The Nerd Thread (comics, movies, anime, cartoons, video games, lore, fun stuff, ect.)

@Dex Stewart
The one on the right giving me Bully Maguire vibes.

@phoenixacezero
He’s gonna put some dirt in your eyes.

@phoenixacezero

Which fictional universe is the most ambitious and has the deepest lore that you are aware of?

Tolkien’s Middle Earth is the obvious one.

There is Asimov’s Foundation universe which was one of the earliest interstellar spanning sci-fi universes and is still fucking massive by today’s standards.

Dune is also quite large and ambitious.

For more recent stuff, there is Malazan which is the only fantasy series I’m aware of that gives Tolkien’s Middle Earth a run for it’s money in terms of World building. It’s probably the most ambitious fantasy series of the last 30 years.

The Elder Scrolls has the deepest video game world I’ve ever seen, you can spend countless hours reading about ES lore both in game and on the internet.

@Background Pony #34FA
One Piece.

@Darth Prime
I’ve only read the early volumes of the manga but from what I know, yeah it fits the bill. It’s probably the deepest world in anime and manga.

@Dex Stewart
hhahahahhahah

Why does the rest of the Star Wars galaxy just forget about the Jedi/Sith war in General?

Like haven’t their force wars caused many genocides and general destruction over the millenniums?

In hindsight, of course the next stage of memes are to do animals with them.

@CaptainXtra
Lucas probably didn’t have that in mind when he was writing for the Original Trilogy.

@CaptainXtra
I dunno. In reality we share the same one planet and ignore the massive wars going on right here.

@Dex Stewart
Some people don’t even believe the Holocaust happened in the real world.
In-universe is it so hard to believe people would forget about a bunch of space wizards fighting each other?

@Darth Prime
Other important facts include the echonet not being nearly as big and comprehensive as the internet, and the sith have spent a long long time letting their memory fade from the galaxy, also even when the two are at their heights they measure their numbers in the tens of thousands, in a galaxy with planets that have populations in the tens of billions, and that there are thousands of planets, less then 0.1% of the population has likely ever seen a jedi in person, let alone seen them actually use the force in a way that is clearly supernatural,

The only Star Wars related things I’m familiar with actually are the original trilogy and Knights of the Old Republic.

@Thanotos Omega
Grievous’s invasion of Coruscant was an inside job!

@Darth Prime
I mean it was…

Well those are the most respected iterations of the franchise.

Missing out on a lot of the meat though.

@Thanotos Omega
I just like to think about conspiracy theories IRL and think about in-universe versions in settings.
“Order 66 was a hoax!”

Are the Star Wars prequels and sequels actually worth checking out or are they hogwash?

I do enjoy the original trilogy, but I don’t know if I care to go beyond that and some of the video games because half of the Star Wars fandom says they are garbage anyway.

I’ve heard some of the extended universe stuff is quite good though even if a lot of it isn’t considered canon anymore as far as my knowledge goes.

@Background Pony #34FA
I think both the sequels and prequels are fun watches. Not as good as the original trilogy, but not as bad people say they are.

I’d say watch the movies in chronological order, and throw in Rogue One while you’re at it between episodes III and IV.

@Background Pony #34FA
Señor Prequel es bueno Señor Sequel es El Diablo.

Also don’t forget the watch The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, and the Book of Boba Fett.
Here’s the watch order for The Clone Wars though you can watch it in release order just remember to watch The Clone Wars movie before the series as it was released before the series premiered.

So… yeah. Just found out about chapter 218 of Rent-A-Girlfriend.

Why can’t we get an anime where the tsundere hooks up with the main character early on in the series? I can count on my hand the number of times that’s happened. I want my tsundere fluff, dang it.

Is Dusty here?

I want to see him explain what these weird ass portions on the Nebulon B are: