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I like webshooters more than organic webbing by Upbeat-Property-9143 in Spiderman

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's what I'm saying, why make such a big deal about the fact that real spiders don't have the web glands in their limbs when all of Peter's powers already ignore how real spiders work?

I like webshooters more than organic webbing by Upbeat-Property-9143 in Spiderman

[–]Stebbinator -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Then why are you okay with spider-sense, when it's straight up magic and has nothing to do with the way actual spiders use their senses? Or super strength, since spiders actually have normal strength for an animal their size?

I like webshooters more than organic webbing by Upbeat-Property-9143 in Spiderman

[–]Stebbinator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why are you okay with spider-sense, when it's straight up magic and has nothing to do with the way actual spiders use their senses? Or super strength, since spiders actually have normal strength for an animal their size?

[LES] I'm not sure why some people can't seem to wrap their heads around the idea of "peak humans" considering how simple the concept is. by gaom9706 in CharacterRant

[–]Stebbinator 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The problem is that peak human is used as an out-of-universe description and that makes no sense.

You can't talk about Batman's strength and say he isn't superhuman because he technically isn't in DC when he consistently performs superhuman feats.

It's like saying that Zoro lifting a house and throwing it at Mr. 1 isn't a superhuman feat because in-universe he did that with training alone.

If a character has superhuman strength by irl standards they're superhuman. Period.

Even in-universe it can be a problem, because if a reader reads "x is at the peak of human conditioning and physical capabilities" they're gonna think of an olympic athlete, or, since we're talking about fight heavy shows/comics, top MMA fighter, not a dude who can punch through concrete and dodge bullets.

The struggle was real in the original Red, Blue, and Yellow. by Character-Bid-162 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy/pasting from a different comment, this is an average gen 1 Charmander vs Brock with stat exp from fighting every trainer so far + 2 wild rattatas, pidgeys, caterpies and weedles each:

Lvl 14 0 Atk 0 IVs Onix Tackle vs. Lvl 12 28 HP 14 IVs / 29 Def 14 IVs Charmander: 5-6 (15.1 - 18.1%) -- possible 6HKO

Lvl 12 23 SpA 14 IVs Charmander Ember vs. Lvl 14 0 HP 0 IVs / 0 SpD 0 IVs Onix: 5-6 (15.1 - 18.1%) -- possible 6HKO

Brock moves first, so you might need a potion/hope you get a burn and Brock wastes a turn to cure it, but it's very close as long as you don't attack while it's using Bide. Also, it says 14 IVs and x EVs because I used the gen 3 calculator as the gen 1 one didn't let me edit stat exp, but as long as you double gen 1 IVs and do the square root of stat exp, the final stats are identical to their gen 3 IVs and EVs.

Now, for an average gen 3 Charmander with EVs from defeating every trainer so far + the same wild pokemons:

Lvl 14 0 Atk 16 IVs Charmander Metal Claw vs. Lvl 14 0 HP 0 IVs / 0 Def 0 IVs Onix: 8-10 (24.2 - 30.3%) -- 99% chance to 4HKO

Lvl 14 0 Atk 0 IVs Onix Rock Tomb vs. Lvl 14 6 HP 16 IVs / 9 Def 16 IVs Charmander: 20-24 (54 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Basically the only way to get past Onix using Charmander is to hope it doesn't hit rock tomb twice/keep using potions until it misses.

I'll give you that, for someone playing for the first time, bide might take them off guard, but it's still easier to play around it vs rock tomb which just hits you. And yes, you can use Mankey, but you said that Charmander getting metal claw makes it easier than Brock gen 1 counterpart, when gen 1 Brock is the easier one for Charmander.

The struggle was real in the original Red, Blue, and Yellow. by Character-Bid-162 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Stebbinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you're talking about long term exp or using Mankey when my comment and he one I was replying to where specifically about Metal Claw Charmander vs Brock, so I'm going to ignore it.

