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In most LoZ games, Ganon/dorf is epic level. Hell, in some games he might even have a divine rank!
Also, I wonder if Ganon would be a wizard, warlock, or sorcerer.
^^ I think we can in this case, because we're talking about a consistent damage reduction based on a percentage. If all damage is reduced by exactly 50%, then that's entirely the same as having 100% extra HP. It's when hard values enter the equation that thinking in terms of a HP addition ceases to be useful. Like in Mount & Blade, where armour is always a hard value damage reduction, which has a different relationship with HP than a percentage reduction; percentages tend to work better against higher-damage attacks whereas hard value reductions are better for softening moderate attacks or negating weak ones.
Given how simple Zelda games tend to be, I think it's safe to treat the fairy's blessing as doubling Link's HP. There's nothing in the game that introduces enough complexity to play with that 50% reduction, so it's an effective doubling of the HP value.
Except for attacks that reduce precisely one health from Link- one quarter of a heart. Like bat attacks in OoT.
Reducing damage by half doesn't reduce that damage to one eighth- thus, Link cannot survive twice the amount of those attacks with the Great Fairy's blessing.
Actually, I could use some help building Ganon for a boss encounter in D&D.
Indeed, you are right about this. The left-right axis is far less simple and Manichean than people on both sides like to claim. As for your comparison of "communist dictatorships" and quasi-fascism - it's true that Stalinism is, in practice, closer to fascism than genuine communism.
You deserve a compliment, Gacek, I admit that you are one of the most thoughtful and reasonable right-wingers I've seen on the internet. I love discussing stuff with you.
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(Slightly more seriously, a part of it is that I'm playing up the contrast, I might qualify as not a right-winger in some other communities. I guess I don't mind being counted as right or centre-right, although I haven't been thinking much of myself in these terms, so I didn't expect being called one. Political compasses that I have done, if I can consider them reliable, generally placed me somewhere in the middle of Left-Right axis.)
I think I remember you saying once that you considered yourself a conservative, so I went by that.
Yeah, I like this label. I guess it speaks badly of my consistency.
Massive reply to various stuff from the last two pages:
The only problem I see is the part where she took a photo without his knowledge and uploaded it, since (as you might recall, heh) I'm big on privacy, informational self-determination and and personality rights.
Ahaha. Maybe somebody should introduce those guys to the Grey Wolves? Who claim the same for Turkey. Somehow I don't think Serbian nationalist would like to be the same as Turks, haha.
What? " The defense of the human being and humanity against the influx of false modern social "norms" and "values". That's typica straight "New Right" bullshit.
As I see it, "New Right" isn't necessarily fascism, but I'm gonna say a part of the "New Right" is to look like it isn't something that ticks the boxes on the list of someone looking for fascists or other nasties.
You said it yourself: "leadership, militarism, discipline etc.", so there's more than just the fact that there is a single guy at the top. If we focus on the authority alone we may as well expand fascism to include monarchies.
Coups yes, but even if they start with a fraction of the populace it's supposed to be a massive organisation, not just a ruling clique.
Neo-nazis are a slightly different animal. For one, their willingness for international cooperation is quite contrary to the spirit of historical Fascist doctrines. And as for the benchmark, they're at best a development of fascism in postwar conditions. Same with their support levels. A bunch of thugs with delusions of grandeur and failing at its own doctrine is hardly a good benchmark for anything except an extreme young male underground movement.
I haven't studied the issue of Franco, but it seems like it's often said Franco was closer to Latin American dictators than European fascists. I'll stay at that; I'd have to spend some time on that story, and I've got not enough.
I'm looking into this piece by Eco, so far it seems he's pretty close to what I've read.
It's not just leadership in itself. It's that ideological and propagandistic focus on leadership (most prominently the "Führerprinzip" in Nazi Germany) and on discipline and the destiny of the group over the individual and all that. Which in the end does all mean submission to the leaders, but the point is fascism's particular ideological insistence on that. At least, I personally see that insistence, heh.
Well, dictators can drum something up, of course. I think the important part here is actually aesthetics. Without mass rallies and military parades and all that, always involving masses of people - yeah it wouldn't really look and feel like fascism, would it? I suppose that's true, but on the other hand that seems to be more aesthetics than directly ideology to me. However, on the first hand again so to speak, aesthetics is a very, very important part of fascism anyway. Gariele D'Annunzio is often considered the "father" of fascism, and in his conception it was basically all aesthetics, as a political outgrowth of the futurist movement.
I'd say fascists have always cooperated internationally. Diplomatically during WW2, but also the various movements before (well, within the limits of communication at that time). Most fascist movements had little problem to change the historiographical narrative in order to accommodate alliances, and Hitler for example was willing to give up South Tyrole entirely for the sake of his pact with Mussolini. Still, the degree of international connection Neo-Nazis use nowadays is of course something new, but I wouldn't say this means a break in continuity. It's still the same fascist movements, just adapted to modern times. And while they may not have much support, Neo-Nazis are the most openly fascists we have these days in Europe. Even if they may not be a particularly good benchmark, I don't see any better.
The thing is, you said it again. It's not about simply trying for strongman rule, but the ideology a crucial part of which is the focus on "the Leader". A "bad authoritarian" does not have to be a fascist, in the sense of a movement we're trying to define from its emanations we have had the bad luck to observe.
Hm, I guess Eco gives me an argument for this one. It's easy to spot a fascist when he's calling to re-open Auschwitz. We should rather look for those less obvious ones, as they are likelier to accomplish something, and for that we need better template than a glorified street gang.
Sorry, but I'm off, it's late.
Not sure, but I think I just had a panic attack. It was not a pleasant experience.
What do you think caused it? Or would you rather not say?
I'm really not sure. General stress I guess?
Dear God, I simply cannot keep awake when it comes to mathematics.
Had to resort to those painfully-sour energy drinks that punch and burn your throat to keep my eyes open for the latter three hours.
dont do math then
I would if I could.
I freaking HATE math.
In Australian high schools, students are given the chance to opt out of any classes (except for English) at the beginning of Year 11. Do you get that level of choice at any point in a Singaporean high school?
I'm pretty sure Kraken's in tertiary education.
So, it is supposed to be Spring, and it is almost April, and it was warm yesterday. Today, we have a foot of snow.
Maryland, folks.
Gotta love the East Coast.
But at least I'm not still in Maine.
Hahaha so it's not just here then
And of course this big snowstorm corresponds with everyone's spring break in my family
Wheeee
You could always send the snow my way.
I'd love to see snow for the... second time in my life, ever.
Clearly we need to redistribute the snowfall...instead of you getting none at all and us getting an intolerable amount, everybody should get just enough to look pretty without inconveniencing things.
Let's petition the weather pegasi.
But pegasi are dicks, they'll probably not do it just to spite us
It's almost April and the snow still won't melt.
That's because April is autumn. :V
Psst, that's "fall" to the yanks in the room.
If they don't have the decency to know what autumn is then I have nothing further to say to them.