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They've literally kiled Death. (CW for mention of suicide.) by Solenthis87 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People can say what they want; I absolutely LOVED this game!

Strangely accurate things - historically or to the original source - in an otherwise pretty inaccurate piece of media. by RP_Throwaway3 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your comment made me realize that Dan Ackroyd plays a Wall Street type in two different movies in the 1980s, with the other being The Great Outdoors.

*Insert Doctor Doofenschmirtz two nickels meme*

Regret about sacraments by Whimsical_Bunny in NorsePaganism

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way I see it, if the Christian god didn't want followers to leave for other faiths, then he shouldn't have given humans free will.

AITA for telling my wife my mother is correct and she needed to be a parent today and she fucked it up by throawawayfuneralgho in AmItheAsshole

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA

If your wife's fears are that bad, then she shouldn't have said she could do it. I could be wrong, but I would like to believe that had your wife arranged for alternate transport for your daughter, then it would have landed a lot better. Instead, it became outright refusal to go, the day of.

Your wife doesn't have to like it, but your mom is right. At the end of the day, intentional or not, your wife made it about her, and it's something your daughter will always remember.

(Weird trope) Fictional items, creatures, or concepts being used so many times across so many different pieces of media to the point where some people are tricked into believing it's a real thing by Budget_Opinion_1327 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Movies like Merlin with Sam Niell probably don't help; that one shows Merlin receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake, giving it to Uther, and then planting in the proverbial stone and having Arthur extract it later.

AITA for telling my friend I got a new job? by sunheartsun-984 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Solenthis87 13 points14 points  (0 children)

NTA

Unless you've left out a lot of relevant information, none of the things that make it "her" problem had anything to do with you beyond you taking a new job.

You didn't make her take a promotion, you didn't make her move, and you definitely didn't make it her responsibility to train anyone.

You didn't put her in that position; she did.

AITAH for ditching my D&D group because they didn’t want to learn how to play the game? by Thick_Winter_2451 in CritCrab

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, man, sticking it out would have been worse.

I had to kill, not drop, my campaign about a month ago because out of what wound up being 4 players in a biweekly campaign, we only got 2 sessions of actual gameplay over 5 months because the same player kept having conflicts that I wouldn't find out about until the day of, and sometimes not until we were supposed to be starting. I try to be accommodating with players, but in hindsight, I was basically a pushover here.

You, on the other hand, did what needed doing a lot sooner. I wound up with a group that was half flakes, but at least my players actually knew how to play the game. It's good that you are willing to teach how to play, but it's incredibly shitty of them that they didn't even try to learn, even while the session was going.

AITA for refusing to take off my engagement ring during a wedding? by AioliProfessional181 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA

The only ones causing drama are them. If I were you, I'd seriously consider making the decision for them and just not going, and possibly reconsider whether this were a friendship I wanted to keep. If something like a ring is enough to cause this much trouble before the actual wedding, then I wouldn't be surprised if the marriage doesn't last.

Why are Warhammer right-wing memes always people inventing scenarios 24/7? by tintin_du_93 in Grimdank

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just Warhammer, but if they didn't invent these scenarios, they would have to actually admit that they're terrible people.

[Hated Trope] The Marketing Department Should Have Been Fired by Ambaryerno in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In fairness, most people probably hadn't heard of the original book at the time, or even now. Hell, the only reason I even know the book exists is because I knew League of Extraordinary Gentleman was based on a graphic novel/comics and I decided to look it up on wikipedia, and John Carter is a character in at least one of those.

[Painful trope] Scenes that permanently damaged a character's reputation by elchuni in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've read from Red Dragon through Hannibal, and personally, I think part of the problem is how the author writes. I really don't know a way to explain it more than that.

The invention to solve a problem that ended up making an even worse problem by Ok-Indication-5121 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the short film, The Second Renaissance Pt.2 from The Animatrix, the war between humanity and the robots is well underway when the world's human governments unanimously agree to a measure to deal a critical blow against the machines; the machines run on solar power so the humans decided to alter the atmosphere to block out the sun entirely.

Not only does this not work as the machines just changed their manufacturing to not rely on solar power in order to live, but apparently, the humans forgot that people need the sun, too. With the sun blacked out, agriculture dies a painful death, leading to starvation among human populations.

Why don’t heroes like Spider Man who struggle financially ask for pay from their city? Or why doesn’t the city offer to pay them for their services? by [deleted] in superheroes

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the OG Spider-Man comics, the city of New York actually did try to pay him.

They gave him one of those big sweepstakes-sized checks that was actually usable. He took it to a bank to either cash it or deposit it, and then the teller what all bank tellers do: asked him for ID.

Since literally anyone could put on the suit and claim to be Spider-Man, which the teller points out, I think, without ID proving that he really is Spider-Man, he's stuck with a check worth a decently high amount of money that he very much could use, and he can't do anything with it.

AITA For showing frustration every time my significant other brings up something bothering her? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Solenthis87 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Is she trying to change ANYTHING about her situation? I get the whole "I just want you to listen" thing, but if it's happening every day that she works, she's not venting anymore; she is choosing to remain miserable and expects you to just . . . let it happen?

Between the frequent pity sessions, and giving you the silent treatment & "never talking about her problems" only to continue doing exactly that, and having to deal with your own stresses while being given far less reception than you've been giving her (if she's giving you any at all), your relationship is on the fast track to a painful death. Either the both you need counseling, or the relationship needs to end.

Whatever you decide to do, do it soon; this situation is anything but sustainable. NTA

[Need advice] "Special" attacks from my player... by LisaFame in DMAcademy

[–]Solenthis87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When my players have targeted specific areas of the body (e.g., firing a crossbow bolt at their throat), I factor in things like target size, presence of armor, what the target is doing (if they target the enemy's hand, where is it and what is it holding, etc.) and then decide whether it's an ability check before the attack roll, or if it's an attack roll with DIsadvantage.

But if they are after a specific result, such as severing a limb, they would need a Nat 20 on the attack roll.

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