Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-31330278-20180211164358/@comment-31330278-20181225221110

Thanks :-). Right back at you. Sorry for not wishing you sooner. It's just been so long since the last time i gave serious weight to holidays.

1. Another death i would give to Parker is the one Koba got. I dont remember if Clarence had a harsh background like Koba and Parker had. Nothing can justify what either of them did. Just curious. Honestly, the most disturbing thing about Parker and Clarence isn't what they did. It's the fact that Koba is far more sympathetic than both combined. And he was based on Stalin, not to mention considered by Ceaser as "no ape", which means Parker and Clarence are more heinous than Stalin. Does the fact Koba is based on Stalin means the real Stalin also had a harsh background, or the good people just wanted to show what people become when they translate the tortures they went through to becoming the monsters whom they fight (if not worse)? And if we extend it to Napoleon the pig, does it means being suppressed by Mister Jones played a part of his cruel craving for power?

2. I finished the movie and i must say the last part is creative, for the better and for the worse. The final fight between Slade and Damien was for the better. If Slade wasn't too busy at hating the Al-ghul family's guts (the was also Scar's reason to try to kill Simba, instead of turning him against his father and rule behind him as the shadow king when time will comes), he would try to recruite Damien to his army. When Slade pinned Damien to the walls by stabbing his hands, i didnt knew if Damien survived the sword in his arms for being equal to Slade or by sheer awesomeness alone. Gotta praise the good people for the part where Damien let Slade to burn slowly instead of killing him on the spot. Many people would just kill Slade by stabbing him in the back. But sometime, symbolism tops everything. The Lazarus pits make only half sense. It revived Talia, which was what i hoped for, but it couldn't overcome Ras's burns? You could think a supernatural fountain would be more powerful than burns, right? I assume the good people wrote it that way for not being too similar to Dragon Ball. Now Damien teaming with Bruce is weird. He grew up with his mother for most of his life, but chose to stay with a father never met before the movie. Nobody changes from a cold-blooded angel of retribution to a Richard Grayson in the making that quickly. I can respect the concept. Just saying that drastic changes takes time. Now, my next superheroes movies are "Teen Titans: the Judas Contract" and "Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse". Before seeing TT:TJC (Spider-Verse will be watched sooner): If you seen the movie, do you think Christopher Nolan would like the concept? If he did, would you see him taking Teen Titans into Batman's extended universe and creating a big franchise that can stand against MCU?

3A. I didnt remembered that part :-( :-(. Stealing is one thing, horrible as it is. But chocking your dad almost to death?! There's so much i would say about him right now if he wasnt your brother. No wonder his son, AKA your nephew, was once like he was. Nobody expect you to forgive for such a thing. I'm staying away from my own brother for less. I just wanted to hope he became better. With that said, keep your inner strenghts and being the good person you are, and hopefully one day he'll become more like you.

3B. Today i watched episode 2 and got to the reason Eduard and Alphonse got into alchemy. "We just wanted to see mom again. See her smile". People are killing for far less. And Cornelio got the nerve to make it sound like necromancy. He sculptured a mutated parrot out of dead birds, which he killed beforehand, for fooling Rose he'll revive her boyfriend, but he afford himself to distort the words of two orphans (one of them is a kid). People like him infuriate me. Lust did the right thing when she allowed Gluttony to eat him. Both justified and symbolic, because many Forllos are being devoured by their own gluttony. Father must be cracking up about it. "You can't be a god among men if every pretty girl can manipulate you. The original god created the sins. You just followed". The part where Eduard brilliantly snuck a recorder into his cell was probably a shout out to the scene in "Batman Returns" where Batman tricked Penguin into confession. Except Cornelio is serious and being a super-effective puppet for Lust, while Penguin is more entertaining than threatening. And more importantly, the original Cornelio cut people so deep that all the second Cornelio had to do to regain power was turning one dead bird to many living birds. I dont know how i feel about the part where Rose lashed out on Eduard and Alphonse for exposing Cornelio. As an atheist and firm believer of common sense, i'm with the brothers. Fanatics should be exposed and terminated as much and as soon as possible. The very fact they became atheists after knowing more about god should be a red flag to religious everywhere. As someone who knows from experience what deep despair is, i can see Rose's point. Hope is scary. It forces people to use their mind, take responsibility and creating their own meaning. The ignorants of the desert chose Cornelio over real hope, because despair can be very comfortable. Very sad episode overall. If episode 3 will keep up the depth, FMA 2003 might become one of my favorite anime. Inuyasha is number 1, Samurai 7 is in a good place and FMA is currently in number 5 at worst.

