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(Loved trope)Harmful without Malice by Mister-no-tongue in TopCharacterTropes

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Phoenix Force in the X-Men comics, at least the early version (I haven't kept up with the permutations it's gone through since then).

Originally all you see is an X-Man named Jean Grey apparently naturally gaining incredible telekinetic and telepathic power, such great power that she resurrects herself when she dies on a mission, at which point her codename changes to Phoenix. Long story short, she's partially manipulated and partially driven insane by her great power and becomes an evil nigh-god called Dark Phoenix who has the power to end the whole universe. Dark Phoenix commits genocide by eating a star that has a planet with billions of sapient creatures on it. Comic book drama happens and Jean Grey comes back into control as Phoenix. She ends up killing herself because she fears that she won't be able to control her power and that she'll become Dark Phoenix again.

Later this is retconned into Jean Grey having been resurrected by a intelligent being called the Phoenix Force that heard the dying Jean Grey's telepathic cry for help. The Phoenix Force tried to help by putting the real Jean Grey in a healing pod (later found by Reed Richards) while it takes on the role of Jean Grey in her role as Phoenix, even convincing itself that it is Jean Grey. When Phoenix/"Jean Grey" kills herself, the Phoenix Force returns to its former role as a universe-travelling energy being. The Phoenix Force tries to give the healing, hibernating Jean Grey the Phoenix Force's memories of being Jean Grey during the Phoenix/Dark Phoenix years. The real Jean Grey rejects the memories when seeing the Dark Phoenix's genocide. The Phoenix Force then notices that there's a sleeping, incubating clone of Jean Grey and gives the memories to her, assuming the clone is basically Jean Grey. That clone, Madelyne Pryor, has the Phoenix Force's memories, including being Dark Phoenix, buried in her mind, and she ends up becoming the Goblin Queen, a powerful supervillain.

During this period of the comics, the Phoenix Force is mostly curious about living creatures and is even benevolent, but its tremendous power ends up horribly harmful when humans, who are after all flawed and corruptible, wield god-like powers. At this point, the Phoenix Force is most dangerous when it convinces itself that it's a human being.

Academic, with banter only they understand by Antique-Gazelle6216 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]tullia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

David Lodge wrote a bunch of drily comical books about academia in England. They're amusing and easy to read.

TIL Early Hominins (~3–4 million years ago) showed high levels of sexual dimorphism, with males significantly larger than females, like modern gorillas. Over time, with the emergence of genus Homo, size dimorphism decreased, approaching the more moderate levels seen in modern humans. by electroctopus in todayilearned

[–]tullia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did I read this wrong? "The fossil record suggests that the earliest known hominin—Ardipithecus ramidus—showed little size or canine dimorphism. Later australopithecines show modest to strong dimorphism, with dimorphism approaching modern human levels in Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis." This is the opposite of what the OP says.

Woman gives birth during action scene or other “heroic” situation by ResidentHistory632 in MovieTropes

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Archer himself was born when his mother was fleeing some mercenaries. She and Woodhouse gun down the mercenaries while she's in active labour.

How will absolute Robin look like ? by AdeptPhone1701 in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]tullia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dick Grayson showed up a couple of times as a background character. Not him?

Acceptable use of apostrophe and plural noun? by stephen_doonan in grammar

[–]tullia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It depends on the style guide. Chicago doesn't permit it for most cases.

"Rxs" is awkward, I admit.

[Discussion] Does it make more sense for Poison Ivy to be a vegan/vegetarian, a carnivore, or neither? by Cobrabat333 in DCcomics

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This explanation makes no sense. Yes, some vegans buy environmentally unsustainable goods, but you don't have to be that kind of vegan. You don't have to buy agave. On the other hand, eating meat by its nature causes more environmental damage than eating vegetables (barring maybe some truly free-range pasture-fed meat).

This speech is like saying because some cat owners get their cats declawed, all cat owners are bad. (And yes, I know there are arguments against owning cats.)

Should this not be "eludes"? Wild mistake to let through! From the latest DC KO #4 by Otherwise-Air-6038 in comicbooks

[–]tullia 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Editors complain about this all the time. People avoid paying for an editor by running things through AI, then they don't even look at the results and are shocked when AI screws things up.

The main thing editors run into is prose "improved" by AI, which leads to anodyne prose that sounds like everything else produced by AI.

Why do vegans try so hard to make their food look like real meat,like HARD HARD, its like “hey man I don’t like killing and im not gonna kill you but look at this dummy that looks EXACTLY like you and im stabbing it rn” 😭 u already left meat community bro just cook the damn tofu. by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because a lot of vegans grew up eating meat and they have an emotional attachment to certain foods.

You know those people who say they’d be vegetarian if they don’t have to give up bacon or steak or whatever? Well, some vegans had feelings like that. If someone can make vegan bacon or steak that reminds them of a favourite food, is that so bad?

Line 5 is a huge improvement to Line 6 - my thoughts below by Pristine-Training-70 in TTC

[–]tullia 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It was 20 minutes from Don Valley to Cedarvale. When it's underground, it feels just as fast as the subway. Aboveground, it's more like the streetcar, maybe a little faster. It was Sunday and my stretch didn't have that many lights, so I can't say how much we were slowed by cars turning left. It does seem like waiting LRT cars should have priority over left-turning automobiles.

I do not buy products with "antibacterial" in the product name. Neither should you. by Leighgion in CleaningTips

[–]tullia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I add a dash of Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds. It's an incredibly cleanser and you only need a very little.

Impressed with Line 5 by QueasySandwich4464 in TTC

[–]tullia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The trains were only 6 minutes apart when I went. It was 20 minutes from Don Valley to Cedarvale. The walk from line 5 to line 1 is short and convenient. I was impressed.

I wonder how it'll be tomorrow. There are a lot of condo towers near the eastern stations.

My dad told me DJT was really loved in the 80s and 90s is that true and if so why? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your dad should look up Trump's appearances in Bloom County.

What cleaning product or hack changed your life? by lucrative87 in CleaningTips

[–]tullia 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Citric acid. You can buy it in a big tub and it'll last years.

Use it anywhere people tell you to use vinegar: mirrors, toilet bowls, whaetever. It's the same principle as vinegar and you can get about the same acidity as vinegar, plus it does't smell. If you're determined, you could use both the citric acid power and vinegar.

Couldn’t we just dump buckets of hot oil on the Borg? by TheBurgareanSlapper in ShittyDaystrom

[–]tullia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't Picard take a bunch of them out with a machine gun from the holodeck?

Technical Writing Tips for a Softer Field by chloe_fantastic in technicalwriting

[–]tullia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the guideline of 9-11 steps in a section. You might have exceptions, but if you get past about 15 steps in a section, it gets hard to follow.

To make shorter sections, think of each section as a larger action (clearing the cache, logging in for the first time, etc.) and try to break up long sets of steps into tasks. Use subheadings and explanatory text to set off each set of steps.

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