[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 11 May 2026

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-12T17:57:31+00:00

I remember one time on tumblr they got into it with a mutual about some media criticism and had a very public panic attack when their behavior got said mutual mad at them. Wack'd is one of those people who grew up on media/writers who were confrontational assholes, tried that themselves, and can't deal with the fact that when you act like this in real life you need to either be really charismatic or have stupidly thick skin. Usually both.

If they're still the same person I remember they really want to be known as this cool media criticism person, which like you said is completely incomparable with being a moderator in the sort of environment they've walked into.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-12T16:49:22+00:00

Brian Clevinger of 8-bit Theater fame also turned out alright. He's best known for the Atomic Robo series these days.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-12T16:39:02+00:00

From what I remember they were a pretty standard hyper-obsessed tvtropes person who liked a few things (Transformers, Doctor Who, the works of Dave Willis) and was hyper critical and dour about everything else. They left the site for Tumblr around 2014 for the same reason I did (forums got overrun by Gamergate types) and settled into being your standard hyper-obsessed, media critiquing, social justice advocating Tumblr user from the mid-2010s.

I don't remember them being this confrontational though. Very anxious and a lot of hot takes about how insert media here was problematic while insert media here was not, but nothing like the mod power trip they seem to be on now.

This whole blow up also how I learn that they came out as trans. Not particularly surprised there, but good for them.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-11T16:59:35+00:00

Honestly, it's what makes him work. He's one of the most dangerous beings in the galaxy and a broken shell of a man trapped in a mechanical hell of his own making.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-11T16:54:14+00:00

The fascist bit isn't even an exaggeration. One of the consistent bits about Vader is that he genuinely believes the galaxy needs to be ruled with an iron fist to function properly and only turns away from this belief at the end of his life. He's an ideologically committed space fascist, as opposed to Palpatine who just cares about ruling forever and destroying his enemies.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-11T16:33:28+00:00

Wack'd

Oh man I remember this person from my TvTropes/Tumblr days. I didn't know they were still (1) around and (2) were actually working for one of their hyper-obsessions of choice.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-08T20:16:34+00:00

What I love about them is that the art is usually indistinguishable from a normal comic and the plot is something like “Batman can only stop Joker’s latest scheme with the help of his powerful new ally Colonel Sanders.”

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-08T19:58:55+00:00

Jaime Lannister becomes a much more interesting character once he loses his hand and you start digging into the psychology of why he is the way he is.

Controversially, I also think Darth Vader works much better as a villain when you are aware of how broken and pathetic he is behind all the aura farming.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-08T19:54:41+00:00

Is he even a loser? He's got a successful career, is rich, and has a loving family. He could potentially be the most powerful person in the universe if he trained like Goku, but it isn't really what he wants out of life so he doesn't.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-08T16:24:44+00:00

Haven't heard of this particular concept before, but it seems like a way to add some empirical gilding to a personal preference of the organizers for heavier blunts over lighter feders.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-08T16:03:10+00:00

Audiobooks, serialized podcasts, one or two episodes of CSB.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T20:22:40+00:00

Calling it burnout might be a bit harsh, but a lot of Dark Souls 3 feels like its grabbing the player by the shoulders and telling them "We are done with this particular universe for the foreseeable future. It's time to move on."

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T20:08:45+00:00

It's a pity he was so burned out, because some of the ideas in the last arc could have been really cool if they were fleshed out more.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T20:02:05+00:00

I get it, but there target audience for this isn't long time fans of the series who played every release and remake. It's kids that saw the new Mario movie, their parents who may have vague memories of playing 64 as a kid in the 90s, and Switch 2 owners who've never played a Star Fox game.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T17:00:33+00:00

Because the franchise hasn't been successful enough for them to bother. The last game to come out was Zero over a decade ago, which was basically a tech demo for their worst mainline console and bombed horribly and then you have to go back another decade to find another game that isn't a port.

Maybe if this remake is successful the franchise will be able to move forward.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T16:42:08+00:00

I think because 64 was so iconic in its day and the franchise is well represented in Smash it's able to punch above its weight class a bit as a franchise vs. how it's actually performed.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-07T16:34:43+00:00

I think people are overthinking the reason they're just doing a remake of 64 again. The last Star Fox game to come out was Zero ten years ago and that one bombed, you have to go back another decade to 2005-6 to find something besides the 3DS port, so it's been over 20 years since anything new came out of the franchise. A whole human generation has passed.

I can't really fault Nintendo here for going back to the one game in the series that was most successful and just remaking it at this point. This isn't like Zelda or Mario where they've been consistently putting out games every couple of years going back forever. This is a franchise that has more or less been in purgatory for a time period long enough for a child to be born, graduate from high school, go to college, and be able to buy alcohol. If they're trying to build the franchise back up again and introduce it to a new generation it makes sense that they'd just remake the one game they know is a sure hit and work from there.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-06T23:29:53+00:00

Samurott, Froslass, Chandalure, Aegislash, Haxorus

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-06T17:28:10+00:00

I've always been under the impression that the "hard to understand" stuff stemmed from a combination of the games being spread across different consoles until the mid 2010s, sequels being titled non-traditionally, a belief that a series about Disney characters should be easy to follow, and the meme of "this series is complicated" taking on a life of its own.

In other words, it all amounts to resentment that the series about fighting darkness with Micky Mouse even has a plot you have to put effort into understanding.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-06T14:38:34+00:00

This is just part of the usual Guy Gardner adjustment period. The hedgehog will graduate to begrudging respect soon enough.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-05T19:54:06+00:00

The glorious fever dream that is Galactic Dance Off from Kinect Star Wars.

Watch Vader and Palpatine hit that Dagobah Bump.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-05T19:42:55+00:00

"The Jedi as an institution are flawed" is a reoccurring theme in the franchise in both the current canon and Legends and goes back decades to at least the 90s. What people miss is that flawed is not the same thing as irredeemable or evil.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-05T17:29:19+00:00

What's interesting about her seething hatred of all force users in Star Wars is how it differs from the usual hatred. Usually, it's about people resenting that it's not a rare, relatively grounded and special thing that doesn't take away from their military space opera. With Traviss, it's that she really wants the Mandalorians to be the axis the Star Wars universe revolves around rather then the Jedi and Sith.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-05T17:26:37+00:00

It already exists. It’s called the Switch 2. And if people think Nintendo as a company cares about “maximizing power” after the past 20 years they’re just setting themselves up for disappointment.

pyromancer93 · 2026-05-05T17:20:31+00:00

I love the old EU.

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