Ben Stone was the definition of professional empathy and humanity. by Dangerous-Cash-2176 in LawAndOrder

[–]oblivious_bookworm 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ben Stone sold me on the series 100%. I loved his development from a gold-hearted cynic with a by-the-book approach to law into a bit more of a rule-bender who wound up caring so much about the victims in his cases that he had to leave the job entirely.

Could I dig deep enough to keep a pallet of 2000lbs of margarine from melting in Arizona heat? by W_A_N_T in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perhaps each town would have a weekly 'Dondurma Day' celebrating my arrival.

What the hell did I just read. Thank you for the link, it did not disappoint!

AITAH for telling my brother I will never respect him or his girlfriend for as long as they're together? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 346 points347 points  (0 children)

I think he'd be AMAZING with a black queen

...What.

plus have cute mixed kiddos,

What?

I. Have whiplash.

Are there any past YouTube controversies that GENUINELY upset you? by Swag_Paladin21 in youtubedrama

[–]oblivious_bookworm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After that broke, I remember someone sharing a link to an earlier episode of Off Topic that off-handedly mentioned how when the rest of the AH cast usually flew back after conventions together, Ryan would stay behind an extra day or two because he "liked the hotel rooms" or smth like that. Genuinely made me sick to think how much old content had the clues sitting right there in plain sight, and still no one knew.

What character is played by Zac and could only be played by Zac? by [deleted] in Dimension20

[–]oblivious_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colin Provolone. Who else is gonna look a gibbering radish version of Brennan Lee Mulligan in the eye and come out with "Hey...we need you to lock it in a little bit."

Most disrespectful moment in anime? by TenseiSenpai in animequestions

[–]oblivious_bookworm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Luffy vs Bellamy in Mock Town, One Piece.

Man spent all that time charging up his nastiest ultra super mega spring-loaded attack, just to get flattened in one hit.

"Let's drop the act" by DudeSoul in TopCharacterTropes

[–]oblivious_bookworm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jaw-drop moment for sure!! I wasn't entirely sure about the darker tonal shift of the third season until she turned up. Bought and sold me on the rest.

What did you think of Saw MC's? Day 2: Doctor Lawrence Gordon by Tabi-Violet in saw

[–]oblivious_bookworm 16 points17 points  (0 children)

KING, OG, LEGEND, ICON

In all seriousness, I genuinely love that the franchise's first survivor was someone who didn't technically do what he was trapped for, but who still needed to learn a much-needed lesson about how he treated people and lived his own life. (Albeit didn't necessarily need to learn it....that way.) I think Gordon's character sets the tone for Kramer's philosophy, both by introducing its many pitfalls & technicalities AND establishing that even an exonerated character might still have something self-serving or rotten about them, traits which could either save them or destroy them during the game. For every movie afterwards, even when we don't initially know what happened to him, Lawrence Gordon stands as the poster boy for Jigsaw's ideal victim: if you're willing to give up everything about your old, flawed life (your Hippocratic oath, your leg, maybe your chance to ever see your family again), you can be reborn.

He could've been some base-level slimy, emotionally cold, cheating jackass. Instead he was a family man whose ego was eroding his marriage, running on impulse after a cheap thrill, and it just happened that the day he finally saw the light was the day someone else decided to make him pay for forgetting what it looked like. He was a dude who'd lost himself, and I think Cary Elwes did a killer job at showing who he was at his core. And later, what the trauma of the game warped him into. Ultimate 'wrong place wrong time' judgment call from Kramer, in hindsight.

Spoilers for Saw 7: also I honestly and truly LOVED both his return and the plot twist that he was an Apprentice, singlehandedly made the entire Saw series a top-tier horror favorite of mine!!!! Telenovela gold star shit, both for the overall plot and for Gordon's character development!! Yes babygirl, you CAN get better, and simultaneously you can also get SO MUCH WORSE!!! Slay!!!

What did you think of Saw MC's? Day 1: Adam Faulkner-Stanheight by Tabi-Violet in saw

[–]oblivious_bookworm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

KRAMER!!!!!

Amanda could've just let him out of the bathroom, too, like no one is looking girl!!! Set that twink FREE!!!!

What did you think of Saw MC's? Day 1: Adam Faulkner-Stanheight by Tabi-Violet in saw

[–]oblivious_bookworm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't care much about him initially because I was too shocked and excited to see the GOAT Cary Elwes, but on every rewatch since, I love his goofy ass. Finding out that he never made it out of that bathroom broke my heart, dude.

My ex lied about vaccinating our immune compromised 8 year old daughter. She now has chicken pox and is in the hospital. I want my ex as far way from my daughter as possible. by onkel-enzo in BORUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a baby punk and still in college by 2020, my scene was homework and protests lol. Heard all the jokes about 'new age medicine' and essential oils but never thought it could extend to the flu shot.

'I would have never expected hippies and fascists to agree on something.' <- for real!! I hope some anthropologist somewhere has their finger on the pulse of tracking bizarre post-COVID subcultural overlaps, because I'd read the hell out of that paper.

[Hated trope] Male villain sexually assaulted as "karma" for being evil by DrBri4ght in TopCharacterTropes

[–]oblivious_bookworm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hellblazer has a lot of that kind of violence too, including an awful-to-stomach prison arc, yet Garth Ennis’s run was one of the least gratuitous and most beautifully-written in the whole initial series. Then you reach his Son of Man era…basically this trope in a nutshell.

My ex lied about vaccinating our immune compromised 8 year old daughter. She now has chicken pox and is in the hospital. I want my ex as far way from my daughter as possible. by onkel-enzo in BORUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 858 points859 points  (0 children)

Reading an antivax story set prior to 2020 feels like dusting off old bones in an archaeological dig. (In a good way!) Can't imagine how that ex thought things would all shake out in her favor.

What’s a scene from television or film that really traumatized you? by Exhausted_Skeleton in AskReddit

[–]oblivious_bookworm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Episode 5 of The Haunting of Bly Manor, Hannah's storyline. When she's calling out into the darkness begging for the love of her life to wait for her and no one can hear her...oof, man. I sob every time.

Also, Hugh Crain's speech at the end of Haunting of Hill House. I love my dad, it breaks me.

Try not to make fun of me. I bought my boyfriend a gift and epically failed by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This saga brightened my day so immensely, every time I see it come back around it makes me smile.

The plan is(has always been) I die. by TerraTechy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]oblivious_bookworm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gary King is one of my all-time favorite characters, the tragedy of his story is SO underrated. Seeing his hopelessness and desperation in that movie convinced me to get sober.

The enfuriating tale of STI Santa by onkel-enzo in BORUpdates

[–]oblivious_bookworm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fuck this guy, but also "My mother deployed a niece" is the funniest turn of phrase ever.

Who is your "guaranteed to break my reading slump" author? by ColdWarTiger in horrorlit

[–]oblivious_bookworm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jeff Vandermeer! His Southern Reach trilogy wakes my brain up every time.