I want them to kiss so bad. I was gonna make a post about it but I know its gonna get reported and taken down but dang it I want them to kiss sooooo bad
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On a serious note, yeah, this is true. It manifests in weird ways, different for everybody, etc. etc. I just wanna see him out of this hole ASAP.
Yee, thatâs why I donât see the interaction with Faerin as being romantic.
I see it more as âthis is someone whoâs going through the same things I am, and they still have access to the light and are making a difference. Maybe, I can learn from them to do the same.â. Inspirational, yes. Romantic? Nah.
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The worst kind of informed attribute to me, is the super righteous good guy attribute. Other than this, Iâll put up with telling rather than showing. I think Michael Burnam especially suffers from this, but sheâs far from the only example. I donât like having to put up with a âgood guyâ doing actions that would land me in jail if I did them, but Iâm supposed to trust that theyâre special, and should be applauded for the same behaviour, because THEY would not do that unless it is right. If Iâm expected to have that trust, it needs to be show, not tell. First.
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Because the ultimate comics universe Nick Fury was based off of Sam Jackson directly so people EXPECTED it when Avengers came out or at least were not surprised. Given the movies are based more off of the ultimate comics world.
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I made a statement in discord that I liked her positivity and my buddy said âsheâs too positive, reading to orphans is next level villain behaviorâ
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Because this is a fantasy game not someoneâs therapy session. People play fantasy games to leave the real world and see heroic people doing heroic deeds, not sulking over their feelings. Itâs inspirational seeing confidence and charisma and heroism in the face of adversity. Yes, I know youâll say: âbut itâs so inspirational how he confronts his feelingsâ. No, thatâs lame and 9/10 men see it that way even if they have troubles in real life. This is for escapism.
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I feel like you havenât spent much time around Faerin then. Or donât understand a lot of writing around the Arathi Empire.
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Because most of those threads get deleted for obvious reasons.
Yikes. An adult with a minor. No thanks. 
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Feelings? In my story? In my entertainment?
Honestly you just typing this out seems pathetic. Iâm sure you watch TV and movies with ~feelings~ in them all the time without even realizing it. Iâm sure you feel some feelings all the time without even realizing it, too. Itâs okay buddy, let it out.
I donât know who taught you this but Iâm really sorry you feel like you arenât allowed to confront your own feelings sometimes and just have to shove them down. I hope you eventually come to terms with that and feel like youâre allowed to have basic human feelings like everyone else on this small blue dot.
I think thats the issue with Faerin. I think she has potential, has great voice acting and looks distinctive, but the writers needs to work more on her. Again, telling us isnât enough.
Show us some bits of her backstory, be it flashbacks or something, and let us get a feeling of what she is feeling or doing. Thatâs how you hook the audience with the character. If you are just telling us about her but fail to show us, you are essentially wasting the character.
Case in point: We are told how completely dangerous Gulâdan is, but the game later proceeds to demostrate it firsthand. And itâs not all at once, it escalates: first, corrupting whatâs left of the titular warlords of draenor, then working with Kiljaeden to ambush Azerothâs champions in the Broken shores, then to work with the Eye of Amanâthul and make the nightborne form a pact with the legion.
A similar example could apply to Faerin. You could show us a flashback of her friendship with the people she cared, lose them later to make the moment resonate with what we saw, and even show her losing her arm. Start small,work your way there overtime, and show us about the character, because telling us just isnât gonna cut it.
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Telling us =/= showing us. Refer to my above responses, like the one just above this one.
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Yes, the obvious reason is that the mods enforce the same real world politics that is driving the lame characters.
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I have nothing to let out, Iâm perfectly happy. Maybe you do. But your obvious attempts to be insulting and demeaning are telling about your faux âempathyâ. This is all just virtue signaling nonsense.
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Smells like MoP in here with the Wrathion age discourse, what a throwback
Itâs called tough love sweetie, it sounded like something you would be receptive to based off how you described yourself. I guess you got that âfeelingsâ thing after all and you feel insulted and demeaned. Good! Iâm sorry I made you feel that way.
Itâs not virtue signaling to let men know itâs okay to seek help if theyâre going through a rough time. We have lost too many men because they were raised to think it makes them âweakâ and it doesnât. Do you just not care about the well being of men or something?
Maybe she speaks softly but carries a big stick⌠er shield!
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They have shown us her doing things, they have shown her character through action. Show donât tell does not mean say nothing, a character can tell you they have been fighting since 14, we donât need to watch their story every step of the way.
Where show donât tell becomes used is if the characters did nothing to demonstrate what they say. If they said âFaerin is very level headed and she helps us collect ourselvesâ but then runs off in her actions that is an issue. Her being brash and her CO going âYou take too many risksâ thatâs organic dialog.
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They are showing us. Theyâre just not showing us what you want.
They arenât just telling us âFaerin is resilientâ, theyâre showing how she stands her ground against the Nerubians, or steps up to deal with the internal conflict within Hallowfall. She charges head-first into danger rather than hold back.
Her characterization isnât who she was, but who she is now, and how she is rising up to the current challenge.
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