I genuinely debated myself about posting, because it's not that serious and I know Hexbear has made up its mind about this show and I don't want everyone jumping down my throat, but I think people don't give this show the nuance it actually has. Like I'm not trying to defend the show completely, there are for sure issues, but I mean at no point did I get the impression that we were supposed to root for Piltover. It's made clear from the jump that the entire council is heavily corrupt, and that even someone idealistic like Jayce ultimately has no chance at really changing the system. On top of that, the show does go to lengths to humanize Silco throughout the show - if anything, that's his whole character arc throughout Season 1, going from someone who is ready to spearhead a revolution at any cost to someone who feels like he has something to lose due to Jinx. I mean, the guy's a drug baron and we start off with him murdering the main character's father figure, but they do a lot throughout the season that by the end of it he comes across as a sympathetic character, which is the opposite direction that these things usually go with both-sidesing.

Which reminds me of the other thing that seems to get lost - I know we're communists, we're analysing it from a communist perspective, but the show at it's core is moreso about family and trauma than it is about politics. The entire reason that a rocket gets shot at the negotiation table at the end of Season 1 has less to do with intracity politics and more to do with the breaking down of familial bonds, and then as an addendum that's paralleled with the breaking down of peace relations. Again, there's a lot of issues with Arcane, and I know a lot of issues have specifically been brought up about Season 2, but idk it feels like people are taking a surface level analysis and writing takes about an imagined anti-leftist reading, at least one much further than the politics actually presented.

from memory, I ended up dropping off just before Railjacks came in, but I remember that being teased

sounds like maybe i ought to jump back in for a bit :)

tbh i am looking for a game to hyperfixate on in my spare time, so a lot of good game doesn't sound too bad haha

its not like they walked home empty handed, they did win two awards outside GOTY - bro really was saving his 'good' speech assuming they were taking GOTY lmao

thanks :)) actually just beat act 3 with my sorc yesterday, but I'm rolling a new char now to try something different :)

just beat him! took me about 5 or 6 tries - the fog is anxiety inducing hahaha but once I realised he rushes in after each voice line finished, it was a matter of just getting the timing down and either killing the adds or dodging until the phase was over and he killed them himself

also took me a while to not take hits from his meteor attack, but i got it down in the end. Not sure what counts as overlevelled here, I didn't grind and I was level 16 when I beat him - I'm now on to Act 2 :))

not yet, still working on it - only played a few hours so far, gonna try and finish off act 1 today :)

I'm a new player to POE, and I'm honestly loving it so far. Maybe that's cos I am a bit of a souls fiend but honestly, loving the more deliberate combat - but that said, I'll need to give more classes a go first before having a full opinion

it just feels like everyone only cares about this space being for a very small group of white autisitc people and anything that MAY make them slightly uncomfortable (meaning calling out their bigotry or having any expectations for them not to promote bigotry) is more serious a matter than the actual bigotry

glad I'm not the only one feeling this way, especially in the light of the last handful of struggle sessions here

started playing both Ultrakill and Fields of Mistria, which feels like two completely opposite ends of the spectrum lmao

I can't help but feel this is partially an attempt to ban trans youth by proxy - essentially an attempt to limit the ability for a kid to get out from under the thumb of their parents. You can see it in the arguments that claim this ban returns power to the parents - they know they're stifling communities and ways of spreading knowledge.

Australia's never had a proper reckoning with the trans issue - we just keep importing views and controversies. But if push came to shove, I know exactly where this reactionary country is landing

seeing Vi has genuinely made me consider losing a bunch of weight and hitting the gym again

i wanna be muscle lesbian that shit looks tight

grateful for posts like these - as someone born in singapore but was then moved to australia while I was still really young, i was never taught so much of this history. learning it makes a lot of things that have always felt off suddenly 'make sense' in context

in contrast to a bunch of people in this thread, i've been enjoying the music, the story AND the art for both seasons so far, what can i tell ya

also for what it's worth I don't think any of the music is licensed, I'm fairly sure it's all original for the show

reckon that will carry over to PoE2? or do you think I'll be able to basically route around the dev intent for the class designs?

how much do you reckon classes matter then? Shame that there really isn't that much variety in the fem body types, but if classes are loose then i suppose it's something

I was really looking forward to PoE2, but I was working under the assumption that would be something they'd fix but it really does feel like women characters are locked down to specific class tropes :/

just found out about Scion (the only strength woman char in POE1) and then promptly found out they're specifically not bringing her across to POE2

i just wanna be a girl and swing big weapons :((

are POE2 genders locked to classes again? I like playing as STR women characters in RPGs and I remember in POE1 you could only play thin, dex or int based female chars (because buff women don't exist)

unless im mistaken about POE1?

funny enough i think alan wake in the sequel joins this club too

behold the face of a man who's lost control of his life

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Thank you for listening and replying - I hope the future changes do what we both hope they do.