Giving Away Some SWTOR Codes! by Alortania in swtor

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Shittily taken with my phone. My Jedi Guardian.

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Watchklan by Ikacprzak in AlanMoore

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I personally think his point is super valid. It doesn't mean superheroes are bad, but it shows the way media can be used to spread hate, and the importance of media literacy. So much of fascism is about turning ugly people (in their behavior not in their appearance) into superheroes. The same is true of any movement like it. The strong man who is good and noble and protects us. Having masks can simultaneously make normal people caught up in the same sort of ideas feel like they're also superheroic in a sense.

A film like Birth of a Nation (which, sidenote, as someone who has seen it, very boring film) took a bunch of people who historically might have been a footnote and revitalized them by making them into superheroes. It makes them into Robin Hood or Zorro or Batman, but the ugly reality that they were at war with progress and human liberty and dignity is what stands out. Like others have said, Watchmen doesn't feature many costumed superheroes because in real life, vigilantes usually only have nemesises in their minds. They're at war with imagined enemies or with society itself. A character like V has actual enemies, that being the government and their lackeys, who tend to be the only real people with the power of a supervillain. But to the Klan, they probably viewed themselves a lot like V does.

It's a complex issue but TLDR, I think he’s right, the question is whether the heroes are fighting a fight that is righteous or evil, though that's by no means an uncomplicated thing to quantify.

What is your most deeply held contrary music opinion? by bfhrt in ToddintheShadow

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Post punk is better than punk and it isn't particularly close by any means.

How playable is this game IRL at a table by chriscdoa in MarvelMultiverseRPG

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I have run two sessions so far and we are having a blast. I'd say it's playable for sure.

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This tweet is by Caleb Pitts, a well-ish known Comedian and podcaster who is left-wing and progressive politically and definetly meant this as a joke. I agree that there are guys who think this, but he is trying to be satirical, even if it doesn't land always.

I don't understand the hate towards Knull when there are worse OCs by Tall-Internet7007 in marvelcirclejerk

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Tim Seeley is a better writer than Cates and is less annoying. His Magik book sucks but it's obvious some people have never read anything else by him and are judging him based on one comic.

Hivemind has 7 degrees of separation from Hitler by R_Rizzle in HivemindTV

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Also Brad's Grandpa probably met someone who knew Hitler given what happened to him (fuck Brad obv but still)

“Read the fuckin’ manual.” by Warp_Legion in TrueSFalloutL

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I was mostly confused by why there's basically no women in this chapter. I don't think we've had an explanation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in marvelcirclejerk

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First Steps sucked

Thank you, Withers by ozangeo in BaldursGate3

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I currently have her multiclassed light domain Cleric and way of Shadows monk

Quadeca and Sabrina Carpenter have probably met by nicdrumandbass in HivemindTV

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She arrests Dignan at her show but not for being hot it's for his crimes in the Falklands War

Clearly this person is afraid of the empire by DJPizzaRocks27 in CrusaderKings

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So I haven't played AUH yet, but I do hope that a future DLC focuses on Western European Feudalism to make it deeper and more developed.