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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      Like, the whole *reason* Watchmen is good is that it rejects all the stuff that comic book fanboys think is uniquely fun about comic books (which is why it's become so retroactively controversial with people who hate it)

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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      It's *not* a goofy childlike world that works like little kids playing with toys Where the basic rules of the world are reassuringly static and this same roster of good guys and bad guys keep fighting each other in different combinations, forever

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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      It's an actual story Beginning, middle and end The story of superheroes in this world has an arc, it happened a certain way for specific reasons It's not a world where "anything is possible", in fact in hindsight only one series of events ever could happen and did happen

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      And the whole tragedy of it is that there are people who *wanted* it to be a traditional superhero universe - colorful good guys foiling the plans of bad guys, forever, with no one ever permanently winning or changing anything - and they find out that that's fucking stupid

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    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      It's that fundamental difference in what kind of world this is that makes it "gritty and realistic" and a rejection of the fantasy of comic books The superficial shit about sex and violence has very little to do with it, which is why he was pissed that that's what people copied

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    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      Anyway when it comes to games it's the same way Toby Fox talking about how the biggest difference Deltarune has over Undertale is no "branching paths" There's one story, with a beginning, middle and end, and you're just along for the ride

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    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      And, like, that's not really that big a deal even though it sounds like it's a statement about Fate or whatever if you come to it from a game like Undertale "That's the normal way that stories work"

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    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      In TLoU Joel and Ellie are human beings with their own personalities who have already made most of the decisions that define who they are before the story even starts That's normal for how a story works

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    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020

      In one sense the point of the story is letting us watch the biggest day of their lives, the moment they make the one big choice there's no coming back from But in another sense, that choice was already made long ago, it's just a reflection of their nature That's how this works

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    10. Laozi Kierkegaard‏ @MisterJames0007 16 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      I also love that the big decision Joel makes at the end is taken away from us, the player. I remember one of the creators in saying in an interview, "No parent I know has a problem with the ending." I played this game when my daughter was a few months old. Totally agree.

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 Jun 2020
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      Right, it's *not possible* that Joel would agree to sacrifice Ellie The utilitarian moral arguments over what he should or shouldn't do are a pointless waste of breath He CAN'T do it, he WON'T do it

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        1. Laozi Kierkegaard‏ @MisterJames0007 16 Jun 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          And as a parent, if I were presented with that choice, I would take my kid (and by that point, Ellie IS Joel's daughter) and run. Let the world burn.

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        2. Island of Misfit Troys‏ @Troyliss 16 Jun 2020
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          There might be a chance if Joel was shown to be a selfless guy, but he’s not. He’s literally a bad guy who’s been given one last chance to feel like a good person. He can’t throw that away, because that feeling means more to him than the rest of the world.

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        3. Laozi Kierkegaard‏ @MisterJames0007 16 Jun 2020
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          Respectfully disagree. In the intro, we do not know much about Joel except that he is trying to raise a daughter by himself and suddenly finds themselves in an abrupt emergency with known neighbors trying to kill him for no reason. While trying to escape (1/n)

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        1. Ben‏ @SpaceCowboy207 16 Jun 2020
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          Joel has spent every moment since his daughter died in his arms trying to not get attached again, because being attached brings pain. But he did get attached, and he is absolutely not going to experience that pain again if he can help it.

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