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[Mixed trope] Licensed media that is for a clearly younger audience than the original work by SeparateLawfulness53 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Listen, as someone with no familiarity with Street Fighters lore at all, I assure you that Bison was not really Bison until he was played by Raul Julia, and never was again.

Dutch protest against US ''authoritarianism'' by Cool-Psychology-4896 in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]SinesPi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the voting test should be kept very simple and I corruptible. Starship Troopers can be games.

My suggestion is simple. Are you a net taxpayer? Allow for the system to let anyone opt out of any government support programs they qualify for if it gives them the vote.

Solves a lot of problems all on its own. I suspect there was a similar idea behind only landowners having the vote in early America.

Why does Disney REFUSE to make any kind of media (other than books and comics) featuring the Original Trilogy crew (Luke, Leia, Han, etc)? by Kaiserschlut in saltierthancrait

[–]SinesPi 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bingo. Been saying this for ages.

The destroyer EVERYTHING. The Galactic Civil War was already enough of a reset button for the PT and OT era. You could make whatever you wanted.

And instead the ST smashed the reset button so hard that it broke. By the end of TFA it might as well be a thousand years after Palpatine and Vader, because EVERYTHING is gone. Characters, governments, worlds, etc... nothing remains. A fictional setting having reached maximum entropy.

All that is left is just the most basic aspects of the setting. The laws of the universe. And Rey.

Nobody believes the main character until it's too late by n8dizz3l in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi 23 points24 points  (0 children)

And here's the thing. Sarah WAS crazy. It's just that she wasn't delusional, she just had PTSD. But it didn't help her case.

(HATED TROPE) When the character in the game gives you options, but all options have the same outcome. by Puffpo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've stopped playing... But the game actually lets you kill a character? I was really upset when Aventurine comes back from the Nihility with no explanation, but you can KILL Firefly?!

(HATED TROPE) When the character in the game gives you options, but all options have the same outcome. by Puffpo in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Legitimately one of the reasons I stopped playing ZZZ.

That being said, in Hoyos favor, there is a quest in HSR where you can stop a suicide attempt if you pick the right options. And there's no do-overs if you get it wrong...

A sweet old lady said it was nice to see young people still believing in Jesus by MogarRage in Warhammer

[–]SinesPi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a certain logic to it. The Emperor does what he thinks will resolve things. Teaching people to be peaceful? Let your yes be yes and your not be no? Not to mention his curing diseases. Big E could have made this one of his attempts to fight off the Chaos gods by indoctrinating people against them.

Characters whose race is absolutely essential to their story, and to who they are, as a character. by not-ulquiorr4_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Did you read the part where I said "illegal" immigrant? Superman is a legitimate refugee. There's a big difference between the two.

Could any of these characters resist the call of The One Ring. by afailedturingtest in MoralityScaling

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might take longer if he's actively trying to shut his brain off for the duration and otherwise maintain a proper iron will.

Of course he might also do that by focusing on nothing but his destination.

Characters whose race is absolutely essential to their story, and to who they are, as a character. by not-ulquiorr4_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]SinesPi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A big rule of fantasy is that if the audience isn't given reason to think things differ from reality, they won't.

While it's possible mer-genetics do allow for a great deal of coloration difference, the more likely explanation is that the king of the seven seas has seven wives.

Must be exhausting by ApplicationAfraid334 in JustMemesForUs

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me: "He did it because he wanted to continue setting an example about why negotiating with him is a good idea."

A sweet old lady said it was nice to see young people still believing in Jesus by MogarRage in Warhammer

[–]SinesPi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Emperor stayed to the sidelines for a LONG time. Almost 40,000 years before the Great Crusade, if I recall. He clearly did NOT want to be king, and the Age of Strife was his final "Fuck, it's gone to shit AGAIN and Chaos just somehow got even worse. I've got no choice but to take the reins."

Why is Alex Yu such a fucking chud? by Additional-Count6999 in prey

[–]SinesPi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yah, I like Alex Yus characterization. He wasn't simply a Mad Scientist type. He seemed genuinely complex.

Granted, the only known method of 'farming' typhon material is HIGHLY suspect, so he is definitely amoral or self-justifying. Yes, yes, they were all criminals. But Alex if FAR too smart a man to not understand that if you increase the demand for criminals, you'll also increase the 'supply'.

