#combat theory

[chloesimaginationthings]

How the Bonnie bully got their FNAF mask,,

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

there’s a man on tiktok who isn’t jewish but who is minoring in jewish studies and who has started making informational videos directly combatting antisemitism. on one hand, it sucks that goyim often only listen to other goyim, but seeing someone who isn’t jewish stand up for us and educate people without pulling punches is making me a bit emotional. he’s @lordkamar for anyone else on tik tok and i highly recommend following him if you’re on that app

[delicate-sketch]

Idk if this is unpopular opinion or not but while Percy is like “fuck this demigod stuff I am retired” I think Nico would be working in the underworld in the future like I just have this vision of him in a mix of modern and ancient greek clothing doing missions for Hades collecting some troublesome souls idk helping with the judgement talking shit with the dead making the playlist for their elevators vibing to tragedy by bee gees he kinda enjoys the demigod stuff even if its hella dangerous or whatever

[buckydeservesthebest]

I understand the divided opinions about Bucky running as the Brooklyn congressman. And well, beyond this being arguably out of character for him. In my humble opinion, I think this is not thaaat different from what happened with Matt in DD:BA, where he decided to leave the mantle of Daredevil and pursue "other ways to help" full on as a lawyer. But he eventually realized that the world did need his alterego, and that his presence could make a difference in many people's lives.

The difference is that Bucky is a hero who has *never* really wanted to fight, but has constantly expressed his desire to live in peace. Still, and despite everything, seeking the greater good is something he has always fought for. So in reality, it's not so out of line for him to decide to be part of Congress, for as his official information says, this is another way in which he truly believes he can bring about good, WITHOUT having to be part of the battlefield...

Notice how the info says "Bucky will be forced to jump into action". FORCED. Marvel may be an unfair victim-blamer and ableist son of a bitch to him, but at least they maintain consistency in his characterization as a semi-pacifist who has NEVER enjoyed having to fight, but prefers a peaceful life.

Seb made a reference to Bucky's peaceful nature in an interview for Empire Magazine "every time I try to get out, they pull me back in". I think this sums up Bucky perfectly, as every time he experiences a bit of peace, for one reason or another he always ends up getting pulled into the fight and forced to intervene.

So in conclusion, while being a congressman may seem like a strange choice, it fulfills the two goals Bucky has always sought: to fight for good AND to live in (relative) peace...

ALSO, I'm very happy that Bucky is finally back in a leadership role since 1943. He's the one who's going to rally a team to fight the Sentry threat. He's the one who has the will to stand up and fight. It is he who will inspire the other TBs to be better and become heroes. It is thanks to Bucky that the world once again has a group of heroes to protect them... 🥹🥹

[albino-parakeet]

Just a working mom and her three beautiful kids.

No Timelapse cause I messed with the lighting wayyyy too much and it’s like a strobe light so here it is without the overlay:

[huggywuggysuppy]

Notes on Scott’s Wild Life 3 POV

In summary: our gaslight king controlling the narrative as usual, what an icon.

Scott has very economical editing, having one of the shorter POVs, yet takes care to include several instances of being nice to Pearl (noticed this when he left in giving Pearl food, both at the beginning and when they were building the new castle together). However, he left out the session routine of chastising Impulse and Pearl for picking fights with Gem/Joel (seen in Pearl’s POV), only including warning a freshly yellow Pearl to not try to kill them.

Scott doesn’t die this episode. Notably, his main contributions to base building are simply moving materials from one chest to the other — a very safe activity when being pursued by a snail. Gem and Joel who also avoided snail death built in a wide open area, and the other no-snail-deaths generally forgoed building and dangerous activity altogether (although, RIP Lizzie for surviving mining only to be Skizz’d). All this to say: Scott wasn’t playing sweaty, he still took risks, but they were very small and calculated.

Scott doesn’t include a lot of the Spanners antagonizing GGGG. Partly because they failed and it’s not very interesting to just see Scott looking at the dirt for Mumbo and Grian digging, or warily watching Skizz from 15 blocks sway. But I also think he’s building a villain narrative for Pearl and Impulse and having other groups wrong GGGG would upset that balance. Though, this point is my most tinfoil hat theory.

