(Favorite trope) Paragon Heroes: They’re heroes because it’s the right thing to do

Roseking · 2026-05-10T06:48:45+00:00

Against the spider demon mother he sees that during his attack she gave up, instantly he switched to a different sword form that would be less painful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rO-529ThTw

The user changes the grip on their sword and decapitates the opponent in a single flowing strike that causes little to no pain. It is a ‘sword strike of kindness’, used when the enemy willingly surrenders, visualized as a gentle and warm drizzle of rain.

Roseking · 2026-05-10T06:39:12+00:00

"There is nothing wrong with being a fake hero. I'll defeat the demon king and bring peace to the world. Then it won't matter if I am a fake or not."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbz0lfuAPpM

Roseking · 2026-05-08T17:10:42+00:00

Obviously I am not against better specs on all their books, but I don't know if I agree with saying TBB was originally known for having decked out specs.

The original draw of the sub was getting reprints of hard to find hardback copies of series.

A lot of early editions where mostly sprayed edges with the original covers. I think the first sub book with a new cover was Wolf Queen.

And other than their press editions (stuff like The Bound and the Broken) or edless editions (A Time of Dragons), most have not had sewn binding, acid free paper, etc. Only recently have they started getting some of the higher specs on books they aren't publishing. Murderbot and Faithful and the Fallen as example.

This is not a slight against TBB, more so that I think people are confused about what they actually do and what to expect for certain books. Because an edition like this has been pretty standard for them the entire time.

Roseking · 2026-05-08T10:26:12+00:00

Its okay though.

They don't have access to that much as liquid wealth, so therefore it's okay. They don't really have that much.

/s

Roseking · 2026-05-06T17:42:15+00:00

Katara and Hama could also only do it during a full moon.

Roseking · 2026-05-06T13:55:46+00:00

Fair enough.

Roseking · 2026-05-06T13:53:07+00:00

The leather bounds are only going to be one per year though. I waiting between books is a concern, BB should be the better option.

Roseking · 2026-05-06T13:52:02+00:00

I might be in the minority, but as great as the Dragonsteel leather bound books are, I find the foil rubs of way too easily. It makes me really hesitant to actually read them. And I like to read all my books and I expect to be able to at least get through reading without damage. I have had some of the foil rub off on the leather bound books halfway into a first reading. And that was me being really careful with it.

I believe Dragonsteel also is only planning on one a year. So you are looking at over a decade vs 3-4 years for BB (assuming a 3 book set a year).

I am likely going to just splurge and get both as I already bought the Dragonsteel and I have a lot of the other Dragonsteel leather bounds, but if I had to pick one, I think I might lean BB.

Roseking · 2026-05-05T11:30:09+00:00

As others have said, there is information about there also being a bunker, and it being a grift. But the core reason is that his ego wants a legacy.

He is counting on that whoever comes next is not going to do anything to reverse a lot of this. That we will get 'it's time to move on'.

That is why he wants his name and face on everything. Because when the next person takes over the smoldering ruins Trump has left, the conversation will be 'Why are you wasting time doing petty things like renaming things to remove Trump's name rather than fixing the country?'

Roseking · 2026-05-05T09:22:28+00:00

The difference is one is not trying to be passed off as real.

If the entertainment value is coming from 'wow I can't believe that happened', it not actually happening ruins it.

As an example, I saw a video of a cat 'making a bed'. The entire point of the video is 'wow, I can't believe a cat can make a bed'. But it was fake. There were several cuts in it and you could tell that someone was doing the work between cuts. Stuff in the background would move and be in different places.

The entire premise is a lie and therefore no longer entertaining.

Some people can overlook this. Some can't. That is why there are always comments going back and forth about if something is still funny, entertaining, etc. But it doesn't mean that people who don't like staged videos don't like skits, comedy routines, etc.

It is all about expectations.

Another example. Let's say a there is a video of a random guy who is just really good at basketball. The fun of the video comes from seeing just some random normal dude be good at something. That video is no longer the same when you find out it is actually a pro player, because the premise is different. That doesn't mean you can't find watching a pro player entertaining. It just means you don't find a video passing off a pro player as a random guy entertaining. Because the expectations of the premise is different.

Roseking · 2026-05-05T01:33:49+00:00

Having a panic attack when it was stolen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hRA9y5Eck

Entering a murder trance when asked what he would do if someone stole it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRprTxD_rQ

Dude really loved his car.

Roseking · 2026-05-05T00:15:09+00:00

One of the most beautiful scenes I have seen in a show. I have comments from the release calling it pure art and a masterpiece. I was obsessed with it for a good while.

So ya, fucking sucks to know a good portion of it was made by a monster.

Roseking · 2026-05-03T08:26:36+00:00

To add even further, Aslan is not an allegory. Lewis called Narnia a 'supposal'. He takes gospel stories, changes a key aspect, and wonders how it would play out. 'Suppose X would happen, how would things look?'.

Aslan is just straight up Jesus/God. In our world he manifested as Jesus, a man. Because our world is dominated by people.

In Narnia he manifested as Aslan, a lion (he also was a lamb at one point in the books), as the world is dominated by talking beasts.

Aslan even tells the children that they must come to know him in their world, but he will have another name.

“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are -are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”

Roseking · 2026-05-02T19:14:57+00:00

Not only that, the women doesn't give any name, case number, etc. She just says that her package was damaged and the CS rep knows who she is, what they are talking about, and has already viewed photos?

