Joker junior isn't the only kid in the joker's gang anymore.
Harley: This is your new babysitter I mean older brother, You know Mr.J and I can't just spend all our time with you Junior. Why don't you and Trixter get yourselves introduced while playing somewhere away from here, Kay bye!
Trixter(Danny): ...
JJ:...
Trixter(Danny): I like your nails they are pretty.
JJ: *growling and hissing*
...
Harley tugging the child leach with junior in it: it don't bite.
Danny: Yes it do!
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levi: why would you ever like a dirty otaku like me 🥺👉👈
mc, currently cosplaying daughter and servant of evil with levi: ........
mc: guess I'll speedrun the execution then
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Dovey: Can I ask your advice for something personal?
Lesso: Of course you can ask for it, whether I can dispense it is another story.
Dovey: What is the best way to someones heart?
Lesso: Through the rib cage.
Anemone: Lesso, I don't think that...
Lesso: The sternum may give you trouble but it's nothing that can't be overcome.
Anemone: Lesso, seriously, I don't think Clarissa was asking about... [looks at Dovey]
Anemone: Are you taking fucking notes!?
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Marco: Star, what did you put in the mailbox? It’s all stuffed!!
Star, playing games on her phone: oh yeah I sent Jackie a bouquet of roses shaped into a heart
Marco:
Star: oh also wrote it was from you
Marco: you did WHAT???
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[Later]
Star: okay so I miiight’ve accidentally…wrotemynameonitandnowjackieaskedmeoutonadatepleasedonthateme
Marco, gaping: WHAT
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I mentioned briefly in my Xenoblade 3 critique that Xenoblade X handled the theming of people in power exploiting the general populace better than 3. Now the Q&A in 3's art book is out there people are talking about this explanation.
I wanna elaborate on why the concept worked better in X:
It's not the primary antagonist.
That's it. That's the reason.
While X's primary antagonists, the Ganglion, leave...something to be desired, (as does the story in general) this overarching theme is used to push the cast.
Because it's not the elite directly confronting them; it's the result of their actions that put everyone in this situation. You don't need the big wigs preaching to everyone to get the point across. This story is about how the people are affected.
Lao has been so deeply hurt by all this, it drives him to seek revenge. The concept created a villain (and the best character in the game).
This can even apply to the Ganglion, who were created as slaves and want to wipe out their masters descendants (the failsafe) so they can truly be free.
Compare that with 3. I'm sorry but an ideology alone just doesn't make an enticing villain. There's no motivation, no drive, it's just constant and blatant dehumanizing and it gets boring.
All the Moebius you fight, there's no character. There's not supposed to be, after all they're a collective, an idea, even called a concept in-game.
It's why villains like N, Shania and Joran stand out. Even though they're not amazing, they add something personal to the idea, they attach it to an actual character. (Although even in those cases, it's more of a background element since their shtick mostly has to do with revenge on the protags...)
With the rest of Moebius, it's just a fear of dying that drove them to power and to keep it. Nothing else is really said, even by the head honcho and final boss, Z.
Takahashi really did look at the villains and go "let's make so you only ever see the evil surface."
So yeah. That's why X did it better.
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(Spoilers for Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil below)
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And then I almost threw the book across the room because I reached the part where every single minute detail from the previous two books came together to form a single interwoven plot that has been running in, like, 3-4 separate stories this whole time and I'm. I'm so fucking angryhappy at how good these books are
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