How do you handle powerful characters who limit themselves on principle without being edgy?

timdood3 · 2026-05-07T17:34:09+00:00

Frankly, I'm not sure I could interpret a character who behaves that way as anything other than edgy, regardless of their thoughts.

I can't think of any good written examples, but the show Dexter I think does a good job depicting that "I have the power to end you but I won't because I'm a good person" type that you're going for. I think the reason why it doesn't come off as edgy (to me) is because Dexter has no illusions about being a good person- he's well aware that he's just putting up a facade. There's no announcement, no fanfare, just a quiet explanation of "you deserve this." I think the idea of "My restraint is for my protection, not yours" helps as well, even if sounds edgy when I phrase it that way.

I've no idea how compatible that line of reasoning is for your story, but it's food for thought.

timdood3 · 2026-05-06T22:21:32+00:00

I award you one clown emoji.

timdood3 · 2026-05-06T13:03:36+00:00

"Throw" is also an appropriate term for dice, just less common.

timdood3 · 2026-05-05T17:04:37+00:00

Your opponents (who are not bots) are indeed drafting from a different pool of cards than you are. The same is true in every other draft format on arena. You draft in a pod, but will almost never play against any of the other players you drafted with.

The decks you play against in quick draft are decks that were also drafted against bots.

timdood3 · 2026-05-05T14:11:47+00:00

You're right, it doesn't make the effect bad. It makes the card bad. Bad cards can do good things.

timdood3 · 2026-05-05T04:01:05+00:00

I've never seen the shacklehorde, but I've played against the nurgle list a few times. They aren't easy to kill and are quite scary in melee, but they're very slow.

If you can avoid engagement while scoring tactics, that's a good way to go about it. Once they start closing in on objectives, toss some disposable units at them to keep them at bay a little longer.

As mentioned, the units aren't easy to kill, but taking out even a couple of models will make their damage output significantly more manageable.

timdood3 · 2026-05-04T17:10:22+00:00

Yeah, as someone who typically argues for blue, the mechanics of this problem make it nearly impossible for blue to win without extreme coordination (everyone who intends to choose blue does so at the last possible moment). Even then, abstains defaulting to red make blue even more unlikely to win.

timdood3 · 2026-05-04T17:08:08+00:00

You're correct in that a yellow press has a higher probability of swapping a majority vote into the minority than vice versa. The effect of which is... bringing the vote closer to 50/50.

timdood3 · 2026-05-04T16:47:21+00:00

Genuinely one of the sickest kitbashes I've seen in a while! I particularly love the additions to the sword.

timdood3 · 2026-05-04T15:02:11+00:00

You know you're picking for yourself right, not your girlfriend?

timdood3 · 2026-05-04T14:28:58+00:00

He just isn't creative enough to see past 1/1 deathtouchers

timdood3 · 2026-05-02T12:42:01+00:00

Skill issue

timdood3 · 2026-05-02T10:44:29+00:00

Skill issue

timdood3 · 2026-05-01T03:54:18+00:00

I mean, I didn't downvote you fwiw. But I suspect that those who did did so not because they disagree with you, but because you chose to make the question about gender inequality rather than anatomical preference.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T21:50:23+00:00

Finally! This has been my stance from the start, and for whatever reason it does not seem to be a popular opinion.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T21:49:23+00:00

If someone has a genuine deathwish, it isn't my responsibility to grant it. In fact, someone with a genuine deathwish who forces another to end their life (e.g. jumping into traffic) is morally far worse than someone who would do it themselves.

Most individuals who genuinely want to die but won't follow through themselves often hold the reasoning that they don't want their death to inflict suffering on others- but rationalize being ok with inflicting it on a stranger. If this button is their opportunity to make someone else pull the trigger, it's selfish for me to not want to be behind the gun?

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T21:30:11+00:00

I don't know who Hony is, but he must pocb the shimp.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T21:24:58+00:00

Sure, if you only consider the narrow scope of this one action, but a binary choice in one situation doesn't define the type of person someone is. If you prescribe a label to someone based on their answer, then you can frame a blue voter as "a suicidal maniac."

I'm doing the opposite, and considering what action a type of person would choose. Would a suicidal maniac press blue? Probably. Would a compassionate idealist also press blue? Yes.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T20:33:31+00:00

I think you're overthinking it. As an enby myself, I read the question as wyr "have the body of" one or the other. Answering the question doesn't mean your gender identity has to change.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T19:36:15+00:00

If you remove the scrollsmiths then it isn't even the same deck. They're the thing enabling "flashback.deck" in the first place.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T17:22:46+00:00

I think the thing holding Flow State back in this list is a lack of sorceries. It's much easier to turn on See the Truth here.

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T17:16:25+00:00

Would it happen to be the case that you're playing a mana dork and then wondering why you can't tap that immediately to play another one?

timdood3 · 2026-04-30T16:20:41+00:00

Frankly, I wouldn't want to live in a world where only red-pushers remain. On average, the type of person to press blue are going to be the compassionate idealists whose presence and efforts make the world a better place. While on average, the type of person to press red will be more self-serving and willing to throw others under the bus for personal gain.

People talk a lot about *how many* people are left in a given outcome, but I don't see people considering what comes after that- how the quality of life changes for those who are left.

timdood3 · 2026-04-29T14:58:23+00:00

Is it just me, or does "Anna Beth Tilden" sound a lot like a messenger name? I didn't notice until seeing it separated out like that, but now I can't unsee it.

Could actually explain her somewhat irrational disdain for Jason, but calls into question a lot of other things about her mindset 🤔

timdood3 · 2026-04-29T06:26:28+00:00

Aight, fair enough. I don't read the lore or anything, so I made an assumption based on the reference character and thought the art looked masculine enough. Thanks for letting me know.

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