I got worried when I found out the French Revolution features heavily in it as opposed to just being in background like the original game, given how used I am to the typical “this is Literally Animal Farm” shitlib plotline is (Hello Bioshock Infinite). I’d rather watch my nostalgia-bait anime vampire slop without rolling my eyes every five minutes.
Not to say I don’t have other concerns about the quality of the show (nothing to do with Gamers™️ seething about the POC characters in it).
I haven't seen it yet, though I previously heard that it was cool and good because the "rich assholes are vampires and vampires are rich assholes" message was apparently a plot point.
It's more about vampires being rich assholes than the other way around, but it's a great start.
But it's cool because at least it seems they're deliberate with most of their politics and using the historical period to inform the plot. But they didn't have a Belmont fuck up slavers or rich dudes yet. I'm just hoping that happens in season 2.
I can hope.
I really liked how the previous show had a working romantic relationship between two competent adult characters where it starts there and there's no senpai notice me nyaaaah waifu shit at all.
It's interesting to me since they're "retconning" Annette from being Richter's girlfriend from the start. On the plus side, it looks like they made her an actual character as opposed to the games.
Yeah, me too. I'd be ecstatic to see the guy from my favorite game in the series slaughter the more human kind of bloodsucking monster.
If it means anything, the precedent for the Belmonts to intervene in mundane human politics was set in the first series since the moment Trevor saved the Seekers from a pogrom (which was heavily coded in themes of historical antisemitism/antiziganism.
That's a good point. The only question is will they (the writers, showrunners, or executives) pass the low bar of having a Belmont being antislavery?
It's one thing to have side characters being political. It's another to make the main character take a stand on a crime against humanity.
It's less a critique of just this show, but I hate the tendency of making side characters take clear stands on issues while the main protagonists never say where they stand on the subject.
It's a cowardly concession that feels like the pandering of a quick same sex kiss. It's there enough to say they did it, but not enough to impact how someone looks at the main character. The main character is ambiguous enough that their status of hero is the only indicator they're a good person. They save the world, but you can decide for yourself what their opinions are on minorities or whatever.
That way, people on the left who want to like the show can have something and chuds can say "_____ was great, but they had to add in the sjw character to say something woke."
I hope Castlevania subverts the trend so the chuds have to reckon with their hero having different better views than them.