#like yeah maybe thats just MY clouded judgment bc im always fixating on the characters the narrative wants you to hate

[devotedlystrangewizard]

something about how subjective videogames (and media in general) can be regarding their own characters

#like yeah maybe thats just MY clouded judgment bc im always fixating on the characters the narrative wants you to hate #but you can really tell. in a lot of games #its annoying when its too obvious #whem good & evil are arbitrarily assigned to characters #how personal bias shines through SO easily #and im not going to go complain! because i might just be really fucking biased myself! #but also why is zenos unforgivable. why can we work with gaius & be kinda friendly with emet-selch & then when zenos helps ur options are: #'fuck you' and 'you can help but also fuck you' like ????? #i absolutely understand like narratively they need to pick a path and also there are a lot of people who hate him and i get it #and like. ffxiv is one of the lesser offenders. yk all those superhero movies where the villain is a leftist with some really good point #s and also a terrorist so theyre evil. yeah #magneto was never the villain fuck you #you cant give some of your characters depth and ignore others thats not how it works #you cant give me a fucked up family and expect me not to feel bad for the youngest member of said family sorry there i said it #i cant be objective sbout him rn bc of the hyperfixation but i am trying. very much #im not even talking about a redemption arc fuck no let him stay dead but can you. stop forcing me to be a bitch when hes relevant #obviously after so many thoughts i have probably crafted my own version of him in my head but that is irrelevant sorry