#anarchei

[lizwuzthere]

anarchei replied to your post: “KOBD Comic 6 I thought about coloring this so it’d be easier to read...”:

Hypothesis: Starscream ruins everything. Now, start gathering evidence to support/refute. And no, I'm not Shockwave, but I do channel him now and then.

Hahaa!! Nothing to dispute. This is already a well documented scientific fact :U

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anarchei

It kind of was treated as a flaw but at the same time it wasn't, the books flesh things out a bit more than the game. In terms of victimhood, Jaina, the darkspear, and the pandaran got more time devoted to them than Thrall's cutscene.

I confess I’ve not read the relevant books, only the summaries of their plots online, and you are right about the aforementioned people getting more screentime as victims. Mostly what I meant by saying that Thrall is treated like the primary victim is that the quest in WoD is called “And Justice For Thrall”, as if he’s the one most grievously wronged, and the game presents it as a satisfying end for the entire Garrosh situation.

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Just thought I'd add that you made a good point about Chris Metzen's mancrush on Thrall. I would have brought it up but Tumblr has a reply character limit. However, I will say that I know a fair number of people who would be upset about Thrall's death. I am more annoyed by what they've done with Jaina, essentially making her the Alliance equivalent of Sylvannas, right down to the bitchiness and undercurrents of evil. I think Blizzard did it because they wanted the Alliance to seem more edgy.

Fair enough. I suppose without solid data it’s hard to say how many people would be upset versus how many would rejoice or just not care.

But yes Jaina’s treatment has been horrendous as of late. It could be about edginess, as you say, or wanting to move Jaina to a different role to let Anduin shine as the main peace-advocating Alliance character, or both. Either way, it’s not good.

I’ll just paste this here as well instead of making two separate reply posts:

anarchei

Most of the time killing off characters is done as a remedy to writers block or poor story planning. Thrall had been grooming Garrosh as a replacement since Wrath and was blinded by Grom's redemption, so failed to see flaws in Garrosh's character.

This is true, and while it drove me up the wall during Wrath, it was still somewhat defensible for Thrall to be blind to it in that way. The main thing that bothers me is that it’s never treated like a flaw in Thrall’s character that he couldn’t recognize Garrosh’s flaws. He never really faces consequences for his poor judgment or the fact that he refused to take action for so long after Garrosh got out of control. Instead, he’s treated like the primary victim, over characters such as Jaina, Vol’jin, Anduin or Lor’themar, or the entire Darkspear tribe or the pandaren people, and refuses to accept even a tiny bit of responsibility even when called out. And we’re still expected to cheer.

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Just so you know, I wasn't trying to be scathing or rude with my comment on your post, but I can see how it might be viewed that way. The real culprit, as ever, is the character limit on post replies. Whenever I try to fit as much content as possible into that limit, sometimes I sound like asshole. As you would have seen by my reply to your response, I clarified what I was trying to say.

I figured you weren’t trying to come across intentionally mean in that comment. You’ve never been anything but extremely nice and helpful to me on here. It’s always hard to convey what you’re trying to say when you have a character limit. Thank you for clarifying! 

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anarchei replied to your photo:

Ouch. I mean, I figured it was more one of those...

All I’m saying is that it’s subjective. Your preference is that others direct their attention toward you whilst you reciprocate (quality time). Their preferences do not align with yours. It’s only rude if they claimed to align but in practice didn’t.

Oh, okay. Yeah, I see what you’re saying, and understand the reasoning behind it! But I don’t think I necessarily agree. I think it’s a generally accepted human behavior that when you agree to spend time with someone and give them your attention that they’ll give you theirs as well. In my opinion, it’s just a matter of common decency and respect towards the other person to show them that you care about their company and are engaged in interacting with them. If your preferences are to direct your focus to other things when another person is trying to talk to you, it’s rude. They have every right to do it, but it doesn’t make it any less of a shitty thing to do.

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Ouch. I mean, I figured it was more one of those things where there’s just so much media and things to do on phones that it can be tempting to get on them even when you’re spending quality time with someone, but you could be right. Maybe I’m just boring as hell haha.

[lizwuzthere]

How can you "dehumanise" a cybertronian? Shouldn't it be "decyberise" or something?

The Decepticons are being decybernized by the Autobots :U

[lizwuzthere]

anarchei replied to your post:In your opinion who were the hottest bots in tfp?

Where are Bumblebee and Smokescreen? Or are they too cute to be hot?

Yeah they’re like babies. Too young and cute to be “hot”