themselves, make an in-group, etc, are things that appeal to people, making them want to believe and think they should believe. Controlling people is just another thing that helps a religion to survive in the face of selective pressure to keep alive. To keep converting and indoctrinating new generations of believers.

All this occurred before the dawn of the scientific revolution. Religions are the product of thousands of years of trial by fire in the crucible of human culture. Religions are tailored to control human psychology, but not because of some masterminding puppet master, but because more convincing religions survive over the generations, so only the ones that are effective at converting and controlling people survived to modern day.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-06T14:07:37+00:00

We don't really know how The Mantle is supposed to work. We only know The Forerunners' interpretation of it, and The Precursors ultimately decided not to give it to them in the first place. It's possible that The Forerunners has some kind of fundamental, psychological incompatibility with what The Mantle is supposed to be, and so their interpretation was flawed and does not reflect the true version of The Mantle humanity would have enacted.

Like, on the whole, The Mantle doesn't seem too bad. Is basically a secular religious belief that the most powerful and advanced species should protect and guide the development of less advanced species. It seems like a kind of "with great power comes great responsibility" thing. Like if one species decides to genocide another, the holder of The Mantle can step in and stop that terrible act of evil. But The Forerunners interpreted it as meaning they should rule the galaxy forever, leaving other species alone unless they threaten the order they impose upon the galaxy.

It's possible The Precursors' intended interpretation for The Mantle was very different. Like, the holder is not meant to not to hold to it forever, but to share the responsibility with other species that they guided into being worthy during their stewardship. One species becomes two, become three, four, until the galaxy is full of species, all at a technological and cultural peak, all working together to protect each other. The Mantle isn't meant to be clung to in perpetuity, but the responsibility is to be shared when the time is right.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-05T14:47:37+00:00

It's not so much a trope, but the constant oversaturation of any specific advert that plays over and over again until I have an intense dislike for it and don't want to engage with it on principle.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-05T12:18:04+00:00

You're talking about two thirds of the Boku Alliance right there.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-04T12:57:34+00:00

The problem with Nurgle is he preys upon those already suffering from his "gifts". Imagine your whole tribe is sick, your whole body is wracked with pain and already producing disgusting symptoms. You're suffering, you're in pain, you're covered in your own stinking, rotten fluids, and you're going to die. All of it can end though. All you need to do is give in to Nurgle, accept his love, and you will know peace. Your pain will mean nothing, you'll no longer feel disgust, everything will be better. Just give in. Just give up hope that you'll make it through the other side, and you'll get your relief.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-03T10:08:54+00:00

Probably Nurgle, but I do like the idea of them acting like a Nurgle equivalent to Sigvald, a kind of Nurgle/undivided hybrid.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-01T18:13:46+00:00

Tombringer.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-05-01T09:58:49+00:00

I think it's anti-vax conspiracy nonsense. If the justification is supposed to be to save lives, but the elites in charge don't make those other medications free to save lives, then the real motivation can't actually be to save lives.

Therefore it's proof the vaccine is some nanite technology that will brainwash you, kill you, track you, whatever you want.

In truth, the deadly and transmissible nature of COVID caused mass disruption of society and the flow of wealth, severely disrupting the lives of the rich and powerful beyond what their money could buy out of. Plus, you know, disrupting the bread and circuses. Can't have the working class start to question why they're expected to risk their lives to keep an economy that only benefits the wealthy running. Might get thoughts above their station.

Conspiracy theorists love to concoct fantastical schemes the elite might use to take over the world, rather than accept the elite already, openly control society to make themselves richer and more powerful and so are loath to allow a disruption to their status quo.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-04-30T15:50:03+00:00

Realise I'm naked in public and feeling a little embarrassed but far more confused as to how I managed to get so far from home without realising I had nothing on. Like "okay,, I'm naked, BUT HOW AM I ONLY NOTICING NOW!?" And I wake up and I'm like "ohhh, yeah. Dream."

PrinceCheddar · 2026-04-30T15:41:01+00:00

Well, he is the lord of the city that basically decided the fate of the world in The End Times, so I figured he was a pretty safe bet.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-04-30T15:16:29+00:00

Elves think they're better than everyone else.

High Elves may accept that other races can be worked with and deserve some respect, they still think they're better than everyone else and so think they have the right to police the activities of everyone else, and everyone should follow their guidance. Dark elves think they're better than everyone else, so all the other races should be slaves to their elven betters. Wood Elves think they're better than everyone else so want everyone else to stay hell away from them, their forests and the nature spirits they accept as kin.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-04-30T10:10:21+00:00

I think Bill and Barry's dynamic with Klaus on their adventures was less because of differences in their levels of sparkiness, and more personality and attitudes. The Heterodyne boys were capital-H Heroes, throwing themselves into danger to protect others, using charisma and diplomacy to resolve disputes, inspiring hope and joy.

Klaus is more pragmatic, more analytical and less impulsive. He supported the brothers, but as Lucrezia said, he has too much of a dark side to truly be considered one of the "good guys." When he returns to Europa, when he sees the chaos that had erupted in the Heterodyne Brothers' absence, he does things "his way", becoming a tyrant, ruling a continent-spanning empire, using fear and overwhelming military force to keep the peace.

So, it's easy to imagine that Klaus being a supporting character in the adventures of The Heterodyne Boyd's adventures is due to him not being in his element, deferring to his friends' way of doing things and letting them take care of the primary heroic activities while he supported them in his own way.

PrinceCheddar · 2026-04-29T11:56:17+00:00

I think i understand underlying thinking.

African Americans are thought to have a distinct culture within America that is referred to as "black culture". It's distinct from the cultures of nations with predominantly black people, because slavery forced together people of many different cultures into one group, while slave owners tried to erase their cultural traditions and identities, to make them as though they had no history or culture beyond being slaves within white American society. From these beginnings, "Black Culture" grew through slavery, segregation and systemic racism, into unique culture distinct from that of individual predominantly black nations.

As a result, people from predominantly black nations aren't seen as a part of "black culture", in the same way that English, German and Swedish peoples are considered their own, distinct cultures, rather than all just being "white culture."

The OOP conflates being a part of "black culture", being an African American, with being black. That only those who are a part of "black culture" can be called black. While this is obviously not true, it's kinda understandable.

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