Doug

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[–] Doug@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

The given answers, and so they can act like there wasn't that much of what happened.

No one can watch all that, so they'll claim that violence is cherry picked and it's the mostly peaceful protest they've been claiming the whole time.

It's still a lie but it's one they're giving "evidence" to their supporters for.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Doug@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

I think the answer you're looking for is

Yes

[–] Doug@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

I'm doing my part!

[–] Doug@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I made a villain probably more than 15 years ago at this point that, to this day, any player who was in that campaign will promptly tell me "fuck you" if I mention him or do a little flourish with my finger.

Philip the Brigand! He was born of several suggestions for memorability. A title, not just a name. Personality flair (such as, but not limited to, the flourish), and a knack for escape being the three I remember. Not plot armor, for sure. A great eye for knowing when the battle wasn't going his way though, which was usually shortly after ruining the party's day. Like when he loosed a rust monster that destroyed the fighter's treasured sword and also broke the monk's arm.

Mostly they pictured an incredibly annoying version of Autolycus from Xena/Hercules. Not unfair.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago

What kind of backwards, boring ass DM does that?

Did y'all form up another group without them?

[–] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You got stats to back that up or are you pulling out of your ass and calling it your own experience?

[–] Doug@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago

You don't need to go all the way to Tumblr for that. You can find plenty of it on hexbear

[–] Doug@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've seen some positive talk about TMP recently for one.

Aside from that it's easy to find people falling in to the "the new stuff sucks. The old stuff is way better" about pretty much anything Trek or not.

Even your list doesn't fit with the old adage of the evens being good and the odds being crap.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think Beyond was my least favorite of the newer ones personally, but I'd still put it above the last time I watched Motion Picture so it seems silly to me to trash those while elevating all the old ones.

Star Trek is a universe of things between campy and serious. It's possible enjoy them all, or ignore the ones to don't.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Yesterday the thing you love was the crappy new thing and lots of vocal assholes hated it.

Today you can choose to be the vocal asshole or just enjoy the thing you enjoy, no false praise needed.

Tomorrow the crappy new thing will be fondly remembered and the vocal assholes of today will seem foolish and, in part, pretend they never hated today's thing.

This is true across various properties. The fact that you think "we don't want to hear your constant whining" equates to "you have to praise the thing I like even if you don't like it" really says something.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It may seem like it, but August 2022 wasn't three years ago.

Even if it was that doesn't really seem so disqualifying after we've just had a new season of Futurama and anticipate a new season of King of the Hill.

Orville may not have the financial draw, but I bet Seth had more fun with that than any of the animated stuff.

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