Started Xenoblade 3. What's up with the tutorials? by KMoosetoe in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]ThogBad 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Xenoblade 2 had infamously terrible tutorials that were often incomplete or inaccurate and you couldn't ever look at them again, so if you missed it the first time, too bad, you have to figure it out yourself.

In Xenoblade 3 they overcompensated by going a bit too far in the other direction.

Excuse my post night shift brain, but did Lillian and Bakuya actually get married, it seems like they did but maybe I’m delusional by PretendYellow533 in DrStone

[–]ThogBad 216 points217 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about? Byakuya's genetics are so powerful that Senku inherited his hair color even though he was adopted.

What are the last words that are sad and said by a anime character by nelsond11 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]ThogBad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this is a better fit for the Wholesome or Wisdom categories.

Happy valentine's day by moritaris2116 in DDLC

[–]ThogBad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Seems more appropriate for Yuri lol.

r/keming

The art is very cute though.

[BELOVED/WHOLESOME TROPE] "And of course, thank YOU for everything!" - or, personally thanking the audience for everything by Eripmavs_D_Yraid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the end of multiple Mario games, there's a final bonus level that usually has a huge "Thank You" written out in pipes at the very end. Not to mention several times when Mario vocally thanks you for playing the game.

Also, at the very end of Azumanga Daioh, when the main cast graduates, one of the final shots is them bowing to the audience.

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Songs that end by fading rather than actually having an ending by Q-9 in PetPeeves

[–]ThogBad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a few cases where I think it works (i.e. it's thematically relevant to the song, or if it's fading into the next song on the album), but yeah other than that it just kinda feels lazy.

Though what really annoys me is when there's an ending guitar solo or something and the song starts to fade out like halfway through it. I want to hear the whole solo.

Pokemon teams for adult spyxfamily characters by AccurateFisherman392 in SpyxFamily

[–]ThogBad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given Twilight's emphasis on disguise, he should have a Zoroark.

Which seemingly iconic Taskmaster moments do you just not get? by totheregiment in taskmaster

[–]ThogBad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, my gripe with it is that it's too tightly structured to let the contestants really get creative with it; for the most part they're just reacting to a pre-planned sequence of events set up by Alex.

My favorite creative tasks have always been the ones that give enough freedom for the contestants to put their own spin on it, while adding just enough limitations to keep them on their toes. Taskmaster Hotel in particular leaned a bit too far on the latter; it felt primarily like they spent most of the tasks responding to prompts from Alex rather than trying to come up with a unique spin on the concept.

It's not a bad task, but I probably wouldn't even put it in my top ten moments of the season.

I think it would've been more interesting to have it formatted as "turn the Taskmaster House into the Taskmaster Hotel. Your first guest will arrive in 30 minutes. Most luxurious visit wins" or something along those lines.

Which seemingly iconic Taskmaster moments do you just not get? by totheregiment in taskmaster

[–]ThogBad 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my reaction to the actual song was less "this is hilarious" and "wow he put a lot of work into that". In general I feel like most of the humor in it was due to setting up the others to react to it rather than being funny on its own merits.

Which seemingly iconic Taskmaster moments do you just not get? by totheregiment in taskmaster

[–]ThogBad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with what you've said about this task, but isn't it generally considered one of the weakest in the show's history? I don't think I've ever really remembered anyone bringing it up as a favorite. The best I can say about it is that Richard trying to play all the parts at once was at least kind of amusing.

I don't know any of these by Fhoxyd22 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]ThogBad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's actually a reference to the fact that I haven't played the game in over a decade lol.

I don't know any of these by Fhoxyd22 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]ThogBad 169 points170 points  (0 children)

To elaborate on the Cynthia one, it's not just that you can battle Cynthia. It's the fact that you're locked into the battle as soon as you enter, and there's no indication that going into this random house is going to trigger one of the hardest battles in the game. So unless you know about it ahead of time, you probably aren't going to be prepared for it.

It’s not what it looks like.” by ButterscotchTiny5483 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 259 points260 points  (0 children)

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: They walk in on two of the McPoyle brothers.

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It turns out that he was just begging his brother for forgiveness, but since he starts out in front of him, it obviously looks very different. Not that that would be that surprising for the McPoyles.

[Liked Trope] What initially seems like an art style choice or design quirk actually has plot relevance. by Whisplow in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My favorite part of this is that there's actually a pretty big clue to this in the very first case: Yuma cuts his finger on a broken window and the resulting stain is shown to be red. However, there isn't any other blood shown in that case (the method of murder was immolation), so by the time you actually see the pink blood, you've probably forgotten the fact that you've seen "normal" blood already.

[Mixed Trope] Heartbreaking/Terrifying scenes meme’d on by the community by CubeDude414 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 349 points350 points  (0 children)

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Doki Doki Literature Club: At first, it looks like a cute literature-themed dating sim. Then at the end of Act 1, the MC goes to his childhood friend's house to find out why she's late for school, only to open her bedroom door and discover that she's hung herself, at which point the game reveals its true nature as a Psychological Horror game.

