Comments by "" (@krasmasov6852) on "Joel Did Nothing Wrong - The Importance Of Ambiguity" video.

  1. Abby isn't trans, but it sounds like you were already transphobic.
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  2.  @jasonalv7436  The vaccine was basically a certainty, and the Fireflies are competent. They just couldn't match the force of FEDRA, and they became disillusioned with what they thought to be wasted efforts on a vaccine. Ellie changed that last bit though.
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  3. Breeding her? Jesus, dude. You sound like a Witcher villain.
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  4. A vaccine distributed to everyone would eventually make it to where the Cordyceps could no longer reproduce.
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  5. Joel's dead. His killer isn't. Die mad about it.
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  6.  @orilord7392  Did you want him to give a speech like a Yakuza villain?
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  7.  @orilord7392  But art isn't about catering to fans, and the quality of a narrative isn't dependent on central characters having heroic or respectable deaths, especially in a story that has already established a dark tone.
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  8.  @orilord7392  Uh yes. Those characters weren't written to cater to fans. Do you think an apocalyptic scenario means people wouldn't be gay or trans? Sorry, but what in the world are you talking about? Also, how did Joel act out of character? Or rather, what should he have done instead?
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  9. ​ @orilord7392  By oversaturated, you either mean that there were too many LGBTQ characters or that the LGBTQ characters were defined by that identifier. Judging by your claim that these characters make up a decent portion of the cast, I'm guessing you meant the former, but I'll address both possibilities just in case. And just a sidenote here, no one is rebranded as trans. A new character is revealed to be trans. If you mean there are too many LGBTQ characters, there are three. That's it. Ellie, Dina, and Lev. Literally everyone else is cis and straight. That includes Joel, Tommy, Jesse, Abby, Owen, Manny, Mel, and Yara. Those are all the major characters, yeah? So that's an 8 to 3 ratio, and I'm leaving out plenty of side characters who are all cis and straight. What is the proper percentage that's acceptable in a story so it isn't pandering? Also, is a majority straight and cis cast pandering to non-LGBTQ people? If you mean that the LGBTQ characters are defined by their orientation or gender identity, that's not the case either. Ellie obviously isn't, and I shouldn't have to explain that. Dina is defined by her ride or die attitude that later on comes to conflict with her strong motherly instincts. Lev is a loving yet naive little brother who's committed to seeing the best in good people who sometimes do bad things. He keeps Abby on her path of redemption when she nearly relapses. His gender identity certainly plays a role, and I know plenty of trans people would have preferred his character conflict to center around something irrelevant to his trans identity, but other trans people have stated their appreciation for the depiction of the struggle. I'm cis, so I don't really have an opinion on that one way or another. I have one question though. Are LGBTQ characters allowed to suffer from LGBTQ-related issues in a story in a scenario that isn't pandering to LGBTQ people? You didn't answer my question. What should Joel have done instead?
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  10.  @orilord7392  Rebrand makes no sense. That's not what trans people coming out is. Also, you're speaking in vague terms again. What problems specifically do you see as modern first world problems that wouldn't exist in an apocalypse? "Now, onto tokenism. Do you genuinely think that the writers naturally came to the agreement that the second installment of the franchise should have more representative characters?" Yes. Also, they built up all the characters that needed to be. Ellie, Abby, Dina, Lev, Joel. They're the focus. There's nothing apathetic about it whatsoever, and the character development among those central characters I mentioned is MORE substantial than the development of any character in the first game with the sole exception of Joel.
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  11.  @crazyinsane500  That argument would only be valid if Abby didn't care about her friends. She does. She was even in love with one of them.
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  12.  @Teejay765  I adore this game, and arguments from the other two people here are absolutely terrible, but there were definite labor abuses during the development of TLOU2, and that's not okay at all. Druckmann is a great writer alongside Gross of course, but he's a shit director. There's no excuse for crunch. Ever.
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  13.  @brennanhearn6342  Fungal vaccines are in the works right now in reality. Two have already made it to the clinical testing stage.
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  14.  @Teejay765  You know what crunch is. Working extra hours. No one should have to work more than 40 hours a week. Even that standard is pretty awful. The fact that worse standards exist elsewhere doesn't make crunch at an American studio okay. They get paid overtime, but it's not optional. I mean it is on paper in some cases, but they'll find other reasons to let you go if you refuse the overtime. If the game cannot be finished by the deadline without resorting to crunch, you delay the game.
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