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TIL: MtG "super drops" are a thing

https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/smittensuperdrop

I think I've ever seen these kinds of cards before or something similar to it (which may not have been actual license product and instead a fan thing), and wondered what was up with it.

At any rate, they seem to be weird as hell limited collectibles with variant art and a different style. While the concept is interesting, the prices are outrageous (probably so as to not to mess with the secondary market?). At first I thought it was a bit much for a collection of cards, but then I learned that each thing was only a few cards which became a definite "NOPE!"

Some of the previous ones are kinda neat:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-secret-lairs-secretversary-superdrop-2020-11-25

The Wave Master posted...

My point is that no one is "Woke" for liking the plot of TLOU 2 or not liking the plot. But until recently the LGBTQ community was ignored in the media representation or played up for laughs or scorn. Same for my people in movies and television shows. We were either gang bangers or drug dealers or unemployed vagrants. I'm not a huge fan if Tyler Perry, but at least he portrays black people with nuances and layers and normal successful people. It's why Black Panther will always get love in my house until the end of freaking time, same with Coming to America.

Generally speaking, I dislike labels and find most claims of "representation" patronizing. I've occasionally mentioned that I suffer from OCD. However, I've also had to suffer from idiots lauding shows like Monk and films like As Good as it Gets which praise the "representation" offered to obsessive-compulsives. I'd like to personally walk to up to every OCD "ally" who praised this shit and tell them a loud "fuck you" to their face. I don't need representation and, even if I did, that's not the way I'd want it done. Both performances were at least somewhat played for laughs (which was one problem) and exaggerated beyond any realistic standard, considering that they embodied pretty much every possible trope instead of just a few key ones.

Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with them doing anything for whatever reason even if I don't agree with it, but don't piss on my cupcake and call it frosting.

And whenever anything is pushed as part of "representation," I'm probably not going to bother checking it out even if it interested me before because fuck those virtue-signalling assholes trying to make a big deal over shit.

And, not for nothing, but much of the time "representation" is used as crutch for not providing quality. It's what the Feige Ghostbusters reboot tried to use a shield and write off criticisms.

I_Abibde posted...

Neither of the TLOU games caught my interest, so the controversy passed me by.

I own 2 copies at this point -- one I bought for the ps3 and the other which came with my ps4 bundle -- but I haven't bothered to play it. My interest there was solely because of Ellie's likeness (which apparently they strongly adjusted in TLoU2)


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