Doom

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[–] Doom@discuss.online 1 points 15 hours ago

LOTR did not have complex villains in the slightest? They were bad period. Morgoth is literally evil incarnate, Sauron was evil af appreciating craft doesn't make him good, Saruman was considered completely fallen, Gollum did not have a path to redemption he had moments of humanization. They were pretty straight forward. You could argue depth was added in the Silmarilian but there wasn't really a humanizing element to call them complicated or morally complex, they were morally simple and some had a reason they fell to corruption.

Smaug, the Goblin King, Shelob. Evil as hell.

I guess some of the corrupt humans were more morally ambiguous but it never left you feeling unsure if someone was good or evil, it is pretty crystal clear.

What modern media enables selfish behavior no matter the cost? Breaking Bad is literally about the cost, Game of Thrones is about everyone is basically not a good person.

The best morally complex character I can think of is Magneto. He's not a good guy, he's not doing good things but in his position you'd ask yourself "what would I do different?" he's trying to prevent trauma he's already experienced and he unashamed about it.

[–] Doom@discuss.online 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

https://adata.org/learn-about-ada/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Citizenship_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States

The Battle of Blair mountain caused a steep drop in labor unions, nearly bankrupted the UMWA and these conversations didn't continue until like almost a decade later.

The French Revolution brought a reign of terror which birthed into an ineffective and corrupt government that then fell to Napleon, who you can talk about in length but he banned worker unions and prioritized employers over employees. History likes to treat him as if he was some kind of regular man's hero but he wasn't, he absolutely always sided with power and money.

What are you talking about?

[–] Doom@discuss.online 0 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What about anime? They're gotten goofier and brighter in my opinion. Popular stuff used to be Inuyasha, Fullmetal Alchemist. Then you had Death Note, Bleach, Naruto. These are all on a scale of pretty moody with tads or dapples of sunshine and goof.

Now there's animes like "I was turned into a hedgehog and my girlfriend isn't sure how to respond!" It's wayy fucking goofier and brighter.

What happened was people knew the world wasn't good guys and bad guys, it became clear that morality was grey and for good reason.

[–] Doom@discuss.online 6 points 19 hours ago (12 children)

Most rights we got were from voting it is untrue to say we got them through violence. I don't think it is right to tell people to go die for change when non-violent options lead to solutions.

Disability Act, Women's right to vote, removal of the poor tax on voting, Indian Citizenship Act.

The Battle of Blair mountain for instance caused an immediate backlash that historians actually believe delayed worker's rights. Stonewall happened decades before any policy change. Making your voice heard and educating people to join up in collective action is what makes change, violence either causes backlash or completely collapses a government. The French Revolution for instance ended in military dictatorship. Violence will happen but it is absolutely not true to say it causes change, it often doesn't.

And then there are the dozens of elections that resulted in positive policy change that required no violence, dozens of non-violent movements that did cause sweeping changes directly.

If voting didn't matter, they would not put so much effort and money into denying people's vote.

[–] Doom@discuss.online 0 points 1 day ago

...yes?

I don't understand what you're implying exactly you're being condescending with no reason?

It's as I said. People were talking about it probably being bad, were confirmed it was bad and continue to act surprised it is bad with constant posts like this "LOOK HOW BAD THIS GAME IS" after it was known to be bad.

[–] Doom@discuss.online -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't really pay attention to big title games/released like this, I knew from other's posting it was going to be bad before it released. For the last few weeks all I've heard is this game being bad. So honestly, I don't know but apparently they knew. Because somehow I knew too.

Edit : I googled. Found a post from 4 months ago where apparently they spoke about lore stuff that suggested the game will suck, then a post from a month ago talking about how Wolverine fans are aptly aware it will suck. So again, no idea how people knew but they clearly knew.

[–] Doom@discuss.online -3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Before this game even came out people knew it was bad

[–] Doom@discuss.online -4 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I'm so sick of hearing about games that suck. Just don't buy them, stop talking about it. What the fuck are these people doing? Why must they play every game that companies tell them to play and why must these communities talk about it?

Don't you understand this is what causes these problems?

[–] Doom@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

Piece of trash

[–] Doom@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

It is. But I still understand it.

[–] Doom@discuss.online 5 points 2 days ago

Controversial opinion, a lot of those artists are already paid when it comes to TV. Fuck that, in my opinion.

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A fantastic all-trans indie band that is coming out of a multiyear hiatus. I hope within the next year everyone knows their name because they are fucking incredible.

 

Been watching Wonder Man and reminded of this character. The opening part where he says "I consider of myself as a teacher," there is something in the way he speaks that reminds me of another villain or something from another movie but I just can't place it. It has been eating me alive for like 3 days. I don't know if it is the accent, the way he speaks or what. But there is someone out there who reminds me of this character. Anyone got ideas?

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