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It's probably because I gravitate towards "anti war" stories a lot but yeah it's rough to see "anti-war" stories get twisted and flanderized into "voyeuristic torture arcs" or "aaaactually the oppressed should just forgive the oppressors happily ever after :)" when that was never the point nor should it ever be the point of such series.

I enjoy a good amount of adult mature story telling series, but genuinely the family friendly series always resonated with me because it felt accessibile to all audiences. Anyone can enjoy family friendly series (ie, PG to T for Teen), and it's really cool to see all the different perspectives about that series bc of that. It's awesome to grow up alongside such a series and get to see the communities around it, anyone new fan or long time fan, young fan or old fan, a fan from across the globe and a fan in your area, fans from all backgrounds, enjoy what you enjoyed, find meaning an sincerity in something goofy and fun, it's just such pure feel good art. Plus in those sorts of media, the characters are usually very fable esque and abstracted, which is a very fun artistry for how characters are writen and designed and animated and voice acted.

I've been there, done that, in the animation industry (crunch, worker abuse), so I don't feel it's appropriate to create a public detailed critique of new heroes if the content is the product of crunch culture. Just feels like punching down atp. It's a miracle the new content is even half coherent, and it's genuinely just depressing to discuss products made from crunch in public. And EVEN IF it's not crunch, then the incredibly speedy turnaround is exceptionally suspicious for genai use, I don't wish to uplift or publicly support series that use genai slop.

All that said, very disappointed how they handled Sierra's design (unacceptable texturism for her in game model bc in canon comics, season promo art, Sierra does not have straight hair, she has an ooc design for her activities, etc etc) and Shion's design (visually does not go far enough to express the intended concept, her writing veers into some rough regressive stereotypes-- with crunch context in mind it's probably not intentional and due to lack of time to research into genres). Like, as a hardcore robot enjoyer I should have ADORED Shion just based on her basic premise of murder bot that says something about human society and oppression of women. Her final execution in game however, not good. To the point of actively ick for how the writers handled topics, I wish Shion as she is currently was not on the roster. Very disappointing of a character being that she is the first awakened lady omnic on the roster, been waiting TEN YEARS for such a thing.

Going forward, I think until they slow down from 6 heroes a year to more reasonable work load of like 4 heroes a year or something, I will not be talking about overwatch publicly via long format think pieces anymore. It feels like giving a big arrow sign attention/advertising to a cesspool (that already relies on gambling via lootbox sales in China + selling FOMO overpriced skins, amongst various various VARIOUS issues) rather than simply discussing the artistic merits or flubs of a series.

It's very much Dragon Quest Builders-esque in story mood, as well as in game mechanics. I am very happy that Dragon Quest Builders mechanics will reach such a wide audience because those mechanics are so fun! Pokopia is basically Dragon Quest Builders 3 in a way, with elevators, electricity wires, etc.

Not a fan of the bs limited time events though, like with Hoppip line. Take that FOMO bs out of single player games. Make it a permanent addition update, you should be able to buy a game and play it when YOU want to, with no time pressure.

If you are out here openly shipping dark content unironically played straight as if that unhealthy dynamic is actually normal or healthy, do not interact with me please.

I don't see anything wrong with things like stories of a character finding a way out of a dangerous situation or finding a path to healing, that's not what I mean here.

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