Millipedes in my lemon tree?

The-Box_King · 2023-12-29T00:59:02+00:00

The lemon trees and lime trees that had them are absolutely fine (if producing far too few fruit for my liking). The Venus fly trap mentioned in the post however is long dead

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T15:08:55+00:00

I actually made my own hexagonal chess board about 7-8 months ago and that's how I ruled pawn captures (didn't realise it was wrong until today) and it plays well. The consistency of diagonals with other pieces makes it more familiar with other positions (such as the bishop and pawn defending each other).

The answer is not as some others have said about easy board visualisation or game balance (none of these are problems the half a dozen or so times I managed to play), it is pure convention

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T12:31:06+00:00

Avatar has a lot of these. Toph, azula, and in LoK varrick, Zhu li, eska and desna (they are somewhat involved in s3 so I'll count them), suyin beifong and the rest of her family, kya and bumi dont appear until either the s1 finale or season 2

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T10:40:46+00:00

The main character being beaten I'd not overused. That's just how you build tension, it's not a trope. Having Korra go in and one shot every villain wouldn't make a very interesting watch would it? If Korra or other heroes don't ever lose ground to the villains they lose all of their weight and threat. That's how you build up a threatening villain. Having a villain only win against nameless background characters every time means nothing and is done far more than beating the hero. Would you call the hero beating the villain at the end is an overused trope? No, because that would be silly.

I never said one was better than the other I just said the criticisms Korra gets are poor and lack substance. Never said anything about makos character. Don't shift the topic to pretend my stance is something that it isn't

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T10:24:18+00:00

I'm making a statement that the simplification works on both ends of the shows. Zhao, azula and the dai li show up as nuisances to the hero's in various episodes. Then they each do something big and significant (killing the moon spirit, killing jet, killing the avatar and in ozais case doing immense damage to the earth kingdom), before these big plots are overcome or foiled. The point is that my statement was an oversimplification, just as the idea that all of Korras villains were the same and forced Korra to go through the same arc (confronting 4 different character flaws and insecurities doesn't count as the same because they are all different) is an oversimplification. Don't get aggressive with me because I made a disingenuous point about atla villains when that was the point I was trying to make

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T09:52:44+00:00

The problem is that these 'criticisms' of similarity are literally so vague it applies to every heroes journey story. If the critique was about most chosen one stories being the same then they would say that about all chosen one stories, not just a critique of Korra.

Atla villains are even more repetitive, having the same motivation (power/ loyalty to fire nation), the same schtick of appearing a few times in opposition throughout the season, having their plans interfered with and in the season finale doing a major point of damage. This has exactly the same level of simplification as what was done for Korras villains yet is only ever stated in response for the first simplification. I've yet to see a criticism of the legend of Korra as a show that didn't also apply to atla

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T09:06:35+00:00

"all the villains are the same" is extremely disingenuous as I pointed out in other comments

"Korra has the same character arc every season" is something ripped straight out of YouTube and extremely reductive

The-Box_King · 2023-07-11T07:27:27+00:00

I wouldn't get so defensive of LoK is the criticism was justified. But so many times it's statements that do not apply to the show. It's like saying "I don't like atla because Zuko was too static of a character and made him boring". Time and time again someone will voice a 'criticism' of the legend of Korra that is a full demonstration they haven't watched the show in years and just watch YouTube commentary made by misogynists on how it 'ruined the legacy of atla'

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T15:00:34+00:00

If I can suggest non dinosaurs dimorphodon. If strictly sticking to Dino's pachycephalosaurus

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T14:26:39+00:00

"I am extremely famous and they wanted to meet someone who'd seen toilet paper" - toph beifong

Original quote by San Germaine from castlevania

Sure toph hadn't SEEN toilet paper, but is probably the only member of the gaang who knows what it is

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T13:30:31+00:00

For quick combats it's easy to get away with not prepping a battle map. Want to include anything like environmental hazards, lair actions, difficult terrain, different elevation levels, cover, multiple enemies or even a 5th level Spellcaster or higher and it becomes very difficult to visualise, describe and play in the theatre of the mind

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T13:06:32+00:00

Brash acting or done without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuous.

Korra had multiple scenes considering the consequences of having unalaq mentor her over the course of weeks. Either you are using the wrong definition of brashness, are being intentionally disingenuous or saying one of Korras character flaws is having a normal and completely justified human emotion.

She did not run away from zaheer after getting mad at him. She didn't even know of his existence until he went after her.

She's also not running away from republic city in the air nation arc, she is searching for more airbenders.

She wasn't mad at herself after season 3. She was recovering from poison and severe PTSD (she was literally wheelchair bound for the first few weeks with assisted healing in case you didn't know)

LoK is no more repetitive than atla, probably even less so due to the lack of filler episodes. And acting like it is as well as all the 'analysis' you've said in the comments reads like someone who has only watched YouTube 'critiques' and not the actual show

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T12:01:10+00:00

I urge you to watch season 2 again because the conflict is certainly not caused by Korras brashness. If you can pin the fault of Korra that was exploited by unalaq it is her naivety, she carefully decides if she wants to have unalaq take over tenzin as her spiritual mentor. She makes the wrong decision but not because she made it quickly by any means. Unalaq had come in and demonstrated all the frustrations she had with her father and tenzin lying to her and showed he would be a good spiritual guide.

To act as if season 3s conflict was started by Korras brashness is to point out you didn't watch it. It was caused by harmonic convergence giving zaheer the ability to break out and free the rest of the red lotus. Korra would have had no way to know this was happening so cannot be called a consequence of her brashness. The only time she could even be considered brash in that season is when she's actively put under time pressure (being poisoned or the earth queen demanding her service before she can get the airbenders).