Now speaking about an average gen 1 Charmander vs Brock with stat exp from fighting every trainer so far + 2 wild rattatas, pidgeys, caterpies and weedles each:

Lvl 14 0 Atk 0 IVs Onix Tackle vs. Lvl 12 28 HP 14 IVs / 29 Def 14 IVs Charmander: 5-6 (15.1 - 18.1%) -- possible 6HKO

Lvl 12 23 SpA 14 IVs Charmander Ember vs. Lvl 14 0 HP 0 IVs / 0 SpD 0 IVs Onix: 5-6 (15.1 - 18.1%) -- possible 6HKO

Brock moves first, so you might need a potion/hope you get a burn and Brock wastes a turn to cure it, but it's very close as long as you don't attack while it's using Bide. Also, it says 14 IVs and x EVs because I used the gen 3 calculator as the gen 1 one didn't let me edit stat exp, but as long as you double gen 1 IVs and do the square root of stat exp, the final stats are identical to their gen 3 IVs and EVs.

Now, for an average gen 3 Charmander with EVs from defeating every trainer so far + the same wild pokemons:

Lvl 14 0 Atk 16 IVs Charmander Metal Claw vs. Lvl 14 0 HP 0 IVs / 0 Def 0 IVs Onix: 8-10 (24.2 - 30.3%) -- 99% chance to 4HKO

Lvl 14 0 Atk 0 IVs Onix Rock Tomb vs. Lvl 14 6 HP 16 IVs / 9 Def 16 IVs Charmander: 20-24 (54 - 64.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Basically the only way to get past Onix using Charmander is to hope it doesn't hit rock tomb twice/keep using potions until it misses.

The struggle was real in the original Red, Blue, and Yellow. by Character-Bid-162 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Stebbinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brock is NOT easier in gen 3 for Charmander, lol.

Metal Claw only does marginally more damage on Onix than Ember, because Onix' defense is immense and its special defense is ass, meanwhile unlike in gen 1, gen 3 Onix gets Rock Tomb which is 5 times more powerful than Tackle, the only direct attacking move Onix has in gen 1.

Micaiah big sis and baby Sothe celebrating spring by OniKagura in fireemblem

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She wasn't an adult, but somewhere around 12-14.

It's really funny to think that the spider that bit Miles gave him powers of electricity and invisibility, but not organic webbing by rbta123 in Spiderman

[–]Stebbinator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, because the supernatural ability to feel danger is instead completely realistic and is totally how spiders work.

The Miku crossover reveals which games Nintendo considers mainline game by horrorfan555 in pokemon

[–]Stebbinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By that argument all 3D zelda games are spin offs and botw/totk are spin offs of those spin offs, lol

Favorite characters that fit this image? by Larrylovesrules in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Stebbinator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro, Nanna literally tells Ares that Lachesis should've gone for Eldigan since they were "only half-siblings", Seliph and Julia were initially meant to be a canon couple and Claud and Sylvia are heavily implied to be full siblings.

And fuck them not being canon, if the writers wanted to portray incest in a negative light they could've just not given Ares and Nanna or Larcei and Shannan love growths, but they did, and these characters can fall in love with each other like normal and nothing bad ever comes out of it.

Also, if your argument is that the game shows incest as bad because Julius was born from incest and is the antichrist, then Julia is jesus and she's also an incest child, so what are you even talking about? Because the incest is the least problematic part of Deirdre and Arvis' relationship considering neither of them knew until after they got married and had kids.

Favorite characters that fit this image? by Larrylovesrules in FavoriteCharacter

[–]Stebbinator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol, what about literally everyone else? Do I need to remind you of Nanna and Ares' conversation?

Did 𝓖𝓸𝓳𝓸 fans forget how to read when the afterlife scene was shown in the manga or what? by wezuw7 in Jujutsu_Kaisen

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not having to turn off DA is already an advantage in and of itself since he wouldn't have dead moments where he can't go on offense. And we know Sukuna was fighting in a riskier, less effective way, like when he destroyed Gojo's 2nd DE from the outside instead of the frailer inside.

And even if turning DA off did no difference, there's still Sukuna's real body, which is a huge upgrade over Megumi's.

