#farcade

[lore-of-fiction]

On The Gameoverse Controversy

So recently there has been a controversy surrounding Gameoverse, claiming the fact only Kit and Miss Information wearing swimsuits is misogynistic.

This controversy is extremely forced and only really seems to be coming from full grown adults who want an excuse to hate on the new Glitch show aka Gameoverse.

People are being obtuse and purposefully ignoring the fact their swimsuits are meant to be disguises so they don't stand out in the ocean themed world.

Alongside this is fact the swimsuits are and look practical, as opposed to the impractical fan service swimsuits given to female covers in anime. Aka what people are trying to act like this is, that it is only meant to appeal to the male gaze and weirdos.

Something what was made even less likely given it was apparently a woman who designed these outfits for this episode.

Meanwhile people are ignoring the fact there really wasn't any other human or human adjacent characters in this episode that warranted a swimsuit. Fold for example was literally shapeshifting into different forms that fit with the ocean themed world, and video game rules as a way to remain in disguised.

Meanwhile Learnosaurus is small dinosaur, what can you really do there? Kaboodle is just straight a backpack. And the Floaties are goons, cannon fodder.

Now something that doesn't work as a defense of this episode is some people are trying to say there is fan service for women in this episode. The typical bad argument by pointing to things aren't meant to appeal to women nor typically do, as well as being pretty laughable. The prime examples being Warrick and Flappers simply having muscles being classified as fan service for women....... LIKE NO!!

At most the only one that likely can fall under that category is Kit's boss Dusk.

That being said, something I do hate about this is this nothing burger controversy is mishandling feminist topics, and can be easily used as a means to dismiss any legitimate criticism for actual issues. For example, a lot of anime's problem with writing female characters poorly and constantly sexualizing them for the male gaze.

Overall this controversy is stupid. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

[justmenoworries]

So I can't help but feel that Dusk's timing here is suspicious.

He shows up right after Kit and Kaboodle win and their world is destroyed as a result. Just after the two of them were forced to watch their home village be disintegrated, along with their friends and family. When all hope is lost, he appears on the scene to extend a hand to them and take them in. How'd he know to show up right then and right there?

I have two theories on that.

Number one is the most simple: Dusk tried to save Kit's world and failed. We can assume that Syntax and Farcade already existed by the time Dusk recruited Kit and Kaboodle. Remember how Kit gets her plan to defeat Malice from a piece of paper?

(Note the wording on the paper. Kit is referred to as "you" not "Me". So Kit didn't draw and write this herself.)

And remember how Fold turns into a cheat sheet in Flapper's world to help Flapper win? And how Kit's paper landed right next to Malice and Mayhem and the next time we see them it's on Syntax's battleship?

Yeah, I think it's safe to say Syntax was meddling here. Dusk might have tried to stop them from aiding Kit, but in the end he wasn't successful. So he made the best of the situation and recruited Kit and Kaboodle to Farcade. So they could, in the future, succeed where he didn't. If Dusk was personally at the scene and couldn't save Kit's world, that adds a lot of potential drama to their relationship. To Kit, Dusk is the hero who tried to prevent her world's destruction, who took her and Kaboodle in during their darkest hour and gave them a new purpose, a new family. But Dusk? He's probably riddled with guilt over his inability to prevent this Game World's demise.

Number two is a bit darker: Dusk intentionally let Kit and Kaboodle's world die to gain them as allies. Dusk looks to be a fair bit more powerful than Syntax's goons. I find it kinda hard to believe he wouldn't have been able to keep Fold and, if she was present, Miss Information or the Floaties in check. So how'd he lose? Well, maybe he let them win. As strong as Dusk probably is, I doubt he alone could foil Syntax's plans. To effectively go up against them, he'd need allies. Competent ones at that. Plus, we know Dusk has a very "Needs of the Many" view on Farcade's mission. Kaboodle reveals that the recon mission we see them on in the present is Dusk punishing Kit for trying to save who she can and not focusing enough on the big picture, which is preserving the Gameoverse as a whole. He was also not pleased that Kit saved a "useless" hero like Gobbles.

(While Kaboodle calls Gobbles 'useless' first, Kit repeats the word specifically when bringing up Dusk's opinion of Gobbles. So yes, Dusk straight-up called Gobbles useless. Yikes.)

