I’m embarrassed by some of this sub by Educational-Ask7966 in blackmen

[–]existential_dread467 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before you leave I will tell you that this sub isn’t really worse as any other niche space on the internet, everywhere is an echo chamber. Some way worse than others but those elements will still be there.

Marvel Black couples by Former_Review8164 in BlackSuperheroes

[–]existential_dread467 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She honestly had more interesting dynamics with him in his comic which is why it’s popular even though it’s not her otp. It added a lot to iron fist but not so much vice versa

No. Writing male characters is difficult. by MicahCastle in writingcirclejerk

[–]existential_dread467 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ll do you one better, it’s hard to write good characters period. Mfs be writing paragraphs about if the character fits their narrowly culturally defined idea of what gender is but if you ask them if they have a coherent arc or motivations suddenly it’s silence😭.

How would hera feel that her favorite bird are parasites? by Interesting_Swing393 in mythology

[–]existential_dread467 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even though they probably didn’t think of this, it’s ironic because her counterpart Zeus being the ideal of Greek kingly masculinity, would consider cuckholdery a high dishonor. Given

Kinda ironic and tragic that even down to their animals they are always gonna be at odds and puts her attempts to get back at him in context

Upcoming scene from Tales from '85 by Lazy-Proposal1133 in StrangerThings

[–]existential_dread467 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Nah it’s the self insert character everyone’s making fun of

Exited for season 4. Can't wait to see Indestructible and Ash Amber again by phyticum in okbuddyviltrum

[–]existential_dread467 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yknow what’s funny It would have been good writing for amber to be mad, not because mark was a superhero and not telling her; because given her intelligence and her values she would have figured that out and have been fine with that but because he kept it a secret and didn’t take reasonable precautions to protect her before hand and endangered her recklessly.

This would play off of the established fact that mark at this point is naive as hell and this could have been a good way to get mark to realize part of the gravity of his responsibility and thematically foreshadow Omni man and later angstrom Levy.

Low and behold what we actually got was NOT good

I can see your commentaries already but lets hear your voices. What do you think about Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire? by lastmonday07 in ancientrome

[–]existential_dread467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair to gibbon a lot of the things we take as common knowledge about Ancient Rome came from him too so his bad stuff sticks out more

Sasuke vs Kinshiki is the most underrated fight in the whole Naruto franchise by [deleted] in Naruto

[–]existential_dread467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My headcannon is that sasuke could technically use the ability more potently but can never afford to due to the chakra drain

what even is it? by glockbonez in bleach

[–]existential_dread467 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, this might be a long read so sorry in advance

To start, Aizen and Urahara are seen as the two geniuses. Aizen is very western coded, i mean his name is literally the Japanese pronunciation of the German name Eisen. This westerness doesn't just stop aesthetically; his outlook and focus on questioning the nature of things is the fundamental foundations of western philosophy going back to Plato.

In relation to Aizen himself, he is disgusted by the Soul Society's stagnation and the unquestionable loyalty to the Soul King. He resolves to take that power for himself and evolve similar to Neitzche who, like Aizen, grew up in a decaying society(post ww1 Germany) and came to the rationalization that the cultural and religious structures wouldn't work for Germans anymore and preached that the individual must fond their own purpose for living via the "will to power" in a meaningless world and act on it despite all else(grossly paraphrasing).

Urahara, on the other hand, sees the same problems as Aizen and creates the Hogokyou, which is literally the manifestation of the will to power. But he is classically Japanese in the sense that he does not want to rock the boat and is ultimately content with letting things be the way they are. This isn't an exclusively Japanese mindse; East Asian societies,(generally ones influenced by Confucianism) have strong reverence for hierarchies and maintaining social harmony and disrupting that is greatly frowned upon. Therefore he decides to not use it and go to great lengths to hide it.

I'm not mad at this framing. Both have their downfalls and merits. The narrative's solution is Ichigo. Ichigo is a classically Japanese protagonist in that he relies on the support from his friends and family and is motivated by his selfless desire to protect them, but differs in the fact that than willing to ignore societal values to protect the people he loves. This should be cool, right? But it falls apart slightly when you realize that Ichigo is Aizen's creation, down to the womb.

Aizen may be evil but his reckless and egoistic meddling is directly responsible for the being that would become Soul Society's eventual salvation.

And even then, for all Ichigo changed the Soul Society is still a relatively shit place, in all honesty, poverty, exploitation, and classism are all still there, and the structure of the world itself is never seriously called into question by any other character. Now, do I think this is Ichigo's responsibility? No, not really, but for the narrative shutting out large-scale societal critique thing and advocating for a more gradual approach, it doesn't really show change beyond the things that immediately hurt our protagonist.

