I was hoping this story would be the end of the Gatewatch era of Magic, but that ending with all the oaths caused me more despair than 65 chapters of Bolas sitting on his throne killing scores of nameless people... uh... more in my sig.
If you thought that then you simply weren't paying attention. This was the end of Bolas, not the Gatewatch. The Gatewatch is very successful, until it ceases to be well liked don't expect it to go away.
Except it isn't definitely the end of Bolas, they put him on ice. They brought him back once before from what we thought was actually dead, so explicitly not killing him off all but ensures he will return.
I also wonder how popular the gatewatch actually is. For people who care about the story I mean. There are plenty of people who like the cards but don't know much about the story.
If it says anything, the popularity contest they had on twitter and facebook and instagram shows that people really do prefer the Gatewatch characters over most other characters. The only notable exceptions were Sorin, Ugin, and The Wanderer. Sorin beat his competition every time with majority vote except when it came to Liliana. Ugin also followed a similar trend to Sorin and also only lost to Liliana. The Wanderer while beat by Nissa on facebook actually managed to stalemate the votes on a 50%/50% on twitter, she is also the only new walker from WAR who managed to beat Huatli who is an established character.
People generally gravitate to the characters you push most.
Let me give you an example. This guy is hated. Absolutely loathed. He is WWE's "main character", of sorts. Fans don't like him. However, because the organization refuses to move him from main character position, promotes him the most and gives him all the cool moments, he's by far the best merchandise seller.
It's the mere exposure effect. The people you are most familiar with are the ones you like most.
I was hoping this story would be the end of the Gatewatch era of Magic, but that ending with all the oaths caused me more despair than 65 chapters of Bolas sitting on his throne killing scores of nameless people... uh... more in my sig.
Men, this whole plot about bolas name makes me wonder if creative or the autor started to watch or read "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" making the use of names as a way to empower or evolve a creature. I was sure the theme of giving a name to empower something was a thing i had seen somewhere.
If they are going to use anime and manga stories as source of creativity i hope next time we see a pirate world it is a one piece on magic...
It's a really common trope. Even Skyrim did it with its dragons, and if it got into TES lore, chances are it's pretty ubiquitous already.
They keep killing minor characters.
Nobody knows anything about Dack unless they read an obscure comic.
He's only ever been one card that wasn't even Standard-legal, so players have no connection to him.
I keep saying characters need to die, but the assumption I'm making when I say that is that everyone knows I mean "CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED"
Kill Jace, Liliana or Chandra. They're the most popular ones. AT LEAST kill the villain. At least add some goddamn finality to this story. This was all pointless.
We lost good stories for this Gatewatch ***** that ends this way. BFZ was a mistake. Killing the Eldrazi was a mistake.
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People generally gravitate to the characters you push most.
Let me give you an example. This guy is hated. Absolutely loathed. He is WWE's "main character", of sorts. Fans don't like him. However, because the organization refuses to move him from main character position, promotes him the most and gives him all the cool moments, he's by far the best merchandise seller.
It's the mere exposure effect. The people you are most familiar with are the ones you like most.
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It's a really common trope. Even Skyrim did it with its dragons, and if it got into TES lore, chances are it's pretty ubiquitous already.
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Nobody knows anything about Dack unless they read an obscure comic.
He's only ever been one card that wasn't even Standard-legal, so players have no connection to him.
I keep saying characters need to die, but the assumption I'm making when I say that is that everyone knows I mean "CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED"
Kill Jace, Liliana or Chandra. They're the most popular ones. AT LEAST kill the villain. At least add some goddamn finality to this story. This was all pointless.
We lost good stories for this Gatewatch ***** that ends this way. BFZ was a mistake. Killing the Eldrazi was a mistake.