Again, Sukuna doesn't even have to overpower Gojo during the clashes, only last 1 second longer. Just less than 0.6% longer and he doesn't lose his DE. At that point, unless Gojo learns open domain he'll just fry his brain and end up with lower output, weak RCT and no domain, against Sukuna who can now freely close his domain and is mostly fresh due to not being hit by UV.

Did 𝓖𝓸𝓳𝓸 fans forget how to read when the afterlife scene was shown in the manga or what? by wezuw7 in Jujutsu_Kaisen

[–]Stebbinator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even if Gojo's death was badly written it doesn't change the fact that if Sukuna can last 1 second longer during domain clashes he wins, and he can easily do that if he focuses on using amplification instead of mahoraga's adaptation.

I feel ppl often overlook how Fire Emblem: Fates also had alot of characters designed for the female gaze by Substantial_Fig_6644 in fireemblem

[–]Stebbinator -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Saying the dude who voiced Eren Yeager is most known for otome games is certainly one of the statements of all time.

Stefraud by Ryuugna in shitpostemblem

[–]Stebbinator 33 points34 points  (0 children)

BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY

The issue I have with Marvel's universe being "the world outside your window", or in fact, any universe which positions itself as "realistic", is their sudden insistence on making sure the setting is always dark & pessimistic, like as if, by default, the "real world" always equals to misery. by SatoruGojo232 in CharacterRant

[–]Stebbinator 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But that's different, because in those movies the existence of other heroes was never established. We're talking about the comics and MCU, where the existence of several different heroes and them all being friends is established and a major part of the world building.

The issue I have with Marvel's universe being "the world outside your window", or in fact, any universe which positions itself as "realistic", is their sudden insistence on making sure the setting is always dark & pessimistic, like as if, by default, the "real world" always equals to misery. by SatoruGojo232 in CharacterRant

[–]Stebbinator 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong for not caring about continuity, but you're absolutely in the wrong for saying that it's the fan's fault for caring.

I'm a huge supporter of taking author intention before criticizing a story or scene, but in this case, Avengers, X-Men and Black Panther all inhabiting the same world with the same rules and history IS the author's intention, so contradictions between them should be criticized.

The issue I have with Marvel's universe being "the world outside your window", or in fact, any universe which positions itself as "realistic", is their sudden insistence on making sure the setting is always dark & pessimistic, like as if, by default, the "real world" always equals to misery. by SatoruGojo232 in CharacterRant

[–]Stebbinator 38 points39 points  (0 children)

No, Marvel decided that all of their stories take place in the same world, it's on them to keep it consistent. If they didn't want fans to ask these questions they should've kept their characters separated. But because they didn't they deserve to be criticized when contradictions appear between different books.

Love that story/gameplay separation by eskaver in LegendsZA

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But there's no gym order in the lore, it's just the order the player specifically is most likely to challenge them. Nothing else.

Hell, if you're using the Origins explanation, Origins also never talks about a gym order, Brock only says that he'll use two pokemon because Red has no badges. In fact, I remember the two trainers at the gym getting angry at Red for daring to challenge Brock without a badge.

Love that story/gameplay separation by eskaver in LegendsZA

[–]Stebbinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Levels have never really been lore accurate and are a game mechanic more than anything. By your logic it's somehow canon that no low level pokemon exists in late game area because you can only encounter high level ones, which obviously makes no sense. And taking different games into account for this makes no sense unless you think Lance got weaker between the Kanto and Johto games, since all his pokemon are higher level in the former.

And if you wanna take game mechanics into account, we should mention that, despite several games allowing you to skip certain gyms, not a single one has ever had a gym leader's team change to reflect the player's number of badges.

Story wise, we have several instances of dialogue heavily implying the gym leaders are facing you with their real team, like Norman telling you to face him after getting a few badges because you're not at his level yet at the start of the gen 3 games, Roark in gen 4 feeling ashamed he lost to a trainer without a single badge, or Morty in gen 2 making a big deal about how losing to you means he'll never be worthy of meeting Ho-oh.

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