Honestly, at least the way the UR is going, it seems like it's a way to wrap up the Ugin/Kozilek plotline while leaving room for them to come back later.
I think part of why they're getting so soundly defeated is everyone realized that building them up into giant threats was dumb and problematic. Magic already has a real problem with having too many apocalyptic threats. Having three more that couldn't ever be stopped was not just incredibly cliche for the setting, but didn't offer any meaningful way to advance any of the given stories.
The Eldrazi aren't characters; they're a natural disaster. Not having a viewpoint character die to a natural disaster isn't a problem.
Your last bit really made me see things a bit differently. You're right. And Magic players are the zendikari. They've changed Ulamog and Kozilek into Ula and Cosi. They've forgotten what they are and have attached their own lore/wants/feelings on to them. Damn. Well played, WotC.
Because conservative bias is a far, far worse thing. Liberal bias doesn't, statistically speaking, make people stupid. Conservative bias (or at least Fox's version of it) does.
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I think it was better justified than we first thought. It still felt a bit rushed, but overall it worked within the universe's internal logic, the fact that Ugin was lying, or at best taking an Obi-Wan 'point of view' approach to the truth when discussing whether or not they could be killed, is something I like about his character. He isn't just the 'good' dragon.
When deleting the first option of the poll, everything got messed up for some reason. The votes from the first option went to the second, and so on, until they duplicated the last option. I can't fix that, apparently. If it doesn't fix itself, maybe I can create a new thread with a new poll and delete this one, but before doing such drastic stuff I'm invoking the power of moderation to see if there is a way to fix the votes lol.
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When deleting the first option of the poll, everything got messed up for some reason. The votes from the first option went to the second, and so on, until they duplicated the last option. I can't fix that, apparently. If it doesn't fix itself, maybe I can create a new thread with a new poll and delete this one, but before doing such drastic stuff I'm invoking the power of moderation to see if there is a way to fix the votes lol.
It's broke. Might be good to start a new one. I'll lock this one so there isn't any confusion.
Your last bit really made me see things a bit differently. You're right. And Magic players are the zendikari. They've changed Ulamog and Kozilek into Ula and Cosi. They've forgotten what they are and have attached their own lore/wants/feelings on to them. Damn. Well played, WotC.
EDIT: Please, everyone that voted on the first option, I urge you to change your vote so votes aren't lost when I exclude the first option.
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When deleting the first option of the poll, everything got messed up for some reason. The votes from the first option went to the second, and so on, until they duplicated the last option. I can't fix that, apparently. If it doesn't fix itself, maybe I can create a new thread with a new poll and delete this one, but before doing such drastic stuff I'm invoking the power of moderation to see if there is a way to fix the votes lol.
Read my other stories as well (some ongoing):
Reaper King (a horror story), Kaalia of the Vast (an origin story), Sequels for Innistrad (Alternative sequels for Inn), Grey Areas (Odric's fanfic), Royal Succession (goblins),The Tracker's Message (eldrazi on Innistrad) and Ugin and his Eye (the end of OGW).
TerribleBad at Magic since 1998.A Vorthos Guide to Magic Story | Twitter | Tumblr
[Primer] Krenko | Azor | Kess | Zacama | Kumena | Sram | The Ur-Dragon | Edgar Markov | Daretti | Marath