it is possible that I’m an asshole, but it is 2 0 1 7 and we’re still doing books where the main conflict is...
it is possible that I’m an asshole, but it is 2 0 1 7 and we’re still doing books where the main conflict is “mages/wizards/magic users are banned by an Oppressive Catholic Church analogue” and i am tired of it
A) That’s Dragon Age’s schtick at this point, y’all should stop copying them.
B) this is making me want to do a ‘evil mages vs. Christian martyrs’ thing just out of spite.
[Catholic dives into conversation like a wounded osprey]
A thing that I found even more irritating was Dishonored’s “There are horrible evil human-sacrificing magic users and an Oppressive Catholic Church Analogue that doesn’t even, like, pray, or believe in God, or do anything other than oppress the evil human-sacrificing magic users with excessive violence and everything is horrible and there is no hope”.
Missing link is JRPGs and the fact that Prussia/Germany used to be to Japan what America became
(“Sempai, help me understand the world! Also, I might seize your Pacific island holdings.”)
So the whole one-city kingdom/Chancellor edging in/Emperor taking over/corrupt demonic Church thing
GERMAN (PROT) AS HELL