Scott, Cleo, and Impulse half-heartedly warn Etho of an approaching creeper, sort of totally 100% causing his death. They all celebrate, Cleo and Impulse both breaking into delighted cackles, however Scott calls Impulse out on taking more glee from Etho’s death than the other two. He’s taking care to point out any villainous behavior in Impulse/Pearl, justifying his own negative behavior towards them and painting himself as a long suffering yet loyal teammate. He does this every season, and I eat it up every time — although he’s particularly negative towards Imp and Pearl compared to, say, Martyn.

Related, Scott is stressing how put together and connected GGGG is. He’s complimenting all of them and turning to the camera to gloat about how they’re not gonna fall apart. This session didn’t leave a lot of room for Impulse and Pearl to prove him wrong, but even then he’s doing the prep work to make it their fault if/when the divorce happens. This is made easier by his reputation as a good and loyal teammate combined with Impulse’s and especially Pearl’s fandom reputation as instigators. (And to an extent, yes, they are both consciously approaching WL with a “cause problems on purpose” mission.)

But I can’t ignore every time Scott badmouths their decisions to other people and denounces their actions as suspicious/villainous. That sort of behavior only makes him look better instead of strengthening his whole team: if he really believed in GGGG, he’d be lying on their behalf and definitely not calling them out for picking fights. Just as Cleo didn’t back up Pearl when she tried to poison Gem, Scott is actively making his teammates look worse. And I fear he might get away with it.

I love Smajor and watch his perspective as a fan! I think he intentionally plays “the social game” like this: partly to make it more interesting, and partly because he enjoys the chaos. And really, who doesn’t?

[keywhole]

so hows everyone feeling about love winning in nevada

[ms-scarletwings]

Anyone else noticed these MERCenaries from one of the MPN2 trailers?

And a lot more importantly, the fact that these enemies (which were cut from the final game) have Sanford’s double helix tattoo as a design on the back of their shirts?

Hear me out here, we already have Deimos near certainly being an A.A.H.W. dissenter like 2bdamned. I’m wondering how within the realm of possibility it is that Sanford himself might actually be ex-MERC.

And I’m really liking how much sense it starts to make the longer I think about it. The rowdy, brash attitude of MERC forces… the fact that you fight a ton of them who were working in a facility that processes and manufactures explosives, and Sanford’s special skill explored in the game was demolitions,

Just something I’m gonna be chewing over until I get some evidence to the contrary.

[tubbytarchia]

(edited post after the last ask, oops!)

I keep thinking about what that anonymous said "If Jimmy is the canary then (almost) every other player is the coal miner for being complicit in his suffering and bringing him down in the mine with the expectation that he will die before them, for his life has been chosen to be of less value" because that's the only interpretation of the "coal miner" assignment that makes sense to me. I've been informed/reminded that a canary brought into a coal mine doesn't actually have to die and can still fulfill its function, but the whole "canary curse" idea is reliant on the thought that Jimmy WILL and HAS TO die

And now I'm genuinely curious as to why Tango and Mumbo have ever been assigned coal miner specifically? Because Tango died together with him in Double Life? Whilst the canary may not have to die, Tango didn't necessarily try to stop it and in fact expected Jimmy's death instead and quickly accepted it, even if he did care for Jimmy in DL. Did the canary just fail its function and whole reason it's brought down to the mine to begin with by dropping dead at the same time as the miner instead of giving any forewarning? Assuming everyone else isn't also a miner

In Mumbo's case, because of Mumbo's tendency to die second? So the implication is that he took Jimmy down into the mine but failed to leave in time after the canary's death, whilst everyone else remains above ground? In that sense the canary has also failed its function which contradicts the whole canary curse labelling to begin with

