VN Ren'Py My Dorm [v0.27.3 S3 Ch.7] [Tropecita Games]

[AVNTester2]

For some reason, being taller and dumber made them feel superior.

Don't you know, The Dumb feel no fear in the Beginning so they automatically assume they are superior to everyone

 

[KingKraven]

I was the smaller kid in elementary school. When the bullies came along, I realized they were all little cowards that went crying to the teacher as soon as I bloodied their noses. For some reason, being taller and intellectually inferior made them feel superior.

Well, I didn't bully anyone. I did kick ass and got my ass kicked on the daily though. Fun days.

 

[Trope95]

I love this game!
In my time it wasn't called bullying. It was called natural order (remember Spanish High Schools were WAY smaller than US ones, with around ~500 kids divided into 4 levels, 14-18 y.o.). The "bullies" didn't last long if they weren't a bit smart, and most of them didn't even finish elementary school (6-14y.o.). That was before the current crap about passing level if you go to class. Then you needed to pass exams in 8 mandatory elementary years.

 

[TigerWolfe]

I was the smaller kid in elementary school. When the bullies came along, I realized they were all little cowards that went crying to the teacher as soon as I bloodied their noses. For some reason, being taller and intellectually inferior made them feel superior.

Oddly all the bullies I ever dealt with were shorter. Once I realized "zero tolerance" meant I got suspended even if I didn't fight back, the next few times they tried to "biggest guy in the yard" me I responded in kind where the size advantage seriously shifted things in my favor. After that happening 2 or 3 times the bullies stopped trying to start physical altercations for cred, and life got a lot simpler.

 

[ThorinKing]

Oddly all the bullies I ever dealt with were shorter. Once I realized "zero tolerance" meant I got suspended even if I didn't fight back, the next few times they tried to "biggest guy in the yard" me I responded in kind where the size advantage seriously shifted things in my favor. After that happening 2 or 3 times the bullies stopped trying to start physical altercations for cred, and life got a lot simpler.

Maybe things were different in the 70s. The bullies then tended to be the bigger kids that made fun of any kid smaller or that could actually read and do math well (unlike them). Brutality paired with idiocy seemed to be the mark of a superior being to them. Having known some of their parents, I could see why they revered these things - it's what they were learning at home.

 

[KingKraven]

Maybe things were different in the 70s. The bullies then tended to be the bigger kids that made fun of any kid smaller or that could actually read and do math well (unlike them). Brutality paired with idiocy seemed to be the mark of a superior being to them. Having known some of their parents, I could see why they revered these things - it's what they were learning at home.

Mostly it was the fat kids that were doing the bullying where I grew up, always trying to throw their weight around. Sometimes literally. Fat, dumb and mean.

 

[ThorinKing]

Mostly it was the fat kids that were doing the bullying where I grew up, always trying to throw their weight around. Sometimes literally. Fat, dumb and mean.

The biggest bully in junior high (literally and figuratively) was hitting about 6 feet in 7th grade, and about 300lbs. He was also very poor in his classes, but did make a decent nose tackle for the football team. I think being a bully was his defense mechanism.

 

[DickgirlEnjoyer]

Yeah, but I'm MARS ULTOR -- Ares' cooler, scarier Roman alter-ego -- so I say, "Bring it on!"

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That's the 4e version of the D&D god of tyranny Bane.

 

[KingKraven]

The biggest bully in junior high (literally and figuratively) was hitting about 6 feet in 7th grade, and about 300lbs. He was also very poor in his classes, but did make a decent nose tackle for the football team. I think being a bully was his defense mechanism.

In my junior high, there was an almost 6' dude who was fat af. He didn't play sports with us. He was just mean and dumb.

 

[Dragon59]

Oh if only CBT was just that and i didn't know for the better.

It's awkward (or amusing) for a former girlfriend of mine--she's a psychologist active in the Kink community.

Agreed, so many people get hung up on these being games, I approach them like books.

The necessary early access aspect of AVNs kills a lot of them in the womb I think, players almost never let the writers "cook".

I do as well. It's one reason I don't get upset if the MC does something I wouldn't do, or experiences something I'd rather not. The MC is the protagonist of a story, not me.

(still catching up after falling off the F95 wagon for a while)

 

[Dragon59]

German saying: Growing old is not for cowards / Altwerden ist nichts für Feiglinge !

Seen it in English as "old age is not for sissies."

I think I like the German variant better. After all....
Growing old does not care about your gender conformity.

Way more immersive if you at least FEEL like you have some agency though. Even just the ILLUSION of choice goes a long way.

Given the way we see some "overly immersed" people react when things don't go according to their wishes, I think I'm fine with that. Some of these people go beyond Karens and seem to emulate Annie Wilkes from Misery...
"Tropicita, I'm your number one fan and I think you should..."

Not for me. But again I come from a book approach.

As do I. I also had many of those "book nerd" behaviors and experiences growing up that others shared.

I've heard it in English as: "Growing old isn't for pussies." But it's all the same.

In a way, that's a bit ironic. After all, in the U.S. and Europe, women live, on average, five years longer than men. Turns out. Growing old is for pussies (and not dicks).

Doesn't take a Rocket scientist........

I was going to say that Rocket is more of an engineer than a scientist, but then again, Rocket Science is not really science, it's mainly engineering. I must say his back story in part 3 was quite sad.

 

[ThorinKing]

I was going to say that Rocket is more of an engineer than a scientist, but then again, Rocket Science is not really science, it's mainly engineering. I must say his back story in part 3 was quite sad.

Considering a "rocket scientist" needs to have a reasonable command of physics, chemistry, metallurgy, engineering and the ability to use the "scientific method" to find the right combinations of elements from all of those fields to make a rocket perform as intended, I'd say "scientist" works.

 

[Maviarab]

The direction this thread went...

 

[AVNTester2]

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That looks like Captain Jack Sparrow's Compass, like this one


(Yeah I watched Pirates of the Caribbean "a bit" too often )

 

[TigerWolfe]

(still catching up after falling off the F95 wagon for a while)

Wondered where you were, glad you seem well.

 

[xapican]

Dragon59 ; nice to read you again, hope you had a peacefull and loving Christmas
abrazo !

 

[Trope95]

It's awkward (or amusing) for a former girlfriend of mine--she's a psychologist active in the Kink community.


I do as well. It's one reason I don't get upset if the MC does something I wouldn't do, or experiences something I'd rather not. The MC is the protagonist of a story, not me.

(still catching up after falling off the F95 wagon for a while)

Glad to have you back on the thread. I hope everything is fine.

 

[MarsUltor]

That's the 4e version of the D&D god of tyranny Bane.

The source of the picture I posted is a Wiki for a fantasy book series called The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Here's a more traditional representation of Mars Ultor ("Mars the Avenger"):

 

[Elhemeer]

The biggest bully in junior high (literally and figuratively) was hitting about 6 feet in 7th grade, and about 300lbs. He was also very poor in his classes, but did make a decent nose tackle for the football team. I think being a bully was his defense mechanism.

My biggest bullies were the neighborhood thugs (i.e. short* jocks) and the sax player (who was the only one who ever showed remorse).

That feels like a meme right there, now that I've typed it out ...

*I'm a short nerd, so none of the tall jocks bothered with me?

 

[MarsUltor]

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