On a side note: Father got 57# in the top 100 villains of 2018. He surpassed characters like Palpatine, Pennywise, Walter White, Tywin Lannister and Norman Bates. I dont think he deserve to be ranked so high. What do you think?

http://fandom.wikia.com/fandom100-villains

4. Having traits of one of the most iconic killers ever and your favorite ghostface is a good sign for a villain. David will obviously be a good ghostface. Like Carver. Choosing your close cycle over stangers is less selfish than people like Marlene want you to believe. People who choose the "greater good" over close cycle are many times psychopaths. Hoskins is a prime example. Specifically for Hoskins, his extremism is one of the reasons i see him as worse than Mills, if only because Mills have a moment of remorse about killing a boss he used to respect, in contrast to Hoskins' inability to regret and arrogantly seeing a competent manager like Masrani as weak. If we do paralells between JP and TLOU, then Owen (with some Grant in him) is Joel, Ellie is Masie, Marlene is a female Hoskins and David is Dodgson. If we take it to my stories, do you see General Tiger works better as similar to Marlene (assuming establishing 3 stable survivors cities makes him an extremist), or more similar to David (assuming he reminds you of Sir Thomas/Khelshot/a less clueless version of Adam Sutler/one of Games of Throne's warlords/an anthropomorphic deconstruction of Shere Khan)?

5. I do believe Black Beard never intended to kill Angelica. Holding her at gun point was a hollow threat, with or without live ammo. The part of giving him years on his daughter's expence was her idea. I'll even mention it when i'll write the removal propose. Until then, here's the question: I was informed that a villain can be pure evil even if he/she is completely loyal to another villain. Bellatrix Lestrange and the High Priestess  for example. I wonder if one of the villains in "Chernobyl IL", a psychopathic orange anthropomorphic cat named Red (not to be confused with Red Queen), can be considered as such despite being 100% loyal to Panda (also an anthropomorphic cat, albeit rhino-sized) both as his 2nd in command and his only friend. Now here's the dialogue in question (for visualize it, imagine Red as Scott Foley and Panda as  Vincent D'Onofrio):

Red: "I'm so glad i came back on my feet. Now i can help you regain authority. You have to do something drastic. Something that will show the other cats who's the big boss once and for all. Take all of the kids, put them in a wooden building and surround the building with searchlight. But dont take the kids out of their parents' hands. We aint monsters. Send the adults to terror missions. And only then take the kids. Trust me. No one will refuse to you ever again. Not when a searchlight might fall next to a building and burn the kids".

Panda: "Are you sure it's gonna work?".

Red: "It always works. Every time in history, when people know their children are on the line, they let go of their egos and follow the benevolent leader who keep them off harm's way".

Panda: "Is it have to be our people's kids? Cant i just kill an adult, like i did many times when i got angry? Or kids of creatures other than cats?".

Red: "We have no choice. Everyone talks about overthrowing you. They say you're weak. Only a show of strenght will get them back in line".

Panda: "I dont know, Red. My mother watch over me and she won't like it".

Red: "How about all those cats who want your position? Would she like that? And the increasing wish to kill your brother just when he became normal? Whould she like to see her son get torn in half? Each moment without action makes them more bold, more rude, more self-centered. Your mother was killed, you and White were estranged from each other for far too long and you protect them from outside threats. But does they care? I'm afraid not. Today they have doubts about you. Tomorrow they might have doubts whether your mother is relevant to anything".

Panda: "Red! I want you to get out of here and kill the first cat you see! Not white. I dont raise my hand over family, regardless of how i feel. But other than white, just kill the first one. I dont care who".

Red: "Of course, Panda. I'm obligated to do so. Both as your friend and your soldier".

Panda: "Red, i love you so much".

Now, if Red won't be pure evil, which redeeming quality would you give him? Assuming, of course, being truely loyal to Panda makes him remotely redeemable.