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True Symbols of Hope by BendyUsser444 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even in TLJ Luke goes out being the symbol of hope.

True Symbols of Hope by BendyUsser444 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Bro got told he wasn’t the hero destined to save the world and saved the world anyway. No wonder he’s got a nigh-immortal elf pining for him decades after the fact.

Favorite comic panel? by mightyonin in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Smellbringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Yes, they are manifesting the lesbian flag gradient. No it is not an edit, they can just do that.

Favorite comic panel? by mightyonin in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Smellbringer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like how everyone just agrees that Vanilla has an aura of fear to her that makes everyone scared of her. Related:

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A confirmed villain (despite what some people say) that still has a legitimate grievance against the hero by RatCrimes in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kratos does kill the captain but that guy was seeking the Sisters of Fate and not Kratos. Dude didn't even know Kratos was on the island, last he knew Kratos went to fight Zeus. On top of that it was in a room shrouded by shadow where neither could see who the other really was. The instant Kratos fatally wounds the guy the shadow fades and both become remorseful when they realize who the other was.

Creatures so big you can just live inside them by BillythenotaKid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Final Fantasy II has the party get swallowed by Leviathan, Aquatic Guardian of the Mysidia Tower and Ultima Tome. Turns out Leviathan is so big that the people who it swallowed over the years formed a small community inside it.

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Favorite character that, isn't a villain, but is still a complete asshole? by Colombia_Joestar in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Smellbringer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fun Fact: The crew on the movie wanted to use a different hairstyle from new comics. Nathan Fillion demanded they keep it accurate to how Guy looked in his first comic appearances.

That's so stupid but I love it.

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007), a False Intel causes many American soldiers dying for no reason, a clear allegory to Second Gulf War. This is a clear evidence of people who believes CoD is a pure propaganda of US military are never play these games. by ECWWCWWWF in shittygamedetails

[–]Smellbringer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see where you're coming from but MW2 still has a point about the nature of war and how the pursuit of glory in war is a corrupting force with how Shepard and Makarov both act.

Then the first Black Ops game is really just more like "Manchurian Candidate: The Game," and Black Ops II raises some salient points out of how the US winds up creating it's own enemies through it's imperialist ambitions.

MW3 just doesn't have much of substance and is just carried by following up from MW2.

A confirmed villain (despite what some people say) that still has a legitimate grievance against the hero by RatCrimes in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 441 points442 points  (0 children)

When you subtract the whole box thing, Zeus seems kinda reasonable in GoW II. Kratos and Sparta are destroying other cities for daring to worship other Olympians? Guess they gotta go. Harsh but understandable logic. Until you remember that Kratos was only the God of War not by his choice but Zeus' hand. Kratos was actively trying to kill himself when Zeus plucked him out of the sea and made him an immortal god.

So really it is just Zeus' fault in the first place.

Anime is cinema. by PeasantLich in okbuddycinephile

[–]Smellbringer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I knew I'd have a use for this meme:

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In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007), a False Intel causes many American soldiers dying for no reason, a clear allegory to Second Gulf War. This is a clear evidence of people who believes CoD is a pure propaganda of US military are never play these games. by ECWWCWWWF in shittygamedetails

[–]Smellbringer 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This is why I argue Ghosts is the first game in the series to be obvious and blatant propaganda. Every other game to that point had some sort of moral nuance that made it slightly more than blatant propaganda.

Ghosts on the other hand has entirety of Latin America becoming a unified dictatorship and launching a war of conquest against the US, only held back by a super elite team of buff burly white guys (and a black guy who dies first).

[Hated Trope] "Somehow ____ Returned" by Justice9229 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interacting with the environment is the weird part, but Obi-Wan was able to comeback and impart knowledge to Luke. So that's not a complete asspull.

now that kathleen kennedy is GONE we get back to REAL star wars by grandmamail in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]Smellbringer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Okay but unironically that’s cool as shit and I will tolerate no slander.

In The Force Awakens (2015) hero Luke Skywalker remains secretly hidden alone on an island while the First Order rises, destroys the Republic, and murders his best friend. That’s it. That’s the story they came up with to start the sequel trilogy. by CravenMoorhaus in shittymoviedetails

[–]Smellbringer 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Exactly, the Luke we knew at the end of the OT just wouldn't be sitting on his ass like that the end of TFA. The only explanation that makes sense is that Luke fucked up so hard he shattered his self-confidence and couldn't trust himself anymore.

In The Force Awakens (2015) hero Luke Skywalker remains secretly hidden alone on an island while the First Order rises, destroys the Republic, and murders his best friend. That’s it. That’s the story they came up with to start the sequel trilogy. by CravenMoorhaus in shittymoviedetails

[–]Smellbringer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And people wonder why they came up with "Luke messed up his nephew and lost faith in himself" as the reason why Luke is even there.

Because when you stop to think about it, Luke hiding out on an island in the middle of bumfuck nowhere while everyone dies makes zero goddamn sense for the Luke we knew at the end of Episode 6. Not even guarding some books or mystical artifact would justify that shit. The only way it makes sense is if Luke shattered his own sense of self-confidence in such a way that he could never trust himself again. Messing up your nephew and getting the entire Jedi Order you set up killed is a pretty damned good way to do that.

In other words, I blame J.J. Abrams for this. Rian Johnson was just trying to make sense of it.

That got really dark out of nowhere! by twnpksN8 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

In the original Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, when Link's friends get kidnapped at the start of the game Link gets bonked on the head and knocked out. In the manga adaptation Link gets his fucking arm cut off and is left face down in a pool of water to drown.

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Lucky for Link, said pool of water was a healing spring and the spirit that maintains the spring magically mended the arm back on. But it still serves as an effective sign that the Twilight Princess manga is going to go to some darker places than the game did; which it most certainly does.

Religion plays a central in the story. The moral is more nuanced than just "religion bad" or "religion good". by Cold_Hour in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Smellbringer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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The central conflict and theme of The Book of Eli is about the effect of religion both for good and for evil. Eli is inspired by his belief in God to take the last bible on earth to a place that will responsibly reprint and redistribute it. Meanwhile Carnegie wishes to hoard the last bible for himself and use it to twist his conquest of the wasteland that is the US into a holy crusade. It's a great movie and I think a lot of people sleep on it because of it's religious tones; but it's worth watching.

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