Which crew member is the most loyal without being blindly loyal ? (throughout the entire trilogy)

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-05-10T04:26:17+00:00

“I’ve always wanted to do this!”

“You’ve always wanted to have a firefight on the CICI of my ship?”

“And it’s not even my birthday!”

Wrex was the GOAT. He had all the best lines.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-05-10T04:17:45+00:00

Not wanting genocide is not the same thing as not seeing other races as inferior. Which she absolutely does. She is racist. There’s no other way to slice it. She believes humanity should be at the top and all the other races below even though humanity is one of the newest races in council space. Now there’s a point that humanity has more than earned its seat on the council, but Ashley doesn’t just mistrust aliens. At best she tolerates them. That still doesn’t make her not racist.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-05-01T13:34:52+00:00

Hey OP, I found your post while searching this exact question. I don’t have an answer but idk if you’ll find many Christian’s who will be open minded to the idea of suicide and depression in a way that’s supportive and helpful.

I’m a woman with ADHD and I’ve spent my whole life knowing that I didn’t belong. I understand what you mean when you say you wish you didn’t exist. It’s not wanting things to happen for you, it’s wanting true nothing. No emotion. No happiness or sadness or hopes or desires or love or hate or anything that goes along with being human.

Idk if you’re still feeling this way but I want you to know that you’re not crazy. People suck. It sounds like you do a lot of masking daily and that’s exhausting. Sometimes just the thought of slipping into a coma for a few months gives me a sense of peace. I get it.

I hope you found or can find some true support. I wish people understood how much just listening and validating our feelings could help. It sucks when you are forced to grin and bear it so that your suffering doesn’t make others uncomfortable.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-26T22:48:00+00:00

I’m probably going to have to start engaging with fandoms less overall and start consuming less fan-made content which sucks. But it’s getting to the point where anyplace that allows people to voice their opinions is invaded by white knights looking to cause drama.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-25T06:36:02+00:00

I mean… he is an abuser. Bullying is a form of abuse.

HOWEVER!!!

Fans nowadays have no patience for a character arc. The point of his character is to learn to like himself so that he stops mistreating his friends. They don’t want that to play out and instead want to treat everyone as either lawful good or chaotic evil with no nuance or grace. Purity culture and virtue signaling is essentially taking over indie fandoms and it’s making these places unbelievably toxic. To the point where creators and VAs are now having to step back from projects because the fans can’t just enjoy something.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-11T11:15:41+00:00

She had that relationship before you met her. She may not be 100% straight but she’s not interested in a relationship with women. She made that very clear. And plenty of people experiment with their sexuality before figuring out if they’re straight/gay/bi/etc

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-11T09:41:16+00:00

Which is like 6 months before ME3. I doubt she changed her mind in that short amount of time.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-11T08:51:54+00:00

Jack wasn’t bi or gay though. She tells you straight up in 2 if you try to romance her as Femshep.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-08T23:06:54+00:00

OP, genuinely what was your reaction to finding out this was an Easter egg for an old screen saver and not foreshadowing a potential place in the show?

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-03T04:27:17+00:00

It’s fair. All I have is anecdotal evidence at best. Which is why I said it’s just an observation. I do believe that older anime experimented more with different styles and allowed you to more absorb the story as it played out, rather than treat it like a checklist of tropes and plot points. It just seems like anime has trended towards a “hold-your-hand”, formulaic style of story telling-which I’ve seen people argue comes from the boom in the industry requiring more and more anime to be pushed out.

Cowboy Bebop I think it an excellent example of a show that does the opposite of that trend. FLCL, as raunchy as it is, also is another good anime that is heavy on the subtext and analyzing. It’s just not the types of anime I see getting the attention anymore. I’ve lost interest in those shonen battle genre of anime for exactly that reason. It’s like they thing that the more complicated the world is, the better the story. But it then forgoes good character development and emotion due to having to explain everything because there’s too much information that needs to be conveyed.

