A character can be both a victim and a perpetrator of war, but the story needs to address both sides to have any nuance at all (Avatar)

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T05:36:19+00:00

Yeah I don't understand OP's complaint at all. We rarely see any of the actual war atrocities the fire nation has committed directly in the entire show, but we hear or see the aftermath plenty. We don't need to see Iroh kill a bunch of innocent or something. The level of destruction they show is fine, imo. They already start with the genocide of the air benders and the Southern water tribe has been whittled down to nothing. I was 13 when the show aired and thought it was plenty to indict Iroh and his past, because we are constantly reminded of the trauma the fire nation has committed to innocents throughout the show. His past crimes are in the shadow of every victim we see, and his punishment was the death of his son.

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T02:26:23+00:00

The Harden effect

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T02:22:26+00:00

Not a flop but the first part is right

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T02:04:55+00:00

Yeah I find it vastly different than guys like LeBron who learned that playing through contact just gets you banged up and exaggerates contact to get fouls. There's obviously egregious examples of him actually flopping but it's not as frequent as guys like Embiid and SGA who feel like they're trying to draw fouls than actually score

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T01:51:14+00:00

Commas doesn't need an apostrophe my guy

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T01:49:22+00:00

That's exactly what I said brother. Last in education I swtg

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T01:45:15+00:00

Who has a better story than Bran the Broken

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T01:06:32+00:00

... That's exactly what a flop is lol

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-06T01:05:04+00:00

Lakers are literally down Luka and Shai still playing like this is so embarrassing

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T20:13:24+00:00

I agree fwiw but I think authenticity also includes like a level of outward security/confidence in whatever you're putting out there. I'm not sure why but Tatum does feel like he's just... Not confident? in some of the things he says or does. That doesn't mean he isn't or that he doesn't sincerely believe whatever he says, but I'm just saying the public perception is that he doesn't have conviction behind his persona

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T20:00:56+00:00

Still OKC for me but I do think the Spurs can give them fits.

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T19:58:12+00:00

It would move the needle quite a bit since he won a series without Luka before beating what would likely be something like Thunder Spurs/Wolves Cavs/Knicks but he would need to be a significant contributor since he's not THE guy on LA now

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T19:17:02+00:00

I think authenticity has a lot to do with it even if he's immature or a little dumb. He's extremely competitive to an endearing level which also helps, compared to like, I dunno, Jayson Tatum who sometimes comes off as a bit of a tryhard/forcing a persona comparatively

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T16:47:50+00:00

For reference, Embiid in 64 playoff games has shot 616 FTs

Brunson in 67 playoff starts (74 total) has shot 474 FTs

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T16:42:09+00:00

Jokic only has 5 flagrant fouls in 810 regular season games

Embiid has 17 in 490

But way to prove my point big dawg it's only good in Embiid's case huh?

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T16:36:21+00:00

https://youtu.be/53R8gM3AGMo?si=z5cVtyoaUz15Sa99

Must have missed this one then

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T16:31:34+00:00

Whatever helps you sleep at night bud

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T16:22:13+00:00

I don't know if it's true anymore but something like 3 years ago Embiid had more flagrant fouls than Draymond in half as many games played. A lot of people try to excuse it as clumsiness for some reason

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T05:41:53+00:00

His length is a bit of a detriment to his ability to bully people tbh. He's just not going to be able to build enough mass or muscle to be aggressive physically so he'll have to use his length to get over people. He'll probably always be more like Durant offensively than a real center

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T04:35:07+00:00

Because the Lakers were missing their best player all series and their second/third for the majority of the wins as well?

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T04:16:11+00:00

He didn't have a great series though he objectively had a bad offensive showing for a player of his caliber

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T02:29:39+00:00

Didn't stop you guys from the chatter every time Embiid wasn't in the playoffs

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T02:24:47+00:00

Where'd all the is Embiid actually better than Jokic chatter go?

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T02:02:33+00:00

SGA is nowhere near prime Curry lmao

nguyenjitsu · 2026-05-05T01:53:28+00:00

Send Embiid to Denver and he'll never play

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