And we know he couldn't have recruited them with their homeworld still standing, since the Gameoverse's rules are very strict when it comes to breaking kayfabe. So maybe he thought to himself "What is one Game World against the continued existence of the whole Gameoverse?" Kit and Kaboodle are very versatile and strong fighters. Who knows how many other worlds could be saved with them at his side?

And this might be me overthinking, but in his first and only pilot-appearance, Dusk is framed almost exclusively in shades of gray. Maybe to symbolize moral grayness?

[omegafan101]

Gamoverse is the kinda show that I really wish had the chance to be semi-serialized rather than fully serialized like it probably will be given how Glitch usually operates.

I only say this because the potential for non-plot relevant episodes that just explore other game worlds or scenarios is really big for this show and I'd wanna see more of it.

Like imagine an episode where the Farcade and Syntax are fighting over a world, but they're both confused over who's the hero and who's the villain, and all hope almost seems lost when Syntax's side wins only to reveal it was an online shooter and it doesn't actually have a way to end lmao

Or even just throwing the cast into fun settings like a cozy game, a game where the villain is the protagonist so everyone's confused, the Syntax blowing off worlds like mobile games because they have hundreds and hundreds of levels and it'll take way too long, stuff like that.

I cannot wait to see what the show has to offer and what kinda scenarios the characters get into. Like I'm curious as to how the Farcade can even get a win on a world. The Syntax just gotta beat the game and they're done, Farcade don't get a stopping point like that.

[chankilan-comics]

I have a gamoverse theory and it's about (what i assume to be) the leaders of farcade and syntax and I believe that they may have originally been from a castlevania like game where the Belmont character later became Warrick while the dracula like character became the leader of farcade. And now how do we know they might be the opposites i believe it might have to do with the reaction towards their planet's destruction where Warrick possibly snapped and realized that this is all for nothing I mean if he really was the Belmont of that planet he would've had friends and family also there would've suffering among his people and all he had to do was end a vampire and his people will become better than ever also in the end of the pilot he wants to "change the rules of the gameovers" now why would he do that when his mission involves destroying planets AND working with the villains of other planets?? He was originally a hero and heroes tend to work with teams and i think he still sees the vampireguy as the villain se he is essentially delaying the inevitable and warrick believes that he is . Now onto the farcade leader (the vampire guy) he was definitely the main villain of his planet however he realized upon his defeat that life might genuinely be cool and now what dies he do? Make sure the hero loses whole the bad guy wins so the planet won't be destroyed and of course there could be an argument that he is simply refilling his bloodlust since he was unable to end Warrick while he was a hero HOWEVER like kit he possibly feels responsible for his planets destruction despite it being the natural order of things he wishes to stop (or atleast delay) a planets destruction i mean think about it unlike syntax farcade have recon missions to properly plan out how to help the villain and also lome we saw with chompers (the shark villain of flappers' planet) not all villains are willing to join syntax and would rather have not had their planet's destroyed which leads back to the vampire guy wanting more planets to live and him having regrets over being defeated because if we also take the dracula comparison further (now granted I haven't played or seen anything castlevania related so take this with a pinch of salt) dracula is usually told as a tragic romantic who was cursed to be this way and now if we apply that to the farcade leader he possibly had his own friends and family who mightve been destroyed by Warrick (when he was a hero) or the planets destruction and so he now vows himself to work with the heroes to ensure a planets survival and also the way he looks at kit in the beginning does show that this hasn't been his first rodeo and although he is helping villains he might be more of an anti villain. Of course there is an argument to be made where there is gonna be a whole "the bad guys where actually the good guys" trope since Warrick does seem to be experimenting with trying to resurrect destroyed planets however I do believe the farcade leader is truly trying to atone for the sins he did back on his own planet and considering he was essentially the key to he feels responsible for that and makes sure no one else shall suffer from that.

Tldr: the leader of syntax might be a mentally insane Simon Belmont while the leader of farcade is dracula with ptsd

[urarabuonodebueno]

I LUV GAMEOVERSE

[absolutelymessedup]

I love how the cynicism turned into an inspiring feeling, through this episode

But without making it easy to digest, and treating the audience with the seriousness they deserve

The bad guys winning, in the first episode, got me off guard

[natedogx15]

I just realized Farcade and Gameoverse are basically Dorkly's Villain Assistant. And now I can't stop picturing Kevin as Farcade's number one agent.

[moonwatchersroses]

Calling it now the Farcade is going to end up being the villain of this story.