Again I'm genuinely curious lol

Also the "Tango is the coal mine" type of thought too. That one I have absolutely no theories for so I'd love to hear any explanation. I guess the coal mine could be taken as a passive factor, but in my mind all the players are already complicit by being passive (except for BigB. That is the only truly passive guy in the series because he lives in his own world and doesn't take to almost anything anyone else says. Although I wouldn't call him a coal mine? He's like. A fly on the wall somewhere completely detached). Not all of them necessarily wish to take the canary down in the mine but it's something that's continued to be done so they just go along with it, it's just the order of things, and they're unaware that the canary's life can be preserved whilst still fulfilling its function, versus people like Joel and Pearl who have said or done things contradicting the general belief of Jimmy's incompetence and explicitly believing in him/wanting him to not die

[cd-006]

somethibg something hank having links to the machine and doc having links to the maker. the parallels bro i feel crazy

[shayminlucario07]

It absolutely means EVERYTHING that the battle theme is named after one of Susie's abilities

[the-rat-woman]

dissonant - lacking in harmony

i’m thinking that the “dissonant” state that hank seems to be in is talking about how his soul (s-3lf? idk i haven’t played mpn yet) is split in two, antipathy and consternation. so possibly 2b is trying to reunite the two parts of hank’s soul? if there’s any evidence from mpn that contradicts this. no there isn’t

[deernozone]

Tehehe

[notmedicine13]

My theory on madness combat 12

What I think the Auditor was trying to do is controlling Sanford. He's gotten weaker after fighting hank and Sanford, and when he accidentally absorbed Tricky, so he has to find another away, and this is where Sanford comes in

Evidence Nr. 1

After dealing with the Agents in 3:07, the Auditor's energy shows up and temporarily get's a hold of Sanford. At the top right we can see text Saying ANCHOR AND REPLACE SANFORD).Recruit Null. We also see other text at the bottom saying "infectionVector" and "LET ME IN"

Evidence Nr. 2

When the Auditor shows up to confront Sanford, he just walks towards him. Sure, spikes are showing up, they are not directly targeting him. He wants Sanford alive, he wants to torment him so that he snaps and gives in.

Evidence Nr. 3

At 4:37, the Auditor once again tries to take control of Sanford. We see even more text, with one of them saying "VIOLENCE SEEKING". More text shows up, with two of them being "product/KILLprimary" and "product/KILLMORE". There's also another line of text that says "give.product(gift)" and "give.product(weapon)", which shows that the Auditor wants Sanford to kill more.

Evidence Nr. 4

In the scene where Sanford is about to be ripped apart by the Half-Mags, there's flashing text that reads "KILL MORE". I believe that this is the Auditor telling him to kill the Half-Mags. After that, Sanford snaps and absolutely decimates the Half-Mags in a fit of rage. The Auditor even blocked off all the doors so that Sanford couldn't run away from him

But unfortunately for him, Doc managed to recover Sanford before the Auditor could take him, which is where my predictions for MC 13 will come in. I'm less positive that this would happen but I would like to get my thoughts out anyway.

Krinkels confirmed that MC 13 will be the finale of the series, and I think it's only fitting that there's gonna be a big fight where Deimos and Sanford have to fight Hank. After Sanford managed to escape, the Auditor was furious at Doc, so what I think is gonna happen, is that he'll try to control Hank to kill Doc for him. Sanford and Deimos will try to protect Doc, and they would have to do that by killing Hank. Because think about it, Nevada can't be safe if Hank remains alive. He killed the Boombox guy for no real reason, went after the Sheriff twice, tried to kill Tricky who was minding his own business being a DJ, blew up Jeb in Project Nexus because he was talking too much, and tried to Kill Sanford and Deimos in Project Nexus, something that he was hoping would happen.

TL;DR The Auditor was tormenting Sanford so that he'd snap and be a puppet for him, but that failed so he's using Hank to kill Doc which will lead to his death

lemme know what you guys think, do you guys agree or disagree, or think that something was happening

[movietimegirl]

And that, right there, is why Din does not trust dorids! 😭

[teamdilf]

Me over here trying to write bits and pieces of a fic that will rely heavily on lore hints from Veilguard regarding where the story might go in the future, two months after the game came out and before the Dragon Age Wiki is updated with all the codex entries and references to said obscure hints: