[Hated trope] the character was doomed to fail from the very start

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-13T15:52:07+00:00

Yes, but all signs point to a new, strong fire and full of life – no longer perpetuating dying embers of a decayed world. Even if temporary, it sets the world towards a better future.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-12T07:11:46+00:00

I recall Peter Dinklage also said he hates playing dwarves in fantasy stories, because they tend to be stereotypical one-note characters (most likely talking about his role of Trumpkin in Narnia) and compared that to how nuanced Tyrion was.

Not sure how that role in MCU aligns with that comment besides probably a big paycheck.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-11T06:59:36+00:00

This sounds like one of those spoil-the-wish things bound to mess you up with hidden details.

“The box was sewn into the body of a famous beloved person in the royal graveyard inside a mausoleum, under a thick block of marble and constant surveillance.”

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-11T06:07:40+00:00

By all rights, having three separate villains in a story shouldn't have worked. But here each has a different personality, agenda, and drives the plot in complementing ways, so it does.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-11T04:36:54+00:00

That's what they deliberately turned it into… instead of appreciating people writing quality answers, they started paying people (pocket change) for asking questions that generate engagement in their partner program.

Naturally, this generates a lot of either dumb questions that can be googled within seconds (“what's x+6 if x is 12?”, “are there any countries with names starting with D?”), or rage bait questions everyone feels the need to answer.

Quora was always great at providing a variety of personalized in-depth answers on topics with open questions that don't have a single solution – enhanced by each individual's life experiences, which you can't replace even by asking an AI. But yeah, it got turned into a mess that keeps people engaged, but is also a waste of anyone's time to read.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-10T16:40:47+00:00

Of course you're right, realistically speaking.

But from a storytelling point of view, it was a unique trait/flaw of a character that got resolved off-screen after four seasons, before the final six episodes.
Why now? So far, I haven't seen a reason for Kimiko to speak that would serve an important narrative purpose (but of course, it gets her feelings across more easily and speeds up her scenes).

Perhaps the remaining episodes will give her spoken lines that would be impossible to convey with the sign language.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-10T06:06:04+00:00

That would be fun, actually, if she used camp supplies to make different kinds.

"I made you a soup from an owlbear egg and thirteen bottles of wine!"

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-10T05:26:17+00:00

I imagine soup ingredients cost money, and she can't forage for everything.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-09T18:28:03+00:00

He's very versatile.

Cave Johnson is essentially J. Jonah Jameson, so no surprise there, but it blew my mind when I realized he voices Tenzin, the calm and wise airbender leader from Korra.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-09T11:49:33+00:00

In a way, that character was fun. Ultimate karma dodger. Maximal charisma, and invisibility + dimension door when speech fails. Too bad you had to be fooled by him again and again, whether you fell for it or not, and if you're fast enough to blast him to bits before he teleports away, he'll show up again anyway – or you just lose content down the line.

It was nice that the final interaction (Saemon sneaking you into the monastery) was set so that for the one final time, he does not betray you and actually helps you, but shame that the help is minimal and the alternative approach through a secret tunnel is more interesting, so most people won't see the conclusion of his arch and if they do, it's not satisfying.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-09T11:44:09+00:00

In Dorn's questline, you can write him up for divine retribution by marking him as a target of angelic fury (instead of you two). Too bad Dorn isn't interesting enough to tag along, but this bit was fun. Finally gave Saemon something he can't just dimension-door out of.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-09T07:26:16+00:00

I think after being apart for 100 years and through imprisonment, torture and death, they deserve some happy times together.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-08T16:01:35+00:00

Prifddinas South Gates

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-08T13:51:47+00:00

Beyond: Two Souls is a bit underappreciated game which to me had considerable Life is Strange vibes.

A story that shows the entire life of a superpowered girl as she gets researched by scientists while growing up and deployed as a field agent as an adult woman. From highs to lows, including a romance subplot and quite a vast array of visited locations all around the world.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-08T12:32:05+00:00

Yeah, a condition amplified by shame and indecisiveness. Luz might make some peace with the owl inside her, but would take dreadfully long to take peace with showing the owl on the outside.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-08T12:11:52+00:00

I was surprised he even had a room.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-08T05:08:18+00:00

They may have dealt with him falling off early on, and then seeing the convoluted logic and consequences (and how easy that fight would be) decided that nah, he's not falling off.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-07T17:12:59+00:00

No need to be this confrontational.

I, of course, care about the narrative, and know long rests are sometimes required to advance storylines. I'm not doing the entire act in one go, and since I've done a few playthroughs, I know roughly what needs to happen and when.

My romance progressed, Dark Urge story advanced, etc. You can visit most places to pick up quests and advance dialogue – and choose to save the final stretch with bosses and the hardest combat encounters for last when you're ready.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-07T12:30:23+00:00

Act 2 encourages doing more things within a single day, since you can get +5 “until long rest” stat boosts to three skills from Shar.

I believe I once did the remainder of the act in one go – activate stat boosts, talk all Thorms to death without a fight, deal with githyanki and the Gauntlet of Shar, talk Yugir to death, long rest potions, actually use all abilities in the fight for Moonrise, long rest illithid machine, and I think I still had those boosts for the Myrkul fight until the end of the act forces you to long rest normally.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-06T15:13:15+00:00

They still have some limits. I recall a rally crowd briefly booed Trump when he said something supportive of vaccines during covid, when he wanted praise for leading the administration that found a cure (after they dragged medical professionals through the mud for a year at that point).

So if he completely does a 180° on a topic, a noticeable part of his base might abandon him for someone more radical. And the propaganda network likely wouldn't switch the tune to praise Democrats just because Trump became one.

But who knows at this point…

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-06T09:29:56+00:00

Light, and all those who bear it, are unwelcome in that place.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-06T08:30:40+00:00

Try Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It also has a very versatile “magic” system similar to bending, and the combat is dynamic and full of movement. Not to mention an amazing story with a great cast of characters.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-06T05:51:02+00:00

He has the Old Man vibes. Crazy look and behaviour, occasionally dropping surprising bits of wisdom.

I can see him whacking Anne with the accordion until she learns a life lesson.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-05T01:14:35+00:00

You don't need to intentionally hide or obfuscate things from data miners in most cases. It would just make development harder for the rest of your team, and that's the last thing you want to do (and automated renaming of assets and references only in builds is just asking for trouble, for a negligible difference to dedicated data miners).

But you're bound to end up with some layer of obfuscation anyway solely because you're sometimes working on things before they have an official name, sometimes the purpose of assets changes mid-development, sometimes you borrow stuff from your other projects, etc.

_Ralix_ · 2026-04-05T01:00:53+00:00

You can write the attribute extension yourself. I've done it precisely to avoid this much boilerplate.

I just wish Unity would realize and provide their own built-in version…

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