Childhood friend zoned.
I will admit it's not really an issue, but I do believe it is a topic that deserves some consideration. From my perspective, this is mostly a matter of appearances. Correct me if I'm wrong, but seeing people online is more reassuring and fosters a more ready connection with people than kind of just throwing yourself out there and hoping there's a response. I'm sometimes almost cripplingly shy in real life and in the past I had huge problems with addressing authority figures because I viewed them as ominous and detached from myself, like a huge shadow entity. Something to be feared and avoided when possible. Even if this seems insignificant and tiny or like nothing at all to you, I feel like a certain level of interpersonal connection even if it is something as simple as a little green dot next to your name occasionally might be what some people need to feel a little more comfortable and safe. I feel like forums are a place to feel a little bit of that sometimes. I know it sounds absolutely stupid and ridiculous, but I've been there and small things like that can help. I've spoken my piece and I'm gonna leave before I get straight up maudlin with you.
Hero is on last legs from damage done by main villain over the course of a long drawn out fight. Comes back and brings the fight to a draw in one hit. Goes on to win with some kind of super resolution.
I was about to post the same sort of thing as What? did. It's good that this is being discussed at all. I never thought it warranted a full on rule so much as an official preference of state that kind of brings everyone together a bit more. I know I'm a bad person to be talking about togetherness given how much I've distanced myself in the past, but this is something to pull together over, not polarize and split up over.
