• Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 hours ago

    This reminds me why I love the NieR series so much. Ultimately throws away the concept of pre-defined “protagonist” and “antagonist” and screws over the player’s emotions with the conflict itself instead.

    Ah damn, you’re empathising with someone you’re not supposed to? Everyone has understandable or even good reasons for their actions? Your “protagonist” reasons might not even the best of them?

    How’s this even a novel concept in writing, I don’t get it…

  • QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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    8 hours ago

    The thing is, we know what’s going on isn’t right and that the world as it is isn’t worth saving. Thus a champion of the status quo can only be the product of a corrupt mind.

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      3 hours ago

      I was so disappointed when The Good Place set up an entire “there is no ethical consumption under Capitalism” plot, only to resolve it as “…but we can’t possibly stop Capitalism, so we’ll rewrite the ethical rules of the cosmos to give you a pass for that, you go ahead and consume as much as you want. Fremulon.”

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      9 hours ago

      The Flag-Smashers: “Nationalism is a regressive mindset. We had global solidarity after the Snap and there’s no reason we can’t get back to that.”

      Also the Flag-Smashers, for some reason: “Lets do terrorism that completely ignores our values”

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      10 hours ago

      For real. Let’s give a good motive to the villain so they can be more credible, but let’s make sure the ways of achieving their goals are immoral as to not wake up the people too much.

      Edit : Just realized I TLDRed the original meme…

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      12 hours ago

      No joke, watched James Bond Diamonds are forever this weekend and it was pretty much the same thing. Villain invents a weapon to stop all governments from using nuclear bombs, has a great speech about bringing peace…and then suddenly decides to auction off the technology to the highest bidder? Huh?

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        11 hours ago

        and then suddenly decides to auction off the technology to the highest bidder?

        Instead, he should extort nuclear-capable governments, threatening to deactivate their nukes unless they pay up.

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          Yes it was blofeld. Been a long time since I watched the older James Bonds though so I don’t remember what else he did.