Wolf Bride is similar to ACOR in that you are never going to convince non-Bastien or non-Morgan romancers of their good points, simply because they aren’t seeing it. I always understood why non-Antony romancers hated him, because in a non-romanced play he was detestable (and even in a romanced play, he was still 90% a villain, he just had a soft spot for MC but would still put his own ambitions first). I really liked doing two playthroughs of ACOR because I could track all the differences and see both sides, unfortunately I can’t do that with Wolf Bride but I see enough to know that it’s just as extreme. I like Bastien, but I have chosen the pack-friendly options and actively romanced him, so I know I am getting a very different version of him than people who haven’t done either of those things. Just like I am sure Morgan romancers are seeing a different side of her. I love books like this, because the choices do matter and impact the story, but from a fandom level it is frustrating because a lot of times it feels like we aren’t playing the same book because the characters react so differently.
I started Wolf Bride this weekend and after a few weeks away from here, I can honestly say this book is drawing out the worst of this fandom (reason why I went away in the first place). Not only it’s annoying but it’s getting invasive how some people use their own personal experiences to say how you should enjoy a game/book.
It’s okay if you feel uncomfortable, and I find it wonderful how a game can tap into so many different emotions from their gamers, but it’s not okay to bother or downplay other people’s feelings and experiences just because you disagree with them.
Not saying you said that though xD It’s just your post made me think about what I’ve been seeing a lot here.
going to solve the debate between hellenists and latinists about whether greece or rome is better once and for all by posing the question of who was the sluttier defector: alcibiades or mark antony
I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful
I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful
Me: Fully knows that Marc Antony is a slick git who would turn on MC at any given moment, and merely lusts after MC and is probably not capable of truly falling head over heels for them.
Also me when Marc Antony turned cold in a split second and brought Xanthe to the Games instead:
I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful
there are two things that a Shakespearean actor needs: to understand the character, and to know how their audience will understand the character.
I’ve heard this speech about a dozen times in different performances and interpretations, and this is the first time that it feels right.
as many fans of history and shakespeare will tell you, historians posit that Elizabethan English sounds more like the accent of the American South than it sounded like Received Pronunciation or a modern London accent
