One thing I will always appreciate about Star Wars is how every writer agreed to keep Zam and Jango's relationship purely professional.
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One thing I will always appreciate about Star Wars is how every writer agreed to keep Zam and Jango's relationship purely professional.

These two were hunting with each over for over a decade. Any writer would go "Oh yeah, they're a couple!" yet in literally no depictions are they shown to be that way. They'll both flirt sometimes they are just two seemingly straight people but never do anything besides joke. There will even be times where Zam will show up in nothing but her bra and panties, fully ready to fuck and Jango will suddenly go "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH you almost got me!" and she'll just laugh it off because they're both very self-aware of their situation. It's just this weird snapshot of two adults respecting each other that is so consistent across like a dozen writers when normally they'd be put into the most forced and cringe relationship possible. It's not even like they were friends with benefits either, they were just a male female duo.

Wild part is, Boba thought Zam was his mother. He even has a moment where he kind of says it's obvious that she is like "Dad you're telling me I'm a clone when you're running around with a hot piece of ass like Zam?" and all Jango would do is punish Boba for daring to talk to his friend like that. When Jango was doing solo missions Zam would even babysit Boba and weirdly enough they'd all go to dinner with each other, so I understand how Boba was confused growing up. He even reacts very poorly to her death, and it doesn't help with how cold Jango was during that time either.

I feel like the writers for Mandalorian certainly took inspiration for this when Boba and Fennic team up because it's literally the same dynamic just with Grogu being the baby hanging around instead of Boba. Because again, it'd be very easy to force them both into a half assed relationship but better in terms of writing not to do so.

u/Knalxz — 1 day ago
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The fandom doesn't glaze Astropath's enough. They willingly die horrible deaths just to play with tarot cards, send text messages and to look at a pretty light house.

The Devastation of Baal is a prime example of an Astropath being told "But you'll die?" and them just going "And?" To call them to goats of the Imperium would be downplaying their role so much I think a new term needs to be made for them alone.

u/Knalxz — 3 days ago

Ayo, alot of yall ain't making it to the end of this war.

People retro-charging Brumacks, standing next to E-holes shotgunning grubs instead of just fragging it, trying to wrestle BOOMERS, and tripping over your downed teammates because you can't fathom the idea of reviving someone.

Hey, I might not make it the full 17 years but I certainly ain't dying on E-Day I'll tell you what!

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u/Knalxz — 11 days ago
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Dragon hoards must be great for dealing with inflation.

Basically just removes currency from rotation improving the value of goods from doing so. It's the exact opposite of printing money because value has to be discovered by alternative means. Just a thought.

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u/Knalxz — 17 days ago

I did some digging yall and these babies have always been yellow.

NGL, when I heard people talking about yellow lasguns I almost laughed because I've never seen a red lasgun but then I started looking up old and new 40k art and these babies have been yellow since day 1. Even John Blanche, the 40k artwork god shows them as white or yellow. Never red as far as I can see. The one thing that is actually incorrect is they are sometimes shown as beams but that might be a perspective issue with 2nd images.

It's mostly just been video games that've shown them being red like Dawn of War or Space Marine which both have very loose canon situations with Dawn of War having 3 Khornate Psykers, two of which who become daemon prince's and Space Marine having random ultramarine's literally rip apart a Helbrute with their bare hands. So yeah these aren't exactly great sources of canon.

I'm putting my ticket in the Mandela Affect basket right now since I've yet to see official GW artwork of them not being yellow. The closest I found was Darktide artwork which isn't exactly GW certified and literally just another video game that is very loose with canon with how the Rejects just ignore all the Nurgle Plagues.

u/Knalxz — 19 days ago
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NGL, I actually never noticed how much official artwork shows the lasguns firing yellow lasers.

It really makes those early day memes of calling Lasguns "Flashlights" more accurate too. I even went back to watch the 11th edition trailer which I swore had red lasguns but at the most, they're orange. The rest of the shots of lasguns are certainly yellow. Though there is a titan with massive laser cannons that fire red lasers and one of the most important Warhammger pieces of media, Dawn of War certainly has red lasguns but it also has bolters that don't act like bolters so yeah, I'm putting that stuff in my non-canon mind prison with the Bloodthirster the size of a planet.

This feels so weird. I feel like I've getting blitzed by the Mandela Affect right now.

u/Knalxz — 19 days ago
▲ 2.1k r/Helldivers

Just a heads up for anyone dropping bots, this thing is preem on that front.

4 missiles is nice and it can give you some smooth value. Just guiding it you can get wild value.

Best value: Two Missiles to kill Warstriders, 1 missile to kill bot gunship, can be fired into drop ships bottom side to wipe an entire squad. Can be used to scan HVT in hordes by simply having the lock on start if you find it hard to see targets.

Mid Value: Can 2 shot Hulks from any angle but 1 from the back, one shots baby striders and shield devasators. Often can clip base turrets, this is weird I've seen some base turrets take insane amount of heat.

