So I've decided to use to some on the side to write some psyche evals of various MTG characters in an attempt to lay bear just how broken some of our characters are psychologically and why. When writer's block hits you on a book, sometimes you just gotta keep typing. I'm not aware if this is allowed here, but I'll go ahead and post it anyway. Here's my run down of why Tezzeret went off the rails in Kaladesh.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
But Tezzret and Silas Renn are enemies.
Doesn't stop me from liking how Tezzeret's character is written. Also Silas Renn, unlike Tezzeret, has no cards that are Modern-legal. Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is probably my favourite planeswalker card overall.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
But Tezzret and Silas Renn are enemies.
Doesn't stop me from liking how Tezzeret's character is written. Also Silas Renn, unlike Tezzeret, has no cards that are Modern-legal. Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is probably my favourite planeswalker card overall.
Man, it's not often that someone's life gets worse after growing up in an underground junkyard, while having no name. Tezzeret is my favorite because his impossibly *****ty life has completely robbed him of the ability to give a damn.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
But Tezzret and Silas Renn are enemies.
Doesn't stop me from liking how Tezzeret's character is written. Also Silas Renn, unlike Tezzeret, has no cards that are Modern-legal. Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is probably my favourite planeswalker card overall.
You are unworthy of such a beautiful avatar.
UNWORTHY
cast this foo'out of the Hekma tbh
Because of how questionable the canon for Test of Metal is, we don't know what Silas is up to now or if he's even still alive.
That could leave the door open for Tezzeret to have a character-changing plot on his home-plane like Sarkhan did. Of course, in Tezzeret's case, Bolas has him on a tighter leash.
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
But Tezzret and Silas Renn are enemies.
Doesn't stop me from liking how Tezzeret's character is written. Also Silas Renn, unlike Tezzeret, has no cards that are Modern-legal. Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is probably my favourite planeswalker card overall.
You are unworthy of such a beautiful avatar.
UNWORTHY
cast this foo'out of the Hekma tbh
Because of how questionable the canon for Test of Metal is, we don't know what Silas is up to now or if he's even still alive.
That could leave the door open for Tezzeret to have a character-changing plot on his home-plane like Sarkhan did. Of course, in Tezzeret's case, Bolas has him on a tighter leash.
Test of Metal was really horribly written. I'm happy it's not canon. The comics did demonstrate that Silas defeats Tezzeret often and was awarded an Etherium heart, which his official blurb confirms. So there's at least that. I did like Silas as a clockworking adept as well, navigating horizontally through time. His card doesn't reflect that enough, although I do love its synergy with Time Sieve, which I use in my Silas deck to illustrate that ability.
My last post regarding Tezzeret proved to be quite popular around and about, and a few people enjoyed the "alternative" look on the past of some of the characters they didn't know so well. I've decided to continue the tradition, mainly for newer players of the game.
This week I decided to cover Gideon within the Karpman Drama Triangle, one of the most badly outlined characters in the entire story, and easily one of the most easily hated characters in the Gatewatch post nu-Jace. If anyone doesn't learn from a bad experience, it's our meatslab.
I'm disappointed, was hoping for something a little more insightful after your Tezzeret article. Honesty this seems more of you just venting of why you hate Gideon, which is sad because you had a great set up to talk about Gideon being suicidal and his actions of self sacrifice are his secret hope to die. Also you might wanna re-read the lore some stuff you brought up either didn't happen, you just read a summary/looked at the cards or feel like your bending what happen to further your point.
Gideon is defiantly my least favorite character of the gatewatch and I agree the most bland, so I'm not saying your wrong, just I feel there was more to the character and after how you look through Tezzeret figured you give the same kind of insight.
“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Gideon is actually my favorite character of the Gatewatch.
A character cannot be truly understood by such harsh critics.
Only those that see the character within and as themselves can truly understand their strengths and weaknesses.
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Wizards. listen. The Vorthos community will await the consequences of the Eldrazi Titans' deaths/sealing. We will keep the watch.
“The wind whispers, ‘come home,’ but I cannot.”
— Teferi
I'm disappointed, was hoping for something a little more insightful after your Tezzeret article. Honesty this seems more of you just venting of why you hate Gideon, which is sad because you had a great set up to talk about Gideon being suicidal and his actions of self sacrifice are his secret hope to die. Also you might wanna re-read the lore some stuff you brought up either didn't happen, you just read a summary/looked at the cards or feel like your bending what happen to further your point.
Gideon is defiantly my least favorite character of the gatewatch and I agree the most bland, so I'm not saying your wrong, just I feel there was more to the character and after how you look through Tezzeret figured you give the same kind of insight.
Appreciate the criticisms. Next up I was gonna dive into Liliana, so I'll bare all this in mind. It's difficult to judge just how much tongue-in-cheek people like to read regarding specific characters. I just found it incredibly difficult with Gideon because his character feels like its been written with a specific goal in mind, damned be the road that gets him there. It's not a very "natural" progression of character, and feels quite forced with the writing and situations they've put him in, alongside the weird decisions he's made. It very much feels like flash situations are written in for him to make decisions, but the writers haven't considered the long game - if they had they'd have noticed that they're putting him in basically the same situation over and over again and not having his character actually learn, ever. There's an awful lot of plot convenience being used.
I'm disappointed, was hoping for something a little more insightful after your Tezzeret article. Honesty this seems more of you just venting of why you hate Gideon, which is sad because you had a great set up to talk about Gideon being suicidal and his actions of self sacrifice are his secret hope to die. Also you might wanna re-read the lore some stuff you brought up either didn't happen, you just read a summary/looked at the cards or feel like your bending what happen to further your point.
Gideon is defiantly my least favorite character of the gatewatch and I agree the most bland, so I'm not saying your wrong, just I feel there was more to the character and after how you look through Tezzeret figured you give the same kind of insight.
