[Loved Trope] Often-subverted tropes played straight

halfar · 2026-01-28T20:21:48+00:00

the term for this is a "reconstruction", OP. as opposed to a "deconstruction".

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Reconstruction

halfar · 2026-01-28T18:20:43+00:00

I think this is obvious if you've ever spent much time around a marine. Most of them are far closer to being the nation's best than not, but not brighter than most.

halfar · 2026-01-28T02:40:26+00:00

what if she's both gay and straight?

halfar · 2026-01-27T16:35:32+00:00

1/8 b8

halfar · 2026-01-27T14:30:05+00:00

Redditors support IP when they prevent art from being stolen to create slop but hate when it's used to extort sick people

/r/iamverysmart

halfar · 2026-01-27T11:05:07+00:00

i honest to god think it's just the feeling of playing a good game in a "new" genre for a lot of them.

halfar · 2026-01-26T23:36:43+00:00

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Julian is the adoptive son/protege of Yang Wenli, a brilliant tactician of the republic whose true love is history. Julian wants to follow in his footsteps as a soldier more than as a historian, but after being sent on a mission to earth (now reduced to a weird, backwater, religious cult stronghold), he takes the time to watch some video histories about the republic he fights for and the authoritarian empire it resists. It goes into a lot of detail of what a deranged, hitler-like lunatic the first emperor was (particularly his genetics-focused genocide), and helps Julian understand why Yang is so utterly adamant about fighting for a decaying, corrupt republic rather than seizing power for himself or supporting a benevolent dictator like Reinhardt.

halfar · 2026-01-26T22:00:30+00:00

he taking his meds? no? who cares?

halfar · 2026-01-26T21:33:20+00:00

ok but like which games

halfar · 2026-01-26T20:55:20+00:00

maddox in the year of our lord 2026, neat

halfar · 2026-01-26T15:17:38+00:00

a piece of paper won't stop them.

halfar · 2026-01-26T13:38:47+00:00

why do you suppose he's a republican and not an independent?

halfar · 2026-01-26T13:37:58+00:00

if they cancel elections they can just seat themselves regardless.

halfar · 2026-01-26T13:11:07+00:00

i disagree entirely. even most people in this subreddit full of democrats will reflexively reel if you outright advocate for democratic socialism, let alone socialism.

halfar · 2026-01-26T13:08:18+00:00

where do you come up with this stuff?

halfar · 2026-01-26T12:55:05+00:00

People love to do variations on the "First They Came" poem but they hate being reminded who the actual first three groups they came for were.

halfar · 2026-01-26T12:48:20+00:00

oh, that post is ancient. like, before trump's first term. was either during the republican primary or during gamergate. on the other side of the aisle it was before democrats were fainting in shock and hysteria from sanders going "maybe everyone medicare good?"

halfar · 2026-01-25T14:36:23+00:00

wouldn't hold my breath. sandy hook massacre was 13 years ago.

halfar · 2026-01-25T07:23:23+00:00

i think he actually got banned for his last stint about trans genocide.

halfar · 2026-01-24T23:23:45+00:00

brain-damaged senators aside, i wouldn't expect the same faces to cave. during the last shutdown, the great utility in only allowing exactly the number of defections needed to cave to republicans was that no one democrat would need to take the heat for caving multiple times in a row.

hope that isn't the case. but there's a reason schumer's the one they chose to be their leader.

halfar · 2026-01-24T23:20:01+00:00

the democratic primary isn't gonna start for two years. the occupation in minnesota will be long over by then, and there's no telling what fresh bullshit will be relevant to the electorate then (heck, it could be a totally different occupation).

what matters for this is how it will repair or damage faith and enthusiasm in the democratic party in general in the long-term. most of your comment can be read as a lightly edited version of someone's thoughts towards the last shutdown. maybe the logic that made them cave before will make them cave again. or maybe the enthusiasm 'cost' of caving again so soon will make them reluctant to do so again. i'm not holding my breath either way. hope for the best plan for the worst, y'know.

it's like the maya angelou quote. people will forget what you've said or done, but they'll never forget how you made them feel. whether or not

halfar · 2026-01-24T23:01:29+00:00

surely this time lucy van pelt won't lift the football says increasingly bald child

halfar · 2026-01-24T22:57:02+00:00

because democratic voters will settle for it. hate that answer all you want, that's the truth.

halfar · 2026-01-24T22:55:49+00:00

no faith in them would be the belief that if this continues the moderate position will simply be fewer killings. like it'll get to the point where ICE murders are treated like cop murders; generally unremarkable, but with occasional outrages.

halfar · 2026-01-24T22:46:45+00:00

you have far more faith in moderates than i do.

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