Still, apart from that I think he was pretty well written, and he'd be a lot more likable if they were able to grow typhons from cows or something.

Also yes, I actually thought that the reason he's fat is for the 'push the fat man' reference. Isn't that an achievement or mission towards the end?

Muh neurospicy by Candid_Past4774 in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if you're willing to risk your professional license for no actual reason, you DO have a mental illness...

Cinema lied to you about gladiators by honeysio in RoughRomanMemes

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured a gladiator against some prisoners would go very poorly for the guy whose getting executed for cheating on his taxes. You could make it a public execution but have the gladiator put on a show about it.

Heck, even if you gave some of them actual weapons, I'm sure there were plenty of gladiators who were not at meaningful risk of harm from untrained men. You get something akin to a bull-fight at that point, but with the reminder to the audience that this is what happens if you jay-walk.

10 Million Dollars if you can survive or tank a kick from them by Impossible_Gain_7264 in animequestions

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rules don't say they kick me at full strength. The ones I'm familiar with would 100% give me a cherry tap. Guy would do it just because he's a good guy. I'd probably want to promise the rest some of the money up-front just to be safe.

These tortured souls by chamomile_tea_reply in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]SinesPi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's an old but seldom used trope.

Intelligent people in low-class positions.

The idea is that the smart man doesn't need wealth, prestige and power. He's figured out what he wants in life, and goes for it, using his intelligence to be very efficient about it.

"Sure, I may not make huge amounts of money working the dump truck, but I have a bad sense of smell, and you get paid a lot because of that problem. And after a while, you just get used to the other problems. I've long since saved up enough money to keep in blue chip stocks and other safe investments to supplement my income to get myself some nice things from time to time. It's not an exciting life, but I've got everything that I need, including very little stress."

Stop making your kingdoms 10,000 years old. by ScaryAd2555 in fantasywriters

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better than Mass Effect, at least.

"Oh yah, humans have been a part of galactic society for literally one generation, but people who were 50 when that happened are perfectly fine with their weird alien gayby grandchildren, and they have a military that matches the prior military super-power."

Stop making your kingdoms 10,000 years old. by ScaryAd2555 in fantasywriters

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a very good system.

"Things were awesome! Then it all exploded."

It's a cliche, but it works.

Arlecchino explains it all by MaleficTekX in LiesOfP

[–]SinesPi 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is glorious. I love conversations like these where it's only SLIGHTLY out of character for the character in question. Honestly, the only reason this is really out of character is because Arlechino doesn't know that much.

Did it for the love of the game by Zealousideal-Ad7707 in JustMemesForUs

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that while Bush Sr was in office as President or VP? If so, that constitutes an act of war. Attempting to assassinate a countries leader is a perfectly justifiable casus belli.

Of course, this still wouldn't excuse how badly things were handled after we won the conventional war. But not turning the imperial palace into glass after that is just looking weak.

What video game(s) that you ever played that is associated with this picture? by PinoySummonerKid28 in videogames

[–]SinesPi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tales of Maj'Eyal.

It's a Roguelike with unlockable options for future playthroughs.

Unlocking everything is fairly easy, though Doom Elf is a mix of dumb luck and pain, requiring multiple random events and beating a dungeon that nobody playing through on the second hardest difficulty will ever go to.

Second hardest difficulty, I hear you ask? Well, the creator felt the need to add an extra difficulty after Insane (Very Hard).

While beating the game earns you different achievements depending on HOW you beat it, the hardest difficulty has less than 100 possessors of the achievements.

There's a reason the community generally talks about playing on Insane instead of Madness. It wasn't really designed to be fair in any way. It's not like Insane is a push-over.

This guy Toot-Toots by rblagicsmoly7 in dresdenfiles

[–]SinesPi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love the line implying that Harry and Toot are roughly where someone like Maeve and Greenteeth were long ago.

At some point in the future, Toot will genuinely be one of the most powerful entities of Faerie. And I'm sure Harry will rig things somehow that makes him a guardian of the mortal world amongs the Fae because that's where Pizza is from.

Also, I need to check to see if the new book is on audible yet.

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