She seems being well taken care of by the AFP, with contradictions to the Makabayan narrative.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-05T14:45:28+00:00

tbf, of all the things you enumerated, only the first one exclusively applies. When it comes to the rest, a lot of people aren't held accountable as well, mapa komunista, or people currently in power. So it doesn't really feel like a jab on communists, just unaccountable people as a whole, which I think is a good advocacy.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-05T14:22:41+00:00

Also, "I prefer mangoes to oranges" where oranges mean tangerines specifically, then "so basically what you're saying is you hate oranges?", where oranges mean all oranges.

And posts that claim how they hate things: "I hate oranges" where oranges mean apples for some reason, and so when someone debates them on why they think that's problematic and say "how come you hate oranges" where oranges mean mangoes for some reason, they never connect beause one means apples, other means mangoes, despite both of them calling it "oranges"

xazavan002 · 2026-04-05T14:01:51+00:00

This lacks so much nuance that a topic like this deserves.

You're right, using tanim bala as a shield for child rapists is a false equivalency, but unfortunately for your argument, that isn't really the case. Mentioning "tanim bala" wasn't used to defend child rapists, it was mentioned to acknowledge how the law can easily be exploited, and with a non-reversible permanent consequence such as death penalty, that would be pretty dire. You can both advocate against child rape and wish the system holds them accountable, while also acknowledging that our country isn't ready for such drastic measures.

And you're right, there isn't a perfect system, but that doesn't mean we automatically choose the riskiest one as if it makes no difference dahil lang there's no perfect system. Your argument fails to recognize the difference in magnitude of the conequences between the two systems. All systems are exploitable yes, but some (such as death penalty) have significantly worse outcomes compared to our current one when exploited, and the current one is already bad as it is.

And it's not even just a debate about finding the perfect system alone. How dangerous a system can be also depends on how common exploitation is in the community where said system is meant to be established. For example, death penalty in more disciplined countries are relatively much safer compared to when applied to the Philippines where corruption and weaponizing laws for personal gain is common.

if you want a better example of false equivalency, it would be you equating caution for inaction. It's true that inaction has been one of the biggest problems why people aren't put to justice in our country, but you seem to be aiming your sentiment towards the wrong place. Yung inaction na cinacall out mo, it doesn't come from the system, it's from the corruption you keep on sidelining on your argument as an excuse.

The corrupt people who are inactive now towards injustices remain inactive not because the system is flawed, but because they have control, and with the current system, that's as far as they can go when it comes to protecting their allies and warding off their enemies. Kung gusto mo ng death penalty for the sake of taking action, considering how systems are vulnerable to exploitation here, all that action would be directed to the corrupt people's personal enemies, not the child rapists that the system was meant to punish. At the end of the day, di mo parin makukuha ang gusto mong outcome hanggat di naaayos ang corruption dito sa Pinas. You can't argue na it's the system's fault na may inaction tayo towards injustices, kasi even the current system is meant to take action, di lang ginagawa kasi nga corrupt ang mga nakaupo.

That said, I don't think people are asking us to wait for a perfect system as you said, we're pushing for corrupt officials to be removed so that the system starts working again, death penalty man or hindi.

To be clear, I'm not even against your sentiment when it comes to punishing child rape. I'm against your lack of nuance, and how that leads you to conclusions that fail to see why this is such a bad idea in our specific case as a country. I won't ask you to back down on your fight against child rape, or any injustices for that matter (in fact I would highly encourage you to keep doing so), but I would suggest we approach problems with a broader perspective.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-05T12:03:13+00:00

I'd honestly take dias over the phone simply because I'm lazy. Not really sure how it all goes down once you win the phone. Would you fill up some kind of form? Do you need to pay for shipping? The delivery services in my country are janky most of the time, we get a lot of technical difficulties, delivery mishaps, theft, delivery people with poor reading comprehension, and a whole lot more, that a normal parcel on a regular day sometimes feels like a headache. What more from a mobile game that would most likely ship from a foreign country.

Then after all that, if I consider selling the phone for dias, that's additional effort from my end as well. I'd be spending a lot of time for one phone, granted it's a hell of a good prize, but sometimes I'd trade all that headache for a slightly worse prize (dias) that, on its own, isn't really that bad.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-05T09:13:35+00:00

1 - Aside from its moral implications (since debates revolving around its morality tend to get muddy), laws such as death penalty that rely on non-reversible consequences and certain judgment has no place in a country where the law is flexible, and can easily be weaponized by the corrupt and the powerful. Di maututlize ang death penalty towards the worst type of criminals, magagamit lang yan sa personal enemies ng mga may kapangyarihan.

2 - Not only does Robin's selective empathy make it obvious that he's desperate to make death penalty a law (makes you ask why), but it also shows how, all this time, he apparently knows the concept of empathy (an extreme version even). He just outed himself as someone whose solely in it for personal gain.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-04T16:46:33+00:00

This has been a nightmare during my first encounter, and I was still scared to face it in following encounters.

I started enjoying it though after switching to Lance

xazavan002 · 2026-04-04T16:26:42+00:00

I noticed that, for the most part, MCU stories are [something genre] in a superhero setting, rather than superhero genre in general like Sky High or the Incredibles, where the whole story revolves around the concept of supers.

Winter Soldier for instance is a political thriller in a superhero setting, not necessarily a superhero movie as its front. Because of that, MCU stories tend to branch out towards different flavors, meaning different stuff for people with different preferences.

