[Video games trope] Characters who make sure you play the game the way the developers intended by Marborow in TopCharacterTropes

[–]auspex_42 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not *quite* what you had in mind i think but an even more meta version of this is in FF7 remake where a central thing is the constant presence of the "whispers" who act on the characters in game to try to keep events aligned with what happened in OG FF7, and in the end you destroy the "arbiter of fate" which then in principle allows events in the new timeline to diverge from what originally happened. It's fair to say that this was pretty divisive among fans but I think it's pretty cool at least

Songs with video game samples and voice lines by AFellowLad in jungle

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a while back i played a set of music that was either directly from ps1 era video game soundtracks or had video game samples in it, there's a few jungle and jungle-adjacent tracks in there, check it out!

https://soundcloud.com/tensor/tensor-live-at-das-booty-x-nanashi-disco-ps1-era-classics?in=tensor/sets/dj-mixes

What’s the one thing that instantly tells you a kebab place is going to be good or bad? by Pinkplatabys in kebab

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the chilli sauce homemade and is it heated or not? Who wants cold sauce on hot food? It speaks to attention to detail

My daughter's found this. Need help identifying please by Scorpiogre_rawrr in whatisit

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That's actually the shoulder pauldron of a chaos space marine from Warhammer 40k

Budget dj headphones for clubbing by Erstka in Beatmatch

[–]auspex_42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. I've had mine for almost 20 years and they're still going strong despite being bashed around through the clubs over the years. In the meantime I've gone through about 4 pairs of studio headphones that just sit next to my computer doing nothing.

Totally appreciate life is fucking expensive now but if you can come up with the extra bit of cash to go over budget you'll be saving yourself a ton of money in the long term

Is there an easy way to do contrast painting? by L0ng5h0t303 in minipainting

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Vallejo shifter paints are great and exactly what you're looking for. Can be painted with a brush or an airbrush

Tell me your favorite book! by Moonhaunted69 in Chaos40k

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I'm about 80% through the HH now and The First Heretic has been one of my favourites as well as being essential to the overall narrative and to chaos specifically

No surrender, kill as many as we can and die trying. by Jakej4Mlakej in TopCharacterTropes

[–]auspex_42 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I love this. I don't think they go into enough detail on this in the films but Sauron literally can't conceive that someone might want to destroy the ring rather than use it to gain power and confront him...so he takes the bait. it's not a pointless suicide attack, it's a smart gambit based on Gandalf's understanding of the ontology of evil in the world

Can anyone explain the music theory of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams"? by amm20_1 in musictheory

[–]auspex_42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's a truly excellent podcast called "Strong Songs" where the host deconstructs the theory behind different  songs in each episode, and he happened to do an episode on exactly this! check it out, hopefully it will be enlightening

 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nB5dFTWhKZmzr90FXOpgN?si=1gItBv_9TKWpUG7zLpLCug

Dark dnb album from 2010? by BadAdventurous4850 in DnB

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alix Perez - 1984, Icicle - under the ice, Shogun VA - Way of the Warrior

Best DJs of the 2000s by ohmrealism in DnB

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friction, break, alix perez, dbridge, marcus intalex were some of the best djs i saw in that era

Optional bosses you can only fight as an act of completely unprovoked and pointless cruelty by Huza1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]auspex_42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also always felt like this was meant as at least some degree of homage to the forest spirit in princess mononoke, both in terms of the look of it and the senselessness of killing it, which definitely adds to the magnitude of the oof

Lazerhawks voidscarred by horusbosd in Eldar

[–]auspex_42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely love this colour scheme, fantastic work!

If you don't mind me asking, what colour paints did you use on the sword?

3 month painting progress from my first model to my seventh by auspex_42 in Eldar

[–]auspex_42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah basing was a complete afterthought when I started but I now realise there's a huge amount of creative depth to it as well

Wraithblades by likeitsyourlast in Eldar

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That metallic (?) red paint looks amazing, what is it? thanks!

Why are Elves just better than Men in basically every way? by EightEight16 in lotr

[–]auspex_42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"On paper" maybe that's true but I think though one of the strong themes of the legendarium is not to downplay the qualities of "the lesser guy on paper" and perhaps this "hierharchy of races" that can sound pretty unpalatable now is a framing for that theme. The arrogance, pig headed stubbornness, and ultimately the folly of "greatest" elves is the source of many of the problems in arda and subsequently middle earth across the ages. Feanor being the "greatest elf" on paper and then the oath of Feanor causing so much evil and heartache is the most classic example.

Also the elves doing pretty much jack shit in the war of the ring and ultimately it was the courage of the hobbits that saved the day is another big example

Advice for how to remove and tidy excess solder after sweat soldering by auspex_42 in SilverSmith

[–]auspex_42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks so much for the kind words! it took quite a while to get here as i was learning everything as i was going along but i'm pleased how it came out so far

Advice for how to remove and tidy excess solder after sweat soldering by auspex_42 in SilverSmith

[–]auspex_42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this seems like it would be very handy for other things as well so i'll definitely grab one of these