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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

"The Fellowship voted nearly unanimously to have the ring flown by giant eagles to Mordor to be dropped into the volcano. Unfortunately, the measure was ruled ineligible by the chamber parliamentarian."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

look there was also the one lady who did a curtsy thumb down on the motion so of course they had to veto the best idea

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"The newly elected king whose father was the previous king has vowed to create a committee that will analyze the budget costs of maintaining eagle habitats along with other birds of prey. The new proposal is expected to be given to His Majesty's council later this year and insiders say they're strongly considering it."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"The Grey Wizard has blasted Isengard with snippy quippy sound bites for joining with Mordor."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"The coffers of the west will be opened to disruptive innovative wizards that promise to make an even more powerful Master Ring, though at the moment they're mostly sending old stale jokes toward Isengard and asking for a place in its court."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Eagles don't work for the fellowship. Also Sauron has an air force

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Listen, it's important to put your The One Ring on before putting The One Ring on other people. You can't help anyone if the Nazgûl find you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

From what I've been told, this also calls out the ending of Steven Universe galaxy-brain

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I haven't seen the show but I listened to some friends argue about it and one of them said "do you really expect a kids show to have the protagonist curb stomp the evil villain at the end?"

To which I could only respond

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's only mature if nothing really changes and all the set pieces just go back to their default positions, like in Harry Potter so-true

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"do you really expect a kids show to have the protagonist curb stomp the evil villain at the end?"

Friendship is Magic, a setting where pastel cartoon horses learn about friendship, once encountered basically Pony Hitler that tried to start a reactionary racist regime based entirely on a Reichstag-fire-like false flag and a fear campaign.

After that, she was sent to Pony Hell. For real. It was called Tartarus, but it was literally Pony Hell. Forgiveness (which she had exploited at the start of her coup attempt) had its limits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've only seen a few episodes here and there from when my partner watched the whole series but I generally liked MLP and this only affirms that opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The show definitely has its flaws and some serious ideological problems from time to time (characters receive "cutie marks" which are a bit like a vague determinism, the land is ruled over by a 1000+ year old regime of superbeings with very long indeterminate lifespans and sometimes a mere mortal can be elevated to join their caste if the reigning rulers feel like it, the one major threat to that system was portrayed as a cult leader and a hypocrite), but overall if you like thoughtful kids' shows that have enough wit and cleverness to entertain adults too, worth watching more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

well, no, they don't compromise with them at all (they force them to heal at the people they killed) the only reason people think they were forgiven or compromised with is because the show protrayed restorative justice in a maybe overly cheery manner and not as much of a somber reflection as it is IRL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, since what I've been told left that part out, that's interesting and may deserve further investigation. I appreciate the information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i think the cringe liberal part is that they don't show them having to actually be forced to do it, they're just like "you need to fix your shit" and they're like "OK!!!" which is a pretty lib depiction of how restorative justice would have to work lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I also appreciate that volunteered additional information. It makes it seem more like a thorough and less biased portrayal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago