It aggravates me to no end when media uses that trope of “oh look this character is a genius bc they can calculate a probability to an absurdly precise percentage!” I resoundinglyloathe this, bc that is not! how! math works! There are error bars!There are significant figures! Any genius, nay any competent stats student knows that real life complex probabilities come! in! ranges! You can’t just say “there’s a 92.7% probability we’re all going to die haha” bc that’s! not! how! significant figures WORK! Complex factors mean leaving! room! for standard deviation!
love that for you
My (favorite/least favorite) instance of this is SCORPION on CBS. The author, Walter O'Brien, claims the entire thing is an autobiographical account of his time working as a freelance hacker with a team of geniuses. The math nerd character has various intractable probabilities calculated down to three decimal points. It’s hilarious.
Impa: Kakariko used to be home to the shiekah but we were all wiped out with me the sole survivor. So I opened its gates for the public to take refuge in
Link: oh thats rough. Was it because of the hylian civil war?
Impa: No. its because we drank corpse water
Link: come again?
Impa: Yeah we sealed undead monstrosities under the well to rot for eternity. As a result we got sick constantly. I was spared because i spent most of my life tending to the princess and had clean water
Link: Well at least you destroyed the evils poisoning the well before opening it to the public, right?
Impa: …
Link: Right? You.. You did do that right? cmon you cant leave me hanging onthis one
Impa: OH hey do you hear that? I think zelda is calling me. I gotta go!
wheres an arc where the hero gets morally corrupted by a villain and switches sides and becomes an even bigger threat as a result
where is my bastardization arc
Negative character development WOOOOOO
i know we always say “avatar had the best redemption arc” but i wanna go out there and say that Korra had the best bastardization arc.
Kuvira was there throughout the third season and even saved korras dad
She was a well respected member of the metal bending city and captain of the guard. Her efforts against the red lotus were part of the reason WHY she was chosen to lead the reunification after the death of the earth queen. and the very same attributes that made her a good character in season 3 are what lead to her becoming a dictator in season 4
ATLA may have the best redemption arc in zuko but korra has the best bastardization arc in kuvira
