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Trying to exploit a weakness, only to realize it doesn't exist

Jujutsu Kaisen: The old guy who attacks Geto with Shikigami during the Hidden Inventory arc tries to slip behind Geto and knife him, assuming the cursed spirit user isn't proficient in close range combat. He quickly realizes he is very wrong, as Geto effortlessly disarms him before knocking the daylights out of him with his fists.

My Hero Academia: When Aizawa aka Eraserhead, who can nullify other superpowers (quirks) with his eyesight, fights against the fodder villains that attack USJ with Shigaraki, the villains assume Eraserhead is at a disadvantage. He can only erase one quirk at a time, and he can't erase quirks that change the user's physiology, allowing attackers with strong bodies to close in and punish him. They fail to realize that 1) Aizawa's goggles have a psychological effect against the crowd since you can't tell where he's using his power and 2) Aizawa is a master hand to hand combatant who can toss the fodder villains around like they're nothing.

The Boys: Billy Butcher's idea to strike at Homelander at the end of Season 1 is built off of the assumption that Homelander cares about Madeline Stillwell, his boss and pseudosexual partner. So Butcher ties her to a chair and straps a load of bombs on her, hoping to lure in Homelander, which he does. When Homelander learns what Billy is trying to do, he kills Stillwell himself. (You could argue that Homie did care about Stillwell and so does have that "weakness", but regardless, trying to appeal to Homelander's concern for another person was never, ever gonna work).

u/ditzythedame — 4 days ago
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What moments stretched your suspension of disbelief the most?

While Breaking Bad has the (mostly deserved) reputation of being a very grounded show, it's still a fictional TV show, so of course there will be moments that require you to suspend your disbelief. Moments of plot armor, extremely liberal applications of how science works, plot contrivances...BB is better than most shows in this regard, but what are your *oh, come on* moments from the show?

I've got two:

-Walter's exploding crystals from Season 1 that blow glass and an air conditioner out a window but causes no physical harm to anyone in the room, even Walter who is at the blast radius (it's ok though, he covered his face).

-How in the FUCK did Walt pull off breaking into Gretchen and Elliot's house in the finale, completely unarmed? These billionaires dont have private security?

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u/ditzythedame — 9 days ago
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Starting a rewatch of the show got me thinking about how much trouble Walt would have been in if he had immediately gone to Skyler after the first cook with Jesse, and after the deal gone wrong with Emilio and Krazy-8. Walt never goes to help Jesse with Krazy-8 and the body.

Does Skyler tell Hank, or does she protect Walt as she ends up doing in the show? If she tells Hank, could Walter possibly spin it as a dying man who made a bad mistake? Walt killed Emilio, but Hank may not care so much given that Emilio is a drug dealer who was only recently in jail, whereas Walt is family. Or would Hank's sense of duty make him arrest Walt?

Also how fucked is Jesse?

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u/ditzythedame — 20 days ago