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Vote to threadban Bioshuffle This poll is closed.
Yes (Goku)	146	85.38%
No (also Goku)	25	14.62%
Total:	171 votes

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itry: Aug 23, 2019

I think it was a deleted S1 scene.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 00:20

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# ? May 30, 2024 12:13

RudeCat: Aug 7, 2012; The rudest cat for the rudest jobs

Voted Goku

I'd agree that the scene of Homelander cumming over the city doesn't really fit with the characterization of him in the first season. After this season though, it might be more his style.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 00:37

moist turtleneck: Jul 17, 2003; Represent.; Dinosaur Gum

I hope the little tiny guy at the sage grove center was able to get out, that door falling flat might be an impossible wall to get past

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:05

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Y'know if the seven got chipped, I wonder what the over under on if the patients got chipped as well.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:19

GoGoGadgetChris: Mar 18, 2010; i powder a
granite monument
in a soundless flash

showering the grass
with molten drops of
its gold inlay

sending smoking
chips of stone
skipping into the fog

Over Under does not work that way!!!!

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:22

eSporks: Jun 10, 2011

RudeCat posted:

Voted Goku

I'd agree that the scene of Homelander cumming over the city doesn't really fit with the characterization of him in the first season. After this season though, it might be more his style.

It would have been really fitting of him after the death of his "Mom", or doppelganger. Now he's free to do whatever he wants!
I think we got that kind of arc and empowerment when he fell into the arms of facism though.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:24

moist turtleneck: Jul 17, 2003; Represent.; Dinosaur Gum

I'll have to go look again, but did the "chip" seem like it had liquid inside of it? Like it could be a remote "turn off V powers" thing?

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:29

Nuebot: Feb 18, 2013; The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Over Under does not work that way!!!!

I dunno, what's the over under on it working that way?

10 Beers posted:

Maybe Stormfront gets outed as Liberty/a Nazi, and Homelander drops so many points by association the only way he can climb back up is to kill her.

I'm mostly joking but I could almost see it.

Well as everyone knows, the only way you can be nazi is to have been a member of the democratic socialist party back in the 1940's. The only possible way. So maybe she gets outed and there's a moment of "Oh, she's a nazi!" from the crowd, then she dies and everyone's like "Hooray, no more nazis! We're the good guys again!" as they go back to saying the exact same things the nazi was saying. While staring straight at the camera, speaking to the audience as clearly as possible.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:29

spacetoaster: Feb 10, 2014

moist turtleneck posted:

I hope the little tiny guy at the sage grove center was able to get out, that door falling flat might be an impossible wall to get past

I forgot about that little dude!

I wonder if he's got the super toughness to go with his shrinking power.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:30

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Over Under does not work that way!!!!

I know as much about gambling as Homelander does with having healthy relationships with women.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:35

The Last Call: Sep 9, 2011; Rehabilitating sinner

Gaius Marius posted:

I know as much about gambling as Homelander does with having healthy relationships with women.

The man doesn't have a healthy relationship with anyone. Man. Women. Children. He wants one but he doesn't know how to actually do it. He's more imitating what he believes is right than actually being.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:37

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

He should get a dog. I think that might tighten up a few of those loose screws

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:39

esperterra: Mar 24, 2010; SHINee's back

Nuebot posted:

I dunno, what's the over under on it working that way?

Well as everyone knows, the only way you can be nazi is to have been a member of the democratic socialist party back in the 1940's. The only possible way. So maybe she gets outed and there's a moment of "Oh, she's a nazi!" from the crowd, then she dies and everyone's like "Hooray, no more nazis! We're the good guys again!" as they go back to saying the exact same things the nazi was saying. While staring straight at the camera, speaking to the audience as clearly as possible.

yes but does she have a cape

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:39

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Over Under does not work that way!!!!

Totally offtopic, but this bugs me so drat much. Over/Under means you think it's going to be more/less than a certain number, which is set before betting starts. For instance, I'm going to set the percentage of the votes to threadban Bioshuffle at 95%. The over is more than that, the under is less.

This has been your gambling lesson for the day.

Speaking of, Bioshuffle has been a pain in the rear end a lot but they haven't really been as obnoxious as the backlash against them has been, mainly because this should have been taken care of a while back. I've tried giving them the benefit of the doubt but it's obvious they're trying to skirt the rules as to what's acceptable and getting other people pissed off so they get in trouble instead. Almost every insight into the show has been willful ignorance that the only way I can understand is either they aren't actually paying attention to the show or just plain trying to piss people off ("I get no racist vibes" to defend someone after she uses a racial slur while killing an asian man, "I get no transphobic vibes" after a joke that objectifies transgender people, and that doesn't even touch on the elementary-at-best understanding of the nazis or neo nazi movements).

