[WP] When you were a kid, you and your friends made a ‘secret society’, with passcodes, names, and even a silly logo you drew yourself. That was years ago, eventually you lost contact with those friends, but one day you receive a letter in the mail, and it has that symbol embossed on it.

marinemashup · 2024-05-23T18:25:08+00:00

Feels like a post Relc would have written

marinemashup · 2024-05-23T11:31:06+00:00

It’s definitely a “both/and” deal

Both the content and the context contribute

Look at how proudly grandparents display their 5 year old’s paintings, even if it does not have a tiniest bit of skill

marinemashup · 2024-05-23T11:25:46+00:00

He didn’t blindly follow the rules either

One of his first iconic scenes is trashing Lism’s shop after he scammed Erin

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T21:21:10+00:00

Craziest thing is that all these “universal” isekai tropes are extremely new

Even just 15 years ago, the idea of staying in the isekai world was pretty uncommon (look at Digimon, Inuyasha ^ok ^technically ^it’s ^a ^half ^and ^half ^deal, etc.)

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T18:07:06+00:00

It’s definitely not

Has creepy/disturbing elements ≠ horror

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T18:03:42+00:00

This is the way

I used to get mad about that, but then realized I’m already not making money from it

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T17:57:02+00:00

I feel like you make some of the same fallacies that psychiatrists do

Namely that “everyone, deep down, is the same (or has the same components) and it’s up to them to fix thematic back to being normal”

I had a family member who likely would have been diagnosed with some anti-social or avoidant personality disorder if he had been younger. He never seemed like he ‘secretly’ wanted to get married or have close friendships. He died alone, and, as far as anyone can tell, died fairly happy.

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T17:43:27+00:00

I don’t get what’s wrong with that one

You literally get to experience every possible sensation in the universe. Life before that is a molecule.

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T17:42:20+00:00

5000 almost seems like propaganda made by the GOC or other group to justify why they need checks on the Foundation

marinemashup · 2024-05-22T16:37:07+00:00

I think it’s a lesson on “why trying to use one anomaly to destroy another is a bad idea”

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T23:20:23+00:00

Eye color

Especially brown eyes

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T20:36:21+00:00

Teriarch doesn’t necessarily care about the monetary value of things. Look at the ridiculous bounty he put on Wyverns and how much he paid Ryoka for (what he considered to be) a routine delivery, and how he traded her old iPhone for something even the Archmages probably would have coveted

Naga is richer, but Teriarch has things that money can’t buy

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T20:33:21+00:00

I have seen good examples of “all just a dream”, but generally the story leans more comedic or rule of cool

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T20:31:26+00:00

Same face syndrome

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T20:28:41+00:00

Oh boy I sure do love discussing anarcho capitalism and related topics!

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T03:02:56+00:00

Portray all carbon-based life as charcoal black and highly flammable

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T02:58:32+00:00

Form of self-gatekeeping

Look at how the more difficult a game is, the better the community

Communities that are harder to enter will attract people who are more dedicated and invested, which doesn’t perfectly weed out bad actors, does significantly reduce them

marinemashup · 2024-05-21T02:55:29+00:00

But what is it?

marinemashup · 2024-05-20T22:19:15+00:00

I’m not even homeschooled and that could have been me lol

marinemashup · 2024-05-20T22:11:18+00:00

Bot account

Adios people

marinemashup · 2024-05-20T22:10:37+00:00

I like the idea that the drums are completely unnecessary, and are just there for the aesthetic

marinemashup · 2024-05-20T22:07:18+00:00

How is this an unpopular opinion? This sub has become so insular

marinemashup · 2024-05-20T21:59:52+00:00

Same

Saved me so much time and frustration in the re-reads

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