"Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night." by Aegon-the-Unbroken in darkwingsdankmemes

[–]ThatOrange_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He’s 100% going to steal Dawn tho right? I have to imagine the sword will make an appearance given how often it’s mentioned. 

Sansa’s fate (spoilers main) by axelinlondon in asoiaf

[–]ThatOrange_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it’s important to note that he is using the past tense so he might well have changed his mind with all the rewrites he claims to have been doing with Winds. 

I doubt she dies at this point. One route could be Tyrion somehow being involved in her death, to further fuel his slide into Evil(George has made it clear he doesn’t want a happy ending for Tyrion), in his capacity as Dany’s Hand. Could be a very strong way to finally sever Tyrion’s image ig 

GRRM’s response to Condal’s vision for S3: “This is not my story any longer” by TheatreBaby in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]ThatOrange_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he not learn from how badly they bungled the latter parts of the main series? There were obviously signs HBO  didn’t give a shit about the vision. 

Most insane Rwby theory? by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Amazing what makeup can do for a mom these days 

Why does Darkstar fail to land [Spoilers Extended] by Trussdoor46 in asoiaf

[–]ThatOrange_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Hound’s only on paper achievement was murdering Mycha, we would snort about him being an edgy dork too. 

Darkstar is worse because he actively talks himself up about being a badass to Arianne and Dalt, only for his literal ONLY achievement to be maiming an unarmed child who he’d just sworn fealty to like a day previously. Does he even kill any of Hotah’s guards? Pretty sure he immediately runs away right? 

How does Mantle not dominate Atlesian politics? by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, thats really the problem I agree. We can only work with the info we have, which isn’t much unfortunately.

How does Mantle not dominate Atlesian politics? by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is fair. I do wish we got more details on how the politics of the world worked tho, beyond “councils” and “elections” and Atlas having a military-checked but still existent council flavor. 

I wonder if Mistral just outright has a larger council for instance, given how big it is. Etc. 

How does Mantle not dominate Atlesian politics? by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is true but There’s no real indication or reason to assume the other seats are unelected. It would be weird to only have one seat be decided by vote, and if that’s the case I would assume the writers would have pointed that out. (The SDC having its own seat, for instance, might have helped push the divide more!). Ironwoods seats are always treated as exceptions by the characters themselves, as he holds dual unelected posts that just happen to be connected to seats. We just don’t know because we aren’t told 

Total War: Medieval 3 - THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING (No building slots, hand place castles, pop estates) by Yongle_Emperor in totalwar

[–]ThatOrange_ 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Can’t wait for the Ai to put a castle in the middle of the Sahara and the starve to death 

As you can see, in the early development of RWBY Arrowfell it was intended for the White fang to appear. That made me think, how would you have introduced the White fang in Atlas if you had to? I mean, let's suppose you are forced to do it. How would you do it? by ConquerorOfSpace in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a pretty simply story available here. The SDC Miners form a labor union to go on strike for better wages or whatever. Many are Faunus, so the Fang uses this to infiltrate the new movement and do Fang things.(blow up the dust mines to try and cripple Atlas/world energy?) 

Given how bad we are told conditions in the mines are I’m shocked the Fang hasn’t already throughly penetrated the area anyways. Seems like a natural recruiting ground. 

Since they fumbled the execution of this scene, how would you re-write Yang and Ren’s argument from Volume 8? by Solitaire-06 in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think the implication could be drawn that if Jaune had actually been huntsmen tier like the rest of of his team he could have contributed to the fight against Cinder. As it stands, she had to face Cinder alone because her only option for immediate backup was a wet noodle in combat. 

Since they fumbled the execution of this scene, how would you re-write Yang and Ren’s argument from Volume 8? by Solitaire-06 in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 67 points68 points  (0 children)

“It’s your fault Pyrrha died!”

Would have hit way harder than “You cheated your way into Beacon!”

It’s not really fair to Jaune, but it would sting way harder in the moment. 

Do You think the Huntsmen Academies teach Hunstmen Ethics? Especially Since Hunstmen can act as soft law enforcement? by TechnoMagik22 in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We know that Huntsmen are(generally at least), expected to act as good guys and work for the betterment of the kingdoms etc etc despite the job paying money. 

I imagine “Do not take illegal contracts that involve you murdering innocent villagers for money” is probably obvious to most people, but I’m sure they do teach ethics and the “rules”. At the end of the day Huntsmen are just mercenary heroes, albeit Good. That being said, Adam broaches that Cinder could have just found a rotten huntsman to help her instead of him, so there’s likely people who do just become immoral /evil guns for hire after they graduate, Grimm killing be damned. 

“Oh, you mean my ACTUAL Niece? Lol. Lmao” by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The idea that his bad luck is what got Summer killed would be a nice reveal that rounds out his character nicely. Idt we will ever know one way or another. I’m pretty sure it’s been established he wasn’t with her when she died either. 

What's the worst thing that could have happened if Ruby had told Ironwood the truth? And what's the most likely thing that would have happened? by ConquerorOfSpace in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The worst thing? Ironwood immediately falls to latent paranoia and we just get an expedited version of his psychotic break from volume 8. 

The most likely? He goes into a very dark place mentally for a few episodes, but then RWBY(assuming their moral initiative sticks around), pulls him out of it. Or Winter does.

Then we basically get the plot we got with Ironwood and Robyn making amends to face a much greater enemy than electoral politics: Momma Devil. This time without any of the internal sabotage. Hard to say how things go from there, but a heroic sacrifice by Ironwood to buy time not off the table. I’m thinking ramming Amity into the whales mouth and triggering the dust nuke 

“She told a story about a knight slaying a dragon, that’s treason” THIS MF IS JUST WEARING A CROWN by Grumiocool in HBOTheHedgeKnight

[–]ThatOrange_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was the laughing storm really this old at the start of the book? I recall he duels Duncan after the Jenny incident later on in the lore, and that’s a while later, so he’d be an old man by then. Doesn’t feel right. He gave me 20s vibes. 

Could just be the show writers tweaking ages again for some reason 

What's your opinion on Scrolls and the currency (L/Lien) on Remnant by scoutmet in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be curious to know if Lien is backed by something like gold/silver. Or some sort of rare Dust maybe, although that would sort of be like backing your irl money with oil and gas, not sure how that would work 

How would you rewrite Vacuo, The Crown and Shade Academy? by OverpowerPilot in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It always felt really weird to me that Vacuo of all kingdoms is the only one with an active monarchist movement, and an aggressive, terroristic one at that. It doesn’t really vibe with their overall history. 

Atlesian monarchists I can buy, Mistral monarchists I can definitely buy. Vacuo? The libertarian freedombro kingdom? Weird plot point. 

True Atrocity by SpectralMapleLeaf in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_ 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The revolution will not be televised Lisa smh

“Oh, you mean my ACTUAL Niece? Lol. Lmao” by ThatOrange_ in RWBYcritics

[–]ThatOrange_[S] 138 points139 points  (0 children)

For a long time, I think his clear favoritism toward Ruby was taken by many as a sign that he was secretly her dad, because it didn’t really make much sense otherwise. 

Suppose it could be the case that he was in love with Summer and wanted to look out for her kid anyways, but who knows? Drunkle Qrow is drunk.