one of my favorite tropes in any story is when some realistic villain or organization that has terrorized normal/regular people with impunity since always inadvertently (through random chance, law of averages) draws the ire of someone or something that is operating on a truly different playing field with much higher stakes, and generally drawing upon a capacity or competency that is multiple orders of magnitude greater than anything they have ever conceived of existing.
like say a crooked cop tries to victimize a possible witness to his corruption who turns out to literally be a demon that was busy with something else, but has decided to give the cop its full attention.
it's all over the place in media, to varying degrees. Man on Fire is a non-supernatural example. very heavy "now you have fucked up" vibes.
I don't care how many times it is used. I want to see it used more. I especially like it when we, as the audience, are observing the much more dangerous character in a story, and this fool comes along thinking they've found easy prey.
realistic villain or organization that has terrorized normal/regular people with impunity since always inadvertently (through random chance, law of averages) draws the ire of someone or something that is operating on a truly different playing field with much higher stakes
Happens in comics every so often. One of my favorites is when a random mugger decides he’s going to rob the first woman he sees walking alone, and manages to pick Big Barda of the New Gods, a Superman-scale flying brick with about 6 to a dozen ways she could instantly turn a regular human into ground beef.
The anime overlord has this a lot, because regular medieval fantasy style villains end up going up against a demon king and his massive army and it does not go their way. Dunno if I'd recommend overlord because I watched it years ago, might not acutally be good, but it was fun seeing a massive sex-trafficking and drug ring get ripped to shreds overnight because they annoyed a half-dragon butler.
:who-did-this: yeah who has ever enjoyed that show? (I watched it before maturing as a leftist and at a time I felt betrayed, sad, and very angry. Not actually sure if it was good or not but DEFINITELY not recommending it to anyone ever.)
a massive sex-trafficking and drug ring get ripped to shreds overnight because they annoyed a half-dragon butler.
Tried watching this once, couldn't get through more than 2 episodes. Might have to play fast and loose with the fast-forward button just for funsies now...
You could just start the second half of season two and understand. But honestly don't even bother. If you didn't enjoy the first episode or two you aren't going to like the rest of it.
one of my favorite tropes in any story is when some realistic villain or organization that has terrorized normal/regular people with impunity since always inadvertently (through random chance, law of averages) draws the ire of someone or something that is operating on a truly different playing field with much higher stakes, and generally drawing upon a capacity or competency that is multiple orders of magnitude greater than anything they have ever conceived of existing.
like say a crooked cop tries to victimize a possible witness to his corruption who turns out to literally be a demon that was busy with something else, but has decided to give the cop its full attention.
it's all over the place in media, to varying degrees. Man on Fire is a non-supernatural example. very heavy "now you have fucked up" vibes.
I don't care how many times it is used. I want to see it used more. I especially like it when we, as the audience, are observing the much more dangerous character in a story, and this fool comes along thinking they've found easy prey.
Mugging the Monster
There goes the rest of my day
John Wick
I haven’t seen anything but the first one, but I loved it. Are the other two worth watching?
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Dunno, haven't seen em
I say yes. 2 is not as good as 1 but is a fun action movie. 3 is really good even if just visually. You gotta turn your brain off of course
Happens in comics every so often. One of my favorites is when a random mugger decides he’s going to rob the first woman he sees walking alone, and manages to pick Big Barda of the New Gods, a Superman-scale flying brick with about 6 to a dozen ways she could instantly turn a regular human into ground beef.
I love that shit too. It’s incredibly satisfying.
The anime overlord has this a lot, because regular medieval fantasy style villains end up going up against a demon king and his massive army and it does not go their way. Dunno if I'd recommend overlord because I watched it years ago, might not acutally be good, but it was fun seeing a massive sex-trafficking and drug ring get ripped to shreds overnight because they annoyed a half-dragon butler.
Isekai can be a mixed bag, usually terrible but on the occasion you find a protagonist who understands slavery is wrong it can be a real treat
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:who-did-this: yeah who has ever enjoyed that show? (I watched it before maturing as a leftist and at a time I felt betrayed, sad, and very angry. Not actually sure if it was good or not but DEFINITELY not recommending it to anyone ever.)
I try my best not to think about some of the isekai I watched years ago.
The protagonist in Overlord isn't portrayed as a good guy.
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Tried watching this once, couldn't get through more than 2 episodes. Might have to play fast and loose with the fast-forward button just for funsies now...
You could just start the second half of season two and understand. But honestly don't even bother. If you didn't enjoy the first episode or two you aren't going to like the rest of it.
Just occurred to me, look up clips of sebas and that's really all you're looking for
that's one of my favorites too!!!!
Law abiding citizen was fun for this reason. Definitely not a perfect movie but satisfying. Same thing with Taken