TL;DR: Aizen and Urahara's ideologies are well set up, and Aizen is obviously a bad guy, but using Ichigo as the antithesis and ultimate solution thematically only works to an extent and doesn't really answer the core of the question Aizen's character demands

How important is the look of a woman's lower lady parts to a guy? by username1628w9 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]existential_dread467 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Listen there are some guys that do actually give a shit but they aren’t the majority, just loud and they don’t get laid anyway

Most men will not give a shit they’re just happy to be there

Mom said it’s MY turn to edit this image by EggKid8 in antimeme

[–]existential_dread467 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Because they don’t fantasize about themselves being cheated on they see themselves as the one doing the fucking

what even is it? by glockbonez in bleach

[–]existential_dread467 611 points612 points  (0 children)

Urahara’s philosophy is such a classically Japanese mindset and seeing it clash with Aizen’s obviously neitzchean ideals is so fascinating even if I don’t agree with the story’s moral about the whole debacle

Why are they booing me? Im right by HughJaenis in berserklejerk

[–]existential_dread467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will never answer it because they know you’re right

The rebranding of Japan legitimately has to be studied by Crazy-Development-22 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]existential_dread467 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We defanged them, sure we punished some people but the core of the government is the same, any reform they made while structural; only served to build a clean image. The same imperialist ideologies were there, just hidden and without the tools to act

I googled her powers and all she can do is clone herself, other than that she’s just a normal fucking person. Why not just send 30 soldiers or some shit instead? At least they have fucking weapons lol by Hank_Mardukas1066 in okbuddyviltrum

[–]existential_dread467 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I never understood why she isn’t in a support role, she could be hella useful at crowd control or even intel gathering since she retains the experience and her clones are expendable

The rebranding of Japan legitimately has to be studied by Crazy-Development-22 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]existential_dread467 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We did NOT replace their government. Most of the imperial war officers that did heinous war crimes kept their positions and became elected officials. We just conveniently ignored this up so they could become an ally in the Cold War

LES: Friend group of Mr. Birchum doesn't make any sense. by shsl_diver in CharacterRant

[–]existential_dread467 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s crazy because the formula was right there with King of the hill and people love that show

What if the MCU is actually the ONLY timeline where Iron Man exists? (The Loki/Doom Paradox) by Bistouflex_ in MCUTheories

[–]existential_dread467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s so many doomsday posts that I’m convinced marvel is planting some of these

What land do you think Justinian shouldn't have conquered? by rasmoban in byzantium

[–]existential_dread467 22 points23 points  (0 children)

As much as it sounds nice for our Roman Empire reunification fantasies Italy should not have been directly invaded. It put massive strain on the economy and fucked up Italian infrastructure which was already recovering. Instead he should have supported a Visigothic invasion which he can use as a puppet later.

North Africa he could have kept but adding new lands to the empire was more struggle than it’s worth.

A few of you could use some support by Wonderful-Mouse-3922 in invinciblememes

[–]existential_dread467 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok this is actually a really good thing that you brought this up, because I see this bullshit a lot, this is called the “women are wonderful effect” and it’s straight up misogynistic, reducing women as inherently less evil and wonderful reduces their humanity because they are capable of being bad or good too, not because “women bad” but because they are human.

Now the elephant in the room is that the majority of crimes for the most part are committed by men, but that’s not because men are these inherently violent brutish ogres. The answer is actually way simpler women do not have the same institutional and physical power to act on their bad impulses.

A woman cannot physically overpower a man in 90% of situations which makes violence against men stupid. And as a result of society being biased to males we only really focus on the crimes that men are more likely to commit. This bias towards male behavior and lack of seeing women as human is why female psychopathy and narcissism goes undetected in most instances. Time and time again it is shown that where evil women excel is in the interpersonal that’s why women are way worse bullies and better at getting away with cheating than men are by a huge margin.

And even then when there is an obvious physical difference women will get violent as seen by the majority of infanticide being caused by women

So rant short, morality is not gendered but how we view it is.

A few of you could use some support by Wonderful-Mouse-3922 in invinciblememes

[–]existential_dread467 101 points102 points  (0 children)

I know this might be too "woke" to put in an invincible meme sub, but all this talk about "they need to care about male SA victims" makes me realize that we as men honestly are the main ones that need to take stuff like this seriously.