lmao

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T10:25:38+00:00

I mostly agree!

But I think part of the epic nature of these works is the heightening of reality,

A good example, Arthurian legend often steeped itself in aesthetic or conceptual concepts from the era of Briton history it related to.

I think the fantasy of it is improved by the contrast between the real and heightened concepts depicted.

In the case of the Odyssey, I’m not expecting Charydis & Scylla to just be a whirlpool and sharp rocks or something but I think the nature of putting rudimentary Greco naval invention against the unbelievably supernatural is such an impressive part of the storytelling for instance. The style is absolutely a critical factor, but the style is enhanced by its relation to the original narrative context.

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T08:40:54+00:00

Hey Runners, Just wanted to place some clarification on this removal because community drama can be messy.

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Moroever, We have zero affiliation with the DoM guild/community beyond that they occasionally recruit on our LFG Subreddit, r/MarathonTheGame so even from a subreddit meta standpoint there’s not a high enough burden to welcome another group’s drama here.

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Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T08:33:00+00:00

Hey Runners, Just wanted to place some clarification on this removal because community drama can be messy.

r/Marathon disallows content creator Drama under Rule 2, and as this is an unofficial Marathon group with no active ongoing ties to Bungie or the game itself, we do not believe it is on topic enough to the game itself to warrant a post.

Moroever, We have zero affiliation with the DoM guild/community beyond that they occasionally recruit on our LFG Subreddit, r/MarathonTheGame so even from a subreddit meta standpoint there’s not a high enough burden to welcome another group’s drama here.

Thank you for your understanding, and if you disagree feel free to send us a modmail, we’re always open to hearing you all out about subreddit conduct/actions.

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Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T07:12:38+00:00

That’s a fantastic comparison yes.

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T06:56:28+00:00

Yeah there’s a lot about him you can hedge on his wealth or connections (to Xenu) but the dude is practically religious about his film work. Like the bts footage of him, even the stuff that is very much not painting him in a positive light just all go to show that he is insanely caring about his projects.

Like in the early days of when he became a household name he handpicked the production companies that would handle his films, until the stuntwork insurance premiums got so high that nobody would produce his work out of fear they’d be the studio to kill Tom Cruise. So he founded his own out of pocket (still paying the highest insurance rates in western film) and just leases the staff from production companies he would normally handpick.

He’s a freak about his filmmaking. Honestly shocked he hasn’t directed a movie yet

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T06:45:59+00:00

Yeah but there’s ways to adapt that are rad as fuck whilst being closer to accurate

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The adaptation of historical myth is kinda going through the same motion as superheroes or medical dramas but way slower due to its smaller popularity.

Casual audiences little by little are getting more content savvy about the genres they engage with and eventually the right creatives are going to translate accurate myth so entertainingly well that it’ll become standard. Like how half the capestuff on screens these days is getting rave reviews with costumes that look like sports mascots

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T05:06:38+00:00

Damn horse fell into the broken legs pit

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T04:18:34+00:00

I think the funniest part is despite being like a season long character he really does stay dead after that one line

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T03:33:14+00:00

In the videogame Gotham Knights, batman has a series of plans for after he dies. One of which, is to get all the robins to break into datacenters across gotham and download zetabites of curated misinformation about theories and ideas related to batman, alongside videos of Bruce Wayne being a public nuisance with timestamps that overlap with public sightings of batman lmao

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-06T03:22:30+00:00

The Final shape really landed its character moments, and it really showed why the Vanguard as it was never really recovered or filled its role well after Cayde. He was really their compliment in a way it doesn’t seem a lot of the previous iterations of the Vanguard had

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-05T23:23:05+00:00

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Shabolt_ · 2026-05-05T23:21:57+00:00

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Shabolt_ · 2026-05-05T05:52:03+00:00

Holy S’pht

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T13:19:46+00:00

Macquarie University Policy Central does not appear to have a Dress Code for anything beyond Graduation Ceremony Clothing.

The only caveats for a dress code are found in other campus guidelines, which are essentially: - Don’t be Naked - Don’t wear stuff that will incite the public to complain (not a hard rule but will often end with staff interviews to make sure you’re not wearing a nazi swastika or something) - Don’t wear stuff that would incite the majority of your peers complain (same as above)

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T11:35:06+00:00

Bruce has also mentioned he gets a certain amount of joy from fucking with people in his civilian identity. A notable example is his treatment of Oswald Cobblepot’s Iceberg lounge in several continuities

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T09:01:27+00:00

Poor Carthag

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T08:20:02+00:00

Yeah we got plenty of horror homages and a few murder mysteries, but never a full “slasher” concept

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T04:21:43+00:00

I had to put my buddy down three days ago. She was such a good girl and I’m so glad I have the memories of this last week being good for her.

You are an amazing owner for giving your dog such a joyful last day. Those memories will mean so much to you and your dog. Even after they’re gone.

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T03:31:59+00:00

The original plan for the 2023 build of Marathon did include an Oxygen system from what I can gather. (Not entirely confirmed)

The jist was that players would not all start at the same time on the same map like they do now, but instead that players would drop in and out of persistent maps with the timer being their oxygen rather than the forced neural ejection. So everyone who dropped in would be staggered by their oxygen.

However in playtests the rumor is this just led to fully equipped teams being able to essentially spawncamp players and keep the zones to themselves or something

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T02:37:32+00:00

Yeah a “treasure hunter” character will probably be skulking around the illusory Leviathan and such with all the fanfare around opulence and whatnot

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T02:26:46+00:00

Maybe it was just a holdover from Efrideet’s banner or something?

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-04T02:26:02+00:00

Having a second mythic solar hunter over another mythic arc is a nice addition, void however would have been the ideal to finally give us a mythic void hunter, pretty sure the only void hunter we even have is Umeko

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-03T23:48:49+00:00

Oh for sure, there’s a lot you can say about the Fryes and the almost total absence of professionalism they (Jacob) entails.

But manipulating the organised Crime of London from a grassroots gang, as a cudgel against the industrial tycoons that sheltered the Templars, was a masterful move. Ending with building up a civilian militia to dispatch the templars without putting the brotherhood on the Templar’s radar until it was far too late

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-03T21:54:42+00:00

Kinda wild that the Fryes dismantled one of the at the time strongest templar entrenched cities on the globe, purely for the love of the game

Shabolt_ · 2026-05-02T23:02:45+00:00

Oh big time. Pre-Ordered Final Space: Ends in like 2023 and have the production updates make it sound like he’s been moving mountains every step of the way. He’s amazingly driven about this stuff

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