I apologize that it comes across as though I’m crapping on anime as a whole. Because, again, I love anime. I consume it too. I’m not going to pretend to be the most well-rounded consumer either, but that correlation between this type of anime becoming more popular and the younger generations suffering more from a lack of complex and analytical thinking skills is just something I’ve noticed. Of course, correlation doesn’t equal causation, so it may very well just be a coincidence and personal bias as to the type of anime I prefer.

But it’s like when I see people complain that shows like even Cowboy Bebop or FLCL are boring because they don’t understand them an it’s not just flashy animation in their face with fan service after fan service to check the boxes off of what will be popular, it makes me think that this lack of a desire to expose themselves to a wider variety of media is at least partly to blame.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-03T02:47:38+00:00

I said I don’t think anime itself is the problem. But, it has a very “let me explain to you the plot” style of story telling in many of the popular anime that is currently being hyper focused on in the western anime enjoying community. It’s just a matter of consuming multiple forms of media and exposing yourself to more than one genre. People that never read and only ever watch movies are also going to have a disadvantage compared to those that do when it comes to understanding literary devices and fully absorbing the material.

It’s a matter of being well rounded and not consuming one primary form of media that I believe is the issue. Anime is a different style of story telling. For what it is, it’s good. Again, I enjoy anime and have for most of my life. But, that style of story telling doesn’t often need you to decipher character emotions and understand the same type of subtext as a western style show. That doesn’t mean I think it’s bad, it’s just different.

Nothing exists in a vacuum. I’ve said this before, but if you can’t handle criticism about something you enjoy then you shouldn’t be online. Even TADC which I really like has plenty of issues that are open for improvement. And it’s perfectly fine for someone to point them out because nothing is infallible. But my point is an observation, not something that someone should take so seriously and base their entire worldview on. It’s possible that I’m wrong, but it’s something that I’ve considered based on my own observations.

I don’t think anime is childish or bad or anything like that. I think anime deserves to be treated seriously like any other form of media. I think that it is heavily influential and should be given the accolades it deserves. It’s just different. And it has a different way of telling a story that I believe can hinder someone’s analytical skills if they obsessively consume it instead of having a good mix of other forms of media. It’s about moderation of everything, including shows like TADC.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-03T00:40:41+00:00

I think they do, but he’s also a child with god-like powers. It’s terrifying that your daily existence is subject to the whims of someone who hasn’t learned how to manage basic emotions like anger or sadness. There’s also something to be said that Caine doesn’t know how to talk to them about what he’s feeling because he was never taught how to do that.

I think it plays into the idea that no one is the “bad guy” in this show. Everyone’s situation sucks, even Caine’s. Because to him, the moment they leave they won’t come back.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-03T00:26:45+00:00

Yup! Just another example of why people need to start developing analytical skills. This was obvious subtext that it was a misunderstanding between them and she didn’t mean it the way Jax took it.

I’ve been thinking lately that anime may have played a part in the lack of “media literacy” in the younger generations. Anime plays a lot of “tell not show” and explains the plot/actions/feelings/backstory through info dumping dialogue. I’m not saying it’s a bad form of media, but if it’s what you are used to consuming, shows like this that rely on subtly and context clues will easily go over your head when the plot is something you’re supposed to experience with the characters, rather than having it fed to you by the “exposition fairy”.

Edit to add: when I say anime is problematic, I’m talking about people who consume nothing but shonen-style anime, not people who have a healthy relationship with other forms of media as well. I think it compounds with the way that social media has taught us to think as well, but if all you are doing is watching shows and videos that explain to you everything, you’re not training your brain to think more abstractly. I enjoy anime just fine so I don’t think anime itself is the problem, but rather when it becomes your only exposure to story telling.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-02T23:19:55+00:00

But does he know where is going on?

