philbybear.bsky.social
A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 33.
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But holy shit, that is… the edgiest, fringiest, case scenario, and the real issue there was some unhinged asshole abusing power dynamics.
In a cult.
Last I checked, most people don’t operate within a cult. So, hey, maybe relax a little, eh?
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Have there been edge cases where, hypothetically, someone in a position of power over someone else insisted they were an egg and the other had to acquiesce out of housing insecurity?
Yes, that literally happened, with the Zizians and the Final Fantasy VII House cult.
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I’ve had her for 14 years!
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I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
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And unto this, Zohran, destined to bear the jeweled crown of New York a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of HIGH ADVENTURE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2...
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Between the time when the oceans drank Atlanta, and the rise of the sons of MAGAs, there was an age undreamed of...
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Honestly, surprisingly solid.
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Oooh, I'd like to get my hands on that.
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I'd argue that the horror movie standard of the final girl, the lone survivor who survives often by sheer chance and terror driven instinct, is the antithesis of this. Women who are outside of power and are all too aware that bad things can and do happen randomly no matter how you prepare.
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I think in this case for this particular audience (guys who think everything is a problem they can solve by being tougher and smarter) they definitely itch the back of their skull where the fact that death is both inevitable and unpredictable can't entirely be suppressed
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Ooh, that's fun. Was it a sort of pop encyclopedia?
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Ha, did the same thing. At least the guys who made those had tastes.
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It feels so very... arrested development, and not the funny kind.
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It's cute and funny when you're 14-
But, man, it's wild seeing grown men who haven't moved on from this schtick, yeah?
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Honestly, gotta hand it to you, he doesn't fuck around.
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God, I remember that. I even owned one of those "How to Survive a Horror Movie" coffee table books.
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(flashes back to Novocaine)
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Yeah, try shooting the concept of ennui, motherfucker.
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What about Jack Quaid?
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Pictured: a friendly neighbour.
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No but for real everything is about how bad things are for other people, and you, if only you try hard enough and prepare well enough, are a good person and will only have good things happen. It's the fundamental terminus in the transactional nature of evangelism and the human fear of death
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... that's pretty gnarly, brah.
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Either that or it's the same general story arc.
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Ha! Fucking a, that was great.
Remember when Spidey tried that on Juggernaut?
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No, wait, Penitent, are you referring to seal pups dealing with toxic algae?
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"I've defeated you, with the power of friendship... and this gun I found!"
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But in all seriousness, I want to chalk that up to human ingenuity (and chemistry, cough) than resorting to capital P power, per se.
If we're going to count humans triumphing over the Fears, tool usage has to be as much part of it as the power of love.
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Don't forget the times she fucked 'em up with trucks full of C4 and plastique!
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Because I mostly remember Gertrude's fondness for high-grade explosives.
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When we say "other powers," are we referring to artifacts or...?
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What a wild session.
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Right?
Love the series's wee character beats.
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*would have to
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Heh, well, that's to be expected, eh?
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Ah, Nicola...
Very much the definition of a problematic "would."
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Sidebar, I love Gertrude is the rare example of a female Abraham Van Helsing-type character, and an old woman, at that?
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Oh, and don't forget Gertrude, famously, who spent her whole life both a) resisting the urge to actually call upon the powers of the Eye and b) fucking up the entire supernatural community to the point her surviving enemies speak of her in weary, harsh, whispers.
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Don't forget Melanie, whose severing from the Eye and all influences made her something of a walking blindspot, and a messiah for the freed of the Fear-ravaged wastelands.
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Ha, no kidding?
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*Oooph,* that'd suck.
... God, if I were a multimillionaire, I'd absolutely commission an animated anthology film of The Magnus Archives.
And the first short would be have to involve the Anglerfish. That's the law.
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Also, now I think about it-
Jon rescued Daisy from the Buried with the power of friendship and empathy.
This is actually incredibly consistent.
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Ha! What a deep cut.
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And there're other instances of that happening throughout the series, I believe, yeah?
Hell, you can neutralize the Vast by throwing an element of the Buried at them.
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"I'm shooting at the very concept of CAUSALITY!"