wintermute_1138

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Facts in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Some day you'll realize that giving this much of a shit about what fictional characters are white is just weird

Nothing suspicious. No biggie. Don't see nuthin. OMG! in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Lmao you fucking numbskull

My face when someone says it's time for obscure Star Wars memes in c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Iirc, he's not even Papa Palpatine's real son - he's a separate three-eyed mutant who claimed to be Palpatine's son as a way to grab power post-Endor. The real Palpatine's son was also a three-eyed mutant, but his third eye was in the back of his head, and his name was Triclops.

I guess people aren't very subtle with what they name their kids in Star Wars.

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My face when someone says it's time for obscure Star Wars memes (lemmy.world)
 
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[No Spoilers] Probably gonna pick up BG3 regardless, but I want to adjust my expectations - does the story have anything to do with BG 1-2 or the Bhaalspawn? (lemmy.world)
 

Back in the early pandemic days I played through all of BG 1 and 2 on the switch with a completely fresh character. I loved the scale of the games, how it gradually grew from personal coming of age quest up through a continent-ending plot to resurrect the dead god of murder.

Ever since it was announced I've wondered if BG 3 has anything to do with the previous games. Does the actual plot involve the Bhaalspawn? Or the events of the previous games in a major way, like the iron crisis, Jon Irenicus, the vampires in Amn, etc? No major spoilers, please, since I'm probably going to grab the game anyway, but I want to temper my expectations if it's not a true third installment that follows on the themes of the first two (divinity, the value of a soul, what it means to control your destiny, the danger in being friends with someone immensely powerful, etc).

Thanks!

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[Bug Report] Page refreshes a minute or two after launching, returning to top of page interrupting scrolling (lemmy.world)
 

Not entirely sure if this is a Liftoff issue or something else, but when browsing posts after opening the app, the app refreshes and scrolls back to the top of the page seemingly at random. It makes using the app difficult, since it does so without prompting in the middle of reading througu the posts.

Which communities are you currently missing on Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Totally fair! I hope we get a nice board of that style regardless!

Which communities are you currently missing on Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always liked the idea of top-level comments being exclusively in-universe, and out-of-universe comments have to be replies to other comments!

Which communities are you currently missing on Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] wintermute_1138@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Ask Science Fiction, Who Would Win, The Maw Installation, and similar discussion boards for in-universe questions about fiction.

For those who aren't familiar, Ask Science Fiction (more accurate parsed as Ask Science: Fiction) is a board for asking and answering questions about fiction from an in-universe perspective. Questions and answers don't necessarily have to be role-played, but they should assume the internal logic of the universe in reference. Answers from an out-of-universe perspective ("George Lucas didn't decide that Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker were the same person until later") are against the rules, though there's some allowance for media that's super-meta and can't be answered otherwise.

Who Would Win is a board for posing hypothetical scenarios, often but not exclusively about fictional characters or factions. Think "Who would win in a fight between Superman and Batman?". Evidence in the form of references to specific canon media is encouraged.

The Maw Installation (and similar places like the Daystrom Institute for Star Trek) is essentially Ask Science Fiction, but specifically for the Star Wars franchise. I find that boards like this can encourage interesting world-building that makes the original text feel richer, as well as more in-depth critique of the text as media.

I'm sure some of these exist in some form in Lemmy, but I'm still looking for them!