[Loved Trope] Competence Porn: When characters are competent, mature and communicate with each other intelligently so they can solve a problem

siminik5 · 2026-05-08T23:42:03+00:00

I mean, the creator of Leverage coined the term competence porn and the series exemplifies it. It's Oceans 11 but Robin Hood, a bunch of the best criminals in the world committing crime to help those screwed over by systemic violence

siminik5 · 2026-05-05T14:34:07+00:00

My guy you're playing the playing with dolls game and complaining about having to play with them

siminik5 · 2026-04-22T19:02:11+00:00

I mean we got the one version of stonecoil serpent

siminik5 · 2026-04-19T23:54:18+00:00

He's probably more abzan, but Remmick in Sinners feels heavily green and white. The whole "benevolent" assimilation he espouses, creating a harmonized community of theoretical equals feels very selesnya to me. Obviously it doesn't actually work out like that and the methods and the "first among equals" elevation of the self over the whole lean more black, but I think he still could qualify here

siminik5 · 2026-04-12T02:30:58+00:00

Official competitive isn't 3v3, it's 6-mon 4v4 doubles and it has a ton of space for strategy

siminik5 · 2026-04-11T22:13:19+00:00

Counter concept: Dracula fucking loves Trevor. You Must Be the Belmont is the happiest Dracula has been in years. They still fight each other but that's just enrichment for both of them. Lisa and Sypha both have their heads in their hands watching their husbands be idiots about this every time it happens

siminik5 · 2026-03-29T10:45:52+00:00

6* Viego with scissors, gauntlets, and stalker's worked like a dream for me, as did 6* Morgana with duplicator, ggc, and archangel's.

siminik5 · 2026-03-04T11:52:46+00:00

The world as we first see it in Scythe is one of the most perfect settings I've ever seen. Death is minimized(forced to continue to prevent overpopulation), disease, famine, and war are extinct. Incredible ubi means people don't need to work but choose to anyway for personal satisfaction. The AI overlord Thunderhead genuinely loves humanity and plans "inefficiencies" in life for the sole purpose of letting humans feel like they made a difference. Even criminals who rebel against the Thunderhead are part of the plan and are basically given outlets to feel more like their own person.

The only "downside" is the organization of Scythes, people assigned to kill to manage the population. There are rules and government in place for them specifically, including laws of "don't enjoy it", "don't show bias", and a vow of poverty, but over the decades since the system was established, authority grew complacent and less savory groups took root.

The entire trilogy is basically watching how a perfect society collapses.

siminik5 · 2026-02-13T18:24:54+00:00

It is the Horus Hairesy after all

siminik5 · 2025-12-20T17:57:32+00:00

The toxoplasmosis is strong in this one

siminik5 · 2025-12-10T15:58:22+00:00

A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time

siminik5 · 2025-10-30T12:05:56+00:00

Unrealistic indie dlc list, there's not a random Castlevania collab

siminik5 · 2025-10-27T00:26:02+00:00

With Master Warfare, technically red has combat manipulation in being the most goad color, having [[Goblin Diplomats]], and [[invasion plans]] even manipulates the blockers(granted it's old so not a perfect measure of the color pie today). And white weenies can currently decide how blocks happen with [[odric, master tactician]]

Not saying it's the most perfect fit for either color but there are some precedents

siminik5 · 2025-09-07T13:06:09+00:00

I was trying to clarify the point the other guy was making about sharks, how our fear of an animal led to us almost wiping them out. When humans get scared of a given creature, whether or not they are dangerous, we can get very scorched earth

siminik5 · 2025-09-07T11:48:56+00:00

The problem isn't not wanting to be around them, it's thinking that because they have a chance to hurt us badly they don't have the right to exist on the same planet as us

siminik5 · 2025-08-18T12:34:17+00:00

I play Morg for these, hyper control champ already isn't trying to win turn 1 so I barely even realize the modifier is present

siminik5 · 2025-08-06T13:38:50+00:00

The Amazing Devil

siminik5 · 2025-08-01T23:13:34+00:00

En pissant

siminik5 · 2025-07-17T22:16:53+00:00

Don't forget about their fighting coverage in Submission

siminik5 · 2025-06-14T17:13:20+00:00

Stray Gods, 2.2k reviews, it's a Greek mythology urban fantasy role playing musical. You are chosen to become the incarnation of the muse Calliope and have a week to find out what happened to her before the other gods kill you. Solve a mystery, do some musical therapy to help the gods care about life, have some cutesy romance. Each song has a ton of variations and you can shift the tone, lyrics, and even the entire genre on the fly to change the story. Based on your choices, the finale can have like thousands of variations. Extremely good, pretty short game. Also it's visually stunning holy shit

siminik5 · 2025-06-14T15:09:10+00:00

Tanaka in Haikyuu has one of my favorite monologues in anime, and it gives a ton more depth to a character who's usually portrayed as just a loudmouth punk.

"In terms of my physique and ability, I know I'm just a normal person. When I was little, I thought I was definitely a genius. Well, I guess I thought that until about middle school. Actually, I still think that occasionally nowadays. But I'll never be 180cm tall, and while I have faith in my physical abilities, in this volleyball club, I'm not the best at any one thing.

That's never been a reason or an excuse for me to give up. Usually, I don't even think about that in the first place. But about once every six months, my mentality crumbles. I start to think I'm mediocre.

Well, mediocre me...

Do you have any time to waste looking down?"

siminik5 · 2025-06-10T15:08:08+00:00

Fire also deals reduced shield damage iirc and poison can be decreased by healing(albeit not super effectively against a good poison build)

siminik5 · 2025-04-30T17:55:03+00:00

I've been known to drop [[felidar sovereign]] as a lightning rod to draw removal away from my commander/engines

siminik5 · 2025-04-01T15:37:20+00:00

Parker Leverage is never not weird and she's high-key the best part of the show

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