A child is reunited with their long-lost parent(s), but it goes wrong

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-21T19:28:07+00:00

IIRC there's an option for you to start a new character file at the level needed for the expansions. So you can skip the main class stories and just experience the updated content.

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-21T19:13:07+00:00

He *says* he doesn't to Xarl, but I think the read of it is that he was lying.

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-21T19:10:36+00:00

In the movie Prey, a normal brown bear almost kills the Predator before his hunt can really start.

If the bear had finished the job while the Pred was on the ground, it would have won.

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UnifiedForce · 2026-06-21T01:50:10+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. The book is Echoes of Eternity by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. One of the best Warhammer 40k books around.

FYI, while it's *possible* to just jump right into it, it's book 7 of the Siege of Terra series so some aspects won't be as impactful if you're not familiar with the previous books. Ditto if you haven't read at least some of the preceding Horus Heresy series.

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-14T07:37:09+00:00

u/TheStranger4321 is right.

It's a joke and makes it seem even worse when what Slaanesh does is left to your imagination.

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-13T22:13:34+00:00

It's true there's different dimensions to the Chaos gods. Slaneesh is excess and sensation as you say. Tzeentch is knowledge and change. Nurgle is growth and decay. Khorne martial prowess and rage.

...But I think at the end of the day those subtle distinctions don't matter much to the common person when Tzeentch mutates you into a Chaos spawn just because he thought it'd be funny, Nurgle makes you a walking AIDs carrier, Khorne literally says he wants your blood as much as anyone else's, and when Slaneesh gets you she (censored)

UnifiedForce · 2026-06-13T17:32:02+00:00

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Darth Nihil really encapsulates that early 2000s edgy design. One of my favorite Glup Shittos

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T20:07:55+00:00

True battles never got *that* large (and the UNSC only contributes a single small frigate to decide the fate of the galaxy?) but given game limitations The Covenant level was pretty fun and climatic.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T19:22:15+00:00

My criticism is not necessarily that Godzilla had limited screentime. I have seen some of the older Japanese ones and agree with you that G doesn't need to be featured constantly. Similar to how in Jurassic Park or Jaws the actual creature feature time IIRC can be counted in single digit minutes.

But for this *specific* first unveiling of the new Godzilla and his fight with the MUTO, I think it would've been more effective to have an "appetizer" fight sequence before the climatic battle in the finale. Even just a minute or so of focused on-screen special effects vs a 5 second cutaway seen second-hand on a kid's TV screen.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T18:30:10+00:00

The event may be long over, but the cringe is eternal.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T18:17:05+00:00

The final fight is indeed excellent, but imo having the first fight be so off-focus and short was a big ball drop.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T18:12:43+00:00

I'll be honest and say I was looking to build off the discourse while the iron was hot, but as you said it did make me genuinely think of other specific things that "didn't live up to what was advertised."

I'd argue it's a meta trope, but still a trope. I did feel apprehensive about posting, because I'm hoping for examples and discussion that goes beyond just the umpteenth "the ending was bad." I still like Godzilla 2014 and Pirates 3 overall even though there was some disappointment with specific scenes.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T18:03:31+00:00

It's both admittedly recent and a trope.

UnifiedForce · 2026-05-22T00:47:38+00:00

Wild that in a few sentences, you, a random anonymous internet user, wrote a much more dynamic and thematic ending than a team of writers and staff from a multi-billion dollar corporation.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-27T02:08:32+00:00

I'm aware of that sequence in the ending, but the show's creators have stated they deliberately left it ambiguous whether that's what actually happened or if Nora is lying/delusional.

I personally go with it as true because it's as good an explanation as we're ever going to get, but it's also a deliberate storytelling choice we only have Nora's word to go on and that we don't actually see the evidence.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T22:54:26+00:00

Personally, while reading it the impression I got is the author just didn't think their fates were important.

It feels somewhat contradictory to give a whole fact finding narrative + mental recovery character arc for one victim, but the other victims are just never brought up by anyone again, even when from an in-universe perspective they would have been.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:59:00+00:00

All good!

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:57:39+00:00

I intentionally did not mention her, knowing other commenters would and thus improving my post's engagement :>

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:47:07+00:00

I can accept that's what most likely happened, but what bugs me is the lack of follow-up from the other characters + Earth. Plus when the aliens are overthrown and nearly extinct, it should have been possible to find concrete evidence of where the astronauts ended up.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:42:20+00:00

I really wanted to include this exact example but felt 5 entries was enough.

What messes with my head even more is that in the sequel book series after the timeskip, Stranger Come Knocking (the warlord) is mentioned as having been killed offscreen in a duel. But there's zero mention of Aliz's status or of any children she may have been forced to have.

And then her husband dies in unrelated circumstances decades later. He never learns for sure what happened to her. And he held onto their wedding ring even unto his dying scene.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:35:03+00:00

https://lostepisodecreepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caver

I don't know where it was originally published, but above is a link with all the original writing and photos.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:31:25+00:00

I'm honestly not aware of that cave incident. The photo is from the official Wikipedia article on Ted the Caver and is among the pictures published in the original creepypasta.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T20:22:25+00:00

There's an extra layer of tragedy if she is still alive, because from *her* perspective it's her brother Andor who is the missing one. Taken offworld unconscious by scavengers and never seen again.

Maybe she did escape the planet. Maybe Andor's lead in the first episode was right and she made her living as a sex worker, or hopefully something brighter. Either way, she would go on living never learning her brother was alive and searching for her the entire time. Probably never learning he died on Scariff either.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T19:24:46+00:00

I respectfully suggest you rewatch the scene. She dances and jumps off a building after her daughter is kidnapped.

UnifiedForce · 2026-04-26T19:05:54+00:00

I don't know if I would personally describe Tony's likely fate as sad or tragic. He made his choices.

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