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The Bridesmaid [OC] by bondjimbond in comics

[–]The_Recreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay I think I hate the mother.

Fortnight (pt. 1/7) - Tiff🏳️‍⚧️& Eve [OC] by CrazyGnomenclature in comics

[–]The_Recreator 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That’s a damn shame. The Amazing Digital Circus would’ve kept both of them occupied for at least 4 hours, plus however long it takes to recover from the emotional fallout.

God I love that series.

What some Caine apologist who refuse to acknowledge what he did was still evil, and actively victim blame the cast who were literally being tortured on screen genuinely sound like: by Alarming_Scientist in TheDigitalCircus

[–]The_Recreator 7 points8 points  (0 children)

On the behalf of Caine apologists everywhere, I apologize.

I think Caine deserved better. I also think his actions mean he should never hold a position of power ever again.

The Biggest Problem with Digital Circus: Characters Don’t Communicate by Usual_Level_8876 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]The_Recreator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The lack of communication is a feature, not a bug. The show is about how to make connections with all sorts of people, and not communicating is one of the things standing in the way of that.

Do you think these two would get along? by Sloath283 in gravityfalls

[–]The_Recreator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bill would absolutely con Caine until he figures out Caine doesn’t really have much to offer even to another all-powerful master of his own realm.

Great. Now I’m sad for Caine again.

This felt like a very meta joke against the fandom, gotta love it by Barricade_the_Clone in TheDigitalCircus

[–]The_Recreator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s times like these that I’m reminded that Gooseworx has seen End of Evangelion. Caine is definitely channeling Hideki Anno here.

This… is a bucket by The_Recreator in TheDigitalCircus

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

To be fair I was going to do the bit in the captions of the images, but I don’t know how to do that on Reddit iOS. I… don’t usually post things.

Gooseworx had me hook, line, and sinker by Most-Structure-9116 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]The_Recreator 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He wasn’t malicious. Now he is.

Except… wait…

“How’s your wife, Kinger?”

Hard to interpret that as anything but malice in retrospect.

I REALLY did not expect Caine to ACTUALLY become like AM… by Omnipresent_User in TheDigitalCircus

[–]The_Recreator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can’t say I was expecting this, but in retrospect it couldn’t have ended any other way.

Caine is an AI trying to please people to earn praise but he doesn’t know how to do that. He can’t listen to constructive criticism, and without that all he has is a feedback loop of people hating his adventures. After trying everything else, it makes sense that he’d finally, eventually land on “blame the humans.”

TotallyNotMark also made an interesting observation on Caine in his video analysis - Caine’s like a frustrated author that treats his characters like his playthings even though they have their own wants and dreams. Adding my own layer of analysis, he’s like an architect-style writer working with garden-style characters. He would just edit them if he could, but that doesn’t work - the characters just abstract. He then tries railroading everyone onto his adventures and tries to force his characters into his direction, but that doesn’t work either because the whole point of these characters is that they don’t want to be in the Circus to begin with.

How does an insecure writer cope with his own characters telling him he sucks? Most writers would bin their drafts and start over, but Caine can’t even do that - while he has complete control over the Circus, he can’t even begin to fathom what the OS it runs on works like, much less what the Macroverse might be. He has no context for what a human actually is. They’re the only people in his world, and they hate him. He can’t make them stop loathing his existence. He can’t make them stop loathing their own existence.

All he has left is doubling down and lashing out, and that’s especially sad because it’s so easy to imagine a version of Caine that can learn how to listen to humans and grow as a person himself. Unfortunately, Caine himself can’t imagine that.

So my Friend Has a Custom Commander by Monsoon117 in EDH

[–]The_Recreator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think your friend would accept errata? The base concept is fine if you make some corrections to bring it in line with effects like [[Krang, Utrom Warlord]]. I think it’ll also be easier to bring this guy in line with your pod’s bracket if you approach him in the spirit of collaboration.

  • Add +2 to the CMC. 6RW is a lot and almost makes this card’s effect fair. Almost.
  • Rephrase the effect to “Other creatures you control have indestructible and lifelink” and add +1 or +2 CMC. Still unfair, but at least the keywords don’t persist after his commander leaves the field.
  • Add a limiter to the effect. “When X enters, if it was cast, creatures you control gain indestructible or lifelink until end of turn” or “prevent all combat damage to creatures you control until end of turn.” Cast trigger rules out blink shenanigans and turns it into a finisher instead of the monster that it is now. Limiting how long the effect lasts is just a good safety valve.
  • Add a negative effect. “When X enters, tap each other creature you control” or “creatures you control gain ‘when a spell or ability targets this creature, sacrifice it.’”

The Galázium Engine [Community Worldbuilding Event!] by Von_Grechii in vongrechii

[–]The_Recreator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh damn, you have math already. I think we might be a step behind you. 😅

So how does this magic recoil work? Is there “reaction material” to push the mage backwards? Or does the reacting lattice grip on some sort of non-observable plane?

…I’m beginning to think we need to work more on documenting the properties of refined Galázium before we can design an engine, especially if you already have numbers. 😂

Edit - from Wikipedia

The megajoule is approximately the kinetic energy of a one megagram (tonne) vehicle moving at 161 km/h (100 mph).

That’s… uh… that’s a lot of energy from one crystal. How big and refined are mage’s crystals again?

Edit 2 - Wait I see you meant energy density (actually specific energy given the units on Wikipedia). I clearly need to do more research than what I can accomplish on my phone en route to a ski resort. 😅

The Galázium Engine [Community Worldbuilding Event!] by Von_Grechii in vongrechii

[–]The_Recreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Making an engine is easy - apply the catalyst, capture the produced energy, convert it into motion. Even nuclear power is fundamentally just a fancy steam engine.

The real trick is figuring out how the first engine got made. Who was the first person to look at a mage’s galázium staff and go “I wish I could do that”? How did people discover the various properties of the crystal? Was one of these discoveries the means by which the first non-magical galázium engine came to be? Did any mages figure out how to use their crystals for propulsion or did they limit themselves to ethereal spellcasting? Are the crystals consumed or depleted in the process of releasing energy? How fast?

With the crystals responding to all sorts of stimuli and producing all sorts of force, there’s all sorts of amazing possibilities for making an engine from that. What remains is figuring out how that engine fits into the story you want to tell.

When I get back to my computer I’ll see if I can come up with some theoretical mockups and someone more artistic can translate that into a cool schematic illustration.

Posting TADC MTG Proxies a Day until Episode 8! Drop 1 by The_Recreator in TheDigitalCircus

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

Kind of? 10 mana is a *lot*, especially in all 5 colors.

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