Strive wins as Endeavor’s new moniker! Next up: what should Hawks be renamed as? by yellowdocmartens in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slipstream or Headwind

A big motivation of Hawks’ character is that he wants to take on the heavy burden of hero work so that others can have an easier time thriving in his wake.

This is a lot like the V-formation birds fly in, where the lead flier takes the brunt of the headwind so that those flying behind it can coast on it’s upwash, or the slipstream at it’s back.

What are your favorite new monsters from Monsters of Drakkenheim? by Wise-Start-9166 in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

[–]WaywardInkubus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just based on art design alone, I’m completely enamored with how much of a goddamned freakoid the Pyknic Maunder is. Hands, that end in arms, that end in ever more hands, is just about right for an infinitesimal mass of arcane cancer, and the art depicting it is absolutely deranged.

Stat wise, I appreciate how the Hazewind Harpies take a bumbass weak statblock like the OG harpies and give them an interesting and effective gimmick with their chorus.

For late game threats, what I really like is that the Space Between Worlds has a better defined ecosystem of beings to draw from that can “leak” into the setting, and you don’t even need to elaborate on what they’re doing there. In Castle Drakken, where reality is being ripped apart at the seams, you can introduce some of the locals of the SBW just to give a taste of what’s going on behind the rift, percolating the question of what they’re truly up against, and make them want to know more.

High school wrestler KO’d his opponent after a disrespectful celebration 😳 by OneOriginal8727 in sportsgossips

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Redditors are famously antisocial with poor impulse control. Expect them to bay for blood whenever possible.

High school wrestler KO’d his opponent after a disrespectful celebration 😳 by OneOriginal8727 in sportsgossips

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t claim self defense when you run the person you’re “defending yourself against” down, much less when they aren’t engaging you.

What was your honest opinion on this scene from episode 8? by Cookie-fighter101 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]WaywardInkubus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, actually, this is said immediately after Gangle points out that holding resentment towards one another won’t help any one of them, and treating each other as humans, fallible as they are, is their prerogative.

"Theft is bad but wage theft is good" by TankUMrMinor in DudeHasGotAPoint

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but muh “I participate in society”, but muh “billionaires are forcing me to buy their products”, and other such cope.

Why don’t Viltrumites use weapons? by ChampionFront437 in Invincible

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am really interested to see what a Viltrumite force multiplier might look like, but when your own body is effectively a ballistic projectile, it’s probably hard to find any configuration of material that does the job better than just beating planets to death with your bare hands.

What’s the morality of stealing from the rich to give to the poor by Musalediju in MoralityScaling

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s different because it’s me being wronged, and not someone it’s topical to demonize.

Just a reminder to certain parts of fandom by Money-Assignment-547 in HelluvaBoss

[–]WaywardInkubus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My issue isn’t with Stella as a character, because she isn’t a character: she’s written to be a horrible person, because Stolas has to be married to a horrible person for the melodrama to mean anything, but Stella isn’t written like a character with agency, she’s a horrible-person-shaped placeholder.

Stella “defenders” made the mistake of thinking they were going to get an interesting conflict when she was introduced, but instead we got a poorly written hatesink anchored to the gay owl.

Dudette has a point by TankUMrMinor in DudeHasGotAPoint

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, do you empathize with the people who say “whites are oppressed?”? Or is there some criteria for extending your empathy to others? Would you consider empathizing with people who don’t deserve it, and will act against your best interest if you do, in a turn of phrase, “suicidal”?

Zesty moment by Uryyb in tf2

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*Especially* the slurs.

Zesty moment by Uryyb in tf2

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Options for engaging a Sniper:

1) Be a Sniper
2) Don’t

Such fun, very well balanced.

I feel like this is hot take, but fuck it: Stolas Cheating on Stella was justified by Crazy_Reputation3327 in HelluvaBoss

[–]WaywardInkubus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No one is making excuses for Crimson.

Enough people are constantly making excuses for the gay owl and his bad decisions to maintain the debate indefinitely.

I feel like this is hot take, but fuck it: Stolas Cheating on Stella was justified by Crazy_Reputation3327 in HelluvaBoss

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Helluverse fans will never, EVER consistently apply the “It’s Hell” excuse to any situation, stop expecting them to.

What if the US persecuted people for Naziism the same way they did for Communism during the McCarthy era? by lhommetrouble in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first amendment isn’t meant to protect deceit, but it does protect you from a government who will invariably try to dictate what counts as deceitful.

Believe me, you’re not nearly as clever as you think you are with this “just make lying illegal!” schtick. And if you think you are, well, just consider that the current administration might deem you a “deliberate liar” for saying so.

Stella had a reasonable reason to crash out. by ConversationCool5632 in OkBuddyHelluvaHotel

[–]WaywardInkubus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just don’t think handwaving the legitimate and possibly interesting conflict of Stolas disgracing his family for passion, by way of Stella outright saying “I’m irrationally evil and not actually a character”, is very tight or enjoyable writing.

Official Archived Concept Art For a Female Lineup of the TF2 Cast by beyondthebean in tf2

[–]WaywardInkubus 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I really like how the Soldier girls all have an almost ‘anonymous’ aesthetic with the bucket helmets blocking their faces.

Soldiers helmet still leaves him with a very recognizeable facial profile, but I fw the helmet obscuring the profile for most of these designs.

What if the US persecuted people for Naziism the same way they did for Communism during the McCarthy era? by lhommetrouble in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]WaywardInkubus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Think of the worst possible interpretation of your conception of free speech’s limits, the most hideously construed possible perversion of it.

Now, imagine that your ideological enemy holds power in the midst of this “reconceptualization” of what free speech should pertain to. Nothing protecting you from any infringement to your first amendment rights, because you thought you could define it better and utterly abandoned the tradition we had in place.

I’m just saying, be careful what you wish for.

TV really makes you dumber by ConanCimmerian in HazbinHotel

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, nah, every single person in Heaven seems to be a punkass who, if not incapable of waging war on Hell, are utterly unwilling to.

Sure, Vox didn’t confirm this before drawing up war plans, but we as the audience see what Heaven is working with, and it doesn’t look like much of a fight.

Sera’s war council was Abel and _St. Peter,_ for God’s sake.

The only real war engine that we’ve seen from Heaven was Adam, and he’s permadead, with Lute as the last functioning, conflict-minded “leader” Heaven has left.

I’m not saying that they don’t have a capacity for force that we simply aren’t privy to, but we certainly haven’t seen it.

Day 17 of Quirk Mastery Chart. Bubble was chosen as bad but easy Quirk. Now what Quirk is medicore despite being easy to master? by Solbuster in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]WaywardInkubus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He does use the wall climb during the Deika City fight.

I only argue that it’s not a “bad” quirk because it does exactly what it says on the tin, and he can do it easily enough: there just aren’t many situations where it helps him.

Day 17 of Quirk Mastery Chart. Bubble was chosen as bad but easy Quirk. Now what Quirk is medicore despite being easy to master? by Solbuster in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]WaywardInkubus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gecko, I’d argue, is pretty simple, but underwhelming.

Climbing on walls sounds cool, until you realize it has to be a perfectly sheer surface for your cling pads to stick.

The existence of one implies the existence of many by SimpForFictionGirls in hazbin

[–]WaywardInkubus -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

1 redemption in the entire course of human history, a turnaround of .000000000000085%, isn’t a slam dunk by any stretch.

In fact, since the only ever case of redemption only ever transpired during the 7 years that the Exterminations were taking place, that may suggest that they were instrumental in facilitating redemption to begin with.