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I'll leave that up to you and if there are other people that join in (I know there are other Sharders that are fans of the show). BUT I can say what I think is the reason I really like this show: it's because I can analyze the show in the frame of Immanuel Kant's Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative and it FITS SO WELL! And of course, Kant's Second Formulation is my favorite Formulation of the Categorical Imperative (obviously!) So, first, the Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative states: With that in mind, some of Glimmer's actions in Season 4 are properly explained as being bad and it easily formulates Catra's main character struggles (she uses people as a means) as well as provide a nice character arc for Adora who otherwise has upstanding moral character (she struggles throughout the series with treating herself in her own person as an end and not a means, particularly in the last few episodes.)

Today's controversial take: posting loooong videos on a medium that favors short form posts and expecting anyone to watch them is... let's say naively optimistic. Also, if someone makes a video that reviews films or TV shows and that video is as long as what they are reviewing? Learn to trim that junk down! Give that chicken fat back to the chicken and don't be chicken again! Sheesh, could you imagine if some self-absorbed jerkwad wrote a review about all the things wrong with Stormlight Archive that was even a tenth the length of one of the books?! No one has time for that! I HAVE HOBBIES, DAGNAMMIT!

Star Wars is all about crap stories. Not a single Star Wars film is not a crap story. It's fundamentally designed to be flashy genre garbage. Now, many Ashoka Tano episodes of Clone Wars and Rebels on the other hand... The key to a "good Star Wars" story is whether or not it's fun. Like Marvel movies. It's not high art.

Kamala Khan is the best Marvel character. I know this forum is for "controversial opinions", but I figured I would state the obvious anyway

They don't count, and it will be 10+ years when/if it is released Though full disclosure, I also include George R R Martin in this criticism. Release some shelf space, bookstores! And why did Barnes and Noble separate science fiction and fantasy?! It's soooo inconvenient with certain authors!

She-ra is great and warms this curmudgeon's heart. I got a lot of favorite parts, though I might wait to see if this turns into a "don't have to put every storming thing in spoilers" kinda thread to get into specifics. But I feel like I can safely say that I liked Mermista-centric episodes and drunk Adora.

Promoting writers who have not released an installment in their series for 10+ years over newer writers is irresponsible and as readers, we should stop it. No, Sanderson is not one of those writers, put your pitchforks down... everyone disarmed? Good. ...... I was inferring Patrick Rothfuss! Mwahaha, you can't do anything to me, because you're all unarmed!

The Great Ordeal by a so-called R Scott Bakker

And I can't enter people's houses unless I'm invited in!

I mean, it's far better than previous suggestions (Daniel Radcliffe and Keanu Reeves were the Internet's favorites)

It honestly depends, I think. You pretty much have to come up with something that can meet the mystique of the currently unknown thing. So, in Bojack Horseman, one of the characters always greets an Erica that is offscreen and never seen or heard. Because that's all there is to the gag, revealing Erica or keeping her secret is no big deal. The audience can take it either way. Now take the Kessel Run: something with a lot of mystique. Because it's been part of Star Wars consciousness for so long, revealing it requires a special, exciting revelation with meaning for the core story over all. If what you can provide is...not that... then you shouldn't bother, it's worth more as a mystery.

They should not switch names because control freaks hyperfixated on making everything "sensical" and standardize discourse accordingly must learn to accept that they are not, were not, nor ever will be, the measure of the world. (IoW, they need to be knocked down a few pegs! )

I tend to let other people do the hard work One thing you can look out for going forward (in addition to what was all ready mentioned) are times when Brandon answers questions from fans, either at a signing or a Reddit AMA.

Best to start trying now. People can get upset if they put in a bit of effort to type something on the internets and the response they get is something like: "*You're" One thing you can do is engage with the content of the post as well as include your correction. So something like: "*You're I also find that particular volume of ancient lore shallow and pedantic, though not for the same reasons you mentioned!" The key thing to keep in mind is that people are generally looking for engagement when they post on forums, not editorial services. So if you provide the latter, at least also provide some engagement as well.

Which is funny when he's trying to be subtle about it. Like in Mistborn Era 2. I forget the character, but Wax told Wayne to knock off hitting on her, the implication being see? Brandon is cool with gay people, there's one right there! They'll never have an onpage romance or marriage and ignore that old blog post about gay marriage that he never disavowed... I guess what I'm getting at to get to my latest unpopular Brandon opinion: it'll be a sad day when he goes all Old Man Orson Scott Card on the Culture Wars.

@Condensation It's enjoyable enough. Music is a good part of the structure (though it's not a musical) and the designs of the characters are fun and colorful. It's at its strongest when it is worldbuilding, when it seems to me like an American Ghibli production. But it does have a plot which, though fine, is far more grounded than the fanciful world this takes place in.

Finished watching Bojack Horseman. Will have to finish watching season 3 of Kipo

@Scout_Fox I should amend my single contribution to clarify: objective does not mean ONLY nomnea, Absolute, thethinginitself,etc. Those would certainly be objective, but not the only objective measure (i.e. utilitarianism is an objective standard of morality even though its measure, "what causes the most pleasure", is dynamic and changes based on time, culture and framing). Would Kant disagree with me? The original statement possibly, but he also never stated that nomnea was the only objective standard. Simply that what we can know objectively would be through our senses and rationale, or phenomena. So Kant would say that there are limits to what we can know and how we know it, and by reflecting on those limits we would have an objective understanding of what we do know. Which is connected to, but isn't necessarily, truth. As near as I can tell, only statements can have truth values. So "the truth" might be better framed as "what makes a statement true or false" and there are various methods for that, and the most common interpretation that folks intuitively hold is that the truth of a statement is dependent on how well it matches facts it's describing. So, this complicates matter because 1) facts don't have truth values, facts are facts. 2) a statement's meaning could be hidden in cultural maskings, such that statements like "it's raining cats and dogs" can be considered true.

The Addams Family is mediocre at best.

You guys need to define your terms. You're conflating epistemology with alethiology (nature of knowledge/what can be known vs nature of truth/what can be true). You should also sort out what is meant by "subjective" and "objective". The connotative meanings are being used instead of the philosophical and that will just confuse matters. As a starter and my only contribution to this: objective does not mean "absolute", "nomena" or "thing-as-it-actually-is".

Yeah, that kerfuffle with Apocalypse Guard really messed things up. Hopefully we're back on track before he starts working on Stormlight 5

I read them as they came out and I was always critical of them (not as aggressive as I am now, but still critical. I shall explain). By the second book, I had predicted a good portion of what would end up being the sixth book, even down to saying the events would take place in the sixth book. I have also always pushed against the argument that they encouraged children to read. Because they didn't then and do not now. Honestly, if it wasn't for the combination of cultural and capitalist forces that it enjoys now, it probably would be like the Chronicles of Narnia now. Not obscure and forgotten, but we wouldn't feel the need to push against it publically.

Me? Watching cartoons? Never!

It's hard to say without waaaay more specifics. What I would do is investigate who was nominated with him for what was then the John W Campbell award and go from there. This assumes he knows about the author because they were nominated for the "first time author" award at the same time. If it's because he personally knows them? We could have a problem. I've taken a screenshot of the nominees. At least half can be ruled out.

The thread title reminds me constantly of a video by Jason Steele (he did Charlie the Unicorn, Llamas with Hats,etc). I've posted it in a spoiler with the content warning of dark humor for my delicate sensibilities