It was exactly what blizzard wanted it to conveniently be at that moment in time.
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I’m not sure on that one. The Eternals are pretty adamant that what Zovaal seeks is forbidden knowledge - knowledge that eternals were never meant to have assess to. Begs the question though, why leave it their in the first place?
Honestly it does feel that Zovaal is way similar to Amon from Starcraft. Both were part of a cycle of life and death and both seemed to be become disillusioned by it at some point. So they try and break the cycle by imposing their own will. Both are defeated but their allies plot for their return (Denathrius for Zovaal and Duran for Amon). And both parties are no strangers of using mind control and can even speak through the people they possess. As seen with Anduin for Zovaal and Selendis for Amon for example.
It does make me wonder why Blizzard tries to do this sort of narrative time and time again. They tried it with Deathwing, they tried it with Amon but I guess 3rd times the charm? Except like the other two, it comes too little too late for it to make an impact on the audience.
They’ve just been on this repetitive cycle for so long I guess they just don’t know how to get off. If only they allowed their stories to have the slightest bit of organic development we could have something new and unique.
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Part of me feels it is new writers just copying older stories but trying to make it “better” for a cheap ego trip. Really got that vibe from BFA when you compare it to MoP. Not to mention that BFA was most likely Alex’s way of getting back at Kosak. Since Alex wanted to write the honorable Garrosh (as seen with Stonetalon in Cata) but Kosak and co wanted to give him the good old villain bat due to audience reactions to him in Wrath.
The Cardassians see the Repetitive Epic as being the most elegant part of Cardassian Literature.
As the Bible itself states: “There is nothing new under the sun”
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Sure seems to be a lot to what you say. I’d just like to add a trend regarding successful franchises in general. They seem reluctant to go beyond whats already been done (fear?), and seem to think they can manufacture the success of the original through arbitrary selection of aspects of the primary work, rather than expanding upon or developing an original idea and allowing it to flow towards a logical conclusion.
Its one of the things I liked about BabylonV. It wasn’t afraid of the fact that one day its story would come to an end.
Well, there is always new knowledge about what is and has been under the sun, which can drastically alter the way we perceive, model, understand or appreciate what is under the sun.
Said new knowledge seems to be about the potential locales in Fiction…
Stories usually lack originality.
Incidentally Stories become interesting when one attempts to follow Cause and Effect concerning the Story and tries to match the Characters’ personality…
Writers usually care about getting their own story as planned rather than study Cause and Effect…
When Tolkien had his Son correct him on his stories it took on a Cause and Effect way of writing even with the flaws in the story.
This plus with the information that the “Arbiter used to be cruel” actually sounds like he made a power play to increase his control and got stomped.
Maybe Zovaal as the Arbiter was a “hanging judge”. You did a crime? No mercy or chance at redemption, just punishment. Or maybe all crimes were punished with the same amount of suffering.
Well, the Venthyr did not always exist so it’s possible there wasn’t any system for atonement at first.
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The Maw didn’t have any landmass either until Zovaal was thrown in and considering how Torghast and Zovaal resemble each other one would think Torghast was thrown in with him so the Maw at it’s origin would simply be a pit to toss Evil Souls into.
Zovaal was made into the Arbiter so Souls wouldn’t get lost in the Shadowlands. Before Zovaal was thrown into the Maw the place was probably intended to serve as an empty void for Vile Souls to get lost in.
Getting condemned to the place he himself sent so many seams like a just punishment.
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