#they like. Forgot that City and Arkham in general relies so strongly on Ras as the creator of it. And they just kinda drop him

[gothamcityneedsme]

thinking about the arkham series again and how i actually just adore that 3 games are about arkham as a philosophical concept and an entity, as an answer to "what should be done to criminals" and a powerbase. and how it reflects the beliefs of those who created it.

then arkham dies in City. the idea of arkham comes to its natural, intended, solution. bombed to ash, the problem it was built to solve barely impacted in the long run. a failure of its whole philosphy.

Then Knight rolls around and in marches in jason, arkhams final victim and the only remaining shard of it, the symbol on his chest and arkham in his name. and he brings his own whole philosphy to it all, a much more personal and visceral thing.

#Shitpost #the only major flaw for me in the arkham series is that Ras and the League's plotline in Knight fucks with the themes. #they like. Forgot that City and Arkham in general relies so strongly on Ras as the creator of it. And they just kinda drop him #instead of continuing to discuss that philosophy #its so strong in City and in Origins it feels so odd to disappear #but i get it like. They wanted to do other villains. Different things #from a step back over time looking at the series as a thematic whole it is a slight falter #but really i cant complain fully #Arkham exists in Knight with only its final victim #The jason of Knight is not as like. Idealogically motivated and thats something I find so compelling really #it IS anger it IS power it IS suffering. #but then it all falls to ash because at the end of it all. bruce reaches out his hand #and has no intention to continue the violence of arkham #and i suppose that is a good conclusion to it all