#anyway im saying nowhere in the game does it say he was not a skincare guru

[konfizry]

He would not fucking say that but listen,

#they made him a guru but didnt actually commit to the bit so the result is this very surface-level 'oh he can manipulate people woooo' #and we barely know how that translated into like. anything like. what did it look like. what was life like in ganath haros when he took ove #what means did he use to make everyone submit to this extent. the game tells you he reigns through fear but #please show us something to go off of. im sorry but brainwashed people is not enough. you gotta add little clues and details #that hint at the terror. this is. this flaw is present all over tales or arise. it's very symptomatic of whats wrong with the writing #i mean obviously there are other issues #anyway im saying nowhere in the game does it say he was not a skincare guru #arise curse #yeah this is reductress what can i say im a cookie-cutter female millennial with depressingly bland political opinions and tastes so #thats where i go unfortunately #yeah anyway in my modern AU he's a techbro who also leads a (pretty successful!!) wellness cult hes great hes great i love him #oh no i made it about my obsession for modern esoteric movements somehow oh no it keeps happening aaaaaaa