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sw0rd_2020 t1_j9q91wj wrote

Reply to comment by BlueTeamRuless in Unpopular opinion: Arcane is the greatest video game-based tv show of all time by Sorry_Village13

love arcane but the weird side plot with jace and a lot of the pseudoscientific dialogue made me cringe out of my seat

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BlueTeamRuless t1_j9qz10f wrote

I haven’t seen it so sorry for being so dumb but which one with jayce is the side plot? His backstory with the mom, his relationship with Mel, his friendship with Caitlyn?

The dialogue sure maybe I agree, I’m sure there’s some stuff that’s worthy of an eyeroll but I can’t recall specifics.

Still my favorite line is “In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.”

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sw0rd_2020 t1_j9qzir9 wrote

everything to do with Jace and the council, especially that weird old little hamster guy, what a fucking cringe ass character. i didn’t dislike his relationship with Mel, i actually thought that part was pretty solid (mostly because Mel is a good character, not Jace)

he felt like an ultra generic “city leader” archetype of a character complete with the tale as old as time of “young man discovers magic that the council has outlawed for generations due to its power”.

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BlueTeamRuless t1_j9r1b6g wrote

Oh, well I liked hamster man. I thought he was an interesting foil to Jace with different perspectives on magic and it’s place in society and a good mentor figure for him to eventually outgrow as their ideas differ.

Id say yeah his character bio is pretty boilerplate, but he’s not a hero who wins at everything and is always right and “destined to save the world” or some generic crap. He’s lost things, and caused irreparable harm and loss for others because he couldn’t see the whole picture of his inventions.

Thanks for engaging. Interesting to see others viewpoints

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