Low Value: Assured damage on tanks, Factory striders and Vow's, rarely kills but it puts heat on them. 3 rockets to kill a bot fab, can't harm large fabs though.

u/Knalxz — 23 days ago

I have a theory. What if the bounty Hunters who helped raised Boba did so because Jango did the same for them when they were younger?

(Fanart made by SRT)

Star Wars bounty hunters have a weirdly strict guild system, something we see a little bit in The Mandalorian Season 1. When we see all the Hunters who randomly take Boba under their wing, they're all relatively young with the exception of Cade Bane. Meaning when they were getting into the game, Jango was already at the top of his game. Which as we all know, Jango was without a shadow of a doubt the greatest bounty hunter of that time. No one else got that clone army. A huge reason he could've even been chosen to be the doner is because word of mouth from these hunters who were practically raised by Jango kept singing his praises so of course Dooku is going to check him out.

So, my idea is simple. What if Jango at some point mentored or just looked out after those bounty hunters as they grew into their jobs in the various guilds, crimelords and mercenary groups so when they found out he died they tried to do the same for his son? I think it sounds oddly wholesome. Most people when they think bounty hunters in Star Wars think of perhaps some of the worst people the galaxy, but you know, they're still people. Maybe taking care of Boba was their weird way to trying to repay Jango for looking out for them when they were younger.

In a weird way this could've even led to Boba existing. Jango running around with a bunch of younglings sounds like prime kids show material but the time he could've spent raising the younger hunters could've made him want to be a father in the first place. The thing is though, how would Jango even come into that position? Perhaps he knew their parents and saw how volatile the family game is for a bounty hunter so that pushed him to taking that one unchanged clone. Jango wanting to be a father figure to the young hunters could flat out be what led to Boba even existing which would further the idea of him being their little brother.

While they don't all exactly care for Boba, they certainly made sure he ate his veggies. Which as the youngest of many older siblings, that's certainly the feeling they gave me when growing up from time to time.

u/Knalxz — 27 days ago

The Emperor finding out the Chaos Gods put his only son with African features on a planet that gives him tar black skin because now he has to add competitive racism to his long list of reasons to kill them.

You see I did a funny by choosing an image of another Emperor. It's like poetry, it rhymes!

u/Knalxz — 30 days ago

Rewatching the Android 18 vs Vegeta fight has made me realize she's a much better fighter then he is.

Watching the fight, the entire time Vegeta has the power to beat her yet all she does is hold him off, extert him then rip him to shreds. He has the power, he lacks the skill. 18 sees it, Piccolo sees it and Vegeta sees it only when he's about to get that damn arm broken.

Which IDK, I always assumed the Andriods got around from simply being powerful. I've not rewatched Z in nearly 20 years. It's weird to say but at this moment 18 is weaker yet a better fighter then Vegeta.

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u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

Are the Raveners in this game a weaker version or are these Ultramarines just so amazing that they can solo enemies well known to kill squads of Space Marines?

I don't know everything about the nids but I certainly know Warriors=Space Marines and anything above a warrior is turning a marine into mulch. The Lamenters fight against the nids is a prime example of how powerful they are. About 20 Lamenters killed in about a few seconds thanks to various forms one including a Ravener who literally dragged 3 marines underground to their deaths.

That alone made me think Raveners were closer to Dreadnougts then marines but also the way this game treats Helbrutes as bosses but not Raveners has me second guessing how power a Ravener is hence the question.

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u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

The Uruk-Hai at the drain watching a Berserker full of arrows literally dive bomb himself to death!

Hypest moment of their 3 weeks of life.

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago
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NGL the people who endlessly complain about retcons not mentioning the Rogal Dorn is proof they actually don't care about retcons.

Like, this thing literally has no lore. It just is "Big stubborn tank hehe!" and thats it. No idea where it came from, why it has a Primarch's name or how the Imperium can all of a sudden field it for every battlefield.

IT HAS NO LORE!

People will say Votann, Female custodes or wraithbone mixture came out of nowhere BTU THIS THING ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE! Everything they say those three things are the Rogal Dorn IS! You'd assume it has lore similar to the Leman Russ but NOPE! IT JUST HAS NO LORE! IT'S BEEN 3 YEARS!!!

It honestly blows my mind that people don't talk about how shoehorned the Rogal Dorn is.

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

I think I perhaps just had the worst Helldive of my career.

Now I don't mean on some Cyberstan/Battle of Super Earth/Oshuane style it was hard I mean some "I might have to start shooting my own teammates because then I'll complete the mission faster." type of shit.

Had 10 different people join, die once and rage quit. Map wasn't the worst but it really didn't facility my "Supply FRV" game style. Teammates also just kept teamkilling each other. Map also had a thick fog so every spore burst was anew jump scare. My teammates were actively NOT doing objectives and just fighting hordes of bugs despite us having 0 extra lives they still just kept on fighting pointless hordes then not finishing them and drawing them to me who was the only one doing the objective until one guy joined at the final one. No stratergem cohesion whatsoever, saw 3 napalms all land in the same spot at the same time at one point. Then to top it all off, I used my FRV with the one guy who was joined super late to go pick up the other two guys so we can extract. One b-lined to extraction, nothing wrong with that but the other was so bloodthristy that just me and that dude pulling up with a quick escape filled him with some sort of unimaginable blind fury that when he got out of his mech he just shot us with their Ultimatium making the only useful guy on my team quit.

