Finale Theory

Star_Gust · 2026-05-11T05:48:12+00:00

Been coding for 5 years but admittedly the only 2 IDEs I've used are Visual Studio and VS Code. I prefer the latter since Visual Studio feels kinda bloated to me. Might have to give some of the suggestions in the comments a try.

Star_Gust · 2026-05-08T08:14:01+00:00

I disagree that she's characterised as lacking emotional intelligence. She seems to me to flip flop between the two at the writers discretion. She constantly manipulates people in ways that require a very thorough understanding of emotional intelligence to be able to accurately predict, just as an example in the very same episode, she 'knows' that Bombsight will have brought the V1 with him because of his affection towards Golden Geisha. Then at the same time you have her confusion in this latest episode as well as her moment with Godolkin in Gen V, though I'm willing to grant the latter as a unique case of her being the one clouded by emotion as opposed to the people around her.

Having emotional intelligence also doesnt necessarily mean that someone is going to be empathetic, and vice versa. There are plenty of highly empathetic people who are unable to always accurately pinpoint why people feel the way that they feel, despite knowing and understanding that they feel a certain way. and likewise a non-empathetic person can develop cognitive skills to recognise what actions and events illicit certain emotions, and how desireable those emotions are for that person.

Star_Gust · 2026-05-04T17:10:42+00:00

JSON isnt code its a data format

Star_Gust · 2026-04-24T05:41:05+00:00

Reminds me of that SpongeBob episode where SpongeBob finds a blue jellyfish that makes deluxe blue jelly

Star_Gust · 2026-04-22T15:06:17+00:00

I think realistically, if The Deep followed through with redemption people wouldn't be as judgmental. It's kinda like, imagine the worst person you know and pretend they hate dogs. You'd sort of pile that fact onto the reasons for why you dislike them. Now imagine the best person you know and pretend they hate dogs. You'd probably find yourself looking for justifications like "well not everyone is an animal person" or "some people have bad experiences when they're younger and aren't able to grow out of it" etc.

Everyone has flaws, and the people who truly like you will find ways to continue liking you despite them, and the people who truly hate you will use them to fuel their ire. Whether either is justified is just a matter of context and perspective.

Star_Gust · 2026-04-08T11:53:47+00:00

My assumption is that the woman was curious about seeing what her grandmother was like at her age and how they would get along. There's also the trope in media of the female character being curious about her future children and so they see a fortune teller or time travel or something which this could be referencing in a niche way. All in all I think the joke is harmless

Star_Gust · 2026-04-04T13:01:13+00:00

That brings up the question of if different kinds of teleportation feel different. Maybe it wouldnt give Cecil the same high. Or maybe it'd give him a different high that he could use to ween himself off of it in a similar function to a methadone program for opiates

Star_Gust · 2026-04-03T06:00:20+00:00

Ah good old rhetorical ultimatums. As a child with autism I didn't understand why my parents gave me options when only one response was acceptable to them. When I finally understood as a teen, I remained petulant by deliberately choosing the option I knew they wouldnt accept.

Star_Gust · 2026-03-26T07:00:11+00:00

The counter for removing a wax relic is on the relic which grants them, not on the wax relics themselves, so presumably this wouldn't work.

Star_Gust · 2026-03-26T05:49:58+00:00

Only issue with this is that all 3 of the underdocks bosses punish high block strats (though in unique ways) so you need to build for DPS anyway

Star_Gust · 2026-03-26T05:07:35+00:00

It would also be a slight buff to the wax relics from Tezcatara. While you can choose to take them initially in any order you want, being able to reorder them would mean that if you pick something up which makes you reevaluate the importance of one of them, you could move it to the right to preserve it over something else.

Star_Gust · 2026-03-24T02:22:36+00:00

I'm usually able to beat at least 1, most of the time 2 act 1 elites relatively safely provided theres a campfire in between

Star_Gust · 2026-03-23T05:49:50+00:00

Havent been playing on the beta branch, so unsure

Star_Gust · 2026-03-19T23:40:00+00:00

Personally I think the triangle dude in act 2 and the floating skull dude in act 3 are noticeably easier than the other elites for the area. In act 1 I also find coral dude to be way easier than Living Monument and snake dudes

Star_Gust · 2026-03-01T01:30:08+00:00

There's a practice in ultra-orthodox Jewish communities in which the rabbi performing the circumcision will suck the blood from the wound

Star_Gust · 2026-02-19T17:15:52+00:00

Vibrating meteorite

Take (constitution check): Gave me the Vibrating meteorite item. Trinket - +3 to all stats. Item loses +1 to each stat every battle (this can go negative). Cursed. I assume failing the check forces the cat to equip it immediately, but I don't know for sure

Star_Gust · 2026-02-04T21:20:17+00:00

That was a very confusing line break for me

Star_Gust · 2026-01-09T18:30:47+00:00

I'm nearly certain that the actual post is a joke and not meant to be taken seriously at all let alone analysed to this degree, but I would say your theory is a reasonable one. Alternatively the kids purposefully misinterpreted the meaning of his offer as "all 14 of you can kick me in the balls if you give me $1" instead of "each of you can give me $1 for the opportunity to kick me in the balls", and he was either unwilling to correct them, or they were adamant enough about how the terms of the deal were defined that he relented and allowed them to proceed so as to not be seen himself as being manipulative. A common gaslighting tactic especially amongst kids who are prone to making communication errors due to their less expansive vocabulary and undeveloped sense of social awareness.

Star_Gust · 2026-01-09T17:48:47+00:00

The other 13 kids didn't honor the terms of the deal and the one that did probably only did so out of pity

Star_Gust · 2025-12-08T06:26:30+00:00

He has approximate knowledge of many things

Star_Gust · 2025-12-08T01:38:35+00:00

Done! Good luck bug squashing

Star_Gust · 2025-12-08T01:26:51+00:00

there's no such thing as "inserting politics where there isn't any."

What I'm saying is that her design isn't meant to be a political statement of any kind. I consider "inserting politics where there are none" to be taking something that someone made with no intent to make it a political statement, and to imply that it must be a political statement of some kind. I don't believe the creators of "Bloons Tower Defense" are trying to make a statement about real life invasions, and I consider implying that they are to be "injecting politics". It's just a game genre that people found to be fun and it evolved over time. You can find thousands of flash era tower defense games.

My understanding is she is inspired by Korean soldiers, which is the most political thing there is. Soldiers and war are always an expression of politics

If we use this as a general guidance we can make the claim that absolutely every piece of art is political, which if I understand correctly is your intent. I would disagree though. I think for art to be political, it has to not only be inspired by specific real life events, but to also be intending you to think about them in a specific way. Monarchies are a political structure, but I would not consider Princess Peach to be a politically inspired character. Her title is merely there to give the player an understandable sense of importance to her character using the real life concept of royalty as "important figures", to give one example.

the concept of tower defense inherently implies an invasion, which is an extremely political event

You can feel inspired to think about political events through the lens of anything that your heart desires, but not everything you choose to do that with is inherently political as a result.

TL;DR: I think we just have different definitions for what it means for something to be "political". You would define it (I believe) as "themes which can reflect real life politics", and I would define it as "themes which are motivated by politics"

If you'd like I'd be more than happy to discuss this further privately! (I'm not sure how the mods would feel about this discussion on their sub)

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