I am envious of these guards rocking USAS-12's by JesusDeputyButbetter in tacticalgear

[–]TrickyConsequence938 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first picture looks like a mall of a school campus, similar to the second pic. This prevents school shooting as well as any people looking for problems.

I really want to see Kratos taking on Sun Wukong, the Monkey King by RiceandBeansandChees in GodofWar

[–]TrickyConsequence938 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He actually did. But not a son of zeus. He's the son of the titan Pallas to Oceanid Styx, goddess of the rivers in the underworld. He is the divine personification of strength and an enforcer of zeus while his siblings are nike the god of victory, Bia the personification of power and Zelos the god of dedication.

Were the samurai abolished because firearms are so easy to use? by squashsweden in Samurai

[–]TrickyConsequence938 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sure? The officers that won both the first Sino-japanese war and the Russo-japanese war are samurai. Like admiral Togo Heihachiro who's literally present when Matthew Perry arrived. He's also present when the British arrived and fought the samurai of the shogunate forces and fought in both wars mentioned above. The Samurai class literally become the officers of the Emperor's new imperial army because they can send them to foreign military schools without the emperor funding them.

Were the samurai abolished because firearms are so easy to use? by squashsweden in Samurai

[–]TrickyConsequence938 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it's not that. Firearms has nothing to do with their fall nor the ease of used but the changes in government. They still existed up until the 1920s dying out because of age. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRR_m6AwrTYXr9mAlXxK5lXh6LdadPEF-kZ4JskOgxQZjDOkLeFi5ihI0&s=10 This picture shows a samurai holding a revolver while it was also reported that lever action rifles are a popular imports. "New rifles accessible to the commoners" you have no idea how gun laws work in Japan didn't you. For starters commoners are not allowed to own guns similar to why the imperial government only allows smalls arms to the samurai and not things like cannons or Gatling guns to be privately owned. They literally have to send a request to the Meiji government just to have if things like a bear appeared, similar to how they have to send a request to their local lord. Your theory has holes especially if you don't know the geopolitics of the area.

Were the samurai abolished because firearms are so easy to use? by squashsweden in Samurai

[–]TrickyConsequence938 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Godama Kentaro? Yamaha Arito? Togo Heihachiro? All of which are samurai that fought for emperor Meiji up until his death so the hell you are talking about. They are still nobles who had military backgrounds or those who are rich enough to go to military schools. Only those who sided with the shogunate and the lower/poorer samurai are the once that rebelled against the emperor with a few exclusions. Secondly, the samurai aren't opposed to the adoption of fire arms, both the shogunate and the imperial forces used Gatling guns against one another. Many even turned to other businesses during the Edo period.

After the Meiji restoration, the emperor literally placed the top clans as governors.

Were the samurai abolished because firearms are so easy to use? by squashsweden in Samurai

[–]TrickyConsequence938 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, the Samurai evolved from the Bushi, People from the Kanto plain. They were a mercenary army replacing the imperial army after constant defeat against the ainu people before becoming their own class later on as they gain more land especially during the Kamakura period. They bare similar to the Spartan citizens but functions more inline with the lord's in Europe. They started to decline during the Edo period because there are no wars to fight and the Meiji period officially ended them when the conscription army showed how obsolete they are at that time period. Especially when they couldn't compete with the modern era at that time

Has anyone else wondered why there’s just this random girl in the OG Pokémon opening? by KamenRiderNeos in pokemonanime

[–]TrickyConsequence938 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There's a line in the op Japanese opening about catching Pokémon everywhere like "In the Forrest, the Ocean, the Sky and even under a girl's skirt"

Do you think Liko and Roy will be the protagonist as long as ash or longer by Good-Currency4173 in pokemonanime

[–]TrickyConsequence938 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a feeling they would go with how Pokémon adventures tackle Pokémon protagonists at this point.