by SW's SilverHammer » Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:31 pm
- Motto: "Ｔｈｅ ｄａｙｓ ｇｒｏｗ ｓｈｏｒｔｅｒ， ａｎｄ ｙｅｔ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｎ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｓｈｉｎｅｓ"
- Weapon: Electron Scimitar Sword
Look, my hyperbole and general dickery aside, I think one of the things scotty pointed out is no matter new or obscure, these characters should be fleshed out more evenly, given more characteristics than traits. Characters shouldn't be defined by traits, much less physical ones because you get tokens. Even if that's there to free up other parts of fiction, that's not really good storytelling, a character in no matter how small of a role should be able to to present just that, their character, because then you get an idea of who they are not what they are. And the other problem is no matter how hardcore the niche the club's catering to, you shouldn't have to hunt down, read up, then figure out character details and plot details that are essential to understanding the plot and characters on your own like it was god damn Dune. Now I love that movie, but I'll be the first to admit, I shouldnt have to do a solid 5 hours of research before watching it. That's kinda where things are going, whenever I see a new T.F.C.C toy, with minor exception, I've gotta go on tfwiki and research it, to find pages with maybe two, three, paragraphs to them. Now is that my fault I don't know these one off characters who appeared in a small amount of fiction published before I was born? I guess. But then again I've seen fans who have been with the franchise for 30 years also have to do the same thing.
Oh and also, with this in mind, I'd actually be considerably less pissed off or alternatively much less dickhead, spiting venom, toward the club if like every year at botcon, they just published like a novella explaining the characters for this year.
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