The main problem with the story however is that Kerrigan decides to build the swarm back up and embark on a path of furious vengeance, killing everyone in her path, despite the fact that the artifact turned her back into her human state.
Every nice thing Kerrigan ever did for a Terran was for Jim's sake, and nothing else. They make it pretty clear that Jim is the only thing holding her back from a bloody path of revenge. So the only Terran Kerrigan cares about "dies," she ceases to care about all Terrans. Makes sense to me.
All in all, I thought Kerrigan was well done. I loved the very beginning, where she carefully and expertly pieces together that "contraption" with her mind, just to break it. Nice little subtle encapsulation of what she's all about that I didn't notice the first time. Highly emotional characters are just that, emotional, their actions aren't going to make perfect logical sense all the time. I've known people in life who seem to build things up just to tear them down.
I read a bunch of your WoL review too, which put into words my own personal grievances so eloquently. Especially the UNN broadcasts. Like, Mengsk is supposed to be this peerless cunning master strategist and propagandist running a tight ship, but the UNN makes him look like an idiot at every turn. It's just bad characterization for the sake of a played out joke.
The secret mission in Brood Wars was one of my all-time favorite cliffhangers in video games. What the hell happened to Duran? He turned into an idiot too. They're all bloody idiots. It's the same frustration I felt as a kid watching Saturday morning cartoon characters blindly fall into obvious traps. Like how can they be so fucking stupid. Fuck.
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Every nice thing Kerrigan ever did for a Terran was for Jim's sake, and nothing else. They make it pretty clear that Jim is the only thing holding her back from a bloody path of revenge. So the only Terran Kerrigan cares about "dies," she ceases to care about all Terrans. Makes sense to me.
All in all, I thought Kerrigan was well done. I loved the very beginning, where she carefully and expertly pieces together that "contraption" with her mind, just to break it. Nice little subtle encapsulation of what she's all about that I didn't notice the first time. Highly emotional characters are just that, emotional, their actions aren't going to make perfect logical sense all the time. I've known people in life who seem to build things up just to tear them down.
Looks like we finally agree on something.
I read a bunch of your WoL review too, which put into words my own personal grievances so eloquently. Especially the UNN broadcasts. Like, Mengsk is supposed to be this peerless cunning master strategist and propagandist running a tight ship, but the UNN makes him look like an idiot at every turn. It's just bad characterization for the sake of a played out joke.
The secret mission in Brood Wars was one of my all-time favorite cliffhangers in video games. What the hell happened to Duran? He turned into an idiot too. They're all bloody idiots. It's the same frustration I felt as a kid watching Saturday morning cartoon characters blindly fall into obvious traps. Like how can they be so fucking stupid. Fuck.