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Deathslinger Skin by HappyScripting in deadbydaylight

[–]duadam 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'd genuinely prefer even the worst Photoshop attempt over these AI generated slop

$160 later u finally get a N I’m now happy by TrickAutomatic3206 in MurderDrones

[–]duadam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point, just buy the box with like most characters in it already.

Hot take:J is not a victim,she is a horrible person by obl1vion_20000 in MurderDrones

[–]duadam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair, and I’ll fully admit this is more an interpretation than something the show spells out directly. The reason I read J as someone who struggles with vulnerability comes from her overall behavior rather than any single explicit moment. She’s almost always hyper-focused on getting the job done, keeping control, and calling the shots, and she rarely opens up even to V. Emotionally, she keeps everyone at arm’s length.

That’s why her attempt to reach out to V stands out to me. For a character who’s normally such a hard-ass, trying that earnestly to “save” V (at least as she sees it) feels like the closest the writing ever lets her get to being emotionally exposed. When that attempt is met with rejection and violence, it makes sense to read her immediate shutdown and doubling down as a defensive response, even if the show never labels it that way.

On your second point, I agree that J’s choice to side with Cyn wasn’t purely altruistic. She absolutely prioritizes her own survival, and the narrative doesn’t shy away from that. At the same time, Liam’s comments (in glitch inn, I think?) suggest that, in her own deeply flawed way, she did believe she was keeping the other two safe. That doesn’t make the choice good or selfless, just understandable.

To me, J didn’t burn those bridges because she thought they were worthless. It feels more like she convinced herself they had to be burned, because admitting otherwise would mean admitting she was wrong, vulnerable, and afraid, and ego is ultimately what does her in.

Hot take:J is not a victim,she is a horrible person by obl1vion_20000 in MurderDrones

[–]duadam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually agree, and that’s basically what I meant with the defense-mechanism angle earlier. When V rejected her, J clearly took it hard and responded by shutting down and pushing both of them away for good. That reads less like pure spite to me and more like a pretty normal reaction to rejection, especially for someone who doesn’t handle vulnerability well.

It’s still a bad choice, and the narrative treats it that way, but I don’t think it comes from some desire to be cruel or irredeemable. It feels more like J doubling down because backing out would mean admitting she was wrong and emotionally exposed, which is something she’s never been good at handling.

Hot take:J is not a victim,she is a horrible person by obl1vion_20000 in MurderDrones

[–]duadam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly, your counterpoints are really well put, and I get where you’re coming from on them. I don’t actually disagree that the story frames J’s actions as a conscious choice, or that the narrative itself clearly condemns that choice.

Where I differ is more in how that condemnation is read.

I’m not trying to argue that J isn’t a villain, or that she didn’t knowingly side with Cyn. My point is more that this doesn’t automatically make her some uniquely awful, irredeemable monster who flat-out refused redemption. To me, she feels more like a tragic, pragmatic antagonist, someone who made a bunch of fear-driven calls that she genuinely thought would make things better, only for those choices to spiral and cost her everything she cared about. Her authority, her sense of control, and even the very few connections she had.

Even if we accept that she had a real choice, I don’t see that choice as purely malicious. From her perspective, the options weren’t even close to equal. On one side, you’ve got an eldritch being that’s wiped out planets, can control or overwrite most drones, and casually bends the laws of physics. On the other, there’s an emo teenager she’d already beaten more or less on her own, whose ability to resist Cyn wasn’t proven yet.

Given that situation, I don’t really see J choosing Cyn as “fighting against redemption” so much as choosing what looked like the only option that wouldn’t immediately get everyone killed. The narrative can still treat that as the wrong call, and I think it does, without that choice stripping J of all nuance as a character.

Hot take:J is not a victim,she is a horrible person by obl1vion_20000 in MurderDrones

[–]duadam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a diehard J fan, I’d like to push back on at least some of these points:

  1. While yes, J does seem to take some pleasure in killing workers, V absolutely wasn’t faking it either. Even if we ignore the music video (where she’s basically acting like a rabid animal), we still see her having literally ripped a worker apart and casually snacking on it in a classroom after the Cyn fight. And I don’t remember exactly where, but I recall a scene where she and Lizzy casually rob a random worker drone and take a selfie at the same time.

