#hitman characters

[dianaburnwood]

Do you think they intended for Diana to just be "a female voice" to balance out the masculinity in the game, and then she got saved and fully fleshed out by the trilogy,

Or they always planned big for her, but were limited by the 2000s™️?

Either way I'm so happy with what we have today, one of the best designed characters in the world. ♥️

Did you ask this before?

I’d argue that Diana was well developed by Blood Money, rather than being saved by the trilogy. She’s been described by Michael Vogt as being the main character for a long time.

In terms of her design, hiding her face was a representation of both her mystery and the mystery of the ICA. Even though 47 could see her face, she was hidden from player view in Contracts and Blood Money, symbolic of the part she plays as puppet master in the shadows. As the ICA itself has steadily become more of a factor in the games, so too have players been allowed to see more of Diana, particularly in her role as an antagonist for the ICA by choosing loyalty to 47 over the agency.

[dianaburnwood]

What is Arthur Edwards' accent? Midwestern? New England?

It’s been well-established that I’m bad at accents lol 

[dianaburnwood]

What draws 47 and Diana into a life of crime? Why did they continue their assassination business even after the ICA collapsed?

I’d love to know more of the context for this question because a) Diana and 47 frequently explain this, and b) your question makes it sound like you think the ICA was the only reason they worked in assassination. 

Both Diana and 47 lived lives of crime before joining the ICA. The ICA simply provided the infrastructure they needed. 

Both characters have stated their reasons in canon. Diana seeks justice, and 47 seeks purpose. By the end of WoA, we hear from 47 himself that he now chooses this life in search of justice as well. 

[dianaburnwood]

If you've been following me for a while, you all know that I was vehemently against the comic's plot point of 47 killing Diana's parents, cos from a story perspective, well THAT's a bit of a coincidence.

Plus, I really loved the original idea of Diana and 47 being from opposite sides of the world of assassination.

But...

In light of how Diana and 47 are bound to each other, I kinda love it now.

Diana has always been the one in control of 47, and H3 really spells that out. She has used him, abused him, and he's always come back for more. Really, she owes him kindness. She owes him freedom.

But, now that the story made it so 47 killed her parents, 47 owes her too. In fact, everything Diana has done, everything she has ever done to 47, has been because of a single order he followed in 1989. His actions drove her into this life.

Diana was also specified in the contract as acceptable collateral damage, but 47 chose to keep it clean and only kill the adult Burnwoods. He chose to orphan her rather than kill her, and in the strangest way, he is responsible for who she is now.

They both owe each other. That single action by 47 may not be a great equaliser - Diana still had choices that he didn't have. But, now more so than ever, they are irrevocably bound to each other's fate, and that is very interesting when you consider how they feel about each other.

[dianaburnwood]

what do you think, which is the most beautiful face of diana? absolution, hitman 2016 or hitman 3? and why they keep changing diana’s face 😂

Hitman 2016 for game Diana, except for the terrible hair 😂 Although the annoucement trailer Diana for Hitman 3 was the best Diana overall.

They keep changing her face for the same reason they keep changing 47’s, and everyone else’s. Iteration :)

[dianaburnwood]

So I’ve been listening to WOA cutscenes while I work and fuck if this game isn’t about biases that blind the characters. Edwards assumes everyone wants power because he does; Diana assumes she’s better than everyone who wants to use 47 but that’s exactly what she does. Grey assumes Edwards is a glorified desk clerk because there are people who control him; and 47 assumes Diana is always right and therefore becomes the tool he was bred to be.

ABSOLUTELYYYYYYY

[dianaburnwood]

I wonder if Diana would have genuinely enjoyed Mendoza (the scenery, the party, the wine and food, the tour) if her mind wasn't occupied with 47 and her plan? Or is this not really her thing? I imagine she'd be in her room a lot and rarely move around if it wasn't for the agency.

Tbh I disagree, Diana is a woman of refined tastes and isn’t the type to lock herself away. She also found Tamara genuinely interesting. 

[dianaburnwood]

your thoughts on Lucas Grey?

That’s a big question, can you be a little more specific? 

I could write essays on Grey. In short, great character, extremely well acted. Literal embodiment of “live by the sword, die by the sword”. An interesting subversion of the trope where we see what the protagonist could have been like if they had everything taken from them - with Grey we see what they could have been like if they hadn’t.