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        It understands it just fine. Agency is not a factor in the decision. The choice between action and inaction doesn’t matter. People think it matters because people are driven by shortsighted emotions.

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        It understands it just fine. Agency is not a factor in the decision. The choice between action and inaction doesn’t matter. People think it matters because people are driven by shortsighted emotions.

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    The best part is that, by refusing to be killed themselves, they are making a choice to let the other people die, rendering their hypocrisy evident and their worry fully rendered moot

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      Isn’t Homelander a villain though? I thought he was supposed to be a villain.

      Edit: NM I didn’t realize Homelander was from The Boys. I honestly thought he was the guy in Guardians of The Galaxy 3

      Edit 2: Apparently that character’s name is Adam Warlock.

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        I remember reading The Infinity gauntlet comics and in it Adam warlock was supposed to be the greatest human being ever created.

        And then they picked the actor that they chose for him and I’m just not seeing it.

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            Let’s see, Milk is a symbol of innocence and purity in movies, and is often used to make the audience feel uncomfortable when a villain or anti-hero drinks it.

            This is because milk is typically associated with childhood, which is considered the most innocent and pure time of life.

            When a villain drinks milk, it can represent the consumption or destruction of innocence, and can be used to indicate the villain’s loss of innocence

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              Yeah but blue milk tho. Might as well be cheese at that point

              Myself? I’d prefer bacta. You NEVER say no to bacta

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              At that point isn’t he? He created Kylo and then left everyone else to figure it out.

              Not really a hero’s move

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    It’s close to the second ghost rider (and maybe the first, been awhile since I dug up my old comics) who didn’t have powers until innocent blood was spilled (though typically it was the villain who spilled it).

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    I want more of this. Reminds me on the anime Darker than Black, where those with power always had to fulfill some contract to use their power, else they’d die.

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      Man, this anime is so underrated. I like it a lot. I question the artistic direction on the second season, but at least the ending wrapped up the whole show nicely.

      A little correction, nobody really know what happens when a contractor doesn’t do that side-effect thingy. It is never mentioned if they would die, nor that it’s even implied. The way I see it, they’d simply develop strong impulse to do so.

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      And here was I thinking that this character was so terrible that it caused Stan Lee to spontaneously spring back into existence in order to make that opinion known.