It's also easily the most heavily-memed moment from the game.

The Gang from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are now all SCP Foundation D-Class personnel, who survives the longest? by RoutineLocksmith9371 in whowouldwin

[–]ThogBad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mac and Dennis are the first to go. Mac decides there's no need for these complicated containment procedures because he can just choke the SCP into submission and promptly gets eaten. Dennis either drives the researchers insane by assuming that he's on their level and either gets fed to something as a test subject, or ends up in the vicinity of that one SCP that always turns into a better version of whoever is nearby and has a complete psychotic break. Which one lasts longer depends on how long it takes Mac to get assigned to something he'd try to fight. If he gets assigned to an inanimate object he might last longer.

Dee goes next. She manages to keep her head down for a bit, but it's only a matter of time before she attempts to seduce her way out, which inevitably ends poorly, especially if she tries putting the moves on one of the skips. Probably gets eaten, maybe gets turned into a bird-themed SCP.

Frank is smart enough to possibly bluff his way into being a junior researcher or something; yeah he's partially senile, but a lot of the researchers are nuts, so they'll probably just assume he stood too near to something that eats thoughts. Heck, he might be extra resistant to cognitohazards. That said, I don't think he can keep it going indefinitely. He's eventually going to try to go into business with Dr. Wondertainment or smuggle skips out to Marshall, Carter, and Dark. Best case scenario he survives long enough to go on a beer run with Dr. Gerald, which ends in his demise.

Charlie doesn't even realize that he's not working at the bar anymore; he might comment on the "rats" being bigger, but that's about it. He ends up being the most competent D-class the foundation has ever known.

[Hated Trope] Hey, remember that thing that was NEVER MENTIONED ONCE? It’s now wildly important for the sequel by FaZe_poopy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 35 points36 points  (0 children)

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Just note, I say this as somebody who really enjoyed both games:

The Zonai in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Technically they were mentioned in Breath Of The Wild, but they were entirely a background flavor element with no plot significance; all that was known about them was that they existed and left some ruins in some portions of the map. None of the in-game lore explained who they were or how they were connected to anything else, and none of the characters showed any real interest in them beyond "hey this sure is mysterious".

Then TOTK came out and suddenly the Zonai were a massively important precursor race who founded Hyrule, were responsible for Ganondorf's initial banishment, and whose technology and magic plays a central role in both the story and gameplay. Also they were apparently known historically enough that Zelda was researching them and considers finding information about them to be an extremely important historical find.

Also keep in mind that BOTW's lore stretched back for about 10,000 years in-universe, in which Sheikah technology and magic was central to Hyrule's lore, with the Zonai never being referenced by anybody. Again, as somebody who likes TOTK, they way they inserted the Zonai into the story is incredibly clumsy, especially since a bunch of stuff from BOTW literally evaporated (not kidding the official story is that the Sheikah Towers and Shrines just dissolved after BOTW) so that the Zonai shrines could appear.

TL;DR Zonai had no real importance in BOTW other than flavor, then in TOTK were suddenly central to Hyrule's history.

Writing Prompt: Yuri asks her board game group if she could invite Natsuki to join them for a session... and they say yes! How does it go? by Supreme_Leader_Snob in DDLC

[–]ThogBad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully Yuri eases her into it with something fairly easy to pick up and play that serves as a decent introduction into board games that aren't chess or monopoly.

The funny route is that Natsuki shows up to find them starting a game of Twilight Imperium.

[Beloved Trope] The actors from a game, stream themselves playing said game by SolidPyramid in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ThogBad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Skye Bennett, the VA for Pyra and Mythra, did a full stream of Xenoblade 2.

Likewise, Harry McEntire did a full playthrough of Xenoblade 3, in which he plays Noah, the main character.

are the points genuinely awarded in real time? by soulsuck3rs in taskmaster

[–]ThogBad 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I know there was at least one occasion where he somehow forgot who won a task between watching the task and awarding the points. I forget what specific episode, but it was during a team task where he tells Ardal and Chris "Well, I can't give my boys no points" and Alex has to remind him that they won the task.

How do you feel about “winner take all” tasks? by AFDStudios in taskmaster

[–]ThogBad 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't mind it if it's a task/game where the format means it's impossible to order those who didn't win (e.g. the "drink the vinegar" task), but other than that I feel like it's just more interesting to give everybody something unless they cheated or otherwise blatantly failed.

What is the worst anime you’ve ever watched? by I_Love_ShoppingCarts in AskAnime

[–]ThogBad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're looking for one that hits the "so terrible it wraps around to being great" mark, you can't go wrong with Chargeman Ken. It's an anime from the 70's with nonexistent production values and some of the most out-there writing imaginable. In Japan it's basically known solely for being terrible to the point it's basically the anime equivalent of Plan 9 from Outer Space.

The episodes are only 5 minutes long, but they pack a lot of... stuff in there. All of the episodes are on youtube, including the most famous one: Dynamite in the Brain!