Avernus
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"If you give Frodo a lightsaber you should then give Sauron a Death Star" is an old, bad piece of writing advice.
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What are your most hated fanfic tropes
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nivekvonbeldo
I trust you know where the happy button is?
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I see just asking what's the celestial forge
Tera Forma
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It's not like Frodo getting a lightsaber would change anything, given who Sauron is. Like, seriously, Sauron, lore-wise, would be more powerful than any Death Star.
humon
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If you make a story about the scaling of numbers, you should make sure they all add up to 666. This number is the sum total of all things that can be counted using numbers. If you make all stats add up to 666, then you will have perfect betting odds for who will win between the hero and the villain.
Then, once the odds are set, and the bets are in, the teams can actually play the game and frustrate every gambler who thought they had a perfect system.
Because it turns out there's a huge part of life that can't be counted or quantified or compared using metrics. Much like how the circumference of a circle is not 6 radians, but 2π = 6.283(something irrational)... It's the irrational part of the number that will kick your ass every time if you try to ignore it or round it off.
Then, once the odds are set, and the bets are in, the teams can actually play the game and frustrate every gambler who thought they had a perfect system.
Because it turns out there's a huge part of life that can't be counted or quantified or compared using metrics. Much like how the circumference of a circle is not 6 radians, but 2π = 6.283(something irrational)... It's the irrational part of the number that will kick your ass every time if you try to ignore it or round it off.