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[Loud Whispers]

Can we actually get the Bible but written in the perspective of r/IRL writing about early development?

In the beginning God opened a new map. Now the map was formless and empty, fog of war was over the surface and the deeps, and the pointer of God was hovering over the waters. And God said: "Let there be a light effect, triggering a second modifier called night, to be the day-night loop."

[Neonivek]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thank goodness psychological issues are so easy to fix in fiction

Though to admit a lot of people with real deep seated psychological issues treat it as wish fulfilment that they really do wish actually worked that way (For example: Cured by love)

Whether it be that someone cures their alcoholism because they have to suddenly buckle down...

Actually what is interesting about the human psyche is that a psychological illness can seem cured but spawn later ESPECIALLY if the route cause isn't fixed. My brother for example had his Germiphobia "cured" by my dad through very harsh methods... Yet that created extreme stress related problems later on.

So I am watching this show about a kid (likely an adult or older teen) who is horribly abusive and beats his mother up... He gets beaten up himself ONCE and boom! Cured!

Then again if I were to guess the cause of his problems it would be being increasingly insular with the inability to control his emotions allowing himself to degrade mentally. Snapping him out of his stupor might have helped... Except the show basically says "now he knows what abuse feels like, so he will never abuse again".

Whoa whoa whoa forget that above stuff here is a REAL WTF

I watched a show with a character... who had a prosthetic leg...

And it wasn't to meet a "Inclusiveness" quota or a plot point.

What the Heck!?!

[Akura]

Was it last night that I was supposed to set the clocks back an hour? Crap.

[Mech#4]

I've got this mental picture of the old kings entering pacts with the frost giants or something. Or Moses showing up with his big exploit guide in tow in exhange for meatballs.

Damn that Moses, always speedrunning the Red Sea and glitching naysayers into the landscape.

Christian Sojourn: God's Orders.
Moses: "Rush Promised Land, cyka blyat."

[ChairmanPoo]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thank goodness psychological issues are so easy to fix in fiction

Though to admit a lot of people with real deep seated psychological issues treat it as wish fulfilment that they really do wish actually worked that way (For example: Cured by love)

Whether it be that someone cures their alcoholism because they have to suddenly buckle down...

Actually what is interesting about the human psyche is that a psychological illness can seem cured but spawn later ESPECIALLY if the route cause isn't fixed. My brother for example had his Germiphobia "cured" by my dad through very harsh methods... Yet that created extreme stress related problems later on.

So I am watching this show about a kid (likely an adult or older teen) who is horribly abusive and beats his mother up... He gets beaten up himself ONCE and boom! Cured!

Then again if I were to guess the cause of his problems it would be being increasingly insular with the inability to control his emotions allowing himself to degrade mentally. Snapping him out of his stupor might have helped... Except the show basically says "now he knows what abuse feels like, so he will never abuse again".

Whoa whoa whoa forget that above stuff here is a REAL WTF

I watched a show with a character... who had a prosthetic leg...

And it wasn't to meet a "Inclusiveness" quota or a plot point.

What the Heck!?!

Was it Star Wars?

[Neonivek]

No it was Thunderbirds are Go

Starwars? PFT! yeah freeken right.

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Thunderbirds Are Go also has another WTF for me...

In that the second season villain has an... Excessively "awesome" theme...

I mean it is a great theme but I first heard it and I was like "Wait are the Angels of the Apocalypse coming?"... For a Tech villain, it is so out of place.

[Kot]

Spoiler: So I just saw Doctor Strange. (click to show/hide)

Funny how Marvel movies these days are basically "DON'T DO THAT IT'S FORBIDDEN" and then the hero is "FUCK YOU I'LL DO IT ANYWAY" and "ABUSING THE LOOPHOLE LEL" and he saves the day. I must say that he might be my new favourite Marvel hero, though the amount of special effects and eye rape seemed a bit excessive.

