Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

@TheHappySpaceman  
The 90s and 00s still had outlandish fashion, I can name like 20 bands from that era who dressed up in weird costumes or at least eccentricly , or did you forget about Manson? even one of the bands you posted was known for Their frontman’s Hilarious Chin Piercing
 
And you still have Power and Black Metal bands dressing up the part

@TheHappySpaceman  
i have kind of noticed it too & now that you mention it, you kind of make it seem a little more depressing than it actually is (i don’t mean to blame you or anything, it just came to mind).
 
besides, there are quite a few bands that either are wearing black but not casual clothes & also wear black as well as a verity of other colours (tho not all at once) on stage. examples: Beast in Black, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Machine Head, Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Twisted Sister (tho no longer active, Dee Snider is still going) & the list goes on.  
those non casual clothes i mentioned earlier, i think the best example i can think of is what you’d see from Wornstar clothing, they have quite the verity of colours as well as styles & such that look a little better & far more interesting & appealing.  
aside from that, it’s the music we really go for, tho it is nice seeing them wear some pretty cool outfits on stage.

@Galestorm  
…I don’t know how Judas Priest and Twisted Sister count as examples? I mean, Judas Priest at least had the biker/BDSM leather look, and as for Twisted Sister, well… I think we’ve all seen their music videos. :P
 
I just think wearing casual clothes on stage is unimaginative, that’s all. Particularly the black T-shirt/denim jeans combo I see so frequently.
 
@Don’t  
I wasn’t saying they didn’t. And why did David get rid of that piercing anyway?
 
And the issue is, right, I’m talking about mainstream rock bands here. Black metal and power metal seem a lot more out of the mainstream.

@TheHappySpaceman  
For genres and bands ho people want “realness” from costumes would be a bad look, you need to look at genres about fantasy sci-fi ect, like Lordi
 

@TheHappySpaceman  

 
i’m not i was just having fun jeez.

@TheHappySpaceman  
well, maybe not all of JP but Rob Halford, especially i the last couple of years during the Firepower tour, his outfits or mainly just jackets weren’t all black, he had a silver one with “FIREPOWER” on the back & at the end of the set, he’d wear his long battle vest. as for TS, they’ve not dove into the black t-shirt & jeans thing  
btw, i just re-read your 1st post about it & i may have missed the point & was mainly giving examples of bands who still kind of have that rock fashion look.  
i do understand what you mean tho. with that said, i don’t think it’s mandatory to do so (nor should it be) but it most certainly is nice to see when you can.  
& with the just black jeans & t-shirt being unimaginative, i agree on that, tho it would be nice to have something on the t-shirt whether it be artwork (reapers, dragons, skeletons ect), band logo &/or artwork, festival t-shirt with lineup o the back ect.  
also battle jackets are quite interesting & as far as i’m aware, a few musicians wear them sometimes, Rob Halford, Matt Heafy (Trivium), Cam Pipes (3 Inches of Blood), James Hetfield (Metallica), the guys from Metalucifar & possibly others.  
hope i didn’t go off topic, i just wanted to add a little something to it, especially the battle jackets which kind of make the casual jeans & t-shirt thing a little less dull in a way.
 
@Thanotos Omega  
ah yes, bands in costume. tho not typically rock fasion, it is quite a thing for most rock/metal bands. Lordi (as pictured), Gwar, Gloryhammer, Wind Rose, Slipknot, Mushroomhead & some others.

@TheHappySpaceman  
According to him he felt it was too immature for his age(he’s in his 50s now)
 
And Imagine Dragons used to dress up like Arcade Fire back when they were on Indie records  

@Thanotos Omega  
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “realness” in music is drastically overrated.
 
Those are some wild costumes, though. Does make me wonder if they rehearse/record in those costumes, or just rehearse/record in normal clothes.
 
@Don’t  
Holy crap, there was a woman in the band at one point? TIL.
 
@Galestorm  
Oh yeah, no, I don’t think it should be mandatory. If bands want to come onstage looking like they just finished an 8 to 5 shift, then that’s their own business. I’m just saying that I prefer when bands dressed like wizards and stuff, because hey… unpopular opinion thread.

@TheHappySpaceman  
They were a completely different band back then, more “indie” and less Pop

You know, Star Wars does have a great example of a Mary Sue, but it’s not Rey. I’m talking about the Sun Crusher from Legends. It had the power to destroy suns in one blast, armor that made all but a black hole leave it unscratched, and it was slightly bigger than a starfighter, so it was also quick and nibble. It’s the prime example of having no flaws or weaknesses, and was perfect.

@Meanlucario  
And there’s only one?

@WyrmSpawN  
Yep. And when it was in Republic hands, they never tried to copy it’s armor, so it practically didn’t exist.

Mandating wearing masks during the pandemic is tyrannical. Not an opinion I share in, but it’s definitely an unpopular one.

As a reviewer, I support the right to make criticism of movies, shows, albums, literature, games, etc.
 
That said, if your criticism consists solely of pointing out tropes that appear in it and saying it sucks because of that, it’s not good criticism and you need to do better.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Tropes being bad is like one of the most Psuedo intellectual arguement a person can make
 
Just smugly point out a trope and pretend it makes whatever you are criticizing invalid , that’s ironically a trope among YouTube Reviewers

@Don’t  
You really should learn about the origins of the DotA, since the guy also talks about critics in his time as being more interested in criticizing the invalid due to it being easier and makes “conquering” them easier as well. It’s nothing new, as you like to think.

@Don’t
 
Tropes are something you can’t escape from in any case.

@Don’t  
That’s basically what I was saying. Even a trope as cliche and widespread as the Four Chords of Pop can be effective when used well–that’s basically the reason some tropes become so popular to begin with.
 
@Mildgyth  
That too. Just because something uses tropes does not automatically make it bad.

@TheHappySpaceman  
I think TV Tropes has that as a trope, as well as the inverse.

@Meanlucario  
It did.
 
Ironically, this is a trope many seem to ignore.

I made my first novel as trope filled as I possibly could.
 
On purpose.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Only when its convenient for them.

@Meanlucario  
Oh, and people seriously need to understand these tropes before they just start saying everything is a trope. Like, just because a gay character dies in any media doesn’t automatically mean it’s a Bury Your Gays moment, and just because a character has traits that make them powerful and competent does not make them a Mary-Sue.

What’s your favorite color?

@Background Pony #0D88  
It varies, but my first one was green.