Okay, this is actually averted in FF7. You can't revive [you know who] with a Phoenix Down because Phoenix Down only revives people who are unconscious, not dead. Which is a pretty cheap cop-out, admittedly, but it's better than nothing.
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by Haremm » Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:24 am
Zul-ar wrote:If the assassin is female, she has to seduce men to kill them. Clearly the inferior woman must use her tits, because they're the only good thing about her, while the big strong male assassin can do literally anything else.
by Miku the Based » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:41 am
Haremm wrote:Zul-ar wrote:If the assassin is female, she has to seduce men to kill them. Clearly the inferior woman must use her tits, because they're the only good thing about her, while the big strong male assassin can do literally anything else.
A somewhat related trope is that people always being surprised by crucial female characters, like, yes I completely understand that seeing a female knight or a female resistance leader is quite rare, no need to overreact. Although, some tend to turn it into a joke with the female character saying something like, "What? Was this your first time seeing a woman wearing a (insert type of clothing)?
by Chan Island » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:00 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Voxija » Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:00 pm
by Haremm » Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:18 am
Chan Island wrote:Been reading a book series recently where a guy from our world goes to a fantasy land and is told to defeat the big bad...
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by Zeloria » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:22 am
500 years ago, the universe saw an apocalypse that destroyed most spacefaring lifeforms caused by self-replicating machines, the universe went into a dark age until species that weren't advanced enough for the machine-swarm to detect started travelling into space. It is now the 23rd century, the universe is currently at 'peace'. Will this 'peace' last, or will this new universe end up like the last one?
by New yugoslavaia » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:38 am
Zeloria wrote:This cliche is something a bit exclusive to sci-fi, but I want to mention it anyways. When a setting takes place into the far future, but technology seems to have stagnated for a couple of hundred years. The Halo series take place in 2552, but despite taking place 500 years into the future, everything looks the same as today, but with spaceships. The weapons all look like something that we could create with today's technology, the power-armors could probably be made in the next 20-30 years, and the UNSC still use soldiers made of flesh and blood, while in the far future, using drones would be much more beneficial. Star Citizen is even worse with this, as it takes place nearly a 1000 years into the future, even tough it could easily take place in the... let's say the 2300's, and not much will change. Cyberpunk 2077 takes place over a 50 years from now, and yes, I know that its supposed to take place in a retro-alternate universe, but except for better computers, cybernetics, and fancy holograms, not much seem to have technologically changed.
It's also possible to make the opposite mistake, like when Blade Runner predicted that in 2019 we would have flying cars, and humanlike robots. Or when Back to the Future 2 predicted that we would have hoverboards in 2015.
What I'm trying to say is that it would be nice to have some sort of story-reason for the technological stagnation or rapid advancement. In Warhammer 40k for instance is it a pretty big part of the setting. In Mass Effect, the humans were able to rapidly advance thanks to them finding alien technology. My own nation has technologically advanced rapidly, but that's because they also found a crashed alien spaceship.
by Chan Island » Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:57 am
Zeloria wrote:This cliche is something a bit exclusive to sci-fi, but I want to mention it anyways. When a setting takes place into the far future, but technology seems to have stagnated for a couple of hundred years. The Halo series take place in 2552, but despite taking place 500 years into the future, everything looks the same as today, but with spaceships. The weapons all look like something that we could create with today's technology, the power-armors could probably be made in the next 20-30 years, and the UNSC still use soldiers made of flesh and blood, while in the far future, using drones would be much more beneficial. Star Citizen is even worse with this, as it takes place nearly a 1000 years into the future, even tough it could easily take place in the... let's say the 2300's, and not much will change. Cyberpunk 2077 takes place over a 50 years from now, and yes, I know that its supposed to take place in a retro-alternate universe, but except for better computers, cybernetics, and fancy holograms, not much seem to have technologically changed.