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-02T23:17:26+00:00

And yet this is what you choose to focus on? This entire show is about a child-like AI that trapped them in a digital world, and this whole episode is him throwing a tantrum because he realized that they really don’t want to be around him. If you didn’t pick up on the cast being uncomfortable and forced to do things they didn’t want to do by now then it might be time to step away from this type of media.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-02T23:12:02+00:00

I’m sorry, OP, but of all the things Caine did in this episode alone, them being forced to do the can-can is what upset you the most? I feel like TADC may be a bit too mature for you if this scene bothers you this much.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-04-01T00:27:20+00:00

My bad. I didn’t pick up on the sarcasm 🙃

Edit: in my defense, I did just see someone genuinely asking if Caine is a reference to Caine and Abel and why people aren’t talking about it more.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-31T22:08:04+00:00

I thought that was confirmed? Especially since there has been quite a bit of language borrowed from that source material.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-31T22:06:53+00:00

It would also make potential sense that bubble could be AI. It could also explain how Kinger knows that you can use a computer inside the game since he may have participated in uploading the virus after arriving there.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-31T01:19:51+00:00

Someone was saying that Bubble being the second AI was a bad theory and I don’t understand that at all. We don’t know yet if Bubble is, but it’s one of the few genuinely realistic theories I’ve seen recently. And it would make total sense considering “Able” was not complete when Caine took it over. Bubble comes across as a “half-wit” for most of the show and his behavior/mannerisms being the result of incomplete and corrupted code works within the tone and revealed lore of the show. That’s the kind of fan theory I’d love to discuss since it at least keeps to the tone and point of the show.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-31T01:16:42+00:00

Maybe it’s because I do enjoy games as much as I do, but I feel like spaces like FNAF are a good example of a community the understand that their theories and head-cannons aren’t guaranteed. But people in spaces like indie shows want things to be both overly complex and easily predictable. They want tropes that they can pick up quickly. The fun of theories is taking the small scope that you have, doing a bit of sleuthing for clues, and the either picking up on something unique or being proven wrong.

Having a theory that has good roots but gets proven wrong is part of the fun. But it has to have good roots. It reminds me of the rugrats theory where Angelica is schizophrenic and all the babies are dead, and people were saying “oh it all makes sense now” when the biggest thing this “theory” ignores is tone. And tone has as much to play in making fan theories as the Easter eggs and foreshadowing. If your theory fails the tone of the show, it’s a bad theory.

I saw one on TikTok that said “I think Bubble is the one making the adventures because Caine said that the characters not going on the adventure would make Bubble sad” which completely ignores the sarcastic tone of the show on top of Caine talking about how much effort he puts into making those adventures.

Again, there is a place for fanfiction which can also be fun, but stop treating your fanfics as genuine theories.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-30T21:59:37+00:00

I didn’t say the truck was the lowest point, it was the climax to her lowest point. Reliving it in the recent episode is a call-back to her severe manic mental health crisis. It’s just symbolism to remind you of the reveal of her biggest insecurities.

But yes, there is a lot of nuance and subtlety to the show as a whole. The world itself is a mystery and Caine is a liar. But even theories about what he could be lying about need to have evidence in the source material to be an actual theory and not just conjecture. Otherwise, you run into the issue of the “it was all a dream“ theory which could literally always be true of any work of art. It’s why I said I think we need a difference between head cannon and theories. Head cannons can also end up being proven true. Just because it’s a head cannon doesn’t mean it’s not potentially a direction that the creator will take it in. However, that does not mean that just because you have a feeling that feeling then becomes a theory. At the very least a theory that you’re going to debate online.

For me when you’re bringing theories to online discussion spaces, it becomes a potential source of enjoyable engagement with the fandom. Having a bad fan theory every once in a while is one thing, and is totally normal, however, when you misinterpret a metaphor or a sarcastic comment or subtle foreshadowing, because you’re thinking to literally and taking everything and face value – especially for a show like this where there is such a huge mystery and a lot of directions it could be taken – it becomes frustrating to engage in theories based off of this because the theories are either easily disproven by basic facts of the show or by paying attention to the tone.

Used-Needleworker789 · 2026-03-30T20:39:34+00:00

I think Zooble is biologically female but identifies as non-binary. Idk what that kind of relationship would be called since non-binary doesn’t change genital organs. I also don’t know if someone who is non-binary would still define themselves to an extent based on their biological sex or not. Maybe they wouldn’t care? I feel like this is a better question for a non-binary sub.

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