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:44

Zaphod42: Sep 13, 2012; If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

moist turtleneck posted:

I'll have to go look again, but did the "chip" seem like it had liquid inside of it? Like it could be a remote "turn off V powers" thing?

It'd have to be a very tiny amount of liquid, I doubt it. Although I guess a drug dose could be pretty small.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:46

spacetoaster: Feb 10, 2014

Zaphod42 posted:

It'd have to be a very tiny amount of liquid, I doubt it. Although I guess a drug dose could be pretty small.

Yeah, the chip was probably so big due to the battery required for whatever kind of active tracker they use.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:00

Stupid_Sexy_Flander: Mar 14, 2007; Is a man not entitled to the haw of his maw?; Grimey Drawer

Who says it has to be a drug? Could be a vial of hydrofluoric acid. That'd either kill you or make you wish you were dead if they had to pop the chip.

Gotta wonder how starlight manages to use her powers without draining the chip though. She gets electricity wirelessly (i.e. nothing has to contact her, she just absorbs it). Maybe it's just too tiny?

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:01

DogsInSpace!: Sep 11, 2001; Fun Shoe

As Nero Danced posted:

Totally offtopic, but this bugs me so drat much. Over/Under means you think it's going to be more/less than a certain number, which is set before betting starts. For instance, I'm going to set the percentage of the votes to threadban Bioshuffle at 95%. The over is more than that, the under is less.

This has been your gambling lesson for the day.

Noooooooooooooo! Goons not understanding over/under is one of the best long running gags on SA. If there is one legacy from SA that sticks it should be over/under. Second place is the hotdogs are/are not sandwiches. Third place is the eternal question of pineapple on pizza. Then comes The Church of Judohobo. If Judohobo had access to V then it would become the best world. Well him or Fleece Johnson.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:16

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

DogsInSpace! posted:

Noooooooooooooo! Goons not understanding over/under is one of the best long running gags on SA. If there is one legacy from SA that sticks it should be over/under. Second place is the hotdogs are/are not sandwiches. Third place is the eternal question of pineapple on pizza. Then comes The Church of Judohobo. If Judohobo had access to V then it would become the best world. Well him or Fleece Johnson.

No worries, if you think you're learning how to gamble better then you haven't learned the real lesson. Also I was supposed to type 85 not 95 on that example, so I'm pretty loving dumb too.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:19

Zazz Razzamatazz: Apr 19, 2016; by sebmojo

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

I guess this would fit the pattern of the supes that have objectively the most use for intelligence gathering / wetworks operations getting completely shafted in favor of the flashy Homelander types.

Like realistically Doppelganger, Mesmer, and someone who could assassinate people anywhere in the world by looking at their picture would be the CIA / JSOC's wet dream but Vought's pitch to the military is having Superman doing laser-powered strafing runs instead.

I am 100% down for more insane real-life CIA projects getting showtime though.

Seriously, why was Butcher waterboarding people at Gitmo when Mesmer could have just touched them?

I always wondered if Doppleganger was a Vought secret, or at least not super public.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:21

Solice Kirsk: Jun 1, 2004; .

What's the over/under on this derail going for another page?

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:25

DogsInSpace!: Sep 11, 2001; Fun Shoe

Solice Kirsk posted:

What's the over/under on this derail going for another page?

Yes... I meant 7

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:31

Plan Z: May 6, 2012

Payback could be in the show. Stormfront's obviously not in them this time, which leaves Mindro as the the only real difference they would have to do. He was basically a version of Mesmer from Season 1 who could remotely read minds. It would be really fun to see what they could do with Soldier Boy.

Plan Z fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Sep 29, 2020

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:31

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

Plan Z posted:

Payback could be in the show. Stormfront's obviously not in them this time, which leaves Mindro as the the only real difference they would have to do. He was basically a version of Mesmer from Season 1 who could remotely read minds. It would be really fun to see what they could do with Soldier Boy.

