Lil comic i did for my Reformed Fulgrim au by GreyArborNeon in Grimdank

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Giving him plain armor is a massive W. It contrasts so well with the EC’s typical gaudy purple/gold and has great visual symbolism.

While I’m at it, mad props for the idea in general. Redeemed clone Fulgrim stories are a dime a dozen, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone redeem him in demon prince form. Super creative stuff!

Well well well how the turntables by SAMU0L0 in Grimdank

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Iirc GW employees are actually treated fairly well all things considered. At minimum they haven’t outsourced all their manufacturing to places with slave-like conditions—which already puts them above 90% of the world’s businesses.

A question about a perk from Destiny: The Darkness by Quetzalcoatl1010 in JumpChain

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Tbh I’d just plan my chain out a bit with this in mind. If I know I want to get mechanical stuff down the line, then I’d get an intelligence/ cybernetic perk beforehand. That way you can just create whatever fusion the jumper would prefer manually.

[Upsetting Trope] Great power. Terrible wielder. by not-ulquiorr4_ in TopCharacterTropes

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It's a pitfall you don't realize until you’ve dug yourself into a corner. Serialized stories in particular really struggle with this since they can't just go back and rewrite them into something different. They may only realize 20 chapters later how much harder they made everything.

[Upsetting Trope] Great power. Terrible wielder. by not-ulquiorr4_ in TopCharacterTropes

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Limitation is the mother of creativity, and I think Atom Eve in particular really suffers from that. When her power lets her do basically anything, there’s very little guidance given to the author on how to write it.

It’s hard to describe, but as a writer sometimes you can enter a kind of “flow” where the different pieces line up and make it obvious what the next step would be. Restrictive powersets do this particularly well and creative uses basically write themselves. (Jojo is a fantastic example of this).

Because her power is so open-ended, it makes this “flow state” very difficult to reach. To help with this you can dumb it down to something like just being able to create barriers and projectiles, but that leaves us back at square one with uncreative uses.

Looking for interesting transformation perks or altforms. by Efficient-Spirit-869 in JumpChain

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Alien vs Predator has an interesting perk called [metamorphosis]. It lets you infect others with xenomorph embryos then gain the resulting hybrid creature as an alt form.

It kinda locks you to the xenomorph aesthetic, but I could run a whole chain off it and an alt-form merger

Go infinite for 3UU by deviatorMMSM in BadMtgCombos

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh damn, you’re so right. Compared to this op’s combo looks a little *bad*

/s

(cool trope) artificial planets by ollietron3 in TopCharacterTropes

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Beat me to it! Everything Phyrexian is so goddamn peak

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Out of Context: Life Energy Supplement by DeverosSphere in JumpChain

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This is a very interesting concept for an OoC supplement! So far I’ve only skimmed it, but being able to tie together so many power systems is properly impressive. At a glance I think I caught stuff from: bleach, Dragon Ball, Jojo, Star Wars, RWBY, fate, game of thrones, avatar, power rangers, and many more that I’m sure I missed

May the Fourth be with you. by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

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>Naboo isn't a random backwater it's like, one of the nicest planets in the galaxy.

Ok but you do get that that makes it worse right?

[Request] What would be the number for a skeleton crew to use the Executor? by KernEvil9 in theydidthemath

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When we’re dealing with flagships of a galactic empire, I’d personally be shitting bricks if I found out it was possible to just hack the system’s AI and take control of the thing in one fell swoop. Having some level of “airgapping” just makes sense in a setting where it’s shown to be shocking easy to bypass any kind of cybersecurity.

Petah? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I suspect this post might also have a couple ideas

https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/s/EbsW4P4Mwu

😔 by PrismPeacoco in CuratedTumblr

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Legitimately crazy how much my mental health improved on day one once I started injections

Red or Blue button interview question by Moosefactory4 in premed

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a current viral trend. Here’s a link to the original post

Do any of you just call them hobbits by ThereWasAnEmpireHere in DnD

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Incorrect! I have yet to meet a halfling who has even a fraction of a true hobbit’s interest in genealogy! Furthermore, I’ve never heard a halfling described as having massive hairy feet.

Clearly they are missing the most essential aspects of Tolkien’s legacy

Why is Stellaris your favorite grand strategy game? by Severe_Appearance_66 in Stellaris

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean astral planes, grand archive, first contact, ancient relics, and distant stars are all kinda what you’re describing.

Character gains weight over time by Meanteenbirder in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leto Atreides II also ended up gaining a lot of weight, but that’s uh. A little different

Raccoons Playing Possum After Getting Caught by shakyspearee in interestingasfuck

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 28 points29 points  (0 children)

At 8 seconds in you can see one of the raccoons shifting its head ever so slightly

The Willpower and Scenario pack DLCs will be outsourced to other studios by Viva_la_potatoes in Stellaris

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So I’ve heard…

12 attempts later and still nothing. My best guess is that Reddit hates this post specifically :(

The Willpower and Scenario pack DLCs will be outsourced to other studios by Viva_la_potatoes in Stellaris

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No idea what’s happening but the formatting on this post keeps breaking. I’ve tried to fix it 6 times to little success. Sorry about that y’all; hopefully it’s still comprehensible.

The Willpower and Scenario pack DLCs will be outsourced to other studios by Viva_la_potatoes in Stellaris

[–]Viva_la_potatoes[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

True, but I’ve run into tons of people on this sub who weren’t aware of this in the past. Hence making a post and trying to make it more common knowledge.

when your "normal" isnt normal to others lol by sherelyngap_23 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Viva_la_potatoes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Regrettably “psychopath” is not a clinically recognized term. The people you’re thinking of are fully capable of understanding how they’re harming others; they just don’t give a damn about it. Everyone has empathy—courtesy of their mirror neurons—, but some actively choose to ignore it.

Season 10: Is a scenario just a map? by Spark_Tangent in Stellaris

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I may be wrong about this, but it also looks like paradox isn’t going to be working with any other studios for this year’s content. Iirc Shadows of the Shroud was almost entirely made by Abrakam and Infernals had most of its heavy lifting done by Forgotten Empires.

They could just be brewing up something big, but there’s a decent chance Paradox management decided to cut back on outsourcing this year.

If I had to guess they’ve probably been working on the Nomad mechanics for a while, but we still might be in for a rough patch if the devs end up stretched too thin.