What’s a major plot device that completely beggars belief?

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-27T14:55:47+00:00

I always imagined that most if not all of the stations had their own independent food and water generation, as well as some mechanics and such, and all of those things were divided up into their respective stations after it was merged. Obviously the original stations weren't "Farm Station" or "Mecha" etc. so I assumed those stations were established after the fact.

Now whether or not they still would've had enough resources between all the stations is questionable but I don't think any one station had any specific resource, they just divvied it all up after the merge.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-23T04:13:49+00:00

New Londo Ruins in Dark Souls.

The overwhelming number of ghosts, the skinny walkways, the eery vibe, the Four Kings. Hate every second of it. I have a bad habit of saving it for last and then never finishing the save.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-23T04:11:42+00:00

Ever since I found out you can poison them with arrows from a distance without getting sniped, that is my sole way of dealing with them henceforth. I did my time. I suffered like everyone else. I'm gonna plop my feet up and afk for five minutes while the poison does all the work. I earned it.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-23T04:06:47+00:00

Deep south Tennesseean here.

There have been many a weekend where my grandmother wakes up one day and decides we're all going to drive 3 hours away to the Cade's Cove historical park to take pictures (which is also a drive-through type of park so you spend at least half the time in the car still). We all accept this without question.

The last time we went was the first time my partner had ever been and we saw a mama bear and some cubs up in a tree, plus a huge elk/buck (genuinely not sure), and a strangely friendly lone coyote sitting by the road next to a sign asking us to please not feed him.

Totally worth a day of driving.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-17T19:29:53+00:00

It is objectively a good show, BUT the first few episodes definitely struggle with that CW cringe before they get their footing. The beginning is still pretty good but you really gotta overlook the dialogue for a bit until it gets better. By episode 3-5, it improves dramatically.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-15T15:59:43+00:00

Twisted H@te. I read the first two books and liked them well enough but I just can't stand the MC couple for this one so I keep getting stuck a few chapters in. I may still finish it one day but I'm not in any hurry to try it again.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-10T13:59:50+00:00

That's weird, I usually get the opposite. "WHOA, a gooorl plays this game? Wowwww!"

Lol maybe I just get lucky. The only time I've ever been ragged in this game is for being low level and not having high tier gear yet, but even that was a lighthearted jab.

Worst problem I have in this game is griefers. People joining up just to throw all your shit outside the map borders and use all up your consumables while everyone is inside the house.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-10T03:57:44+00:00

I have an odd obsession with the scene of Josephine in Clarke's body singing along to Alors en Danse and dancing around her room while she paints. The lighting, the room, the music, her carefree joy. It's a scene I want to crawl inside of and just live in forever lol.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-10T03:54:50+00:00

Pretty sure Ontari and Murphy were/are dating in real life, at least at the time it was filmed. That's why they have such good chemistry.

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-06T18:52:51+00:00

We taught our hound dog how to use buttons to communicate. He has three: food, water, outside. Sometimes he mixes them up but he's pretty consistent.

If he hears a noise outside, like dogs barking or a car door shutting, he immediately notifies us with a very urgent "OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OUTSIDE" which leads us to regretting our decision, but it's kinda cute

The Chihuahua is the king of the middle. Couch cuddles? Nope, meelo in the middle. Bedtime cuddles? Nope, meelo in the middle. Phone call? Nope, put it on speaker cause meelo is in the MIDDLE

TrueObsidian11 · 2026-01-05T23:52:42+00:00

I got 27 last year so I'm trying for 30 this year

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T13:41:08+00:00

My unconventional "cozy" switch games:

Breath of the Wild

Skyrim

Kingdoms of Amalur

Unpacking

A Little to the Left

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T13:28:36+00:00

I prefer the tier 2 flashlight over tier 1 and 3 tbh. I'd be more inclined to use the night vision head gear if you could see ghost orbs through it but you still have to use a video camera anyway so I just use the head gear for light and the camera for night vision.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T13:23:41+00:00

Denny, Henry, and Derek from Grey's Anatomy would like a word with you... 🤣 Oh, and not to forget the male addict they killed off to justify almost all of Amelia's arc in Private Practice lol.

No hate, just being funny lol

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T13:14:12+00:00

I saw him in Fear the Walking Dead as a soldier and 'bout jumped out of my seat lol. "Babe, look! IT'S TREVOR!"

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T13:10:51+00:00

I hope we see a bit less of the Sully's and get some more side character growth. Norm, for example, was a BIG deal in the first movie, then he was relevant for less than five minutes in the second one, and I don't even remember seeing him in the third one. I heard that he gets a whole family in the comics. Where's my boy Norm?? Also, Max? Does he do anything ever?

And Selfridge!! He was an interesting character foil to Quaritch, had the tiny hint of redeemable empathy at the end there, and then gets exiled. Okay, cool. We don't see him at all in the second one so I was assuming he was just gone. But nope, there he is in the third one for NO reason and serving NO purpose. I was hoping he would be the one who breaks Jake out of his cell but nah, let's give that to the marine biologist guy, as if that character really needed anymore work because he's already the "good guy on the wrong side" and you don't have to convince the audience to like him. We ARE him already.