It's also possible to make the opposite mistake, like when Blade Runner predicted that in 2019 we would have flying cars, and humanlike robots. Or when Back to the Future 2 predicted that we would have hoverboards in 2015.
What I'm trying to say is that it would be nice to have some sort of story-reason for the technological stagnation or rapid advancement. In Warhammer 40k for instance is it a pretty big part of the setting. In Mass Effect, the humans were able to rapidly advance thanks to them finding alien technology. My own nation has technologically advanced rapidly, but that's because they also found a crashed alien spaceship.
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Punished UMN » Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:26 pm
Zeloria wrote:This cliche is something a bit exclusive to sci-fi, but I want to mention it anyways. When a setting takes place into the far future, but technology seems to have stagnated for a couple of hundred years. The Halo series take place in 2552, but despite taking place 500 years into the future, everything looks the same as today, but with spaceships. The weapons all look like something that we could create with today's technology, the power-armors could probably be made in the next 20-30 years, and the UNSC still use soldiers made of flesh and blood, while in the far future, using drones would be much more beneficial. Star Citizen is even worse with this, as it takes place nearly a 1000 years into the future, even tough it could easily take place in the... let's say the 2300's, and not much will change. Cyberpunk 2077 takes place over a 50 years from now, and yes, I know that its supposed to take place in a retro-alternate universe, but except for better computers, cybernetics, and fancy holograms, not much seem to have technologically changed.
It's also possible to make the opposite mistake, like when Blade Runner predicted that in 2019 we would have flying cars, and humanlike robots. Or when Back to the Future 2 predicted that we would have hoverboards in 2015.
What I'm trying to say is that it would be nice to have some sort of story-reason for the technological stagnation or rapid advancement. In Warhammer 40k for instance is it a pretty big part of the setting. In Mass Effect, the humans were able to rapidly advance thanks to them finding alien technology. My own nation has technologically advanced rapidly, but that's because they also found a crashed alien spaceship.
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by Miku the Based » Thu Mar 18, 2021 6:08 pm
by Stellar Colonies » Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:57 pm
Zeloria wrote:This cliche is something a bit exclusive to sci-fi, but I want to mention it anyways. When a setting takes place into the far future, but technology seems to have stagnated for a couple of hundred years. The Halo series take place in 2552, but despite taking place 500 years into the future, everything looks the same as today, but with spaceships. The weapons all look like something that we could create with today's technology, the power-armors could probably be made in the next 20-30 years, and the UNSC still use soldiers made of flesh and blood, while in the far future, using drones would be much more beneficial. Star Citizen is even worse with this, as it takes place nearly a 1000 years into the future, even tough it could easily take place in the... let's say the 2300's, and not much will change. Cyberpunk 2077 takes place over a 50 years from now, and yes, I know that its supposed to take place in a retro-alternate universe, but except for better computers, cybernetics, and fancy holograms, not much seem to have technologically changed.
It's also possible to make the opposite mistake, like when Blade Runner predicted that in 2019 we would have flying cars, and humanlike robots. Or when Back to the Future 2 predicted that we would have hoverboards in 2015.
What I'm trying to say is that it would be nice to have some sort of story-reason for the technological stagnation or rapid advancement. In Warhammer 40k for instance is it a pretty big part of the setting. In Mass Effect, the humans were able to rapidly advance thanks to them finding alien technology. My own nation has technologically advanced rapidly, but that's because they also found a crashed alien spaceship.
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by Luckyon » Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:46 am
by Zul-ar » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:47 pm
Luckyon wrote:There are so many cliches. I hate when the pre-teen girl with lexical abilities and skill sets beyond all the other characters in the story.
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by Miku the Based » Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:44 am
Savroyska wrote:Not Cliche, just some comment: I always have to resist the urge to give my ordinary characters supernatural abilities.
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by Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts » Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:59 am
Voxija wrote:Animated movies that are supposedly for kids but contain pop culture references and dirty jokes that only adults would get.
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