which is interesting as well when you remember the role of Ripley was originally wrote for a man
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The correct answer is ânoâ.
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This is absolutely not true and you should go look up some examples. Captain Keyes from Halo for example is particularly grim.
My point is that itâs a core feature of the trope so itâs pointless to point out Blizzard for that specifically despite their sordid past. What is weird is the novel excerpts linked above that go into some pretty strange details (she was wearing the same clothes as she died which showed her skin, like yeah thatâs her armor why is this being pointed out).
In SC1 as well you donât really get an idea of overtly sexual themes beyond Kerriganâs concept art, she is killed in one mission and she returns as a zerg hatched from a cocoon later on and is hailed as the Overmindâs daughter. But maybe that too has a very creepy and overtly detailed novelization.
Seeing the expression âaura farmingâ in Order of the Stick is jarring. Like Rich Burlew is trying to stay current with Kids These Days and instead it comes off as https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TotallyRadical .
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I went to get a present for a friend of mineâs toddler, and I saw a LEGO Millennium Falcon for sale⌠about 650 euros wtfâŚ
Still doesnât beat the exhibition I saw when I was a child where they had LEGO Trade Federation ships and Imperial Star Destroyers and even a Death StarâŚ
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Lego and Gamesworkshop are clearly trying to replace gold and diamonds with plastic
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extremely important news: there is an owl outside my house
i am listening intently for the hoots
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There was one here earlier
Only noticed because it almost missed the tree and made noise because of it
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didnt know elenthas was chill like that
the prices have soared insanely since i was a kid its just mad. 650 for a Falcon? you got off easyâŚ
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Thereâs a woodland nearby that gets a lot of owls, often hear hooting at daytime. Though the activity lessons as more dogwalkers pass through, then general bird activity rises again as they leave.
We also have a parakeet colony nearby, though Iâm not sure where they nest. Iâve only seen them passing through.
Mostly just hear foxes though. Lots and lots of foxes. You know what the fox actually says? Arf, arf. On repeat. Endlessly. All night. Followed by deranged sqeaky yapping.
I imagine itâs how an Orc would sound if they existed irl.
Being in the middle of town the biggest noise maker at night is the hedgehogs.
Sounds like something at least toddler sized is breaking through the bushes? Hedgehog. Human cough from the bushes? Hedgehog. Really weird hissy sounds from the bushes around lunch? Hedgehogs planning on hogletts.
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Its just Koralash and friends
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Iâve been reading the Fire Warrior novelisation (having finished Fire Caste - good book). Iâm up to about 1/4-1/3 of the way through it and it is kinda amusing just how dunked on Space Marines are.
Turns out when you donât make them the protagonist they go down pretty easily. Their librarian got headshot without even seeing it coming. Another pair got baited into blasting their own allies with bolters with the simple tactic of âdiving through their legsâ. womp womp.
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When you have weapons that cut past the armour theyâre just overengineered wide targets.
soundproofing for hedges is really expensive okay iâm doing my best
Tâau weapons just absolutely no-diff space marines, and most imperium things in general.
like, they fought one Titan once and came back in the next encounter with a fighter loaded with weapons capable of shearing straight through Titan armour
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Thereâs like 40 variants too. Once I saw two on the shelf with the only significant difference being the minifigure crew.
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Itâs all technically, mechanically true until plot armour demands a squad of the Emperorâs finest somehow âpacifyâ an entire planet.
Which is extra funny considering bolt guns have bulky ammo that doesnât last long before they need to rely on melee and that super special armour plating so you just have six guys punching 250 million xenos to death in a day.
I donât know how a book could possibly explain half the stuff Kais pulls off in that game.
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So far itâs âdaddy issuesâ.
Used to get them in the garden, ngl itâs a bit of a fright letting the dog out at 3am and just seeing this spiky ball just nonchalantly swagger past.
That said I think weâve had a population decline as Iâve not seen one since pre-Covid.