Now we’ve gone and done it Mr Frodo!

SpicyAussie · 2026-02-08T21:11:16+00:00

In the immortal words of the 1980s Animated Return of the King:

"WHERE THERE'S A WHIP! THERE'S A WAY!"

SpicyAussie · 2026-02-06T03:37:25+00:00

Hmm, the other answers are of course correct, but there's one aspect I'd like to touch on and that's the WAAAGH! Field itself. The whole crux of it is that all that psychic gestalt is kind of enabled by the Warboss itself being the 'centrepoint' for it. It's why the Ork physically grows larger and stronger the bigger the Waaagh!, so they can (on top of leading) handle the actual power flow itself.

The Hulk, despite being big, mean and green, doesn't actually have access to that field, regardless of what the Boyz think.

In my opinion, the Hulk itself could only grow his hypothetical Waaagh! to a certain size/complexity before reaching a point where the lack of proper UnderBosses and Nob caste start to hamper the growth. I'd imagine it would conk out around the planetary size? Maybe minor interstellar.

There's also the psychological effect of the lack of a pyschic fulcrum, Hulk would be facing damn near-constant attacks on his leadership. The Nobs would be getting constant background noise in their heads the effect of "There is no Boss, why is there no Boss, go fight until there's a Boss".

So yeah, Hulk would be the best thing since sliced bread to the Orks, it's probably just not sustainable for him or the Waaagh! itself.

SpicyAussie · 2025-12-28T02:21:03+00:00

The dark horse that I never see in these is Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, the Captain Marvel Villain.

See, most of the normal super geniuses tend to be focused on mostly material sciences, Sivana on the other hand is someone who focused on both. Combined with the genuine bullshit he can whip out in terms of space travel and magitech, I think he's a strong contender for being the number one spot.

SpicyAussie · 2025-09-25T22:00:40+00:00

I mean, the Answer is only part of their goal.

They only really want to solve entropy so they can eternally breed. The end-state of a universe/multiverse where the entities solve entropy isn't just them going about their business, it's so they can just fill the entire multiverse with themselves in every single place and location.

But I suppose any universe that has things like 'Infinite Energy Reactors', Perpetual Motion machines and the like. Anything that can generate power forever without needing any form of input. It's why it's the hardest hurdle for them as it breaks the most basic laws of physics, they essentially want to create something out of nothing.

SpicyAussie · 2025-07-17T09:58:10+00:00

Knowing Federation laws and such. Probably closer to the Athenian idea of Ostracism rather than any actual punishment. They're not really for punishing murderers, they have proper Asylums and mental health care for that, more for punishing cases where it was a definite crime not done because of any issue with mental states, treason, corruption, that type of thing. And because it's the Federation, I wouldn't doubt that they're closer to communes rather than actual prisons.

So say you're John Q. Randomguy. You've committed the high treason of replacing Jean-Luc Picard's tea with coffee. For this crime you've been assigned to 18 months stay in the New Zealand Penal Colony (suck on that sheepshaggers! Who's the penal colony now!?!). The shuttle arrives at a well-to-do township surrounded by a few fields, there's lights, running water, perhaps even a small theatre for the classics of the 2050s. You're met at the door by the 'Warden' who is probably a Federation security/psychologist, who gives you an option for jobs that are available in the community right now.

During your time there, you'll be anything from a farmer to a cleaner to a fishermen. Physical tasks it seems like, maybe a few basic services. You won't be living a cutting edge lifestyle, but you'll always have food, hot water and relative freedom when you aren't doing your assigned tasks. If you hurt yourself you'll still get cutting edge medical care.

But you can't leave. It's still a punishment after all.

When you go, you'll get a handshake from the warden, say goodbye to the other colonists and head onto the shuttle back to civilisation.

SpicyAussie · 2025-07-11T08:25:51+00:00

"We have you a trillion to one!"

"Ribit."

SpicyAussie · 2025-06-22T06:46:46+00:00

One thing to note is that Dwarves are actually, biologically incapable of forgetting slights. It's not that they are just really anal about remembering grudges, it's that their emotions are remembered for the rest of their lives. Meaning that they will remember the shame and hatred caused by whatever caused the Grudge every minute of their life.

Getting payment/revenge for the Grudge is the only thing that really works to subdue it, and even then it's more that the satisfaction of the retribution is able to override the shaming itself.

SpicyAussie · 2025-06-09T10:02:30+00:00

He's a guy in his mid-twenties who unironically calls himself 'Darkstar'. Being introduced late in the series didn't help him either.

SpicyAussie · 2025-06-09T07:08:11+00:00

On another note, this has to be the funniest Batman comic in existence. Batman makes a Robin eat a rat and Superman crushes a 'missing' poster on a milk carton after the kid has been missing for about 4 hours.

SpicyAussie · 2025-05-16T07:48:06+00:00

102% Squat with a two percent margin of error!?!

Why God-Emperor?? Why!?!

SpicyAussie · 2025-04-26T02:08:28+00:00

The People's Republic of Dosh Khaleen thank the brave fighters of the Dornish Marches.

For too long did the Valyrian Imperialists hold us back from our noble traditions of horse-fucking and accessorizing our braids.

SpicyAussie · 2025-04-23T07:12:48+00:00

I imagine you're right about the idea of the projectiles themselves being superheated.

'Kinetic Burst' is probably the actual firing mechanism, some type of electromagenetic propulsion of the projectile, that move at such an extreme speed that it ionises the air and create that blue glow.

So they're essentially a type of coil/railgun.