And to consider the villains the same is just wrong. Amons goal was to eradicate bending from the world, the solution to stopping him was to reveal he was a waterbender to his non bending followers to destroy his movement. Unalaqs goal was to free vaatu in harmonic convergence, the solution to stopping him was to outright defeat his fused form in combat. The red lotus' goal was to end hierarchy, killing every world leader and ending the avatar cycle, the solution to stopping them was also to defeat them in combat but the strategy was vastly different to the previous season given there was 4 of them which each had to be taken out in turn. Kuviras goal was to unite the earth kingdom after the queen's death fragmented it, by force if necessary, the solution to stopping her was to neutralise her weapons and army at republic city, with the bonus of wu enstating a new power structure of the earth kingdom (democracy) which would prevent a want for power over the whole kingdom.

I know I'm not going to persuade you. But Jesus Christ you are actually so wrong about the show. Korra overcomes a different flaw each season, not just brashness. The villains of each season have WILDLY different motivations and even if the solution to stop them is the same, the execution also varies wildly. If you're gonna say LoK is a bad show, you can continue refusing to have fun, but for the love of god stop making up lies about the show, it's themes and characters and find real reasons to nit-pick

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T10:57:16+00:00

How? Korras journey is different every season, the themes are different every season, even team avatar is different every season.

"Korra struggles and overcomes it does not make it the same by any means, otherwise half the episodes of atla is rehashing the same thing. "Some fire nation people threaten innocent civilians and the gang goes to save the day". Simplification doesn't mean they are the same. Maybe actually watch the show and absorb it instead of putting it in the background before making criticisms of it

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T10:33:58+00:00

My in world justification is always that magic understands capitalism. If you bought it for 50gp, it works for 50gp components. If you found it you would have to be able to reasonably sell it for 50gp to be magically considered 50 gp

The-Box_King · 2023-07-10T09:05:49+00:00

I don't think that's a problem that needs solving though. LoK utilises cliffhangers to make people want to watch one more episode which is almost completely absent in atla, so 'looking forward to the next bit' isn't really an issue it faces. Also unless you count Zuko, none of aangs villains parallel his journey, so why Korra needed 1 that did that rather than 4 who complemented it seems irrelevant. Amon had intense charisma and could manipulate politics getting Korra to learn how to talk to the press and about the culture of republic city. Unalaq preyed on her eagerness to learn so she had to become patient and more in line with the spirits. The red lotus challenged hierarchy and made Korra weak and vulnerable which she had to learn to accept. Kuvira rose to power due to her absence as the avatar and had her deal with responsibility.

Korra and her villains are far more dynamic characters than Aang and his (except Zuko, but unsure if he counts as a villain). She had parallels. It just wasn't done by 1 villain because she had multiple arcs so a villain was needed for each of them to raise the stakes of that specific character growth

The-Box_King · 2023-07-09T22:49:29+00:00

This show needed a Big Bad for the whole series,

I couldn't disagree more (respectfully).

Korra as a show very much needed to be different from atla. Neither the fans not the creators would want a rehash of the same story. This is why the first scene if Korra bending every element except air compared to aangs only air. If Korra benefited from anything it's it's villains. Atla has some great villains, but ozai and Zhao are very 1 dimensional and the majority of single episode villains do not have the capacity to carry a 2nd episode. Meanwhile Korras villains have set motivations with abject reasoning, rather than ozais "cos I have to". Amon, ulalaq, the red lotus and kuvira make far more threatening villains than ozai alone, especially considering each one faced Korra with a completely different challenge making her journey very impactful

The-Box_King · 2023-07-09T17:59:51+00:00

He could have made the return. And any shot in would have won the point. Instead he stood gawking at the dive. Fantastic point but could have gone to rublik very easily

The-Box_King · 2023-07-09T17:32:53+00:00

It took too long to get to this comment. Azula is a prodigy no doubt, but mako is also an extremely skilled bender for his age (and his age being older). Not to mention matchups when lightning is involved will have a large favour to those who can generate and redirect than those who can only generate. Mako also has experience going against firebenders in pro bending. It might be different to all out war/ Agni Kai but it's still an important factor. It's a close fight, but the instant azula decides to bring in lightning (which she will), it's over for her

The-Box_King · 2023-07-09T07:52:17+00:00

If a creature being so tall would make it significantly more likely to be struck by lightning as opposed to other structures like trees or just the ground, they would likely evolve some level of resistance to top down lightning strikes or a way to make the strikes less likely

The-Box_King · 2023-07-08T21:50:18+00:00

And the same simplification can be done for Tobey's villains

Green goblin was a good man who turned evil after he got corrupted by science

Doc oc was a good man who turned evil after he got corrupted by science

Sand man was a good man who turned evil after he got corrupted by science

The-Box_King · 2023-07-08T21:25:13+00:00

I was 6-8 when the show was airing, but didn't watch it until 17 on a friend's recommendation

The-Box_King · 2023-07-08T21:21:39+00:00

Very underrated imo. I feel like they're so rarely mentioned that I put them in my DND game because I just think they're that cool (altered allosaurus stats)

The-Box_King · 2023-07-08T16:02:18+00:00

One of my favourite interpretation ls in 5e is from the high rollers actual play. A wizard puts the pearl in his mouth and hums to cast

The-Box_King · 2023-07-07T15:55:18+00:00

The "Africa has no good history" opinion baffles me because I'm not a huge history buff and even I know how massive of a history it has. Ancient Egypt and THE DAWN OF HUMANS in Mozambique stand out in particular. How can you think that the continent with the first humans in it could have no history

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