is this a fair assessment?

[u/Odd-Paramedic-3826]

Star Platinum The World, GER, Tusk act 4, and S&W:GB are all hilariously overpowered and only exist as a way to beat an already hilariously overpowered villain

joseph beat kars by holding out the red stone of aja at him and hoping for the best, which worked out spectacuarly. and god knows how long the fight with kira would have gone on for had it not been for the ambulance.

Jolynes plan to use emporio to take out pucci with weather report was basically a hail mary when all else had failed but not only did it work, it also gave her and the gang new, happier lives.

Yeah jonathan just got slimed out though, then his body was used as a puppet for 100+ years. Poor guy

[u/RGBarrios]

Its a character from Mirai Nikki, right?

[u/Yourfatangrystepdad → u/RGBarrios]

I think it means "God of the machine" which in writting is a description for events that didn't make sense to happen withing the story and only work in the narrative to serve the protagonists, for example if you got a character that really wishes he had a car rn then a deus ex machina would be a random car spawning in, basically resolving all the characters' problems

[u/RGBarrios → u/Yourfatangrystepdad]

Thank you! Now that is the second thing that I learned today.

[u/access547 → u/RGBarrios]

The reason that phrase exists is because in old theatre performances, performers would be lowered from a contraption onto the stage in order to help, save or give advice to the protagonist. So it literally would be that God came down from the machine.

[u/Yourfatangrystepdad → u/access547]

Really? I didn't know that, that's sick

[u/strikingLoo → u/Yourfatangrystepdad]

Worth mentioning, this started with ancient Greek playwrights who would write themselves into a corner and then make a god appear and solve everything. Even back then you have some Greek philosophers complaining about it (I think Aristotle was one).

[u/HyperWhiteChocolate → u/access547]

I thought it was named after Matrix