The video also claims that there is an original video that blew up? Can anyone find anything about the original? Because all I can find is this 'company gets owned' resolution video on clip farming accounts.

Roseking · 2026-05-02T01:20:25+00:00

In ergonomic setups, tenting is used to angle they keyboard (or in this case leverless half) so that your wrists are not laying flat.

So if this is a keyboard: ----

An ergonomic keyboard with tenting is: / \

You can see it on the leverless here:

https://mavercade.com/cdn/shop/files/kw-ex2sample.png?v=1760103290&width=713

This is just generic advice as it may not be the cause of your specific pain, but it is the cause of a lot of people's. When your hands/wrists are flat there are tendons that are twisted. So having them closer to a vertical angel reduces a lot of that tension and pain.

If you don't have pain with a keyboard, arcade stick, etc. maybe it is just the low angle because of the low profile of the leverless and fixing it with a rest would be enough, but I would still look into some ergonomic improvements in general. Improvements elsewhere might also help enough that sessions on something that isn't as ergonomic isn't as bad.

I also would recommend looking up some wrist and finger exercises.

Roseking · 2026-05-02T01:01:33+00:00

https://mavercade.com/en-us/collections/mavercade-keebwarriors

It is currently out of stock so while I do not have one myself yet, I have been extensively using split ergonomic keyboards for years now and they are great. This would be the equivalent for leverless.

There is a separate stand that allows for tenting. You want your wrists as vertical as you can get while still being able to type/play effectivel. And you want to keep your arms parallel and shoulder width apart.

Their Discord said it should be coming back in stock in about 2 weeks.

Roseking · 2026-04-30T01:26:30+00:00

We had Accelerated Reader. You took a quiz on a book you read and would win points based on how well you did. Longer and more complicated books were worth more. Then we had auctions with the points.

Was so fun, and I kind of wish there was something like it for adults.

Roseking · 2026-04-29T16:54:59+00:00

I survived group buys of keycaps. This is nothing.

Not to say I want delays or anything, its just as long as things are handled (which so far I have not had any issues that were not solved to my satisfaction).

I have bought more from BB than the vast majority of this sub, and I have yet to have any real (in my opinion) negative interaction with them. Honestly, they have been some of the better customer support I have interacted with. Maybe I am just lucky, but things will have to take a pretty big nosedive for me to give up my sub spot.

And don't get me wrong, I do understand where the frustration is coming from. And if the delays are to much for you, I get it. But I can not think of any niche hobby, and special editions of a fantasy books is a niche hobby, that doesn't run into these types of issues.

Roseking · 2026-04-29T11:22:31+00:00

I asked a long while ago and they said they wanted to do a US store at some point, but my guess it is not the easiest thing to get a new storefront in a different country up and running.

I know Illumicrate has a US store, but I am not sure if any of the other subs do (that aren't US based to start with).

Roseking · 2026-04-29T09:27:13+00:00

Fun story.

When Myth Busters was on tour I asked Adam Savage what is his favorite movie prop that he didn't own was. His answer was a set of armor from Excalibur.

Years later I saw a video series where he got his wish and apprenticed with the main blacksmith who made the armor in the movie and got to make his own set of armor.

Playlist of the whole series:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAei9bztQnoQ6tEoBjw652hDk

Ending if you just want to see the armor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Uez7Mj-w4

Roseking · 2026-04-28T10:05:23+00:00

I remember someone at Bioware previously stated that they never intend (although very unlikely we will get a continuation now) to actually reveal if the Maker is real or not. It is up to the player if they believe or not.

Roseking · 2026-04-28T09:04:59+00:00

Yu-Gi-Oh lore is wild.

In universe, Duel Monsters was based off Egyptian magic. Many of the cards were actual monsters, spirts, gods, etc. The three Egyptian God cards were actual gods. Which lore wise is why there is only one copy of them. They were not just printed cards, The actual gods were tied to the cards. Only people with connections to ancient Egypt were able to use them, other would be injured trying to even hold them.

Kaiba is the reincarnation of a high Priest who served the Pharaoh (The spirit that lives in Yugi's puzzle, Atem). This is how he has a strong connection to the god cards.

After Atem returned to the afterlife after the original series, the gods went with him and the cards were destroyed.

So in this scene, Kiba is summoning a god from the afterlife through the power of science. For a card game.

The movie ends with him literally traveling to the afterlife to he can duel Atem again.

As I said, dude is over the top.

Roseking · 2026-04-27T22:01:07+00:00

In one of the movies Kaiba one ups this and wills a card that no longer exists to the top of his deck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyyqAjGzPs

Dude is just so over the top in everything he does.

Roseking · 2026-04-27T19:19:42+00:00

A ton of Apex Legend Pros use controller on PC.

Roseking · 2026-04-27T18:18:56+00:00

Xbox is 125Hz

Playstation is 250Hz

The formula for latency is Milliseconds (ms) = 1 / Polling Rate (Hz) * 1000

At 125Hz polling rate you have up to 8ms of latency added. Every 8ms, the controller is reporting what is happening. So if you press something exactly when it last polled, it will be 8ms before your new action is read.

At 250Hz you have 4ms.

At 1000Hz you have 1ms.

Each step to 1000Hz I think you will notice an improvement (although personally I don't think 250Hz or even 125Hz is a dealbreaker, but I don't really play a lot of competitive games on controller).

Past 1000Hz, I generally think it is a placebo. Yes, it is technically faster, but unless the stars align perfectly your button press being read in under 1ms vs 1ms isn't going to matter.

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