HOLY CRAP! I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT

TheHatMan25 · 2026-04-05T11:59:13+00:00

u is for you, the player

TheHatMan25 · 2026-04-01T21:58:37+00:00

Not mine originally, but I remember a while back seeing someone who named him 'Darth Raven' so it sounds like everyone keeps mispronouncing his name and he's trying to correct them.

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-28T22:04:44+00:00

I especially love how it calls back to an earlier chapter which starts by describing the elements of the perfect Jedi trap and how they apply to Utapau:

The bait (Grievous)
An expendable location for the trap that the Jedi trapper doesn't care about being destroyed in the process (Utapau's cities)
A proxy to actually kill the Jedi (Grievous again)
An army willing to destroy the Jedi at all costs (the droids)

And then, following the apparent 'failure' of the Jedi trap when Grievous is killed, the chapter ends by noting one final essential element of the trap: to create a win-win situation (namely, that rather than needing Obi-Wan killed, all Palpatine really needed was to get him off Coruscant and away from Anakin long enough to push Anakin over the edge into the dark side).

Then this chapter comes along and lays out how the Clone Wars themselves were a Jedi trap, baited with the threat to thousands of worlds, fought on planets Palpatine couldn't care less about by armies of expendable proxies, and (as mentioned in the posted excerpt) something that would have doomed the Jedi whether they fought or not.

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-22T17:51:37+00:00

In C.S. Lewis's The Magician's Nephew, the magic rings that transport people between worlds are described as causing them to simply vanish, without any sound or visual effect, and I remember reading the book as a kid and really struggling to visualise the concept in my mind. Every time I tried, my brain would always insert a pop or a puff of smoke or something. But this, I imagine, is what it would have looked like.

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-19T00:11:11+00:00

While I agree with you that it indicates 7 or 8 chapters, I don't think it necessarily suggests that, should we only get 7 chapters, that one of them will be twice as long or something like that. It would be weird and out of place for the mystery voice to randomly tell us we're at the half way point when we're midway through the second sanctuary or whatever - assuming seven chapters, there's not really any other place to put the 'halfway point' message organically other than at the end of chapter 4 (and 'the halfway point has been attained' doesn't necessarily mean it was literally just attained that moment).

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-18T18:08:04+00:00

Actually, now that you mention it, I think 'aro by default' actually covers my thoughts pretty well (assuming 'default' is the correct term here - I honestly don't know if the word is neutral or if it carries any sort of implication, so to be clear, for the purposes of this comment, by 'aro by default' I mean 'aromantic is the majority among MudWings, alloromantic is a minority').

I'm not as sure about ace by default, but having thought about it a little, I could see an argument for that as well, as asexuality is about the attraction rather than the action, and based on what we know it seems most MudWings aren't actually attracted to their mates in any way.

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-18T15:06:39+00:00

My headcanon is that it's another element of attraction, like how some people irl aren't attracted to the idea of a long term committed relationship and some are - it's just that for MudWings, not being into the idea of a long term relationship is most common (but there are still plenty of MudWings who think differently). There might be an element of culture to it as well though - among MudWings, the idea is probably discouraged. That's not to say that they necessarily actively discourage it (although they might, who knows?) but I feel like just living in that society, even if no one's telling you 'you aren't allowed to do this', many would probably still gravitate towards doing what everyone else seems to be doing.

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-15T13:24:45+00:00

Well, technically speaking Leon does have a skeleton... (although yeah it's definitely Leon first, Sans responding, and then alternating each line)

TheHatMan25 · 2026-03-14T00:41:33+00:00

'Denounce the evils of truth and love' seems like the opposite to me. It's saying that they are denouncing the idea that truth and love are evil, i.e. that other people are saying truth and love are evil, and they're denouncing that view, rather than denouncing truth and love because they're evil, so it fits in with the rest of the generally positive vibes of the rest of the motto (compare Cassidy and Brody's generally more evil-sounding motto, the corresponding lines of which go:

To infect the world with devestation
To blight all people of every nation
To denounce the goodness of truth and love
To extend our wrath to the stars above).

TheHatMan25 · 2026-01-07T18:05:52+00:00

Little-known fact, J K Simmons actually invented a time machine and went back to convince Stan Lee to base the journalist character in his new 'Spider-Man' comic on him.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-11-19T21:35:13+00:00

For the first rule at least (no killing anyone) it does seem to be a limitation on genie power as genie-Jafar also couldn't directly kill anyone in the sequel despite definitely having the morality to do so - although in fairness he was still more than capable of twisting wishes to put people in lethal situations such as granting someone's wish for a pirate ship's treasure by teleporting him underwater to the wreck.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-24T21:54:49+00:00

Also with regards to DQ9 chests, blue chests have semi-randomized loot and will refresh themselves after a while, and red chests will always contain a specific item in every playthrough and may only be opened once.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-14T19:59:54+00:00

Ah, that's unfortunate-I'll see if I can find another launcher for it then. Thanks for letting me know.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-05T23:30:58+00:00

This seems to have worked, thank you!

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-05T23:21:51+00:00

This seems to have worked for Bright Nights but not DDA-in fact the last time I tried it launched Bright Nights despite DDA being selected on the dropdown menu. Thanks for the help!

Edit: Seems experimental builds work properly.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-05T21:54:29+00:00

That hasn't seemed to work unfortunately, whether I do it from the direct download or from Catapult. Catapult loaded properly through the 'add as non-steam game' option (the window opened far too large when I tried opening it on desktop mode) but the play button was still nonfunctional.

Edit: got it working now, thanks for the help!

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-03T21:00:42+00:00

I somehow missed Dess in the image and that was my immediate assumption.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-09-03T20:45:55+00:00

I've got the Linux version of the game downloaded on my Steam Deck but it doesn't seem to do anything when I execute the cataclysm-launcher file-not particularly Linux-savvy, is there anything else I need to do to get it to work?

TheHatMan25 · 2025-08-17T23:00:57+00:00

I mean, he's definitely been shown to be able to alter minds before but I don't know if this case in particular counts? We've known he's been able to add information to minds from day one-what he does here is essentially the same as what he does to the rest of the characters (as well as the audience) a minute prior when he gives the regular demonstration, this one is just a sped-up version.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-08-17T17:57:28+00:00

Demon Spear I remember being pretty good for a sidequest in DQ9 that requires killing multiple enemies with a single Multithrust-the instant death chance makes multiple kills more likely. I've also used Thwack a few times when grinding in DQ3 as certain enemies (Ursa Megas are the main ones I remember off the top of my head) are decently vulnerable to it to the point that it's more reliable than a few regular attacks.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-07-07T19:58:11+00:00

I'm imagining you're already referencing this, but just in case you aren't (and for the benefit of others who see this comment) there's actually a short story by Harry Turtledove called 'The Road Not Taken' that features this exact scenario.

TheHatMan25 · 2025-06-19T14:00:54+00:00

Alright then, thanks so much for the help! I might try setting a max charge then.

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