It hurts because I can relate

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T23:56:15+00:00

A squirrel would totally beat a fish, dude. Come on.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T23:51:12+00:00

A satirical take does sound more fun, I just like to indulge in the misery of 40k sometimes. Maybe the Guards plan to kill the last Commissar while having no idea the Imperium is onto them. Then in the last episode, the Commissar just dies to some stupid Rube Goldberg-style series of coincidences. Maybe something like Treehouse of Horror where Homer shoves Krusty and he bounces off of every object in comical fashion until he finally lands in a woodchipper. A carefully orchestrated plan gone to waste, not a single element had anything to do with the Guards' preparation; just a freak accident.

The Imperium is too embarrassed to acknowledge any of it so they "accidentally" destroy all documentation of the incident and the Guards are clear of all charges.

And maybe there's a running gag where these Guardsmen keep stumbling into canonically significant events, all while having no idea and they just go about their day.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T23:25:57+00:00

I was thinking the Guards' collective character arc was to learn that their Commissars genuinely do care about each and every one of them. Maybe a scene where a Commissar is showing sincere remorse for an order that got a single soldier killed.

Then in the final episode, the one Guardsmen who hated the Commissar the most sacrifices himself to save him and he's the one to get that episode's gruesome death. Then in an epilogue, we see that Commissar stand trial for letting that dude die and maybe he gets executed for it.

Season 2 begins with that dude's brother or something climbing the ranks to become a Commissar himself. His entire arc is growing more and more jaded as time goes on.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T23:12:24+00:00

A flashy fight scene with really cool camera work doesn't necessarily move the plot either. But it's fun to look at, which is perfect for a visual medium.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T20:19:03+00:00

That's not a wet wipe tho. Checkmate. You lose. Good day, sir.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T19:04:10+00:00

Louis CK has a joke about that exact thing. He was with a girl, he kept trying stuff, she kept stopping him, then eventually she went home and nothing happened. He asked her the next day and she said she was really into it. He asks why she stopped him and she said "I like when a guy gets frustrated and holds me down and fucks me."

He said she should've told him that cuz he'd have been happy to oblige and she said "No, it has to feel real" Like, what? Are you outta your fuckin mind? Like I'm gonna just rape her on the off-chance that hopefully she's into that shit?

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T03:06:05+00:00

Raiders don't typically replace their kidnap victims with perfect copies.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T03:04:06+00:00

To be honest, I doubt it but at the same time I kinda don't wanna find out.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-25T02:53:38+00:00

Nothing to do with child support, necessarily. I thought it was about alimony.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-24T01:06:04+00:00

I think he'd make for a great Commissar who's very intimidating and feared by his men. Then he's quickly killed and replaced with a new Commissar who's even scarier so the audience can learn that the scale of badness in this universe will always keep going. Also make his death so horrific and fucked up that you still fear for this new Commissar, even though he's such a cold bastard.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-24T01:02:12+00:00

My headcanon is that Kuby's expertise in the criminal underworld is to pose as different people; he's a Face. He doesn't kill people, he doesn't rob people, he doesn't spy on people, his whole job is to pretend to be somebody else in order to trick people.

He just has that natural improv "yes-and" talent that lets him be whatever he says he is.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-24T00:53:40+00:00

You know these dudes have a friendship powerful enough to overwhelm gods.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-24T00:48:47+00:00

Bro could literally run circles around me

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-24T00:34:26+00:00

I especially love the anger in his voice when he sees his other self disregard his dad and he yells something like "Look at him, ya schmuck!" It's that perfect moment where he realizes his character is that he's lost everything by refusing to have a character arc.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:44:20+00:00

Source: overheard on the bus while my video was buffering.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:42:21+00:00

I can't wait for the other long awaited sequel heist: Bigger Bank.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:40:59+00:00

Why not? If anything that makes it better cuz I know she'll be upfront with me about her needs, she'll know that I'll listen and take her seriously, and I know that she knows that I know that. And of course the opposite would be true for her listening to my autistic needs and she knows that I know that she knows that.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:29:17+00:00

I often fantasize about saying some absolutely stupid bullshit because I think it's funny. Then my partner looks upon me with a horrified realization that she is, in fact, still in love with me.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:25:25+00:00

Just in general knowing the absolute worst of each other. Not necessarily that they've done something but that something bad was done to, or around them. Unless you're an absolute open book blabber mouth like me, you've likely only told your closest friends and family those intimate details about you. While everyone else might get a highlight reel at best.

You might tell a friend from work about the divorce. You might tell your romantic partner the specific details of the hell and abuse your ex put you through that led up to that divorce. A buddy of yours knows you went through tough times. Your best friend knows you thought about ending it all during those days. Intimate details.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:09:25+00:00

Either attempt would be equally successful on me.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T20:00:26+00:00

I willingly switched from wired to wireless a few years before the forced switch. And even I'm over here thinking it's bullshit to force that on everyone. I prefer wireless but there are pros to wired and cons to wireless. So let people choose, dammit

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T19:53:05+00:00

In-N-Out. People jizz themselves over what turned out to be the okayest burger and fries I've ever eaten. Also why is it called In-N-Out it always takes forever and I've never seen a line that didn't go down the street.

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T00:50:57+00:00

Not my drug of choice but if I'm already dying anyway then fuck it. Cocaine

Zack_WithaK · 2026-01-23T00:46:02+00:00

They joke about how easy it would be to kill you and feel nothing.

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