If I were a scientist, I would base my laboratory on Bill Nye’s. Half the doors would contain nothing but a spring-loaded boxing glove that would punch me in the face for no reason, or sudden drops into the abyss. That’s the sort of work environment I am most comfortable in.
Orcs and goblins are almost absolutely always the most sympathetic race in a given fantasy setting. How are we not supposed to relate to these supposedly “dumb,” “primitive” and “ugly” people who are treated as objectively evil abominations, live in filthy conditions and never allowed to win against the white-European-puritan-like humans and elves?
This is only ever subverted in more humorous settings. The Tolkien-style “serious” medieval fantasy purists sure love their creepy nationalistic undertones huh
Except Orcs kill and rape people sooooo..
Uh, yeah, that’s the problem. My entire complaint is that authors choose to write orcs as entirely killers and rapists while also writing them so similarly to minorities or foreigners.
Why is this not even the first time someone already replied to this post with “but orcs are naturally evil.” Orcs aren’t real. They can only be as evil as an author chooses to make them, and the entire idea of a WHOLE RACE always being evil is some of the worst, most tastelessly lazy writing out there even aside from the unfortunate social implications it can fall into.
I bet that person’s an elf. Sounds like something an elf would say. fucking elves.
I want more orcs like elder scrolls. They are big and tough but they are smart and organized and have an eye for detail and can be openly homosexual and fun.
Personally I’m perfectly fine with goblinoids and orcs to be labeled as the scumsuckers of the world, and due to intelligence or just plain bad genetic luck.
That being said, no one says they have to be outright evil. That’s the part I hate. Why can’t we just have a race entirely of big hobos and little hobos. One big and physically strong, one small and intelligent. At least, kinda.
Orcs and goblins are almost absolutely always the most sympathetic race in a given fantasy setting. How are we not supposed to relate to these supposedly “dumb,” “primitive” and “ugly” people who are treated as objectively evil abominations, live in filthy conditions and never allowed to win against the white-European-puritan-like humans and elves?
This is only ever subverted in more humorous settings. The Tolkien-style “serious” medieval fantasy purists sure love their creepy nationalistic undertones huh
Except Orcs kill and rape people sooooo..
Uh, yeah, that’s the problem. My entire complaint is that authors choose to write orcs as entirely killers and rapists while also writing them so similarly to minorities or foreigners.
Why is this not even the first time someone already replied to this post with “but orcs are naturally evil.” Orcs aren’t real. They can only be as evil as an author chooses to make them, and the entire idea of a WHOLE RACE always being evil is some of the worst, most tastelessly lazy writing out there even aside from the unfortunate social implications it can fall into.
I bet that person’s an elf. Sounds like something an elf would say. fucking elves.
I want more orcs like elder scrolls. They are big and tough but they are smart and organized and have an eye for detail and can be openly homosexual and fun.
every time people try to shit on the new pokemon, I like to remind them that gen I had a sewage pokemon, air polution, eggs, magnets, wrestlers and too many goddamn birds.
Chara does not find the Amalgamates existence to be “humorous"
Despite what people may interpret this bit of narration when you select “Laugh” to mean.
If you ignore the “it’s not funny” callback to Snowdrake’s dad that the flavor text makes when you select laugh twice: (link) (link) Or if you think that the "laughing to hide your sorrow” explanation is something that has no in game context to support it: look at the truth mimic bug for evidence that it does (link)
Then yes, you would probably read this at face value and walk away thinking Chara legitimately thinks that the Amalgamate’s condition is something hilarious.
But the thing is…they don’t.
The above is what comes up after you Check Reaper Bird when you are able to Spare it. What was once an indecipherable message now is an observation full of hope for the future.
All the Amalgamate encounters start off terrifying and are handled with an uncertain caution by the narration (and rightfully so, these battles are dangerous and ramp up the difficulty in this final segment of the game) and in the case of Lemon Bread maybe even with fear? (Call, Scream, and Cry are all actions that do nor relate to any of the monsters in the amalgam but are made available.)
Snowy’s mom may have the “Laugh” and “Heckle" option but why wouldn’t she, when the previous monster encounter that relates with her monster type (snowdrake, her son) also had those options? Except this time the way to spare her is with the “Joke” action.
You could try to argue that it’s the state of her body that is making Chara laugh but there is another monster who can be seen in a similar state to the Amalgam that Chara shows no signs of enjoyment in.
In Undyne’s neutral death scene she starts to "loose itself" in a near similar fashion to Snowy’s mom, and here is how the narration reacts to it:
It’s a solemn incomplete observation that trails off into one of the few examples of the narration going completely silent. (link)
If Chara is the narrator we can not just cherry pick bits of narration/flavor text and develop their entire psychological profile from there. We have to look at all the narration, cross examining the differences and the context of the situation, in order to form a solid idea as to what kind of person Chara was like, is like, and can be like.
Less "plastic front-end" and more "designed to absorb impacts without letting them get to the people inside". Also, happens on the roads, too. SUV-on-Soviet-car collision makes the latter into an accordion of gore while the former only requires cosmetic repairs.
Yes. My grandparents still insist metal is stronger than plastic and so a car made entirely out of metal is safer.
I suppose an all metal car with modern crumple zone technology could be built to put that to the test. If any of my followers work at any of the major car manufacturers, can you forward that idea up to whoever makes cars?
I just saw The Force Awakens again, and in light of all that “is Rey too good?” nonsense, it struck me on a second viewing that Rey actually has a better justification for being decent with a lightsabre than Kylo Ren does.
Oh, sure, Kylo Ren has formal training, but up until that final duel, we never actually see him make practical use of his sabre. Mostly, he seems to use it as an executioner’s instrument; he has thugs with guns to handle the fighting.
Rey, conversely, demonstrates practical combat skills with her staff on several occasions prior to the film’s climax, and is explicitly established to come from a violent formative environment where knowing your way around a hand-to-hand scuffle is a basic survival trait.
For all we know based on the text of the film, all of Kylo Ren’s prior experience in sabre combat boils down to training katas, and his duel with Finn and Rey is the first time he’s ever actually used the thing in a real fight. Heck, his training is called out by Snoke as incomplete, so it’s not only possible, it’s likely.
(Granted, his betrayal of Luke and participation in the subsequent massacre might be a strike against this theory, but judging from the muddled flashbacks we’ve seen, that largely boiled down to stabbing unarmed folks in the back from ambush, and he had backup - totally different context from a duel to the death.)
Basically, what I’m saying is that Rey is badass and Kylo Ren is a huge poser.