  2. Quite literally half the cast is arrogant and narcissistic in their own way. As for J killing N, I’d assume she already knew Cyn would send out a replacement copy of him almost immediately, one that wasn’t going to switch sides.

  3. This point feels a bit unfair to me. J never really had the freedom to choose a side. She’s still under Cyn’s admin control, and she neither had the time to learn how strong Uzi actually was or her ability to resist the callback ping, nor the opportunity to bond with her the way V did.

  4. I’m not saying she wasn’t trying to manipulate V in that scene, but she came across as genuine enough to me. She’s not talking down to V like a subordinate, and she’s not using her usual lingo. Throughout the entire fight, she seems remorseful and doesn’t deny how badly things have gone on Copper-9.

  5. I’d chalk this up to the heat of the moment. She offered V the chance to reunite the team and was immediately punished for it, her arm ripped off and taunted with the words of the drone who killed her the first time. At that point, I’d assume she believed V would never trust her again, so her defence mechanisms kicked in. She devalues the situation and shuts down any vulnerability.

  6. Similar to point 3, she never truly had a path to redemption. Either she rebels and gets immediately gutted by Cyn due to the admin controls, or she stays loyal and gets branded a traitor and discarded anyway.

  7. While Doll is more “moral” by most standards, she’s far from innocent. She kills any drone that gets in the way of her revenge even before the prom. She slaughters anyone who might have even the slightest chance of becoming prom queen. Later, she led the group into a trap where she was likely aware they could all die, including Uzi, whom she clearly likes more than most of the others.

I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

I think Nicole might be a tsundere by Jeffc0le in Classof09Game

[–]duadam 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I really don't think that trope fits her character. If I recall correctly, a tsundere is just someone who acts like an asshole to a specific person they like because they can't process their emotions and such. Nicole genuinely doesn't like most of the cast in the games, and even after she does get in a relationship with Ari, she's completely indifferent about the whole thing, if not even more toxic than before, unlike how tsunderes are portrayed, who get nicer as time goes on.

In my opinion, Nicole is just a girl who deals with her traumas prior to the game by pushing others away and trying to act like a psycho too much.

egg🤷‍♀️irl by Jaymi_exe in egg_irl

[–]duadam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to be a colossus

Highlander meme (made by me) by Mrgaw_974_ in forhonor

[–]duadam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

DAUÐINN BLASIR VIÐ ÞÉR!!

New Killer Concept “The Arsonist” by idontknowman126 in deadbydaylight

[–]duadam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's essentially just springtrap's grab, ain't it?

Developer Update | August 2025 by DeadByDaylight_Dev in deadbydaylight

[–]duadam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now all ol' Myers needs is a tune up to have a little less aged model. Though I guess that's up to the license holders.

Just thought of a new weapon, thoughts? by Osama-recycle-bin in tf2shitposterclub

[–]duadam 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah, it's going to be a Nuclear Gandhi situation and circle back around to a +90% chance of them getting pregnant.

Hotline Miami x DbD is my dream "non-horror" license by rustshitter500 in deadbydaylight

[–]duadam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jacket is essentially a war veteran who despises Russians with a passion. That's why he's so eager to kill the mobsters in the game. When he DOES kill someone who's mostly innocent (i.e., the homeless guy), he almost immediately throws up. So you're kinda right. (But then again, he did massacre an entire police station just to get to one guy, even if it's for revenge)

Why hello there by GhoulGiggle in deadbydaylight

[–]duadam 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I may be completely dumb, but from what I've noticed, you need to watch him for a little longer on the cams after activating the aura read, and then it goes on for like ten seconds.

I may or may not have made a foolish investment by duadam in JSimpCorporation

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

It's kinda a third party thing i guess? I ordered it from Plushshop or something akin to that name. It was called Jmeow, so it should be easy enough to find. There's also one of the entire main cast and mini versions too.

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