So yeah, we just extracted without him. Well we almost didn't because that guy who B-lined to extraction was one of those people who doesn't pop it early he waits for everyone to be there so he just sat waiting for the traitor to arrive which he wasn't he was still fighting with his mech as I sat for 2 minutes for the respawn to pop up then when I landed he was running off to pick up samples so I had to double back, setup extract, clear the area again of bugs then we left him after hitting him with a SERF.

Is there just something in the water in bugspace? I've never dealt with anything like this on a bot or squid dive.

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u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

Sometimes when I'm playing this game I feel the intense urge to pull out the Reegar Carbine and turn my enemies into piles of blue mush.

So I say, fuck it! Why not add an arc flame thrower? If anyone deserves respect from beyond the grave and universe it's my boy Reegar and his carbine! The game could use more "team sufficient" arc weapons any ways. Arc could use the publicity of The RC since it's mostly used by xenos, fools and traitors.

Honestly, I might need some Reegar therapy so badly right now I might just boot up Mass Effect 3 and turn some poor phantom into a fine paste just to relieve the stress. "With one pull of the trigger, watch this boss, DISAPPAEAR!"

Yep, I've convinced myself. Arrowhead, put it on the back of an FRV so we can travel like a tumbleweed and explode with honor and glory befitting Reegar's divine legacy!

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago
▲ 653 r/Warhammer

Space Marine 2 is a perfect example of how Space Marines are fast but not anime fast.

Alot of warhammer novels try to convey space marine's speed in a way that is hard to articulate. It sometimes just comes off as "Faster than you" type of jargen. However, something that has been relatively settled on by the community is that space marines aren't actually "BeYoNd lIgHt sPeEd!" type of fast just unnaturally fast despite their large bulky armor. Many stories will also explain it as this way too which IMO goes along way to explaining how normal humans can seemingly keep up with Space Marines from time to time in the lore. It's because Space Marines aren't Wesker Fast, they're fast for being so big and bulky. Sort of like if a Defensive End ran a 4 second 40m. That speed is normal for many football players but if you DE is running that you're thinking "HOLY SHIT BIG MAN IS ON SKATES!!!!"

This video is a prime example. This marine is objectively moving fast just not OP fast. I mean, an 8ft tall guy moving like that is OP but you get what I meant. He's in a full suit of armor, dashing, slashing and twisting with finesse despite that armor looking like someone built it by stacking steel bricks. Toss a sword and many other people can keep up with this guy as I am now, aka not in armor. Yet even if I wore my old army kit I wouldn't even be a 10th of his speed. Now imagine some dude dressed up like a full on knight.

IDK just nice to see this rather then having lore like "Spartan Time" which if you didn't know. In Halo, Spartans move so fast they have a warped perception of reality akin to everyone around them moving as if stuck in muck or water. Yeah that sounds cool until you think about it and then you realize they're all living in a micro hell just trying to talk to people. This is the kind of lore that someone writes because they want their thing to be known as fast but don't care to manage it. Just hit you with the "Moves so fast normal time can't track it." and it's never brought up again.

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u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

Excuse me? $40 for a bottle of water?!

Damn, this place really is a capitalist hellhole.

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago
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When we eventually fight Wolfer, he needs to be in a suit of power armor.

To the unaware, there are loads of power armor types in 40k. Space Marines just have the most well known and most effective thanks to the black carapace and other nodes linking the armor directly into their brains.

But I'm saying this mostly because he needs to be shown as a true threat beyond just being a dude. The implication from the reveal trailer of the game is that the Cover Psyker took him out on his own since the rest of the team was down. I can understand that honestly but round 2 with us needs to be more then fighting another assassination target with a boosted health bar.

Truthfully, it's an honest matter of just respecting your villain. Something I've seen alot of games lately fail to do. There's a huge issue of if our enemy isn't portrayed as being competent then wtf have we been doing struggling to fight them? So Wolfer perhaps killing someone so important to have power armor then the skill to operate it shoots him far above the average captains we've been seeing throughout the game and examples why he leads the 6th and why people like the twins follow him.

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago

Every update slowly turns Helldivers into SUPER Earth Defense Force.

It's not even the enemies anymore, the player base is turning into the 4 playable characters.

Dude with gun who Call of Duties all over the place.

The guy who fires The Hammer of Dawn at the smallest threat.

Mech Warrior 7

Skimpy Female soldier who does cute poses. (We've all seen the mods!)

Hell yeah! THE EDF DEPLOYS! I bet Helldivers 3 will just be the next EDF.

u/Knalxz — 1 month ago