Appreciate the criticisms. Next up I was gonna dive into Liliana, so I'll bare all this in mind. It's difficult to judge just how much tongue-in-cheek people like to read regarding specific characters. I just found it incredibly difficult with Gideon because his character feels like its been written with a specific goal in mind, damned be the road that gets him there. It's not a very "natural" progression of character, and feels quite forced with the writing and situations they've put him in, alongside the weird decisions he's made. It very much feels like flash situations are written in for him to make decisions, but the writers haven't considered the long game - if they had they'd have noticed that they're putting him in basically the same situation over and over again and not having his character actually learn, ever. There's an awful lot of plot convenience being used.
I shall write very differently going forward.
Thats a fair point, I just saying if your going to include the negatives of who they writing the character also put in the development that have tried to put in, up to you if you think development is any good.
For example you touch on how Gideon in the Karpman drama triangle, the Rescuer is trying to look for victims in order to avoid their own issues. Well that what Gideon is indeed doing, avoid his depression and guilt over killing his friends and his failures on Zendikar. In Hour of Devestion (the story) we finally learn that Gideon has also been hoping at some level that he could be killed all those times he jump out in front of others. Also how is he going to cope now he lost the two biggest "victim characters" of the gatewatch, Chandra and Jace who have found a new understanding of themselves and no long weight as much by their past trauma.
Now I'm not saying Gideon is now my favorite white planeswalker but at least it feel creative has a planned arc that somewhat fits his past actions and has somewhere more to go then being the paragon of the group, even if that means he's still the (imo) most boring white aligned walker.
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“There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't seem to grow a full mustache"
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Definitely enjoyed this read... Liliana is one of the more interesting Characters in the Gatewatch (Along with Chandra and Jace), so she's one I'm usually interested to read about. Who's up next?
Definitely enjoyed this read... Liliana is one of the more interesting Characters in the Gatewatch (Along with Chandra and Jace), so she's one I'm usually interested to read about. Who's up next?
I'd like to cover the Origins five as well as the nu-Origins five as a priority, and then work towards primary antagonist planeswalkers before moving on to non-planeswalker characters we frequently return to.
https://exceptionallyaverageman.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/tezzeret-the-sucker/
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I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Tezzeret is my favourite walker mostly from a gameplay point of view (artifacts).
I do like the character, but I feel that a lot of his current problems were the result of his (IMO) excessive ambition.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Doesn't stop me from liking how Tezzeret's character is written. Also Silas Renn, unlike Tezzeret, has no cards that are Modern-legal. Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is probably my favourite planeswalker card overall.
UNWORTHY
cast this foo'out of the Hekma tbh
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Because of how questionable the canon for Test of Metal is, we don't know what Silas is up to now or if he's even still alive.
That could leave the door open for Tezzeret to have a character-changing plot on his home-plane like Sarkhan did. Of course, in Tezzeret's case, Bolas has him on a tighter leash.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
This week I decided to cover Gideon within the Karpman Drama Triangle, one of the most badly outlined characters in the entire story, and easily one of the most easily hated characters in the Gatewatch post nu-Jace. If anyone doesn't learn from a bad experience, it's our meatslab.
https://exceptionallyaverageman.wordpress.com/2018/02/14/gideon-walking-hubris/
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Gideon is defiantly my least favorite character of the gatewatch and I agree the most bland, so I'm not saying your wrong, just I feel there was more to the character and after how you look through Tezzeret figured you give the same kind of insight.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
A character cannot be truly understood by such harsh critics.
Only those that see the character within and as themselves can truly understand their strengths and weaknesses.
The Vorthos community will await the consequences of the Eldrazi Titans' deaths/sealing. We will keep the watch.
“The wind whispers, ‘come home,’ but I cannot.”
— Teferi
Appreciate the criticisms. Next up I was gonna dive into Liliana, so I'll bare all this in mind. It's difficult to judge just how much tongue-in-cheek people like to read regarding specific characters. I just found it incredibly difficult with Gideon because his character feels like its been written with a specific goal in mind, damned be the road that gets him there. It's not a very "natural" progression of character, and feels quite forced with the writing and situations they've put him in, alongside the weird decisions he's made. It very much feels like flash situations are written in for him to make decisions, but the writers haven't considered the long game - if they had they'd have noticed that they're putting him in basically the same situation over and over again and not having his character actually learn, ever. There's an awful lot of plot convenience being used.
I shall write very differently going forward.
Modern:R 8Whack R|W White Knights W
Thats a fair point, I just saying if your going to include the negatives of who they writing the character also put in the development that have tried to put in, up to you if you think development is any good.
For example you touch on how Gideon in the Karpman drama triangle, the Rescuer is trying to look for victims in order to avoid their own issues. Well that what Gideon is indeed doing, avoid his depression and guilt over killing his friends and his failures on Zendikar. In Hour of Devestion (the story) we finally learn that Gideon has also been hoping at some level that he could be killed all those times he jump out in front of others. Also how is he going to cope now he lost the two biggest "victim characters" of the gatewatch, Chandra and Jace who have found a new understanding of themselves and no long weight as much by their past trauma.
Now I'm not saying Gideon is now my favorite white planeswalker but at least it feel creative has a planned arc that somewhat fits his past actions and has somewhere more to go then being the paragon of the group, even if that means he's still the (imo) most boring white aligned walker.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
https://exceptionallyaverageman.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/liliana-crumbling-oppressor/
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I'd like to cover the Origins five as well as the nu-Origins five as a priority, and then work towards primary antagonist planeswalkers before moving on to non-planeswalker characters we frequently return to.
Modern:R 8Whack R|W White Knights W
https://exceptionallyaverageman.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/get-off-my-lawn-garruk/
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