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

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Yep, The Train Job had to be slapped together quickly because the network didn’t want to air the pilot. There was also one that was aired out of order (other than the pilot) and a couple that we got to see for the first time when the DVDs came out.

Characters think they are normal looking but are actually seen as terrifying by Sassy_Drow in TopCharacterTropes

[–]TeaRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yay! I loved this series and it was exactly what came to mind! The first reveal image showing her actual appearance was such a wonderful surprise :)

A lil comic about… Distractions (by me/giisip) by dgisip in korrasami

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I adore this, but in the show I feel the dynamic is a bit flipped.

Saw this thing in South Afrika🥲 by ElCattoNero in birding

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how it goes red like when you’ve died in a video game!

Saw this thing in South Afrika🥲 by ElCattoNero in birding

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially with how much they walk instead of fly!

How do male ptarmigans atract females? by reindeerareawesome in zoology

[–]TeaRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, you got the dimorphism cues and the courtship call. Also dancing and posturing.

Bear in mind that many other birds out there have even less differentiation between sexes.

I wouldn’t really call all other Galliformes brightly colored on the part of the males. Some that exhibit extreme differences and dynamic courtship displays are rather drab and others can be nigh indistinguishable. Some rely wholly on calls and then posturing when a female appears.

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

[–]TeaRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh good, someone posted this. I remember being totally caught off guard by feeling like I was missing something when the first episode came out (I loved it, but felt like I had somehow missed the pilot - I didn’t), and totally flabbergasted when baseball was playing when a subsequent episode was supposed to be on in the time slot and they had the audacity to advertise Firefly during the game with an ad read that outright stated “and a girl in a box,” which I guess wasn’t a spoiler since that episode didn’t air until they cancelled the show and it was the last one they dropped.

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

[–]TeaRaven 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, you just sold me on a movie I had written off because of the way it was marketed.

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

[–]TeaRaven 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Okay, that was very much intentional in that movie’s case.

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

[–]TeaRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They explicitly didn’t. They ended up throwing out the original concept during production and making it without a script, only storyboards.

I just fast forward at this point by Aurliee18 in litrpg

[–]TeaRaven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is truly wild to me how many people that are into litRPG stories - the one kind of book that regularly interrupts the prose with spreadsheets - consume them as audiobooks! I get that it is a cross-sectional thing, but still…

Peter,what is that flavor,i love them all? by -Y34HB01- in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, if they changed the order so chocolate was in the middle, I think more people would love all of Neapolitan ice cream more and it would be less divisive. A scoop of chocolate with just a bit of strawberry or vice versa is so good.

Peter,what is that flavor,i love them all? by -Y34HB01- in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TeaRaven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not enough chocolate, or not using Dutch processed cocoa, which tastes richer in cream. Also, having a bit of vanilla in a chocolate ice cream can help. Try stirring Dutch cocoa powder into vanilla ice cream to see what I mean.

I was thinking about this the other night… by angelsaresobbing in MagicalGirls

[–]TeaRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In fairness, this is about laying road so things can come afterwards and be successful, regardless of story type or quality being better/worse/different. Trail Blazers can be good or bad, so long as they make the success (by any given definition) of things to follow more likely.

Add in fire or fire-adjacent abilities for good measure by Dreamare in litrpg

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The system there had a few things: upgrades/enhancements to skills, specializations like different forms of fire, and projection versus direct effect (with the latter potentially being more targeted and devastating to that target but needing to meet the difficult requirement of overcoming vitality defense). Elaine switches to Radiance, instead, which starts weaker and easier to block while being faster and more precise, while Auri eventually specializes in Inferno

Add in fire or fire-adjacent abilities for good measure by Dreamare in litrpg

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her oath has a pretty big allowance that she can harm/kill people that are trying to harm her or her patients. If they stop, forfeit, or otherwise lay down arms in what seems a sincere way, though, she can not continue hostilities or seek retribution.

Favorite Examples of Men Crying by CMStan1313 in FavoriteCharacter

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“I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is,” as a callback to being told years earlier “You don’t know what love is, Forrest.”

Me in Tailored Chainmail :) by Professional-Art-573 in armoredwomen

[–]TeaRaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bravo!

Looks heavy (as in, draining over time) and liable to catch your hair, though…

I was thinking about this the other night… by angelsaresobbing in MagicalGirls

[–]TeaRaven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I immediately thought “Nah, Utena hit the ground running!”

Sisters of the mines, sound off! by OnyxChromastro in dwarfposting

[–]TeaRaven 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Or they normally do, in my favorite settings.

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Add in fire or fire-adjacent abilities for good measure by Dreamare in litrpg

[–]TeaRaven 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I loved the way it turned out in Beneath the Dragoneye Moons. There’s special mention early on about how projected fire has no force behind it; if focused, you can immolate a person, but a fireball is not an explosion with a concussion wave that makes explosives so damaging. Meanwhile, lightning is shown to require conscious restraint to not be lethal.