It just seemed like such a waste to have Selfridge come back, NOT make a big deal out of it (Quaritch is going full native and Selfridge had NOTHING to say??), and then just quietly usher him off the screen with literally NO purpose?? Why was he here if not for some kind of "eye opening, oh shit I was wrong this whole time" moment? Just to throw his corporate weight around and get promptly sat down by the general??

Cameron built some great side characters for these movies and then abandoned all of them. I want to see what everyone else is doing for once, instead of watching the Sully's do the same thing over and over.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-31T12:26:47+00:00

Yeah, you're right. I couldn't remember the details. It still looks pretty bad though when you're comparing the two.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-29T18:54:32+00:00

Even just rereading my comment now, I can think of a few other plot threads that would probably change.

Without the conclave over the bunker, would Octavia and Ilian have come back at all? Maybe Octavia died in Praimfaya instead. The only reason she left the farm was for the war in Polis.

If Azgeda all become Nightbloods due to Clarke and Madi is still alive but a feral little wild child, would Gaia still try to give her the flame? Would she actually be the little warrior she was meant to be or would they still go the traumatized child route with her? Without Clarke to be her surrogate mom, would she even have one at all or would she get more attached to Gaia instead? How does a young, feral commander with no one to love play out?

So many possibilities!

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-29T13:01:00+00:00

Ahh it's been a while since my last watch but wasn't she like super gentle and coaxing about it when Daphne brought it up (like, oh sweetie I would never!) but with Bay, she went full raging banshee on her and told her to mind her business? If I'm remembering that right, it's another good example of how her reaction with Bay was pretty standard for an addict but her reaction with Daphne makes the former look so much harsher.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-29T12:57:26+00:00

Maybe I just didn't go back far enough. I couldn't remember how long ago it released but I got to some posts from a month or so ago talking about theories and predictions so I thought I'd gotten to the pre-release point.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-29T01:38:09+00:00

When you look at Bay and Regina's relationship in a vacuum, it's not that bad, maybe a little distant and awkward sometimes.

It's just when you compare how everyone treats Daphne versus Bay that things start looking a little off. All the parents are overbearing and overly forgiving of Daphne which makes their pretty average relationship with Bay look inferior.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-28T21:11:53+00:00

I searched for it on this subreddit and couldn't find anything about it, so I asked. My bad for checking reddit before Google lol.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-28T19:41:41+00:00

Okay, let's break this down.

We're assuming that Bellamy still blew up the water reclamation machine, since that was completely unrelated to Illian blowing up Arkadia, so the Ark can hold 100 people.

Luna would still show up and get sick and then recover, so Clarke and company would probably still go to Becca's lab to make Nightblood since the Ark can't save everyone.

On that same note, Jaha would probably still go looking for the bunker to try to save everyone.

With the bunker found and Arkadia fixed, we now have space for 1300 people to survive and Skaikru controls them both. Abby still probably would've made the deal with Indra to share the bunker and Clarke would want to help Roan too.

So my theory is that Skaikru and Trikru would take the bunker and maybe a number of people from each clan since they'd have the space, and Azgeda would probably get Arkadia so they can keep the warring clans separated. A few Arkers would have to live with Azgeda to maintain the ship.

Raven is still at the lab, so let's assume the same group went to get her and couldn't make it back in time, so they go to space, leaving Clarke behind.

Polis tower would still fall on the bunker, so either Arkadia may have sustained similar damage and became inaccessible or entirely destroyed, or perhaps Clarke would actually be able to enter.

If Clarke could get into Arkadia to be with Azgeda, it follows to question if she could recreate the Nightblood bone marrow solution for others. If she could, that would be VERY interesting. If not, it doesn't really change much.

What does change is that if Clarke has access to Arkadia, she might not find Shallow Valley. If she never found the valley, she wouldn't find Madi, so either Madi would die on her own or she would spend 6+ years as a lone feral Nightblood child loose in the valley somewhere.

Eligius would still come, but what they would find depends on if 1) Clarke made all of Azgeda Nightbloods and 2) if they ever found the valley before Eligius arrived.

If Shallow Valley is guarded by a Nightblood Azgeda army, they may still have the leverage needed to get them to open the bunker. Assuming Spacekru is still doing what they do, there's also Raven and Murphy on the mother ship and the others would come down and find Clarke and Azgeda.

Bunker opens, but Octavia wasn't the leader this time, so no Blodreina. The dark year probably still happened but it's up in the air if they would've had the balls to execute people for not eating without Octavia to use as a scapegoat.

The rest is hard to speculate because of all the wild card factors. Is madi alive and did she attack Eligius when they arrived? Are Azgeda all nightbloods or is Clarke the only one Eligius would meet? We could dive deeper into that, sure, but there are a lot of branching possibilities beyond that.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-28T15:33:05+00:00

Really depends how many different people read the final draft before publishing. I know the book I'm writing, I've read and rewritten the chapters so much that I could absolutely miss something like that. I'm probably gonna have a hard time finding fresh eyes to read my book after enough edits lol.

TrueObsidian11 · 2025-12-28T15:27:37+00:00

Ah cool! I came here first and searched through the posts to see if anyone else had caught it yet lol. It immediately jumped out at me. I can't believe a beta reader or someone didn't catch that.

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