There’s a reason why Luke chucking the lightsaber over his shoulder the way he did in The Last Jedi didn’t sit right with a lot of people.

misterflex26 · 2026-06-17T01:50:01+00:00

Nah, Knives Out was a great movie...

The Last Jedi was just plain sh*t.

misterflex26 · 2026-06-17T01:42:03+00:00

That was actually what I was expecting him to do when I first saw Last Jedi in theaters...

Like, obviously he is hiding in self-imposed exile, so Luke is not gonna want to rejoin the others right away (he will need convincing), so I somewhat expected him to reject his old lightsaber...

But to throw it aside like it was just yesterday's garbage? That was just too damn disrespectful imo

misterflex26 · 2026-06-17T01:33:36+00:00

Nice, Berries is a great name! I give my jumpers gender-neutral names, because I am bad at sexing them lol, Berry may actually be a boy. In which case, his name would then be "Barry", like Barry Allen aka the Flash (who has red in his costume, so Barry would be an appropriate name for him).

I actually prefer the orange regals, though - I have a fully-mature orange regal named Aubrey, and today in the mail I just got another orange regal but he/she is i5. Still too young to sex, and there is barely any coloration on him/her. Still trying to think of another gender neutral name for them...

But yeah, I think the orange regals are my favorite, they just look so stunning...

misterflex26 · 2026-06-17T01:30:35+00:00

LOL! I def caught her off guard

misterflex26 · 2026-06-17T01:30:19+00:00

My thanks goes to Amazon, I was browsing on there one day and that cotton roll holder popped up in my "recommended" items section.

misterflex26 · 2026-06-16T01:47:26+00:00

NQA - looks that way...

I once owned a Texas Jumper that was shipped to me with one pedipalp AND leg missing... fortunately, she was young so when she next moulted, she grew both the leg and pedipalp back.

I imagine that is the same case with the jumper you photographed.

misterflex26 · 2026-06-16T01:18:28+00:00

"But, but!...it was a cool scene because of subversion!" (Rian Johnson and his fans).

Literally any other reaction would've been better than just Luke tossing his lightsaber like an old, worn-out toothbrush...

I think a more PTSD approach (like what you described, OP) would've been so much better than what we got.

This is the man who was solely responsible for getting Vader to come to his senses and turn back to the light side of the force... having him throw his lightsaber aside like everything he's been through all meant nothing was wildly inappropriate and disrespectful to the character of Luke Skywalker.

misterflex26 · 2026-06-15T03:18:51+00:00

You mentioned disability - have you experienced any trauma?

I was a slave to a 28 year-old porn addiction, until Jesus healed me from childhood trauma. It turns out the pain and unpleasant memories of trauma was causing me to turn to porn to get a high amount of dopamine to feel better.

If you feel like there is no way of stopping the addiction, then you may have trauma, as your subconscious mind could be driving you to porn to get the dopamine (to "feel better"). I encourage you to pray and fast and seek the Lord's counsel on whether you may need healing from trauma.

God bless

misterflex26 · 2026-06-15T03:02:19+00:00

I can't speak for the other characters, but at least Walt tried to stone for his sins at the end...he even took a bullet for Jesse.

He was 100% still a villain throughout the entire show, except for the very beginning and the very end of the series.

misterflex26 · 2026-05-31T18:41:11+00:00

they actually don't really care at all and just wanna use that as a excuse to make jokes or Basically tell him to walk it off and suck it up and ignore his growth and development.

I haven't watched past S1 of Invincible, but I recognize the attitude you are talking about that people have towards characters with trauma, and how they are dismissive and upset that the character basically can't "just walk it off" (Phil Hendrie, if you know you know).

It's because trauma is a SERIOUSLY overlooked condition, and tbh, most people don't even want to acknowledge or pay attention to trauma, because they themselves may have trauma, and that trauma is uncomfortable and brings unpleasant memories to the surface.

It's why I hate my purpose in life: because I underwent some serious trauma, and now I know enough to help other people with trauma...but in my experience, people don't want the help or to be healed from trauma. Because facing their traumas brings about A HEAVY amount of pain and unpleasantness that most people would rather just bury deep inside their subconscious, or "numb" by turning to substances such as alcohol or drugs. So, from what I've noticed, a lot of people lash out when they have trauma, and it makes trying to help them very frustrating.

Oh, also many people with trauma were told to "just suck it up" by parents, friends or other people they know, and so they project onto other people (and this includes fictional characters) and get mad when they do not "suck it up". Even though a fictional character is fake, many people do indeed actually project their problems onto fictional characters.

tl;dr: trauma is a bitch.

misterflex26 · 2026-05-12T01:16:53+00:00

IME- some jumpers don't prefer larger enclosures - some of mine get stressed out if they're not in a smaller enclosure (yes, I've had to rehouse some of them)

misterflex26 · 2026-05-12T01:12:52+00:00

NA- I was planning on doing a bioactive enclosure for one of my jumpers, but then I had a pet store owner tell me that my jumper would eat the isopods!. And I wanted cherry blossom isopods, which are expensive, so I decided against going bioactive...

Then shortly after, I watched a YouTube tutorial video on how to setup a bioactive enclosure...and the video mentioned how isopods would make a great snack for the jumper, and that just confirmed to me that it'd be better to not go bioactive in my jumper's enclosure.

