@Ubiq:

That's the hardest category you could have thrown at me.

I could have gone with porn. :ninja:

@Ubiq:

I wouldn't even know where to start narrowing it down that much. Somebody throw me a genre of film and I'll do it that way.

Romcom .

Looks pretty easy to me. :wassat:

@Pachylad:

They kinda have, but it didn't really pan out

Gallavants, you say, eh? :ninja:

@Sparsebeard:

! Strange, nice aren't the vibes I get from the Empress, might have to do with the fact that MEETING her means you're considered compromised lol…
! As for Black, I do like the potential for him being "saved" despite himself. I do love the theory of him being necroed, although I'm partial to the school of though that necromancy brings you back... different...
! And now that you say it, I do hope that Black Queen doesn't exclude spamming corpse explosion. Still, I think any knight class would feel pretty outdated since she's already a (vice-)Queen... Still, I would rather for the author to surprise us with something of the left field like the Hierophant or Duchess classes...
! Now I wonder when (if) Thief and Archer will get an upgrade...

! Hahaha, yeah, no she's obviously terrifying to most people but I mean towards people she likes. Like she and Black seem so buddies. :happy:
I'm hoping that keeps.
! Well, I reason we've already had a surprise name with Hierophant so Cat's should have some more. Well, should and should, another surprise could also be good. And Death Knight is just so metal.
! Do we know if Thief and Archer even are transitional names?

Also, do you read any other webnovels, since you enjoy the guide, you might also enjoy something like Mother of Learning, although it's a bit different it's pretty high quality too.

I've gone and read some other, yes. None that I've taken so much liking to as A Practical Guide to Evil. Just started The Gods are Bastard on your recommendation, it's pretty good… But it's not a guide.
Since you're recommending, thanks for that by the way, I guess I'm looking for some sci-fi...? With a female protagonist.

@Sparsebeard:

! We haven't seen enough of the empress for me to truly care that much about her, I like Traitorous better lol.
! Hierophant is probably my favorite character, I'm a sucker for wizard-like characters and I feel like he embodies the mad scientist troope perfectly. I just love how incredibly aloof he is having no problem performing vivisection and all kind of awful experiments. Also, that Ubua comment recently was frinkin gold.
! And his quirk of always correcting people is hillarious.
! In the same vein, I feel that I'll probably like Warlock a lot if we see more of him (if he doesn't die in the next few chapters…).
! Also, how do you feel about the whole black situation? Do you think that Black is a dead man walking, or will he outplay the narrative?

! Dunno why I like Malicia, first of her name, actually. She seems nice I guess? Hahaha.
! The Black situation… I dunno, could go either way. But I doubt Black himself will outplay it, Cat might though. It would make sense too, instead of her becoming the Black Knight as per expectation she becomes something else. Something new like, Black Queen could be, feels like it's being set up for that. Personally I'd like Death Knight because that's just cool and we could get the suicide armies we all dream of. :happy:

@Sparsebeard:

It sure is, and apparently, friday chapters are incoming meaning tri-weekly updates very soon…

Yeah, they've reached their 750$ per month goal on patreon, so. Actually wish I could have thrown in some more monies but I'm saving up at moment.

If I may ask, do you have any favorite characters? To me they are all very interesting but I have no one that stands out… Maybe Cat.... Or the Dread Empress, coming to think of it. :wassat:

A practical Guide to Evil is great stuffs indeed! :happy:

She mostly seems interested in making Poe understand that he doesn't get to question her but never has she given the impression of having a plan or really discuss it. She just tell him to wait and have hope.

When he confronts her about it after all ships but the cruiser has been destroyed, she does imply that there is a plan. "Tell us that we have a plan, that there is hope," he asks and she responds with that there is hope, as you said, which then would imply that there is a plan.
Dunno where I got that she told him about it a second time though, my bad. ._.

Her first interaction with Poe is about how reckless he is. And not to long ago he disobeyed orders when he thought he knew better. Reassuring him that they have a solid plan and there is no need for recklessness seems like a good idea.

Reassuring him is what she did, as I mentioned above. It didn't stick. And since he doesn't trust her enough to tell her his plan, why would he trust her reassurances?

I don't know or care that he would have. But I think she should have told him to minimize the risk.

Holdo would have cared though. Maybe she thought that he wouldn't like the plan and commit mutiny? Then not telling him would be to minimize the risk.

In which case I would be be fully mad at Poe for pure recklessness and loathe the poor purple lady that tried her best. Whereas in this case while I am glad that Poe reckless attitude did not pay of I can understand why he tried a long shot with the situation he tought he was in(dead for sure with a leadership without plan).

I'm guessing that that "loathe" should be "feel for", or the like?
Well, he was as wrong as you are.

@andre:

Hey guys. I've read quite a few articles recently that have seemed to reduce most of the arguments against this film and attempts at pointing out perceived flaws as rooted in subconscious and pure sexism/racism. Do you guys think this is accurate, or maybe even more so, do any of you think it has colored the debate and discussion in this forum thus far? I can post something a facebook friend posted as an example.

https://bittergertrude.com/2018/01/04/why-so-many-men-hate-the-last-jedi-but-cant-agree-on-why/

Personally, I do think that there's probably a decent chunk that falls under this, but I don't think it's a fair critique of… all the critique of this film.

Hello!
I think it's accurate that at least a lot of the arguments against this film are rooted in sexism/racism. Most? Maybe. I'm sure it has coloured the debate to some extent. I haven't seen any outright sexism or racism here of course. But we all know that that stuff is pretty insidious. I'm rather certain it has affected my views of the film..
Of course it shouldn't be used as a counter point when someone is trying to point out some fault they perceive in the film. I could have used it a bunch when I defended Holdo, the fact that women in positions of power are judged harder is pretty well known and accepted. But it is only true in general so I would never accuse any single individual of sexism just because they unfairly, in my opinion, judged this one woman this one time.
Personally, the fact that a film, a freaking Star Wars film, can say so much on or about this have made it all the more enjoyable. Pretty sure I rank it above 5 now.

8>5>7>4>6>1>3>2, truth.

@desa:

I think my problem with lady purple hair was that if Poe is reckless guy not having a plan would only entice him to act recklessly to save them. So giving a plan or the idea that there is a real plan was the most sensible solution considering why Leia demoted him.

"A plan"? You mean straight up lie or something? Because as far as I remember there was only the one plan. And Holdo did try to tell him that there was a plan, like, twice I think? Why are people so insistent on that she should have known that he was gonna mess up again and that when he does it's her fault somehow… Can't she have some faith in the people she works with?
And how are everyone so sure that Poe would have gone with the jump-ship-plan if he had known about it and the base? Even after he knows his plan has failed he only says about the jump-ship-plan "it could work."(or something along those lines.) That's not the most overwhelming endorsement I've heard.
Me, I'm thinking he would have gone with his high-risk plan, that would have saved not only the rebels but also their cruiser. He have after all seen such plans succeed at least twice, starkiller base and the dreadnaught, and I'd wager a lot more times...