ALSO SELF-REFILLING BEER MUGS YES

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler: So I just saw Doctor Strange. (click to show/hide)

Funny how Marvel movies these days are basically "DON'T DO THAT IT'S FORBIDDEN" and then the hero is "FUCK YOU I'LL DO IT ANYWAY" and "ABUSING THE LOOPHOLE LEL" and he saves the day. I must say that he might be my new favourite Marvel hero, though the amount of special effects and eye rape seemed a bit excessive.

ALSO SELF-REFILLING BEER MUGS YES

I heard it is another patient of origin story syndrome

[Neonivek]

Origin Story Syndrome?

[Calidovi]

I've got this mental picture of the old kings entering pacts with the frost giants or something. Or Moses showing up with his big exploit guide in tow in exhange for meatballs.

Damn that Moses, always speedrunning the Red Sea and glitching naysayers into the landscape.

Christian Sojourn: God's Orders.
Moses: "Rush Promised Land, cyka blyat."

rush negev cyka fatburger tribes

i am chosen by god idi nahui

tree always burn like my dick in ur mom

[Neonivek]

Ever have this situation where you are watching a show and it is getting close to its ending...

and you end up begging for it to have a good worthwhile ending while you know in your heart it won't?

Edit: Ahuh yep... The show just bent over backwards to give itself a stupid dumb happy ending it didn't deserve... bashed logic over the head and made the main character not only a manipulator in the worst sense by dang near psychic.

Edit Edit: Ohh goodness the ending just keeps getting worse and worse... No consequences and they even reverse consequences...

And I LOVE big dumb happy endings... But you CANNOT set up a story like this where a character is driven to something beyond all logic, control, and morality and have the result be that nothing was lost and they lived happily ever after...

[MrRoboto75]

Doctor Strange (at least outside that movie) was always a little dumb because at the end of the day he can solve basically any problem by pulling magic bullshit out of his ass.  Because his superpower is just "Magic".

[Neonivek]

Doctor Strange (at least outside that movie) was always a little dumb because at the end of the day he can solve basically any problem by pulling magic bullshit out of his ass.  Because his superpower is just "Magic".

Ok Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, and Superman are in a very similar situation.

In that when they are handled by bad writers... they have a magic wand that will solve all their problems.

However... let me tell you... what I have to tell people about Superman all the time.

His villains aren't bank robbers...

[Criptfeind]

Spoiler: So I just saw Doctor Strange. (click to show/hide)

Funny how Marvel movies these days are basically "DON'T DO THAT IT'S FORBIDDEN" and then the hero is "FUCK YOU I'LL DO IT ANYWAY" and "ABUSING THE LOOPHOLE LEL"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Does that really happen that much in the marvel films? I'm trying to recall instances of that cop out, ant man sure as hell does it, but I can't recall them doing that sorta thing in other movies.

[Rolan7]

Doctor Strange (at least outside that movie) was always a little dumb because at the end of the day he can solve basically any problem by pulling magic bullshit out of his ass.  Because his superpower is just "Magic".

Ok Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, and Superman are in a very similar situation.

In that when they are handled by bad writers... they have a magic wand that will solve all their problems.

However... let me tell you... what I have to tell people about Superman all the time.

His villains aren't bank robbers...

They're the American people!
Down with Superman!  Down with Superman!
So here's a WTF:  I saw Batman Vs Superman and kinda liked it
I had a lot of trouble following it at points (who the heck was that guy in the collapsing building Bruce Wayne called dad??), and certain things seemed contrived or poorly paced, but I still liked it.

I was expecting to roll my eyes at Wonder Woman but her fighting style won me over.  Shield combat is cooool.
I wish the batmechasuit and batmobile sections had been longer (less parties more fighting) but eh.
Heck if I ignore the parts that didn't make sense (It being a comic movie, plus I never saw Man of Steel), I just really enjoyed it!
Maybe I have a soft spot for Humanity Fuck Yeah   I've always been that "Batman just needs preparation time!" guy.

Deadpool blew it out of the water of course, but that goes without saying

hm, I think the new ghostbusters is in the redbox too...