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I would like those +bookmarks
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This is kinda how I feel about Ryo from shenmue (pos). Bro is so autistim coded but his hyperfixation is avenging his father
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This one's an all timer for me youtu.be/YubnUsvPh4I?...
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That's crazy
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You're snorting coke?.
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Deep cut
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Oh shit true
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I'm glad people still associate me with him even though I haven't used him as my profile picture in years
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Luke Atmey
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I get the sense maybe part of why they wanted to make the Judgment games was so they could dig deeper on that sort of stuff, which I think worked out very well in those games but even after that it still seems to bleed into the mainline games too.
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"The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercrombie
Been meaning to take steps towards reading more fantasy ever since I became obsessed with ASOIAF a few years ago so I'm glad I finally read this. Pretty enjoyable book although it felt like a lot of it was setup and it took awhile for the world to really click.
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Still enjoyed it, though. Characters are definitely a strong point, particularly Glokta. After this I'm gonna take a quick break to read GRRM's "Fevre Dream" before going into the next one.
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I think as a first entry into a series it was maybe a bit weak. Didn't really feel like I was introduced to the world very smoothly and even after all that setup I don't really have a sense of where it might be going. Also didn't really feel like it had a super strong hook.
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"The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercrombie
Been meaning to take steps towards reading more fantasy ever since I became obsessed with ASOIAF a few years ago so I'm glad I finally read this. Pretty enjoyable book although it felt like a lot of it was setup and it took awhile for the world to really click.
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Dark wings, dark words
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Dexter: Original Sin
Mixed feelings on this one. While I did feel it ended up being somewhat better than I expected it to be, it really feels like a show that did not need to exist. But I'll start with the positives.
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I'll probably still watch Resurrection, and Original Sin S2 if it gets made, if only because it gives me something to watch with my mom. But I really think more Dexter just isn't necessary. Just let it go.
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No idea what to expect from Dexter: Resurrection either. Seems they're really pushing hard for Dexter to be this big long-running franchise, but I just don't see it. They've already stretched the premise as thin as they can, and I don't think the fanbase is strong enough for it to go that far.
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Original Sin didn't need to exist, but if it was going to anyway, the best way to do it would have been a single season, wrapping up with Harry's death. Instead it just feels like Dexter Season 9, but Harry is there. I really don't see the point.
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Personally I find this pretty disappointing. To me, one of Dexter's biggest flaws was that the premise just wasn't sustainable for 8 seasons. Original Sin's is barely sustainable for 1.
Maybe they're saving characters like Vogel and Matthews for that too. But at this point I just don't care.
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Instead, they end the season like almost very season of the original: The status quo is much the same as the start of the season, with the only major difference being Dexter killed more people than he had before. To me this is the biggest indicator that they are banking on milking more seasons.
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The biggest surprise for me is that the season ends with Harry... still alive. I thought for sure they would show us his death here, one way or another, but they didn't.
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But with how clearly prominent they wanted Harry to be in this show, I think including these peripheral characters around him could have been a lot more interesting than having Laura flashbacks that tell us what we already know, or a Brian subplot that goes nowhere.
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Where is Dr. Vogel? She was another character associated with Harry, and helped create the Code, having a big impact on Dexter's development, even if he didn't know it.
Perhaps she was excluded because she was introduced in Season 8 of the original show, with the ending everyone hated.
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And with how obsessed they are with cameos, there are a few surprising omissions, and I'm not talking about Doakes.
Where is Tom Matthews? He was a prominent recurring cop character associated with Harry, who knew much about Dexter's origins. Some fans even think he knew he was a killer.
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I don't mind the fanservicey scenes for these, but with little other substance it feels like a reminder of how little justification there was for this show to exist in the first place.
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The show is also fixated on creating moments that tell you the origin of X behavior from the original show. How did he start bringing donuts every day? How did he get his boat?
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That itself I might have taken issue with if it happened, but as is the plotline just goes nowhere, and only exists as fanservice for the original show... which is kinda this show's entire existence really. It's got other cameos too that add nothing either, like a single mention of Miguel Prado.
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The rest of his presence was just typical cop drama, plus an odd subplot about Brian Moser, the Ice Truck Killer, that seemed like it was going somewhere but actually didn't. Obviously he has to be around for S1 to happen, but I was half expecting a twist that he killed Harry rather than suicide.