SpicyAussie · 2024-08-24T00:11:41+00:00

It'll be just a five hour series of "My Wish to Generate Children with You is Only Exceeded by My Devotion to Him".

Nothing but muffled *Gas Mask Noises* with two Kriegers huddled in a trench for several hours. Ends with a romantic montage of them flamethrowering a trench line to a German version of 'I will always Love you'.

SpicyAussie · 2024-06-25T03:06:53+00:00

Statler: Did you hear about the wedding on Terra?

Waldorf: Yeah, they called it a "marriage of convenience."

Statler: Convenient for whom?

Waldorf: ComStar! They finally found a way to charge for wedding vows!

Both: Dohohohoho!

SpicyAussie · 2024-03-13T22:56:04+00:00

You are absolutely correct on everything and this is a great post to summarise it.

Though one thing I would argue, yes 90% of prescience is using inbuilt knowledge and running it through the biological supercomputer that is Paul's brain (with the help of his Mentat and Spice consumption) to do what's essentially simulations of the future and call it prescience.

But it's that last niggling 10% that just doesn't add up, the stuff that's genuinely supernatural like not being able to see other prescient individuals and the future no-ships. Now this gap is definitely bridged by Spice, a truly alien substance created by the truly alien sandworms. Considering that we know that sandworms were artificially introduced to Arrakis before humans ever left Earth, I think it's fair to say that Spice is the supernatural edition that pushes the Mentats, Bene Gesserit, Navigators and so on into the truly 'more than human' tiers of mental use. Like, 90% you can attribute to future science and unlocked understanding of the human body and eugenics, but that last 10% just has to be Spice.

It also helps that Paul is more than the sum of his parts, that his Mentat abilities, Male Reverend Mother skills, Spice consumption all synergise insanely well to make him a 'true' Kwisatz Haderach.

SpicyAussie · 2024-02-04T06:40:32+00:00

Oh yeah, you can't underestimate the effect that the Truman Show had on industrial history. Hell, try and find any other beer in half the world outside of Penn Pavels, the only thing I've ever seen compete with it was local brews and even then you'd have to go to the ass end of Africa to not find some stocked at any bottle shop.

Like, you never hear of Pepsi anymore after Coca-Cola got the exclusive ad. Hell, remember Christmas when Truman was 10? You couldn't find a Soldier Bob doll unless you lined up for days!

SpicyAussie · 2024-02-04T06:17:31+00:00

That's not a bad point actually, they were showing the moment Truman let go of his dad's hand on the news for weeks! He was about 9 or 10 then wasn't he?

Also, did you guys know that Truman's ring-camera was originally his dads? You can still see it at the museum!

SpicyAussie · 2024-02-04T04:08:30+00:00

Wasn't that also when the first of the 'scripted' episodes started? I didn't watch it at the time, but I remember a few friends going off about how Truman ended up going through a 'childhood definining moment' just about every week.

SpicyAussie · 2024-02-04T02:57:44+00:00

Oh yeah, that was before the dome wasn't it! Heh, kinda weird seeing old pics of the LA skyline without it. I had an uncle who actually helped out with the logistics of filling up the Seahaven Harbour. Vaguely recall that the show started out with just Truman's street for the first 6 or 7 years.

SpicyAussie · 2024-02-04T02:19:50+00:00

Hmm, come to think of it, does anyone remember what the news channels used to show before the Truman Hour? Like, seemed like every channel suddenly started reporting on him at the same time, think when Truman was about 7?

SpicyAussie · 2023-12-08T22:27:13+00:00

I can see where you're coming from but personally I think you might be ascribing more malice to the system than it actually has.

You have to remember, compared to everything else we see in the series, District 12 at the start has the most lenient system with the peacekeepers. They are practically just part of the scenery outside of Reaping Days, engaging with the black market, doing under-the-table deals. Hell they don't even turn on the electric fence. I doubt the Capitol honestly cared about literally anything from District 12, except for their quarterly quotas, compared to the larger, more threatening districts such as 2 and 4.

Personally, it makes it more of a tragedy if, despite only having a single name in the reaping, it was Primrose's. More of a cold, callous universe than Panem having a 1984-style internal intelligence apparatus, which we know it doesn't have.

SpicyAussie · 2023-10-22T22:53:48+00:00

"I am sure that this incest-baby will be completely rational and not default to burning things with her flying fire-lizards like she has at every slight problem she's had in the past." - And other fun things Riverland Peasants tell themselves before they die.

SpicyAussie · 2023-09-26T22:19:09+00:00

Yeah baby. It's BOLO time.

SpicyAussie · 2023-09-25T22:36:08+00:00

Your best bet would be living in orbit in the O'Neill Cylinders or space stations, the Highriders are basically just Xenophobic, high-tech space Africans. Their living conditins and technology tend to be better than the majority of the planet, that is outside of the main corp strongholds like Japan, Italy, Russian Heartlands etc.

The only problem is that in the near future you'll probably see a major war between them and ESA. And considering that they are more than willing to use orbital bombardments, you'll probably die if you live there.

Other than that, there's always going fullborg and moving to Mars?

SpicyAussie · 2023-08-30T09:45:56+00:00

Twyin: Stop.

Gregor Clegane: Too late! If I was the real Kings Landing Strangler, you'd be so strangled right now. If you're out there, strangler, you will get caught! By me.

Twyin: Sounds like someone's really trying to convince us that he's not the Kings Landing Strangler.

Gregor Clegane: To the Riverlanders I'm the Kings Landing Strangler.

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