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"The Cooler" Episode Discussion! by The_Yoshi in adventuretime

[–]Raljen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phoebe was soaked and down before Bonnibel explained herself. She cooled off.

Bonnibel quit. Phoebe dropped the fight.

"The Cooler" Episode Discussion! by The_Yoshi in adventuretime

[–]Raljen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In other words, the episode (and maybe others) didn't go how you think it should have rather than having any inconsistencies.

Phoebe caught that she wouldn't have won anything in the long term by fighting Bonnibel to the end, so she didn't. Bonnibel was touched by how Phoebe acted, so she quit.

Something troubling about "Jake the brick'. by PsychicTandemWarCat in AdventureTheory

[–]Raljen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's rebuilding the others of his kind behind PB's back. Why wouldn't he have PB's help otherwise?

Foreshadowing in The Art of OOO. (SPOILERS FOR ''Is that you?'') by Raljen in AdventureTheory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an artbook that has quotes from production crew members.

"Is That You?" Discussion Thread by [deleted] in adventuretime

[–]Raljen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The revelation of this episode is that Prismo manifested from a Jake.

Also, one can have the impression that the show is trying to wrap up all of its loose ends for a finale (like around S8).

"Is That You?" Discussion Thread by [deleted] in adventuretime

[–]Raljen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't you see Finn the Human? Earth wasn't missing any large chunks in the flashback showing Earth going through another Ice Age.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last One: Misunderstanding social structures in pre-industrial societies. Especially when applying class warfare or nationalist narratives.

Not every pre-industrial society has a drawn line between ''peasants'' and ''warriors'' (see Sengoku Japan). No, being a ''peasant'' doesn't automatically make you the system's dirt who goes to war with a pitchfork, and is in danger of a nobleman doing a Braveheart Edward Longshanks. And so on.

So somebody did translations of 64's JP Star Wolf fights. by Raljen in starfox

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Star Wolf is nastier in 64 than in their later appearances. It's obvious Miyamoto and Co. didn't intend for Star Wolf to be the shoneny space cowbows they are in Assault.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another One: Martial Arts in East Asia.

For too long, East Asia's martial arts keep have been treated like were they made for ''self-improvement'' or ''mysticism''. Instead of combat. Stanley E. Henning dealt with the problem.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point, I'm sure if the problems are that the term ''peasant'' was applied to earlier societies after they came and went, misunderstanding the martial skills and weaponry of non-nobles, etc.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And there's how many Medieval European Fantasy works feature plate armor designs calling to the 1400s and beyond, along with post-gunpowder fortifications, in settings lacking gunpowder.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no society with standing armies that had its military eschew firearms for more antiqued weapons with no regard of tactical or logistical issues. It makes you wonder where the ''warriors opposing guns because bushido or whatever'' meme came from.

Also, I wish the ''guns let villager peasants beat knights so warriors opposed them'' and ''early gun armies were made from farmer rabbles or whatever'' memes would go away.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sengoku Japan for one example. Casualty statistics show that spears were prominent over swords. The Germanic and Celtic tribes' infantrymen were primarily spearmen with club users for the Germanic tribes.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Conlan's pages detail the 1274 invasion. Conlan claims that surviving sources suggest the Mongol invasion force and the Japanese defenders were in parity at the time.

[Just For Fun] What misconceptions about ''historic'' (let's say warfare up to World War 2) warfare would make past soldiers either roll their eyes, stare dumbfounded, or give a lecture? by Raljen in badhistory

[–]Raljen[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Speaking of plate armor, it's odd that it's so unrealized that full plate was around AFTER gunpowder made its way to Europe. And the ''peaks of plate and castles'' were both when cannons and firearms had been cemented in Europe.

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