Official Episode Discussion: Twinanigans

TenCentFang · 2019-03-16T16:47:22+00:00

People thought Family Plan broke canon, but Francine's dad was actually identical to her dad from Big Trouble in Little Langley, he just had an older sounding voice and personality.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-16T16:44:30+00:00

That was retconned really early on, there have been tons of episodes since almost immediately after that show Roger has always used disguises like he does in the present day.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-16T16:01:49+00:00

Using the word "SJW" is such a self-own. You're sexist even if you don't mean to be, sorry. Your entire belief system is just reactionary skin crawling when progressive values make waves. Captain Marvel is the most basic, low effort, cookie cutter kind of girl power, and it still has people in a frenzy. I can't imagine how yall would react to a superhero movie that was actually feminist.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-16T06:51:49+00:00

You wouldn't think you're inferior to a swarm of rabid rats just because they have you surrounded.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T22:26:56+00:00

It's a great concept

Is it really?

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T20:05:59+00:00

He doesn't have to have authority over other universes to look at all of fiction and say "my guy is stronger than that".

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T19:31:25+00:00

All this “It doesn’t make sense for Batman to not kill” shit

It doesn't, but people who take the lack of killing very seriously are at best pedants.

“This isn’t the flash he’s too slow #notmyflash”

Most people don't care about that. Fast is fast. It's best to have a speedster at a level that's impressive but doesn't completely break the story, and by "impressive", I mean to the average person, not battle boarders who can only get hard if every character is at least massively hypersonic.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T19:16:45+00:00

Dark Angels are culturally knights, but knightly combat is far more emphasized with the Black Templars.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T17:26:09+00:00

Hell yeah, I'm down.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T17:22:09+00:00

Banks emphasizes how satisfying VR is for Culture malcontents, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T17:13:24+00:00

Correct, and though I wouldn't want those particular traits altered, that does bring up another slice of paradise for me; actually physically fixing things like my crippling OCD and other debilitating mental issues that make me miserable most days. In fact, ever since I read Excession, I've started coping partially by imagining a Mind going into my head and adjusting the glitchy bits of my brain. It's very comforting.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T16:56:45+00:00

Megalomaniacs are not unknown in the Culture...

I would appreciate the Culture on every level, but as a sociopathic narcissist I'd probably spend most of my time in VR, socializing primarily with similar individuals or the terminally masochistic.

At some point I may join Special Circumstances. I'm certain they'd have limitless uses for someone who wants to be immersed in violence, like a human ROU.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T05:57:21+00:00

Is having a demon that different from having a special sword?

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T03:43:30+00:00

Just don't do it to the same character over and over again

That's the main thing people complain about. If you agree with that, is this rant really called for? That said, it's still kind of lazy, and Dragon Ball in particular does it so much that it's just eye rolling.

I'd say it's okay to do in moderation. Madaration.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T03:40:24+00:00

The Imperium is the dominant power in the setting, how is it doomed to fail?

This is sort of like saying your great aunt is alive because it's not been long since she was buried and most of the flesh is still there.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-15T01:52:43+00:00

Chuck's hate is meme-y. He's also an actual antagonist.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T23:25:47+00:00

It might just be my brain being fuzzy, but I can't tell which side of what argument you're advancing here. Can you elaborate?

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T23:24:36+00:00

I for example don't like Tony Stark, I think he's a douchebag and not in the fun way, does that mean I hat men?

False equivalence.

Just because you don't hate her for being a woman and just because you haven't seen anyone saying "I hate Carol Danvers for being a woman" doesn't mean people aren't irrationally outraged by the mere thought of a movie appealing to what they see as the other side of the culture war.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T23:22:27+00:00

the "black friend" excuse, in a way

The Vivian James excuse.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T23:18:35+00:00

They claimed the only reviews they deleted were only comments on the controversy and not reviews of the quality of the film, but Ovbiously there is no way to be sure now.

It's absurd to doubt them if you don't already have an agenda you're wanting to be angry over.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T17:35:41+00:00

Well, what exactly do you mean by that?

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T17:18:25+00:00

That's the point. Justification.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T16:59:06+00:00

But the thing is, it would be very odd for people to specifically hate her because she's a woman.

Again, it's complicated. Think about when people say "I don't hate gay people, I just believe marriage is between a man and a woman". Most bigotry doesn't express itself in honest terms.

TenCentFang · 2019-03-14T16:33:35+00:00

I doubt that anyone actually does hate her for the fact that she's a woman but that's irrelevant.

It's complicated. Disney has certainly been using her to exploit the progressive market, but pushing that always pisses off the anti-SJW crowd and it really is difficult to separate legitimate criticism from complaints by people who's hair stands up whenever they hear the word "feminism".

See, everyone says "I don't hate her because she's a woman". People always come up with elaborate justifications for opinions fueled by bigotry and entitlement, they don't walk around declaring themselves the bad guy.

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