I might have misread, but I think I saw they had cast someone as Soldier Boy, so we might get that at some point. I'm guessing in season 3 at the rate the show's going now.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:46

spacetoaster: Feb 10, 2014

As Nero Danced posted:

I might have misread, but I think I saw they had cast someone as Soldier Boy, so we might get that at some point. I'm guessing in season 3 at the rate the show's going now.

It's supposed to be Jensen Ackles.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:48

The Last Call: Sep 9, 2011; Rehabilitating sinner

Yeah it's Jensen Ackles, star of Supernatural which is amazingly, finally ending.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 03:10

BurritoJustice: Oct 9, 2012

Stormfront's line about Starlight being very useful to her cause is definitely going to come up next episode, probably at the rally.

What's the over/under on the Black Noir/Starlight fight? Either going to be him capturing Starlight to imprison her or her fighting out. Both could do with a real show of strength.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 03:18

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

BurritoJustice posted:

Stormfront's line about Starlight being very useful to her cause is definitely going to come up next episode, probably at the rally.

What's the over/under on the Black Noir/Starlight fight? Either going to be him capturing Starlight to imprison her or her fighting out. Both could do with a real show of strength.

I'd double down on those odds. They're pushing the contrast too hard to not have a payoff.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 03:36

DogsInSpace!: Sep 11, 2001; Fun Shoe

BurritoJustice posted:

What's the over/under on the Black Noir/Starlight fight? Either going to be him capturing Starlight to imprison her or her fighting out. Both could do with a real show of strength.

7... god I love goons

# ? Sep 29, 2020 05:24

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Zaphod42 posted:

It'd have to be a very tiny amount of liquid, I doubt it. Although I guess a drug dose could be pretty small.

It's doable.

quote:

The median lethal dose for humans has been estimated at 2 nanograms of botulinum toxin per kilogram of bodyweight

# ? Sep 29, 2020 05:25

Macdeo Lurjtux: Jul 5, 2011; BRRREADSTOOORRM!

Azhais posted:

Probably depends if everyone at Vought knows one is the other or not. Liberty retires, and some years later here's Stormfront! Keep the immortality thing a secret from the people at large

Starlight mentions that she found proof that Vought moves her around the country every few years like a Catholic priest.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 06:01

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

itry posted:

I think it was a deleted S1 scene.

Anyone have a link to this, or can you find it on Prime? I'm already imagining Starr's expressions.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 06:29

Lote: Aug 5, 2001; Place your bets

Cindy destroys Vought HQ killing tons of people allowing Homelander to gain more power. Homelander kills Maeve when she tries to blackmail him.

Unrelated, I like how the show doesn�t show the 7 going on anything but a few token adventures. It�s just like the comic books of the major characters who never do anything small anymore because their powers are too strong. It�s always something saving the world or off planet or other dimension.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 06:34

the escape goat: Apr 16, 2008

https://twitter.com/jackquaid92/status/1310646770024685568?s=21

# ? Sep 29, 2020 07:30

Open Source Idiom: Jan 4, 2013

Lote posted:

Cindy destroys Vought HQ killing tons of people allowing Homelander to gain more power. Homelander kills Maeve when she tries to blackmail him.

They're not gonna kill a queer woman.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 07:58

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

Bury your gays is a trope for a reason. TV shows love killing off lesbians, doubly so if they're just starting to be happy

# ? Sep 29, 2020 08:30

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

Kilson posted:

I thought I read in this thread somewhere that they actually filmed that scene, and lots of people wanted to put it in, but Amazon ultimately said no.

--- INTERIOR, AMAZON HQ ---

It is night. BEZOS walks towards the window in his office, his face shrouded in darkness. He stares hundreds of feets below, a warehouse buzzing with people as tiny as ants.

BEZOS: Soviet carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst megapenis. This platform is afraid of me. I've seen its true metrics. The "TV shows we think you'll like" sections are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder shows will foam up about their waists and all the bingers and chillers will look up and shout "Give us Homelander's jizz!"... and I'll look down, and whisper "No."

That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Sep 29, 2020

# ? Sep 29, 2020 10:42

jabby: Oct 27, 2010

Lote posted:

Cindy destroys Vought HQ killing tons of people allowing Homelander to gain more power. Homelander kills Maeve when she tries to blackmail him.

Unrelated, I like how the show doesn�t show the 7 going on anything but a few token adventures. It�s just like the comic books of the major characters who never do anything small anymore because their powers are too strong. It�s always something saving the world or off planet or other dimension.

In the comics this extends to every supe. They have literally no use aside from publicity events.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 11:41