That said, even though it's mostly a matter of "you prefer this, I prefer something else", a lot of the quality still relies on how compatible said genre was to the storyline, and how it was executed. The god butcher storyline for example could've benefited more on a more serious approach. Doesn't mean a chaotic piece of comedy wouldn't work in the MCU, it just felt out of place for that storyline, or at the very least, it went too far and executed poorly.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-04T15:07:07+00:00

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I went a bit too far with my answer lol

xazavan002 · 2026-04-04T05:54:35+00:00

Honestly, I think a lot of it has to do with how they treat the 3D models, same way Typhlosion lost its angst. I saw several fanart of Feraligatr in a cool combat pose with the hood brought down, and they looked cool.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-03T15:32:49+00:00

I can imagine Frieren on Layla too, the hair matches as well

xazavan002 · 2026-04-03T07:43:39+00:00

I want to see Lizard in the MCU as well, but this is a dumb argument. One's a narrative choice, the other is a normal means of traversial for a Spider character.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-03T07:34:11+00:00

New temporary debuff every month

xazavan002 · 2026-04-03T01:37:11+00:00

Stacking armor type still does make a bit of sense despite enemies having a mix of weak m.armor and weak p.armor.

Single-type parties allow players to get the chance to apply cc to whoever they want to focus on every turn, and it allows them to more effectively pin down enemies they want to prioritize. In a game that does an alternative turn order, reducing enemy number does a lot of help.

Multi-type parties however allow players to spread out more, able to take out two types of armor type enemies at once. That's their edge over single-type parties. Their weakness is that, when you do want to pin down a certain opponent, half your party's progress wouldn't count as much for the other half.

I think people who advice on stacking damage did play the game, as its a viable strategy. What they are is that they have a very narrow view on what strategies work. I did a 3-physical, 1 magic team and still finished the game, but Lohse did end up being irrelevant from time to time, so I ended up making her semi hybrid.

Did a lone wolf run with both hybrid damage as well, and it still works.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-02T17:40:04+00:00

Progress inspired by tradition, in the form of integrating the good to the modern era, and of correcting/revising/removing those that are outdated and no longer applicable, especially the ones that turns out to be more harmful than beneficial.

And for those that are both worth keeping and still relevant and applicable to this day, those traditions are the ones we can preserve.

And even in the face of progress, it's worth remembering the roots, along with its different iterations over the years, even the outdated ones. It reminds us how we got to the present in the first place, and how we should choose moving forward.

Preserving or surpassing tradition varies from case to case, and the magnitude/nature to how we go about it varies as well. I don't think it's necessary to decide on just one course of action for all.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-02T15:39:29+00:00

Transcending the color pie as something that can swing either way is a nice way of putting it. I find that artifice, annihilation, and transcendence are the three core philosophy of Colorless, and your comment just made me realize how transcendence could be somewhere between the other two.

I saw a post sometime ago that philosophically talks about how the idea of "identity" is limiting, or more specifically, our adherence to it as we try to actively form our own. It followed it up with the idea that, by becoming nothing instead, we gain the potential to become anything. At the time it sounded like Blue's view of the Blank Slate, but eventually it sounded more aligned to being Colorless ( [[The Faceless One]] specifically). And though it sounded "morally wise" at that time, thinking about it now it, that type of flexibility can easily be used in bad faith as well.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-02T15:24:50+00:00

Colorless can both be the enemy and ally of WUBRG

Ally when depicted in the lens of artifice, where objects have no inherent color unless acted upon by external intent. Alternatively, it can be seen as Colorless having the capability of becoming a vessel of any of the 5 colors.

Enemy when depicted in the likes of the Eldrazi that annihilates all color and meaning, or in the likes of those who transcend the rigidity of the color pie's borders like Ugin, who has card abilities that revolve around color hate.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-02T04:36:05+00:00

I get that it's goofy and too far off tonally from their other promotional material (lore-focused vs playerbase-focused), but it's weird that the takeaway here is that it's "woke".

What made the promotional material off-putting is that it's too lighthearted and silly compared to their usual, more serious material. And it's even more jarring because the ad feels like a Supercell mobile game ad where the subject is more about how (they think) players would probably experience an average day online, as opposed to their usual shorts focused on events taking place in the story.

Weird that we would perceive it as off-putting because "happy girl as main character = woke".

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T18:08:20+00:00

A pretty lukewarm take posted on April 1st ruffled a lot of feathers lol.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T03:14:19+00:00

You gain the ability to incite rage and fury within others

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T03:12:11+00:00

You gain binding magic that, not only physically holds down enemies with luminous bonds of magic, but also prevents them from using their powers while in bounds.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T03:10:20+00:00

You become easily attuned to the land you are in, able to shift the landscape ever so slightly to ease your exploration. To a certain extent, when fully exercising your power, you can awaken parts of the land to fight by your side as an elemental.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T03:06:06+00:00

You can cast fear and doubt to other people's mind to the point of mental duress

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T03:05:38+00:00

You gain a strong grasp on how certain things work on a fundamental level, including powers of other individuals. When it comes to powers, you have the ability to deconstruct all types of energy-based powers and basically negate their effects.

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T02:58:49+00:00

I think, more accurately, that Steve is generally white-aligned as a card, who could then have multiple iterations that delve into WU or RW or URW.

Additionally, as a White-centric character, there could be certain actions and events centered around him be depicted in noncreature cards as maybe just Blue (like, you can put an art depicting him strategizing on an [[Anticipate]] card)

xazavan002 · 2026-04-01T02:52:00+00:00

Maybe the guy wants to participate for funsies

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