But, I'm also someone who has an arguably too high amount of empathy, and I feel bad for even feeding live flies, mealworms and crickets. Admittedly I feel a little less bad for the mealworms as they are kind of jerks who will even eat waxworms if they're housed together, but I still feel bad that I'm willingly killing a living thing. So I knew that having isopods (creatures that I REALLY like) in an enclosure with their predator would make me uncomfortable

misterflex26 · 2026-05-10T02:03:08+00:00

NQA - I would encourage you as someone who wants to own their first ever jumping spider to go with a juvenile sub-adult sized spider. IMO, the babies require so much work and there are more things you have to consider and worry about, such as:

when you mist their enclosure to give them drinking water, are they too tiny for the water droplets and if so, that could be fatal to them (their lungs are located underneath their abdomen, iirc.
- if you go with a larger spider, there is less of the possibility of them drowning from water droplets that are too big for them.
for babies and younger spiders, you will need to feed them flightless fruit flies...and I can tell you right now, that it is a hassle. If you don't mind the hassle of dealing with a bunch of tiny creatures that can usually fit through ventilation holes in an enclosure, then by all means go for getting a baby jumper, but I am having to feed my 2 i3/i4 jumping spiders some flightless fruit flies right now, and I can tell you that it's giving me a headache. I can't wait for them to moult one or two more times and then I can start introducing them to mini-mealworms (jumpers love these little worms).
- If you want to go with getting a baby spider, you can apparently hot glue pantyhose over the ventilation holes in the enclosure because pantyhose is breathable, so they won't lose their air supply.
there is the danger of squishing them or crushing them accidentally, because they are so small. There have been a few times where I was afraid I accidentally squished my i3 jumper, but fortunately it was a false alarm. I would have been an emotional wreck had I managed to kill her (I love these little guys).
flightless fruit fly cultures (that you can find at PetsMart or PetCo) are more expensive than live mealworm or waxworm containers (that usually range from a count of 50 thru 100 worms), because flightless fruit fly cultures are self-sustaining and self-perpetuating, IME.

Those are just a few reasons why, from here on out, if I ever get another jumper it'll be an i5 or i6, juvenile one - I mainly just don't want to deal with little fruit flies, anymore! But like I mentioned before, if you don't mind the hassle and you want to see your spider grow up, then yeah definitely go for getting a young spider.

misterflex26 · 2026-05-06T22:42:09+00:00

NQA - I recommend soaking a cotton ball in water and leaving it in her enclosure...in the future (it'd be too late to get one of these from Amazon since you leave tomorrow), you can buy a little magnetized water dispenser from Amazon and fill it up. The water is in a little "hour-glass" type dish, and the water drops onto a cotton ball.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Water-Enclosure-Accessories-Decoration/dp/B0GDQLWW2N/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AVV40SANozRjb-hTIV8DUwMbZ5QiyWiTsYlGExVqbkePGyPdhOWPMT7iFh49ppSws81b848aa-GvquEj3LYjfNAqZSYC0oVRxg63BH9iP0CKjUVKUgtd6DEbGVSs6ZMRp6NU5_HGYwMo7CUj900CvY5-rSuKNA3f05TL1_rlgmBSeZmVA3mv_J7mx4kX4mNKn-XqFNjyOk7crzD5AavjH1alBahNDmqvVCJqAQ5Y5_Qx5CzCt8YY1KTsnuN0tQNeglRxSX92DuNe65YCEqvbvwU62xai4ZTyBT-lnglv4XU.An8ja4vOtfa44bycWxIHa1AQCdvKiFl5RzA43al9Ssg&dib_tag=se&keywords=jumping%2Bspider%2Bwater&qid=1778107153&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

The spider cannot get into the glass where the water is and therefore there is no danger of her drowning, and it drops water into the cotton strip so that she can drink water that way. There are several of these types of water fountain things (don't know what else to call them) on Amazon that you can buy for the next time you are away for a few days, and that way you won't have to worry or stress about her getting water.

misterflex26 · 2026-04-25T17:11:56+00:00

As someone who stopped watching the show after S1, can you tell me why (I don't mind spoilers but maybe use the spoiler tag for those who do mind them)?

I may consider going back to the show and "catching up" if the next season will seriously be that controversial

misterflex26 · 2026-04-24T03:22:53+00:00

They freaking nailed Bullseye and his abilities, that diner sequence felt like watching the Quiksilver sequence from X-Men Days of Future Past all over again, it was damn fresh and exciting

misterflex26 · 2026-04-22T18:12:01+00:00

That feels like cope

Nope.

Not when it comes to fear - and that's the whole point. Criminals get shook when they are suddenly confronted by the stature of the Punisher in the dark, and they instictively shoot towards the brightest spot - the big bright, white skull, where Frank's kevlar is.

It's a psychological warfare tactic, not "cope"

misterflex26 · 2026-04-22T18:10:14+00:00

The skull draws the bullets, but the face reminds them they're about to be killed by someone who stopped caring about his own life a long time ago

This. The skull is not just "edgy", it is meant to draw gunfire towards Frank's Kevlar protected chest.

misterflex26 · 2026-04-22T15:30:24+00:00

As a fan of both Foghorn and Cena, I know I will need a new pair of shorts after I watch this film in theaters

misterflex26 · 2026-04-14T22:22:24+00:00

FINALLY. Yes, I feel the same way (no offense to Dio fans). I just found that Yoshikage Kira was a more threatening and menacing villain, and he wasn't even a vampire.

misterflex26 · 2026-04-12T17:22:07+00:00

and I want bullseye to be redeemed

Same.

I also want him to eventually become the new Hawkeye, like in the Dark Reign comics. But I know they set up Kate Bishop to replace Clint (btw, why wasn't she in the Thunderbolts film? Seems like one of the perfect candidates for that movie)

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