Echoes of the Multiverse

This was originally posted when the Justice League movie was announced, and I decided to poke fun at the differences between the DCEU and the MCU: . . . And now, a hypothetical fight between the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers, and the DC Cinematic Universe Trinity. *Thor and Superman are trading...

This is just going to be a place to store some of the posts I've made over the years. Things I've said that I find amusing that I don't want to be deleted, that sort of thing.

I think there's a line between "the guy who is less foolish than he appears" and "is actually the Star Wars version of Othello's Iago with Force Powers". I'm also not really a fan of the more mean-spirited things people have set up for Jar Jar, like the idea of him being penniles...

Beskar is resistant to lightsabers, but not completely immune to it. Beskar is basically highly resistant to everything, as blaster shots deflect off of it without damaging it, while lightsabers would basically take repeated hits or extended pressure to cut through it. That could possibly be done as...

Something Disney did to try and get younger fans into Star Wars (something I appreciate) was the Galaxy of Adventure animated clips. Usually less than 2 minutes, they were animated clips of the pre-Disney Star Wars setting, and were generally pretty good (the cringy Leia episode notwithstanding). So...

Oh Jar Jar Binks. Basically THE reason the Phantom Menace gets the hate it does. And it basically all does boil down to the fact that he was completely useless in the original films. Compare him with, say, 3PO, who had moments of humor but was also incredibly useful and vital to the success of Rebel...

Boba Fett is interesting in that he initially got a lot of fan love for being this awesome and mysterious bounty hunter that the extended universe basically turned into the love child of Batman and Iron Man. Then he got a lot of counter fan backlash from people who felt he was overhyped, who got by ...

Han and Lando are also a nice comparison in their basic respective skillsets as "scoundrels", showing how you can take that sort of archetype and play it in different ways. I've said it before, but the novel "Scoundrels" by Timothy Zahn is a great showcase of how to run a crime s...

Okay, catch up time. Han Solo and Chewbacca are perfect additions to Star Wars and iconic to the setting for a reason. Through them we get to see the "outlaw" archetype, the guys who don't work for the bad guys but aren't exactly good guys either. Han Solo is a cynic who thinks he's seen e...

I do think that consent is important in games, both having that Session 0 where everyone agrees on what game they're playing (even aside from potentially disturbing content, it's good for ensuring that the group builds characters, and plays, in accordance to the general theme of the game you're pla...

I have mostly been trying to stay out of political stuff for a number of reasons. The most important being that I don't want people here to confuse my beliefs with the board's beliefs. I don't want people to believe they will be treated unfairly because they hold values differently than my own, and ...

Hey folks. Just thought I'd post an update. I've gone through and cleared up the latest batch of spammers, but it's clear that the older methods weren't stopping them as much anymore. As such, at the suggestion of one of our regulars, I've instituted a new policy, whereby I will now activate newly s...

For all its faults, the EU treated Chewie's death with the gravitas it deserved. https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11117/111178634/5541820-feels%20serpindel%20break%20and%20chewies%20death.png https://bigmemes.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Just+found+out+chewbacca+dies+i+was+looking+at+pos...

The X-Wing is just a sign of Star Wars creativity and good ship design. It looks like a lived in, real ship with a unique design, making it instantly stand out from any other sci-fi starship. It both looks like a real world ship, yet the x-wing deployment makes it clearly something not of our world....

-TIE Fighters are the main vessel of Imperial troops- they're basically Evil Mooks IN SPACE, and get cut down by the dozens by the heroic side. As Ares pointed out in 2014, they give off a sense of the Empire's ethos- they're disposable weapons for disposable troops- guns, a seat, and an engine- th...